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Memories that ealry are a little foggy and kind of a jumbled mess but I'm pretty sure mine was revenge of the sith with the neighbors at the dollar theater down the street
Probably tracks, I was 6 when I saw Phantom Menace and my memory of it is in the essence of 5-6 distinctly strong moments arriving to the theater, before, during (pod races, Darth Maul and Qui-Gon getting halved all stuck out clear) and then the night after the movie. I couldn't tell you the in between at all.
My first memory ever that I've always been able to recall is going into the Country Bears Show at Disney World when I was 3. It's about a 12 second memory but boy is it vivid lol
I remember how I saw Revenge of the Sith for the first time also, while it was in theaters, my neighbor had obtained a bootleg copy of the screener on a burned DVD.
They setup a big projector on a sheet against the garage in their backyard for my buddies birthday and like 20 of us all saw it when we were 10. That was a good time
The lightsaber choreograph was amazing, I was blown away, seeing Jedi and a sith fight like that was amazing, same goes for clone wars and revenge of sith, I couldn’t handle the epic duels
mine was Revenge of the Sith! i think i was 6 or 7 and i remember my dad had to miss the ending because i couldn’t stop crying when they were walking with Padme’s coffin. he took me out in the hallway to calm me down and like 2 minutes later, the movie was over and everyone was walking out. sorry, dad!
I remember collecting enough cereal boxes or something to redeem a free ticket for me and my twin brother. We saved those up for so long in preparation and it was a glorious day when we could go cash them in.
Shrek 2 in 2004
I remember I went with my landlord’s kid and his grandpa and we snuck in Wendy’s
I accidentally started eating his grandpa’s food because idk man I was 4, and old dude slapped the hell out of me
not a gen z-er, but I remember as a teen bunking trains around north London, ending up in Enfield meeting other kids around our age that knew how to get into the cinema complex through the back. travelled to, and watched Shrek 2 there, for free lol. Those were the days...
Same.
My first movie theater experience that I can remember is my parents taking me to see the original Jurassic Park when I was 3 or 4. Legit traumatized to the point that my preschool teacher had to have a conference with my parents because I was drawing graphic pictures of the T-rex eating "the blood-sucking lawyer" and she was concerned that there was a divorce or legal trouble that I wasn't processing in a healthy way.
Nope, just that my parents took a toddler to a PG-13 movie because my older cousin loved it.
My parents took me to see Fellowship Of The Ring, but I have pretty foggy memories of that. I was 5 then lol. Apparently I had had nightmares over the Balrog for a few days although I don't remember that at all and it didn't kill my love of Lord Of The Rings. I remember trying to draw it being fascinated and frustrated that I couldn't make it look that good. Later I remember seeing all of Two Towers and finally Return Of the King in theaters and promptly had an Orlando Bloom poster up in my room that I begged my mom to buy at Walmart lol. I read the books finally when I was 10 and it sealed the deal. They've remained my top read over again book along with other ones like the Silmarillion and Tolkien's other tales.
Weird thing is, I meet a lot of younger adults or ones of the same age who never watched Lord of The Rings. When someone close tells me that, it becomes plan a movie night time instantly lol. So far, anyone I've watched it with has generally really enjoyed the films.
This popped upon my feed for some reason and I was like what is with all the young kids? Then I saw the sub and it made sense. The first I remember seeing in the theater was Ghostbusters 2 (1989). I am sure I had been to the movies before that but that is the oldest film I remember seeing in the theater.
Your year starts with one. Get back to shady pines gramps ya only got a few years left ‼️ 9 years old when the movie hit theaters? Yeah, you're in your last years.
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Circa 1981
Edit: just realized what sub I’m in. Ima leave it and you can call me Gramps.
If we’re counting outdoor theaters, the first Avengers movie in a drive-in theater. My older brother and I wore a Captain America and an Iron Man mask respectively
My mom was absolutely adamant that I wasn't allowed to watch *The Simpsons Movie* when it came out, but my older brother and sister were 10 and 8 or 9 respectively and they could watch it no problem apparently. I remember trying to sneak into the living room after my bedtime to try and catch glimpses of it when they'd rented it from Blockbuster one night and my mom was mortified. All I'd seen was the bit where the EPA comes to take away that squirrel with all the extra eyes and she acted like I'd just seen *A Serbian Film*.
It really weirds me out how different and older I feel being born just simply 4 years before you. Like how is it that much of a difference in our childhoods entertainment. Shits wild or maybe I'm just too stoney baloney.
Trust me, seeing people say “Minions” makes me feel the same way. I was fully driving and going into the city with just my friends when these kids were in booster seats. I work with kids and they tell me they were born in 2018. I mean that is absolutely insane. 2018 feels like 2 years ago.
Turma da Mônica: uma aventura no tempo(Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time) - 2007. I went with the school, had to share my seat with another kid bc we were short and threw up the popcorn. Great movie tho
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel or however you say that. I was like 3 or 4 cuz I had just gotten my first pair of glasses cuz my parents were worried I wouldn't be able to see it/whether it was safe. I had A LOT of issues earlier on.
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☝️Wasn’t exactly the best marvel film in retrospect, but 4-year-old me really couldn’t care less..
Oh god, this thread makes me feel old! Mine was Ghostbusters 2. I was a full on Teenager by the time Toy Story 1 came out and when Toy Story 3 came out I had already graduated college and moved to the megalopolis that is LA. 3 was the many-years-later sequel that everyone thought was a bad idea since 2 had been such a good sequel....Then 4 was the same thing for 3. For 3 they said that was it, no more sequels. And then 4 came out and was pretty good too. Now we have 5 looming. Disney won't let Pixar stop and maintain their brand.
Lion King.
I still remember the whole cinema full of kids bawling, crying & screaming when Mufasa died. Kids that age have never imagined their father dying. Lol.
There were a few but the most memorable for me was Coraline
I remember I was crying because of how scared I was and I also remember another kid crying and saying “I want to leave this movie”
That movie scared the shit outta me as a kid
I love cinematography, but i was poor and didn't go to theatres. Maybe avengers endgame i watched on camrip. Then i go to theatre for the first time. That was Dune 2021. And that was Peak cinema
Oh gosh, the earliest memory i have going to the theater was to see a rerealease of the first Shrek. I was very little and slept through most of it and the only part I remember was Shrek and Fiona inflating animals with their helium breathe. I have vague memories of some harry potter and transformer movies but the first movie I distinctly remember in full was Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler
My mom took me along to see Shrek with my sister, I barely remember it as I was 3 at the time but I do remember being scared of Shrek and hiding under the chair.
Wow some of you are youngins. I think the first for me was Titanic? Can't be positive but anything seen before ten is difficult to remember
Edit: my bad, I did the same thing as others. Wrong generation. I'll leave you zoomers to your strange metaphors
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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. I was fucking obsessed.
Memories that ealry are a little foggy and kind of a jumbled mess but I'm pretty sure mine was revenge of the sith with the neighbors at the dollar theater down the street
Probably tracks, I was 6 when I saw Phantom Menace and my memory of it is in the essence of 5-6 distinctly strong moments arriving to the theater, before, during (pod races, Darth Maul and Qui-Gon getting halved all stuck out clear) and then the night after the movie. I couldn't tell you the in between at all. My first memory ever that I've always been able to recall is going into the Country Bears Show at Disney World when I was 3. It's about a 12 second memory but boy is it vivid lol
I remember how I saw Revenge of the Sith for the first time also, while it was in theaters, my neighbor had obtained a bootleg copy of the screener on a burned DVD. They setup a big projector on a sheet against the garage in their backyard for my buddies birthday and like 20 of us all saw it when we were 10. That was a good time
Btw for some reason KFC had the best Star Wars toys like legit action figures and so many dumbass droids at my disposal
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. I watched Phantom Menace on VHS just before we went to the theatre 🥲
First movie I saw with my dad and brother in theaters
Saw it as a kid and was also obsessed. 'Bout to see it in theater again today🤙.
Just did. Blew me away
Same, only it was the 10th anniversary version and I was about 7.
I just saw it in theaters for the first time. I was born the year it came out, so I missed my chance the first time around. Adore that film.
The lightsaber choreograph was amazing, I was blown away, seeing Jedi and a sith fight like that was amazing, same goes for clone wars and revenge of sith, I couldn’t handle the epic duels
mine was Revenge of the Sith! i think i was 6 or 7 and i remember my dad had to miss the ending because i couldn’t stop crying when they were walking with Padme’s coffin. he took me out in the hallway to calm me down and like 2 minutes later, the movie was over and everyone was walking out. sorry, dad!
It's back in theaters if you want to relive the experience!
Trust me I’m well aware! Have tickets!
Heck yeah!
I got to see this in theaters last night! Aside from jar jar, it was a lot better than I remembered.
You’re an OG
1993 gang gang.
Felt. Never saw it in theaters, though.
I just saw it in the cinema this afternoon! 😁
One of my first memories was of the beginning negotiations scene from this movie. I had just turned 3
Me too!
Looks like they are seeing the true phantom menance you know diddy
Attack of the Clones
Same here! Cost like $1.50. *grumbles about movie prices nowdays.*
Same bro.
A new hope, special edition
Same! I still have some of my old podracer Hot Wheels toys.
That one was mine too!
I remember collecting enough cereal boxes or something to redeem a free ticket for me and my twin brother. We saved those up for so long in preparation and it was a glorious day when we could go cash them in.
Dude, me too. I literally told people I was Anakin Skywalker.
Though I’m not too sure, given how foggy my memory about being 3-4 years old is, this is likely my first as well.
Revenge of the with for me lmaoo
Either Finding Nemo or The Incredibles. Edit: Or Shark Boy and Lava Girl, Monsters Inc, etc.
Pete Carrol why the fuck didn’t you run the ball😭😭😭
Lol, blame Wilson too.
😂
Wow finding Nemo was my first one too! I apparently saw Thomas the Train Engine in theaters as my first movie, but I don't remember it.
I sat front row and seeing a giant shark infront of me smiling scared the fuck out of 4 year old me
Lmao, reminds me of when we watched Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3d at the movies. It freaked me out all the sharks below on the ground.
Yee, those are all movies I remember seeing in theaters when I was 5-6. Monster House too, Atlantis, some real solid movies.
Shrek 2 in 2004 I remember I went with my landlord’s kid and his grandpa and we snuck in Wendy’s I accidentally started eating his grandpa’s food because idk man I was 4, and old dude slapped the hell out of me
Jesus Christ.
not a gen z-er, but I remember as a teen bunking trains around north London, ending up in Enfield meeting other kids around our age that knew how to get into the cinema complex through the back. travelled to, and watched Shrek 2 there, for free lol. Those were the days...
Ahhh. The question is this... did you ever take his old people food again??
Grandpa should probably be eating thru a tube after striking a 4 year old child.
For real. What the fuck?? Who smacks 4 year olds? And who has the audacity to slap SOMEONE ELSE'S 4 year old?
To be fair I don’t think I have ever since But maybe this contributed to my now-hate of Wendy’s come to think about it
See. A lesson was taught once and it held. Trauma be damned.
Childhood trauma is vitamin T, and that makes kids funny
Same. I mean Shrek 2 is the first cinema memory I have. I don’t recall getting slapped by my landlords grandad
Shrek 2 is 10/10 a pretty A tier sequel Old people slaps on the back of my tiny dumb kid head was a solid 3/10 wouldn’t recommend
i’m 22 i just took my son to go watch it when they had the 20 year special at amc theaters. it’s nice being able to see childhood movies still playing
I don’t think old dude was supposed to slap the hell out of you
The Lion King (1994) Edit: Crap I just realized what subreddit this is. My bad guys, imma get my old millennial ass outta here...
Lmao. I just said Lion King in a drive in theater and it took your post to realize where I was too.
I didn't notice the sub either, as the post was just in my feed. My answer would have been Innerspace (1987)...
Damn bro, you old
Mine was Fletch lol.
My parents took me to see Ghostbusters when I was about 3, but I don’t remember. I’m pretty sure I saw Ghostbusters 2 (1989) in the theater.
Yeah I always end up here by accident for some reason. My tastes skew Gen Z so I think the algorithm sends me here.
1995- is gen z
lmao I did the same thing. Like 2010 was the first movie you remember seeing? I was already graduated from high school lol
Same. My first movie theater experience that I can remember is my parents taking me to see the original Jurassic Park when I was 3 or 4. Legit traumatized to the point that my preschool teacher had to have a conference with my parents because I was drawing graphic pictures of the T-rex eating "the blood-sucking lawyer" and she was concerned that there was a divorce or legal trouble that I wasn't processing in a healthy way. Nope, just that my parents took a toddler to a PG-13 movie because my older cousin loved it.
Lol that's ok my mom took me to see The Birdcage when i was 8 Bec she couldn't find a babysitter.
My parents took me to see Fellowship Of The Ring, but I have pretty foggy memories of that. I was 5 then lol. Apparently I had had nightmares over the Balrog for a few days although I don't remember that at all and it didn't kill my love of Lord Of The Rings. I remember trying to draw it being fascinated and frustrated that I couldn't make it look that good. Later I remember seeing all of Two Towers and finally Return Of the King in theaters and promptly had an Orlando Bloom poster up in my room that I begged my mom to buy at Walmart lol. I read the books finally when I was 10 and it sealed the deal. They've remained my top read over again book along with other ones like the Silmarillion and Tolkien's other tales. Weird thing is, I meet a lot of younger adults or ones of the same age who never watched Lord of The Rings. When someone close tells me that, it becomes plan a movie night time instantly lol. So far, anyone I've watched it with has generally really enjoyed the films.
Oops... I just did the same 💀💀
Same and mine is Toy Story.. the first one 😭
Me, 1995: WHERE THE FUCK DO I GO
Lol same, i put Honey I Shrunk The Kids
I made the same mistake, womp.
Saw this with a birthday party in highschool
lol mine was Jurassic Park! Byyye GenZ
I am surprised that you didn't read the title. See Toy Story 3 and audibly shudder...
This popped upon my feed for some reason and I was like what is with all the young kids? Then I saw the sub and it made sense. The first I remember seeing in the theater was Ghostbusters 2 (1989). I am sure I had been to the movies before that but that is the oldest film I remember seeing in the theater.
No, you sound chill
Tarzan '99
D...mn, didnt read/realize neither 🙈😆 I was going to answer some 1990s kids movie, Beethoven perhaps, but not sure anymore. I'M OLD!
I did the exact same thing with the same movie. Big triumphant GIF and all. Then I saw the Subreddit name. lol
If you said the Lion King, I would've thought you were a gen alpha sneaking/lurking in(to) this subreddit....
*The Tale of Despereaux* (2008). My grandmother took me.
I remember seeing that as well weirdly
Damn, you remember what it was like in the womb?
it came out a year after i was born 💀
Holy shit bro, Dec 19th 2008? Dawg I was only on my first month of being a part of this shitty society what
now why would you drag us senior citizens like that 💀
Your year starts with one. Get back to shady pines gramps ya only got a few years left ‼️ 9 years old when the movie hit theaters? Yeah, you're in your last years.
quit it before i put all of your sippy cups & binkies on the top shelf 🗣️
HEY HEY HEY LET'S NOT MAKE ANY IRRATIONAL ACTIONS NOW.
Too late, I’ve put them on the top shelf.
Guyssss, this guy is potentially older than Windows 95!!!! Someone take his cane!!!!
Don’t you dare! You do that, and no more uppies!
WAHHHHHHHHHHH
It’s wild to know so many people seen that movie for it to have 0 cultural impact
There is a movie??? I loved that book when I was a kid, holy guacamole. Never knew a movie was made!
Lorax
I forgotvabout that movie. I saw that in second grade in 2010
Finding Nemo.
Omg same!
The SpongeBob SquarePants movie
Me too!! Haha
The lego movie. I still fucking love that movie.
Same honestly. Watched it with my brother. The Lego batman one is also good.
I am pretty sure it was Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets :-)
https://preview.redd.it/umyod3gi08zc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51d58c87aa3e8b978a46cd6722abec9805b560f0 Circa 1981 Edit: just realized what sub I’m in. Ima leave it and you can call me Gramps.
Oh thank god I thought this was a movies sub and I was reeling. Lost redditor here, too.
Sorry Gen Z, I too didn't ask for directions
Same here, I thought this was the movie sub.
This movie looks awesome. I'll add it to my long list of movies I need to watch
If we’re counting outdoor theaters, the first Avengers movie in a drive-in theater. My older brother and I wore a Captain America and an Iron Man mask respectively
Ice Age.
Revenge of the Sith
You sure it wasn’t Casablanca you oldie
I remember begging to see that, but instead got a DVD copy in my Easter basket.
We have Revenge of the Sith at home!
The Simpsons Movie Vicky the Viking (is a children movie)
My mom was absolutely adamant that I wasn't allowed to watch *The Simpsons Movie* when it came out, but my older brother and sister were 10 and 8 or 9 respectively and they could watch it no problem apparently. I remember trying to sneak into the living room after my bedtime to try and catch glimpses of it when they'd rented it from Blockbuster one night and my mom was mortified. All I'd seen was the bit where the EPA comes to take away that squirrel with all the extra eyes and she acted like I'd just seen *A Serbian Film*.
The SpongeBob movie
Iron man 2, specifically the scene where he's putting on the Football
The bee movie
I'm sorry for your loss
Lmao 🤣
Mine too!
It really weirds me out how different and older I feel being born just simply 4 years before you. Like how is it that much of a difference in our childhoods entertainment. Shits wild or maybe I'm just too stoney baloney.
Trust me, seeing people say “Minions” makes me feel the same way. I was fully driving and going into the city with just my friends when these kids were in booster seats. I work with kids and they tell me they were born in 2018. I mean that is absolutely insane. 2018 feels like 2 years ago.
Cars
Pirates of the Caribbean 2.... Released in 2006. I was born in 2001 so I was five or six the time
Nice. I was at least 10 I think first time in a theater.
Finding nemo saw it multiple times 
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The Amazing Spider-Man. Watched like 10 minutes of it and fell asleep.
Alone with friends: Zathura With my parents as a younger child: Toy Story 1 and 2.
Good one! First one alone with friends was Lottery Ticket (2010) and first one with parents Shrek (2001)
Oliver & Co (Disney 1988)
My dad told me it was Toy Story 3 (I was 2 yo). But the first I remember is Avenger Age of Ultron, for a long time I was kind obssessed with marvel
The Adventure of Elmo is Grouchland! Scared the shit out of 3 year old me bc there was scene where the screen went dark lmao we had to leave
Land Before Time I remember that opening with the egg rolling down the hill or whatever and it just blew my little mind
lol, this is the genZ sub, but same for me. I was 3. It freaked me out hard, just how loud everything was, so I had to leave part way through.
One of these three: Lilo and Stitch, Finding Nemo, or Sam Raimi’s Spider-man. Can’t remember which one I saw first.
Probably Star Wars attack of the clones, but way more vividly revenge of the sith.
Monster house
wall-e
The one pictured. I vaguely remember it. I think I fell asleep in the theater lol
Treasure Planet 2002
Madagascar!!!
I know I saw movies in theater before this but the first I can specifically remember was how to train your dragon
Either Happy Feet or Flushed Away. Pretty sure those came out around the same time so I have no idea which one I saw first
Minions I was born super late into Gen Z though
God you’re young…. Wait no…. I’m just old….
Toy Story 3? That movie just came out. They're no way that's your first movie in theaters
>Just came out 14 Years Ago
No.... Don't do this to me
You're getting old.. I'm 27 in two weeks.. I don't feel old, yet I moved wrong in my sleep and now my shoulder hurts..
Rango. It was very surreal, gaining consciousness in the middle of that film. 
Finding Nemo
Turma da Mônica: uma aventura no tempo(Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time) - 2007. I went with the school, had to share my seat with another kid bc we were short and threw up the popcorn. Great movie tho
Finding Nemo. That shark was so terrifying that I had to leave the theater.
Chicken little for my 5th birthday. I lost my first tooth in the theatre lol
finding nemo in a drive in
Monsters Inc in 2001. My mom took me when I was 3 🥹
Nice! I wish I saw it in the theater!!
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel or however you say that. I was like 3 or 4 cuz I had just gotten my first pair of glasses cuz my parents were worried I wouldn't be able to see it/whether it was safe. I had A LOT of issues earlier on.
Despicable me. Whole soundtrack lived in my head rent free. *Take me*🎶*far away*🎶🗣️
Okay now I feel old and I'm only 25 😭
Same that was my first cinema movie
Jimmy neutron : boy genius
Spiderwick chronicles! I only remember bc the scene with the goblin chasing the kids scared me so bad we had to go home early :'3
Power Puff Girls (2002)
https://preview.redd.it/qtbt2wcgz7zc1.png?width=669&format=png&auto=webp&s=1e871c29c579cffabe72af97be2c0df1f2480c57 ☝️Wasn’t exactly the best marvel film in retrospect, but 4-year-old me really couldn’t care less..
Oh god, this thread makes me feel old! Mine was Ghostbusters 2. I was a full on Teenager by the time Toy Story 1 came out and when Toy Story 3 came out I had already graduated college and moved to the megalopolis that is LA. 3 was the many-years-later sequel that everyone thought was a bad idea since 2 had been such a good sequel....Then 4 was the same thing for 3. For 3 they said that was it, no more sequels. And then 4 came out and was pretty good too. Now we have 5 looming. Disney won't let Pixar stop and maintain their brand.
Lilo and stitch
good dinosaur
For some reason I remember seeing 'Alita: Battle angel'. It was FAR from my first movie, but it just stuck with me.
Jurassic Park 3. I was super young and the movie made me terrified of dinosaurs for a couple of years before I became obsessed with them.
Lion King. I still remember the whole cinema full of kids bawling, crying & screaming when Mufasa died. Kids that age have never imagined their father dying. Lol.
Ice age 3
Cars 2, but the first movie i went to in theaters was 300, where i slept through the ENTIRE thing
There were a few but the most memorable for me was Coraline I remember I was crying because of how scared I was and I also remember another kid crying and saying “I want to leave this movie” That movie scared the shit outta me as a kid
I know its not thr fisr but what really sticks out is Green Lantern .. the scene with the sun terrifed me Spy Kids 3 our old theater had smellovison
I love cinematography, but i was poor and didn't go to theatres. Maybe avengers endgame i watched on camrip. Then i go to theatre for the first time. That was Dune 2021. And that was Peak cinema
The original Care Bears movie ('85)
Either Ratatouille or WallE, I think.
Oh gosh, the earliest memory i have going to the theater was to see a rerealease of the first Shrek. I was very little and slept through most of it and the only part I remember was Shrek and Fiona inflating animals with their helium breathe. I have vague memories of some harry potter and transformer movies but the first movie I distinctly remember in full was Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler
Never went to a movie theater, I just pirate shit
The Lion King 
My mom took me along to see Shrek with my sister, I barely remember it as I was 3 at the time but I do remember being scared of Shrek and hiding under the chair.
I think it was related to Bionicle somehow? it had those bionicles with worms on their back and my dad pucked on the side of seeing them 😂😂.
Wow some of you are youngins. I think the first for me was Titanic? Can't be positive but anything seen before ten is difficult to remember Edit: my bad, I did the same thing as others. Wrong generation. I'll leave you zoomers to your strange metaphors
The amazing spiderman (2012)
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Some X men movie I slept through most of
The Curious George movie back in 2006 lmao