# What was the movie that you obsessed with as a kid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720 "2014-06-13T18:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/21 "2014-06-13T22:30:05Z")
I liked to recreate the finale of _What’s Up, Doc?_ with my Matchbox cars. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/22 "2014-06-13T22:56:16Z")
**1776**. I’d seen one scene in elementary school–the local high school cast came and performed it, I think during the Bicentennial. (It was the “I Say You Should Write It” song when they argued about who should write the Declaration of Independence.) My sister noticed that it was on TV, and I was mesmerized. It’s still one of my favorite films. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/23 "2014-06-13T23:16:13Z")
Star Wars, and the years later, Labyrinth. Embarrassingly, I had a crush on Darth Vader (his voice mostly) and then David Bowie. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/24 "2014-06-13T23:47:23Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I liked to recreate the finale of _What’s Up, Doc?_ with my Matchbox cars. Ooh! I love that movie but I never saw it until my late 20s. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/25 "2014-06-14T00:25:32Z")
I went to the movies by myself and saw Little Big Man when it was first released. I went back the next day and watched it twice in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/26 "2014-06-14T00:44:42Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > **1776**. I’d seen one scene in elementary school–the local high school cast came and performed it, I think during the Bicentennial. (It was the “I Say You Should Write It” song when they argued about who should write the Declaration of Independence.) My sister noticed that it was on TV, and I was mesmerized. It’s still one of my favorite films. Did you ever see the episode of _St. Elsewhere_ in which Dr. Craig and his wife went to Philadelphia, in the _ **summer** _? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/27 "2014-06-14T00:49:03Z")
A kid? Old Yeller. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/28 "2014-06-14T01:05:10Z")
We had four _Peanuts_ cartoon movies, and I watched one practically every week. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/29 "2014-06-14T01:16:49Z")
_ **Planet of the Apes** _ franchise. I have seen all of the first five films at least 10 times and I can probably quote the dialogue word for word. When I was a kid, I was really into the whole “Ape City” mythology and I watched the films until no one could stand watching TV with me. “Goddamn you all to Hell!!!” best. Line EVER. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/30 "2014-06-14T01:28:27Z")
I was really into **Dances With Wolves** when I was 11. I played the soundtrack endlessly and fantasized about living with the Sioux. Oh, and I may have had a slight crush on Kevin Costner. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/31 "2014-06-14T01:35:42Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > Oh, and I may have had a slight crush on Kevin Costner. “Not Dumb Bear… Dunbar.” ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/32 "2014-06-14T01:40:30Z")
I had no money for movies as a kid, and I’m hard-pressed to remember any I saw in a theater (other than Winnie the Pooh and Mary Poppins) before I was a late adolescent. I’ve never been big on movies or television, and until the advent of DVDs, I don’t think I saw any movie more than once unless it was on television (e.g., 2001: A Space Odyssey, or Monty Python and the Holy Grail). Now that I teach, there are films and episodes of shows I see a lot, but it’s because they’re good to teach with. Most are documentaries, like [Smile Pinki](http://vimeo.com/6172785). On the other hand, there are books (like many of Heinlein’s) that I’ve read and reread throughout my life. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/33 "2014-06-14T01:54:13Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > _ **Planet of the Apes** _ franchise. > > I have seen all of the first five films at least 10 times and I can probably quote the dialogue word for word. When I was a kid, I was really into the whole “Ape City” mythology and I watched the films until no one could stand watching TV with me. > > “Goddamn you all to Hell!!!” > > best. > Line > EVER. I’ve mentioned this elsewhere. On July 4, 1974, a local multiplex theater showed all five of the original Apes movies, on one ticket. I sat down at 10:00AM, and got out who knows when. But I did not buy any of the bananas that were being sold in the lobby. “I _loathe_ bananas!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/34 "2014-06-14T03:16:21Z")
_ **The Wizard of Oz** _ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/35 "2014-06-14T03:29:38Z")
Planet of the Apes (1968) ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/36 "2014-06-14T03:39:58Z")
Quite a few: _The Great Muppet Caper E.T. Ghostbusters Back to the Future Return of the Jedi_ ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/37 "2014-06-14T03:40:58Z")
Oh, and _The Dark Crystal_. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/38 "2014-06-14T04:18:51Z")
_Babes in Toyland_, the one with Annette Funicello. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/39 "2014-06-14T04:41:52Z")
I saw that once in the middle of the night on UHF. ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-movie-that-you-obsessed-with-as-a-kid/690720/40 "2014-06-14T05:21:58Z")
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