{"id":12334,"date":"2020-03-26T15:59:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=12334"},"modified":"2020-04-06T13:12:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T20:12:45","slug":"movie-fans-tell-us-about-the-first-movie-they-remember-seeing-in-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/first-movie-fans-remember-seeing-in-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Fans Tell Us About The First Movie They Remember Seeing In Theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Times are tough. We&#8217;re all socially distancing right now. Downside: We can&#8217;t go to the theater to watch movies. Upside: People have been bringing their A-game on Twitter and we&#8217;re all interacting more, especially when it comes to streaming movie parties and livetweets. Now we have more time <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/more-classic-movies-to-finally-watch\/\">to catch up on all the movies we&#8217;ve never seen<\/a> and come together to talk about the ones we love.<\/p>\n<p>We asked movie fans a simple question:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey Twitter, what is the first movie you remember seeing in theaters? How does it hold up? ??<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Atom Tickets (@atomtickets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atomtickets\/status\/1242490362687610880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And people responded with some of the most unexpected and fun answers. Some we could have guessed but others came out of left field \u2013 and we loved it!<\/p>\n<p>Check out some of the best responses we got below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jungle book and not one of my favorites but this song is a bop <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wDZclmgDYT\">pic.twitter.com\/wDZclmgDYT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sammie\/gillietesiters? (@shakeitoffgirl5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shakeitoffgirl5\/status\/1242490758004969473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PowerRangers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PowerRangers<\/a> Still love it. Still Watch it. Still hype af. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KU50ttbe3C\">pic.twitter.com\/KU50ttbe3C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philip PrestonNguyen (@Bestosterone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bestosterone\/status\/1242491457266728960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when I was 5-6. Went with a boy from kindergarten that I liked. Aww. Still a favorite cheesy movie.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; red alert? (@sarcasmsign) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarcasmsign\/status\/1242492181996343297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dasavatharam. It\u2019s an Indian Tamil movie.<br \/>Understandably, the English is just super cheesy and hilarious, but that movie was still insanely brutal.<br \/>It didn\u2019t have a rating back then, but I would rate it PG-13 or even R. And the virus in that movie is even worse than Contagion.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sanitize Devil (@daredevllbeats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daredevllbeats\/status\/1242493417893986306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First movie I saw in theaters was the He-Man movie.  Um&#8230; how does it hold up?  Well&#8230; Frank Langella makes it watchable, so there&#39;s that.  ?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marcos Kain (@kaijunokami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaijunokami\/status\/1242497122831708160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Honestly maybe I\u2019ve seen others but RUGRATS MOVIE I REMEMBER seeing ? probably the most memorable cartoon movie ever. :p<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Britt (@myonly89bv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/myonly89bv\/status\/1242496312005844992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spider-man. It was good back then, and now that I can speak and understand English, it&#39;s a lot better ?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; H\u00e9ctor ? (@Pink_Hec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pink_Hec\/status\/1242497823968505856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still holds up <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PsKQkxSehj\">pic.twitter.com\/PsKQkxSehj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jose Turcios (@Jmdjinn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jmdjinn\/status\/1242503225523097601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Water Boy! My mom was so pissed at my dad for taking me to see it ? I still love this movie more and more since a lot of jokes flew over my head then due to my age <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mx8B9Ov6A3\">pic.twitter.com\/Mx8B9Ov6A3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Xtina (@MrsEquistina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsEquistina\/status\/1242503474127896576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Edward Scissorhands! And maybe not great as far as holding up (strange guy with scissor hands moves in to young girl&#39;s house and cuts everyone&#39;s hair for free? ?) but still a great movie AND soundtrack!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sweet&amp;Low (@XXXstatic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XXXstatic\/status\/1242505976676311041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, a few poor souls were hilariously traumatized by their childhood moviegoing experiences:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My father took me to a Disney double-feature of Bambi ? and Snow White ? in a mall movie theater. Been too traumatized by both to ever watch them again.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Strangekitty18 (@Strangekitty18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Strangekitty18\/status\/1242517394028933120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I remember my dad taking me to see Arachnophobia in the theaters when I was very young. I still hate spiders to this day, thanks dad<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; t0mmyr (@t0mmyr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/t0mmyr\/status\/1242593171495780353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Piglet\u2019s Big Adventure. Practically all I remember about that movie is that I cried for most of it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abieks (@Official_Abieks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Official_Abieks\/status\/1242618975395229696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>R.I.P. to the innocence of youth.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, quite a few others listed seeing animated Disney classics as their first movie memories, including <em>Aladdin<\/em>, <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Bambi<\/em> and <em>101 Dalmations<\/em>. But the one we got most often was <em>The Lion King<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lion King (1994). When the title comes in after the opening sequence with that loud boom, I asked rather loudly \u201cis it over?\u201d and the theatregoers had a good chuckle <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CJLA8BbrBF\">pic.twitter.com\/CJLA8BbrBF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chlo\u00eb (@Cluckeyduck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cluckeyduck\/status\/1242541433958961152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And maybe the coolest answer of all:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Star Wars &#8211; A New Hope, and I think it did okay&#8230;! ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LA9UGRfD6N\">pic.twitter.com\/LA9UGRfD6N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ms. Rogers&#39; WASH YOUR HANDS!! Neighborhood ?\u2712\ufe0f?\ufe0f (@TheWriteSteph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWriteSteph\/status\/1242497489401450505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As someone who wasn&#8217;t even born when <em>A New Hope<\/em> hit theaters, consider me infinitely jealous.<\/p>\n<p>Since you can&#8217;t get to the theater right now, check out our stay-at-home party pack of articles, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/more-classic-movies-to-finally-watch\/\">5 classic movies to finally watch<\/a>\u00a0(now that, you know, you have time), <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/movies-hitting-VOD-and-streaming-early\/\">everything hitting VOD early<\/a> for your viewing pleasure, and <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/longest-movie-franchises-and-their-run-times\/\">the longest franchises by runtime<\/a> to keep you entertained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Times are tough. 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