Guest I Got Banned for Sucking Posted May 16, 2004 Report Posted May 16, 2004 So, with under an hour until WWE Judgment Day, I figured I'd see what else was on. I stumbled across The Never-Ending Story, which I haven't seen since I adored it as a child. But now, it's interpreted in an entirely different way. It also brings back memories - strangely, because I see everthing entirely differently now. Do any films do that to you? For me: The Never-Ending Story The Never-Ending Story II The Wizard of Oz Gulliver's Travels (a certain version) Jack & The Beanstalk (a certain version) I'm sure that there are more. Sometimes you don't remember parts, but if you concentrate, there'll probably be something there. Some portions when you remember, it's just such a feeling. I'm now noticing how low-budget The Never-Ending Story was. It's great to rewatch films that made you feel that way, even if some of them are absolutely horrible.
HollywoodSpikeJenkins Posted May 16, 2004 Report Posted May 16, 2004 Sandlot. Any Paulie Shore movie.
Guest Choken One Posted May 16, 2004 Report Posted May 16, 2004 I have to say Sandlot as well. Sandlot Radio Flyer Rookie of the Year Those three were my movies.
DerangedHermit Posted May 16, 2004 Report Posted May 16, 2004 Rookie of the Year Major League (both of them) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (and Blew Up the Kid)
Guest Museite Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Gulliver's Travels (Ted Danson version) Jurassic Park (I wasnt that old, it was the most horrific film I'd seen up till that point in life) ET
sfaJack Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Any of the Police Academy movies, except Mission to Moscow. The Disney version of Robin Hood also.
The Mandarin Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Explain to me the appeal of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". I HATED this movie. And I LIKE Gene Wilder. Thumbs down.
Guest T®ITEC Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 I just liked it because it had singing and candy. I was four.
Guest I Got Banned for Sucking Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Gulliver's Travels (Ted Danson version) Jurassic Park (I wasnt that old, it was the most horrific film I'd seen up till that point in life) ET But the Ted Danson version is only recent. I've searched IMDb and I can't find the Gulliver's Travels that I watched over and over (which is why the memories are there) as a young child. The Lilliputtians are animated - ring any bells?
Guest Crazy Dan Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Well when I was a child the only Pay channel movie channel was HBO, so they would play the same movies over and over... and of course I would watch these movies religiously. Amoung them were: SuperFuzz - A super hero cop who had magical powers, which got negated by the color red. Beastmaster Dragonslayer Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - I did like this movie Romeo and Juliet - the '68 version. And then there was this war movie, I have no idea what the title was, which involved this Platoon of soldiers fighting in China, or some Asian country... and only one survives and the one man they are trying to save ends up dead... Kinda of a downer... but cool war flick...
Guest OctoberBlood Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Every fucking weekend. I loved it. Loooooveed it.
Guest I Got Banned for Sucking Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Shit - Put me down the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aswell. I loved that film - can't say I've seen it recently, but I think it'd still hold up.
Guest Choken One Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 I wish they would make a Special Edition SANDLOT dvd... I mean have the whole cast (not like ne of them became famous cept Jones of course but he don't count)...back together and shit. If Hollywood wants to remake movies...remake this fucking gem.
Guest I Got Banned for Sucking Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 I wish they would make a Special Edition SANDLOT dvd... I mean have the whole cast (not like ne of them became famous cept Jones of course but he don't count)...back together and shit. If Hollywood wants to remake movies...remake this fucking gem. That was the sort of the movie that I saw when I was a bit older, too old for the early childhood interpretation memories. From what I remember, it's a fun early-mid '90s suburban kids dilemma film. In other words, a fun day out.
godthedog Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 'mary poppins' 'the princess bride' 'batman' 'short circuit 2' 'the karate kid part II' 'back to the future' 'ghostbusters' 'raiders of the lost ark' 'mary poppins' is by far my favorite of the lot, for nostalgia and on its own merits (yes, i think 'mary poppins' is better than 'raiders of the lost ark'). fucking phenomenal movie that always makes me feel like a kid again when i watch it, i don't think any other movie ever captured that magical sense as well as it did.
NoCalMike Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Between the Ages of 7-11, these are some flicks that seemed to be on every day: Short Circuit 2 Goonies Monster Squad I also remember watching the Garbage Pale Kids movie, but now I can't find it anywhere.
Nighthawk Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Garbage Pails Kids is gone, for real. It's a shame. Well, not really. It was pretty terrible. But important. I still have my original tape and have since picked up a bootleg dvd though. Anyway, many many movies are this way for me. I kind of got into the era and have tracked down a lot of stuff I liked, it's a bit of a hobby. I just recently wrote a little bit about Little Monsters on SNKT. I'll copy that here. I watched the 1989 Fred Savage/Howie Mandel movie Little Monsters yesterday for the first time since... well, 89, I guess. If you're unfamiliar, it concerns Fred befriending a monster who shows him a good time in the no parents monster world under the bed, and they cause mischief and get other kids in trouble. I wanted nostalgia (got it) and thought I might have a laugh at the goofy 80sness, but I was surprised by it actually being pretty good for what it was. It was no Goonies, but I enjoyed it in a completely unironic sense. I watched it with my 13 year old brother, and he liked it as well. Daniel Stern playing Fred Savage's father is pretty cool too. I hadn't heard of a dvd release, but it seems fairly recent, as I'll usually run through the kid's section when I'm at the store in case I find anything from my childhood, and only noticed it this week. If you saw this and forgot about it, I'd recommend giving it a second look.
Ravenbomb Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 (not like ne of them became famous cept Jones of course but he don't count) what about Dennis Leary?
Guest sean pyro Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 The Running Man Big Troble in Little China Puppet Master Conan II Enter the Dragon Who Framed Roger Rabbit Cool World
Guest I Got Banned for Sucking Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 The Running Man Big Troble in Little China Puppet Master Conan II Enter the Dragon Who Framed Roger Rabbit Cool World Ha! guardian/s didn't monitor what you were watching as a child? Not that mine did...
BlackFlagg Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Spaceballs The Breakfast Club Sixteen Candles The Goonies Stand By Me The Monster Squad Who Framed Roger Rabbit Big Trouble in Little China Short Circuit Karate Kid Ghostbusters lots of horror movies...more specifically Friday the 13th's and Nightmare on Elm Street's Major League Police Academy's Star Wars and many others, heh....I was a movie nut from the start, wish I had a figure on how much money I got out of my parents to rent movies back then...I'm sure it'd be quite high, heh
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Mothafuckin' Caveman. Ringo Starr, John Matuzak, Dennis Quaid..no dialogue, and lots of fart and dick jokes, with plenty of fur-clad boobs to be seen. What's cooler when you're a young lad? Charlie and the Chocolate factory is still one of my favorites because it's so nice to look at. All the colors, the contrast from one room to another, the creepy qualities of things, the morbid sarcasm..It's great. The Princess Bride is fantastic, too. I've always liked that one a lot.
ArkhamGlobe Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Flash Gordon Firefox Spaceballs Any pre-Brosnan James Bond movie But, above all, Escape from New York, which, when I was younger, was easily the strongest movie watching experience I'd ever had. I still like the film alot, but I look at it completely differently now. Whenever I rewatch Flash Gordon, however, I go right back to being a movie-mad kid almost jumping up and down in my chair with glee. Almost exactly the same experience I had back when I was eleven and first watched it.
Downhome Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 The Fox and the Hound I'll never forget Tod and Copper! I had a record/book of this when I was young also and I would listen to it all the time. This Return to Oz, and E.T. are three early ones for me.
PsychoDriver Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Some of my childhood favorites: Pee-wee's Big Adventure The Goonies Ferris Bueller's Day Off Karate Kid Crossroads Naked Gun Movies Back To The Future Major League Ghostbusters Every Ernest Movie All the old Universal Monster Movies Any Old Godzilla Movie Every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie The Wizard (The movie were Fred Savage plays Super Mario 3) Among many others....
Anakin Flair Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 Explain to me the appeal of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". I HATED this movie. And I LIKE Gene Wilder. Thumbs down. I didn't use to like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but it grew on me as I got older. Put me down for Sandlot as well Also Dick Tracy, Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park (the first movie I ever bought by myself of VHS) and Nightmare Before Christmas (My Bar Mitzvah)
Nighthawk Posted May 17, 2004 Report Posted May 17, 2004 You know, it's not called Charlie and the Chocolate Facotory. THat's the name of the book.
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