It's movie night. You don't know who's coming but you have to pick a movie everyone vibes with. What do you choose?

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The Princess Bride
If you have seen it. You are happy to watch again. If you haven't, you will love it.
- Is there kissing?
  
  Some day you may not mind so much.
- It's got romance, action, comedy, fantasy, safe for kids and families... Covers most groups
- The fire swamp is a little intense for the little ones, but for teens and up it's a great choice.
  
  I think it's fine for kids younger than teenagers. Maybe around 8 and up. By the time they are teenagers, most kids are watching anything and everything, included R-rated movies.
  
  I wonder how I would have turned out if more sheltered growing up. I think I was around 7 when i watched Childs play and Nightmare on Elm Street. Then here you are saying some flames killing a fake looking big rat might be too scary for kids.
  
  I watched The Neverending Story in my 30's and realized the Artax scene had caused me decades of nightmares.
  
  I just heard an interesting fan theory, that the scene with Artax and the swamp represents being unable to help a friend or family member through depression. That for the friend it can be perplexing (move or you'll die!), but it's so hard to do anything for a depressed person in a slump.
  
  Even funnier since I ended up being metaphorical Artax.
  
  My husband has a close friend who's currently going through a rough patch. We know our Artax will pull through, but it's going to be hard going for a while. Meanwhile my husband is trying to at least keep in touch.
  
  It's all you can do sometimes. When the darkness sets in for me I can't recognize the light. I'm starting to break out of it somewhat, but there's a lot of self hate still etched in. It does kind of improve once you're on the other side.
  
  Oh yeah. Nothing like a painful death by drowning in a swamp pit that you led your horse/pet/friend into. Did not expect that to go down.
  
  I watched all that stuff as a kid too, I remember having nightmares for weeks over Children of the Corn. I want to avoid that with my kid and let her choose when to watch that stuff.
  
  Oh, I chose to watch it all. It's just that my parents allowed it. Lol
  Oddly enough, the only thing that I ever remember getting nightmares about was an alien abduction movie called "fire in the Sky" that said it was based on a true story. That one kept me up at night.

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