Page 13 | To be shocked watching back kids movies from my childhood with DD

Picklepower · 2025-02-17T17:10:43+00:00

DD is 6 and we watch quite a few films together, mixture of old and new. Last Halloween I was so excited to watch a film from my childhood, decided against hocus pocus but went with Casper. Well, turns out not once but TWICE Eric idle's character shouts BITCH at Carrigan. (She's is tbf but a bit much for a Pg film). Just sat down to watch Charlie and the chocolate factory (from 2005!) and mike teevee says 'even a retard could figure it out'. What the hell! Any other corkers you've come across watching back your childhood films?

Redheadedstepchild · 17/02/2025 19:53

BustyLaRoux · 17/02/2025 19:41

Wow yes, I mean I thought it was hilarious when I was about 14. And I’d probably watch it again
now (not with my 11 year old!) The basic premise is exactly that. Two teenage boys creating a living fantasy woman for them to…..well, do what teenage boys do!

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In the same vein, "Mannequin." Probably unwatchable now and I've veered off the subject of children's films into teen films but anyway...

rashdecisi0n · 17/02/2025 19:52

SwanOfThoseThings · 17/02/2025 19:42

It's blasphemous (refers to the blood of Christ).

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"From the mid 18th century until quite recently, bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of ‘by Our Lady’; hence the shock occasioned in Shaw's play when Eliza uses the words ‘Not bloody likely’ (see Pygmalion)."

Source: Oxford Reference Dictionary

Jellyfishnchips · 17/02/2025 19:50

NoseyFarkers · 17/02/2025 19:20

Try Watership Down op, you'll realise how tame your previous watches have been then 😂

*Still shudder at WSD, decades later. Anyone else?

Yup. The buckets of gore in that end sequence with the baddie rabbit o__O
and those freaky ghost bunnies when they all get intombed in the burrow

< shudders >

Mumtobabyhavoc · 17/02/2025 19:49

SwanOfThoseThings · 17/02/2025 19:42

It's blasphemous (refers to the blood of Christ).

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No, that's a misconception

www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095513828#:~:text=The%20adjective%20is%20used%20informally,17th%20and%20early%2018th%20centuries.

Hyperion100 · 17/02/2025 19:46

Ghostbusters blowjob scene😂

Funkyslippers · 17/02/2025 19:46

MirrorMirror70 · 17/02/2025 19:25

I watched Dirty Dancing for the first time when I was about 7-8 and I remember thinking Penny was “a bit poorly” and Baby’s dad made her feel better. The whole botched abortion thing totally flew over my head, thankfully!

Also, I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that despite watching Forrest Gump at least 30 times over the years since it first came out, it was only about 3-4 years ago that I realised Forrest’s mum has sex with the principal to get Forrest a place in the mainstream school 😶I was in my mid-30s!

Yeah I was about 14 when I managed to get into the cinema to see it & still didn't get the abortion storyline. I obviously didn't understand what "knocked up" meant

CurbsideProphet · 17/02/2025 19:45

RJ2023 · 17/02/2025 19:38

Don't ever let your children watch "Through the Dragon's Eye" - it was a "Look and Read" childrens programme pretty much every primary school child was forced to watch in the late 1980s / early 90s. I had nightmares for months about that. I've just found a few episodes on YouTube whilst writing this post and it still scares me!!!

I remember this! Some parents had to ask for their children to be sat away from the tv and given something else to do they found it so scary!

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Picklepower · 17/02/2025 19:44

SwanOfThoseThings · 17/02/2025 19:42

It's blasphemous (refers to the blood of Christ).

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Is blasphemous that same as swearing?

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Redheadedstepchild · 17/02/2025 19:43

SwanOfThoseThings · 17/02/2025 19:40

According to the BBFC website, it's a PG (and has been since its 1987 release).

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Thanks. Blimey though.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 17/02/2025 19:43

RJ2023 · 17/02/2025 19:38

Don't ever let your children watch "Through the Dragon's Eye" - it was a "Look and Read" childrens programme pretty much every primary school child was forced to watch in the late 1980s / early 90s. I had nightmares for months about that. I've just found a few episodes on YouTube whilst writing this post and it still scares me!!!

Fucking love TTDE even now! The death narrator safety warning adverts from the 70s give me the heebies now, even though I wasn't born when the were broadcast.

Fairislesweater · 17/02/2025 19:43

itsnotabouthepasta · 17/02/2025 17:49

Why does everyone always ignore that Danny also changes everything about him to be the best possible man for Sandy? I agree there are huge issues with Grease but she isn’t the only one making changes

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I agree with this! He spent months bettering himself (lettering in sport isn’t overnight) while she had a last minute makeover. People only look at the outfit 😂

SunsetCocktails · 17/02/2025 19:42

Wintershealing · 17/02/2025 19:32

Wolf of wall street is one of my dds (18) favourite films so the woke brigade isn't totally alive amongst the young!

One of mine was about 15 when she first watched that 😬 she loves a bit of Leo lol

Perzival · 17/02/2025 19:42

alittlebitofcake · 17/02/2025 19:33

Made the mistake of trying to watch Weird Science with 11yo the other week.

I'd forgotten how rude it was!

Just came to post about Weird science.

Police academy as well.

Watched all sorts when I was really young including Rocky Horror and Nightmare on Elm st. Although don't have much of a relationship with my parents anymore.

SwanOfThoseThings · 17/02/2025 19:42

SneakyLilNameChange · 17/02/2025 19:39

Is bloody swearing?! I wouldn’t say it is!

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It's blasphemous (refers to the blood of Christ).

BustyLaRoux · 17/02/2025 19:41

meganorks · 17/02/2025 19:37

I'm not sure how you forgot that to be honest! The plot is pretty much: 'teenage boys want to get laid so create a living sex doll!'

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Wow yes, I mean I thought it was hilarious when I was about 14. And I’d probably watch it again
now (not with my 11 year old!) The basic premise is exactly that. Two teenage boys creating a living fantasy woman for them to…..well, do what teenage boys do!

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Picklepower · 17/02/2025 19:40

Wintershealing · 17/02/2025 19:40

Still not appropriate for young teens ( when she first watched it) nowadays 😂 It's usually parents who are offended for them!

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No, definitely not appropriate for young teens. That said, I was well in to playing grand theft auto when I was a young teen

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NoseyFarkers · 17/02/2025 19:40

We watched Gremlins with our eldest dc when they were about 6 and 8.

All the gremlins stuff - fine.

Total horror moment - the Santa's not real bombshell drop 😱 Totally did NOT recall that 😬

SwanOfThoseThings · 17/02/2025 19:40

Redheadedstepchild · 17/02/2025 18:20

I wonder what rating, "When The Wind Blows" had in the UK? Google is not being very helpful. That could have turned into a very distressing evening for those who tuned in or rented it from the video shop thinking it was similar to, "The Snowman."

According to the BBFC website, it's a PG (and has been since its 1987 release).

Wintershealing · 17/02/2025 19:40

Picklepower · 17/02/2025 19:37

Tbf that's based on a true life story in an autobiography isn't it?

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Still not appropriate for young teens ( when she first watched it) nowadays 😂 It's usually parents who are offended for them!

SneakyLilNameChange · 17/02/2025 19:39

rashdecisi0n · 17/02/2025 17:34

I'm not remotely bothered by swearing, but I remember being surprised to see "bloody" being used multiple times in Harry Potter. I'm not sure whether that is transfered to the film script or not.

Is bloody swearing?! I wouldn’t say it is!

Funkyslippers · 17/02/2025 19:39

meganorks · 17/02/2025 19:05

Splash! Absolutely love it and thought DD would love a mermaid film.

Very first shot is a chubby boy looking up girls skirts on a boat (bad enough!). This opening bit is all in black and white and is where Tom Hanks' character is a kid and sees a mermaid. So to show the transition to current day? Now in colour, John Caddy's character is looking up womens skirts!!! A grown ass adult male!

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One of my all time favourite films. They cut out both scenes of John Candy's character upskirting for TV now. Along with the "I've got a 12 inch Penistone!" line said by the sane character later on, which is far less offensive!

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 17/02/2025 19:39

Wish people would stop mentioning Shaun of the Dead as it keeps reminding me that I saw it at the cinema 21 years ago and am now antiquated.

BustyLaRoux · 17/02/2025 19:38

Justploddingonandon · 17/02/2025 17:30

I never understood why people thing Greese is a family show. Quite apart from the whole teenage pregnancy storyline, I hate the message it gives when Sandy basically totally changes herself to get the boy.

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Completely agree. Hated it as a child. Couldn’t understand why anyone thought the messages in it were Ok. Hate it even more as an adult. All
manner of wrong!

RJ2023 · 17/02/2025 19:38

Don't ever let your children watch "Through the Dragon's Eye" - it was a "Look and Read" childrens programme pretty much every primary school child was forced to watch in the late 1980s / early 90s. I had nightmares for months about that. I've just found a few episodes on YouTube whilst writing this post and it still scares me!!!

SpareBoxRoomForEmergencies · 17/02/2025 19:37

Notoironing · 17/02/2025 17:12

There are lots of examples like that, but the worst in my opinion is the film ‘Little Rascals’

so much wrong with that I don’t know where to start

I love that film, all my children watched it over and over again and found it hilarious. We still have some favourite quotes from it, along with the Princess Bride. They are mid 20s up to early 30s. I'm sure it wouldn't pass the political correctness test of today but I don't remember anything particularly offensive about it. I don't think there is much comedy in film or TV that would pass today's PC standards pre 2010 to be honest.

I remember taking my DC to see Jurassic Park when it first came out in 1993 and was horrified that it was given a PG rating. I thought it was terrifying for children. Actually traumatising.

It was re-classified as a 12a in 2023.