Cheryl J
techmanWhat was your first really memorable movie?
April 11th 2008 13:47
I have vague recollections of my parents taking us to Disney movies at the drive-in when I was a kid but I remember the experience not the movies. I remember the speakers hanging on the windows of the cars (crap I just gave away my age) and watching them in my PJs and I may have no recollection of the movies we watched but I remember it was always fun and a huge treat. I do however remember the first movie I saw at the cinema without my parents, it was Live and Let Die.
It had a very cool theme song by Paul McCartney, a memorable scene with snakes and a plot I doubt I followed.. I must have gone with one of my older brothers because I can’t imagine my parents thinking that James Bond chasing drug dealers was suitable material for a small child but I loved the action and adventure of it. I didn’t have very discerning taste back then. Sorry to Bond fans but I really don’t like them at all – except for the new Casino Royale, Daniel Craig and Sean Connery were the only two decent Bonds.
But the first movie I really remember was Jaws. It scared the holy hell out me. I still hear that theme music in my head whenever I’m in the ocean. Once again I’m sure one of my brothers took me along because I know my mother wouldn’t have approved that one. After that I became obsessed with things that would give me chills and my viewing and reading habits took a very dark turn. When I reached my teens I was a horror movie and book freak, I couldn’t get enough. I still love a good scary movie every now and then but my taste for horror has dimmed. Now it’s my mum that drags me to horror films!
What was your first movie and did it shape your taste in later films? If not your first actual visit to the cinema what is the first movie that made a real impression on you?
It had a very cool theme song by Paul McCartney, a memorable scene with snakes and a plot I doubt I followed.. I must have gone with one of my older brothers because I can’t imagine my parents thinking that James Bond chasing drug dealers was suitable material for a small child but I loved the action and adventure of it. I didn’t have very discerning taste back then. Sorry to Bond fans but I really don’t like them at all – except for the new Casino Royale, Daniel Craig and Sean Connery were the only two decent Bonds.
But the first movie I really remember was Jaws. It scared the holy hell out me. I still hear that theme music in my head whenever I’m in the ocean. Once again I’m sure one of my brothers took me along because I know my mother wouldn’t have approved that one. After that I became obsessed with things that would give me chills and my viewing and reading habits took a very dark turn. When I reached my teens I was a horror movie and book freak, I couldn’t get enough. I still love a good scary movie every now and then but my taste for horror has dimmed. Now it’s my mum that drags me to horror films!
What was your first movie and did it shape your taste in later films? If not your first actual visit to the cinema what is the first movie that made a real impression on you?
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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haha he/she scared me to death as a little tot . . . i think i snuck out of bed while my parents were watching it and was spying from the hallway and i remember being so horrified when tootsie pulls the wig off and reveals shes a man!
seems ironic now that i find dragqueens and wigs so exciting! lol
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I apparently snuck out of bed when my parents were watching a movie where a giant spider ate someone and I screamed my teeny tiny head off. I've been arachnaphobic ever since. I am scared - abandon the car in the middle of the road in traffic - shitless of them. I guess it could go either way, you either develop a fascination or a full blown terror
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i think i was horrified by dustin because (as an 8 year old) it destroyed my naive sense of appearances being reality . . . how can a woman be a man? the tiny cogs in my brain went into overdrive . . . ive always liked the look of men with long hair too and i can trace that back to one of my dads friends coming into the house as a man in a hat and then he took of the hat and all this silky black hair unfurled and tumbled down his back . . . i think i was 6 . . . these are my "lightbulb" moments lol
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So many years and so many movies, I've always liked comedies. But the movie that shaped my life in someway was The Exorcist. Scary when I saw it, not so much now. But after that experience, I pretty much never scare at horror movies that seem rather tame today.
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My first language is French and I learned to speak English by watching this movie at alternatively in French and English (that must give a clue to how many times I've seen it). Now, I don't really have a favorite type of movie but I only watch English/American movies in their first language even though I live in a largely francophone province. No one wants to go to the movies with me except my brother and my Anglo friends. The francophones don't know what they're missing.
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Morgan, isn't it funny how somehow small things can have a big impact? I used to love long hair on men but now it kind of creeps me out. I think Fabio ruined it for me!
Signals, I really miss the drive-in. Kids today are missing that whole big family experience, there is nothing like it and when I was little the drive-in held much more excitement than the cinema. Horror movies pale into comparison today mainly because they rely on special effects for the thrills when the best scary movies are the ones that build atmosphere, not necessarily a bloodbath. I read the Exorcist when I was 14 and it was much scarier than the movie.
Ann, what a great way to learn a foreign language! Wow that takes commitment. It must add a whole new depth to the movies you watch. I love it! Maybe I should start watching my entire Buffy collection with the language changed to French so I can learn. I'm sure I would pick up quite a bit in 7 Seasons!
Jason, you are probably sitting on a gold mine with those promo cups! How cool that you kept them. I never had the foresight to do anything like that. Anyone that didn't cry in ET is heartless!! And how on earth did I forget about Star Wars, I loved the original so much.
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It was on my 5th birthday that I walked into Star Wars for the first time. I entered as a normal kid, I exited as the film obsessed nut that everyone now knows.
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Can't say I've ever had the pleasure of that one but I hope it wasn't as disturbing as Bambi, that one scarred me for life!
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BTW JohnDoe - Star Wrs when you were 5 - I've totally got your number now!
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it's really not that hard to use movies to learn other languages. All it takes is good memory and a movie/tv show that you know really well.
One of my "qualities," if you can call it that, is memorizing movie dialogs. I used to know 2/3 of Ocean's Eleven dialog by heart, now I only remember a couple of scenes since it's been a while that I've seen it. Other movies I memorized are The Lord of the Rings, Finding Nemo, Malibu's Most Wanted, some French comedies, etc. I'm a big movie junkie, so it's not really a matter of commitment, it's how my brain works.
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Rosemary's Baby was a classic and I recall being quite young when I saw it too although I'm sure it was on TV.
Ann, you are the Rainman of movies, and I mean that in the nicest possible way! I used to be able to remember dialogue but not so much now. You have inspired me to try watching something I know well in a foreign language and see what I can pick up along the way. Unfortunately I take pain medication which can really mess with my memory. I'm like a goldfish "Oooh look a castle" swim swim, "Ooh look a castle" haha
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II don't know if it was that scene in Fantasia that made me start to appreciate the darker side of life... I am now a Tim Burton fan, anything Noir or slightly gritty is more my style.
Cheryl, I remember going to the Drive ins with my Mum at the Blacktown Drive Ins and I distinctly remember the speakers you hang on the window... good times...[/SIZE]
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The drive-in. Oh how I miss those! I wish they would spring up all over the place again. There is a whole generation of people missing out on that wonderful experience.