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[โ€“] stanka@lemmy.ml 159 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The Princess Bride

If you have seen it. You are happy to watch again. If you haven't, you will love it.

[โ€“] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 53 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 52 points 7 months ago

Some day you may not mind so much.

[โ€“] tristan@aussie.zone 27 points 7 months ago

It's got romance, action, comedy, fantasy, safe for kids and families... Covers most groups

[โ€“] Kalkaline@leminal.space 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The fire swamp is a little intense for the little ones, but for teens and up it's a great choice.

[โ€“] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

I think it's fine for kids younger than teenagers. Maybe around 8 and up. By the time they are teenagers, most kids are watching anything and everything, included R-rated movies.

[โ€“] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I wonder how I would have turned out if more sheltered growing up. I think I was around 7 when i watched Childs play and Nightmare on Elm Street. Then here you are saying some flames killing a fake looking big rat might be too scary for kids.

[โ€“] Kalkaline@leminal.space 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I watched all that stuff as a kid too, I remember having nightmares for weeks over Children of the Corn. I want to avoid that with my kid and let her choose when to watch that stuff.

[โ€“] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

Oh, I chose to watch it all. It's just that my parents allowed it. Lol

Oddly enough, the only thing that I ever remember getting nightmares about was an alien abduction movie called "fire in the Sky" that said it was based on a true story. That one kept me up at night.

[โ€“] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I watched The Neverending Story in my 30's and realized the Artax scene had caused me decades of nightmares.

[โ€“] pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I just heard an interesting fan theory, that the scene with Artax and the swamp represents being unable to help a friend or family member through depression. That for the friend it can be perplexing (move or you'll die!), but it's so hard to do anything for a depressed person in a slump.

[โ€“] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Even funnier since I ended up being metaphorical Artax.

[โ€“] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My husband has a close friend who's currently going through a rough patch. We know our Artax will pull through, but it's going to be hard going for a while. Meanwhile my husband is trying to at least keep in touch.

[โ€“] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

It's all you can do sometimes. When the darkness sets in for me I can't recognize the light. I'm starting to break out of it somewhat, but there's a lot of self hate still etched in. It does kind of improve once you're on the other side.

[โ€“] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah. Nothing like a painful death by drowning in a swamp pit that you led your horse/pet/friend into. Did not expect that to go down.