the four food groups
My son and I had a weekend with very little studying and homework, and we didn't feel like getting out in the 110-degree heat, so we picked up a handful of DVDs and had the Manly Man-Film Mini-Festival. This was for the split purposes of entertainment and the continuing education I am supplying my son on the vast realm that is The Movies.
On this occasion, we went with what we have declared The Four Food Groups of Movies, which are: Sword, Gun, Monster and Kung Fu. Our selections were Conan the Barbarian, Hard-Boiled, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. and Kung Fu Hustle. Of the four, he had only seen the latter previously, and he enjoyed the batch.
With the exception of the Godzilla flick, I had seen all of these before. With the exception of the Godzilla flick, all were highly entertaining. Godzilla made up for a slow start with a nifty final act.
In my attempts to ensure that my son is exposed to more than The Abstract And Poorly Lit CG Hybrid Creature From The Bottom Of The Lake/Well/Mineshaft/Ocean Floor genre, which happens to be his favorite, I have been watching a varied roster of films with him in the last year or so. Everything from classics (Citizen Kane, Some Like It Hot, To Kill A Mockingbird), war films (The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape), westerns (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, The Professionals, Once Upon A Time In The West), Asian cinema (The Duel, Hero), comedies (Dr. Strangelove) and martial arts (almost anything with Jackie Chan, Jet Li and even the great Enter The Dragon). Of course there have been some modern action films (the Riddick movies, anything with a Marvel superhero). I want the kid to be well-rounded when it comes to movies.
I've been pretty lucky in my choices, as I cannot recall a film he flat-out didn't like. Well, he later told me he didn't dig Dr. Strangelove, but I think some of the humor was lost on his young mind. That's okay. He has lots of years to develop his tastes. I'm just glad I can contribute in some small way.
What does this all mean to you? Not much. It's one of those personal posts that probably doesn't apply to anyone else.
And that's fine by me.
I saw Jaws when I was 11
On this occasion, we went with what we have declared The Four Food Groups of Movies, which are: Sword, Gun, Monster and Kung Fu. Our selections were Conan the Barbarian, Hard-Boiled, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. and Kung Fu Hustle. Of the four, he had only seen the latter previously, and he enjoyed the batch.
With the exception of the Godzilla flick, I had seen all of these before. With the exception of the Godzilla flick, all were highly entertaining. Godzilla made up for a slow start with a nifty final act.
In my attempts to ensure that my son is exposed to more than The Abstract And Poorly Lit CG Hybrid Creature From The Bottom Of The Lake/Well/Mineshaft/Ocean Floor genre, which happens to be his favorite, I have been watching a varied roster of films with him in the last year or so. Everything from classics (Citizen Kane, Some Like It Hot, To Kill A Mockingbird), war films (The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape), westerns (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, The Professionals, Once Upon A Time In The West), Asian cinema (The Duel, Hero), comedies (Dr. Strangelove) and martial arts (almost anything with Jackie Chan, Jet Li and even the great Enter The Dragon). Of course there have been some modern action films (the Riddick movies, anything with a Marvel superhero). I want the kid to be well-rounded when it comes to movies.
I've been pretty lucky in my choices, as I cannot recall a film he flat-out didn't like. Well, he later told me he didn't dig Dr. Strangelove, but I think some of the humor was lost on his young mind. That's okay. He has lots of years to develop his tastes. I'm just glad I can contribute in some small way.
What does this all mean to you? Not much. It's one of those personal posts that probably doesn't apply to anyone else.
And that's fine by me.
I saw Jaws when I was 11
posted by scn at 8:50 PM
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