Missy Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm stealing this topic from an episode of Tangential Deviations: What was the first movie you knew you were too young to see?For me, it was The Toxic Avenger. At that point, I had seen hard-R movies with sex and violence, but The Toxic Avenger, which I think I saw around age seven or eight, downright shocked me. All these years later, I see that as a good thing, because, as a creator, it gave me permission to tell whatever story I could dream up. However, even as a child, I knew I had just watched something that I was so not ready for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 The Godfather, Part 1. I started watching it for the first time when I was about 12, but couldn't get past the horse head scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 My whole life is an example of movies I was too young to see. Red Sonja in the theater was probably the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 My brother and sister got to see Austin Powers 2 at the cinema. I did not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 This is actually a tough question; as I'm sure I've mentioned, I was very sensitive as a kid, and I tended to overthink everything I saw in movies, making me upset very easily. However, the first movie I distinctly remember being forbidden from seeing/seeing anyway/immediately regretting was the first Rocky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Under Siege Yeah, my 9-year-old mind was blown to see the big-tittied stripper burst out of the cake. Oh, and there was a little bit of violence, too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Either Batman (1989) when I was 4 or Misery when I was 10. I do remember watching the first half of Serial Mom when I was 9 up until the part where Kathleen Turner start having very loud sex with her husband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 My brother and sister got to see Austin Powers 2 at the cinema. I did not. I wouldn't necessarily call this is a movie I was too young to see, but either way I was practically raised on this movie. I watched it all the time when I was five, six, seven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Dan, what about Rocky made you uneasy? The fight, I assume?Will, I was 12 when I saw Misery (in the theater), and it messed me up so much I wasn't able to watch the sledgehammer scene the other day -- and I'm nearly 36. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I will admit, naming Misery is a big of a cheat for me since it was the edited version they showed on CBS on a movie night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Dan, what about Rocky made you uneasy? The fight, I assume? I assume so. It's been a while. But Stallone got the shit beat out of him in that flick, and Young Dan would have spent days empathizing with him, which is why Young Dan's Parents spent an awful lot of time vetting movies before Young Dan got to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 The Blue Lagoon. We sneaked onto the stairs to watch it over our parent's shoulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Jurassic Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Definitely saw Jaws too young, the severed head floated behind me in my mind for weeks. I remember seeing Street Fighter (12) when I was ten, nothing scared me in that. Two years later just weeks shy of being the right age I left the cinema for a couple of minutes during the alien strangling Brent Spiner scene of Independence Day. However in a sudden flash I know what it was. 1991, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Jesus, I'd seen Indiana Jones at that point but to an eight year old the limb severing, servant-blinding, Brian Blessed-burning romp was WAY past my prior experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I remember seeing Street Fighter (12) when I was ten, nothing scared me in that. I don't know, the script and acting were terrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I remember seeing Street Fighter (12) when I was ten, nothing scared me in that. I don't know, the script and acting were terrifying. Of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 My brother and sister got to see Austin Powers 2 at the cinema. I did not. I wouldn't necessarily call this is a movie I was too young to see, but either way I was practically raised on this movie. I watched it all the time when I was five, six, seven. You and I have much in common. We are sexy bitches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Jurassic Park. Thank you, I had forgotten about that one. I was drunk on dinosaurs as a kid and some of my preschool friends got to see it in theatres, but I didn't get to view it till I was seven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Saw Alien on TV when I was 7 and the chestburster scene really got to me. Also, think I was 9 or 10 when I saw Robocop 2. Most of the violence in that film is ridiculously cartoonish but the scene where they chop RoboCop to bits and then dump the remains outside of the Metro South station really got to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I cannot remember my first but I do remember my mother not letting me watch our landlords kung fu movie. I also remember having parts of "Dances With Wolves" being fast forwarded. Later I tricked my babysitter into believing I could watch the whole movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanGrrl Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I saw The Exorcist when I was 8. With my cousins, at my First Communion party. We huddled together and prayed the Rosary over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 My uncle took me to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the cinema when I could only have been about 5, as i was a huge fan of the cartoon. It was just fun enough for me not to be too put off by Shredder and his demise, but the cartoon, it was not. Otherwise, I was relatively shielded from watching films outside of their certification. My imagination did for me instead with the whole video cover of horror films thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I think Ian saw the VHS cover of The Crow at too young an age as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Nothing terrified me more as an 8 year old than a Goth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I saw The Exorcist when I was 8. With my cousins, at my First Communion party. We huddled together and prayed the Rosary over and over.My mom had me watch The Exorcist when I was six or seven. This was exceptionally odd, because just a year or so prior she tried to shield me from First Blood. That said, if I were to guess, I'd say this happened around Halloween, and, knowing my love of horror movies, Mom probably wanted to scare me a little. However, the movie impressed me more than anything else; I was absolutely fascinated with the special effects.Since then, I've come to the conclusion that the real reason The Exorcist didn't scare me is because I'm not Catholic. I've found more Catholics who are terrified of that movie than people of other faiths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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