What movies/books etc do you wanne pass on to the next generation.

[Rose85]

What if you could eny item put in to a treasure cheast for your own (grand) children, what will it be?
Books:
JM Barry - peter pan
the Harry Potter series
Roal Dahl -Mathilda

Movies
Disney's Peter Pan
Al the Harry Potter Movies
Labyrinht ( DUH)
Al the Muppet movies
The Wizz whit Micheal Jackson and Diana Ross
Pocahontas
Beauty and the Beast
Anastacia
The Muppets show
Especialy the Harry Bellefonte and Star Wars episode
Star Wars

What about you

 

[Laszlo]

Books:
THE NEVERENDING STORY (Michael Ende)
THE WORLD OF THE DARK CRYSTAL
THE DARK CRYSTAL NOVEL (A.C.H. Smith)

Movies:
THE DARK CRYSTAL (surprise...)
LABYRINTH
and the STAR WARS series (minus Episode 1)

 

[AlittleMayhem]

Books;
Harry Potters
Roald Dahl
Skulduggery Pleasent (that reminds me, the new one is just out)
Percy Jackson
TLOTR
Narnia
Outsiders

Movies
All the Muppet movies
Hayao Miyazaki
Pixar
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Watership Down
How to Train Your Dragon
Lots of Disney flicks

(I'll probably add more if I think of more)

 

[rogue raven]

Labyrinth is #1 for me. I would love to tell this story to my niece just to freak her out. Can't wait for her next visit so we can watch the movie. When she's being bad, I'll tease her and wish her away to the Goblin King. ;p

 

[Twisted Tails]

Books:
The Hobbit
TLOTR series
Catcher in the Rye (sort of)

Movies
All the Muppet movies
The Dark Crystal (Duh!)
Disney movies
Pixar Ani. movies

That is all I thank of.

 

[CensoredAlso]

This is an excellent question btw!

Books:
Night
Catcher in the Rye
A Raisin in the Sun
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings

Movies:
(Almost) everything Muppet related
Mary Poppins
Sleeping Beauty
Sword in the Stone
All the Star Trek films (even 1 and 5, lol)
Flight of the Navigator
The Maltese Falcon
I'll Give a Million (lesser known 1930's Peter Lorre film, very funny, needs to be seen!)
Marx Brothers (excluding the later movies, no one needs to see those, lol)

 

[minor muppetz]

Books:
The Cat in the Hat
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Butter Battle Book
Green Eggs and Ham
The Sneetches and Other Stories
Hop on Pop
There's a Monster at the End of This Book
Ernie's Neighborhood
Ernie's Big Mess
Goosebumps: Monster Blood series
Goosebumps: The Girl Who Cried Monster
Of Mice and Men
The Great Gatsby

Movies:
All the Muppet movies
Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
UHF
Blazing Saddles
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Liar Liar
The Lion King
A Goofy Movie
101 Dalmatians
The Aristocats
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
The Wedding Singer
The Water Boy
the original Star Wars trilogy (not sure if I'd want them watching the prequels... Maybe when they're old enough to know what's stupid and what's not)
Batman trilogy (before Batman and Robin)
Back to the Future trilogy

 

[CensoredAlso]

the original Star Wars trilogy (not sure if I'd want them watching the prequels... Maybe when they're old enough to know what's stupid and what's not)

I agree; I'd rather not encourage any childhood nostalgia for the prequels, lol. Not enough parents think about these things.

 

[minor muppetz]

I agree; I'd rather not encourage any childhood nostalgia for the prequels, lol. Not enough parents think about these things.

Yeah, some of the stuff I listed I'd wait until they were older. I think I'd wait 'till the enxt generation was 5 or 6 before watching the Star Wars and Back to the Future trilogies, for example. For many years I had been wondering what the best way to expose Star Wars to kids is, in the original chronological order, prequels first and then the original trilogy (which would ruin the ending of The Empire Strikes Back), or in a random order (I think James Rolfe also talked about this predictament in his review of the Star Wars movies). And of course there's the option of whether a parent would refuse to let their kids watch the prequels at all (and I'm sure there's some stick-in-the-mud parents who won't want their kids exposed to the franchsie at all).

 

[CensoredAlso]

And of course there's the option of whether a parent would refuse to let their kids watch the prequels at all

I'll admit the thought has crossed my mind. I just don't think the prequels deserve the exposure. To be blunt, I want my kids to know what good movies look like...and what they don't look like, lol.