Watching Jurassic park with my whole family opening night. I was (and still) am a big dinosaur geek. I think my parents weren't too thrilled and thought it was some silly movie. They changed there minds real quick and had a great time.

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Posted by LSUfan0420

Lake Chuck

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 5/8/20 at 6:20 pm to BoomNation

3 instances that stand out to me

1. When I was around 9 or 10 my mom and dad took me to the movies. My dad, a legendary procrastinator and cheapskates, didn't want to stop for gas, so we ran out on the 210 loop in Lake Charles. After he walked to a gas station we made it to see a later showing of Arachnophobia, which turned out to be a double feature with Dick Tracy. So saw both of those movies same night.

2. at about 12 Went to see Terminator 2 in a theater in Houston that had a balcony and the whole bottom and top floor were packed. Absolutely amazing experience.

3. About 20 or so Star Wars Phantom Menace came out. Me and all my friends got destroyed drunk and went to a midnight showing. We flew down the highway with the soundtrack to Star Wars blaring in my friends car with the utmost anticipation of what we were about to see. (think about the scene in Ferris Bueller where the garage guys took Cameron's dad's car and went flying over a hill and that what about what we were doing).

The movie was not what we expected, but the pregame and experience was something to remember just because of the hype and expectation.

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Posted by chinese58

NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.

Member since Jun 2004

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Posted on 5/8/20 at 6:29 pm to Fewer Kilometers

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As a child, Planet of the Apes blew my mind.

This is the first thing I thought of for most memorable movie moment. When Heston says, "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" may have been the first time I heard cheering at a theater. The Statue of Liberty was shocking too. It wasn't like we had to worry about movies being spoiled back then. Maybe people that subscribed to magazines specifically related to movies got that kind of info, but no one I knew did.

The ending of Bonnie and Clyde was shockingly graphic for back then. Seeing their bodies being riddled by bullets in the slow motion shots was etched into my young mind.

The Jungle Book was also a movie I really loved as a kid. Probably saw it on a Friday and a Saturday night the first weekend it came to out theater. Sang Bare Necessities for months after that when I was playing.

In junior high I paid less attention to the movies, and more to getting to second and third base.

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