How many of you were actually around in 1986?
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TwoThousandOneMark — 9 years ago(June 15, 2016 07:03 PM)
I was probably around 8yrs old when I first saw it. It was hilarious, to see boys curse so much for kicks.
It wasn't until about 10yrs later when I truly lost myself in its greatness.
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doug1967_1 — 9 years ago(July 11, 2016 04:52 PM)
I was nineteen when the film hit theaters and saw it when it went into wide release. Big Stephen King fan and the reviews of the film were all stellar. It was a matinee show and, unfortunately, some idiot kid in the back of the theater kept "mock crying" whenever someone wept on screen. Just making fun of the film for no other reason than for being a creep.
This little jerk, who has undoubtedly forgotten all about his boorish behavior, totally spoiled the experience of what was (and still is) an exceptional movie.
Sadly after all these years I still remember this wanker kid and his immature conduct affecting the experience of seeing this.
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restlessminds — 9 years ago(July 28, 2016 05:00 AM)
I was 7 at the time and at some point, my parents stopped carrying about me watching rated R movies. Although in retrospect, it's funny how bad movies like Robocop looked. Nevertheless, The 80's are a nostalgic decade for me, especially the music. I just hated big hair rock bands. I mostly listened to Pop and R&B. The Cure was to weird for me at the time, but I eventually grew out of that closed mindset that I had. New Order was good, but I never had any of their albums on cassette tape, or vinyl. My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies, now those are bands that I didn't appreciate until I learned that my favorite bands in the 90's looked up to them. As for VHS, my family preferred Betamax. We didn't switchover until we had to. You know, as convenient as things have become, I miss renting movies, & going to the record store. Searching through the endless shelves of cassette tapes. Those were the good old days.
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DaxTony — 9 years ago(July 29, 2016 06:48 AM)
Not me. I came around slightly afterwards. I saw this movie on TV and instantly fell in love with it. My aunt actually bought me the movie on DVD several years after I saw it, and it remains to this day as my favorite film of all time.
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starvb083 — 9 years ago(August 01, 2016 11:31 AM)
I was 25 in 1986 but didn't watch SBM until early 1988 when I rented it on vhs.
Due to the selfishness of a minority of cinema-goers I rarely if ever go to watch a new movie in public because I cannot bear the murmuring, food packet rustling or general presence of others around me while 'sharing' a movie experience.
I almost always wait until the dvd is available and watch it at home to avoid things such as earlier poster Doug1967 had with a kid mock crying in the cinema and spoiling the showing for him.
I own the dvd of SBM and watch it around once per year, it's still among my top few movies of all time and I doubt if anything newer will ever out-exceed it. -
rek16803 — 9 years ago(August 09, 2016 06:54 PM)
I own the dvd of SBM and watch it around once per year, it's still among my top few movies of all time and I doubt if anything newer will ever out-exceed it.
I felt the same way. Saw SBM dozens of times over 30 years. Still is my Favorite. I even made a trip to Oregon and California just to see some of the filming locations, including the train trestle bridge in Burney Ca.
Now I just saw another amazing film this summer, " Sing Street". See it on DVD now or streaming. Its now my second favorite film of all time just under SBM. -
LadyDi4476 — 9 years ago(August 08, 2016 06:03 AM)
I was 10 years old when this film was released, but didn't catch until the next year on HBO. It was a favorite from the very first viewing and still is. I love the short story too, but I actually enjoy the film more. Those four guys were my "friends" when I was 11-12 and going through a rough time at school.
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thedoig-1 — 9 years ago(August 10, 2016 10:57 AM)
I was 13 when I went to see this at the cinema, me and 3 of my mates, it used to be 50p to get into the cinema, but one of us would pay to get in and then go to the fire exit round the back letting our other mates in.
I also remember paying to see movies then sneaking into the 18 rated movies, me and my mates got caught in Predator, the lady shining a torch onto us and putting us back into the original film we had paid to see, lol.
I remember seeing this film and there were only about another 4 or 5 people in the theatre at the time, loved this film when it first came out. -
BradyBraveJoel — 9 years ago(August 11, 2016 10:13 AM)
This came out just before our senior year in HS. Stand By Me was our class song - and during graduation week they showed this in the gym Seems like yesterday, yet seems like a lifetime ago I am now 47 and Steven King, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas are living heroes to me! Peace and River - out
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hereminton — 9 years ago(August 15, 2016 09:29 AM)
I definitely was. In fact, I turned 18 in 1986 (March 5), graduated from high school (June 7), got my driver's lisence (August 6), and went off to begin college (August 22). And I have thought about the year 1986 a lot since then, because it was a very significant year for me (because of the above reasons), though unfortunately not a particularly good one. But as I said I have thought about it a lot in the years since, and even more so this year because it's the 30th anniversary. And you said you first saw it because your older sister took you to it. Well I first saw it because my younger sister brought it on VHS in 1989, which led me to see it several times on our VCRs. And I too miss the old VHS machines, and in some aspects prefer them to the current dvd players. And since you were 13 in 1986 I'm guessing you were born in 1973 and yourself turned 18, graduated from high school, and began college in 1991. I'm I correct?
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