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Title: Your First Movie
Post by: Susan on July 25, 2002, 07:51:50 PM
I was trying to remember the first movie I ever saw in a theater. Naturally when I was a kid back in the 70's my parents took us to movies for "Them", they didn't have a babysitter and a family outing wasn't to stuff like "herbie the love bug" but whatever they wanted to see. So, I have lots of memories of being 2 and 3 IN a theater (just slept the whole time or never payed attention) We didn't go all that often anyhow and living overseas the movies were a year old already. But, I'm embarassed to admit it....the earliest movie I can remember seeing at the theater was..

"For the Love of Benji"

Tho i have a vague memory of seeing dr. zhivago while sleeping through most of it but i can't pinpoint the timeframe.(we lived on bases overseas and often they'd show old flicks)

So what is the earliest one in your memory?



Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Chadzilla on July 25, 2002, 08:00:51 PM
Dang that's hard, but going by date the first movie I actually remember seeing in a theater was in 1973 (I was six years old, give or take a month) and it was -

Magnum Force (GO Clint!)


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Mofo Rising on July 25, 2002, 09:20:30 PM
I can't really remember the first movie I saw in the theater.  Probably because I've been seeing movies since before I could form memories.  I do know that when I was in first grade, the movies to have seen were GHOSTBUSTERS and GREMLINS.  I had seen both.

Now if it's just movies on TV, I do remember seeing and really enjoying YOR, THE WARRIOR OF THE FUTURE.  This is very early for me though, and I don't really remember anything about the movie but the title.  I guess I could watch it again, but from what I've seen on the web, I'm better off staying away.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Susan on July 25, 2002, 09:28:48 PM
>>when I was in first grade, the movies to have seen were GHOSTBUSTERS and GREMLINS. I had seen both.<<

My god now i feel old. Of course I doubt many of our generation can remember their first movie, probably our parents can since movie trips were special occasions..depending on the family. But it is interesting to see the furthest back someone can conjur from memory. I remember the first movie I saw on a plane "Eye of the needle". ;-) boooooring! We had a video collection from people who recorded stuff from cable and sent it to us so most of my early childhood memories were watching movies on video. We had a great collection too...in retrospect. King Kong, Godzilla, The Shining, Flash Gordon, Cheech and Chongs first movie...

>> was six years old, give or take a month) and it was -
Magnum Force (GO Clint!)<<

I can just imagine you telling off your teacher the next day



Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Babydoll on July 25, 2002, 09:36:23 PM
I think the first movie I saw in the theathers was "Star Wars".   The first "R" movie that I saw was "Teacher".  That tells how old I am.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Drezzy on July 25, 2002, 10:12:58 PM
First movie I ever saw in theaters...hmmm...I can't even remember at all, actually. Although the earliest movie I can think of is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: ErikJ on July 25, 2002, 10:28:37 PM
Man all of you are some young pups
I can remember seeing "The Land that Time Forgot"
How old was I? Well let's not dwell on that, ok?


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Luke Bannon on July 26, 2002, 03:42:48 AM
Um, gee, well, I'd say one of the first films I saw in the cinema was Disney's  The Aristocats. I could have seen some before that, but gee, it's hard to remember


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: littlenemo on July 26, 2002, 10:28:26 AM
The First movie i remember seeing was in a drive-in theater.."The Sound of Music" though I slept through most of that one..i grew up on a military base too, so I know what you went through Susan..we were stationed in Alaska and when we went to see a movie, it meant standing for an hour in the freezing cold waiting for the bus to pick my brother and I up.
We watched every G-rated movie that came our way..."H.R.Pufnstuff", "King Kong vs. Godzilla","Willy Wonka and the Chocalate Factory"....
What horrid memories.:)


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: BlackAngel on July 26, 2002, 12:23:54 PM
Reading all your threads has my brain bringing up some random memories (a rarity in itself, my brain never works) and I'm debating myself whether it was the re-release of Pinoccio or Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn or the Return of the Jedi.  It's kinda hard remember.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Susan on July 26, 2002, 01:10:52 PM
Nemo- ah..the things we do for the love of film. ;-)  We weren't allowed to go to movies alone and they really weren't that close. We probably played miniature golf more than we took in a movie so it was always a special occasion for me. The philippines is where i remember my first movie but before that when we lived in austin i'm sure i've have vague memories of being at the drive-in but no clue what we were watching (or not watching). I remember the last movie i saw at a drive in was "terms of endearment" (Another parental choice) and the entire time i was staring at the screen next door watching "Iceman" without sound with much interest.

It's possible that the re-release of SNow white rivalled benji as the first I can recall...not sure of that 3 year time frame. I remember with clarity the first 3D movie I EVER saw! It was probably 1977 and it was some movie on tv that had a kong-like monkey in a cage that escapes or something. It is pretty telling about how old we all are by the answers. ;-)



Title: Re: Your First Movie? Hummmm.........
Post by: Flangepart on July 26, 2002, 02:19:35 PM
Have no idea....but....the one thing that comes to mind, every time i do try to dredge up such a thought. Godzilla riseing out of the sea, to attack the army base, in King Kong Vs. Godzilla. That segue into the G theme, and the melting tanks, along with the roar....i was young, and my dad liked those movies. Mom diden't, and she had to work nights, so dad and i went to the old eastside drive-in in Columbus, ohio. And i remember peeking from behind the seats, while dad ate popcorn. He could only get the small box, but we had a good time. Miss ya, dad.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Offthewall on July 26, 2002, 02:47:19 PM
All Dogs Go to Heaven was my first movie I was 4.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: lester1/2jr on July 26, 2002, 03:48:34 PM
The Borrowers- with them using a leaf as a boat or some thing


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: mr. henry on July 26, 2002, 05:43:52 PM
i remember going to a drive-in with my parents while  wearing my pajamas and we brought our own popcorn.

i think the movie was one of those disney "witch mountain" flicks.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Susan on July 26, 2002, 06:57:08 PM
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I loved that! At least your folks took you to kid flicks. For us it was just a chance to get out, but pajamas,  a bucket of KFC, maybe a rainy night and a drive-in! God i miss those days. I always thought they could bring drive-ins back in a big way, appeal to the younger crowd who wants to "hang out" and socialize. Make the sound boxes better..I think it could be lucrative if they revived it in a big way. They can market and sell anything these days. I know a few are still open around the country but it's still the old crappy screens I'm sure in small towns.



Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Kyla on July 26, 2002, 07:33:36 PM
my first movie: at the drive in .... E.T.  

it was great!!

that drive in in my home town burned down a few years ago...
suck.....


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: ErikJ on July 26, 2002, 07:34:01 PM
The place near us uses those boxes plus a FM transmitter. It is so cool, because now if you don't want to use those stupid boxes you can use your radio.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Susan on July 26, 2002, 07:58:55 PM
Yeah I heard some are using the FM which is a great idea, better if you have a good stereo system. I think a huge reason drive-ins began to decline in popularity had alot to do with the implimentation of "daylight savings" in the 70's. You gotta go at 9pm in the summer and some i guess work all week and are tired. Nobody wants to go in the winter because it's too damn cold to sit in a car for 2 hours unless your heater is running. They could have a parking space area so people could watch the movie from an inside temp controlled building or stands or something.



Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: ErikJ on July 26, 2002, 08:40:55 PM
Plus most of them were like dirt roads and such. Can you imagine plowing the dirt roads? What a mess. But still the idea of a winter movie at the drive in is cool


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: John on July 27, 2002, 03:16:04 AM
>So what is the earliest one in your memory?

The earliest movie I recall my parents taking me to see at a drive in was Dumbo. It must have been a re-release because I wasn't around in 1941 when it first came out. After that I recall seeing The Bad News Bears, part of Paper Moon (I think it was a double feature with BNB because of Tatum O'Neil) and The Giant Spider Invasion, all around 1975 or so. I think the first movie I saw in a theater was Star Trek, The Motion Picture.

>Man all of you are some young pups
>I can remember seeing "The Land that Time Forgot"

 Me too. I remember begging my parents to take me to see it, then being disappointed that there was a huge downpour the night we supposed to go so we had to wait a week.

>I always thought they could bring drive-ins back in a big way,

 "This is Joe Bob Briggs reminding you that the drive in will never die!"

>that drive in in my home town burned down a few years ago...

 They built a theater on the lot where our only drive in was. Sucks because they used to hold a huge flea market there every weekend during the day.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: BoyScoutKevin on July 27, 2002, 11:13:57 AM
Hard to remember that far back, but, I believe it was "Bambi." Not the original release, I may be old, but, I'm not that old, but the re-release. I will say that, that film and the other films my parents took me to see as a child, induced in me a life-long love of motion pictures. For that I thank them.


Title: Re: Your First Movie.
Post by: Flangepart on July 27, 2002, 11:54:30 AM
I hear ya,John. The South High Drive-in has flea markets on the weekends in summer. Two screens! First run stuff, to. Man, imagin 8 Legged Freaks on a big old drive-in screen.....(Sigh)......makes me feel old! Long live Joe Bob!


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Vermin Boy on July 27, 2002, 06:30:52 PM
The first movie I can remember seeing all the way through in the theater was Disney's Oliver and Company, although my parents tell me that they took me to the drive-in to see This Is Spinal Tap when I was 18 months old, assuming I'd fall asleep, and I stayed awake through the whole thing.

Sad to say, but the drive-in in my town closed last year to be turned into a housing development. It had the sound on FM, which had its pros and cons-- sitting in the back of the lot, you got interference from other stations (I still remember the drama in Jurassic Park being undercut by a Pink Floyd marathon). Still, it was a great place; before the feature, it would show cartoons (including a Tracey Ullman Show-era Simpsons short), and in between features it had an old-school countdown, complete with cartoon mosquitos dying of asphyxiation. All is not lost, though; There's another drive-in about a half-hour away from me, but I have yet to try it out.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Susan on July 27, 2002, 06:37:03 PM
Here's this for a first movie, I just remembered the first movie I ever saw..or maybe didn't see..was "The Exorcist". My mother was pregnant with me. Also when she was pregnant with my brother she went to see Rosemary's baby, then later at dinner fell on her stomach. If there's any validity to in-utero influence..god help me



Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: yaddo42 on July 29, 2002, 02:31:36 AM
I'm sure my parents took me to see some Disney movie earlier, but first movie memories are going with my aunt to see OUTLAW BLUES starring Peter Fonda. A little later I can remember Mom taking me with her to see ORCA. No wonder I was a screwed up kid.

The oldest memory I have of a movie on TV is the 1 vs. 150 showdown between Henry Fonda and the Wild Bunch in MY NAME IS NOBODY. I didn't know the name, but always remembered the scene. I was so excited in high school when I rented it and found out what film it was from.

I was about four at the time of all of these memories.


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Susan on July 29, 2002, 01:51:26 PM
>>A little later I can remember Mom taking me with her to see ORCA. No wonder I was a screwed up kid.<,

By far one of the most obscene and ridiculous movies I've seen yet. I don't remember the entire film, just the scene where the unborn baby is extracted from the mother who is reeled in and boy that sent the male whale on a rampage..lol

What I learned from this movie:

Never p**s off a whale by killing it's unborn whale child



Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: John on July 30, 2002, 01:38:15 AM
>By far one of the most obscene and ridiculous movies I've seen yet. I don't
>remember the entire film, just the scene where the unborn baby is extracted from
>the mother who is reeled in and boy that sent the male whale on a rampage..lol

 But it did have Bo Derek getting her legs bitten off. No more running in slo-mo on the beach for her! :)


Title: Re: Your First Movie
Post by: Susan on July 30, 2002, 02:28:56 AM
>>But it did have Bo Derek getting her legs bitten off. No more running in slo-mo on the beach for her! <<

Guess you have to overlook the bad for it's good moments.  I really woulda liked to see that film get nominated a the oscars that year. Imagine showing clips from that movie during the presentation..lol