How did you discover NIMH (the movie, I mean)?

Me, I first saw "The Secret of NIMH" when I Was about seven or eight. I was too young to understand it then so it didn't have much of an impact on me. But several months ago I checked out this book from the library called "The Complete Guide to Animated Movies" It gave personal reviews and ratings and gave "NIMH" four stars. That, along with several sites including this one:) got me curious, so I rented it. I fell in love with it and watched it almost every day until the return date. I became a NIMH fan and got the DVD for my birthday a few weeks ago. Well that's my story, whats your's?

Me, I first saw "The Secret of NIMH" when I Was about seven or eight. I was too young to understand it then so it didn't have much of an impact on me. But several months ago I checked out this book from the library called "The Complete Guide to Animated Movies" It gave personal reviews and ratings and gave "NIMH" four stars. That, along with several sites including this one:) got me curious, so I rented it. I fell in love with it and watched it almost every day until the return date. I became a NIMH fan and got the DVD for my birthday a few weeks ago. Well that's my story, whats your's?

My mother was notorious for having just about -every- decent children's movie that came out when I was younger. Heck, even some not so decent ones, for that matter. NIMH on VHS was my first experience with it. I can't remember exactly how old I was when I first saw it. Considering NIMH was released the year I was born, chances are at a young age. What I do remember, was I never really cared for the movie. It stuck out as a 'dark,' 'slow' and for lack of a better word 'boring' movie. Which might indicate my age, and related attention span when I first watched it. After that, I never really paid much mind to it. Watched it once in awhile in the subsequent years, but never really had my opinion change.

Then we start getting into my more 'adult' life, I had more or less forgotten about the movie. I knew of it, but never really paid it any mind whatsoever. At this point, I had gotten into IM, and online RPing, which ultimately led me to a friend who, at the time was on NIMH Muck, and eventually I decided to stop in and check the muck out, which prompted me to take another look at the movie, and ultimately the book from which it's based. Given my new perspective as an adult, I found a new appreciation for it, and the rest is history.

However, I'm not sure I'm so much a 'fan' of the movie, or books, but rather, the community. I've made so many friends within the NIMH Fan community that I would never trade for the world. Some of them, are key factors in my ability to stay strong when the going gets tough. This is especially important, as some of you may know.

Well that just about covers me. Who's next?

If you want to see my story on this subject, you can click on this link. http://www.phpbbcity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62&mforum=nimhster

Peace :D
NIMHmaniac

I suppose I first saw the movie when I was a child. For most of my life I had ignored it, until perhaps a few months back. A friend of mine owned the DVD, and since I hadn't seen it in so long I decided I should go ahead and watch it. I became a real fan at that moment.

I personally don't consider The Secret of NIMH to be just a children's movie. Of course, children will love it... but the themes and emotion present in the film is best appreciated by an adult audience, I think. I've always been a fan of animation, but it isn't common that we find animation that has real depth and emotion in it. As a game developer, this film, like many of Don Bluth's works, inspires me to create better art. Art that not only entertains, but also enlightens and ignites creativity.

Hear hear SirShane! It's so hard to find even a live action movie that has depth to it these days, let alone in animation. Thank God for this wonderful movie.

Back to the original subject. I first saw the movie and read an excerpt of the book in 4th grade. I got hyped on it for several months, and even rented the sequel (and copied it on to another tape to keep). After a while, my interest faded and I acknowledged learning about it in school, but I didn't much care about it. Then, last summer, I caught it on Toon Disney (the Big Movie Show). I've been a serious fan ever since, and I'm not showing signs of losing interest any time soon. 8)

Back in 1981 or so, when visiting my cousins, I was paging through a copy of "Boy's Life" magazine and in that particular issue was an article about Secret of NIMH that had stills from the movie. (They gave me the issue and I still have the article.)

Then I saw a review on tv by Siskle and Ebert and saw the clip. I was blown away. I was thirteen at the time and it was, if I recall correctly, the first movie I ever saw by myself.

My life changed that day. :D

i had to watch it on pbs for 2 reasons one i was not born when it first came out second we were to poor when i ws little to ever afford it. i wish i could have gotten it though. money is not as tight now but still pretty dang poor.

After I saw the Lion King I suddently was more interested in Animation, and music in general.

Among try to draw when I had the chance to be in the local Library a checked out a bunch of books on animation. One of them had the whole back story on Don Bluth and the first film Secret of NIMH. Didn't ring any bells but I recall one picture in the book of Timmy in bed, which I thought looked cool and sounded interesting.

I didn't run out an buy the movie, I was still young and didn't have the cash flow or really went in store that often. But I recall when my some friends parents left town my Mom came agreed to babysit them for a couple days by staying over there, and my brother and I got to come too.

While I was there I started looking through their collection of VHS tapes by their tv and magically I came across the Secret of NIMH VHS, I already fell in love with the cover. The first moment Brisby spoke to Mr Ages I had a total flashback to American Tail, the mouth movement was so similar.

Needless to say, if I'm here and typing this, I loved it. I even watched it there a 2nd time the next day and did some horrible drawings :) But besides that movie, most animation I saw was just so fun and thrilling, especially music, it was like I woke up and really started appreciating the art form.

Oh, after I watched NIMH I did recall it a bit. I realized I saw it at another friends house long before that. It was kind of playing in the background and we were coming and going and I watched part of. And the biggest impression I recall was sadness. For some reason my bad memory or I just didn't see the entire movie then, but I thought the children had died when the brick fell in the mud.

One thing Bluth's films did when you were really really young was send you through emotions you never felt before with the darker sad storys, especially from what I recall when I saw American Tail in theaters. And it was a good thing, made it a more memorable experience

NIMH is a great movie for everyone to enjoy! The ending was good, but I wish they would've went more into the part where Mrs. Brisby gave Justin the amulet.

Having a hard month ahead, I need several doses of NIMH to keep my sanity intact throughout the overstressed and overworked month.

Having a hard month ahead, I need several doses of NIMH to keep my sanity intact throughout the overstressed and overworked month.

poor cedric lihugsli whats the matter want to descuss it? hopefully next month will be better n.n

Hate to get off topic, but here's the nutshell: Two huge projects received this week, due in the next 2 weeks. A big lab writeup and a ton of homework. And that's just in chemistry. Add to that my parents getting on my case about scholarships and you've got the basic stuff. And god knows what my other classes have planned for me. They just may add their own projects. Just rubbing salt into the wound.

Hate to get off topic, but here's the nutshell: Two huge projects received this week, due in the next 2 weeks. A big lab writeup and a ton of homework. And that's just in chemistry. Add to that my parents getting on my case about scholarships and you've got the basic stuff. And god knows what my other classes have planned for me. They just may add their own projects. Just rubbing salt into the wound.

Ouch... I feel for you. I know that I've been feeling the workload pile up a bit too, but make sure you take a bit of time to relax. You'll be a lot more productive if you don't feel stressed; trust me, I've learned the hard way. n.n

Anyway, as for the topic at hand, I don't really have a lot more to say beyond what I've written in my introduction to the site, so I'll just link to that here:
http://www.thornvalley.com/entr/intro.php

;)

I know I need to relax. And meditation seems to work for me. Unfortunately, I hardly have time to even do that anymore. Fortunately I've got the lab writeup done. Just in time to receive another. :roll:

I first saw it in my 6th grade classes and became fond of the movie.

We where given a break to let our thinking rest for a bit, and when the movie was put on, I saw Nicodemus' hands as he wrote in the book about NIMH and Johnathan Brisby. I was wondering who it could be. Once it got to the part when Mrs. Brisby reaches the abandoned Threshing machine, I said to myself, "This looks rather interesting." We only got through half of the movie. Curious to find out more about the film, I searched online and I discovered Thorn Valley. I love this movie and I will forever.

I don't remember when I first saw the movie, specifically, except that I was really young. Probably when I was in preschool...wow...long ago.

Anyway...

Like most small children, I was a sucker for cute little animals, either in real life, in cartoons, or whatever. I had a special fondness for mice (my favorite stuffed animal as a kid was a rather adorable mousie n.n), and I think that's probably one reason I enjoyed NIMH so much. ;)

I remember really liking the movie, even though the Great Owl and Nicodemus (yes, I said Nicodemus) both scared the bejeezus out of me. The owl 'cause he was so big and huge and...well...predatory. And Nicodemus because, well...come on, to a four-year-old he was lifreakyli looking! All gnarled knobbly hands and googly eyes and his vision machine...yeah, I still think he's ugly. :)

Oddly enough, Nicodemus and his vision machine are probably two of the things I remembered most about the film after I stopped watching it. The tale of their imprisonment and escape from NIMH also stuck with me. I always felt bad for the poor mice that didn't make it. :( I also always hated "Flying Dreams"...and still do. < Waits for the stones, pitchforks, and lit torches to appear in the hands of the summoned angry mob... ;) >

I don't remember how or why I stopped watching the movie as a kid--might have been that the videotape we had it on got eaten by an aged VCR. I think that's more likely than having grown out of it--I'm here now, aren't I? ;) Anyway, I do know that I hadn't thought about "Secret of NIMH" in years until late last winter or early in the spring, when a friend and I got to talking about some of our favorite cartoon movies from when we were kids.

"Secret of NIMH" immediately popped into my head, and that made me want to watch it again. So I started hunting around on the internet for it, wondering if they might have it out on DVD for purchase from somewhere. About the first thing I did was order it off some big online store. :) The second thing I did was start lurking here on Thorn Valley. The third thing I did was dive into the muck. :)

That's my story.

~Kieran

Oddly enough, Nicodemus and his vision machine are probably two of the things I remembered most about the film after I stopped watching it. The tale of their imprisonment and escape from NIMH also stuck with me. I always felt bad for the poor mice that didn't make it. :( I also always hated "Flying Dreams"...and still do. < Waits for the stones, pitchforks, and lit torches to appear in the hands of the summoned angry mob... ;) >
That's my story.

~Kieran

Aww. You don't like Flying Dreams? Well, you can't please everyone. :wink:

That is the Eighth dealy sin, hating Flying Dreams. That song always hits me in my sensitive spots: I cry every time I hear it. And not many songs have that effect on me.

And i thought I was the only one who had a wild ride...Anyhow...

My first memories of The Secret of NIMH are a little golden book (most everyone i've talked to has seen it at least once) of 'Mrs. Brisby and the Magic Stone', which i still have. As a matter of fact, my story and that book's story are very closely intertwined. But i digress...

SoN popped in and out of my life for most of the late eighties and early nineties, though i cannont recall the FIRST time i actually saw it. In all honesty, i was always a little more of an 'All Dogs Go To Heaven' fan up 'til about third grade (that was mostly because i remembered when that movie came out, or at least i think i do).

Third grade was when i actually read (or rather the teacher read to me) Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. I was hooked for a while, even went to the local video rental place to find a copy of Secret of NIMH. I loved it, coveted it, and eventually forgot about it.

Okay, here's the wierd part. If there's one thing that SoN2 was good for (yes, i know) it was the fact that it opened me up to the world that had become NIMH. It was a cold and rainy february night in 1998 when i was bored as heck and walking aimlessly around the isles of a Sam's Club as my mother spent my inheritance on food (okay, not all of it, but most) that i came accross SON2 in the video isle. shortly therafter i bought it. and SoN 1. And, make a long story short, i eventually ended up on Robin's Archive and read Paul S. Gibbs's story 'Rats of Thorn Valley' and was hooked...permanently this time.

Aww. :( You don't like Flying Dreams? :( That song is a very good one too and I don't see why you want an angry mob to come. :|

Of course I lidon'tli want an angry mob to come. I was just joking around and also forgetting what the folks in this fandom are like. :oops: There are some fan sites out there where any voices of dissent regarding major aspects of the movie/cartoon/TV show being adored are skooshed beneath a tidal wave of flames. I figured dislike of "Flying Dreams" would provoke such a response...and it would have, if there actually was anyone here like that. And there's not. :lol:

That is the Eighth dealy sin, hating Flying Dreams. That song always hits me in my sensitive spots: I cry every time I hear it. And not many songs have that effect on me.

That song always hits me in my, "Oh, this is sappy...where's the mute button?" parts. Or maybe it's because I've seen the guy who sings it in a horrible (live-action) movie and have no respect for him because of that. :lol: Don't get me wrong, the limusicli of the song is great. I just can't stand the lyrics. :roll:

~Kieran

That song always hits me in my, "Oh, this is sappy...where's the mute button?" parts. Or maybe it's because I've seen the guy who sings it in a horrible (live-action) movie and have no respect for him because of that. :lol: Don't get me wrong, the limusicli of the song is great. I just can't stand the lyrics. :roll:

~Kieran

We all have different likes and dislikes. :)

That song always hits me in my, "Oh, this is sappy...where's the mute button?" parts. Or maybe it's because I've seen the guy who sings it in a horrible (live-action) movie and have no respect for him because of that. :lol: Don't get me wrong, the limusicli of the song is great. I just can't stand the lyrics. :roll:

Eh... I think the lyrics are fine, but I would have to say that I like the lullaby version played during the movie with Sally Stevens better than the end credits version by Paul Williams. The lullaby feels more heartfelt to me, as if it were something that Mrs. Brisby sang to Timothy while he was sick.

I didn't become a NIMH fan untill fairly resently, I have hard of it through "All dogs go to Heaven" (they mentined it in that preview) but never saw it. It wasn't when Nicklodeon started to view movies on that "Nick Flicks" fragment that I saw it. It was on one afternoon and I made sure not to miss it..

That song always hits me in my, "Oh, this is sappy...where's the mute button?" parts. Or maybe it's because I've seen the guy who sings it in a horrible (live-action) movie and have no respect for him because of that. :lol: Don't get me wrong, the limusicli of the song is great. I just can't stand the lyrics. :roll:

Eh... I think the lyrics are fine, but I would have to say that I like the lullaby version played during the movie with Sally Stevens better than the end credits version by Paul Williams. The lullaby feels more heartfelt to me, as if it were something that Mrs. Brisby sang to Timothy while he was sick.

i still dont see how kieran does not like that song i love it oh well i guess even friends differ in the taste of there music. what kind of music do you listen to kieran?

The lullaby feels more heartfelt to me, as if it were something that Mrs. Brisby sang to Timothy while he was sick.

I actually think it would've been neat to have Mrs. Brisby sing that to Timothy.

Apology accepted. Personally, I like the one in the movie, not the credits version. This is despite the fact that the ending version is longer than the lullaby.

(I hope its alright to bump an older thread, I didnt wanna spam the board with a new one.)

I guess I first watched NIMH way back, around 3rd-4th grade. I was being punished for some reason and I couldn't attend the outdoor field day that year. But my teacher was merciful, and left a few videos for me to watch. The one I chose to watch (twice actually) was The Secret of NIMH. I didn't recall much about the movie, other than that it was that one movie with all the mice and rats running around. But I liked it enough to obtain a VHS of it soon after. It was a fun film that me and my family liked to watch, but really it wasn't anything that special to me at the time. Over time it just faded away like most movies did with children. I didn't see it again and never even gave it a second thought for the longest time. Lets fastforward about 10-11 years, just a few weeks ago. I was babysitting my nephew while my brother and his wife were out enjoying theirselves for the evening. Of course, this kid is pretty wild and likes to destroy the house, so I dusted off my VHS collection and let him look though it, to find a movie for him to watch so he would settle down. He rummages though the videos for a little bit, then picks out one cassette, called The Secret of NIMH. He insists that I put it in and watch it with him, of which I agree.

As soon as I saw the scene with Mrs. Brisby looking for Mr. Ages in the old machine, my stomach began to drop as I realised that this wasn't just going to be like watching any ole movie, that I was in for something big. My nephew didn't seem to interested in it, and by the hour mark, he was already asleep, but I continued to watch it because for the first time I was able to see and understand this film the way it was ment to be. I loved every moment and aspect of it, I instantly feel in love with the moive. It was a great feeling re-discovering it. The fluid animation, the captivating story, the music, all of it was overtaking my senses as I re-discovered a little bit of my childhood, and my favorite film of all time. I felt shivers tingling down my spine as I watched the climax, and by the time Flying Dreams was playing during the ending credits, I was having a hard time fending off a few tears. Gah that song gets me everytime! Ive watched the movie nearly 8 times in the past 2 1/2 weeks. None the less, ever since that experiance I have come to the web to figure out as much as I could about this movie, and to find others who like it just as much as I do.

Hey bud welcome to the boards. That was a good story and it was sure nice of your teacher to let you watch movies. So what did happened, or do ya remember?"

If you mean what I did to be punished, it was probably because I was a pretty arrogant and resistant back then. I was always getting into trouble. I wasnt a very good student till high school ha.

Thank you for the welcome, glad to be here.

Or maybe it's because I've seen the guy who sings it in a horrible (live-action) movie and have no respect for him because of that.

Would that happen to be Phantom of Paradise? :D

(I hope its alright to bump an older thread, I didnt wanna spam the board with a new one.)

I guess I first watched NIMH way back, around 3rd-4th grade. I was being punished for some reason and I couldn't attend the outdoor field day that year. But my teacher was merciful, and left a few videos for me to watch. The one I chose to watch (twice actually) was The Secret of NIMH. I didn't recall much about the movie, other than that it was that one movie with all the mice and rats running around. But I liked it enough to obtain a VHS of it soon after. It was a fun film that me and my family liked to watch, but really it wasn't anything that special to me at the time. Over time it just faded away like most movies did with children. I didn't see it again and never even gave it a second thought for the longest time. Lets fastforward about 10-11 years, just a few weeks ago. I was babysitting my nephew while my brother and his wife were out enjoying theirselves for the evening. Of course, this kid is pretty wild and likes to destroy the house, so I dusted off my VHS collection and let him look though it, to find a movie for him to watch so he would settle down. He rummages though the videos for a little bit, then picks out one cassette, called The Secret of NIMH. He insists that I put it in and watch it with him, of which I agree.

That's funny, it sounds almost exactly like my story of seeing NIMH. Although I wasn't in trouble, we were studying an excerpt from the book. Strangely enough, I was also a bit of a troublemaker in my day :twisted:
I'm a bit more behaved now in high school, but things do still happen at times...

I first saw "Secret of NIMH" on my friend Matt's VCR in 1983. Matt was the first kid in the neighborhood to get a VCR so this was a big deal! But, I hated it. He and I decided it was a stupid movie and went outside to ride bikes and pretend we were The Dukes of Hazzard. [Hey, it was the 80s!]

When I was in the 5th grade, I had to read Mrs. Frisby for class. I wasn't too interested but then about four chapters into the book something "clicked" with me. I was a huge fan all through middle school. Then, in college, I decided to take a "Children's Literature" class and we read Mrs. Frisby and watched the movie and it rekindled my love for NIMH. A few months later I put together the original RCOB site and the Robin Site followed...it's debut was on 10/23/97.

Ah yes, the Dukes of Hazzard. Good show. But for animation, nothing beats the Secret of NIMH. 8)

I did that with my golf cart. Back in the late 80s I had a golf cart at my grandmothers and I had a cousin that would come over. We would drive that thing like if it was the General. Man the good old days!

It was sometime in the mid 90's when I was in 6th grade. In my honor's english class, we read the book. Unlike most students, the honors english kids got absorbed in their work, and would talk about stories we read in class outside of school. Many people joked about Justin and Mrs. Frisby's (That's what she's called in the book) romantic life. Sorry, I can't tell you about what they were talking about more specifically, I would be banned. :shock: Anyway, we watched a VHS copy of the movie towards the end of the first semester. My classmates seemed really entertained by Jeremy for his humor. So was I. I also discovered something which I still think is somewhat scary, which is that Mrs. Brisby was portrayed very beautifully in the film both voice-wise, and look-wise. AAAHH!! shouldn't have said that in front of you guys!! :oops: Anyway, It was a pleasure to see it. I sort of forgot about it for a while until around the time I entered college, I was at Wal-mart, and found a DVD copy there. I bought it and watched it again at my apartment. I since have become a true fanatic.