Reliving Childhood can be tearful
Five years ago my family bought a DVD player. And slowly but surely all the VCR's in my house got shoved away. We have them, just not hooked up. So all my beloved Disney videos were gone I could watch them no more. Granted, they are all worn out a great deal, I like movies. It has been years since I had seen movies like: The Lion King, Aladdin, Alice and Wonderland, Dumbo, and other Disney Classics. I had never gotten the chance to get them on DVD when they were out therefore I hadn't seen them in so long.
On Monday night as some of you know the end of the season for the show Hell's Kitchen was on. I had Marching band practice that night so my dad taped it. He never tapes things anymore. We have a DVD recorder and he does all of it with DVD now. But he had already been recording something on the DVD recorder and so he moved the ol' VCR upstairs and taped it so I could watch the taping of Hell's Kitchen.
Then I got to thinking...The old Disney tapes...Where are they? I searched and I found them and I picked my three favorites that I had not seen in so long. The Aristocats, Aladdin, and The Lion King.
When I watched these tonight I saw and noticed things I had never noticed before. Some many things made more sense. Cause when I was a child I knew nothing much about foreshadowing and polt followings. But now I'm very into all those things. And I saw these things and pieced them together. And everytime that epic music would come on... I would begin to cry. I cried a lot tonight. I actually cried when Simba's father died, when Aladdin was hurting emotionally and when the Cats were down. I never did this when I was a kid. I cried when they were happy when they got what they wanted as well. I mean granted I am a tad more emotional than I was when I was a kid. But no less these things touched me or gave me goose bumbs. I was amazed. It made me think: Am I the only weirdo that does this? And why didn't I feel this way when I was a kid?
I answered these in best the ways I could: #1: Might be. I'm a little weird at times.
#2: I really think I miss my childhood. It's a time of ignorance and happiness and I have very fond memories of these movies and I remember them being a big part of who I am. I believe I was so wrapped up in them that it all came back and gave me that kid feeling and it was too much to handle. I sang with the songs I hadn't sung in ages, I cried, nay, I bawled at the End of The Lion King while singing and watching. I felt so wonderful to be able to watch these movies again as I have wanted to for so long.
How do you feel? I mean I really just wanted to write this to get out my feelings and whatnot. But I mean put down a comment about a movie when you were a child or something. I dunno. I just wanna know you read. haha. But thanks for reading anyway.
On Monday night as some of you know the end of the season for the show Hell's Kitchen was on. I had Marching band practice that night so my dad taped it. He never tapes things anymore. We have a DVD recorder and he does all of it with DVD now. But he had already been recording something on the DVD recorder and so he moved the ol' VCR upstairs and taped it so I could watch the taping of Hell's Kitchen.
Then I got to thinking...The old Disney tapes...Where are they? I searched and I found them and I picked my three favorites that I had not seen in so long. The Aristocats, Aladdin, and The Lion King.
When I watched these tonight I saw and noticed things I had never noticed before. Some many things made more sense. Cause when I was a child I knew nothing much about foreshadowing and polt followings. But now I'm very into all those things. And I saw these things and pieced them together. And everytime that epic music would come on... I would begin to cry. I cried a lot tonight. I actually cried when Simba's father died, when Aladdin was hurting emotionally and when the Cats were down. I never did this when I was a kid. I cried when they were happy when they got what they wanted as well. I mean granted I am a tad more emotional than I was when I was a kid. But no less these things touched me or gave me goose bumbs. I was amazed. It made me think: Am I the only weirdo that does this? And why didn't I feel this way when I was a kid?
I answered these in best the ways I could: #1: Might be. I'm a little weird at times.
#2: I really think I miss my childhood. It's a time of ignorance and happiness and I have very fond memories of these movies and I remember them being a big part of who I am. I believe I was so wrapped up in them that it all came back and gave me that kid feeling and it was too much to handle. I sang with the songs I hadn't sung in ages, I cried, nay, I bawled at the End of The Lion King while singing and watching. I felt so wonderful to be able to watch these movies again as I have wanted to for so long.
How do you feel? I mean I really just wanted to write this to get out my feelings and whatnot. But I mean put down a comment about a movie when you were a child or something. I dunno. I just wanna know you read. haha. But thanks for reading anyway.
We didn't have Disney movies when I was a kid, but the one I remember the most from my choldhood and still have a copy of to this day is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that is one movie I will always love. It was guaranteed to be on tv every at Easter, still is!!
And when you get older the life messages in films become understandeable, I often think very young children do not grasp the true meaning of those messages. For the littlies, it's all about the cuteness of the characters, the colour, the music. The message is for the older kids, and us big ones.
weta, August 17th, 2007 at 05:34:09pm
=] Ah yes, classic disney movies. I haven't watched them in ages, but man when I think about it they make a lot more sense now. It's ok to be reminded of your childhood and stuff. I know how you feel.
The Little Mermaid was always my favourite as a kid. <3
threeam., August 17th, 2007 at 04:11:41pm