What was Your First Favorite Movie as a Child?

The First Big One

Published on September 5, 2005 By uDigItTheMost In Entertainment

The other day one of my younger brothers told me he bought a new DVD, the movie "The Goonies" for his 2 daughters. I, of course, laughed telling him he bought the movie more for himself than for my nieces.

See, years ago, when my brother first saw "The Goonies" it was a big deal for him. I remember him coming home from the ciniplex with my parents all excited, telling anyone who listened how good it was. I still can see him doing the truffle shuffle.

It got me thinking about the first movie that made me have the same reaction.

Sure, there's movies I liked as a kid, but the first one I saw that made me want to tell everyone how great it was, was "Enter the Dragon".I became at that instant a Bruce Lee fan.

My father took me to go see it and when we got home I ran into the house to tell my mother how great a fighter Bruce Lee was and bragged how fast he was. I still remember where I saw it. It was at one of those old time movie theaters downtown that has long since disappeared.

I can also still remember watching every Bruce Lee movie at home, and afterwards my brothers and I acting like we were martial arts experts. Fake fighting all over the house, imitating every move we just seen. You know how Kung Fu or Karate masters can break boards and bricks. Well, we broke tables, lamps, glasses, plates and windows. And none of them intentionally either.

We were just clumsy as hell. Well my mother put a stop to all that because even though she didn't know Kung Fu or Karate she still showed us her skills with a black belt.

So JU readers, what was the first movie that made you want to tell the world how good it was? Doesn't matter if you don't like it anymore or you think it might be embarrassing to mention. Share it with us. Tell us even if it's a Pauly Shore movie.

Comments (Page 1)

ParaTed2k

on Sep 05, 2005

I'm not sure which was my "1st" favorite, but I remember loving "Song of the South" and "Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" since the first time I saw them. Willie Wonka came out before the re-release of Song of the South, but I'm not sure which I would have seen first. Both are great classics... Sadly only one can be found in the U.S. today.

Furry Canary

on Sep 05, 2005

I was taken to see 'The Wizard of Oz' when I was about five. This was many, many years after it first came out. Nevertheless, when the film changed unexpectedly from black and white to colour, a gasp ran around the cinema. I still haven't quite got over that moment. Marvellous stuff.

Spc Nobody Special

on Sep 05, 2005

Empire Strikes Back was the first I saw. Pretty good, but the first favorite was one I didn't even see for a year or two.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. When I was little, I had a friend that was a little older that saw it, then promptly came back and told me every detail. We acted out that movie like cowboys and indians for probably six months.

Ionolast

on Sep 05, 2005

Mary Poppins

Moderateman

on Sep 05, 2005

Fantasia, sleeping beauty,bambi.

all disney and all made me wonder...

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 05, 2005

--"I'm not sure which was my "1st" favorite, but I remember loving "Song of the South" and "Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" since the first time I saw them. Willie Wonka came out before the re-release of Song of the South, but I'm not sure which I would have seen first. Both are great classics... Sadly only one can be found in the U.S. today"--

2 good ones. I don't remember seeing Willie Wonka in a theater but I do remember seeing Song of the South in one. I was singing "Zip a Dee Doo Dah" for days afterwards.

I think you can get "Song of the South" in laserdisc. I think it's only available as a Japanese import, too.

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 05, 2005

--"I was taken to see 'The Wizard of Oz' when I was about five. This was many, many years after it first came out. Nevertheless, when the film changed unexpectedly from black and white to colour, a gasp ran around the cinema. I still haven't quite got over that moment. Marvellous stuff"--

It is marvellous stuff. I loved it too when it changed to color. It's one of my mother's and my gf's favorite films. Believe it or not I have seen some kids today who DON'T like it all.

dharmagrl

on Sep 05, 2005

Mine was 'Snow White' and my big brother took me to see it. I think i was three.

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 05, 2005

--"Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. When I was little, I had a friend that was a little older that saw it, then promptly came back and told me every detail. We acted out that movie like cowboys and indians for probably six months."--

A great entertaining movie. The first and the best of the Indiana Jones films. It had you hooked right from the first minute. And who didn't love the part where, after the crowd parted and the master swordsman showed Indy his skills, Indy, looking bored, shot him.

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 05, 2005

--"Mary Poppins"--

When I was told I was going to go see Mary Poppins I remember telling my mother, "Why? I don't wanna go see that movie. It's for girls". Of course, I ended up loving it. A wonderful movie.

new-age nomad

on Sep 05, 2005

"The Labarynth" (sp?)

David Bowie in those tight pants

Trinitie

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 05, 2005

--"Fantasia, sleeping beauty,bambi."--

Not only 3 animated classics. 3 classics period. But like Mary Poppins I fought with my mother over seeing Fantasia claiming "it's gonna be boring". And again I ended up loving it. What the hell was my problem?

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 05, 2005

--"Mine was 'Snow White' and my big brother took me to see it. I think i was three."--

Another great Disney classic. What happened to Disney's animation? What was the last good Disney cartoon?

You must have a great memory to remember at a such a young age. You know they say the smarter the person the better they can remember things at really young ages. So you being able to remember things at age 3 says that you are very smart. I, unfortunately, probably can only remember back to age 13.

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 05, 2005

--"The Labarynth" (sp?)

David Bowie in those tight pants--

Labyrinth was a good one. How old were you when you saw it? A young girl liking an older man in tight pants? Wow, my kind of gal.

dharmagrl

on Sep 05, 2005

You must have a great memory to remember at a such a young age

I can remember a lot more than that from around the same age. I think my earliest memory is from when I was around a year and a half and I had to go to the doctor to get shots.

One of the reasons I remember going to the movies with my bro is because the witch scared me and I started to cry and wanted to sit on his lap....but he had tweed pants on that were itchy so I coudn't sit still.

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