As a child I can count on two hands the movies I saw:
- a Bond film in the 70s
- Jaws — scared the life out of me
- Airplane — my grandmother took me as she thought it was a kid’s film…uh oh!
- Sinbad and the Seven Seas (?) — freaked out by weird many headed creature and I think it was in 3D.
- ET — saw in England a full year after it’s release in the U.S.
- and a handful of other films.
I spent part of my childhood in New Jersey where I only remember seeing movies at a drive-in movie theater. I remember my mother getting us ready for bed before taking us to the drive-in movie theater. I wonder if we stayed awake for the whole movie? I have no recollection of anything other than the microphone thingie attaching to the window. Don’t recall eating popcorn.
The other part of my childhood was spent in England…Wilmslow to be precise. Our small town had a small cinema/theater. It had one screen. Typically a movie would play for about 2 months before another film was shown. Also, if a play was running the movies would not be shown. I recall very little about the actual movies I saw, but I do recall during kids movies that the kids would throw popcorn around. Now this was England and the popcorn was caramel corn. Can you say sticky? What with the spilled drinks and the layers of popcorn, the floor must have been a mess to clean up. Anyone remember “Kiaora — the drink on a stick” — deliciously gooey, sickly sweet orange ice pop.
In the Musings from Me household we love seeing a movie in a movie theater. For all of us to go to the movies is expensive so I look for deals or we go to a matinee.
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Don’t necessarily remember a specific movie, but do remember going to the movie with my parents and sharing a big tub or box of popcorn.
My favorite all time movie, including my childhood ones, is The Wizard of OZ. That was great for ALL ages.
my first movie was Cujo
We all piled up in the car and went to a drive in to watch Rocky. Thank you!
I remember watching The Sword in the Stone and having a crush on Merlin. I thought it would be SO cool to be turned into a bird!
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My Grandmother took my sister and I to see Chitty, Chitty, Bang Bang! We had a blast.
The first movie I saw at the theaters was Ghostbusters. I remember throwing my popcorn in the air when the ghost in the library jumped out at the ghostbusters.
I don’t know if this was my first movie, but I remember going to the movies and seeing Bambi and being pretty freaked out…
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The first movie I remember seeing in the theater was the re-release of Snow White!
I remember seeing gremlins and being super scared! My brother slept on my parents floor for a week!~
I remember seeing “Love at First Bite” with my sisters.
My favorite movie memory is taking my now 17 yr old son to see his first movie “Lion King”
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My first movie theater memory was seeing Bambi! Thanks.
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I don’t remember what movie my parents first took me to. All I remember is that my mom had a knack for picking out the world’s worst seats in the movie theater. I couldn’t see past the tall man who chose to sit in front of me and there were rude teenagers breathing their popcorn breath on us sitting behind us and my mom was so stubborn she wouldn’t move to a better spot. Now that I’m all grown up and get to pick my own seats at the theater I never have those issues anymore.
The first movie I really remember seeing in a theatre was The Poseidon Adventure. I was about 9. We didn’t go to the movies much when I was growing up.
My first movie theater memory is going to see Disneys Little Mermaid along with a van load of other kids around my age for a daytrip with the daycare I went to.
My earliest memory was going to drive-in movies my grandpa ran.I don’t remember what movie,but do remember getting to sit with him in the projection room.Thanks!
The first movie I remember was E.T., which I saw at the drive in. I was 4 or 5 at the time and kept falling asleep before the end of the movie. My parents took me 3 times before I saw the whole thing!
we used to go to the drive-in movies when I was a kid and watch all the Disney movies. We’d bring our own snacks and pillows and blankets in case we got tired!
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I remember going to see the 10 Commandments with my parents
Seeing Star Wars was THE thing to do when I was a kid, and it was my first in-the-theater experience.
I saw Bambi with my mom! And played with the little light on the side of my aisle seat. LOL!
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I remember seeing Close Encounters with my Aunt….I think that is the first movie I saw in the theatre that I can remember.
I remember seeing an American Tale in the theater as my first theater experience.
The original Transformers movie was my first movie in a theater.
I took my goddaughter to see Beauty and the Beast and we were the only two people in the theater!
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The first movie I saw in the theater was Back to the Future
I went with my dad to see the Wolf movie Lobo.
The first movie I saw was “Goldfinger” (James Bond movie) at my hometown movie theater
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My first movie theater memory is seeing Dumbo with my grandmother…she fell asleep so it was almost like I was alone anyway lol and I think I was 7!
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My mom says the first movie they took me to see was “101 Dalmations.” I have no memory of that. I remember sitting in our coats in a freezing theatre in Scotland seeing “Dr. Zhivago.” I was about four, so I was cold and bored.