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• Saturday, July 12, 2008 08:11 AM

  I guess comedy/adventure was our cultural taste

  Our family culture ran to comedy adventure movies. Which put Last Starfighter near the top of the list. As is evident here, each family has a different bias in its viewing preferences.

  Then too, as we should all recognize, kids ages 3 through 8 or so have a perspective on movies that can’t really be understood by those of us who have left that age behind. We can only coach from the sidelines.

  Before I go to my list of the top 10 sure-fire fun for all movies, let me add one I’ve not seen mentioned. The animated Charlie Brown musical “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” with “ How do they expect me to write a book report, of any quality, in just three days” an introduction to opera not to be missed.

  My families top 10 popcorn night films.

  The Last Starfighter

  Legend

  Neverending Story

  Flight of Dragons

  The Princess Bride

  Buckaroo Banzai

  My Science Project

  Real Genius

  Gremlins 2

  Tremors

  Of course each of my three kids would give you a slightly different list.

  If these are the sort of movies that fit your families “culture" you can find a list of these and more anytime by searching for, "50 greatest good clean family movies", where I’ve posted a permanent list on a bowtie products site just to help you out on your trip to the rental store. Your suggestions are also welcome there.

  With my 4 year old grandson near by, my wife and I look forward to watching these again. They definitely all benefit by having a young one to share the popcorny stories with.

  —ajohng Read ajohng's other letters
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