So you might be curious, what was the first film that I saw at the Kaysville Theatre? Well, that would be Time Bandits. We saw it in early 1982. As a boy of 6, and a die-hard Star Wars junkie, this film was right up my alley. I once heard this film summarized as "cosmic dwarves on a time and space odyssey". A perfect blend of science fiction, toungue-in-cheek comedy, and the same impish sense of humor that I have, Time Bandits spoke to me in a way that even more than 25 years later, I still feel and enjoy every time I watch it. Even more so when later in life, I learned that one of the stars, Kenny Baker, is the same person who operated R2-D2 in the Star Wars saga.The movies centers around a group of small men, who are creative assistants to the Supreme Being (God, if you prefer). They steal His map of the universe, which reveals all the holes and imperfections in Creation (as the movie puts it, "a bit of rush job, you see, as they only had 7 days to complete it"), and then proceed to travel through time and space, getting rich on the spoils of history's greatest figures.
The climax of the film is an epic battle pitting the forces of good against Evil (who is actually a character in the movie). For weeks after we saw the film, I reenacted the battle at home in my bedroom with my toy tanks, helicopters, and green army men. One of my favorite memories of my young years. I don't think many people remember this film, as it was a rather low budget film from England, but it still lives with me after all these years.
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