Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 My uncle took me to that Special Edition re-release of Star Wars. I fell asleep halfway through. Still think the original trilogy is boring bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 First ever cinema trip was Snow White And The Seven Dwarves, on the 1987 re-release when I was 2. I don't remember it but my mum likes to remind me that she fell asleep about 5 minutes in. First I can remember is Home Alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: 😞 I can still remember how pumped I was for this film. Couldn't even console myself with a McDonald's that I'd been brainwashed to want as the nearest one was 15 miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 I don't remember much about the film, just that I tipped a full box of popcorn on my mate at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 I remember going to see a Ghostbusters and Stripes double bill in the Adelphi in Dublin when I was 4 or 5, and my da panicking, jazz handing and shuttling us out of the cinema when a load of diddies covered in mud popped up on the screen during Stripes. I didn't know what was going on. My da was great though. He used to bring me to see things he wanted to see, that was so age inappropriate for me. Stuff like Raising Arizona, Platoon, Lethal Weapon, Monster Squad, Back to School, The Mission and Hamburger Hill being some standouts. I know I was brought to ET a few times, but I was far too young to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 I'm having a bit of a 'mare trying to remember if this was my first trip or not, but the first I can remember had a bit of an embarrassing moment for young Cod Eye. I had gone with my elder female cousin to see the Transformers movie(the real, animated one with an amazing soundtrack) and at our local Odeon they used to play music videos before the trailers started(back in 1986/7). Well, before the trailers started on this occasion, the cinema decided to play "Material Girl" by Madonna. Now, bare in mind I was 7 fish at this point and we had all just started learning about sex and the like through the playground grapevine, so my interest was immediately piqued by the sight of this blond woman dancing around sexily on screen and I got a little stiffy. It's ok though, I thought, I'll cover the bump in my trousers up with the bag of over priced pick-n-mix we had got. Foolproof plan, I thought. That is until my cousin decided she wanted a sweet and while going for the bag got a handful of my pre-pubescant hard on. I've never seen anyone recoil in horror so quickly in my life! We watched the film, got the bus home and she dropped me off in complete silence. I'm still mortified by the incident, and just can bring myself to watch the film again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 In primary school (about 10) me and a mate went on a double-date with Paula and Gemma to the cinema. They wanted to see The Addams Family, we wanted to see Suburban Commando. Hogan won that round and ruined any potential pre-teen relationships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 I remember seeing Jungle Book at the cinema. Must've been an early 90's re-release or a special screening because I'm not that bloody old. Apart from that, I can also remember seeing Nightmare Before Christmas. Yep, I saw it when it first came out, long before all the goffs got a hold of it and never let it go. I have great memories of the cinema during my childhood as my Dad or Grandad would take me regularly. Space Jam, Godzilla, Mr.Bean, Power Rangers, Batman Forever, Mission Impossible, Toy Story, Dragon Heart. I feel lucky to have seen these on the big screen through naive eyes.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 My mind's telling me it was Baby's Day Out (shite) but I'm not sure that's right, there may have been something before but that's the earliest I can rememeber. I vividly remember going to see The Pagemaster after that and again that was utter shite so I wasn't having the best luck until finally, Power Rangers! Even if it was bad I didn't care at the time and dug all the new suits etc and Ivan Ooze was funny as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted October 9, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted October 9, 2018 According to my mum, the first cinema trip was The Little Mermaid, but all I can remember from that was getting a little Prince Eric toy in a Happy Meal afterwards. There were probably a couple of other Disneys after that but the first one I properly remember was Jurassic Park. We went with parents, grandparents and my sister (3 at the time) and both she and I were unfazed by the dinosaurs while the grownups were scared. It's never not been one of my favourite films. Another early memory is my dad and I at the UCI before it became a Warner Bros, mum and sister went to Fern Gully but we went to see The Mask - which, from just checking the UK release date, might have been for my 7th birthday. I've always thought of The Mask as a kid's film because of when I saw it, but probably if I watched it now there'd be a lot I understand that I didn't back then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 There was definitely a Jungle Book rerelease as I went to see it in the murder cinema, and a Snow white anniversary release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said: Another early memory is my dad and I at the UCI before it became a Warner Bros, mum and sister went to Fern Gully but we went to see The Mask - which, from just checking the UK release date, might have been for my 7th birthday. I've always thought of The Mask as a kid's film because of when I saw it, but probably if I watched it now there'd be a lot I understand that I didn't back then... The Mask was one of the first films I ever had on VHS and, subsequently, Cameron Diaz became my first childhood crush. Not a bad start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted October 9, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 Super Mario Brothers, and given around the same time I'd have seen Jurassic Park it's odd I remember the shit Mario Bros but not what little I stayed awake for of Jurassic Park. First film I really remember though was The Pagemaster, which I remember really well for saying it's a bit crap. That said if Super Mario Brothers is your start point it's all up hill. We always went on holiday to a really old cinema in the nearest town and saw something. It was all red velvet and really steep and narrow in each screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I couldn't handle ET being captured, so that was the end of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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