Do you feel warmth for a film that one of your parents loved?

Fuengi · November 2019

Butch & Sundance was always a family event when it was on. Absolutely loved it, time for a rewatch I think.

"Can't help you Sundance".

Axe_meister · November 2019

I grew up on a diet of Rocky Horror, Blue Brothers and blazing Saddles.
Along with more serious films such as Das Boot, the Deer Hunter and deliverence.

However it's really their taste in music that sticks with me. Santana, the doors, Cream, Joe Cocker, Supertramp and 10cc

merlin · November 2019

The Third Man.

My dad loved cinema, especially European but this was one of his favourites. He let me stay up until 10 o'clock on a school night to watch until the end when I was about 10 years old.

The ferris wheel scene and the scene where Orson Wells is first seen in the doorway (with the cat) are still two of cinema's greatest moments for me.

jaymenon · November 2019

What a lovely thread...

I used to watch Norman Wisdom - A Stitch In Time - with my father, who is currently in the last weeks of his life...

Heart-stirring memories...

The scene where as a dentist, he's trying to find the patient's mouth is hilarious!

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zepp76 · November 2019

My mum absolutely loved Bedknobs and Broomsticks and if I’m feeling a bit down I’ll stick it on and remember the good times.

My dad loved Lady and the tramp but I’ve never seen it, perhaps now he’s gone I should watch it?

exocet · November 2019

The Sleeper

Dominic · November 2019

My Dad loved 1950s American Comedy.........Bilko was the favourite
Phil Silvers still makes me laugh today when I watch the re-runs

guitartango · November 2019

exocet said:

The Sleeper

Your parents have good taste

guitartango · November 2019

For me it's Where Eagles Dare, fantastic war film.

not_the_dj · November 2019

Films my dad loved....hmmm, those VHS tapes hidden at the back of the wardrobe ;-)

exocet · November 2019

not_the_dj said:

Films my dad loved....hmmm, those VHS tape hidden at the back or the wardrobe ;-)

An old mate of mine used to keep "those videos" with the rest of the normal videos.....the only difference was that they were boxed up as the epic 26 part "World at War" series. The thought process was that his wife would never bother watching them.....I don't think she ever did.

boogieman · November 2019

My wife was always saying how much her mum loved Mrs Minniver and how it always brought back fond memories of her mum watching it on a Sunday afternoon, sitting on the sofa and stuffing her face with Woolworths pick’n’mix. So in hopes of earning a few extra brownie points I bought her a copy on dvd last xmas. Turns out that although it was her mum’s favourite but she never actually liked it. Doh.

jonnyburgo · November 2019

My dad would let me stay up late with him watching the late film on TV in the 70s. Saw loads of classics, spaghetti westerns, things Like The French Connection and Slapshot, Mean Machine, Hollywood turned out some mad films on the 70s

grungebob · November 2019

Yeah my dad bless him loved Zulu and I can’t bring myself to watch it yet. My mum loves the quiet man with John Wayne and we watch it together still now and then.

Probably haven’t seen it in 5 years but might suggest it at Christmas.

Funkfingers · November 2019

I do not (yet) experience the sentimentality described in the OP because my parents are both still alive.

For me, the emotional connection will be probably be associated with veteran British radio comedy programmes such as The Goon Show and Round The Horne. Plus, Vivian Stanshall’s Sir Henry Rawlinson and Alan Coren’s Idi Amin.

tony99 · November 2019

exocet said:

not_the_dj said:

Films my dad loved....hmmm, those VHS tape hidden at the back or the wardrobe ;-)

An old mate of mine used to keep "those videos" with the rest of the normal videos.....the only difference was that they were boxed up as the epic 26 part "World at War" series. The thought process was that his wife would never bother watching them.....I don't think she ever did.

lol at the sombre gravitas of Sir Lawrence Olivier, as he delivers a stark and unnerving commentary.....over some classic 70's porno

axisus · November 2019

Funkfingers said:

I do not (yet) experience the sentimentality described in the OP because my parents are both still alive.

My parents are still both alive as well, hence me writing my mum 'loves' rather than my mum 'loved'. My dad is 91 and my mum is 84. I still feel sentimental about the distant past though!

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