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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
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 Posted - 03/23/2004 : 15:08:38
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My top three (in no particular order) were:
Goonies
The Sandlot
Spaceballs
I was obsessed with those movies. I think I'll have to go on a couch-potato binge and watch them all tonight. What were yours?
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 15:19:12
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Oh! I really like this topic!
I watched these tapes incessantly on the BetaMax in my Uncle and Aunt's basement, from around ages 2 to 7 or 8:
The Hobbit (animated 70s version)
Watership Down (animated)
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (anim. 70s version, again)
The Dark Crystal
If we are talking older, I have no idea... too many to remember at the moment. I loved Goonies and Spaceballs, but those came out when I was much older.
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darkoutsider
= Cult of Ray =
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 15:34:18
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This is a cool little topic, we get to go back to our past and revisit the things that made us happy when we were only lads...
Mine were (some still are):
Beetlesjuice
Nightmare Before Christmas (I still to this day watch it obsessivly)
Edward Scissor Hands
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies (turtles in a half-shell, turtle power!!)
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 03/23/2004 : 15:35:36
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yeah, Watership Down. That was like a horror film for kids, it used to scare me no end.
I used to live not far from where the book was set (near Newbury, Berks, fact fans).
I used to like the whole Disney thing as well, I'm sorry. Lion King, Aladdin, Toy Story. These were great films.
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/23/2004 : 15:35:59
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Yeah I liked Dark Crystal too. Watership down made me cry. As did E.T. Then again I guess you weren't a normal child if they didn't make you cry.
Other faves were:
Teen Wolf
Back To The Future
Star Wars Trilogy
Airplane I & II
Police Academy
Krull
Jason & The Argonauts
All the Sinbad movies
King Kong
Jaws
All old westerns
All Bond films
All dinosaur movies
All Shirley Temple films
All Laural & Hardy films
All Harold Lloyd films
Smokey And The Bandit
Cannonball Run
War Games
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Big
Goonies
Monster Squad
BMX Bandits
Right I'm off to bed now but I'll try and think of some more for tomorrow.
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darkoutsider
= Cult of Ray =
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 15:39:45
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E.T. scares the living shit out of me. My parents rented it one time because my mom wanted to watch it and they had to drag me and hold me down to watch it. I couldn't stop crying. I still can't look at that thing without getting chills. It just creeps me out.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 15:43:10
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Why the hell did they force you to watch it?!?!?! Your parents are evil!!!
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darkoutsider
= Cult of Ray =
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 15:50:04
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My friend Will calls my mom "Diablo" to her face all the time. It cracks me up everytime. Even when she invites him to eat and even serves him food, that's just funny to me. But he's a prick. lol
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darkoutsider
= Cult of Ray =
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 15:53:18
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You know what I have stuck in my head right now, the film score to Edward Scissor Hand. At the end where Wynonna is talking to her grand daughter how it never snowed until he came along. The music going on when Edward is carving the ice and it goes thru the window and all over the yard to the houses at the bottom of the hill where he dwells. That always gets me a bit emotional, it gives me goose bumps.
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 16:55:50
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watership down is ace, still love it now!
i used to like ghostbusters a lot (both films) also...
all i can think of at the moment.
The Shrine of the Sea Monkey!
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 17:47:45
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Alice in Wonderland
Sleeping Beauty
The Fox and the Hound
The Rescuers & the Rescuers Down Under
TRON
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Herbie
the Wizard of Oz
Annie
The Great Muppet Caper
The Muppets Take Manhattan
The Neverending Story
Willow
Flight of the Navigator
Starman
Superman 1, 2, 3
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Batman 1 & 2
There's many more, I just can't think of them at the moment.
Take me, break me, tell me a good one and maybe I'll cry
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 18:30:31
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Man, there are so many...top 5 that I can think of would probably be:
Grease (story goes that I watched it several times a day. My imaginary friends were named Sandy and Danny)
The Neverending Story (very dark and creepy movie, probably damaged me)
Goonies (timeless)
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (love it)
A Christmas Story (best Christmas movie ever, still watch it every year)
I loved Sandlot too...although that was more adolecense I guess. Great great movie.
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
876 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2004 : 22:08:30
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"Searching for Bobby Fisher" one of the best movies ever.
plus:
"Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas"
"The Worst Witch" with Tim Curry and Mrs. Garret from the Facts of Life.
"The Tale of the Bunny Picnic"
"The Last Unicorn"
"Dot and the Kangeroo"
"Dot and the Kangeroo 2: Electric Boogaloo"
"Watership Down" was good but kind of creepy.
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1734 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 00:08:05
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Gremlins
Goonies
Indiana Jones (1,2,3)
Stand By Me
Great balls of fire
back to the future |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1718 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 00:39:25
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I remember being mightily impressed by the original 'King Kong' and those old 'Tarzan' movies, when I saw them on television as a wee kid... (Well I think I did...)
And of course 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', which we went to see at the cinema (I must have been around 10), I remember we missed the beginning (my parents have never been very good at being on time).
I was 12 when 'E.T.' was released, so I guess it still counts as a childhood movie. To this day, I remember vividly the strong impression the trailer made on me, as I saw it in a theatre, before some other, long forgotten movie.
To me the 'E.T.' trailer remains a brilliant example of what a trailer should be. It's perfect because it suggests and doesn't show anything. One of the best ever, with that long, jokey one Hitchcock made for 'Psycho'. And here I am veering off-topic :/
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
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Posted - 03/24/2004 : 02:31:10
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Mr Setlists, you don't happen to check the sigur-ros.co.uk message board to you?
just cause there's an identical thread on there thats been going for a while.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 02:34:10
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but as for my list:
1. Goonies (first movie i ever saw in a theatre)
2. The Transformers Movie (used to watch it every time i went to my friends house)
3. Footrot Flats (NZ aminated film about a sheepdog)
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 02:55:41
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Good topic.
I was born in 1967 man, so grew up in an era without video machines. After constant pestering Ma and Pa finally bought one in about 1983/4 and wisely chose a betamax machine the size of a small wardrobe. I think we had a separate generator to power it.
Therefore my childhood movie memories are limited to cinema going only. Pretty good memories though! I guess I was lucky because these were the highlights:
Close Encounters 77
Star Wars 77
Grease 78
Superman 78
The Black Hole 79
Star Trek 79
Airplane! 80
Blues Brothers 80
Flash Gordon 80
Empire strikes back 80
Raiders of the Lost Ark 81
Escape from New York 81
Poltergeist 82
Blade Runner 82
Tron 82
I must have seen Jaws at some point although I doubt it was in 1976 (too young at 9). Also saw Alien in about 1981 at a school film club showing - probably one of my strongest memories. I was petrified. I avoided ET and watched it for the first time last month!!
I remember queueing round the block to see Star Wars. About as exciting as it gets when you are a 10 year old.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 02:58:04
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Is "the Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe" a famous novel or movie in the USA? That's crazy, I have this rememberance of a movie I saw when I was young, about a lion, a witch and guess what... a wardrobe. And for 20 years I couldn't figure out which movie that was, until today. The weird part is that imdb.com says it was released in '88, which means I was 11 at the time, and it doesn't fit with what I recall. Is there a scene in which the lion is lying half-dead on some sort of huge stone?
OK, now my fave childhood movies:
The Dark Crystal
My Name is Nobody (this movie is awesome)
The 12 Tasks of Asterix (the animated Asterix movies aren't great, but this one is really good)
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
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Posted - 03/24/2004 : 03:02:16
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quote:
Originally posted by bedrock_barney
Also saw Alien in about 1981 at a school film club showing - probably one of my strongest memories. I was petrified.
jeez, they showed you alien when you were 11!
i would have shit my pants.
i went and saw it when i was rereleased last year at the cinema and it still scared the shit out of me.
i'm actually reading the book right now....movie's better.
i remember seeing basic instinct when i was 12 - made me into the man i am today.
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 03:06:59
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Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy.
Also lots of very bad horror flicks from the late seventies, early eighties: Phantasm, Piranha, My Bloody Valentine, Graduation Day, Hell Night, When a Stranger Calls, Carrie, And Now The Screaming Starts, The Swarm.....the list goes on.
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 03:08:11
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Originally posted by benji
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Originally posted by bedrock_barney
Also saw Alien in about 1981 at a school film club showing - probably one of my strongest memories. I was petrified.
jeez, they showed you alien when you were 11!
i would have shit my pants.
i went and saw it when i was rereleased last year at the cinema and it still scared the shit out of me.
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!"
..er...actually I was 14 or maybe 15. I think your maths has got screwed up. I managed to sneak into a Sixth Form movie club showing with my cousin.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 03:12:32
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yep my maths = bad.
i misread your posting.....
back to school for me.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 03:13:39
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quote:
Originally posted by offerw
Also lots of very bad horror flicks from the late seventies, early eighties: Phantasm, Piranha, My Bloody Valentine, Graduation Day, Hell Night, When a Stranger Calls, Carrie, And Now The Screaming Starts, The Swarm.....the list goes on.
wilhelm
How can you call Carrie a bad horror flick? It's an awesome movie by my fave director ever!
Denis
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 03:16:24
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quote:
Originally posted by offerw
The Swarm
ah, the Swarm.
i remember seeing this when i was about 6 or 7 for some reason and i ended up having nightmares about killer bees for many many years.
this movie produced the only nightmares i have ever had.
they always involved me riding my motorbike in a paddock on our farm and getting chased by the bees.
i then went and got it out last year to watch again and was flabbergasted that i could have gotten scared by such a crappy movie.
it was atrocious.
i was really disappointed actually...i wanted the nightmares to have been caused by something genuienly scary.
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 04:11:49
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Velveteen Rabbit
Watership Down
Ghostbusters
Duck Soup
Night In Casablanca
Flying Deuces
the Last Starfighter
TRON
The Boy Who Could Fly
Ernest Goes To Camp
the Adventures of Baron Munchausen (sp?)
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Ernest Goes To Camp is awesome. I bought it on DVD so my kids would be able to enjoy it, too.
Actually, I have all but two of these on DVD.
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 04:15:57
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Oh wait.
I forgot:
The Secret of Nimh
Carebears Movie
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1734 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 04:48:26
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2010 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 05:31:32
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Big
War Games
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
ET
The Jungle Book
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 03/24/2004 : 07:51:17
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quote:
Originally posted by vilainde
quote:
Originally posted by offerw
Also lots of very bad horror flicks from the late seventies, early eighties: Phantasm, Piranha, My Bloody Valentine, Graduation Day, Hell Night, When a Stranger Calls, Carrie, And Now The Screaming Starts, The Swarm.....the list goes on.
wilhelm
How can you call Carrie a bad horror flick? It's an awesome movie by my fave director ever!
Denis
Aw sorry Denis, you're right it is a good film. I just lumped it together with the hundreds of crummy horror flicks which I saw as a kid. Phantasm is also a cult classic and Piranha was scripted by John Sayles (yeah I checked on IMDB, THE John Sayles). The Shining also was one of those classic horror pics I saw at the time. We had to watch these film at friend's houses when no adults were around because they all had 18 restrictions. The films were on Betamax so it could easily be hidden underneath ones T-Shirt.
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KingOfSiam
- FB LinkMaster -
USA
460 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 08:04:19
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 08:14:03
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I am not reading all of these before I post, I don't want to be influenced!
Anyway, mine are:
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
Secret of NIMH
The Muppet Movie
The Jungle Book
The Neverending Story (with its misleading title)
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Mroocore
- FB Fan -
USA
177 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 08:26:14
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i watched these all the time.
The Hobbit
Empire Strikes Back(maybe favorite ever)
Goonies
a little later.
Up the Creek(first topless woman in a movie, 12 years old)
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The Calistanian
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1342 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 08:28:43
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Flash Gordon from about 1980 made an impression on me.
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 11:01:59
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Goonies (décidément)
Superman
Terminator
Star Wars
The Snow Queen
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darkoutsider
= Cult of Ray =
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2004 : 16:01:24
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Remember the Flesh Gordan flicks? The porno made after Flash Gordan... that made me the man I am today. The perverted man I am today... like a fox!!
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Favorite Childhood Movies?
