Feb 20, 2023
Is there a movie from childhood that still holds a special place with you? (One you saw as a kid, but isn’t necessarily a kid’s film).
Movies did not play a big part of my childhood. Yes, our parents would load all of us into the station wagon perhaps once a summer and make a trip to one of the drive-ins in the area, but I couldn’t tell you what movies we saw. Except perhaps one – the classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Dick Van Dyke. Back then, the drive-ins had the speakers that needed to be slid over the car’s window. There was a snack bar with all sorts of goodies and a playground near the front of the parking area.
The first movie I remember seeing in an actual theatre was either Gone With The Wind or The Sound Of Music. I’m not sure which. I was more enthralled by the grand old theatre than the movies. Its magnificence is gone, but in its prime, it was a work of art. What I remember most about that outing was that is just my mother and us sisters – no boys allowed.
(Let me clarify something – I’m pretty sure Gone With The Wind was digitally remastered and re-released. I’m not that old!)
Anyway, I’m not sure what that means – that the movies didn’t impact me as much as the ‘experience’ did, but there you have it.
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Feb 20, 2023
Is there a movie from childhood that still holds a special place with you? (One you saw as a kid, but isn’t necessarily a kid’s film).
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Gone With the Wind was my mother’s favourite film. I saw that one on TV as a kid and Mum talked the whole way through it and told me the plot in advance!
Did your mom come with a spoiler alert notice? 🙂
Bless her, she just couldn’t help herself.
My grandmother took me to see CCBB, I can remember the day so well. Seeing it on T.V. reminds me of her so much.
It’s a classic. Glad it has happy memories.
I think I am the only person who cheered when he says – Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn. Because by then I had had it with that movie. And yes, it was the digitally remastered version as well 😉
Tweeted.
No, I don’t think you’re the only person. There wasn’t much about Scarlett to like.
My parents took us to the drive-in as kids, too. Sadly, I don’t think either of my own kids will ever share that experience, as drive-ins are fading from our landscape. @samanthabwriter from
Balancing Act
They started making a comeback during Covid, and there are still a few out there.