Childhood movies

We just finished watching a good portion of 'Newsies' on the TV.  Not the best movie ever made, but I loved it when I was younger.  Loved it as in watched it a couple of times a month or at the very minimum once a month.  I don't know why, I just loved it.  It has catchy songs.  Nice storyline.  Maybe this is where I got a taste of fighting the Man.  Watching it just now, is it a good movie?  Not really.  Was it fun to watch again and have just a split second for the lines and songs to come back?  Yes.  My wife just rolled her eyes. 

It made me think of some other movies from my younger days that I still enjoy.  Let's start with 'The Goonies'.  This is another movie that was on a constant loop in our house (much to my mom's chagrin, I'm sure).  Who doesn't like this movie?  A bunch of kids on an adventure to find lost gold of a pirate to save their homes?  Sure.  And let's be honest here, One Eye Willie sounds worse when you are grown up as opposed to when you are in your innocent childhood adolescence. 

'The Great Muppet Caper' was my first real exposure to Jim Henson's headliners.  I vaguely remember Fraggle Rock (but watching it in adulthood made me think Henson was on some serious drugs), I never saw The Dark Crystal, I never was around when The Muppet Show was on, so 'The Great Muppet Caper' was it.  While I don't remember watching this as much as some of the others from my childhood, I still list it as one of the tops from my youth.