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CINEMATRIX - September 2006

Favourite Childhood Films

September 25th 2006 13:58

What are yours?
Do you still hold them as your current all-time favourites?

As a kid I countlessly watched the Star Wars trilogy plus Caravan of Courage with the adorable Ewoks. There was something so vital and engaging with the Star Wars worlds. Philosophically I think it was the quest to be good while not seen to be as a kid (like the Rebel faction in the film) in the perilous world of larger and fearsome enemies (adult world) that could be overcame if we tried hard enough and that through hardships we could attain what we wanted. Key moments for me were when Luke's loved ones died and when Ben/Obi Wan Kenobi was struck down by Darth Vader.

Although saddening by loss we learned how to focus our attention to getting the job done that we set out to do. And by perseverence the viewer could see that things can eventually get easier, e.g. Luke using the force to direct his lightsabre to his hands and uplifting his spaceship from the murky depths of a crashed bog site, and that by facing our own fears we can truimph and symbolically firing the lasers into the Death Star to accomplish the tasks we set out to do.

Another film that was close to my heart was The Neverending Story . It was an adventure film with less action than Star Wars but likewise versed in themes of direction to finish what we started, struggle, loss and discovery. It captured the viewers imagination as "a boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!" (IMDB) It's a wondourous tale of characters and journeys in a precursor to the book I later read now a recent film - The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe There's still one scene I probably couldn't watch through entirety involving the protagonist and his horse wading through a swamp land. Too sad then, too sad now. But still he perseveres and makes it through the tough times.

And the last film I've seen so much - like the others, the VHS tape gets staticy and blurred in parts from over-watching - is Labyrinth featuring singer David Bowie and actress Jennifer Connelly.

She as Sarah, must navigate her way through a maze before the hourglass runs out lest her brother be lost to her forever. In this maze she meets all manner of creatures, constructed by the talented Jim Henson (The Muppets, Dark Crystal). It's a tale of motivation and getting things done otherwise suffering the consequences - a pivotal one for any younger person learning the ways of the world. Plus, it has the enchanting David Bowie playing the Goblin King who walks down steps in an Escher type construction, up-side down, sideways, etc, and who hungrily consumes the role in an almost scary way. Thankfully he's the face of moderation and justice so as to not implicitly turn the whole production into some kind of Rocky Horror with puppets. Also to shape the sensibility of younger viewers is the instance of where two guards keep watch, one always tells the truth and the other always lies to conceptually involve imagination with real life realities. This film is so magical and haunting and its unimaginable to be not among others all time favourite childhood lists..

Are any of these films on your fave childhood lists?
If not, what are yours and why?

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Comment by Anonymous

September 25th 2006 23:50

Love Star Wars, Labyrinth, NeverEnding Story etc...

I am going to be lazy and just list 10 childhood favourites that i still enjoy- (In absolutely no order)

Jason and The Argonauts
The Last StarFighter
The Goonies
The Dark Crystal
Tarzan (Johnny Weismuller)
Krull
Back To The Future
Indiana Jones
Young Sherlock Holmes
The Rocketeer

Comment by KylieW

October 18th 2006 01:41

Celebrity Obsession

I like some of your choices, but I have to say, I never actually watched Labyrinth until a couple of months ago.....and really liked it.

Some of my other favourite childhood movies were Six Pack - it was a movie about a racing car driver (Kenny Rogers) who sort of adopts 5 kids. My sister and I just loved it!

GhostBusters was another favouriite. When I was younger I thought that Bill Murray was pretty much the funniest man alive because of this movie.

As an early teenager (which I'm still counting as childhood) it was Fletch with Chevy Chase (the movie was playing on cable when we first moved to the States and I saw it about 100 times) and The Goonies.

Comment by Justin

October 19th 2006 02:02

Hey Kylie,

I feel the same way about Ghostbusters. Bill Murray was the shit back then - one slyly funny-arsed dude who was impossible to not like.
Haven't seen the Goonies or Six Pack but get a giggle out of Chevy sometimes. I'm not sure why he resigned himself to making films for himself rather than colloborate with his other SNL friends like Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray and Dan Akroyd. Shame.

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