CaliforniaBride

We like to do a family movie night every so often. Popcorn, candy and a DVD. But it's getting increasingly difficult to find a movie that appeals to sulky 15 year old stepson, grumpy sports-watching hubby, Disney-Dreamworks 9 year old and me. Any suggestions?

I know a lot of posters here are now in blended families and I wondered if you had any other ideas for family traditions you could share, that helped the 'bonding' process.

Maggs

Hi CB

I have 3 step children aged 12 (a girl), 14 (a boy), 16 (a girl) who all live with us and I have 2 of my own 21(a boy) and 23( a girl) although my daughter lives in the UK. When my son is home from college we play texas hold'em poker and it's great fun. We only play when he is home because we can never remember the rules of the game and he has to remind us!! When it's just the 2 younger ones we play different board games.

When it's all of us we agree to watch something that everyone can watch, sometimes hard to do and the older ones tend to leave. But everyone liked the new Batman, Lord of the Rings trilogy and the latest Star Wars Movie. Sometimes it's just the girls and me and we watch something like legally blonde and occasionally we get one that just the guys watch. I make popcorn and we sit and eat until we are full! It's hard to please everyone and to be quite honest it's not always worth us having a fight about it. As they get older they just want to be in their own teenage world! Hope you find something you can all enjoy.

Maggie

Bob

Debbie Does Dallas? Certainly get everyone's attention *l*

Well for family flicks, can't go wrong with comedy shows really...

Chorlton

Something like Pirates of the Carribean? I'm sure its hard to please everyone all the time.

NC Penguin

Do you take turns to choose a film? Maybe create a list of selection of films that members would like to see so there's a constant pool of films that are to be watched. Also, if one child chooses the film, the other gets to choose the flavor of popcorn or type of candy.

BTW- what the heck is a blended family? I was wondering if you were referring to a biracial family...



NC Penguin

gruffbrown

We often spend evenings as a family playing Russian Roulette with the Magimix, it's great........

Bob

divorced couples marrying...hence blending two families...

NC Penguin

I think I like GruffBrown's explanation better. Must be fun living in his household...



NC Penguin

Englishmum

It looks like the forthcoming "Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" is going to be a fabulous family film for adults, teens and even very young children according to this review:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1773

I can't wait!

CaliforniaBride

It's nice to have one to look forward to. I can't wait either, which means we will probably go to the movies to see it. Thanks for the link.

dunroving

Thanks for the link - I just watched the preview clip. I'm also currently watching the BBC production (on sale at Sam's Club), and the two look very different.

Besides the obviously better special effects in the Hollywood version, it seemed a lot more "dramatic" - though that may just have been the booming soundtrack accompanying the clip. I wonder which version CS Lewis would have preferred?

Patrick

Dear Frankie

Millions

sisterhood of the travelling pants

Bad news bears

Are we there yet

Serenity

13 going on 30

Millions is a brilliant movie, we watched it this week, Dear Frankie is a great move too

Tangram

Can't go wrong with over 16 hours back to back Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Extended Versions....then peel yourself off the sofa Homer Simpson style and phone in work sick

CaliforniaBride

Thanks for the recommendations. Some of them would work. But PG-13 ratings are too high for my 9 year old.

Dear Frankie, PG-13
Millions, PG
Sisterhood, PG
Bad News Bears, PG-13
Are we there yet, PG
Serenity, PG-13
13 going on 30, PG-13

Patrick

If your not a member already join Netflix, its excellent, I dont know what I did without it. Apart from keeping a movie as long as you want you make a queue of movies you want to see. When you return a movie they give you a bunch of suggestions of like movies - you may never have to think again!