# Suggest movies for a 2-year-old and his semi-movie snob dad **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2006, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582 "2006-03-16T08:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/1 "2006-03-16T08:50:02Z")
Toy Story: 250 times. Shrek: 200 times. Finding Nemo: 100 times and counting. Something else that father and son can both agree on: priceless Others that (almost) made the grade: Incredibles: a bit too violent for him. Shrek 2: too contrived for dad (WTF with the cat switching sides so fast – and where was the dragon during all this???) Toy Story 2: meh. Madagascar: kid loves it, dad hates it. Monsters Inc.: Scares the child, bores the dad (after 10 viewings, otherwise pretty good). ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/2 "2006-03-16T09:06:23Z")
[Bugs Bunny Superstar](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072751/). Kid will like the wabbit, dad will like the backstory. Plus, it has Orson Welles in it. [Transformers: The Movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092106/). Surprisingly good for this type of movie, and what kid doesn’t love big robots? Plus, it has Orson Welles in it. George Pal did lots of stop-motion animated stuff, usually with a European toys theme. Track it down. In a fashion, it’s as amazing as Pixar, especially to a two year old. ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/3 "2006-03-16T09:54:51Z")
Wallace and Grommit- Curse of the Were-rabbit Lion King Beuaty and the Beast Aladdin plus old classics for a dollar a time in the basket at Walmart! - young uns seem to really love cheap old cartoons! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/4 "2006-03-16T10:25:35Z")
Ice Age? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/5 "2006-03-16T10:32:51Z")
My best friend’s parents played _Koyaanisqatsi_ for him when he was 1 year old and onwards every day for as many as 200 times. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/6 "2006-03-16T11:11:51Z")
The Triplets of Belleville 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/7 "2006-03-16T11:57:51Z")
The Gods Must Be Crazy Fantasia Dumbo Wallace & Gromit - all of them Kiki’s Delivery Service Castle In The Sky Edward Penishands ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/8 "2006-03-16T12:41:00Z")
Lilo and Stitch - if you like Elvis Ice Age - the whole post dinosaur thing in action The dudley moore “wild animals” series. Forget what its’ really called, but nature series with dudley moore narrating and about baby animals. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/9 "2006-03-16T12:52:53Z")
Porco Rosso (as my friend told me, it’s Casablanca…with a pig) My Neighbour Totoro The Cat Returns ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/10 "2006-03-16T13:01:34Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > The Triplets of Belleville 😃 Loved the movie – but the part with the frogs would totally freak out a kid. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/11 "2006-03-16T13:26:54Z")
Nemo Mulan (this was a biggie) Iron Giant The Incredibles Robots Lilo & Stitch - were in regular rotation for a while. To a lesser extent: Ice Age The Shreks Monsters, Inc. Toy Story Cinderella Snow Dogs (might offend your sensibilities but it has good doggie stuff in it) I played Baraka once. Oops I forgot about the cremations and the tone of despair. The girls sing along to Koyannisqatsi sometimes, but they eventually tire of it, as do I. We tried to get them into Prince of Egypt but they haven’t bitten. I think they’ll come around. Olsen twins movies if you can stand it. They like Babe. Pig in the City didn’t really do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![goransmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@goransmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goransmom)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/12 "2006-03-16T14:29:50Z")
A Bug’s Life is very popular at our house. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/13 "2006-03-16T14:30:38Z")
Miyazaki films: Kiki’s Delivery Service Castle in the Sky (Unless you’re a Spanish speaker at home) My Neighbor Totoro Porco Rosso Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (borderline on the violence) Spirited Away and when it comes out: Howl’s Moving Castle \*\*Do not assume that Princess Mononoke is likewise child-suitable. \*\* Not Miyazaki, but… Nadia: Secret of Blue Water you might enjoy Utena, too. A bit surreal, but colorful enough that The Monster liked it. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/14 "2006-03-16T14:36:28Z")
Maybe the old Garfield short movies and TV show? At least the TV show is now available on DVD. I grew up watching a copy of Winnie the Pooh my parents taped off broadcast (this was the mid-80s and VCRs were still fairly new.) How about the Looney Tunes shorts? They’ve got about 150 out on DVD by now. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/15 "2006-03-16T14:44:21Z")
My three year old girl loves: Kiki’s Delivery Service My Neighbor Totoro Spirited Away The Wizard of Oz Cinderella ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/16 "2006-03-16T14:52:16Z")
Antz was pretty decent. James and the Giant Peach–depending on how close he is to 3 anyway–it might be a bit much for a 13 month old. And a BIG second for Iron Giant, great movie. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/17 "2006-03-16T15:36:55Z")
Old episodes of the Muppet Show. They have the whole first season out on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/18 "2006-03-16T15:54:01Z")
All of **The Land Before Time** movies. I loved them as much as my daughter did. Here’s a link to the [site](http://www.landbeforetime.com/land-before-time-movies.html). ---
**Author:** ![Jenny\_Haniver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Jenny\_Haniver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenny_Haniver)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/19 "2006-03-16T15:57:02Z")
Likewise, [Fraggle Rock](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009RQSSW/qid=1142524067/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-1026481-1412127?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130) is out on DVD - might be suitable for younger viewers than the Muppet Show. **China Guy** , are you referring to [The Adventures of Milo and Otis](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000JL8E/qid=1142524117/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/102-1026481-1412127?n=130)? If so, I heartily second that one. Great movie. (Cheap too! I may need to pick up a copy for myself.) Also [Faerie Tale Theatre](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00077BPH8/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_4/102-1026481-1412127?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130) is also out on DVD. I have fond memories of this series, but I don’t know how well they hold up 20 years on. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582/20 "2006-03-16T15:58:32Z")
> [@goransmom](#): > > A Bug’s Life is very popular at our house. I think I loved this movie as much as my son did. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-movies-for-a-2-year-old-and-his-semi-movie-snob-dad/348582.md?page=2)