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 4)

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 09, 2005

--For me it was Blade Runner.--

It was very stylish. Very well shot. Did you like the director's cut better?

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 09, 2005

--P.S. The best John Wayne movie, in my opinion, isn't even a Western. I think "The Quiet Man" is the best work he did.--

Very good movie. I watch it every St. Patrick's Day.

This is one movie I saw not really in the mood to see it. I was thinking it wasn't gonna be any good. I ended up loving it.

Saying that though I loved John Wayne's performances in The Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 09, 2005

---#38 by Shovelheat
Thursday, September 08, 2005 ---

Shovel, I never seen it. Though I bet if the director got his wish, and had Peter Sellers in it, surely I would have seen it.

p.s. I'll stop calling you "surely".

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 09, 2005

---Rio Bravo

The Outlaw Josey Wales

The Searchers (Except for its depiction of Indians)

The Shootist---

Very good ones. I just saw The Shootist again last week. How many westerns did John Wayne die on screen?

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 09, 2005

--I can tell you the first "adult" movies I saw as a girl. The first one I remember was "Death Race 5000"--

I remember seeing Death Race 2000 at the drive-in, too. I know Stallone had a car with machine guns on it. David Carradine played the lead. Frankenstein! Frankenstein!!

bakerstreet

on Sep 09, 2005

"It was very stylish. Very well shot. Did you like the director's cut better?"

Nope, lol. I know I'm in the minority, though. I think for me it is more of a nostalgia thing than a real critical eye. To me, it was a film noir movie. Granted, to Ridley Scott, it wasn't meant to be.

Rightwinger

on Sep 10, 2005

"Unforgiven" was another incredible Eastwood western, but his "man with no name" movies..."A fistful of dollars", "For a few dollars more" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" were the best, in my opinion. Though "Hang'em High" was a classic, too.

Rightwinger

on Sep 10, 2005

Does anybody remember a lame Sci-fi flick from the late 70s or early 80s called "Saturn 3"? I think it had Farrah Fawcett and...was it Kirk Douglas? Weird movie. Not good enugh for me to bother looking it up, just curious.

Man, this thread is REALLY getting off-topic.+LOL+

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 11, 2005

--To me, it was a film noir movie. Granted, to Ridley Scott, it wasn't meant to be.--

Now you got me thinking if he really shot it as a film noir. It's quite possible unless he DID say it wasn't.

I know some people say Lucas made Star Wars as if it was a western.

uDigItTheMost

on Sep 11, 2005

---"Unforgiven" was another incredible Eastwood western, but his "man with no name" movies..."A fistful of dollars", "For a few dollars more" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" were the best, in my opinion.---

His "man with no name" movies are my favorites from him. He has so many other good ones, too. You mentioned Unforgiven and Hang'em High already. I also liked "The Outlaw Josey Wales". I even liked "Pale Rider" even if it was almost another Shane.

---Does anybody remember a lame Sci-fi flick from the late 70s or early 80s called "Saturn 3"? I think it had Farrah Fawcett and...was it Kirk Douglas? Weird movie. Not good enugh for me to bother looking it up, just curious.---

Yes, I remember it. It IS "Saturn 3". I remember seeing it on some pay channel late at night when I was in junior high. The reason I remember it is, I watched that lame sci-fi flick just to see if Farrah Fawcett was going to show anything.

Rightwinger

on Sep 15, 2005

I know some people say Lucas made Star Wars as if it was a western.

It was based on and drew from a lot of different things; Sergio Leone and John Ford westerns, Akira Kurosawa samauri flicks, "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" serials...all kinds of stuff. Even my dad said that Han Solo was a "cowboy".

Demosthenes Locke

on Sep 15, 2005

I'd have to say The Dark Crystal. I must have watched that movie at least 50 times, although when I saw it again when I was older, strangely enough, I barely remembered it. I think I didn't really understand all of the story when I first saw it, since I likely watched it the most between 2 and 4, or was too AD-Distracted to piece it all together, although I loved the imagery and adventure.

bakerstreet

on Sep 15, 2005

"It was based on and drew from a lot of different things; Sergio Leone and John Ford westerns, Akira Kurosawa samauri flicks, "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" serials...all kinds of stuff. Even my dad said that Han Solo was a "cowboy".

I kind of brushed off the Kurosawa reference until I actually watched The Hidden Fortress a few years back. I think if any Star Wars fan takes a couple of hours to watch it, they'll find the resemblance uncanny.

JillUser

on Sep 15, 2005

My 1st favorite was Star wars and my 2nd favorite was ET. I guess I've been a sci-fi movie loving gal since age 7

I saw Star Wars as a double feature at the drive-in in the hatch back of my dad's Mercury Capri. The feature following it was "Attack of the Killer Cockroaches". Gotta love those 70s horror flicks

Rightwinger

on Sep 15, 2005

Gotta love those 70s horror flicks

"Squirm"----Giant killer worms mutated by....was it atomic waste? Chemical runoff? Can't remember...some kind of nutty Hollyweird enviro message.
Never forget the image of the worms coming out of the shower head and killing that girl. I think it was a girl; been a while. Well, it was post-"Psycho", and it was a shower, so it was a girl.
Of course, when I saw the movie years later, as an adult (kind of like Halloween II), that scene kind of had less impact.

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