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demonic 
"Cinemaniac"
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 Posted - 03/19/2007 : 00:26:04
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Yet again, a very similar story to yours Shiv - we'll turn out to be separated twins you watch - I watched "The Exorcist" on video sleeping over at a friend's house. I don't remember how old we were but we must have been between 12 and 15. I remember us both laughing at how silly it was and all the dated effects and feeling very proud of ourselves for being tougher than this supposed definitive horror. That was till the lights went out and I lay there in the dark thinking it over that it began to hit home and I scared myself stupid. 
I got to see the film again when it got a cinema re-release in this country when I was a student and I was properly convinced of what a work of art it was. I confess I had to go to the bathroom to get some water during the spinal injection sequence (never been good with needles, particularly then) for fear of passing out or throwing up. I still think it has the power to shock, that contrast from the overlapping improvisational style of dialogue early on, the childishness of Regan to the horrible things that start to happen later... Friedkin and Blatty knew what they were doing. 
Might sound odd but "The Exorcist III" is actually a very good film as well; definitely worth a look. The ending was tagged on by the studio (typical) and ruins it a bit, but there are parts that are brilliant. I rated Jason Miller very highly in the first film, and here he gets a chance to reprise his role, alongside George C Scott and a fantastic Brad Dourif. |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 03/19/2007 : 00:55:01
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Originally posted by demonic
Might sound odd but "The Exorcist III" is actually a very good film as well; definitely worth a look. ....and a fantastic Brad Dourif.
Agreed. This is certainly the best of the sequels. And Dourif was excellent. When I saw this (last year) I realised why Jackson et al chose him for Wormtongue in LOTR. |
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 03/19/2007 : 01:51:47
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| DADDY LONG LEGS with Fred Astaire. That's my first memory. I think I must have been taken here to avoid a sitter [I'm the firstborn]. Remember, lemmy: this was a frickin revival house! |
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silly 
"That rabbit's DYNAMITE."
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Posted - 03/19/2007 : 14:59:36
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Cool topic!
I have lots of memories of various movies when I was a kid. For my birthday one year we went to see "Escape to Witch Mountain" and I fell madly in love with Kim Richards (who was about my age - 10 or so)
I remember being disappointed that Farrah Fawcett Majors wasn't one of THE stars of Logan's Run, contrary to what the advertising led us to believe (she was big in Charlie's Angels about that time)
Star Wars played just about forever at the Northpark Cinema in Dallas - was it six months? We saw it more than once. This was just as videotapes were becoming more common, and renting still cost nearly as much as a movie and wasn't half as fun.
When I was younger we saw M*A*S*H at the drive in, and we kids hated the operating room sequences. So my parents would tell us to turn around and look out the back window, and they would let us know when the blood and guts were finished. It wasn't until years later (I think I was twenty) that I found out there was also some nudity in the film - my folks tricked us on that one.
I also saw Bullitt and Skyjacked at the drive in (wasn't much else to do in the summer time).
I saw the Poseidon Adventure while on vacation in New York City, and also What's Up Doc at Rockefeller (sp?)
Many more memories, I guess during all this time I was falling in love with movies... 
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 03/19/2007 : 16:31:11
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| I think my first really scary horror movie was Psycho on VHS when I was about 13. I watched it with my mom who hadn't seen it in years. I knew Norman Bates was the murderer just from going to the Universal Studios theme park once every few years, but I didn't know about the nature of Norman's mother and it was quite a shock for me. My mom had forgotten that part of the plot until the very end; when Vivian Leigh's sister goes down to the basement, she had a smile and said, "Oh yeah, I remember this part now. This is kinda freaky." I had trouble sleeping that night, but I knew it was one of the most powerful movie experiences I've had up to that point, and the film remains one of my all time favorites to this day when. It is still has the power to freak me out. When I was about 15, I saw the movie at a revival theater in Los Angeles. The film print was beautiful and the shrieking violins in the shower scene blasted through the high tech speakers and seeing it with an audience added a lot to it as well. |
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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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Posted - 03/20/2007 : 09:37:26
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Originally posted by silly
Cool topic!
I have lots of memories of various movies when I was a kid. For my birthday one year we went to see "Escape to Witch Mountain" and I fell madly in love with Kim Richards (who was about my age - 10 or so)
Did you know Kim Richards id Paris Hilton's aunt??
Well you do now.
I love useless trivia.
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redPen
"Because I said so!"
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Posted - 03/20/2007 : 10:01:54
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For me, the romance of early cinema always draws me back to the drive-in theatres. My parents used to pop a sackful of popcorn and bring along blankets and pillows, and my sisters and I would lay on top of the car . . . and fall asleep, of course!
The one film that really stands out going this far back was a re-release of 1963's "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." This had to have been around '72 or '73. In particular, I remember the three of us laughing hysterically at the climactic scene, where basically the entire cast was being swung back and forth on a fire engine's fully extended ladder.
Along with the demise of many of yesteryear's more nostalgic "early" venues in favor of hi-tech at-home gadgets, the drive-in theatre will always have a place in my heart. I do know of one year-round drive-in (it's Atlanta, we can do that!) not too far from me, which sports 6 screens and shows double features of current releases. I am currently plotting to get my new ladyfriend to accompany me to a bit of Memory Lane . . . to create some new memories, no doubt!  |
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redPen
"Because I said so!"
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Posted - 03/20/2007 : 10:06:56
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Originally posted by Shiv
The first film I distinctly remember is Star Wars (I was 9) but it was Clash of the Titans (at age 13) that made the biggest impression on me. My mum fell asleep, but I was entranced by the magic that brought those myths to the screen. I still rate the Harryhausen movies very highly.
My first feeling of the cinema being an escape from reality was when I was about 14. A friend of the family ran the cinema in the nearest town, and me and my brother got to watch an Elvis movie (have no idea which one, the film itself didn't make an impression on me) in the afternoon. First time without adults - in a showing put on just for us! When I lived in London as a student and then unemployed I used to go to the cheaper cinemas and watch 2 sometimes 3 films in a row.
I wouldn't call myself by any means a film buff or a film hobbyist. I still see cinema as escapism, but it's just now I'm interested in what brings the films to the screen - history, emotion, politics and so on. I tend to research the truth behind films, and learn a lot about the world that way.
I'm with ya on this one, Shiv! I was 10, and my 4th grade class all went to see Star Wars! It was the perfect age to be absolutely dazzled by this magical piece of history! |
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 03/20/2007 : 10:33:13
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Originally posted by redPen
I'm with ya on this one, Shiv! I was 10, and my 4th grade class all went to see Star Wars! It was the perfect age to be absolutely dazzled by this magical piece of history!
I do miss seeing films like this - or horrors - in full theatres because when its a good film everyone is getting into, the audience reacts together. That heightens the memories for me too. I saw Silence of the Lambs in a full theatre in London. It never seemed as creepy and unnerving on repeated viewings. |
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damalc
"last watched: Sausage Party"
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 19:00:46
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I do miss seeing films like this - or horrors - in full theatres because when its a good film everyone is getting into, the audience reacts together. That heightens the memories for me too. I saw Silence of the Lambs in a full theatre in London. It never seemed as creepy and unnerving on repeated viewings.
i think it's the same for comedies too. i was one of four people in the theater when i saw "Borat." i think the sparse crowd lessened the comedy effect -- no big collective laughs. it was also a little embarrassing to laugh at some of the really offensive stuff when the other viewers knew exactly who the insensitive bastard laughing was. i still laughed plenty though. |
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Shiv
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 22:02:10
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I do miss seeing films like this - or horrors - in full theatres because when its a good film everyone is getting into, the audience reacts together. That heightens the memories for me too. I saw Silence of the Lambs in a full theatre in London. It never seemed as creepy and unnerving on repeated viewings.
i think it's the same for comedies too. i was one of four people in the theater when i saw "Borat." i think the sparse crowd lessened the comedy effect -- no big collective laughs. it was also a little embarrassing to laugh at some of the really offensive stuff when the other viewers knew exactly who the insensitive bastard laughing was. i still laughed plenty though.
Yes, very true. I must be losing my sense of humour as well |
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silly
"That rabbit's DYNAMITE."
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 00:10:42
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Not a movie memory, but a theater memory.
One day we tried to see a movie and our cinema was closed, they were shooting a scene for the tv show "Dallas." I was THIS close to seeing Sue Ellen!
(JR wasn't there, apparently)
The last couple posts describe how my wife probably felt watching Nacho Libre with me. It was like my fifth time to see it (on video, finally) and her first. And she kept moving away from me on the couch, as if to say "you find this funny?" |
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 06:09:52
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101 Dalmations. I was about six years old (though the movie was eight-years old at the time).
For some reason, it was presented in two parts, so we had to come back the next day for part 2. God: if only I could return that time of innocence. |
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 19:48:49
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Originally posted by MguyX
For some reason, it was presented in two parts, so we had to come back the next day for part 2.
"50.5 Dalmations"
I hope your folks didn't have to pay for a second ticket for the second half of the film. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 03/23/2007 : 08:16:33
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I remember taking my boys to see Fantasia and my younger one got scared at the Night on Bald Mountain and I had to take him out in the middle - but I seem to recall that my older boy stayed on some, but he didn't care for Ave Maria and came outside.
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