Classic Films

…when you’re just about the same age as the principal characters as portrayed in the film, and just going through puberty, first relationships or at least first crushes, and so on. It really hit with a pretty heavy emotional blow.

There was an episode of The Wonder Years where Kevin and Paul were going to the movies on a Saturday afternoon, while complaining that the only thing showing in their suburb was some love story by Shakespeare, of all people – then you see them coming out of the theater, barely holding back tears. I’m betting anyone who was that age at that specific time must have gotten a good laugh from that episode, as it was so utterly accurate. (In case you’re wondering, no, nothing ever happened with the girl I had the intense crush on at the time, neither then nor ever. )