youth-friendly movies

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Monkey King - Hero Is Back (2015) poster 12

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4644382/

Something about trolls and such, and a little boy who probably becomes a hero.

I didn’t get very far into this. It’s way too over-the-top childish for my tastes. I would recommend this be watched by a parent with their kid. It seems action-packed yet “safe”. Nobody dies, even through major fight scenes.

  • Properly titled Monkey King: Hero Is Back (2015)
  • 西游记之大圣归来 or Xi you ji zhi da sheng gui lai in Chinese
  • You may think that “is back” would mean this is a sequel. It is not.



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Castle in the Sky - (1986 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092067/
was https://movies.disney.com/castle-in-the-sky

to be re-watched, maybe

Pretty lame animated film, with a messed up plot.. focused around the fantasy world. It’s neat.



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The Transformers - The Movie (1986) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092106/

To solidify its power, a planet-eater tracks down the only thing which could threaten it, the “matrix of power”, a device passed down from the leaders of a race of alien robots.

This was a deeply-moving movie for me as a child, though this impression was only possible because I grew up watching the original series. Re-watching this as an adult, it didn’t have anywhere near that impact.

Though I do still like it, I don’t know that I can recommend it, not just because it looks “old”, but because it requires so much context from the series. I think for the young these days this would look like a crappy old cartoon with decent, but old, rock music.


The Last Unicorn - (1982 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084237/

review to be added when re-watched

I love this and have watched it numerous times.



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