Films that you watched as a child

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

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 0]

Sandlot.

Any Paulie Shore movie.

[Guest Choken One]

I have to say Sandlot as well.

 

Sandlot

Radio Flyer

Rookie of the Year

 

Those three were my movies.

[DerangedHermit 0]

Rookie of the Year

Major League (both of them)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (and Blew Up the Kid)

[Tawren 0]

I'll agree with Sandlot.

[Guest Museite]

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 0]

Any of the Police Academy movies, except Mission to Moscow. The Disney version of Robin Hood also.

[The Mandarin 0]

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]

I just liked it because it had singing and candy. I was four.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

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]

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...

[Ravenbomb 0]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Return to Oz

[Guest OctoberBlood]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

 

Every fucking weekend. I loved it. Loooooveed it.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

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]

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]

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 0]

'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 0]

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 0]

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 0]

(not like ne of them became famous cept Jones of course but he don't count)

what about Dennis Leary?

[cbacon 0]

Labyrinth

Back to the Future

Explorers

[Guest sean pyro]

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]

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 0]

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]

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 0]

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 0]

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 0]

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 0]

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 0]

You know, it's not called Charlie and the Chocolate Facotory. THat's the name of the book.