re: What is your earliest "movie memory?"

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Come to think of it, my dad used to take us to see some pretty fricked up movies.

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Your dad is awesome

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Reading through this thread there is either Alot of bullshite or some of you have late memories. Half of the things listed aren't kids movies.

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We didn't have a lot of kids movies in the theaters when I was a kid. Vague memory of seeing Mary Poppins in the theater when I was three. Definitely remember seeing Sound of Music twice when I was four. Seeing Adam West's Batman in the theater at five was huge.

My first memory of seeing a movie in a theater was going with my dad to see The Shootist. That year I remember going to see it and Midway...but I think the Shootist was first. I loved John Wayne, and it made a big impression on me.

I remember sitting in the back of the station wagon at a drive-in when my parents were watching Beware of The Blob...but mostly I just remember being excited to be out that late, then immediately falling asleep while my older brothers watched whatever was playing on the screen behind our car.

I remember seeing Superman in the theater, I think it was 1979. I also remember seeing a Burt Reynolds movie in the theater around that time, but I can't remember which movie it was. For those who don't know, he was basically the Samuel L. Jackson of the acting world back then.

1. Old Yeller. I was 4. Cried and cried and cried.....and then, according to my mother, I sang the theme song around the house for about a month.

2. Snow White in a re-release. Loved it.

3. Walking in on my parents watching The Silent Partner. My mom hustled me out of the living room really quickly.

4. The first movie I got to choose myself was Flash Gordon. We went to the zoo in Monroe, out to eat, and then my mom let me choose the movie. It started something because I cannot NOT watch that movie when it's on. I love it. Anytime my students mention that it's one of their favorites...which isn't often...I give bonus points.

a few jump to mind

i'm pretty sure A New Hope was the first movie i remember seeing. my parents were total star wars nerds

Hudson Hawk was the first R rated movie my parents let me watch.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the 90s i think induced my first boner as a 7 year old.

King Kong's (33) teeth scaring the crap out of me at a movie theater on a Air Force base my dad was stationed at.

I also remember being bored out of my mind when they took me to see The Sting. I was like 4 or 5.

Watching Empire Strikes Back on laser disk at my dad's cousin's house. He was also the only person we knew with a satellite dish. It was bigger than his house. He had all these descramblers and tv equipment we didn't know existed. It was badass for the early 80's.

Being thoroughly scared shitless by the gigantic flying dog in "The Neverending Story".