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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: Scott on November 10, 2004, 12:12 PM
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We're going to bring JediMAX to his first movie this weekend...
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He's officially potty trained and sat through the entire Toy Story 2 DVD last week so we think he's ready. Anyone remember their first movie experience?
Mine...Pinocchio, which I can't figure out. I don't think it was rereleased in the 70's anytime, so it must have been one a Movie theater screened on its own. Still remember the whale scene pretty vividly and my mom using the be a good boy or you're going to grow a long nose trick on me.
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Honestly, I think it was ET, at a special screening at the Drive In Theatre. I was so frightened, I refused to leave the car that night. I had to be carried out. I also wouldn't eat reeses pieces for the longest while either.
Kevin
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I'm pretty certain this was the first moive I ever watched in a theater.
Wonder if there's any anal bastards out there that could list every movie they've ever seen in the theater???
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I bet I could. Honestly.
I've probobly only been to the theatres 20 times in my life, and about 10 of them most recently.
Kevin
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Can't truly say that it was the first film I went to as a child, but I remember that my mom took me to the "Sound of Music" when I was a small kid.
Unfortunately, I suffered from vertigo as a child, and when the copter shot came in at the beginning of the movie, taking the movie-goers over the beautiful spectacular views of the Alps before panning in to Julie Andrews, by head started spinning and I started throwing up.
We left, and I really think that was the last time I ever went to a movie with my mom. She really loves that movie though.
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It was a Robert Redford movie called "Jeremiah Johnson" and it was at a drive-in theater.
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I believe it was this one, based on release date (1981):
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but it might have been a re-release of Lady and the Tramp.
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That movie makes me cry every time I see it, no matter what.:'(
Kevin
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To be honest, the first movie I actually remember seeing in the theatre was Return of the Jedi in 1983. I was almost 6. I may have seen something before that too, but that's the only one I remember clearly. I believe I saw Fox and the Hound at one point too, but I don't know what year. That was one of my favorite movies growing up.
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First movie my parents ever took me to see was Star Wars. Pretty damn cool.
As for that Polar Express, the review on CNN said the characters are down right creepy. Check out the review on their website.
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Yeah I did see that HE, I also read both the reviews in the local papers and both were absolutely glowing. Max is huge in to trains and machines and cars right now so we think this over the Incredibles would be a good choice
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The first movie I actually remember going to was E.T.
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There were probably others before it, but nothing affected me the way this movie did. I still remember crying all the way from the theatre to the car, and then all the way home because E.T. went home (gee, I hope this isn't a spoiler ;))
OCB, I wouldn't recommend The Incredibles for a toddler - my 3 year old girl was pretty spooked by the movie. Just a little too much action for her (of course, I got a big kick out of it).
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Boy, I think I out date you guys! First movie I ever saw was with my brother was back in 1968, Planet of the Apes.
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I do remember my brother taking me to see James Bond's You Only Live Twice in 1967 but the people at the theater would not let me in as I was under age. The ratings really sucked back then, my brother already saw the movie & I remember him arguing with the manager, what a site that was for my age! ;D
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True story:
In '77 the family was going tp see Star Wars, but I was sick and had to stay home. My parents still say I was more upset than they thought I'd be. Maybe I knew...
a month or so later my older brother conned them into going again, and this time I was included. But SW was sold out so my first movie became...
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(don't worry, the happy ending is that I did eventually get to see Star Wars...in '78!)
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three years old. i remember the jabba scene freaking me out the most and lots of kids with those stuffed ewok dolls all over the place. it's actually my earliest memory, period. it's obviously stuck with me...
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I am honestly not sure, but if I had to guess...ummm...The Little Mermaid, Aladin, or Homeward Bound. I'm not sure though...
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I have no idea really. The farthest I can think back to is Ms. Doubtfire, though I'm sure there was a Disney movie or two before that.
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Cause if you didn't see Disney movies, your not cool. *gets apple spit in his face*
Kevin :P
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Return of the Jedi, during a 1984 rerelease.
So I would have been barely three years old.
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First movie I remember going to see was "Herbie the Love Bug" back when I was a youngin. My Aunt and Uncle took me along with their 5 kids to the movies every Saturday afternoon, and we would always catch some kinda matinee that had nothing but Disney films. I remember seeing Mary Poppins, Nutty Professor (with Jerry Lewis, not Eddie Murphy), the Cat from Outer Space, and dozens of others.
The first movie I remember going to see without my parents, just my friends and I was Karate Kid (1984?) and we had to sit all the way up in the front row, because the theater was packed.
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Mine...Pinocchio, which I can't figure out. I don't think it was rereleased in the 70's anytime, so it must have been one a Movie theater screened on its own. Still remember the whale scene pretty vividly and my mom using the be a good boy or you're going to grow a long nose trick on me.
Heh, that's back in the old days Scott, before there were VCRs, or have you forgotten that. The only way to see a movie was at a theatre. Or if the school brought in a movie. Like the LIttle Drummer Boy every year at Christmas?
Honestly I cannot remember that far back anymore as to what the first movie was :-\ It might have been Sound of Music, possibly one of the Herbie movies or maybe Mary Poppins. I think it was either the first or last in that list, not sure why.
First movie I attended at a drive in was Live and Let Die, cool flick, but voodoo guys scared the crap out of me for years.
First movie I went to without family was Phantom of the Paradise. There was a cool theater only about a mile from our place and we went and saw it over and over again. Still enjoy it much more than Rocky Horror, mostly because of the memories.
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Hmm........Bambi (I think). If I went to the movies, it would have to have been to a Disney one and that's the one I remember since I cried like girl when the mom was shot (oh wait...I am a girl ;) ).
Of course, I do remember seeing Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang also....but I think I am dating myself here so I'm not saying anymore... :-*
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1984 was the year I went to my first movie by myself...great year for movies too
I believe my first one was Temple of Doom, but I also remember seeing Karate Kid, Ghostbusters, Gremlins with my buddies that summer
1985 was not too shabby either Back to the Future, Goonies, Teen Wolf and Rocky IV
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There's a big blur of seventies stuff that included Close Encounters, Rescuers, (and 1st run Star Wars was a blur, too -- lots of people yelling and cheering, that's what I remember more) and a bunch of Disney rereleases like Snow White.
But I vividly remember Watership Down. I really remember sitting there seeing that and comprehending it. Probably shaped my pessimist attitude for years to come:
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you.
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Ok actual movie to see was "The Sting" at a Drive In while sitting on the Roof of my Grandparents Crysler, I think I made it to the opening title, fell asleep and almost rolled off. I only remember sitting up there and falling asleep, I was told of the roll off.
IN-Theater movie would be "The Boatniks".....Talk about some Cinema Magic.
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I think Benji was up there as far as my first movies go.
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Not exactly sure, I was around 3 or 4. It was either this one:
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... a.k.a. The Last Days of Planet Earth- Toho film which features a freaky scene with these big-head, radiation mutants fighting over a worm to eat.
Or maybe this one:
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“Man With the Golden Gun” is another possibility.
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I believe it was Aladdin.
I also watched the VHS about 8 million times.
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Hell I don't remember, it was so long ago!!! 8)
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Many moons ago...
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial.
I still remember walking out of that movie crying like a baby because ET went home. :'(
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ESB in 1980. I was 3 years old. Right after that we went to a small toy store and bought my first Star Wars figure. I got R5D4 because I was stupid and thought he was R2D2. I remember my sister got the ANH Princess Leia. She was 6 years old, so I'm pretty sure she knew what character she was getting. :)
:P
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This one is going to be bizarre, but the first movie I remember seeing (actually it was my second movie I went to see ever) was Disney's "Song of the South." There's a lot of controversy about this film nowadays (Disney pretty much refuses to release it on DVD or VHS or Betamax or 16mm in the US ever again), but I do recall going to see it in a small town theater when I was a kid. I can't remember how old I was or what year it was, but that's my first memory of a movie theater.
My mother and aunt actually took me to see "Star Wars" in 1977 but I don't remember it (I was far too young). My mother told me later that I did not make a peep during the entire film and that when Darth Vader took his first step onto the Tantive IV, I began rocking in my chair and smiling and cooing, so I guess things were predestined from that point. :)
I also remember seeing the Robin Williams "Popeye" movie at a drive-in in that same town when I was a kid, but again, I don't recall the age.
I also consider myself lucky to have seen Weird Al's "UHF" and The Transformers Movie in theaters during their opening weekends (I still have the DVD of "UHF" in my collection and it still holds up as a hilarious film).
"Badgers? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BADGERS!"
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Pinocchio...oh wait, I already said that
I saw Song of the South in the theater as well, I can kind of guess why but I am not exactly sure why they refuse to release it again...care to enlighten?
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The first movie I remember seeing was either Sleeping Beauty or a Jaws at the drive in. I was much to young to watch Jaws, it was my parents who wanted to see it. It scared the crap out of me, but so did Sleeping Beauty. :P
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If you watch Song of the South today, the racial stereotypes are just TOO exaggerated for anyone to show it and then take the flak. Its too bad, because I got a bootleg copy of this on DVD, and it really is a great movie. The effects and animation are fantastic, and kids still love it. Plus, the overt message is certainly inclusive, and really, as far as I know, these tales from Uncle Remus are the only popular culture examples of real African folklore. I think it could be instructive as a history lesson today. I don't want to discount some of the negative images though. For the decendants of slaves, and for the south as a whole. :P
I don't know if Disney has said outright they'll not re-release it, but that's the assumption.
The first movie I remember seeing was a Disney movie, but hardly remember anything about it. There were dancing leprechauns. Anyone remember one with dancing leprechauns?
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First movie I can recall watching was ESB back in 1980, i only remember bits and pieces of it though. Hell i was only 4 at the time.
Claude
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Heh, someone's dredging again.
1984 was the year I went to my first movie by myself...great year for movies too
I believe my first one was Temple of Doom, but I also remember seeing Karate Kid, Ghostbusters, Gremlins with my buddies that summer
Not sure why I didn't twig on this before, but Temple of Doom is a movie I've always hated. Not sure why really, I love the Indy franchise in general. I think it's because I realized a girl I was going out with at the time was also seeing another guy. Figured it out because she really liked Indy and wanted to go quite badly, but I was working three different jobs at the time. We eventually got there and she was pretending she hadn't seen it before but a few things sort of slipped that indicated she knew what was coming. I caught her best friends eye at one point and she had guilt written all over her face. In retrospect it's kind of funny because if you just open your eyes, you see all sorts of things, but at the time it wasn't so funny. Still, Temple is my least favorite of those three.
Movies are generally good triggers for memories for me. I still remember going to see Jedi with a certain redhaired girl. I also remember seeing another girl at the movie I knew in high school that turned out to be absolutely stunning :o something she wasn't in high school.
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Heh, someone's dredging again.
You got that straight.
I believe it was Aladdin.
I also watched the VHS about 8 million times.
My first, I believe, was also Pinocchio--which was indeed re-released in the late seventies (December 1978 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio_%281940_film%29#Re-releases:_theatrical_.26_home_video), to be exact--I would have been three, which makes sense).
The first "real" movies I saw were The Muppet Movie in '79 and of course Empire a year later. Still kind of remember going to both of those, and still love all three to this day.
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My bad--I didn't realize I'd already posted in here. In search of the Firefox thread, I sorted Watto's by thread title, and this happened to be the next thread below.
On the plus side, at least my new post has a big shiny picture that the old one didn't have. ;D
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I can't remember my childhood much :(. I know one movie when I was a kid was The Omen-- gruesome death scenes rolling over and over in my head for years. Don't know if that was the first or not-definately the most negatively remembered though. Star Wars(ANH) came later(I think :-\) and was awesome for me as a kid.. I was 7 or 8 though. There's alot of blur back then. Oh well.
Some good stories in here though! ;)
The DS
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i think a re-release of the jungle book was my 1st movie.
my daughters was fun with dick and jane, but she won't remember because she was only 6 months old and slept thru it. i didn't really wanna take her cuz i have bitched many times about people bringing babies to movies before, but i was coerced.
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and
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I'm not sure which one came first. **Note DVD images are to spark memory. I'm too lazy to look for original theatrical pics.
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I still haven't seen ET. :-X
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Really, Morgbug? I looked back at your post and, quite frankly, I was hoping you'd be the one to post a Frank Capra or some such film, or rather, "Talkie".
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