Cultural literacy

Because I like to horrify people occasionally with my lack of cultural literacy, let's use Moosebutter's song "Star Wars" to look at my movie experiences.

First of all, I have seen precisely one Star Wars movie: the first one (Episode IV), once, in the theater, when it was still fairly new. It was long, long ago and far, far away, in other words. On the plus side, I do have a couple of the smaller Star Wars-related Lego sets.

So, now to the movie music in the song itself:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: In school, on very slow days like the day before a long vacation, did your teachers ever give up on trying to pound knowledge into your wandering mind and decide to show movies instead? If I remember correctly, Close Encounters was one of the lessons in my 8th grade earth science class.

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Have never seen any of the Indiana Jones movies, though I seem to recall riding a related amusement park attraction.

Superman: Saw this one. It was another slow day in middle school.

E.T.: Never saw the movie, but I did read the novelization.

Jaws: Never saw the movie, but did see the shark model when I was a kid visiting Universal Studios in CA.

Jurassic Park: Never saw this movie either, but I did read The Lost World when I was recovering from surgery.