For me I'm kinda embarrassed to admit it but I was 6 the first time I watched Predator (1987) and I didn't think it was all that, at the time I was just more into stuff like "The Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars", it wasn't until about a year ago that I decided to rewatch Predator because I had remembered my Dad telling me how big of a fan he was when it came out.
So there I am, watching the Predator film and not expecting much to have changed since the last time I watched it because in my head I just thought, "I didn't like it back then, I doubt it would have gotten better now" Boy was I wrong, I fell in love with the franchise and went on a spree of Alien and Predator movie watching marathons but the exact moment when I realized this was something I want to be apart of? When Billy Sole is standing there and he admits that's he afraid. Felt like a life-changing experience, and when he's all like "We're all gonna die" I felt like I was included in that collective "we" and I was put immediately in a fight or flight mode.
One of my favorite movies of all time and one of the best franchises out there