26 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Sunday, December 21st
While it's certainly nice to have pretty much any movie your heart desires on demand, it's hard not to feel nostalgic for the cultural phenomenon that was Blockbuster. There was something magical about wandering through those aisles under the warm fluorescent glow, scanning row after row of plastic clamshell cases, looking for the one movie that would define the vibe of your entire weekend. The thrill of grabbing the last copy of a new release, the tragedy of seeing only the display box left behind, and those pesky late return fees… yeah, it was inconvenient, but it was an experience.
If you get emo thinking about the ol' blue and yellow, may these movie trivia facts grant you peace.
Robin Wright
Source: IMDb
The Goonies
Snow White
I have a feeling that whatever they were planning on making him say, it would've been way less cute than the quiet little guy we got.
The Neverending Story
George Lucas
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Guillermo del Toro’s Dad
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Lady Bird
Luca
George Lucas
Christopher Nolan loves "Greed"
Source: indiewire.com
Watch: ‘Greed’ (1924)
Disturbia
Source: The Guardian
Alien
Let the Right One In
Lindsay Lohan
Show White
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Toy Story 2
Space Jam
Spartacus
Encanto
This is good character design, of course, but if I had a cool, weird power, I would absolutely hide little hints of it in my clothing as well.
Kissing SFX
Jurassic World
Anchorman
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Dart Fener
And he's Dark Vador in French!
Source: Guerrestellari.net
Cool World
You can still tell that this film absolutely wanted to go way further than it did.