The 30 day Movie Challenge - Day 11

[aragarna]

Day 11 - Your favorite movie from childhood.

There are a couple films that really marked my childhood.
The Mask and Un Indien dans la Ville (I believe the English title is Little Indian, Big City) were probably the biggest hits in the schoolyard. It's very generational. Ask anyone 5 years older or younger than me, most haven't seen Un Indien dans la Ville, but *everyone* my age has, either in the theater or later in VHS. I think I saw it about 7 or 8 times during my elementary school years. It's about a French business man discovering he has a son, who was raised in Amazonia... If the previous comedies I mentioned are the essence of French comedies of the 00's, this one is the essence of the 90's.

But my first, real favorite films, I think, I discovered a few years later, when I was 12-13.
On Guard (Le Bossu, the 1997 version), is the best sword and buckler film ever made. It's also one of those rare adaptations that are better than the original book. I loved that film so much that I knew almost all the lines by heart, and me and my bro even tried to learn the Nevers attack, as shown in the movie.
The other film is Into the West, which remains the first film ever that made me cry. It's an Irish movie which mixes myths and social issues. It was also my first encounter with Gabriel Byrne, and his performance was hearbreakingly stellar.

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

Oh yeah, generational gaps can be fun sometimes! I'm not sure if I had a fav movie as such, possibly one of the Disney movies? Back when I was a kid you could only watch movies when they were on TV or at the cinema. We didn't have a video my later childhood/teen years. This means I never really had the chance to watch movies over and over and over and so never really had a solid favourite!

And even when we had the video, I spent most of my time rewatching Blake's 7, not movies...

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

oh yes generational gaps! It's always fun to talk to people who are slightly younger/older than you. You don't necessarily realize the age difference until we start talking about shows or movies from our childhood, or talk about big events that we lived at very different stages of our lives.

[leesa_perrie]

Hubby mentioned only the other night how we'd both lived through the rise and fall of the video rental store. I remember when VHS videos came from the library, who I think were lending them before the video store was invented, though I could be wrong!

I also remember when video stores started lending out DVDs as well as VHS tapes - oh how very new and shiny that was!! :D :D

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

I do not remember a time without video stores, but I do remember a time where we would, indeed, go to a rental video store and rent a VHS (later DVDs)...
The video store has since disappeared.

[leesa_perrie]

You know, I wonder if these sorts of conversations occur between Peter and Neal? I know that there are times when the 16 years between hubby and me gives me the opportunity to say 'oh well, I wasn't born back then'!! :D :D

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh idea!

You know, the other day I was discussing with fellow scientists. They were about 50-60 years old, and we were talking about travels.
Fellow #1: "Did you ever go to Berlin?"
Fellow #2: "Yes I did."
Fellow #1: "Was it before or after the fall of the wall?"
Me: O.o

(I know that it makes sense that they knew the Cold War and all, but it's just the fact that it *was* a reality, not just history, for them, that kinda took me off guard)

[leesa_perrie]

I remember it falling and the absolute shock around the world as most people didn't think something like that could possibly happen!

But you know, there's a generation emerging that weren't around when 9/11 happened, or don't remember it as they were so young at the time. This also feels weird.

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is very true. And it doesn't feel that far ago...

Or in a more upbeat note, the kids born in the 00's didn't live the 98 World Cup. They never knew that great time in France history where the entire country celebrated their victorious team. Even worse, they never knew a French football team that could actually play football... ;)