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28 Oct 2007, 1:32 am

Tonight, one of the guys in one of the bands who played was dressed like a caveman..so naturally, somehow the topic turned to "Caveman" the movie with Ringo Starr...which is the one of the earliest movies that I recall seeing in the theatre as a child.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveman_%28film%29

That movie had a huge impact on me...I would replay scenes from in over and over in my head...
and I had recurring dreams of dinosaurs.

Quest for Fire had a big impact on me too...but I don't remember it as vividly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_for_Fire_%28film%29

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28 Oct 2007, 2:27 am

I never really saw anything other then childrens movies as a kid, if I saw them now they would mean very little, tho i still could, after a decade or 2 still recite parts of the movie I bet. I have no real emotional connection to movies as a result when I was a kid.

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28 Oct 2007, 2:43 am

One of the first films I remember seeing and stil love to this day:

The Day the Earth Stood Still

I figure it was then I determined I was not native to this planet

Love to see Mr Spealburg do a modern re-make.

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28 Oct 2007, 2:56 am

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28 Oct 2007, 3:59 am

Turner & Hooch had a strong impact on me as a child. The first time I saw this (at age 10) is the only time I've cried from a movie.

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28 Oct 2007, 8:13 am

Not a movie, a children's TV series. The Singing Ringing Tree. It was shown dubbed into English and it was REALLY weird.

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28 Oct 2007, 8:46 am

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The Lion King (and its sequel)
The Land Before Time movies

I absolutely loved these movies. I even had the characters as imaginary friends for a time.

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28 Oct 2007, 8:46 am

Jaws - maybe. Only the woman's torso scene. That was freaky and the actors were convincing enough. Exorcist - that got me thinking in a whole other direction. Love story - for the obvious reasons.

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28 Oct 2007, 8:52 am

The Exorcist, Toy Story, Men in Black, Lion King, Rainman, Tarzan...

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28 Oct 2007, 8:55 am

None really affected me as a child.

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28 Oct 2007, 9:17 am

The Incredible Journey (the original). It still does.

The Three Lives of Thomasina

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28 Oct 2007, 11:29 am

Oh! I forgot to mention... Toy Story kinda freaked me out as a kid. Especially this scene:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=1eHG5tA9_iE[/youtube]

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28 Oct 2007, 1:56 pm

IdahoRose wrote:

Oh! I forgot to mention... Toy Story kinda freaked me out as a kid. Especially this scene:

Really? That scene made me laugh when I was a kid.

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28 Oct 2007, 2:15 pm

Cyanide wrote:

IdahoRose wrote:

Oh! I forgot to mention... Toy Story kinda freaked me out as a kid. Especially this scene:

Really? That scene made me laugh when I was a kid.

How is it funny? The way Woody talks and turns his head a full 360 gave me nightmares.

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28 Oct 2007, 2:24 pm

The Secret Garden (Kate Maberly version) was by far the most important movie of my childhood.

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28 Oct 2007, 2:36 pm

Dr Who and the Daleks, first time I went to the pictures in about 1964.
The Thall where such lovely gentle people, when I realised I wasnt from this planet I hoped maybe I was from thiers.

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