Muppet Treasure Island is one of those movies that's been kicking around on my 'movies I'd watch at some point because I seem them referenced a lot online.'
starandrea and I watched it this week over the course of two nights, and WOW, that sure was something. I'm not really sure what? But definitely something.
The movie was released in 1996, so this morning I went checking to see what other movies that year produced.
*Independence Day: A personal classic. Glad I saw this when it was released, since that was apparently enough to build a nostalgia bond with it and enjoy it to this day.
*Space Jam: Never seen it, but after seeing Muppet Treasure Island it was not a surprise to see it on the '96 list.
*That Thing You Do: Did you know Charlize Theron was in this movie? I did not know that.
*The Hunchback of Notre Dame AND 101 Dalmations: two of the more disturbing animated kids movies I've seen, based purely on my recollection of seeing each of them exactly once and being freaked out.
*Star Trek First Contact: a movie I think about a lot, actually! It wasn't one of my favorites when I saw it (back in 1996, even), but when I did my 'rewatch all the Star Trek movies' thing a while ago* I liked it more.
[*Checked my journal, apparently it was 2017 and was more of a 'some of the Star Trek movies' thing). Hilariously, one of the things I wrote back then was: "I had my movies all confused, and I thought Insurrection was the one where they crashed the ship into the planet." And when I read that today, my first thought was, 'wait, Insurrection *isn't* the one where they crash the ship into the planet?']