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  • Star Wars - the one where R2D2 gets zapped by Sand People and falls over with a comical thud.

    Haven't seen it for yonks, but enjoy it when I do.

    • If you were in the cinema in the 70's, then it was just called Star Wars at the time. If you saw it in the 90's or later, it was A New Hope.

  • A horror movie called It’s Alive. I was 5 years old. My mom would rent horror movies without checking the ratings and I’d watch them. Even after this I always loved horror and never had nightmares or anything. But, I rewatched It’s Alive a few years ago and it is definitely not for kids… But honestly the craziest thing my mom rented was The Toxic Avenger, when I was maybe 10. She never saw it herself it so still has no idea what she allowed me to watch at a young age!

  • Disney's Cinderella was re-released in theaters in 80s, I'm pretty sure that's the first one that formed a permanent memory. I'm not sure I've seen it from start to finish since then.

  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

    I was 3 years old and my parents took me to see it at a drive in theater. Fell asleep before the end.

  • Ghostbusters.

    First film I ever saw at the cinema. Loved it then and still do, probably watch it at least twice a year.

  • Face off. I thought the premise was creepy, but I remember I was happy about the ending.

  • Cinderella
    Before anyone makes the obvious joke, it was a re-release! I’m not that old :)
    It’s still a beautiful movie and I now regularly watch it with my daughter. It has beautiful art, cute animals and catchy songs. 🎶bippity boppity boo🎶
    And that stepmother has one of the evilest smirks I’ve ever seen. No magic or anything and still one of the best Disney villains.
    I think the only downside is the bland prince. He has about the same personality as a boiled potato.

    I don’t remember how old I was when I watched it, but I was young enough to still be allowed to run through the theater.

  • I think it was Disney's Aladdin at the cinema.

    I'm not a massive fan of that movie, never was. It's an ok movie in my books. In that regard, my opinion hasn't changed. But I appreciate better the Genie as a character and Robin Williams voice acting, which at the time I was so young I didn't even notice.

    • That was my favorite animated Disney movie and probably still is, just because there aren't a lot of representations of brown skin people in modern media and that was the first time I was like hey wait a second maybe I could be in a Disney movie somewhere.

      Plus I was a huge fan of Robin Williams. Which makes it so that I can't watch any of his movies anymore because it makes me so sad, but at the time I basically idolized the man.

  • Some movies I saw so young I always knew them, like Star Wars ANH (I was a month old when it first released), but the first movie I remember watching was Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke.

  • Star Wars in either 81 or 82 when it had additional theatrical runs.

    Still love it.

  • Herbie Rides Again. I barely remember anything about it. My daughter and I watched The Love Bug when she was little. It was slow moving lol. I don't think I researched this one. But no doubt it was typical 1970s campy Disney kids movie fare.

    I have a better memory of watching The Apple Dumpling Gang a year later. Now, Tim Conway and Don Knotts are comic geniuses, of course, but unless someone can vouch for this being some kind of cinematic masterpiece, I really don't see myself watching this one again lol.

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