Stand by Me (1986) (nat)

No, I've somehow never seen this movie. I knew the basic plot and cultural knowledge associated with it but never actually saw the movie. I would have been too young to see it when it first came out and somehow missed it ever since. And since even I knew the plot, I won't rehash it here. Regardless, I liked it. Little boys get interesting ideas in their heads, though. It would have never been appealing to me to go find a dead body but it seems to make sense that these kids would go in search of the dead boy to escape their lives for a little bit. The movie did remind me of two more things I could do without in movies (and, really, in life in general): eating contests and leeches.