The movie is basically a children's story so I thought this would be a good initial film to introduce them to the silent era. And it did not disappoint. My older child watched with rapt attention throughout. It took longer for the younger one, but she started asking about the title cards and soon she was enveloped by the story.
The only touchy moment was the scene where the two leads meet their dead brothers and sisters. It took a moment, but my son spoke up.
"Wait, they're dead?"
"Yes."
"Oh. The baby too?"
"Yes, but they are all happy together."
"Okay."
When they got to the Kingdom of the Future, he asked why they weren't more kids. His theory was if that were all of the children yet to be born, there should be a LOT more. Can't argue with that.
They understood the film and the ultimate message (Fairly obvious, but I won't spoil it here.)
For fun, here are my tweets during the film (found at 100yearsofmovie):
- Watching 1918's The Blue Bird with my 8-year-old. Should be interesting.
- From the 8-year-old pre-credits: "I like movies a lot better when they actually talk"
- Four minutes in: "These don't look like very fun times."
- Laughter when Tyltyl says that bread might have a soul. The character is mocking his mom.
- 8-year-old: "Man, that's a big thing of sugar."
- The dog saves Tyltyl. Eight-year-old yells: "Karate dog!"
- A scene where the kids meet children yet to be born. My son is questioning the mechanics of this.
- Final verdict: both the eight and six year-old liked it. The 2-1/2 year-old? Snoring.
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