What was your favorite movie when you were ten?

[Smith Dr John Smith]

I thought this would be an interesting idea for a thread.

For me it was Star Trek 2.  Star Trek TNG was my favorite TV series when I was a kid and watching Star trek 2 when I was eight was the first time I had seen the old crew and I fell in love with the movie.  I have to admit I still laugh,cry,and cheer when I see this movie.  My family couldn't really buy the VHS tape(they were still around $30-$50 when I was a kid)so I would get it out of the library every other week or so.  I know my dad was sick of the movie by the time I turned ten and I am pretty sure the library's tape died because of me.  I lost count of the number of times I watched that movie when I was ten.  It stayed my favorite movie until I saw Lord of the Rings when I was sixteen.

What was your favorite movie when you were ten?

[mrbasehart]

I thought this would be an interesting idea for a thread.

It actually isn't a bad idea for a thread. 

I'd seen a lot of films by the time I was ten (surprise).   There were the classics that I didn't know were classics, though I still loved them: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Goonies, Ghostbusters and the like, but I had and watched a few other films on VHS too, like Honey I Shrunk the Kids, The Explorers, Flight of the Navigator, and perhaps the first "adult" comedy I loved as a kid - The Three Amigos. 

[anais.jude]

Probably The Last Unicorn and The Princess Bride

[Nunyerbiz]

Probably Return of the Jedi. I'm sure I've told this story elsewhere on this forum... somewhat recently if memory serves... but RotJ came out when I was nine and was still playing down at the local mall theater the following summer when I was ten... or maybe it was brought back for the summer... not really sure. Anyways, the mall had $1 tickets on Wednesday before 5pm or whatever it was... so after snaking $3 worth of loose change for a ticket and Coke from my old man the previous week, I would tell my babysitter I was going out to play and then would ride my bike the two miles to the mall to see the noon showing of RotJ. I must have saw it six or eight of the possible Wednesdays available during that summer vacation. I remember getting busted once for going to the mall by myself when I tried to wait out a nasty summer downpour and didn't make it home until after Dad got home. I was grounded for a week with no MTV... and seriously... that was a big punishment back then because mid 80s music videos either ruled or sucked in gloriously awesome ways.

[k1]

I would have been 10 in 1989... let's see...

I honestly don't remember for sure what it was.  I really liked a bunch of the old Disney family movies mainly for sentimental reasons (the whole family getting together to watch them).  Definitely liked the Star Wars movies as well.  Obviously G.I. Joe: The Movie (Insert plug for a certain iRiff here) was a favorite.  The Muppet Movies... The Goonies... Even today I couldn't tell you what my favorite movie of all time is.

One that I really remember liking was called The Rescue.  Never came out on DVD.  Here's the IMDB listing: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095981/

Although I think if I had to pick one for when I was ten, it'd be UHF. 

[Smith Dr John Smith]

Probably Return of the Jedi. I'm sure I've told this story elsewhere on this forum... somewhat recently if memory serves... but RotJ came out when I was nine and was still playing down at the local mall theater the following summer when I was ten... or maybe it was brought back for the summer... not really sure. Anyways, the mall had $1 tickets on Wednesday before 5pm or whatever it was... so after snaking $3 worth of loose change for a ticket and Coke from my old man the previous week, I would tell my babysitter I was going out to play and then would ride my bike the two miles to the mall to see the noon showing of RotJ. I must have saw it six or eight of the possible Wednesdays available during that summer vacation. I remember getting busted once for going to the mall by myself when I tried to wait out a nasty summer downpour and didn't make it home until after Dad got home. I was grounded for a week with no MTV... and seriously... that was a big punishment back then because mid 80s music videos either ruled or sucked in gloriously awesome ways.

Ah back when the M in MTV stood for Music. Unlike today when i have no idea what it stands for but it sure isn't music.

[Danecho1967]

Easy.  Star Wars.  It wasn't known as "A New Hope" yet, it had only come out in May of that year.

Yeah, I'm old...

[Compound]

Ditto for Star Wars, which shall always be just Star Wars to me.

And I'm a few years younger than Dan, so it was still my favorite movie even after seeing the Holiday Special.

[Smith Dr John Smith]

Yeah Star Wars was up there for me too when I was ten but Wrath of Khan beet it thanks to my being such a huge Star Trek fan and I think Kahn is a better villain then Darth Vader.  I know I got picked on a bit for that when I was a kid.

[monstermoviefanchicknj]

Wow.  There is no way I'm going to remember what my favorite movie was then.0

[Tripe]

Kind Hearts and Coronets, which is still one of my favourite films.

[stansimpson]

Much like Basehart, I had already seen a ton of movies. Watched the most were definitely Princess Bride, Clue, Goonies, and Ghostbusters (and a mess o' Disney films). But after much consternation, I decided to claim Back To the Future 2 as my favorite.

[Bahana]

Stand By Me. I wanted to see it ever since I saw the previews on TV. My dad told me he didn't think I would like it, most likely because it's an R rated movie with a lot of cussing, and he didn't want me to see it. My parents were pretty lenient and let me see it. I must have had them rent it 2 times.

[Russell]

when I was 10 the Star Trek and Star Wars movies were great and unadulterated, but of course by that time Star Trek V had already come out, so the Trek series had that against it, as well as TMP. But when i was 10, my favorite films were probably still Return of the Jedi, Empire, and Wrath of Khan. If i had to choose though, my favorite movie at the time would probably still have been the original Star Wars.

[Darth Geek]

In my early teens, Jaws 3 and Monster Squad were my favorite films, and I watched those tapes nearly every day. Now, Monster Squad still holds up (mostly) but Jaws 3 is a shameful memory.