I am having one of my sleepless nights again and decided to fish out an old, childhood favorite - 'Empire of the Sun'. When I first saw it as a 9 or 10 yr old, I could not look away. I cried when Jim said he couldn't remember his parents, when his friend died. and just was simply awed by the movie.

And now, all I could think of is:
it is v. theatrically formulaic & so v. Steven Spielbergy, but still does have these lovely 'for the trailer moments';
Jim's teeth does look as if they really are rotting in the film (ever notice how characters in truly desperate situations may have the requisite dirty hands, and dirty finger nails but never dirty rotting teeth);
how incredibly adorable Jim was & how nobody realised how v. hot he would grow up to be.

I guess if you can remember when Batman was just a lost little boy, then it's official - you are no longer as young as you wish you were.