Can you still apreciate movies the way you did as a child?

To answer your first question Ronny, I believe we cannot enjoy the movies as we did as a child. We are now viewing it from more mature eyes. That should not however stop us from enjoying them. Yes they are staged; yes they are make belief; yes they are pretending but it done for us the viewers. The human mind needs to be entertained. There is nothing like sitting and enjoying a good movie. We can now look at movies out of the realm of fairytale and use the new found info we got from the behind the scenes documentaries and crtically analyse the producers use of special effects and how creative the scenes flowed into one another or what could have been done to make a particular scene more effective and so forth. Let us not allow the fact that movies aren't to rob us of its entertaining factor.

I can appreciate them the same way in the sense that I have that same feeling of excitement when going to see a new movie, yes. The way I enjoy them though is very different. Also, I don't get excited about watching made for tv movies any more. Its mainly the theater movies that I go to, and when I do I usually don't buy candy and popcorn the way I did as a child (or my parents did for me that is). I simply go for the movie.

I can't enjoy films like I used to when I was a child becvause I have seen so many films since I was a little girl. There are so many plots I reckonize and then i Know the rest of the plot. when I was young, the plots were new. But I still believe in the magic of film. I won't see the Behind the scene documentary until After I have senthe film.But on the other hand , I can Truly appreciate more films now that I'm grown.there are so many genres I can see now that were forbidden to me as a child.So it's a give and take. I now know how Oz is in color and Kansas is inblack and white but now I can see really trillers without asking permission. It's a god trade off.

I can still appreciate movies but lost the same fascination when I was still younger. I only watch movies right now if it has a good plot and a wonderful director, I am not particular anymore who starred the film. I did not watch television too often now I find it boring and most of the show are dull-witted, I prefer to surf the internet rather than watch television.

I think that I have more appreciation for movies now than I did as a child. They have more meaning and understanding. Kids seem to only remember the fun in a movie or the big car chases.

Banning behind the scenes documentaries seems to be going a bit far. You can choose not to watch them and/or pretend they don't exist. Honestly, I rarely use any of the special features that come on DVDs/BluRay. I have found that my perspective on movies has changed since "growing up" but in a different way. My parents always reminded me movies weren't real when I was younger so it was just a means of entertainment. It still is but in a different way. Before I liked just the stories. Now I try to find all the hidden easter eggs, popculture nods, deeper meanings, etc. Oh, the stories are still good though.

I find that i still really love the old movies i loved as a kid - however movies that are new coming out i find are either remakes that wreck the show...or movies that the story is just totally lacking. Theres some new ones i enjoy but very few. I really like knowing how movies are made.

They by no means hold the fasination for me as they did as a child. What u are experiencing in my opinion is that u are growing up, lol. It is sort of sad when u have to do that whether u want to or not.

Hellomy friend ronnyb Ji, Well , to bevery frank, due to time factor, as I never remain child, and become adult, my perseptionin lifetoo changes and I thnk it was all my child-hood way of thinking. But I remember my first ever Movie 'RAN LAXMI BAI' (RANI OF JHANSI), Who fought against Britishersfirst Independence war in 1857, I wish to see once more. I still have deep impressions in my mind. May God bless You and have a great time.

I am a media student and i watch behind the scenes very often to know the techniques and skills used by the director and the other artists in a film... behind the scene shows the real efforts and work of the team in which we all should know and appreciate it. well it is a kind of education to me and knowledge to you.

Yes i can still appreciate movies, even if i saw the documentaries and i saw how the movie is being made the behind the scenes stuff. somehow i still appreciate it. it make me more curious how to made one.lol.

In my childhood ,I also consider the film or TV on scene to be true . but as I grown up, I gradually relize those stories are unreal .But I don't think the process shown how the movies are made will affect my interest of appreciating it .for they are different two things ,I distinguish them clearly

I still enjoy watching movies though i know it's not real.I think movies serve to entertain and relax people and probably by chance you can learn something from them.It all depends on your attitude towards movies.My advice is that you should be totally relaxed when watching movies and don't always ask for purpose.And choose movies that you are really interested in.

When we were child,we are innocent and always believe the scenes or actors are the real ones. When I grow up, I know many behind the movie scene but still can enjoy the movies. Just don't think too much when you watching and follow the story to imagine.That will be ok.

I do enjoy the movies up until now. But the choices of movies that I watch as compared to when I was still a child has changed. Being an adult person, I prefer those movies with good content rather than those that are merely made for fun. I do not really watch behind the scenes production considering that it takes away the thrill.. Even if the movies are not real, there are those that surely will make us enjoy. It is even perhaps a way to relax for me. So I do still watch movies most especially movies that are based on true events.

When we are kids we are innocent and ready to believe anything.When i was a kid i used to watch a lot of Westerns along with my friends and then we would enact those scenes in my friends bungalow which had a big garden.Childhood is a magical period in everyones life and with its innocence and playfulness there is no end to the childs imagination and inventiveness. As we grow up and get caught in worldly matters all the innocence gets washed away in cynicism and disbelief. I do not think that documentaries and behind the scenes shots has anything to do with our loss of interest in films. I too have virtually stopped watching movies since a long time and haven`t visited a movie theatre since 1978 mainly because i had no time to watch them.'After getting TV and cable i did watch movies at home as a novelty but now even that has stopped and nowadays i prefer watching documentaries on Discovery, Animal Planet, Nat Geo and Travel and Living channels as well as the numerous reality shows that have mushroomed on TV.

I know what you mean. There have been so many documentaries depicting how movies are made these days that it takes away from the actual film. I am always telling my little girl that movies aren’t real whenever she gets scared; so much so that, when I watch one I sometimes start imaging the cameras, the set and how they pulled the special effects off. It’s a shame because when I was younger movies were very much real just like each and every character really existed.

in my opinion, good movies have their charm at any time. maybe some of the movies i like when i was a child and i don't like it now. but truly that, i will choose to review some of them occasionally. that is a kind of rememory or recovery of the childhood. hah~ i am sure.

Hello ronnyb this is checkmail and me too often do now also watch some movies but just for fun purpose, also to spend spare time.Nowadays didn't take movies that seriously as in childhood did, yeah the movies used to change mine complete behaviour, like am in the movies crews, means would get flown away with the movies and its theme in childhood.But now as grown up, know that most of the movies are reel and not real, but yes there have been some movies which are based on true facts, that are really interesting to watch,In the real fact based movies there is lot of fun, embracements, encouragements, etc good to watch.Well id do wish if i could feel like what i felt in childhood but reality is for real and let the movies be on their own boundries.

YES. I still loved the movies I watched as I was still a child. I still appreciate movies right now as I appreciate it when I was young. Remember E.T., I still loved it until today. And the longest movie at that time which is "The Ten Commandments". Had a DVD copy collection about them.