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CommentAuthorgrant
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Winners Announced!
Click here to find out who won the Superman and Spider-Man dvds
The Prizes
1st Prize: The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection and
The Spider-Man 2 Collector's Gift Set
2nd Prize: The Spider-Man 2 Collector's Gift Set
3nd Prize: Superman The Movie Special Edition
New Visitors Need to Register to Enter
First of all you'll need to sign up to the forum if you're not already a member then you'll be able to post messages in the discussions. You no longer need to validate your email address but make sure to use an email I can contact you on if you win a prize.
Background
The first time I ever stepped inside a cinema was when I got taken to see the very first Superman movie when I was just about big enough to see over the seat in front of me but unfortunately not the person who was sitting in it.Even still I can vividly remember being completely taken in by the whole experience, how planet Krypton was unlike anything I'd ever seen before but mostly just the fact that Superman was actually FLYING which obviously meant that I could fly too and I just needed to convince my mum to get me the superman costume from the catalogue and I was sorted!
Never grew up to be a big comic book or sci-fi fan but the Superman movie did instil in me a love of cinema and the thrill of being swept up in a story for 90 minutes, not knowing where you're going to end up at the end of it.
So that's my first memory of going to the pictures, now it's your turn...
How To Enter
Just write a message below telling us what the very first film is that you saw at the cinema and what you can remember of the experience. If you can't remember the first then it could be the first film you remember really liking or being too scared to watch, just one that stands out.If you can find the film you first saw using our search then it would be great if you could post the link to it in your message like this:
http://www.dvdcollections.co.uk/search/fetchPrices.php?id=mfno1053286I can add a cover image of the dvd to your post afterwards.
Winners & Closing Date
Prize draw will be made randomly from all entrants with one first, second and third prize, one entry per member.Competition closes on Sunday the 21st of October at 11.59pm. Winners will be announced around lunchtime on the 22nd.
Thanks to Loquax Competitions, The Prize Finder - UK Competitions and MSE forums for the links!
Good luck everyone and look forward to hearing your stories!
Grant
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- CommentAuthorkimmywal
- CommentTimeOct 15th 2007 edited
The first film I remember seeing at the cinema was The Sound of Music. It was amazing, it felt like I was running on the hills with Julie Andrews. The sound and sight of it all gave me a lasting love of films.
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 15th 2007
Thanks kimmywal, sure I recently heard that the original's getting another cinema release soon if not already. Added a link to the dvd in your post.
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CommentAuthortazgirl
- CommentTimeOct 15th 2007 edited
Hi guys,
well my first film I remember wasnt going to see superman but SUPERGIRL!! Lol!
It was on my sixth birthday and I was a bit hyper on fizzy drinks and birthday cake I think because I dont actually remember very much about watching the film. What I do remember was being shown to my seat by a lady with a torch and the same lady coming back at the interval to serve icecream! My friends from a few doors down were there too sitting in front of us and we were probably being the sort of annoying kids that wont sit still and I find incredibly irritating now LOL. Well I have since seen the film of course but cant remember how much of it I actually recall from the cinema visit. I just remember loving the whole experience and wanting to go back every birthday!
ooh almost forgot the link: Supergirl DVD
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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 15th 2007 edited
Nice collection of childhood memories , I've got similar ones.
BTW I'd watch out though giving specifics like that - people are gonna know your exact age
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- CommentAuthorbusbybantam
- CommentTimeOct 15th 2007 edited
My first film (or the one I can remember) was Buck Rogers in the 21st century. I was on holiday in Blackpool with my parents and my Grandad and my great-aunt. My grandad, dad and myself went to see it and the only thing I remember about it, was 10 minutes in when my grandad stood up and shouted "I thought this was a cowboy film" and walked out. Hilarious
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- CommentAuthorjadring
- CommentTimeOct 15th 2007 edited
I remember being able to take 1 friend and my brother to see Grease for my birthday, it was like nothing I had ever seen. My eldest daughter loves it now.
Grease Singalong Special Collector's Edition
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CommentAuthorlucydu52
- CommentTimeOct 15th 2007 edited
I know I was lucky enough to see quite a few as a child like the disney films. There is one film in particular though that really sticks in my mind. It is going to sound sad but it was My Girl. It was one of the first times I went to the cinema with a friend without an adult. I know I cried at the film but what really sticks with me was the much older man sat behind us sobbing like a baby, so rare to see men letting out their emotions like this, it must have really upset him.
My Girl DVD
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- CommentAuthorikoo
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
Well I wish I could say it was a disney classic or something kiddy - but unfortunately being the youngest of seven children the votes went to JAWS - I was 7 years old and frankly a bit scared, but I had ice cream and a green kia-ora drink so it wasn't all bad. Funny thing is though, I have never learned to swim - scared of the water - TRUE STORY!
Jaws DVD - 2 Disc Special Edition
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- CommentAuthorkoven
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
First one that I can seriously remember was the Jungle Book. But not the cartoon one.
After watching I seriously considered living in the jungle.
Note from Grant: Welcome to the forum Koven, afraid I lost the link you posted could you add it again please and I'll put up an image up of the dvd as not sure which version of the Jungle Book it is. Thanks, Grant
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- CommentAuthorlazarus007
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
The first film i saw on the silver screen was Hangar 18, after viewing it recently I know it is a bit cheesy, but I can thank this particular film for giving me my first taste of Sci-Fi, which I have been a fan of ever since.
Does anyone else remember this film?
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- CommentAuthornettynora
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
The first film I went to see at the cinema was Disney's The Jungle Book.
I must have been 5 years old and was amazed at the size of the screen. I can still remember feeling as though I was actually in the jungle with Mowgli, Baloo and the frightening Shere Khan. My Mum said that I turned into Mowgli overnight! I recently took my daughter to the cinema for the first time and when I looked at her little face when we walked in I knew exactly how she was feeling!
The Jungle Book DVDs - 40th Anniversary Editions
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
Hi nettynora, welcome to the forum, must have been amazing seeing Mowgli and Baloo and co on the big screen when it first came out! Nice job adding an image and link - hope you don't mind but I swapped the link and image to point to the new page I just made for the newly restored Jungle Book DVD that's out in a couple of weeks.
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
Great stories everyone, love the Buck Rogers outraged grandad story, brilliant
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- CommentAuthorPUMPS2007
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
Hi, Richard here.
The very, very, very first film i ever went to see at the cinema, was Star Wars, way back in 1977.
I must have been only, 5, at the time, but, wow!!!!!!!!!, what a movie.
I will always remember the opening with the blockade runner and the massive star destroyer, which kept on going, and going, and going, i remember sitting there with my mouth open.
I will always have a fond memory of that occasion.Yeah I'll never forget it.
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- CommentAuthorandrea graham
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
Escape From Witch Mountain
I`ll always remember this as a happy childhood film, me and my brother went to the pictures with our mam,it was an adventure from start to end, even for us getting on a big bus. we felt like Tia and Tony were our friends because we were around the same age.( and my brother was slightly older than me as was Tony.)I put the dvd on for my children and they were glued to the screen, it`s magical and full of family fun.
Escape To Witch Mountain DVD
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- CommentAuthormattbaldwin
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
The first movie I ever saw was E.T. I was only four at the time but have vivid memories of trying to hold the tears in as the auditorium sobbed and blubbered.
As Elliott's bike flies over the authorities, I finally caved and was bawling with the rest of the cinema. Twenty years later I found myself doing the same with friends while watching the 20th anniversary edition."Inventive, powerful and wonderful" to quote Richard Attenborough.
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- CommentAuthorloobs40
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
The first film I remember seeing was Bambi. I can have been no older than 5 or 6. The excitement of going to the cinema with my Dad for the first time was immense. However, that happiness soon disappeared when I bawled my eyes out when bambi's mother was killed.
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- CommentAuthorkrailton
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
chitty chitty bang bang
i can remember it was a christmas time in newcastle and my mum took me to see this film. its the first film i can remember going to see, and being very frightened of the children catcher.
karen
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- CommentAuthorCheeky
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
The first one I ever saw was Star Wars. I won't say how old I was at the time in case you all start doing your sums, but it was a really really big deal. It was just me and my dad who went, and nearly everyone at school had seen it before me. I nagged and nagged and finally we went on a Saturday afternoon.
We weren't very well off when I was a kid, so my mum made us take a bag of sweets from home - she said they'd be too expensive to buy at the pictures (I didn't believe her at the time, but how right she was!!)
There were no big muliplexes - our cinema just had 1 screen and Star Wars had been on for weeks. In those days there were no DVDs or downloads. If you didn't see a film when it came out, you had to wait about 4 or 5 years until it was shown on one of the 3 TV channels. I remember being scared they's stop showing it and I'd be grown up before I saw Star Wars!
Anyway, we finally did go, & what an introduction to the big screen. I didn't speak the whole way through, & I don't think I touched my sweets - I'm sure I talked about nothing else for weeks! I'm not sure that anything has ever come close to that experience, or ever will. (It must have affected my dad too, as he started taking me to the pictures once every couple of months after that!)
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- CommentAuthorkirsteenatom
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
My first film was Stars Wars Episode 4 (of course at the time it was just Episode 1 to me). My sister and I had been allowed to go to our local odeon which had constantly sticky floors from popcorn, drinks and icecream and you had to be careful not to move your feet too much or the noise would interrupt your enjoyment of the film.
My sister went in the small theatre next to mine to watch something like Grease (which she had watched a million times already) and I went to see Star Wars.
I had never seen anything like it and I think I held my breath all the way through! Despite being around 14 and female I wanted to fly the millenium falcon and BE Hans Solo. This film started my ongoing love affair with sci-fi, both in film and in books! The moment when Lei and Han swung across that abyss on a rope.....perfection!
Kirsteen
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- CommentAuthorpineapple
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
The first film I ever saw at the cinema was sleeping beauty with my parents. I can't remember how old I was, but I do remember feeling quite scared in places, especially near the end when Maleficent turns herself into a big scary dragon.
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- CommentAuthorCassieopea
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
Well I was another of the Star Wars brigade as my first film. I remember there even being an interval and buying a souvenir progamme
I so wanted to be Princess Leia! The second film though that I also remember and have to watch when it's on the tv was the Cat from Outer space - now there's a classic, time for a remake??http://www.dvdcollections.co.uk/search/fetchPrices.php?id=mfno1041404
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- CommentAuthorshay0
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007
Star Trek: The Motion Picture. My parents took me for my birthday and about all I can remember is falling asleep watching it
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CommentAuthorlostfrog
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
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- CommentAuthorCassieopea
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007
Great pic for me! Thanks! I used to loved the ear muff style hairdo!!
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
Ear muff hairdo's due for a comeback, mobile in one side, ipod in the other
glad you like the pic, that's me done though, way more to do than I thought!
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- CommentAuthorshahumamer
- CommentTimeOct 16th 2007 edited
The film i remember going to was Twins when i was 11 years old but i didn't tell my mum and me and my friend went. well his mum told my mum and i got hit by my mum for lying but luckily that didn't put me off going to cinemas as i stlill go today and lately i did win 2 tickets to any film in vue cinemas in Birmingham.
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- CommentAuthorbrook_son
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007
I can remember seeing Bambi with my Mum, I think I had a stray little tear.
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CommentAuthorlucydu52
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007
I love all the pictures you've added Grant. How do you add pictures ? or should I just stick to the links !
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- CommentAuthorviviennejane
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007 edited
Sinbad and the Eye of the tiger.
Ifound it on the site, but I couldn't work out how to add the picture.
I was really quite young when it came out and found it quite scary, especially when the woman ends up left with crow's feet.UGH!!
Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger DVD
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007 edited
Thanks Lucy. It's kind of tricky to upload pictures at the moment as it's still buggy if you're using the Internet Explorer browser.
If you're using Firefox though it works fine and here's how to do it:
1. Once you've found the image you'd like to use (make sure it's no more than 500pixels wide - the width of this comment area) then save it to your desktop.
2. Go to an free image hosting site like this one and browse to the image on your desktop and upload it. On the next screen it shows you how to link to the image - copy the 5th one down that says "Forum code for embedding (2)"
3. Paste that into your comments and that should be it!
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- CommentAuthorlouiseoliver1
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007 edited
The first film I ever saw at the cinema was The Lion King. We went with the school and I remember sitting crying my eyes out when Mufasa died!
The Lion King Special Edition (only available new from Amazon resellers)
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- CommentAuthoriut044
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007 edited
The first film I remember watching at the cinema is Beauty and the Beast. I ate a lot sweets and was nearly sick but enjoyed the movie.
Beauty & The Beast DVD - only available new from Amazon resellers (£74.00 yikes!)
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- CommentAuthorsuperman
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007
I loved the first superman movie in '78 - and they've just got better !
Anyone else see this one with Christopher Reeve'sClassic !
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- CommentAuthorbev71
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007 edited
The first film I saw was E.T. I would have been around six or seven and I cried my eyes out all the way through! Thirty years later, I still shed the odd tear or two when I see it again!
I remember getting a stuffed ET and ET earrings for Christmas that year - I wish I still had them!
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- CommentAuthorhellcat
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007
The first film i saw was Sleeping Beauty and my brother was terrified of the dra
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- CommentAuthorcheyne0
- CommentTimeOct 17th 2007 edited
The first film i every saw was 10 with Bo Derek,i sneaked into the cinema pretending to be 18 but i was only 14,it was great at 14 but you look back and think how silly it looks compared to todays tv.(back in1978)
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- CommentAuthoroldishmalik
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007
I can vaguely remember my first film being The Jungle Book. And I still love it!
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
When you think how many thousands of films have came out over the years it's funny how there's quite a few shared first films among the list.
I guess it has a lot to do with what Cheeky said about there being no big multiplexes and if you didn't catch it at the cinema then you had to wait years to see it on tv so we ended up seeing a lot of the same big releases.
Note for entries: Remember to post a link to the dvd and describe your experience of what it was like going to the cinema for the first time as well, thanks
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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
Can't remember this bit...?
Can you...?BTW - I'm getting a good idea of the average age of most members.I'm in good company by the looks of it.
p.s...Stuff a survey or 'market research' - just run a comp in future Grant , that's how to find out your demographic
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CommentAuthorgrant
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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
Be posting my valid entry soon Grant.
BTW cheers for the firefox tip...
It's fantastic.I've been messing about with it for a day - very flexible.
I've switched all my pc's over to it already - and of course DVDCollections is still bookmarked and homepaged
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- CommentAuthorgra1952
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
My first trip to the cinema was on a school trip to see the feature film Becket (1964). I would have been about 12 years old at the time. I remember being bored witless for nearly 3 hours! I have happier memories though, saturday mornings at the pictures for 6d (2½p), for this you could watch a couple of cartoons, a Laurel and Hardy short, a Flash Gordon serial and the main feature film.
My favourite cinema film has to be Disney's Mary Poppins, this would have been in 1964 also. A perfect mix of live action and animation.Mary Poppins DVD (40th Anniversary Special Edition)
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
Right about the age thing, wasn't intentional when coming up with the question - looks like a split between the ET and Jungle Book generations. Maybe the next comp should have everyone post what film star they most resemble
Glad you liking Firefox, everyone I know that's switched to it prefers it to IE. Some really handy add-ons for it too.
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- CommentAuthorRachelEHBlythe
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
My Dad took me to see Alice in Wonderland for my 4th birthday. I was absolutely absorbed. At the bit where the big dog brushes away Alice's path home I wailed so loudly that the cinema staff asked my Dad to take me out, but I gripped the arms of my cinema seat and refused to leave. My Dad remembers it as an embarassing incident. I remember it as my entry into the wonder of film. We didn't even have a TV at the time (around 1969).
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- CommentAuthorpadman
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
The First and to me, best film I ever saw at the cinema was Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I remember my big sister taking me along for my 7th birthday. Awesome, scary and wonderful. I still love this film!
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind DVD - The Reel Collection
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- CommentAuthortinatwo72
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
First film I ever saw at the cinema was Thunderball, the film was brilliant but the cinema, my god it was a proper flea pit, it was filthy, pretty sure there were things running about the floor, good job the film was brilliant as it took my mind off the surroundings.
Thunderball DVD - 2 Disc Ultimate Edition
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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
Talking of E.T...
How about this GENUINE 'Unicyclist Community' T-shirt print.
Being a fluent speaker of German : Ein Einrad-Traum translates into 'The Unicycle Dream...' - OKAY
The shirt is on it's 4th re-print apparently - honestlyHope they've got a license to re-create the most holiest of images in unicycle fashion.
Don't believe me or want the 'history' of this T-shirt...click here
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- CommentAuthoremfaz
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007 edited
The first film I saw at the cinema was the Care Bear movie - I think I enjoyed it but I wish now it was something cool so I didn't have to lie during icebreakers at work!
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 18th 2007
good to see you're covering every possible angle in your E.T. research Rob
emfaz - I'll lay off adding a big Care Bears picture to help you get over it
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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
E.T.The Extra Terrestrial 1982...A title to conjure up the mystique and mystery of my first trip to the cinema.I can't really recall much about the trip and the venue , so I'll stick mainly to the film.My Dad took me alone - just us two together , which was quite rare.
I was too young to know where we were let alone comprehend the story of an alien , his friend and a long journey home - that would change my perception of cinema forever...In-fact it's hard for me to think of another film that has as many moments(including the films' score) and iconic images within which stir such deep emotion of joy and sorrow at such highs and lows - at least for me personally which is the whole point of this post.
I was born just too late to see the first Star Wars films .I can imagine these films (ANH and ESB specifically) being incredible for young first time movie goers.
I was one of the generation who grew up watching Star Wars on VHS tapes which had been recorded from the Xmas TV movie schedule - they still had a huge impact on me though - and still do now.But E.T. was my Star Wars.
One of the ways in which E.T. excells is how easily that a child can connect to the story - basic in it's essence , easy for children to almost understand fully , but deep enough to grab adults - and put them through the mill
Part of the magic of this film is how the viewer engages with it - it's almost impossible not to.I can remember Elliot playing with a greedo figure - just like me - along with loads of other then-current toys which I also owned , he had an older annoying brother like me and a younger sister too and Elliot appeared to be the same age as me , at least in my eyes - It was all so real.
Not to mention E.T. himself - surely one of the most endearing and lovable characters , probably next to Yoda to ever come out of a Hollywood props department.
I literally loved E.T. - I had the lunch-box(with flask of course) with the E.T. image splattered across it , I also had a wind up/pull back action bicycle which had E.T. in the basket and red jacket and hooded Elliot riding it.I bought the 2002 20th Anniversary edition when it came out and it had the same effect on me as 25 years ago - making me feel like a young child again - that's in-spite of Spielberg's vulgar attempt to reproduce the film with all new effects shots etc etc which I'm not in favour of in principle.
I just can't imagine many kids that saw 'The Phantom Menace' or 'Attack of the Clones' really connecting to it like in the good old days of the Original Star Wars Trilogy.
Or for that fact the Indiana Jones films and E.T. etc by the likes of Lucas and Spielberg etc - long before CG took over and style was put before substance all too often.Infact the only movies to live up to or better these films is Peter Jackson's LOTR Trilogy , and that's in nearly 30 years of trying.The tail now wags the dog unfortunately
Anyway E.T.'s my entry for my first cinema experience and I wouldn't change it for the world
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007
That brings it all back, was so much of it's time yet hasn't lost a thing.
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- CommentAuthordancer2712
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
my first film ever was to see The Wizard of Oz. I loved the whole film from it being in black and white and then in colour. I always wanted a pair of ruby slippers! I was scared of the wizard himself and i was so amazed at the horses changing colour that i actually thought they did in real life. This film can be enjoyed by everyone no matter how old you are, even my 17 year old loves it and so does my other two who are 7 & 9. They all love the colours and the singing and all the characters. It even got a mention in Eastenders recently. So definately a film that leaves an impact on peoples mind. Worth every penny
The Wizard Of Oz - Special Edition
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- CommentAuthorataylor
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
I'm told I was taken to see Snow White when it was rereleased at cinemas in the very early 80s but I don't recall that at all.
I can remember going to see quite a few films from around the age of 6. There was Return of the Jedi, which I think I saw on holiday in England.
Then there was the time that, instead of taking a family holiday away anywhere, we just did day trips here and there, and so set off one morning for a picnic somewhere in Fife only it poured with rain so we went to see The Search For Spock. in Kirkcaldy.
Probably my most memorable cinema visit was just over a couple of years ago to see Monster-In-Law. It was a pretty rubbish film so I'm not recommending it all!!! It was a memorable evening for me in that it was the first time I'd been to the cinema on a date so the quality of the film wasn't really uppermost in my mind. We had a couple more cinema dates together to see rubbishy films in the weeks that followed before we realised our mutual love for Disney films and have since had much more enjoyment going to see those sorts of films as our relationship developed.
My very boyish DVD collection of sci-fi was married to her Disney collection earlier this year when she moved in with me.
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- CommentAuthorRuss36
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
Well if memory serves me right I think it was Herbie Ridaes again. I went to see it with my Sister and some of her friend at the Petts Wood Odeon. I`m sad to say that the cinema is no longer there - it`s now a Morrisons supermarket. The film - through a childs eyes I thought it was fantastic! Adult eyes have a different opinion - as I do now!
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- CommentAuthorpesky2323
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007
I was taken to the local cinema when I was 6 years old to see a DOUBLE BILL od Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. Superb.
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- CommentAuthornash0819
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
The first one I remember was "Murder on the Orient Express". I remember being really disppointed that the villains didn't get their comeuppance!
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- CommentAuthordeaddogsmoking
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
King Kong - 1976. I don't remember Jessica Lange getting her top peeled off (I was an ignorant 7 year old) but I do remember writing about the trip in a 'What I did at the weekend' essay on the Monday. As I recall, I burnt my foot in an overheated bath prior to the journey and spoilt 'poisonous' hideously wrong in the essay.
King Kong DVD (1976)
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- CommentAuthorpeterleic
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
Hi
It was an awful long time ago
Could have been one of the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis films
One film that I remember from that era was The High and Mighty with John Wayne
Or it could have been a Superman film on a saturday morning when I was an ABC Minor
Whatever it was it started me on a life of watching films
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- CommentAuthorCloddagh
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
I can't believe you actually have this on your site! The first movie I remember seeing I must have been 7, it was the Care Bear movie. I am shocked you have it listed here. I haven't seen it in years. I remember standing outside the cinema in Wokingham queing to get in and when we got home afterwards my brother and I drew pictures from it on large sheets of paper we had around the house. I believe my Mum still has them!
You must have everything on this site!
Cloddagh
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- CommentAuthormaggiemac
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
I went to see "How the West Was Won"(1962) with my mum. I remember we sat in the front row of the balcony and i leant on my elbows on the velvet covered ledge for nearly the entire film. I sat in amazement at the vastness of the screen, and the fantastic music added to the excitement. At the interval we had ice-creams and then settled back for the second half. I still remember the exciting scene when the buffaloes were being rounded up, the noise of the hooves thundering across the screen was like something i had never seen before. No CGI then folks!!
How The West Was Won DVD - Region 1 (no region 2 version)
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- CommentAuthorma6jrp
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007
The first film I can remember seeing was Return of the Jedi when I was 5 years old. I had been ill for a week in bed, and my dad took me to the cinema when I was nearly better. I loved it. even the Ewoks!
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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 19th 2007 edited
Nothing wrong with a bit of Care Bears.
You should see my modified Care Bears tribute van...
You can clearly see that I've reduced the body kit size significantly so as to accentuate the graphic designs on the bodywork.
The front bumber was actually at least twice the depth beforehand.The roof spoilers also are all but gone now as you can see.
I think it has helped to un-clutter the old , rather over-bearing appearance.
Subtlety is what I finally acheived.Only problem is that I have to always stop a few meters short of any junctions.
Don't even ask me about the parking issues.....Talking of bears...
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- CommentAuthormiddlewingnut
- CommentTimeOct 20th 2007 edited
It has to be The Rescuers, we all went in my home town Minehead which has a huge cinema at the time, we sat right at the front of the top level. Awesome spectacle and my little brother cried at the sad bit and because he was leaning over the balcony, his tears fell on the people below so we all spent the rest of the film laughing!
great film, though, still love watching it, now with my kids.
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- CommentAuthoryasmine041
- CommentTimeOct 20th 2007 edited
the first film i saw was beauty and the beast with my mum and 2 friends from primary school.I loved it and still do
Beauty & The Beast DVD - only available new from Amazon resellers
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- CommentAuthorbobcatjack
- CommentTimeOct 20th 2007 edited
My first film was Planet of the Apes. This was a double feature ( Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes)around 1972 at my local cinema in Oakham.
This was most memorable for being the day I tried my first cigarette and then decided that only weak feeble-minded morons smoke it is still one of the best decisions I have ever made.
This film still has relevance to in a world were other people think they have the right to decide what I think and what I believe.
Planet Of The Apes DVD - 35th Anniversary Edition
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- CommentAuthormusicals
- CommentTimeOct 20th 2007 edited
What a wonderfully knowledgable and friendly community you all are. I'm English born and bred, but the first film I saw at the cinema was a school showing of what has become a French classic: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Deneuve at her most seductive, stunning music, vibrant colours, and a story that does not end with the American-sweetened happy ending. Available now in a special edition from Optimum Releasing, I still watch it and weep (for all the right reasons) regularly.
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- CommentAuthorianswife
- CommentTimeOct 20th 2007
Rather embarrassing to admit, but the first film I saw at the cinema was Care Bears the Movie - and I was scared of the possessed mask... It was 1985 and wasn't allowed to go to Back to the Future as I was too young!
http://www.dvdcollections.co.uk/search/fetchPrices.php?id=mfno1009080
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- CommentAuthorsheridarby
- CommentTimeOct 20th 2007 edited
The first film I remember seeing at the cinema was Pinnocchio, my sister and I were so scared when he was swallowed by the whale, we cried & cried til we were taken out.
Pinnocchio DVD - US Region 1 (no UK Region 2 release)
