Gremlins
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For those of you speaking out against Gremlin... your biggest mistake is simply that you didn't experience the film when it mattered most—back when we were just kids...
I remember it as vividly as if it happened today—my old man bringing home a video in the mid-80s, and Gremlin was among the very first movies I owned on VHS...
That meant watching it constantly... I think I must have seen that movie hundreds of times... and every single time, my heart just melted for little Gizmo and that little melody (ta-na-nananaaaaaa) he used to hum...
My dad bought me a plush Gizmo for Saint Nicholas Day... ever since then, I've "officially loved him more than anyone else in the world"... along with my old man...🙂
Yesterday, when I sat down to watch a part of the film again... I almost found myself tearing up... seeing little Gizmo again, those childhood memories, my family... a better era, that sense of childhood innocence... things you just don't get back... and how can anyone stay indifferent after that?...
And now, trying to watch a film like this when you have all these Ring masters, The Matrix, and other modern tech novelties... after twenty or twenty-five years, it's clear you just can't conjure up the same feelings or memories as those of us who experienced Gremlin in such a way... soft, emotional, and right during the pre-Christmas season...
I remember it as vividly as if it happened today—my old man bringing home a video in the mid-80s, and Gremlin was among the very first movies I owned on VHS...
That meant watching it constantly... I think I must have seen that movie hundreds of times... and every single time, my heart just melted for little Gizmo and that little melody (ta-na-nananaaaaaa) he used to hum...
My dad bought me a plush Gizmo for Saint Nicholas Day... ever since then, I've "officially loved him more than anyone else in the world"... along with my old man...🙂
Yesterday, when I sat down to watch a part of the film again... I almost found myself tearing up... seeing little Gizmo again, those childhood memories, my family... a better era, that sense of childhood innocence... things you just don't get back... and how can anyone stay indifferent after that?...
And now, trying to watch a film like this when you have all these Ring masters, The Matrix, and other modern tech novelties... after twenty or twenty-five years, it's clear you just can't conjure up the same feelings or memories as those of us who experienced Gremlin in such a way... soft, emotional, and right during the pre-Christmas season...