To be shocked watching back kids movies from my childhood with DD

DD wanted to watch the old James Bond movies. I've told her the misogyny will infuriate her too much.

Teen Wolf. It's really not a fun basketball movie!

I know that on one level that it's just a plot device to enable children to have adventures on their own but why do so many children's stories have protagonists who are orphans?

I only really like "Finding Nemo." His mum was brutally dispatched in the opening scene which always causes a bad case of kid's eyes going the size of saucers and a bit of a collywobble but at least his Dad was looking for him.

Dark crystal, labyrinth!

Ha ha, we watched Big with our eight year old a couple of days ago. Didn't check the rating as assumed it was (still) a PG... Nope! It wasn't horrendous but I wouldn't have watched it with her if I'd known about (remembered) the swearing and (very tame) sex scenes. Not to mention the dodgy aspect of the thirteen year old in a man's body hooking up with an adult woman 😂 Thankfully I think it passed her by.

My parents took me to watch Jurassic Park when it came out. I worked it out the other day and I was 6 when I saw it in the cinema. I didn't sleep for a good few months after that. The kitchen scene was what did it for me. I was a sensitive kid though.

It very much depends on the kids. I found the Neverending Story scary too and still can't watch it with the swamp scene. Think it traumatised a generation 😂😂

Yeah, had a pang of nostalgia and fired up Flash Gordon with my kids only to be slack jawed at the level of sexism.

Fox and hounds! Water ship down. I know they don't have swearing but still....

Gremlins was a 15 when it was originally released. It’s now a 12A so certainly not intended as a film for young kids.

Why does everyone always ignore that Danny also changes everything about him to be the best possible man for Sandy? I agree there are huge issues with Grease but she isn’t the only one making changes

PG films aren’t meant to be universally suitable for all ages. If you want zero chance of even mildly offensive content you need to look for a U rating, not a PG. Casper is probably a PG because it has the word ‘bitch’ in it, not despite it.

However, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves used to be a PG and includes Christian Slater’s character saying ‘Well fuck me, he cleared it’ at one point as well, and a rape attempt by Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham on Maid Marian. It was a PG for almost 20 years and was only upped to a 12 as recently as 2019!

🤣🤣🤣 I remember screeching “she’s a real pussy wagon” around the house when I was around 10 after watching Grease. I loved that film, didn’t even occur to me that it was rude.

Rewatched not rematched.

I still love Home Alone though!

I was a bit shocked when I rematches Gremlins recently. The mother putting a gremlin in the microwave and other violence.

I hated it as a child for exactly that reason and thought it was a terrible message even when the other girls loved it. I was probably a bit sanctimonious even as a child though!

Yeah but you don't actually see the nail go in his foot! 😆

Years ago Beethoven 2 when the daughter gets locked into a bedroom by a guy who wants to have sex with her (the kids were watching it for ‘all the doggies’😅)

@Picklepower not sure if your after recommendations but Fly Away Home starring a young Anna Paquin is a lovely film about a father and daughter who adopt a family of geese and fly gliders to lead them south for winter. I haven't seen it for ages but I don't remember any use of "bitch" getting bandied about.

I'm not remotely bothered by swearing, but I remember being surprised to see "bloody" being used multiple times in Harry Potter. I'm not sure whether that is transfered to the film script or not.

That’s because you are watching PG films, not U films. A film with a PG rating can have limited swear words. The rule of thumb was something that could be watched by “a reasonable 8 year old”, I think.

Local authorities could overrule ratings for films shown in their area. Mrs Doubtfire was a PG in most places and a 12 in a few because there’s a joke about the ex wife chipping her teeth on a vibrator. Some local councils felt that was too much for a PG rating.

There was a long running joke in the 80s and 90s about the “Spielberg PG” - watch Jurassic Park or the heart ripping scene from Temple Of Doom and you’ll see what they meant. Those films had things no other director could get away with in a PG.

If you want no swearing, stick to U.

I never understood why people thing Greese is a family show. Quite apart from the whole teenage pregnancy storyline, I hate the message it gives when Sandy basically totally changes herself to get the boy.

Can I ask what you find problematic with little rascals? It's beloved by my kids. My middle son went through a phase a few yrs back, watched it everyday for about 6 months.

My youngest is now a teenager (13) and it’s a minefield sitting down to watch some of the old classics with him.
I went for a safe option the other night, trains planes and automobiles - all fine pretty much until Steve Martin goes off on a rampage and uses the word fucking about 20 times in a minute 😂
to be fair I don’t mind the odd bit of swearing in stuff and it was a 15 so my own fault!
But I do agree, and if anyone has any recommendations for any old classics to watch with nothing too hardcore I’m all ears.