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First Five Movies you Ever Saw in a Theater?

posted 3 years ago by NitroHangover (1143)
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I've been missing the theater experience for the last couple of years. Hopefully, eventually, we'll get back to that amazing, communal way that people gather together to see new films and share an experience. It used to be almost like church to me when I was a kid (a kid who was raised without religion or actual church).

What were the first five films you watched in a movie theater?

Mine were:

'Ernest Goes to Camp'
'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'
'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'
'Home Alone'
'Dick Tracy'

[–] diezman (2194) 3 years ago

Billy Jack

The Towering Inferno

Jack the Giant Killer

Westworld

Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory

[–] AndyKing1967 (39236) 3 years ago

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
The Amazing Mr Blunden
Swallows and Amazons
Herbie: The Love Bug

[–] bellington83 (3292) 3 years ago

Free Willy
Mrs Doubtfire
Dumb and Dumber
The Shadow
Casper

[–] NitroHangover (1143) 3 years ago

Mrs Doubtfire

I was in that! I was an extra, as one of the kids in the birthday party scenes at the beginning.

[–] BillHicksFan (10661) 3 years ago

Dick Tracy was the first one I saw... drive-in, too.

[–] sslssg (34624) 3 years ago

I can't what what the first 5 were for sure. I do remember seeing these though
In theatre
Annie
The Fox and the Hound

At Drive in
The Empire Strikes Back
Blue Lagoon
Six Pack

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

5 that I remember:

The Empire Strikes Back. I remember my parents went appliance shopping before the movie. Seemed like hours that I had to wait.

Raiders of the Lost Ark. We had a couple of talkers behind us. Rude. Generally most people are good about that. where I live, though.

Popeye. It got terrible reviews at the time. I remember liking it somewhat, though, especially Robin Williams as Popeye.

Star Wars and some Peanuts movie at the drive in. I loved the drive in. Still do.

Star Trek II. Went with my aunt. I cried when Spock died and was a little embarassed, but she wouldn't have cared.

[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 3 years ago

I couldn't say for sure. My parents took my brother and I to see kids' movies, and some of those I've surely forgotten. The first I can recall seeing are:

The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
Mary Poppins (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Love Bug (1968)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Myra Breckinridge (1970) -- no, not really

The first two, I could not have seen in their original release, as it would have been too early for me to recall them now. And I'm not sure if I should count 2001, as I didn't exactly "watch" it; I fell asleep part of the way through.

I'm not positive, but I think the first movie I went to without parents along was The Man Who Would Be King (1975); a school buddy and I walked to the theater to see it. That was back when kids could safely walk around unaccompanied after dark

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4439) 3 years ago

1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park

2. Men in Black

3. Independence Day

4. Eraser (My first ever Arnie movie)

5. Mars Attacks