I've watched a ton of movies with my daughter (12yo) and she is nerding along just fine. But what might be a list of a half dozen or so movies that you guys might consider essential viewing from a tg perspective?
Trying to decide what to watch tonight and I'm wondering if I missed something we should have watched together.
for a twelve year old:
>Princess Mononoke
>Naussica of the Valley of the Wind
>really any fucking Miyazaki/Ghibli film
>Labyrinth
>Time Bandits
>first two Harry Potter movies for dat whimsy and wonder
cant think of anythign else at the moment. It's adorable you're sharing common interests with your daughter tho. Good job amigo.
>>48016761
>suggesting howl's moving castle, panyoshit, or really any other miyazaki movie besides mononoke and naussica to a 12 year old
>>48016812
Howl's Moving Castle is good.
Spirited Away is good.
Porco Roso is good.
Totoro is good.
Kiki's Delivery is good.
Castle in the Sky is good.
Arrietty is good.
Ponyo is dumb
Ghibli has a fairly good track record.
>required watching for all fathers and their offspring.
>>48016919
dat movie was dumb fampachi
>>48014628
I like A Knight's Tale. Maybe not a strictly great movie, but a good example of how you can have something slightly anachronistic, comedic and entertaining also be played straight.
>>48016812
>implying porco rosso isn't fucking gr8 for all ages
>>48016896
howl's is shit
spirited away is shit
porco roso is so old you can't even consider it relevant
totoro i like only because of nostalgia
castle in the sky is only good on the first watch
arrietty is shit
ghibli is overrated
>>48016927
your entitled to your opinions no matter how wrong they are.
>>48016927
>doesn't have a father
Ha look at this faggot! everyone point and laugh!
>>48016962
>Spirited Away is shit
I will actually fight you.
I'd suggest the old Harryhausen/Charles Schneer Sinbad movies! Good wholesome fun, plenty of action, fantastic imagery and high adventure in strange lands with skeletons, cyclopses, troglodytes and more. 7th Voyage is my personal favourite, but they're all good in their own way (Golden Voyage and Eye of the Tiger are the other two movies) and Harryhausen's special effects are just a treat to watch, as dated as they might appear today. There's also Jason and the Argonauts, too.
>>48016977
I might as well not. The dude beat the shit out of me when I was younger. I haven't seen him outside of court since I was sixteen. He only now started paying his child support, and I'm fucking twenty three.
>>48016978
try me
LWA and the enchanted parade are good ones you can find LWA on youtube if you don't want to bother with torrent or hunting for a stream
>>48016962
>porco roso is so old you can't even consider it relevant
ghibli is definitely overrated, but not because the movies are shit
Can I have your daughter's number?
>>48017058
My absolute African brother, those movies are just pure and good.
>>48017027
And I thought /a/ was that way
>>48017090
yeah their great! im so happy their going to do a series soon! I was always afraid they were just going to let it sit and collect dust.
>>48017063
>>48016962
Even his weakest films have at least one great character, a fair amount of scenes dripping with emotion, and some of the best animation you'll ever see.
>>48017129
>best animation you'll ever see
yeah sure bub
>scenes dripping with emotion
completely and utterly subjective
>one greater character
name one from ponyo
>>48017118
>their going to do a series soon
U WOT M8
I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS
>>48017167
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/06/24/triggers-little-witch-academia-makes-the-leap-to-tv-anime-series
yeah they announced it at the end of space patrol luluco. believe in the magic my friend
>>48017203
Dude you made me and my gf's week, I never knew about this!
>>48014628
Excalibur
Goemon
The Thing
Big Trouble In Little China
>>48017244
>gf
>>/out/
>>48014628
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
>>48017266
I can't help it, anon
OP has a kid damn it, that means he hassex
>>48016761
Good picks, I think we have watched all of those.
>>48016896
Not sure if we have watched Kiki's...have to check
>>48016919
What is that about?
>>48017014
I'll look in to those. Not sure if she will enjoy them or not. Might be too dated.
>>48017058
She enjoyed that one a lot.
>>48017063
The odds of my letting her have her own number in this age is pretty low. She gets a loaner cell when she needs one.
And fuck off with your wannabe edgy shit.
>>48017118
Good to hear it
We are actually watching the Battle star Galactica mini series right now (first one tonight). I really enjoyed that series when it was out and wanted her to at least see the mini series for reference.
ok look OP first you show her Stargate, then you wean her on to SG1, then show her Atlantis. universe is at your discretion.
>>48017262
Good suggestions!
>>48017358
>What is that about?
its a touching story about a son reconciling with his dieng father and learning that their may be some truth to all the tall tails he tells. I cry like a bitch every time.
>>48017383
The Stargate movie was great, but the TV shows were among the worst things ever. I'm pretty sure they're worse than ISIS and the Armenian Genocide, and just slightly better than the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
>>48016812
My parents showed me Spirited Away at the age of like 6. Also Ponyo was a cute movie.
>>48017158
Lisa was a great character.
And, I'm not sure if you really appreciate just how good the animation is.
>>48014628
Firefly/Serenity
>>48016919
Required watching for everyone, you mean.
>>48017425
Stargate is solid, by the books action movie with a cool Egypt aesthetic. Rewatched it yesterday, still like it.
>>48017014
Golden Voyage of Sinbad is pretty awesome.
>>48017445
>Serenity
It's not bad, but the only genuinely good thing about it is it's more Firefly with a higher budget. I'd rank it below just about every episode in the series.
>itt: dumb contrarians hate everything because enjoying yourself is uncool
When I was young, I loved the first D&D movie that I got on VHS.
>>48017590
D&D is good if you like awful, cheesy movies (I do). Jeremy Iron's scenery chewing is some of the most over the top ever.
>>48017425
I'm going to add the movie to the list, she may see references to the series around so that will give her a starting point. But I don't think I want to spend enough time to do the series.
>>48017445
We are going to watch that.
>>48017285
I think that is a good choice. Lots of things feed from that movie.
>>48017015
I'm really sorry about that anon. Mine was absent as well. Which is just one reason why I'm focused on my own kid and being there.
The reality is that children are the best thing in the world. It isn't just the child that misses out when the parent isn't fully engaged.
>>48017439
the animation really is just ok for a AAA animation studio's budget. go watch a makoto shinkai film or a kyoani film or a gainax film for some grade A animation
if she can handle the cursing, violence and other fun things john wick might be good for Shadowrun vibe
>>48014628
If the little ca/tg/irl has the patience for a 4-hour movie, then Lawrence of Arabia is a must.
Probably one of the best adventures ever committed to film. Plus there's no nudity or foul language.
Since no one mentioned it yet, Stardust.
Its the closest a movie has come to capturing the magic of the princess bride, I suspect no one will ever surpass the glory that is that movie.
The most /tg/ girl I ever dated was a big fan of ladyhawke and willow growing up. I'm not personally a fan of either of those, but w/e.
>>48017129
Oh come now anon. Even The Phantom Menace has one great character, a fair amount of scenes dripping with emotion, and some of the best animation you'll ever see.
None of that qualifies it as a good movie.
>>48017708
>12 years old
>showing them John Wick
Just shoot my school up, senpai.
>>48017779
look at the bright side, your kid will be a sick badass.
>>48017756
Some other more innocent movies that are pretty decent, both have an odd animation style.
The Secret of Kells
Song of the Sea(super cute movie)
>>48017759
>a fair amount of scenes dripping with emotion
Name one.
Other than general nausea and disgust.
>>48017708
I just don't see anything especially redeeming in that movie beyond some good action scenes.
>>48017756
She really liked Stardust.
>>48017754
>>48017756
Seconding these.
Also some Kurosawa. Maybe Seven Samurai or Yojimbo.
Casablanca or Maltese Falcon.
BBC miniseries of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is very good.
Blackadder.
And give her some Diana Wynne Jones to read.
>>48014628
>no mention of Conan the Barbarian
Seeing that in middle school is probably what made me /tg/.
>>48017827
I can only imagine how difficult it is to wade through all of the terrible media out there to find something suitable for your little girl that is actually decent.
Good on you for caring about your kids, I wish more parents cared this much.
>>48017827
>beyond some good action scenes.
goanna be honest with ya that's pretty much it. that and Keanu being a huge badass. in truth its not really kid material incase it wasn't really obvious but I liked the movie enough to suggest it for dadmaybe for her a few years later...maybe
>>48017759
>some of the best animation you'll ever see
I vehemently disagree.
>>48017845
Oh shit, you have good taste.
OP, Kurosawa put out in the 90's his dreams series of short films not all of them are kid friendly(pretty dark at times) but the village of the watermills, sunshine through the rain, and the peach orchard are pretty amazing.
>>48017827
It was what Max Payne should have been
>>48016927
>>48016962
>>48017027
>>48017690
Contrarianism is dumb Anon.
>>48017853
The graphic sex might not be a plus, but yeah, it's one the best fantasy movies out there.
as long as were on some anime. millennium actress, paprika and Tokyo godfathers are some of the best out there. with Tokyo godfathers being a particerly heartwarming and funnyperhaps not entirely tg relatedbut millennium actress and paprika blend the fantasy and reality aspects quite well and make it a treat to watch
>>48017896
Yep
yes
100% Absolutely Recommended
How has this thread gone so long without mention of the original Starwars trilogy? The first three Pirates of the Caribbean are solid too. Feel free to skip the forth.
>>48017985
I figured they were just givens, that's why no one mentioned them.
>>48017955
The sex wasn't particularly graphic. I'm pretty sure there's no dong involved. Just tits, and that's nothing a girl won't be familiar with.
>>48017985
Well anon, basically we're assuming OP has a shred of human decency and hasn't been so neglectful as to allow his daughter to reach the age of 12 withoust seeing Star Wars, Indiana Jones and other such staples of modern culture.
>>48017896
This movie is fucking perfect up until B.E.N shows up. I get he's fucking crazy from solitude and literally missing part of his brain but had he been less obnoxious this would have been a 10/10 film.
>>48017985
Nobody's mentioned Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit either.
These things go without saying.
>>48017690
Makoto Shinkai I can grant you, but while Kyoani and Gainax are fantastic in terms of spectacle and for a "better than real" style, Ghibli goes for a more natural "more real than real" style that's subtle, but amazing when you take the time to look at it and see all the subtle motions in even casual scenes.
While Ghibli's recent works have been disappointments, they're still amazing examples of animation, even if they're not particularly efficient.
>>48017896
Speaking of that...
>>48014628
Not remotely /tg/, but The Addam's Family; Toy Story, but space it out like we got it as kids, for the impact; The Hogfather; the old Disney films;
What did she particularly like so far?
>>48018017
This, really. Arnold never once swings pipe in that movie. There are a couple scenes with some oily thrusting which I guess is a little graphic.
Most of the nudity is just titties. And no girl should be afraid of seeing those.
Overall it's a great fantasy movie and honestly one of my favorite films of all time.
>>48017985
I think it's pretty much a given she's seen Star Wars, especially since her dad browses /tg/.
I would never call Star Wars a "must see" for the /tg/ crowd. I'd call it a must see for anyone who wants even the barest knowledge of modern pop culture.
>>48018058
hey look I madea bridge, it took me only 10 seconds, 11 tops.
>>48018033
>>48018005
You can never be certain. I've encountered a surprising quantity of people in my short time 24 years who haven't seen them.
Anyways adding to the list the Dark Crystal and Flight of Dragons.
>>48018104
With that, I would have... white wine.
>>48017896
Does anyone have the screencap of the kid who watched treasure planet and started taping silverware to his arms?
>>48018108
Honestly, I don't get too vexed when I encounter people who haven't seen Star Wars. Especially girls. Depending on your social circles growing up, it's quite possible you were never conditioned into being interested in that sort of thing.
What bugs me though is when I meet people who haven't seen Star Wars but adamantly refuse to watch it. It's like meeting someone who you can't bother into at least picking up the first Harry Potter book.
>>48014628
I'll get you some cartoon and cartoon movies your kid might like
Batman: The Mask of Phantasm
Batman and Superman: Public Enemy
Batman Superman: Apocalypse
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Avengers-Earth's mightiest Heroes
The Batman (2004)
Batman Year One
Batman Beyond
Star Wars the Clone Wars
Star Wars Rebels
Teen Titans
The New Batman Adventures
plenty of good cartoons for your child to love getting into the more /co/ side of things
>>48018230
>Batman: The Mask of Phantasm
This.
As for the rest, into the trash you go /co/mmie.
>>48018230
>the /co/ side of things
All but one of those are literally batman or one step from batman.
That said, Brave and the Bold is good, and I grew up on Beyondand Zeta, but no-one remembers that one.
>>48014628
Chronicles of Riddick.
Made by a fa/tg/uy for fa/tg/uys.
>>48014628
There is a disturbing lack of Titan A.E. (great sci-fi) and Treasure Planet (high seas in space) on this thread. I'd also recommend The Mummy (classic turn-of-the-century action/adventure). I'll second A Knight's Tale. Also, Independence Day is fun, has a cool take on the aliens, and has a happy ending.
If you're looking for stuff off of the beaten path, I'd recommend Ever After: A Cinderella Story. It's a fresh and delightfully cheesy '90s take on the story. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is also really underrated. It's one of my favorite non-Monty Python Terry Gilliam movies.
>>48018276
I remember anon...I remember...
While we're on the subject, what is /tg/'s opinion of Leverage, particularly as an example of a Shadowrun group?
The Rescuers and more importantly the Rescuers Down Under (the only acceptable Disney sequel).
>>48014628
Well, most of the movies I'd recommend have already been covered. But as far as shows go, you might give Dofus and Wakfu a shot.
>>48018276
I was half-convinced I had thought up Zeta in a dream or some shit because I couldn't find anyone else who knew the character.
Took re-watching Batman Beyond last year to convince myself I wasn't nuts.
Aw shit I almost forgot the Black Cauldron.
>>48018230
Good list, my daughter is fucking nuts over Batman.
I don't know why. But better Batman than My Little Fucking Pony.
>>48014628
Conan
>>48014628
Maybe wait a couple years, but "The Ninth Gate" is pretty great.
>The Black Cauldron is Disney but a bit spoopy. She may be a bit too old for it.
>The Secret of NIMH
>The Secret of Kells (Story is a bit childish but THIS MOVIE IS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL)
>Aardman's The Pirates!
>Titan AE
>Memories, kind of an anime version of Disney's Fantasia
>Hellboy, especially Hellboy 2
>The Lord of the Rings, Obviously
I was going to say a lot of Ghibli but other anons already covered that...
>>48018631
Also, disclaimer. I don't know how protective you are of your kid, so you might think Memories and the first Hellboy are a bit too adult.
>>48018714
If this guy thinks Hellboy is too much for his 12-year-old then he's a coddling wienie.
>>48018486
im nut for cartoon batman as well, maybe getting her into comics might be a good idea.
maybe trying Injustice yearly release could be a good choice since it involves mainly batman and a slew of other characters
>>48016919
I saw this forever ago and the only thing I remember is that it made me depressed for weeks afterward
Maybe don't see it if your relationship with your dad is perfectly described by Harry Chapin's Cats in the Cradle song.
>>48018836
>Cats in the Cradle
also something that will have me break down like a bitch.
perhaps, but one could say that's a testament to how good the movie is because it provoked such a reaction/feeling. its the kind of movie where you get what you put into it, if you have a loving father its a sad story but also a celebration of what you had, if you had no father or an absente father its a tragedy.
>>48018146
One of my friends is resisting watching it on the grounds that he's made it this far as a cultural illiterate, and he wants to see how far he can take it.
>>48018989
That's a colossally stupid reason.
It's like meeting someone who's never had sex and refuses to even try because they just wanna see how long they can go without sex.
I'll accept "eh it just doesn't look like it floats my boat" over that.
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>>48017807
>The Secret of Kells
>Song of the Sea
My fucking nigga. Seconding this! Those films are fucking great, are visually amazing, and /tg/ as fuck.
>>48014628
Shoot Em' Up.
Anyone mention this yet?
>>48018306
Oh shit, what's the one where he played as an immortal witch hunter?
>When you can't remember names for shit
>>48019375
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Witch_Hunter
>>48019386
This right here
Pretty much every Vin Diesel movie really.
>>48018121
I was there that night on /co/.
>>48019521
Shine on, you crazy diamond. Wherever you are.
>>48019539
As a /m/an, this is fucking amazing.
>>48017266
one of the worst things to happen to /tg/ in recent years, no wonder we've gotten so very bitter.
>>48018058
>>48018104
>>48018117
The most /k/ disney character there ever was...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg8wePgXDIY
>>48020362
Where do people get their rpg inspirations from if they don't take long walks through nature reserves or camping in state parks?the answer is just "anime" isn't it?
>>48014628
First movie that came to mind is Mirrormask. For this situation I wouldn't suggest it for any younger, but 12 works rather well.
It's not inappropriate or anything, I just don't think that it would be absorbed well by anyone younger.
>>48017756
Stardust is amazing and I'm amazed more people haven't heard of it.
>>48017807
Secret of Kells is another great one.
>>48020541
People still read books right?Right?
>>48020541
I recognize the joke you're making, but it's late and that takes me out of a joking mood. More so when it's sidesteping the issue of /tg/ getting lonely and bitter, and taking that frustration out on /tg/.
>>48020552
Man, I haven't seen Mirrormask in forever. That takes me back.
>>48020581
With audiobooks, why not do both?
>>48020603
I haven't really noticed /tg/ being anymore lonely or bitter than before nor in comparison to any other discussion regarding traditional games
>>48020971
In all fairness, I'm probably romanticizing the past, but I feel /tg/ has become more insular and less predisposed to having actual conversations. One way or another, not the thread to discuss it, I don't want to poison a generally fine discussion.
definitely look into Secret of Nihm
>>48014628
No Iron Giant? I'm slightly disappointed guys.
Also, Pan's Labyrinth a good horror show.
>>48021613
>Pan's Labyrinth
For a 12 year old....hm...
>>48017526
>I'd rank it below just about every episode in the series.
I think you're overstating things. While there are certainly better episodes (Out of Gas and Objects in Motion spring to mind), there are a good number of worse ones (there's a run of episodes at the beginning of the series--The Train Job, Bushwhacked, Shindig and Safe--that don't measure up to the better stuff). But I will agree that Serenity loses half its point without Firefly.
>>48017807
Secret of Kells would be god tier if the ending wasn't kind of random. Still very good though.
Has anybody mentioned The Iron Giant?
>>48017853
Conan is far and away the best fantasy movie I can think of.
>>48018315
>Titan A.E.
...is really stupid.
>A Knight's Tale
Is that the one where they were singing "We Will Rock You?" Because that was really bad.
>Independence Day
Mindless blockbuster schlock.
>>48019222
Over the Garden Wall is excellent, though obviously not a movie.
>>48018315
>classic turn-of-the-century action/adventure
Holy shit. It just now sank in that "turn of the century" now means c. 15 years ago rather than a century ago.
>>48018146
>It's like meeting someone who you can't bother into at least picking up the first Harry Potter book.
Only Star Wars is(was) actually good.
But yeah, The original Star Wars is becoming an old movie. It was released two decades before somebody who is currently 18 was born. And as good as it is, and as revolutionary as the special effects were, it's not as glitzy and slick as a lot of modern stuff. Where's the martial arts-style saber fighting? Where's the wire work stunts? Why aren't the spaceships zooming around more?
>>48022142
>Only Star Wars is(was) actually good.
Actually, I'm being a bit snotty here. I was underwhelmed by Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (and didn't bother reading further), but I wouldn't say it was bad. It just in no way lives up to the hype.
(The Boy and) the Iron Giant
Also the Harry Potter series is supposed to be fucking read, not watched. The movies are mediocre.
>>48016962
>howl's is shit
More like it failed as an adaption of the novel and as a localization of the story at the same time.
>>48020552
Mirrormask was kinda shit. You're better off watching The Labyrinth, really.
And why the heck did nobody suggest Nezha conquers the Dragon King or Journey to the West yet?
Lolita
The Professional
Orphan
Boku no Piko
Cutthroat Island
>>48018108
Seconding the Dark Crystal. The way it builds atmosphere is phenomenal, and the visuals are 10/10.
Also, Neverending Story and maybe Legend, if only for the godlike soundtrack.
>>48022044
I thought about mentioning it earlier but as great a movie it is it having watched it recently it doesn't have that /tg/ adventure feel imo.
Keep an eye out for Kubo and the Two Strings when that comes out OP. From the trailers it looks like it's shaping up to be quite the film.
>>48017590
Saw that on dvd at my baby sitters when I was 11. The special features vignette where the cast talked about playing D&D is what got me interested in TRPG's.
Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland
Welcome to the space show
Haruka and oblivion island
>>48017439
>ministryofsillywalks.gif
>>48014628
Conan the Barbarian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9dspskCEE
>>48017262
The Thing is one of those films that I take constant inspiration from. Of course the only thing it'd inspire a child towards is nightmares.
>>48014628
>I've watched a ton of movies with my daughter (12yo) and she is nerding along just fine.
You probably should watch Whale Rider with her.
>>48023988
I don't think watching interracial porn with your 12-yo daughter is legal m8
12 isn't that young, people. It's not like a dark or violent movie is going to haunt her with nightmares, at least not if she's typical.
>>48017759
Some characters were tolerable, none great.
The whole film was an emotionless turd.
The CGI was decent then, but it's shit now.
>>48023025
To this day I can't watch the dress-dance scene without my heart fluttering.
>>48017349
I hopeonly for the sole purpose of procreation
>>48017759
>Even The Phantom Menace has one great character
Is it Jar Jar?
>>48018230
>Batman: The Mask of Phantasm
>Batman: Under the Red Hood
>Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
These are all good
>Batman and Superman: Public Enemy
>Batman Superman: Apocalypse
These are not
Lost in Space. While I hesitate to call it a good movie persay it is a decent popcorn film, and has some of that /tg/ feel to it.
Also I love me some Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2.
>>48017754
>there's no nudity or foul language
There is however off screen prison rape which may or may not go over a twelve year old's head.
Robin Hood (Errol Flynn and Douglas Fairbanks)
Ben-Hur (unless you really hate religion)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
King Kong
Tron
The Hidden Fortress
The Thief of Bagdad
Willow
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts are the best Harryhausen movies. Don't bother with Clash of the Titans.
>>48018043
>the Hobbit
By goes without saying, you mean not to watch it? (The animated version was good, though)
>>48018043
Personally I can watch Lord of the Rings until the heat-death of the universe, but I'd never recommend The Hobbit let alone ever watch it again.
>>48027123
LotR is overrated and really only exceptional due to the dearth of quality fantasy movies to give it competition. The Hobbit was more of the same, only worse. And not only does that make it rehash, but it also plays against the tone of The Hobbit, which is not the same as that of LotR. And that completely ignores the crime of stretching it out into three long movies, which was completely unneeded.
I will, however, say that a decent edit greatly improves the movie, especially one that trims out a lot of the over-the-top action sequences that don't fit with the tone of The Hobbit. Of course, any edit that cuts pieces of scenes out yields less than perfect results (compromising pacing, smooth transitions and so forth), but that's preferable to sitting through trash.
>>48022244
Yeah, the books start off thoroughly aimed at kids. They mature as they go.
>>48027811
Growing up as the Harry Potter books released was great.
>>48020581
i was thinking more along vidjagaems
but yeah hopefully they still read books
>>48025718
>>48023025
why am i the only person who disliked Legend?
>>48019431
but Babylon A.D. is crap
no one mentioned Wizard of Oz and Return to Oz yet? the last one (Oz the Great prequel) was crap only because James Franco but i'd recommend it too
i'm thinking hard of other dark fantasy films with girls as main characters that aren't Labyrinth but i can only think of "In the company of wolves". good thing someone mentioned Mirrormask at least. i wouldn't recommend "in the company" to a 12 y/o girl
>>48017708
>12 year old
>Watching a movie with brutal puppy murder
hooo boy
>>48017014
>Jason and the Argonauts
Good suggestion. Probably one of my favorite movies
>>48014628
The Lupin III movies tend to be good. The only one I didn't really like was Secret of Mamo
>>48014628
For Sci Fi, try this one.
>>48028973
And for animated Sci Fi, you could try this too.
>>48017756
>Stardust
I came here to say that.
>>48022668
>The Professional
What sentiment does his face try to convey?
>>48023910
This story inspired me so much as a child. Not sure why really but it has a fond place in my heart.
>>48029389
The talking squirrel still confuses the fuck out of me. Rest of the movie is pretty gud tho.
>>48014628
The Great mouse detective is pretty good, if you think she can handle a couple of jump scares
>>48016896
Totoro is fucking dull.
>>48018378
My nigga. Dat eagle ride, goddamn.
Probably still acceptable at 12
>>48027892
Indeed.
I don't remember Monty Python's Life of Brian and Holy Grail being too adult, though they might be a bit old
>>48029736
Holy Grail is fine if you skip the Castle Anthrax scene. Mainly because it just isn't funny.
>>48016962
Ha!
Your obvious and empty taunt has amused me.
>>48016937
I commend your taste Anon.
>>48029234
The fucking file name.
>>48019222
Second. An awesome mini series, especially when it starts getting cold outside
>>48025326
The real concern is normalizing things that shouldn't be normalized. But, no, other than that 12 isn't as young as I think some are considering.
>>48022142
>The original Star Wars is becoming an old movie.
It pains me to agree with this. Certainly when I watched it with her she was not nearly as in love with it when I saw it at her age. But on the plus side her watching the original probably caused her to dislike the new Star Wars movie.
>>48014628
Kodomo no Jikan.
>>48014628
>she is nerding along just fine
I think reddit is more to your speed.
>>48014628
Ho boy... let's see what's already in the thread and then I will add on not to repeat things.
Captain Blood
Crimson Pirate
Fanfan Tulipan, any version will do
Willow
Ladyhawke
Eric Viking
Legend (Cruise)
Mission (de Niro)
Hunger (Bowie)
Last Dragon
Beetlejuice
Interview with a Vampire
or
Byzantium - I say Byzantium, since she's a girl
The Brothers Grimm
Ondine
Road to El Dorado
Chronicle
Highlander
13th warrior
Brotherhood of Wolves (parental approval needed)
Vidocq (same)
Prestige
Lethal Weapon series (come on, not a single mention!)
Streets of Fire
Crocodile Dundee
The Man Who Would Be King
Plunkett i Macleane
Rob Roy
Duellists
High Noon
Silverado
Quigley Down Under
Pale Rider
Dark City
eXistenZ (parential approval needed)
Strange days
13th Floor
Gattaca
Blade Runner
Sneakers
Enemy Mine
Gamers
Romancing the Stone
Mummy, at least the first one
Hidalgo
Librarian series
Tomb Raider (but only the first one)
Master and Commander
Running Men
Zombieland
>>48022668
>Cutthroat Island
Muh nigga
>>48014628
I would highly recommend lots of classic westerns, stuff with Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea and all those guys.
Also, Kurosawa's Sanjuro. It's slightly less known than his other movies, but it's just about as good
>>48032606
>original Star Wars
Maybe it's something that will stick with her even if it didn't completely blow her away on first viewing. It's certainly pivotal in terms of its influence, and with age and perspective, maybe she'll appreciate it more. Plus, it stands up to scrutiny. The plot is actually pretty sophisticated (amazingly so when you consider that science fiction wasn't mainstream like it is now, and doing too much "weird" stuff could alienate people) and fits together without relying on huge coincidences or irrational behavior like so many movies have. For instance, the only reason the heroes escaped from the Death Star was that they were allowed to as part of a ruse to track them to the rebel base.
>But on the plus side her watching the original probably caused her to dislike the new Star Wars movie.
As long as she's got her priorities straight. I have to say that despite some definite complaints, I enjoyed watching it and initially saw it as at least a modestly good sign that they could still make a Star Wars movie that wasn't crap. But the more time that goes by, the more I sour on it. There's no reason it shouldn't have been a good movie in its own right and not just because we're grading on a curve. It didn't need to rehash things to the extent it did (*another* death star? and one that wasn't even integral to the plot at that?). And let's tighten up the plot a bit while we're at it.
As it is now, I'm really not stoked about the Star Wars franchise at all. It had two really good movies decades ago and nothing better than mediocre since. How many chances do I really have to give it?
>>48035655
>As it is now, I'm really not stoked about the Star Wars franchise at all. It had two really good movies decades ago and nothing better than mediocre since.
>What are X-Wing and Imperial Assault?
>>48035737
I was talking about audio-visual entertainment, not games. But while I do like X-Wing, it's in spite of it being a Star Wars product, not because of it. Star Wars has too few factions, the factions are too samey (not drastically different-looking alien ships), and the Star Wars ships have never blown me away (they work fine for the movies, but I'm otherwise meh on most of the designs). Plus, unlike, say, Babylon 5, where you can more easily take the alien factions and create your own history with them, Star Wars is all tied up in events of the movies (one particular civil war, and it even uses characters from them and the EU), which reduces my ability to create my own cool story in my head. And I prefer capital ships to fighters.
>>48023910
Fuck yes.
PAJAMA PAJAMA!
>>48025326
I was born in '85 and saw my fair share of R-rated movies well before I so much as entered puberty.Then one day I popped in Basic Instinct...
>>48029736
Life of Brian has a full-on Dick Shot, clear as day.
why not add Baron Von Munchaussen?
>>48033703
what a random fucking list of jumble....
>>48014628
Throwing out movies that might not be /tg/ classics but maybe they should be:
Aliens
Army of Darkness
Big Trouble in Little China
Darkman
Dawn of the Dead
Evil Dead 2
The Goonies
The Matrix
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors
Predator
The Quick and the Dead
The Warriors
Lots of R-rated fare but I grew up watching R-rated stuff alongside the movies that were age-appropriate and no harm no foul. It's all up to you.
>>48035981
Man, Basic Instinct rocked my world way back when, and stoked my love of evil seductresses.
>>48036133
>Pirate films
>80s fantasy
>Light gothic stuff
>Urban fantasy
>Action flicks
>Period adventure
>Westerns
>Cyberpunk of all types and flavours
>Two Fisted style adventure
Not him and I see the pattern, even if at times it's inconsistient. What does it tell about you if you don't? Well, nothing good, that's for sure.
>>48035655
This.
Pretty much all of it
>>48025326
Given how certain propositions are straight R-rated advised for a 12 year old, I call bullshit on this. There is a difference between watching, say, The Intouchables when you are a teen, because it has gangster, chases, good cops, corrupt cops, but the only really disturbing scene in it is the one with baseball bat that most people tend to even forgot by the end of it, and then adding to the list things like The Ninth Gate. Sure, it's a great film, but it's also a fucking thriller about satanic cult that treats itself 110% serious while avoiding all the cheese and certain scenes aren't exactly friendly to anyone. But at least that particular guy was aware what the hell he's doing with his posts - other did not
The sole fact this thread is pretty much entirely PG-13 should ring you a bell already.
>>48033703
>/tg/ films
>I will add on not to repeat things
>Willow, Ladyhawke, Eric Viking, The Legend, The Highlander, Blade Runner
>not to repeat things
>not to repeat
You can't be serious those weren't mentioned within 200 fucking posts
>>48016896
the art is pretty, sure
but most of Miyazaki's stories are pretty poorly written.
It makes sense when he admits himself he doesn't plan them out and just makes it up as he goes.
Entertaining for a child but not that good by adult standards.
>>48038300
For me, the only film of his that holds out is Mononoke Hime. Everything else follows the classic graph describing how enjoyment drops down with each year of the viewer. At certain point you realise how heavy-handed everything is and it usually kills the mood completely.
And it's not helping sizable chunk of his stories can be summed up in "a girl stops being a child and starts her adulthood".
>>48014628
>/tg/ movies for a 12yo
Off the top of my head:
The Thief of Bagdad
Jason and the Argonauts
City of Lost Children
Castle of Cagliostro
The Errol Flynn Robin Hood
Raiders of the Lost Ark if you think she can handle all the melting Nazis, otherwise the Three Musketeers movie from 1991.
Except Indy these all feature a group of characters, and their adventures are a bit... chaotic? in a way I associate with tabletop.
>>48039012
>Serious advocating for anyone watching MTV version of Three Musketeers
Anon, I know misery loves company, but stop. The film was so bad it should be forgotten, to tortured over next generations
Why is everyone so hung up on her age? She goes to school, she hangs out with other kids.
At least one of her classmates tries to be cool by looking at way inappropriate shit on their phone during recess, or google crazy shit at their home.
It is absolutely fucking futile to shelter kids unless you home school them and live in a bunker.
There are kids in her class who has googled ass to mouth 4000 times and who watch Syrians blowing themselves up with rpgs on liveleak, and you guys are talking about what ghibli is safe for a twelve yo, jesus.
The important thing is to TALK to your kids about whatever stuff they watch, it's the ones who's parents pretended like they didn't look at it anyway and who never got to ask any questions about weird shit (so they look it up online) that get messed up.
>>48039186
Watching with your kids stuff like Dobermann or Irréversible is still highly damaging, because there is a reason why those films, while being superb, were also 21+. And no amount of talking will help for that. Certain stuff is simply not for a 12 year old.
And this comes from a guy that openly hates age-rating systems of any kind.
>>48014628
Adventures of Sinbad
>>48039186
>It is absolutely fucking futile to shelter kids
But it doesn't mean you should go directly from that to double exposure, you stupid cunt.
>>48039186
Tim, does mom knows you are on that evil, adult-only page, posting your wisdoms of 14 year old?
>>48039277
>>48039228
>>48039208
I'm not saying show her fucking Dobermann, I'm saying people like this guy
>>48016812
is incredibly out of touch.
>>48023988
You should probably watch a good movie instead.
>>48039031
Nah, it's not nearly as bad as the latest one with the airships and shit, or the Beeb series.
I agree that it's not as good as the older ones, but it has some good "PC party" stuff going on. And Tim Curry!
>>48040103
Not even Tim Curry can salvage this wreck. Meanwhile, the Musketeers films from 70s are really good and hold really, really well
>>48040049
Jebus Cristos, he ment they are for much younger kids, not the other way around, you moron
>>48039208
>>48040049
>Mfw I realise I saw Dobermann while being 13
>Years later I still have hard time stomach the ending
>>48041688
>12 yo Girl too old for Howl's Moving Castle
>>48042816
>Implying anyone above age 10 can enjoy it if not being brain-dead hardcore fan of Miyazaki
>>48042892
I enjoyed it when I recently watched it.
And I would not describe myself as an hardcore Miyazaki fan. I could probably not even write his name just from memory.
Also I have only watched three of his movies.
You probably know his works better than me.
So you are factually wrong.
>>48017845
>BBC miniseries of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is very good.
this. It's by far the best thing the BBC has made in years. Maybe decades.
In fact, I think it could well be the best thing the BBC has ever made.
>>48043010
I think there might just be some trolls in this thread.
>>48018058
Oh man this was such a good movie if I'm remembering it right. Every character was interesting too.
>>48043336
>Every
Literally pic related. Everyone else was absolutely forgettable
>>48043416
You can't make a bomb without oregano. Makes a nice big boom.
>>48043511
Vinnie is highly overrated
>>48038343
Mononoke is literally just Nausicaa but worse.
>>48043527
Didn't say he was a good character. Just a memorable one.
>Ctrl+F
>Watership Down
>0 results
Come on, /tg/. You're slipping. There is no better animated adventure.
I'd like to suggest Summer Wars
>>48043582
I think the general consensus so far in the thread has been that we don't want to give the 12-year-old horrific nightmares.
>>48043565
>Worse
If anything, Nausicaa was boring, incoherent shit that lost track of own plot half-way through.
It also lacked Eboshi.
And Sun is not a whinny little bitch like Nausicaa.
And boars are better than oversized beetles.
And no arrow-catching or random beheading.
And so on and forth.
So Mononoke is what Nausicaa wanted to be
>>48043565
>Mononoke
>Worse
Fucking kill yourself. That's literally the only non-cringeworthy Miyazaki
Galaxy Quest is probably the most /tg/ film for space opera
I think this counts because unlike its source material, or the garbage Bayverse movies, this one fulfills the idea of scifi and fantasy, complete with a bizarre odyssey adventure.
At the very least show her what Could Have Been, and what basically redefined the Transformers universe and concept into something that could be mythological and capable of more serious storytelling.
The Marvel comics also helped a great deal.
>>48043661
>No horrific nightmares
>First recommendations were Princess Mononoke and Labyrinth
There is nothing scarier than David Bowie's package, anon.
>>48044870
Not to a girl, apparently. dndwithpornstars.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/an-art-lesson-from-late-goblin-king.html
>>48014628
Not a movie but "avatar legend of aang"
Also the following Disney movies: Tangled
maybe Maleficent
Oz the great and powerful?
How to train your dragon
The Lion the witch and the wardrobe and maybe prince caspian
He never ending story
Princes bride?
Rise of the guardians
Guardians of Ga'hoole
Arthur and the invisibles
Stardust
Hook
Bed knobs and broomsticks
>>48046924
Oz was fuckling awful
>>48047020
I disagree with you but respect your opinionfaggot
>>48016761
baron munchausen too, Terry Gilliam god
>>48018354
Very fun series with a really great RPG.
>>48043677
Your shitty taste is showing, you should see to that.
>>48014628
Gentlemen Broncos.
>>48047699
Please tell us all how it is to be a pleb liking a prototype, half-baked story?
>>48048087
You know how your world is full of boring shit that's lame because it doesn't have super-cool things like linear plotlines, that one character you like, boars, arrow-catching, or so awesome random beheadings?
My world is full of interesting things of different genres and characterizations, with a variety of tones and paces, none of which bore me because I have not allowed myself to become jaded or cynical.
>>48039186
As I said above, my issue with showing her R rated stuff isn't that I think she has never seen it before (or think she never will), it is that I don't want to encourage the idea of normalizing it. I don't want massive violence or sex to be seen as nothing of importance. I don't want profanity to be seen as something that you just do whenever.
I'm lucky in that she does not like gore and such anyhow, horror in general actually. Zombie movies are just not happening for her. I support her veto in this, even if some of those movies I would like to watch with her...maybe in later years.
>>48035655
It was for the reasons you gave that we watched it (actually all of the films). Good or bad, they had have had a huge impact on fiction in our culture and are part of your culture. Especially I think the first movie.
>>48043064
Could someone fill me in on these?
I think we will watch Dark Crystal tonight, and then another episode of SAO.
>>48043582
For fuck's sake, anon.
Hellraiser is more kid-friendly than Watership Down.
>>48051497
We read Watership Down for school in the 4th grade (where, if my math is correct, we would've been 9-10 years old). Is the movie that much worse than the book?
>>48019017
>It's like meeting someone who's never had sex and refuses to even try because they just wanna see how long they can go without sex.
Uhhh... Hi, that sounds like me. Except my excuse is that I have aspergers and I can't figure my own head out so why bother trying to understand woman
>>48049000
>because I have not allowed myself to become jaded or cynical
But that's a lie - it's exactly what you are. And you jaded attitude is first and foremost reason why you even posted.
>>48019017
Maybe, just maybe, people simply don't want to watch something and that's why they refuse? I never touched Star Trek in my life. At all. You know how I treat people who insist I should at least give it a try?
As obnoxious morons that don't understand "no". It doesn't appeal to me, it's outside my interests and I find no joy in "enriching" my life with something that this or that circle of people consider essential for the popculture. I simply don't care.
But if they start insisting, the natural mechanism of every single fucking human being that was, is and will be is defiant resistance. Because that's how our brains are build.
>>48054130
>I never touched Star Trek in my life. At all.
>It doesn't appeal to me, it's outside my interests
How would you know? I mean, unless you just don't like space stuff, but since you didn't mention Star Wars, I doubt that's the case.
>>48054130
Wouldn't that mean you fall under the second category, the 'doesn't float my boat', which he describes as an acceptable excuse ?
>>48054130
Never trying something and being proud of it is some of the dumbest and most annoying shit. You only live once, you may as well get the most out of that time and it doesn't take anything to give a tv show a try.
>>48054084
>But that's a lie - it's exactly what you are.
Do you have any reasoning to back up that assertion?
>And you jaded attitude is first and foremost reason why you even posted.
How so?
Bear in mind, I wasn't even saying anon had shit taste for liking random beheadings and whatnot but because he said that things that didn't have them were not as good, possibly shit.
>>48054130
I tricked my dad into watching the first episode of Breaking Bad after he flatly refused because, like me, a description of the show held nothing of interest for him.
After I introduced the show to him, he watched the entire series in less than a week.
Sometimes you don't know whether or not you like it until you try it.
Anyone who insists you'll like it after that should shut the heck up.
>>48054546
>>48054595
>Never trying something and being proud of it is some of the dumbest and most annoying shit.
Also this
Came here to recommend Tomm More's stuff (Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea). Glad to see I'm not the only one to do that.
>>48043527
>Vinnie is highly overrated
No he isn't.
>>48054691
>I tricked my dad into watching the first episode of Breaking Bad
>he watched the entire series in less than a week
That's funny because I really didn't care for the first episode and watched another episode or two just to give it a fair chance. It was only at that point that I got hooked.
Well, more or less hooked. When I quit watching it with my friend due to a falling out between us, I never got around to picking it back up. So I've been like a third of the way through season 3 for a really long time now. The thing is that the subject isn't really something that interests me that much, so I enjoy the quality of it when I'm watching it, but I don't feel much of a yearning to pick it back up. If it had swords and/or lasers, it'd be a different story.
>>48054637
Maybe because both Mononoke and Nausicaa are the same story, only Nausicaa is the worse of the two? For me the thing that really killed Nausicaa was how fucking obnoxious and heavy-handed it was with pretty much everything. And the messiah metaphore was just unbearable.
>>48055826
>>48043677
The only version of Nausicaa I've ever seen was on a VHS tape back in the late eighties. It was entirely in Japanese with no subs or dubs. I can't say too much about the plot for obvious reasons, but the setting seemed really cool. Of course, this was back when it was somewhat shocking to find a cartoon that didn't feature Disney characters and wasn't Saturday morning kids slop (like The Superfriends), so maybe it would be less impressive to me today.
