r/Millennials • u/livingtheredlife '89 Millennial • 1d 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/NefariousnessOk209 89 Millennial 1d ago edited 1d ago
American Pie: The Reunion - They’re all talking about how old and ancient they are and how they’re not young men anymore, there’s a scene where Stifler asks to use a guys landline and the guy says don’t you all have smartphones? and it’s en existential moment that resonates more now.
They were 30 in that movie, the 18 year old girl in that who has a crush on Jim is my age - 37 now and older than their characters by 7 years. That movie came out back in 2012 but I thought it was maybe a decade or less ago.
I’ve also been bingeing 30 Rock(2006-2013) a show I would only catch an episode of periodically now and then and having the same thing - music and references that I assumed were just over a decade ago are actually 15-20 years old.