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What do you think about that movie now?

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[–] daredevil@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That is a lucky draw. That's a damn good movie!

[–] daredevil@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Hehe yeah, I'd have to agree. Studio Ghibli films are really nice. I should probably give it a rewatch some time soon.

[–] arquebus_x@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Star Wars, drive-in, 1977. I was 4.

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does Empire count for mine even if I was still in utero?

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[–] I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] miz_nocturnal@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You could say...

{Puts on sunglasses}

You got Troma-tised!

YYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

[–] rothaine@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

Possibly Fern Gully

[–] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've never even heard of this before. I'm definitely going to have to look it up

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

It's a great movie, but watch the original, titled Ronja Rövardotter, instead of the German dubbed version:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088015/

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

The Abyss.

Still awesome now.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The Cat From Outer Space. I was very young at the time, I only remember little wisps of it.

And yes, it is terribad.

[–] bobslaede@feddit.dk 3 points 11 months ago

I think probably Star Wars. I still like it.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bambi or An American Tale, probably. 1st one is okay. Feivel is still amazing.

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] _ed@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Empire Strikes back. Han Solo being carbonised, Luke skywalker hanging from bottom of cloud city. Just wow. Probably earlier ones but that was stamped on my brain.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, was 7.

Carbonite == Kryptonite at that age.

Had to cover my eyes for the freezing

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Ghost Busters, the possessed vacuum cleaner scene gave me nightmares lol

[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps the Peter Cushing version of Dr Who and the Daleks when it was first shown on TV in the late '60s. It's pretty weak - toned down to get a 'U' cert - and not a patch on Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. from the following year. When I saw that one, I recall that I was drawing scenes from it for some time afterwards. I don't recall that from the first one though.

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Something interesting I discovered recently, Bernard Cribbins was in Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. predating his role as Wilfred Mott by some 40 years.

[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The first one I remember was Rescuer’s Down Under. My mom took me to see it in theaters. Like most Disney animated movies, it’s held up.

[–] edwardbear@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Hell yeah, my first movie as well! I dreamt about being part of the movie, I was so obsessed with it. Holds up great, if you ask me!

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

I was 3 years old and my parents took me to see it at a drive in theater. Fell asleep before the end.

[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that the one with the whales? Probably not a riveting movie for a 3 year old!

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

Whales and time travel to the present day. Which is 1986, of course.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] DeltaBravoNiner@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Jurassic Park in the cinema. I loved dinosaurs as a kid, film scared the shit out of me, and made me laugh. Still does the same today.

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

The first movie I can clearly remember watching in a movie theatre was Mio min Mio, with a very young Christian Bale, and I've never watched it again since then but now you got me curious about doing that:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093543/

[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

The Christmas that almost wasn't.

[–] Spasmolytic@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

It might be Little Shop of Horrors. Definitely freaked me out.

I vaguely remember crying when the cat was electrocuted by chewing on Christmas lights in the Griswolds Family Christmas.

[–] ____@infosec.pub 2 points 11 months ago

First, Roger Rabbit in a theatre. I was probably fourish.

More interestingly, at maybe eight, Pet Semetary. Kid me didn’t sleep for a good long time after…

[–] guleblanc@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Arizona Raiders, with Audy Murphy, probably at the age of 10. I thought it was the most sophisticated thing ever. I saw it again as an adult, and realized it's dreadful.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Face off. I thought the premise was creepy, but I remember I was happy about the ending.

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

The Muppet movie. I mostly remember the trailer for the empire strikes back that played before.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Ghostbusters.

First film I ever saw at the cinema. Loved it then and still do, probably watch it at least twice a year.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Cinderella
Before anyone makes the obvious joke, it was a re-release! I’m not that old :)
It’s still a beautiful movie and I now regularly watch it with my daughter. It has beautiful art, cute animals and catchy songs. 🎶bippity boppity boo🎶
And that stepmother has one of the evilest smirks I’ve ever seen. No magic or anything and still one of the best Disney villains.
I think the only downside is the bland prince. He has about the same personality as a boiled potato.

I don’t remember how old I was when I watched it, but I was young enough to still be allowed to run through the theater.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I think the first one I really remember is the Goonies. I remember thinking the Asian kid was cool because he had gadgets. And the skeletons were scary.

I watched it with my kids. The skeletons are still scary, and the depictions of fat kids, Asians, and people with disabilities wouldn't fly now. Also the casual fighting between the brothers was weird to watch.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Lady and the Tramp. Had to have been a re-release because I definitely wasn’t alive in the 50s. Don’t really think much because I don’t remember much except the spaghetti scene.

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