Favorite Childhood movie

[mperfct]

A thread on another forum got me thinking about movies from your childhood. Goonies would definitely have to be top 3. It's one of those movies that you loved as a kid, for whatever reason. I still think it's good and need to watch it with my son asap.

Something about the optimism and magic of being a kid. It's sad when that's taken away from us. One of the reasons I think LotR is so sad, it's the stripping away of innocence from the Hobbits. Anyway...I digress.

What's your favorite childhood movies, and why?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

A thread on another forum got me thinking about movies from your childhood. Goonies would definitely have to be top 3. It's one of those movies that you loved as a kid, for whatever reason. I still think it's good and need to watch it with my son asap.

Something about the optimism and magic of being a kid. It's sad when that's taken away from us. One of the reasons I think LotR is so sad, it's the stripping away of innocence from the Hobbits. Anyway...I digress.

What's your favorite childhood movies, and why?

Fight of the Navigator

 

[just-some-guy]

Star wars

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[indulger]

Is this where we show our age

Toss up between "Escape to Witch Mountain" and "Watership Down"

 

[STRONGBADF1]

Bad News Bears

It's still one of my favorites! Cussin' kids and baseball It doesn't get much better than that!



I drew a blank at first...Here's some help for the '70's crowd. http://www.filmsandtv.com/genre.php?gs=1970Family

 

[tattoo_Dan]

when I was 9 it was Bullitt and then at 14 The Exorcist

I'm an old guy

 

[AVRat]

Define chilhood. I know from the age of 5-9, I watched the Wizard of Oz every year.

As an almost 50 yo, I love the sense of wonderment in Harry Potter and the Scorcerer's Stone.

 

[krzywica]

Fight of the Navigator

I think you mean Fight of the navigator.

For me it would have to be....

Flight of the Navigator
Swiss Family Robinson
Anything with John Wayne in it
[strike]My Little Pony[/strike]
Home Alone

 

[JohnA]

Goonies
Explorers
Star Wars
Labyrinth (had a crush on Jennifer Connelly)
Time Bandits
Willow

And yes I own them all...

 

[Pyrrho]

The Court Jester

It is very funny, quite witty, very silly, and breaks the rules for what I normally like, but I love it anyway. It is to the intellect what cotton candy is to nutrition, but, all the same, it is very funny and enjoyable.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I think you mean Fight of the navigator.

Typo , yes - Flight of the Navigator - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091059/
And I don't care if you are 15 or 80 years old - If you haven't seen it yet - Watch it you must

 

[jeffsg4mac]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Willy Wonka

Planet of the Apes

The Omega Man

Logan's Run

The Time Machine

Dawn of the Dead

Rocky

I do have an affinity for end of the world type movies though always have.

 

[darien87]

That's a tough one but the first one that came to mind was The Dark Crystal. Can't beat Jim Henson.

I liked a lot of Disney movies as a kid.

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

The Cat From Outer Space

Any of the Witch Mountain Movies.

 

[Pyrrho]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Willy Wonka

Planet of the Apes

The Omega Man

Logan's Run

The Time Machine

Dawn of the Dead

Rocky

I do have an affinity for end of the world type movies though always have.

In that case, you should enjoy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, which is one of my all-time favorite films.

 

[jeffsg4mac]

In that case, you should enjoy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, which is one of my all-time favorite films.

Yes I do like it. I never saw it as a child though.

 

[jeffsg4mac]

That's a tough one but the first one that came to mind was The Dark Crystal. Can't beat Jim Henson.

I liked a lot of Disney movies as a kid.

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

The Cat From Outer Space

Any of the Witch Mountain Movies.

As a kid? hell I still like a lot of them. In fact they are some of the better films out today.

 

[j_garcia]

It scared me, but Alien was one of my favorite films as a kid Horror buff.

Meatballs, Porkys, etc...

I bought Logan's Run on BD, just for nostalgia.

Tron, Last Starfighter

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Last Starfighter

I loved this movie !!!!

Speaking of 80's Sci-Fi - Cacoon and Short Circuit are honorable mentions...

 

[sawzalot]

The Magnificent Seven

I Like Guns

 

[gene]

Star Trek II - the Wrath of Khan

To this day, I can still recite the every line of the movie

KHAN! KHAN!