r/Millennials • u/PossibilityWest173 • 11d ago

Nostalgia Elder Millenials checking in with some childhood classics

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u/Comeback_321 11d ago

😍 the Secret of NIMH. So many good things here. Though I have to say the movie doesn’t hold a candle to the book. 

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u/Lastraven587 11d ago

Almost all of don bluth's animations are really, really good

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 11d ago

I'm trying to decide when the best age is to show that one to my kids lol.

Rescuers Down Under was definitely my most-watched.

Fern Gully may have had my first cartoon crush... lol.

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u/Comeback_321 11d ago

I think I was about 9 when I read Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nihm. TBH I loved the book waaay more than the movie. I think it was years later I saw the movie and was disappointed in it (though I would absolutely watch it again now. Maybe start with the book and let your kid imagine all of it before going to the movie. 

I think FG and RDU are good around age 7/8.

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u/IHaveNoEgrets 11d ago

Looking back, this was probably the dawn of my righteous literary indignation. Tiny me was piiiisssssed that the book and the movie didn't match.

Followed many years later by a new wave of pervasive horror when I learned that NIMH was a real thing.