{"id":23430,"date":"2011-06-30T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?p=23430"},"modified":"2011-06-28T13:13:45","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T20:13:45","slug":"50dmc-2-first-movie-in-theatres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/50dmc-2-first-movie-in-theatres\/","title":{"rendered":"50DMC #2: First Movie in Theatres"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 50 Day Movie Challenge asks one question every day, to be answered by a few paragraphs and a clip, if possible. Click here<\/a> for the full list of questions.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today’s prompt: What was the first movie you saw in theatres?<\/b><\/p>\n

W<\/span>e didn’t go out to theatres a lot when I was growing up; we mostly stayed home and watched old movies, for which I am now very grateful. I don’t remember missing it at the time or anything, either. I’m not sure which re-release it was, but the first thing I remember seeing in theatres was a re-release of Disney’s Pinocchio<\/em> that my older cousin took me to see when he was in town. So, yeah, it was still an old movie. :) I’m pretty sure my first new release movie in theatres was Hot to Trot<\/em>, which I thought was vastly inferior to Mr. Ed<\/em>, as talking horses go. But back to Pinocchio<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Not sure I can remember much about it from that particular viewing, though I have, of course, seen it since then. I am pretty sure I have memories of the kids getting turned into donkeys, and that I found that much more terrifying than the giant whale. Rewatching it now, I can see why. I also remember seeing at a young age some show where people got turned into dinosaurs, and an SNL sketch where people got turned into giants. And I do remember going through a phase of being afraid that I was going to turn into something other than what I was. Huh. I never connected that before (though I really remember my fear being far more based on those other two shows than on Pinocchio<\/em>).<\/p>\n