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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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? - Lemmy.World

The Princess Bride

If you have seen it. You are happy to watch again. If you haven’t, you will love it.

The fire swamp is a little intense for the little ones, but for teens and up it’s a great choice.
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.