My daughter, Merle, aged eight watched James Stewart's "Harvey" again and again. (I will personally do everything that Don Firth threatened to any son of a bitch who messes with that film). She also loved, "To Kill a Mockingbird," as it happened. I think kids can tell the difference between a powerfully acted, scripted and directed piece of work and some vapid junk with a lot of high tech effects. They will have their own heroes for sure and there is some quality around. They will always prefer a good old film to a poor new one though.