5 Best films you seen in a theater.

Films, not cinematic experiences...

1. LOTR: FOTR
2. Star Wars (Special Edition)
3. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
4. The Thin Red Line
5. The Insider

I would rank these, as well, kind of both worlds. Some were surely great movie entertainment experiences, specially to get to witness some of those, along with my family, friends or sometimes, just by myself. A few others, I felt were really something else, and the kind of movies or cinematic moments, one would love to treasure, at least once more in life.

The Land Before Time (1988)

I did not see this, until my local cinema showed it around 1990, as they used to stay a bit behind, the bigger and more crowded theatres, in the bigger cities and places. 
And I kind of liked that. It had a certain charm, and it was a very worn out old cinema, and it even featured a time-out, halfway through. Some hated that, but I felt it added something charming about the whole movie-going experience. As you got these old music and commercial in between, that or one could take his time at the toilets, or go grab for some more candy or food, at the kiosk.

Anyway, the film itself, was quite a thrill. I loved it, and the story, characters, animation, music and the villain of Sharptooth, all were of top quality, easily matching the very best of what Disney had done in the same period. Sadly, the DVD versions I picked up, much later, somehow felt "watered down", but then maybe my memory from childhood were kind of blurred out a bit, and I never saw the uncut version. But I could swear, we got to see the scene, where Sharptooth loses his one eye, but again, I often re-watched it on television, so maybe there is an uncut tv-version?

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

This is probably my best movie memory from my childhood. Saw it in the "big" city, of Oslo with my parents. It was quite a chilling adventure, as the film featured several darker and scary scenes, images and I remember crying from kids, and parents having to walk out of the cinema, but beside that, it was pure movie magic, and certainly the best Disney movie I saw during the 90s.

Blank Check (1994)

Known in Norway, as Kult med Cash (Cool with Cash), and it was shown during the summer of 94 (or was it 95?), but I remember getting to see it not once, but three times, within a week. One with my cousin, who visited us from Oslo, then another round with a few classmates of mine, then the third time, with my dad. 
Loved every single visit, and it was such a fun and thrilling comedy. Sure, re-watched it much later on, and yeah, maybe not a great movie, but brought up, a whole lot of nostalgia and looking back at a more naive way of life.

Batman Forever (1995)

I loved the Burton films, but was far too young, to ever have any chance of seeing those at the cinemas, but when the Schumacher films arrived, I got to see both with mum, and loved them, there and then. Sure, nostalgia and the whole hype of finally geting to see Batman on the big screen, had its ways of maybe overshadowing the facts, that they were not up there with the former Batman movies. 
Anyway, what I remember the most, is not actually the film itself, but that I was so hungry and thirsty, so my mum and I, went to MacDonalds or Burger King, and I ate for several people, or so it felt.
Sadly for my part, it would come back and hit me, "hard". Just as the commercials were done, and the intro scene arrived, I noticed that my stomach, all of a sudden did not work with me, and instead against me. I rushed to the toilets, and while I was doing my business there, I could hear all these loud action noises in the background, and I tried to finish off, as soon as possible and return. But not until I found my seat, in the crowded dark, I had to go again to bathroom, and yeah, it got quite annoying, but finally my stomatch settled down, and I got to enjoy the rest of the film.

Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (2002)

I saw it two or three times, within a short span of time, and the two first times were truly great, and I regretted having missed out on the first film. But I was not really all that interested in the franchise, until I picked up the first one, on VHS back a few months, before the sequel hit the cinemas.
However, when it did, I was hooked. 

Sadly, the third time, was not very enjoyable, as the cinema where I saw it, was playing the sound system to Spinal Tap levels of 11, and it felt lik every little noise/sound, made my ears bleed, and since I would not leave the theatre, I just sat there, with my hands covering my ears, for almost 2-3 hours, looking like a damn fool, but I just had never experienced such a loud movie, and I looked around, and could not see any one around me react, or if they did, I guess they just had a bit more tolerance to that kind of noise level.

Ghostbusters (1984)
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather (anniversary release)
Psycho (1960)
Parasite

Casablanca
Vertigo
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(^ All reissues.)
True Grit (2010)
The Artist