Sure, the movie has the iconic Connie Francis title song and it was released in 1960, but it also ends with one character getting hit by a car after she is raped – not really appropriate for kids. I came to the realization that my brother and I watched a lot of movies like that. "Taxi Driver." "Rosemary's Baby." "Aliens." "Halloween."Įven the coming-of-age classic "Where the Boys Are" is all about going to Fort Lauderdale for spring … to lose their virginity. And I distinctly remember watching this movie in elementary school. One character talks about suicide before plummeting off a bridge to his death.
Yes, "Saturday Night Fever" has the iconic dance scenes I remember. I think I spent the whole movie with my hand over my mouth in shock. It was nothing compared to the John Travolta classic.
And I thought "The Blues Brothers" was bad. Once again, I hadn't seen the movie in years. I knew all of the songs by heart – according to family legend, I befuddled my grandma when I asked for the soundtrack for my second birthday. My mom said the same thing a few years later when I watched "Saturday Night Fever." (She's right – I had no memory of the car chases in "The Blues Brothers," and those are probably some of the movie's most iconic scenes.) You didn't even remember the bad stuff! That's what I remembered about "The Blues Brothers" – Cab Calloway singing "Minnie the Moocher." A whole neighborhood dancing to Ray Charles and "Shake a Tail Feather."Īs I watched "Princess Leia" unload a hail of bullets and all those car chases, all I could think was, "This is pretty violent for a 4-year-old!"
I was obsessed with it as a little kid – I had the soundtrack (on vinyl because, yes, I'm really that old) and incessantly played "Think" in my bedroom while performing Aretha's dance routine. I was a teenager and had just seen "The Blues Brothers" for the first time in more than a decade.
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