First Movie You Saw At Cinema ?

c - 13

I thought this might make an interesting discussion, especially considering the age spread over boards. (Has this been done before ?)

I'm not 100% but I'm fairly sure the first I saw was Edward Scissorhands, released in 1990 would have made me 6 years old at the time.

A bit of an odd movie for me at the time, very dark and Johnny Depp freked me out for most of the film. Not sure it was the best movie to take a 6 year old too at all, by todays standards it would probably lame and boring.

Owen

I'm nearly certain it was Bambi, but it could have been Santa Claus :Seeing is believeing. What I do remember was it being in the Everyman Cinema in Cork (Now the Everyman Theatre), with it's 1920's styling, and an intermission for refreshment sales.

SoupyNorman

'An American Tail' in the Adelphi on Abbey St. 1986!!!!! Jeez

That was some shot back to the past there in my head!

Kingp35

My first movie was Ghostbusters 2 in 1989 which would have made me 5. I remember I loved every minute of it and have been a huge fan of both Ghosbusters movies ever since.

delop

Grizzly Adams 1981 I think, in Killarney I was 6

Just looked it up in the web and it was realeased in 1976 , funny how long it took to get to Ireland/Kerry in those days...

miamee

The first film I remember going to see wsa Jungle Book and my mam dropping me, my brother & my dad off in O'Connell street to go to the Savoy & my sis bawling her eyes out in the back of the car cos she was too young to go! That would have been 1985/6ish, making me 7 or 8.

zeusnero

The first teenage mutant ninja turtles - brings back memories of queueing to get into the Capitol cineplex in Cork

Kalina

All Dogs go to Heaven! Bless!

Heisenberg.

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2funki4wheelz

101 Dalmations, must be about 22 years ago.

2nd one was The Care Bears Movie - the whole way into town, and even queueing at the Savoy my dad told me we were going to James Bond and I was nearly crying until the film came on.

SoupyNorman

The Scientist wrote:

remember queueing for Home alone at the capitol years ago but it was sold out so my first cinematic experience was of whoppi goldberg on Nun attire. Shudder....


T.Sc.

Shudder not!

'Sister Act' and 'Sister Act 2 (Back in the habit)' are classics that'd warm your heart.

Joeyjoejoe43

Back to the future in 1985 when I was about 4/5. Classic movie, still good today.

Goodshape

bravestarr082 wrote:

classics that'd warm your heart.

I believe the term you're looking for is "melt your face".


First film I saw was Treasure Island. This one (although it says 'TV' on that, definitely saw it in the cinema), with Charlton Heston as Long John Silver and, I've just noticed for the first time, a young Christian Bale as Jim Hawkins.

Don't think I've seen it since but I absolutely loved it at the time. I was running around with eye-patches and peg-legs for about a year afterwards

flanzer

Joeyjoejoe43 wrote:

Back to the future in 1985 when I was about 4/5. Classic movie, still good today.

Me too! Great flick, never get sick of watching it! Fingers crossed that a fourth one might be in the pipeline!

Kinetic^

I'm in work so can't look on IMDB for the dates but it was either Home Alone 1 or polica academy 5, which ever came out first. I was born in 83 so that'll tell ya how old I was.

letterman

"Flight of the Doves" in the early 70's, parts of it frightened the ****e out of me. Now at least I'm brave enough to laugh at it.

Makaveli

Either the Care Bears Movie or The Black Cauldron in 85/86.

The Black Oil

It was either Ghostbusters II or Batman. I remember the scene when

the guy comes out of the painting

(Ghostbusters II) scaring the life out me.

Basq

Mine was Batman in 1989 - was 5 or 6 (probably not old enough to get into it but my aunt brought me).

youcancallmeal

Jurassic Park was my first and I was scared sh*tless :eek:

The Bollox

The Jungle Book, but it was when I was about 6 which would have made it about 1991/92 when I saw it, and it was released in 1985 which makes no sense, ah well

ChumpStain

Turtles, the first one in the UCi in tallaght. Don't remember much except it being very dark and eating a melted Aero. Ah the vague, vague memories!

6th

First film I saw was in the Classic in rathmines and it was a 3D film called "Treasure of the Four Crowns" ... i'd be surprised if anyone else remembers it. Was in 1983.

hamsterboy

God, this shows my age but I don't care cos it was at this time of year in 1984 and I went to see the best Xmas film ever......Gremlins!

p.s. I know it's not a Xmas film but it was based at Xmas time so there

J.R.HARTLEY

Santa Claus - The Movie

DublinWriter

miamee wrote:

The first film I remember going to see wsa Jungle Book and my mam dropping me, my brother & my dad off in O'Connell street to go to the Savoy & my sis bawling her eyes out in the back of the car cos she was too young to go! That would have been 1985/6ish, making me 7 or 8.

It probably would have been even later as Disney used to re-release their 'big' flicks every seven years.

I remember when I was 4 my mum brought me and a couple of the neighbours kids into see Jungle Book in the Curzon (? it's now/was the Dublin Wax Museum) in 1974.

We were standing in the queue and suddenly there was a very loud explosion. It was the day of the Dublin/Monaghan bombings. It seemed like everyone started running around like crazy. My Dad was driving a truck at the time and I remember him pulling up in it outside the cinema and racing us back home.

All very cool at the time if you were four, but looking back it was like Dublin's 9/11 and we were lucky to have been far enough away from the main car-bombs.

JustCoz

Mine was Curly Sue! I must have been about 5 or 6 at the time

Rabies

The Jungle Book.
Great first cinema experience.
Which reminds me, must pick it up on dvd some day.

cee_jay

Joeyjoejoe43 wrote:

Back to the future in 1985 when I was about 4/5. Classic movie, still good today.

Me too - was back to the future - I would have been 5/6
Was in this tiny cinema in a village in Limerick... ooh the memories - actually saw all of the Back to the Future movies there

jonnybadd

As the OP mine was Edward Scissorhands, and again it freaked the living ****e out of me

Wishbone Ash

Star Wars in 1977(?).

At that time they used to show a short 30 minute film, usually a nature documentary, before the main feature. As I had never been before, I thought that this crappy film about ducks and their habitat was Star Wars and I was wondering where the spaceships were.

I remember a lot of my primary school friends going to see Jaws (even though it was not suitable for children). They used to be drawing pictures of how big the shark was an enthralling the rest of us.

Big Chief

Back to the Future:)

Stargal

This is embarrassing but it was Kindergarten Cop.

Rabies

Wishbone Ash wrote:

At that time they used to show a short 30 minute film, usually a nature documentary, before the main feature.

Anyone else remember when there used to be a short cartoon on before the main feature.
WB used to have Bugs Bunny or a different character on before their movie came started

Rhyme

youcancallme>al wrote:

Jurassic Park was my first and I was scared sh*tless :eek:

Same here, at least it's the first film i can recall.

When the woman is turning on the power and the Velociraptor hits the fence behind her i tried to climb over the back of my seat in abject terror, upsetting the ladys popcorn behind. It was a scary film.

spacecoyote

if my memory serves me correctly it was bambi. Thats the first movie i remember seeing in the cinema anyway, some time in the mid 80s (and i didn't cry...i was so tough!!!)

Giruilla

Was actually prob my earliest memory, saw the Last Crusade.

bringitdown

Care Bears: The Movie :-(

I was very young, very innocent and possibly in need of cuddles.

User45701

i dont have a clue i relay dont
turtles banbi allidan jungle book emmm i have no idea relay i dont even know when they all came out and im not botherd checking imdb.

i cant think i know there is 1 but i just cant think sry

Makaveli

User45701 wrote:

i cant think i know there is 1 but i just cant think sry

It would have been impressive if there was two.

Nalz

Cant think of it? There was characters called Willow (little small guy) and Egor in it. It was about a chosen one (a baby) which needed to be saved from evil.

anyone know what it was?

EDIT: was Willow (1988) great movie

gustavo

Mine was Bugsy Malone in the old Sligo Gaiety cinema , it was a Saturday Matinee around 1987 , i remember thoroughlly enjoying it

JazzyJ

ET in the Adelphi on Abbey St.

ET don't go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heisenberg.

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Carcharodon

Teanage Mutant Ninja Turtles and i loved every second of it (i think) around 1990 i presume, was around 8 yrs



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heroes in a half-shell
Turtle power!

They're the world's most fearsome fighting team (We're really hip!)
They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green (Hey - get a grip!)
When the evil Shredder attacks
These Turtle boys don't cut him no slack!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Splinter taught them to be ninja teens (He's a radical rat!)
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines (That's a fact, Jack!)
Raphael is cool but crude (Gimme a break!)
Michaelangelo is a party dude (Party!)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heroes in a half shell
Turtle power!

BopNiblets

The earliest I remember was The Addams Family, or Addams Family Values, but there were probably more before that.

Damn TV, ruin my ability too... uh.... think about the things... in the past.... things, whatchamacallems.


Ah screw it. *watches TV*

Peyton Manning

Pocahantas

Beruthiel

Rabies wrote:

Anyone else remember when there used to be a short cartoon on before the main feature.
WB used to have Bugs Bunny or a different character on before their movie came started

Yup
and there would be a break so you could go buy more sweets, during which they would play cheesey music.

At the age of 5 my Aunty Brid brought me to see the original disney Jungle Book, to this day it remains my favourite of all the disney movies. It had some classic songs

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life

johnny_ultimate

First I remember was Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs.
Em not the original release, some re-release I'd assume, otherwise there was some time travel involved which seems unlikely.
Twas in some cinema in the DunLaoighre/Monkstown area I think. Not sure if it still exists.
I vaguely remember being terrified but that could simply be conjecture.

rediguana

Jurrasic Park!!!