What do you think about that movie now?
I think probably Star Wars. I still like it.
Ghost Busters, the possessed vacuum cleaner scene gave me nightmares lol
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.
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.
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.
King Kong 1976 beat out Star Wars, which was the next year.
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.
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.
The iron giant and bubble boy are some of my earliest memories. Still great movies
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.
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.
Isn’t that the one with the whales? Probably not a riveting movie for a 3 year old!
Whales and time travel to the present day. Which is 1986, of course.
I remember a drive-in screening of Clint Eastwood’s Firefox and Megaforce. Megaforce seems to have found a cult audience in 2023, and I don’t know if I’ve ever heard Firefox mentioned.
I’ve avoided both as even though I have positive feels of that particular night, I doubt the films were good.
Firefox is actually decent.
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.
Ducktales Treasure of the Lost Lamp. And man its got powerful nostalgia, i had completely forgotten about it but rewatching it 30 years later i remembered all the dialogue.
Star Wars in either 81 or 82 when it had additional theatrical runs.
Still love it.
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