Originally Posted By ni_teach I finally saw up last night and thought that it was outstanding. If you have not seen it yet you should! IT is Disney and Pixar at their best.
Originally Posted By DAR <<I really feel we coddle children too much. So many kids movies nowadays just cater down to them. I can't help but think back to the non-Disney movies that I grew up with, The Goonies, The NeverEnding Story. If you look at the movies of the 80s & compare them to today's kids movies, there's a world of difference. Did those movies scare me as a kid? Heck yeah. But I think that was a good thing. Kids need to face fantasy scares in order to deal with those of real-life. And saying that the violence in Up is graphic is just ludicrous.>> Completely agree. I just watched Ghostbusters last night. While it's not overtly scary there are moments in there that could be frightening to a child. Or take any Spielberg movie you grew up on. Willy Wonka? Parts of that film scared me as a kid.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I remember discussing with friends once "what's the scariest movie you ever saw?" People named a dozen different films - Alien, Silence of the Lambs, Halloween... Then someone asked "what movie scared you the most at the time?" Pretty much everyone said "The Wizard of Oz."
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove (Mine was "Wait Until Dark") Cannot wait to see UP again and I will definitely own the movie. I saw a couple of interviews (very short/raw)on You Tube with Jordan Nagai, voice of Russell. Such a cutie pie! Doesn't look/act like his character at all, so they did an *excellent* job of working with that young man.
Originally Posted By DAR Mine wasn't so much a movie but a scene. In the Lost World, the scene of the T-Rex poking his head in the tent. Still gets me to this day.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Scary movie moment in childhood for me? Laurel and Hardy's version of "Babes in Toyland" (!) The scene where the big furry critters come and carry off the children. Today, it is absurd looking, but at the time it gave me nightmares.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL Gosh, I was a teen not a child but JAWS scared the crap out of me and I doubly hated it because I lived at the beach. I was ok with everything until the dudes chewed up head popped out of the boat hull.....AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! And by the time the shark started chomping down on Quint, I had to just close my eyes and ride that scene out.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I don't think those from my generation were as coddled. People have mentioned some of the movies we watched growing up --- Wizard of Oz, Jaws, Alien, etc. Along with those, I'd mention the Original Star Wars trilogy, the Indian Jones movies, and some classics like Psycho and The Birds as being movies I saw as a kid.
Originally Posted By ecdc Lame as it is, my scary moment as a kid was in Superman 3 when the computer sucks that lady into it and turns her into a robot. Scared me to death, the way she was screaming and then got silenced.
Originally Posted By mele I saw the 70's version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" when I was in the 2nd grade. Scared the holy hell out of me.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I saw Polterguist when I was a kid. Scarred me for life. I hate clowns. *shudders*
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I was an adult when I saw Poltergeist, but I remember sitting with my friends watching, the first time they showed the clown (during the thunderstorm). I turned to my friend and said "that clown's bad news." You just KNEW he was going to figure prominently later on.
Originally Posted By mele When I was about 10 or 11 I overheard my stepmom telling another mom about "The Exorcist". I didn't sleep for 3 nights.
Originally Posted By Marty2111 Yep, The Exorcist. I didn't even know about it until high school. Then I saw it on late night (actually, early morning) TV at a friend's house. I thought I was beyond being afraid at that age, but my walk home in the dark that night quite an adventure.
Originally Posted By basil fan Okay, back to the original topic. I feel sorry for the original poster, he got shot down so much. But I can't call Up overly violent. Bug's Life is way, way worse, with Hopper beating Flik into a pulp. And then the villain's chilling death scene...brrrr! There is blood shown in the Fox and the Hound, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan and other great films. I grew up in the 70s when TV cartoons had all the violence removed until the heroes couldn't look cross-eyed at the villains without somebody crying foul. Ugh! I loved Up, as I posted in another thread. Oh, and though I haven't watched most of the frightening films you guys listed, I did see Wizard of Oz. When I was a kid, we watched it every year. I used to sit where no one could see me closing my eyes whenever the witch appeared. Mouse History 101 <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/history.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...ory.html</a>
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL >>>the first time they showed the clown (during the thunderstorm). I turned to my friend and said "that clown's bad news." You just KNEW he was going to figure prominently later on.<<< BINGO! I felt the exact same way, Dabob. Hate, hate, HATE clowns and Poltergeist was so good at pushing so many ICK buttons. Loved how the clowns face changed from happy to demonic when he was attacking the boy.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Poltergeist was fun. Creepy and silly and scary and fun. I went to see it in the theaters when it was first released at the old Paramount theater in Hollywood -- that was a few years before the theater was purchased by Disney and Pacific Theaters and it became the El Capitan.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper If UP was violent then I'm not sure what the definition is anymore.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Normally I enjoy and really enjoy some Disney and Disney/ Pixar animated films; although I feel that UP is Disney/ Pixar’s first BIG DUD. >> I agree, it was a dud.
