CinemaBUZZ Weekly Report - 7 April 2013

Top 10 Family-friendly Films

Smile (www.sheknows.com) a popular family-friendly web site recently surveyed parents to find out which movies were the best all-time films for youngsters. Here are the results:

1. 'A Little Princess' - 1995
2. 'The Goonies' - 1985
3. 'Chicken Run' - 2000
4. 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' - 1997
5. 'Swiss Family Robinson' - 1960
6. 'Old Yeller' - 1957
7. 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' - 1968
8. 'The Lion King' - 1994
9. 'A Christmas Story' - 1983
10. ' Up' - 2009

Surprisingly, it appears that time doesn't have much of an impact on enjoyment.  Most of the list is comprised of decades old films.  It may be that these films were 'made'  strictly for children and not produced for the wide-audience that many of today's family films are.

Time Heals ALL

It appears that Hollywood believes America is ready to view the White House and other government buildings and structures being destroyed - after an 11 year pause due to 9/11.  The upcoming 'White House Down' and the current 'Olympus Has Fallen' both feature White House demolition.  Heretofore, the White House and other government structures were only destroyed by  natural disasters: an ice age (The Day After Tomorrow) and an earthquake (2012).  Now, all wraps are off, as big media thinks the psycho-wounds of 9/11 have healed and America is now, once again, ready to take on the paranoia of a nation under siege.

Now, we await the first movie detailing the destruction of the new World Financial Center complex in NYC - well, I hope the good guys win.