Originally Posted by
trentsmom
I was watching this movie last night and thinking it would be perfect for this thread!
We own that movie and it is a great suggestion. The Merlin character is hilarious.
Now that we have all high schoolers, we think it’s more of a challenge as devout Catholics to find fun movies that aren’t promoting gratuitous sex, violence and swearing. We can handle anything to a small degree and it gives us something to discuss, but even my kids don’t want to consume too much of it. Instead, for our family and the kids friends we look for movies that are visually or intellectually interesting or with a ton of suspense or jump scares. They can start some lively discussions. These movies show scenes that can be disturbing and probably aren’t great for younger kids. But I mention them because I think it’s harder to find movies that teens find interesting. They just aren’t alway ready yet for all adult movies. Even my 19yo who is excited to be an adult and have access to anything says that there are some movies he wished he hadn’t seen. He just found them too disturbing with nothing redeeming about them. Some of the movies that have sparked some great discussions with my teens over the past year or 2:
Some of the M. Night Shymalan movies. They loved Signs and the Village. Because of the suicide portrayals, we haven’t watched the Sixth Sense.
The Others with Nicole Kidman
Source Code with Jake Gyllanhaal
The Thing from 1982
Alien from 1979 (the kids were impressed by how well the movie was done with the technology of the time).
World War Z
Train to Busan
A Quiet Place
Edge of Tomorrow and Many of Tom Cruise’s movies particularly his recent movies. Just talking about Scientology has lead to interesting discussions!
The last 4 Mission Impossibles are favorites
The Hunt for Red October
The Fugitive
Uncle Buck
Canadian Bacon
Men in Black
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Arrival
Contagion
Gravity
The Help
Hidden Figures
The Hunger Games
Interstellar
The Karate Kid movies
The Martian
The Maze Runner Movies
The Monuments Men
Woman in Gold
The Longest Day
Jaws
Close Encounters of the third kind
poltergeist- they thought this was funny. The technology used in the film’s making fascinated them
Last edited by gatorsmom; 07-23-2022 at 09:39 AM.
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