Films you watched as a child

[JDMc]

Having had this discussion this evening I thought I would pose this question to the PH massive also.

Being 22 I am an 80's baby however as a child I was shown a huge variation of older movies (and still watch many today), most memorable being:

Fantasia (1940)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory (1971)
Watch with mother - Bill and ben (1952)
Wizard of Oz (1939)

What are your most memorable films?

Secondly, do you think the kids of today would watch (or be allowed to) any of the above or anything you watched as a child. I just feel the likes of Bob the Builder etc is turning brains to mush.

How many modern kids movies have a score like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1z12_Ps-gk

[sharpygreen]

[Blue Meanie]

'The Island at the top of the World'
'Dark Crystal'
'Labyrinth'
'Cannonball Run'
'The last Starfighter'
'Tron'
'Battle Beyond the Stars'
'The Ice Pirates'
'The Lost Boys'
'Lord of the Flies'
'Krull'
'Conan the Barbarian/destroyer'
'Sinbad and the blah blah'
'Legend'

Edited by Blue Meanie on Monday 15th February 06:14

[Asterix]

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Magical film for me when I was a nipper.

[Jasandjules]

Aliens.
Commando.

[Emsman]

I'm waiting until emsman jnr is old enough to sit and watch- danny, champion of the world with me.
A superb film

[parakitaMol.]

Journey to the centre of the earth.

[Jon C]

Kes.

[DickyC]

When I was eight my gran took me to see Lawrence of Arabia. A brilliant film and I felt really grown up too.

[chim]

Enter the Dragon
Warriors
Porkies
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Godfather
Full Metal Jacket
Feris Buellers day off
Lady in Red
Weird Sceince
Animal House
Blues Brothers

Oh yea and Grease

[WildCards]

Watched Explorers with my kids yesterday, I'd forgotten what a great kids film that was.

ETA Weird Science, Bill & Ted's ....

Edited by WildCards on Monday 15th February 09:55

[bazking69]

I remember watching Terminator and Terminator 2 one afternoon back to back around a mates house when his parents were at work. We were only about 12 at the time and had never seen anything like it!!

[Cactussed]

Steve McQueen in le Mans and the Gumball Rally.
Over and over and over and over.....

Oh, and the muppet movie. And star wars, and superman. Old Disney movies.

[Cock Womble]

Escape To Witch Mountain

[Elskeggso]

[Art_Vandelay]

Robocop, the highly edited version where he is proclaimed to be a bad mother crusher. Any sign of cleavage was also blurred out/cut.

[Tiggsy]

bazking69 said:

I remember watching Terminator and Terminator 2 one afternoon back to back around a mates house when his parents were at work. We were only about 12 at the time and had never seen anything like it!!

Time moves on...my kids watched Terminator recently and my eldest son (9) was pretty underwhelmed. "you thought this was scary?" was his most repeated phrase as a "jason and the Argonauts" style stop motion robot plodded after Sarah Conner!

Also - dont forget a 60's movie to an 80's child is no different to my son (born in 2000) watching Die Hard/Young Guns/Lost Boys (all of which he loves) to subject him to something from 1950 and hope it can compete with more modern classics (of which there are many in the last 30/40 yrs) is hopeful at best. Wizard of Oz or Jaws...most little boys will take a big old shark over a man in a lion suit

[thetrash]

Megaforce
Cocoon
Madmax2
Halloween
Duel
Quatermass and the pit
The Warriors
Battletruck

[john_p]

Art_Vandelay said:

Robocop, the highly edited version where he is proclaimed to be a bad mother crusher. Any sign of cleavage was also blurred out/cut.

I remember the conversation at school, everyone was very disappointed that the "Acid melting" scene was cut out

[DickyC]

john_p said:

Art_Vandelay said:

Robocop, the highly edited version where he is proclaimed to be a bad mother crusher. Any sign of cleavage was also blurred out/cut.

I remember the conversation at school, everyone was very disappointed that the "Acid melting" scene was cut out

They used it in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.