20 Must See Movies to Share With Your Kids... my version

I love random articles on digg, and the other day this one was posted by some guy who compiled a list of the top 20 movies he'd show to his future kids. I agreed with some but I'd also change a lot. This was his list (not in any order) and I've starred the ones I would keep:

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)*****
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
The Incredibles (2004)*****
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
The Entire Disney Traditional Animation Catalogue*****
Mary Poppins (1964)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)*****
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Hook (1991)
Jim Henson's The Storyteller (1988)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
The Parent Trap (1961)*****
The Love Bug (1968)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Old Yeller (1957)
Abbott & Costello in Pardon My Sarong (1942)
The Muppet Movie (1979)***** (except substitute this for "A Muppet Christmas Carol")
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
How To Train Your Dragon (2010)
The Mighty Ducks (1992)*****

A few of the ones he posted I have never even seen, like The Love Bug, Abbott & Costello in Pardon My Sarong, Flight of the Navigator, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent-Minded Professor... basically all of the much older ones. I can't pass judgment on those since I haven't seen them, but I doubt many kids would be too interested in seeing black and white movies unless they're spectacular (maybe they are - who knows). I slept through Citizen Kane and On the Waterfront in my film class in college because they bored the hell out of me, and they're considered some of the best films in history. I just think the story in a black and white film needs to be amazing to keep a little kids attention, if it's not... goodbye.

I really want to thank this blog writer for not including the Wizard of Oz on that list. I know that's always considered by most people to be a big family film but the only way I could stomach sitting through it the last time was while high and syncing it to Pink Floyd. I would never submit my kids to that. His inclusion of the ORIGINAL Willy Wonka is something I would never change though. He's right when he says that Gene Wilder is untouchable in that role. I feel like Johnny Depp pissed all over it in the remake. I don't want to see Willy Wonka as a confused, depressed, borderline schizophrenic, Michael Jackson-esque homosexual. I also would change the Muppet movie to A Muppet Christmas Carol, or maybe leave both, not sure. I saw the Disney version of A Christmas Carol last December and let me just say... spare yourself and re-watch the Muppet version. Gonzo and Fozzy are much more interesting to watch than Disney's latest attempt at 3D. Lastly, the Disney animated classics would all stay, I'm glad he didn't try and make a list including only some of those because there's so many great ones you could list 20 just from that (love his reference to the Fox and the Hound - it's a Disney favorite of mine that is often neglected).

Here's my list.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
The Entire Disney Traditional Animation Catalogue (with honorable mentions to recent CGI films such as Finding Nemo, UP, Monsters Inc. and WALL-E)
Labyrinth (1986)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Charlotte's Web (1973)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) (Extreme love for this film, and totoro even had an adorable cameo in Toy Story 3!)
Wallace and Gromit (the shorts, film, and including the movie Chicken Run (2000) by the same creator)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Fern Gully (1992)
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
Once Upon a Forest (1993)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Homeward Bound (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
A Little Princess (1995)
Beetle Juice (1988)

Honorable mentions also go to The Mighty Ducks (1992), Ice Age (2002), Little Women (1994), Anastasia (1997), The Iron Giant (1999), Back to the Future (1985) and The Incredibles (2004). I would also probably include The Dark Crystal (1982) on here if I didn't think Jim Henson's creepy puppets in the film might give kids nightmares. I actually think I was more creeped out by them when I re-watched it when I was older than when I saw it as a kid though. Odd.

Female Viagra is a crock.

I was all set to go to bed at a relatively decent time tonight, but while browsing a few last minute things on my iPhone I came across this retarded article. If you're too lazy to read it, it basically says how a new clinical study of the "female viagra" pill has had little to no effect on women's desire to have sex. NO SHIT.

Men's viagra corrects a physical problem, what physical problem do they need to correct in women? Nothing, because women don't require any major physical transformation to have sex. This pill is their attempt at rewiring the female brain to want sex more. Anyone with a brain out there would know that there are a LOT of factors that go into a woman's desire to want to have sex with someone. It's not as simple as throwing a pill at them that's really nothing more than a glorified anti-depressant. With the exception of skanks who fuck anything (and wouldn't need this pill to do so anyway), most women require an emotional connection with someone to want to have sex with them. Is the pill going to create one? Maybe their significant other is just a douchebag, will this pill make them more appealing by changing the attitude of their partner? No. If a woman isn't having sex with their husband/boyfriend/whatever, it's most likely because they're bored with it or no longer attracted to the person. Or the person is an asshole. Or they're having a shitty day. There are a million different reasons women may not be interested in sex with a specific person, and no pill is going to change that.

Poohbear.

I could make a collage of all the stupid ways in which my cat sleeps, but this one is by far my favorite. I like to call it "dead in hallway"