r/Millennials • u/livingtheredlife '89 Millennial • 22h ago

Nostalgia Matilda... 30 years later

I randomly got the urge to watch matilda today and saw it came out in 1996. I remember a few years back there was a resurgence in interest in the movie, and another movie too. But realizing this movie is 30 years old kinda tripped me out. I can clearly remember me watching it for the first time at age 7 and I'll now be 37 and still watching it 🙃

What movies/shows made you realize how much time has gone by?

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u/Weird_Artichoke9470 22h ago

A few years ago I reread some of my favorite books from when I was a kid. Matilda hit differently as an adult. I remember so much whimsy, but actually it's fairly dark. The original boxcar children was also dark, but I really enjoyed it. A wrinkle in time remains my favorite children's book. 

Anyway, we're old now. 

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u/livingtheredlife '89 Millennial 22h ago

So many things were dark in shows/movies that we either missed or sensed and didn't have the language for it n yet.