What are you watching?

I very rarely watch new things. Usually I just watch what my wife wants to watch (ex. baking/cooking shows, Gilmore Girls, Downton Abbey, whatever). When I do watch something I choose, it’s usually only when I’m home alone and it’s almost always going to be something I’ve watched before. However, I do have a friend who’s got me hooked on City the Animation, which is an adorable and fun anime from Japan.

For many years, it was just me and Akira Kurosawa**. Now, my son is old enough to be into him, too, so I get to share the love. He really liked The Seven Samurai. I'm trying to get him to commit to Ran. We've been watching some of the other Japanese classics while he's been thinking it over.

** To clarify, if there was an Akira Kurosawa film on the TV, I was left alone to watch it. We didn't have an affair or anything.

My girls are finally old enough to enjoy the lighter Studio Ghibli films (Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki’s Delivery Service). They ADORE Ponyo and ask to watch that one all the time on trips in the car lol.

Thank you for the clarification. Phew, that could have been a big misunderstanding

My girls are finally old enough to enjoy the lighter Studio Ghibli films (Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki’s Delivery Service). They ADORE Ponyo and ask to watch that one all the time on trips in the car lol.

Thank you for the clarification. Phew, that could have been a big misunderstanding

It could have been worse. My wife decided one night that the "family" movie was going to be Poor Things. She hadn't done her research. Once it started, none of us had the nerve to hit STOP, so it played to the end. She'll never live that one down.

Haha yeah that’s my fear with that one. I was also thinking Castle in the Sky could be a fun one for them too but even that one’s a little too violent. My kids are super sensitive lol. My Autistic daughter screamed and cried recently during the live action Snow White because a knife was shown

Mine watched Spirited Away when they were small. The parents-turning-into-pigs bit near the start freaked them out. They also had nightmares about the cute little soot balls: in their fevered nightmares they morphed into spiders crawling on the bedroom walls at 3 am ... and 4 am.