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

[Picklepower]

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?

Watched Ghostbusters with DD - the scary bits were fine but keeping a straight face when the ghost starts going down on one of the ghostbusters is as a struggle. I don’t remember that at all but honestly I probably didn’t realise what a blowjob was when I watched it last! Dd11 was delightfully oblivious

I don't think anyone was talking about sympathy

Same! watched it recently and cringed at that bit as well. Think it was only a PG when released in the cinema

Grange Hill put the far of god into me over going to big school. I was convinced I would be beaten up daily and become a prolific shoplifter/heroin addict all before half term. Even if all I had to do was Just Say No.

In Beethoven where the mum just point blank refuses to rejoin the workforce. It just seemed really dated.

Some of the shit you could rent from the video shop was nuts abd really depraved. I was subjected to all sorts of horror movies at a young age and hate them now. Nobody cared about the age certifications. Never understood slasher movies.

Of course there used to be things like the joy of sex/how to shag films and soft porn disguised at a movie (that Michael Douglas used to always get his arse out on) that a lot of the older looking kids would rent out for a viewing and everyone used to collectively laugh at.

Oh please do! It's rather good! Although when I got my chihuahua puppy the, "Don't get it wet!" jokes were a plenty.

Totally agree 👍

That is one of my favourite movies scenes. DH and I often refer to cars as “4 fucking wheels and a seat”

Drop Dead Fred was my absolute favourite film when I was about 6. I watched it all the time. I've no idea what my mum was thinking!

The only one that shocked me was rewatching The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I loved it when I was little. I hadn't remembered how dark it was. That totally went over my head when I was a kid.

the goonies should be a safer one,
that said i was watching the terminator ones, Robocop, mortal Kombat, universal soldier in my early teens

Actually I do have a bit of sympathy with them because I now find Kevin to be a pain in the arse 😬.

Yes we do. Dont we?! Mandela effect?

but he was trying to be the good one

I think it's a bit deeper than that really - Which I realized sounds crazy for a bit of a silly movie but I think it's true.

Danny also makes changes to be with Sandy - more substantial ones in some ways, he does a lot of work joining a sports team to earn a letter. Rather than just a change of clothes.

Ultimately I think the point was, when they met, they were outside all of the social conventions, they really connected as individuals. But when they were back in normal society, all the expectations of their cliques became an issue - Sandy's take on things is in it's own way as distorted as Danny's, her version of the story isn't totally reliable either.

In the end, they both decide in their own way that they can live within the social conventions they can't change, in part because those aren't really the important thing.

You get a similar theme of outward presentation vs inward truth with the pregnancy story, and Rizzo's attitude in general - she puts on an act but is also trying hard to be authentic and hates others being inauthentic.

gremlins, father gets stuck down the chimney, so my dc realised there was no father christmas

Does he though? He puts a new jacket on and says he’ll stop being a dick. Hardly a huge change

-Dark Crystal

-Never Ending Story was the 1st film I recall seeing in a cinema when I was about 6 and absolutely loved it. Watching it as an adult, the laser eyes which can kill you and Artax, the horse dying in the swamp of sadness were really traumatic!

-Return to Oz. The weird talking heads in jars and the women replacing her head all the time, planning electrotherapy on Dorothy and those creepy wheeler things 😱

I know but as an adult I struggle to find one likeable character in HA, other than Marley.

fair points

The mum was great in Schitt's Creek though. 😃

It might have been because his whole personality involved being a dick. But the change only last for 2.5 seconds so we'll never know.

I used to watch Grease loads as a kid/teen.

Most of it went completely over my head. As it would anyone else under a certain age.

Therefore in that respect, they're all harmless.
It only becomes disturbing when you watch it all as an adult and realise what some of it actually meant.

Lots of delicate sensitivities on this thread! Huge issues with Grease 😂😂😂 Home Alone too violent 🤭 And there's me taking Grease to be a fun film with fabulous music depicting a former era, and Home Alone as farce. Some people appear to have no joy in their souls! Must be awful to see problems wherever you look.

He changes himself to get the girl too.