I remember being completely captivated by ‘The Lion King’ when I was a kid. The story of Simba’s journey from a cub to a king, the catchy songs, and the vibrant animation were all things that left an indelible mark on my childhood. Recently, I decided to rewatch it as an adult, curious to see if it would still hold the same magic. To my surprise, while the film’s core themes of responsibility and growth still resonated with me, I found myself noticing nuances and underlying messages that had gone completely over my head as a child. The themes of loss, redemption, and the cyclical nature of life and death were all there, but they carried a depth that I had missed before. It’s fascinating how a movie we adore as children can take on new meanings and layers as we grow older, making us appreciate it in ways we couldn’t have imagined back then.
RoboCop and Starship Troopers off the top of my head, I took both of those movies at face value and thought it was just typical violent gory stuff as a kid. Also I was really young watching RoboCop so the acid scene messed me up. I was quite a bit older for Starship Troopers but not mature enough. Didn’t pick up the satire and social commentary until I was an adult revisiting them.
First watch of Starship Troopers as a kid: Kill the bug menace! RICO’S ROUGHNECKS HUH
Second watch as an adult: Holy shit, this is way too close to reality
Third watch: Kill the bug menace! RICO’S ROUGHNECKS HUH
Knowledge is knowing that humans were the aggressors, participating in an unjust territory grab and a war of extermination meant to prop up a social military complex.
Wisdom is knowing that the only good bug is a dead bug.
I’m from Buenos Aires and I say KILL EM ALL!
I have same experience with the acid scene as a kid, and I can suggest Our RoboCop Remake to get a good laugh.
Brave little toaster… watching that when I was a college student really made me think… question things and life itself. When I was a kid it was just a cute little story not much different than Toy Story
There have been a few, now that I’m older and have kids of my own.
Most recently: ET. When I was a kid it was just a fun, sometimes intense adventure with some kids trying to protect an alien from the government. Sat down to watch it with my kids recently and it’s like “Jesus their poor mum lol”
A single dad takes his kid out on a cross country trip. It’s kind of sweet actually.
As an adult, after watching tons of nature documentaries, I realized that Simba and Nala are related when I rewatched the Lion King. They are either half siblings or cousins, though I doubt Scar was getting any. Since male lions kill every cub when they take over a pride. Thus all cubs in a pride come from the same male lions.
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Toy Story (1) is one of those movies where I’ve seen it at least three times. Once when I was 7, again when I was 9, then when I was 16. It’s wild to me that there are small things that I still can pick up with every new watch. It’s such a solid idea for a movie and well executed on all fronts in my book. Overall, it’s one of my 10 star rated movies.
Home Alone. I was Kevin’s age when the move came out and was totally enamored by how badass Kevin was. Now I see it from the adults perspective and I’m like get the cops to break into the house!
Not a movie I saw as a child, but the Exorcist affects me a lot more in my late 30s than it did in my teens and 20s. When I was younger, the scary stuff was all surface level (scary voices, levitation, puking, the crucifix scene, etc.) but now I pick up on more character-driven horror elements. At its core, the movie is about a single mother with a demanding and stressful career whose daughter is sick and getting worse while doctors can’t help. She becomes so desperate that she pursues an exorcism, despite not even being religious. On top of that, you also have Father Karras desperately trying to save this girl while in the middle of doubting his own faith.
I think those human elements are why the movie is still talked about as one of the scariest of all time. Even if you’re not really conscious of it while watching, I think that’s why it sticks with people. There’s those underlying elements that everyone can relate to providing structural support for the scary little demon girl puking pea soup and throwing down “your mom” jokes.
Amelie. Watched it a million times when it came out. Upon rewatching recently, she is just stalkerish and creepy.
