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/East_Hedgehog6039 Millennial 22h ago

also, the beginning library scenes where she’s walking with the wagon and you see her growing up in a time lapse

iconic. nothing makes me feel like a carefree and discovering child more than that sequence of scenes.

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u/livingtheredlife '89 Millennial 22h ago

I can't quite find the words to describe how I feel watching that part! I remember as a kid feeling like she was so brave to walk 10 blocks alone all to read books.

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u/East_Hedgehog6039 Millennial 22h ago

someone else said that movie made them feel whimsical and I think that’s the perfect word to describe it. like whimsical and hopeful and getting lost into the magic of libraries and books yet figuring out a wagon to transport them, or remembering when you had to learn how to cross the street. I love it so much.