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chibininja

Movie Question!

Jul 09, 2010 22:11

So every summer, our family hosts an outdoor movie night for church. We select a movie, run up a bed sheet, and set up a projector. We supply popcorn, they bring drinks and seating. When it gets dark, we start the movie ( Read more... )

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bizket July 10 2010, 05:50:25 UTC

Why not show 'The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe'?

chibininja July 10 2010, 13:14:58 UTC

Everyone's seen that one, Bizket, or functionally close enough to it.

bizket July 10 2010, 15:47:54 UTC

And everyone hadn't seen Princess Bride?

chibininja July 10 2010, 21:52:52 UTC

That was actually the movie that inspired the whole event. We knew a guy who hadn't seen it, and turned our church into a movie theater for the evening.

Pastor liked how it went so much that he decided to make it a yearly event.

vangrowl July 10 2010, 06:16:08 UTC

I'd suggest Hudson Hawk but it's been a while since I've seen it and I'm not entirely sure it meets the criteria. Still, it's a movie I loved as a kid and still love as a semi-grown man, and definitely has appeal to a broad age range.

Plus, you get to see Bruce Willis sing.

chibininja July 10 2010, 13:19:17 UTC

R rated. Disqualified but added to my Netflix queue anyway!

johnthegreat July 10 2010, 22:15:42 UTC

"Battleship Potemkin". No swearing, relatively little violence, and an uplifting message at the end.

chibininja July 12 2010, 02:26:50 UTC

Given that it's a silent movie, and older than pretty much anyone in our church, I'm not sure how serious I should take you.

litagemini July 11 2010, 22:57:27 UTC

I find the Sandlot to be kinda dull. I guess it's OK for kids. My suggestion would be Up, but you hate Disney and animation for some reason (why do you hate America). Princess Bride is always a great film, but it's really the only one on that list that I have both seen and liked. This is making me realize how few 'non-scary, uplifting' movies I like that are not cartoons. Not many apparently.

chibininja July 12 2010, 02:25:00 UTC

Those are the movies we've done, provided to give some insight as to what might qualify.

For the record, I loved Up. The soft prohibition on Disney and animated stuff was totally not my idea, but that of the Final Arbiter (read: Mom).

litagemini July 12 2010, 02:28:33 UTC

Oh. I totally misunderstood the point of the list. I misread; my bad.

chibininja July 12 2010, 02:34:59 UTC

It's cool. Final Arbiter went to bed, though, so I'll let you know.