this past weekend i watched "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" which was pretty fun. streaming on "Max" ..

was hoping for recommendations for other sort of fantasy adventure movies that are family friendly but also not so targeted at kids that they lean a bit toward stupid hehe

i also kind of wish they'd make another "Detective Pikachu" movie lol

fun stuff. my family tends to watch a lot of horror movies so if i'm looking for something to watch myself i usually go the total opposite direction..

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Re: Family Fantasy Movies
By: fusion to All on Wed Feb 26 2025 07:50 am

was hoping for recommendations for other sort of fantasy adventure movies that are family friendly but also not so targeted at kids that they lean a bit toward stupid hehe

There are barely no fantasy movies made because there is barely no money in them.

If you want something modern, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is very good. It feels a bit like a superhero movie with a fantasy theme rather than your average Marvel theme, but it does not give you room to get bored and, while it has some stupid moment, it does not go into cringeworthy territory.

If you want a classic, pick Willow. Swordfighting, black magic, good against evil, in a family friendly format.

The Princess Bride fits the bill too, except it is a deliberate parody of itself. It is soooo much better than the book it is based on. Definitively a much watch if just for cultural reasons.

If you are into something a bit darker, there is Dragonheart, which explores darker themes. There is stuff like betrayal, a knight who wastes his life hunting dragons for revenge, and two parallel redemption arcs. Not exactly kid friendly, but I watched it when I was very young and I found it to be great.


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The Princess Bride fits the bill too, except it is a deliberate parody
of itself. It is soooo much better than the book it is based on. Definitively a much watch if just for cultural reasons.

Really? I read the book in college and couldn't put it down.




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Re: Re: Family Fantasy Movies
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Sun Mar 02 2025 09:32 am

Really? I read the book in college and couldn't put it down.

I think the story and the premise of the book are great. The book is a 97% accurate representation of them. I think it only skips the zoo part. However, I think the book was not well writen and while the footnotes and the fictitious remake theme were fun, the overall presentation was not that good. The novel is still a good read, but only because its strong points overcame this weak point.

Sincerely, I think the movie is great because it keeps all which made the book great while getting rid of the stylistic choices that took away from it. It is arare case of a high quality boot-to-movie adaptation, of the kind you rarely see.


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