What do you think about that movie now?
Kiki’s Delivery Service
That is a lucky draw. That’s a damn good movie!
Hehe yeah, I’d have to agree. Studio Ghibli films are really nice. I should probably give it a rewatch some time soon.
Star Wars, drive-in, 1977. I was 4.
Does Empire count for mine even if I was still in utero?
No. It barely counts at 4.
6 for me. Surely I saw something sooner than that? Can’t think of a thing.
Star Wars - the one where R2D2 gets zapped by Sand People and falls over with a comical thud.
Haven’t seen it for yonks, but enjoy it when I do.
If you were in the cinema in the 70’s, then it was just called Star Wars at the time. If you saw it in the 90’s or later, it was A New Hope.
A horror movie called It’s Alive. I was 5 years old. My mom would rent horror movies without checking the ratings and I’d watch them. Even after this I always loved horror and never had nightmares or anything. But, I rewatched It’s Alive a few years ago and it is definitely not for kids… But honestly the craziest thing my mom rented was The Toxic Avenger, when I was maybe 10. She never saw it herself it so still has no idea what she allowed me to watch at a young age!
You could say…
{Puts on sunglasses}
You got Troma-tised!
YYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Ronja Räubertochter
I’ve never even heard of this before. I’m definitely going to have to look it up
It’s a great movie, but watch the original, titled Ronja Rövardotter, instead of the German dubbed version:
The Abyss.
Still awesome now.
Possibly Fern Gully
Gigi. Absolutely fucking horrified when I watched it as an adult. “Thank heavens for leetle girls.” Yikes. It’s all about a courtesan (high class prostitute) bringing up her daughter to also be a courtesan. Happy ending: she gets married!! Phew!
Actually my first movie might have been a Shirley Temple one. I remember her singing Good Ship Lollipop on a plane with a lot of grown men. At some point her mother got run over - they didn’t show the accident but she was carrying Shirley’s birthday cake, with a plane on it, and you saw the cake crashing to the ground and the plane smashed up. I haven’t seen it since so I have no idea what was going on.
I’m really old btw. All us kids used to go to the pictures every Saturday morning. First up were cartoons, then maybe a serial (Tarzan), then an interval, then the main feature.
I think probably Star Wars. I still like it.
Bambi or An American Tale, probably. 1st one is okay. Feivel is still amazing.
An American Tale is the first movie I remember watching in the movie theater. And I feel in love with it. But I don’t think I’ve watched that movie in over 30 years. My kids and I will 100% be watching that this weekend.
The Cat From Outer Space. I was very young at the time, I only remember little wisps of it.
And yes, it is terribad.
Disney’s Cinderella was re-released in theaters in 80s, I’m pretty sure that’s the first one that formed a permanent memory. I’m not sure I’ve seen it from start to finish since then.
The Empire Strikes Back, from the back seat of my parents’ car, at a drive-in.
Apparently I kept asking “who’s that? who’s that?” whenever anyone new came on screen. To be fair, though, ① I hadn’t seen Star Wars, and ② I was maybe three years old.
It might be a new hope, but I couldn’t imagine when or where I saw it.
I still remember my dad renting a vcr to watch empire strikes back. It was well after the release of the Return of the Jedi, but it was the first time we used a VCR.
My family wasn’t poor, but money was tight and so we turned it into a huge home theater experience with lots of special foods and unlimited soda. The last half was basically non-stop terror for me and I loved every minute of it.
I remember being more surprised that Luke lost his hand than Darth Vader being his father. My little kid brain just figured, yeah, that makes sense; not a lot of other potential dad figures lying around.
Ghost Busters, the possessed vacuum cleaner scene gave me nightmares lol
