When you were young, what was your most favorite film?

[XemaSab]

I gotta say Close Encounters of the Third Kind. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJGpVOYYhk&mode=related&search=

[RiffRandell]

1. In my teen hormonal rage it was

"The Outsiders". I fucking worshiped C. Thomas Howell.

Loved ET-----I cried at the end AND C. Thomas Howell was in it.

[BarenakedLady]

2. OMG so did I!

I was so going to marry him. :D

[RiffRandell]

4. Yeah, well I posted here first.

Just kidding----yeah, an 8th grade crush was serious. LOL

Glad I'm not the only one, cuz, he was MINE, LOL.

[femmocrat]

3. "Lady and the Tramp"

It is still one of my favorites.

[WinkyDink]

59. YES! I loved Tramp so! :)

[Mojambo]

5. Same as an adult

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Best film-going experience EVER.

[DS1]

6. Holy Grail

God, me and my friends used to carry around that VHS tape everywhere we went. Watch, rewind, watch. It traveled in our sleeping bags.

[MorningGlow]

7. Star Wars

I was 11 when it came out--perfect timing to spark a kid's imagination.

[stuntcat]

8. Return of the Jedi

I was late but now I've seen enough of the first 2 to equal out.
I used to go with my best friend Sherry to watch Jedi twice in a row every weekend, we'd pay $2 for the matinee then sit through it twice. For months we did it, sat in there for four hours straight, as nerds would do.

[Inchworm]

9. Sgt. Peppers - BeeGee style

:D

:hi:

[Connonym]

71. I re-watched that recently

I too loved it when it came out but zmg, it is really pretty cheesy!

[bridgit]

10. The Thin Man...

[Kutjara]

82. Loved it then, love it still. n/t

[philosophie_en_rose]

11. the last unicorn

the animation is archaic and the singing is sometimes iffy, but I still like it.

[Left Is Write]

12. As a child, I had a few favorites...

The Aristocats
101 Dalmatians
The Wizard Of Oz
Hans Christian Andersen
The Sound of Music


As a teenager, I just loved The Girl Most Likely To...with Stockard Channing and The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane with Jodie Foster.

[LeftyMom]

13. Heathers

:thumbsup:

[XemaSab]

36. Good call.

:D

[MysticalChicken]

14. How young is "young"?

When I was seven or eight years old I watched Walt Disney's Pinocchio every single day for at least a month, although at that time it seemed longer. It got to the point where my mom wouldn't allow me to watch it anymore.

[1monster]

72. Agreed... How young is young? When I was a preteen though teens, I

loved anything that had Cliff Robertson and Timothy Hutton.

A bit older, LADY HAWK had me enthralled the first time or two. I still like DIRTY DANCING.

Favorite movies now? ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN WE WERE COLORED and SMOKE SIGNALS...

[seemunkee]

15. Fantasia

I love animation and at the time Fantasia was the best thing around. The Night on Bald Mountain segment is still one of the best pieces of animation ever created.

[Lionel Mandrake]

19. Night on Ave Bald Maria Mountain

It was years before I knew where the Moussorgsky piece :evilfrown: ended and the Schubert O8) began.

The two were spliced together very cleverly in Fantasia.

The idea was to calm the little monsters down :boring: after scaring the shit out of them. :scared:

[ornotna]

16. When I was just a lad

This was one of my favorites.

[bikebloke]

17. In Search of the Castways

Actually, anything with Hailey Mills. A young crush, before I even knew what crushes were. And I haven't seen it since I was a wee kid.

And maybe Babes in Toyland and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

[Bullwinkle925]

18. Oh my goodness . . . this will definitely show my age . . .

I grew up watching the Saturday afternoon movies on the telly - so my faves were 40's movies.

"The Wizard of Oz" would come on once a year and I loved that.
I would always stop to watch "Arsenic and Old Lace" - thought it was absolutely hilarious! Any Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland movie would find me curled up in front of the tube. Jeez - so many.
As far as going to the actual Movie Theater - I remember standing in line to see Walt Disney's "The Shaggy Dog" and fell in love with
Fred MacMurray.

Thanks for this trip down memory lane.

[Left Is Write]

21. I love The Shaggy Dog.

I have no desire to see any version but the original.

Do you remember "That Darn Cat"?

[begin_within]

23. I do. We loved "That Darn Cat" because we had a Siamese cat just like it.

[Bullwinkle925]

29. Yes - and I'm WAAAAY older than you are toots.

you must like *period* films, eh? I absolutely adore the 40's movies - the costumes - the song and dance numbers - the glistening stages. Ahhhh - they truly don't make them like that anymore.
sigh

[CTyankee]

41. I just loved "Quo Vadis" and other MGM technicolor BIG movies

when I was about 12 years old.

I thought you might be of a similar age, given your choice of movie...

[Bullwinkle925]

48. Yes . . .

it is so calming to sink back into time with an old movie isn't it? i haven't done much of that lately and need to again.

[CTyankee]

73. I also remember "Young Bess" and myriad other MGM gems.

That color was so memorable to me. I also liked the musicals. They were so upbeat and joyful. The dancing was terrific...remember "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"?

[book_worm]

65. This is shameless self promotion but I just wrote a book about Fred MacMurray

it will be out in September.

[LibraLiz1973]

20. Grease

[w8liftinglady]

22. Fiddler on the Roof...and The wall

[begin_within]

24. The Love Bug

the original one of course.

[EstimatedProphet]

25. 2001 for a while, and Star Wars

And let me say 2001 is still one of my favorites. I just understand it a lot better now.

[w8liftinglady]

26. when I was old-toss up="1984" and "Farewell,My Concubine"

[ghostsofgiants]

27. I dunno...I wasn't big on movies when I was younger

Wayne's World or Ace Ventura: Pet Detective come to mind.

[snailly]

28. Smoky and the Bandit, Star Wars, Close Enc.

Blazing Saddles because that is all I'd seen. My parents were the biggest shitheads. Whatever they wanted was all that was important. I knew there was something else somewhere. I finally saw the original 101 dalmations last year. It fucking sucked.

[THUNDER HANDS]

30. Monster Squad

i could watch that all day. I practically did.

That and Tremors.

[applegrove]

31. Hair.

[NMDemDist2]

32. i used to ride my bike to the old Alhambra Theater in Sacramento

I think I saw "The Great Race" over 30 times. I loved that movie :rofl:

the Alhambra was sadly torn down to build a freaking Safeway :banghead: It was a beautiful place with awesome acoustics. We tried to save it but couldn't :cry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra_Theatre,_Sacramento

[LeftyMom]

38. A shame isn't it?

I'm too young to remember it. :(

[NMDemDist2]

39. it was. what a gorgeous place it was

the mosaics and tile work were incredible

[fizzgig]

33. the dark crystal

it's still one of my all time favorites :D

[bigwillq]

34. ET, when I was really young

but as I grew I liked more adult movies...dramas, action, thrillers, etc...was never really into kiddie movies.

[terrya]

35. Several

I was a huge fan of the James Bond movies starring Sean Connery..."Goldfinger" "Thunderball" "You Only Live Twice"

As it was mentioned, I also loved "The Great Race".

And I had this weird appreciation, as a kid, of "Breakfast at Tiffany's". It's not really a movie that a kid would appreciate.

[Blue_In_AK]

37. How young?

I was young so long ago, but one I remember really loving back when I was a teeny-bopper was West Side Story. Couldn't get enough.

[salin]

40. American Graffitti

[Lionel Mandrake]

42. Walt Disney's True Life Adventures

I enjoyed all these stories. It never occurred to me that the stories were created by editing nature films out of sequence. When I saw 'Bear Country', I was convinced that all the pictures were of the same three bears. But I could never figure out how the mama bear got pregnant. Walt must have left something out.

[triguy46]

43. Is the purpose of these "favorite _______ when you were young" threads

Just to reinforce how f*ing old I am? Is there a seniors discount in the lounge?

[XemaSab]

46. No, I was sort of hoping that older people would also say what movies they really liked...

I can't imagine anyone here was born before movies... (I guess it's possible, but unlikely).

Now if I started a "What was your favorite website when you were young?", well, THAT would be different. :rofl:

[unsavedtrash]

44. Escape to Witch Mountain and Bad News Bears

I loved Tatum O'Neal and Jody Foster so anything they were in I tried to see.

[Bluesplayer]

45. I'm old

How the West was Won - in Cinerama!

[u4ic]

47. The Pink Panther movies

I went crazy with excitement each time a new one was released into theatres. :bounce:

[datasuspect]

49. death race 2000

[Rhiannon12866]

50. "Star Wars." I saw it six times at the movies...

The film broke during the last time I saw it, but I practically knew the dialog by that point, so I could tell my friends what they had missed...:D

[XemaSab]

53. The film broke for me during "Return of the Jedi"

and YESTERDAY during Harry Potter.

I didn't know the film COULD break any more, like I thought they had it sorted out. :P

[Rhiannon12866]

54. You've got to be kidding! That's quite a coincidence, LOL.

But during "Harry Potter?!" I know!!! You'd think that technology would have improved by now...:eyes: I figured that I, personally, probably wore out "Star Wars!" :rofl: And, with "Harry Potter," there must have been an audience full of irked youngsters!:scared:

(p.s. I'm a "Harry Potter" fan, too, read the first four books and have seen all the films but the current one...) :hi:

[XemaSab]

55. This current film I think is the best

There were only a couple young people in the audience. It was mostly people who had seen it before. :P

[Rhiannon12866]

56. My personal favorite, so far, is "The Prisoner of Azkaban"

I think that there's the most going on in it and illuminates quite a bit about all the characters, but I've seen that and the others more than once...:-)

And I wasn't implying that only children like Harry. I was just assuming that you went to a matinee, which would intimidate me. I'm probably older than you are and, as I said, I've read the books, and so has my mother...:D

[Seashell Eyes]

51. Beauty and the Beast and Anne of Green Gables

I still love both of these movies.

[u4ic]

52. I'm Canadian

and I've never seen the Anne of Green Gables movie/miniseries, nor read the book. :blush:


I did love LMM's "The Blue Castle", though. :hi:

[Seashell Eyes]

75. you should see it.

It's a great coming of age movie and the only movie that I thought was better than the book. I wanted red hair as a kid and thought Anne was crazy for hating hers.

[u4ic]

79. Wow - that good?

I'm sure my library would have it; I'll look for it. And I agree about red hair, I love it too.

If you haven't read The Blue Castle, it's one that I'd highly recommend. :)

[fizzgig]

68. i love anne of green gables

always been one of my favorites

[Mz Pip]

57. I feel old

The first movie I ever saw was The Day the Earth Stood Still from the back seat of my parents car at a drive-in. I was about 4 I think. I always did like that movie.

I guess my favorite would have to be Wizard of Oz.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Wcross]

58. Chitty chitty bang bang (As a child). n/t

[WinkyDink]

60. Anything from the Disney stable: Hayley Mills; Kevin Corcoran; Tommy Kirk; etc.

[Enrique]

61. Benji n/t

[My Good Babushka]

62. Time Bandits

[RandomKoolzip]

63. Harold and Maude.

Still one of my favorites.

[Kutjara]

83. Me too, great film. n/t

[book_worm]

64. Well, if you mean young as in a child then it was probably "Mary Poppins"

[devilgrrl]

66. Monty Python & the Holy Grail

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_JmoLbU_pYQ

[blockhead]

67. Seven Faces of Dr. Lao

[pitohui]

69. midnight cowboy, i guess

or maybe taxi driver

they just don't make 'em like that any more, sigh

[Connonym]

70. Star Wars!

[edbermac]

74. I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry.

I am kinda young.

[JackBeck]

76. The Goonies.

The fantasy lives on.

[VenusRising]

77. I had movies on rotation.

I would watch Grease and Grease 2.

Then I would watch Annie and the Last Unicorn.

Then I would watch the Pirate Movie.

Every day I would pick one movie and watch only that movie all day.

I was a weird kid.

[Omphaloskepsis]

78. Stand By Me..

It was filmed in Oregon and they went to my sisters high school (Pleasant Hill) looking for extras. Her friend O.B. Babbs got a part in the movie. But, Stand By Me and The Breakfast Club are the big movies from my youth.

[krispos42]

80. Spaceballs, Howard the Duck, Back to the Future n/t

[SeattleGirl]

81. I'm so old, we didn't HAVE movies when I was a kid.

:rofl:

[LostInAnomie]

84. Clue

I know I watched it over 100 times one summer break.

[Kutjara]

85. Under 10: My Side of the Mountain.

10-15: 2001 - A Space Odyssey
15-20: Last Year At Marienbad

Christ, what a pretentious bore I was after age 10.

[enigmatic]

86. Vanishing Point

w/ the Ultra-cool Barry Newman and his white 1970 Dodge Challenger: