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When was the last time you watched a favorite oldie after many years and the first thought in your mind was “Wow, that didn’t age well!”? We are often led to believe that so-called classic movies are flawless — that’s why they are called classics, after all! — but reality shows that some of them don’t really stand the test of time.
This in no way means that older movies are bad, just that decisions were made which back then might have made some sort of sense, but in the present age we know better than that. The good thing here is that at least we have evolved as a society to move past those decisions (we have, right?). Can we still enjoy our favorite movies? Of course. Should we repeat the poorly aged things that put them on the radar in the first place? I think the answer is obvious.
I guess the takeaway here is to think twice next time someone decides to make a movie, so that the audience a generation or two later can watch it and think “This aged well!” Meanwhile, scroll down to take a look at some of the movies that didn’t age well, based on the opinion of the viewers. Tell us what you think about them. Are there other poorly aged movies you would like to share with us? Head to the comments and let us know!
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#1
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
"The entire plot of the movie revolves around the villain being 'secretly' trans."
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
I cannot emphasize enough how utterly c**p this movie was. Jim Carreys over acting grins and poses made me want to break the screen.
Libstak 2 years ago
Everyone downvoting DP PLEASE consider that they are joking, it's their right to be offended given how much they love the horrible movie.
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Niall Mac Iomera 2 years ago
I don't think it's that Einhorn is actually trans though. Just that Finkle disguised himself as a woman.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Like, disguised himself as a dead woman who he likely killed. I got visions that he was wearing her skin. That's gross.
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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
I don't find him funny to begin with. (but that's okay if you do; I just choose not to watch his movies!)
Genericist 2 years ago
Ah yes, like all that trendy homosexuality faded. Increased awareness doesn't mean it's not real.
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#2
American Pie
"Using a secret camera to broadcast naked high school students on the internet."
martymcmatrix 2 years ago (edited)
...has been a priceless inspiration for some right- and left-handed male puberty participants.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I've only watched these when I was drinking with my bf. That was the only time these were watchable.
#3
The Notebook
"The Notebook (2004), back then people thought it was cute and romantic. But, the dude hangs off a Ferris wheel and threatens to jump unless the girl dates him. In all honesty, even then it was really creepy."
RagDollLali 2 years ago
I really hated this movie the first time I saw it, everything about their actions pissed me off. Threatening suicide is not romantic, It's an involuntary detainment in the psych ward at best. Cheating on your significant other is not romantic, it's hurtful and selfish. Stealing your daughter's mail is not protecting her, it's a federal offense. What's wrong with these people?!
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
A notebook is required paraphernalia for obsessive stalkers, and homicidal maniac kits everywhere.
#4
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
sun-e-deez replied:
"Don't forget they had one of the dudes (can't remember which) be allowed in a fitting room with the woman he has feelings for and he gets to ogle her because she's under the impression he's gay and therefore trusted not to sexualize the experience. yikes!"
Arthas Menethil 1 year ago
I think especially for the time it was pretty good. The guys start off pretty homophobic but overcome those attitudes and make friends within the LGBTQ+ community and advocate for their cause.
Sonnovab Kegeles 2 years ago
This movie really made me angry when it came out. Some of us politically active gay folk were out there working our butts off for equal benefits and the marriage equality, fighting with opposition who often came out with, "how do we keep 2 men from pretending their gay just to get benefits".
#5
Revenge Of The Nerds
damnflanders replied:
"I mean, who hasn't worn a mask to trick a girl into having s*x with you?"
#6
Overboard
"A man takes advantage of a woman that has amnesia and forces her to raise his kids."
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Did we forget the part where "an entitled wealthy woman destroys the livelihood of a poor craftsman she hired when she not only refuses to pay him for his work, but also dumps his tools into the f*****g ocean?" Apparently.
RagDollLali 2 years ago
Agreed, they were both awful people, neither of their actions were justifiable!
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glowworm2 2 years ago
There was a gender flipped version of this film in 2018. Don't know if that made it any less offensive or not.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I didn't get a sense of sexism in this movie. I think both characters were pretty s****y people, but just cut from a different crust. They were good for each other in the end because they both had some growth development. Either way, I find it a funny movie.
#7
The Nutty Professor
"The fat suits, fat jokes, use of the n-word that ends in a... it was all stuff I probably didn't even notice 20 years ago that now made me feel extreeeeemely uncomfortable."
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I was more under the impression the movie, in a satire way, addressed how society treats overweight people and how it feels, the struggles with motivation and demotivation to lose weight, the desperation and unhealthy relationship with food. What I always found uncomfortable was when Buddy spoke to the women at the conference dinner. It was sooooo cringy and gross, and the repeating of "beautiful titties" just made me wince. Not comfortable when watching with family, for sure.
I’mSoEmotional 2 years ago
Bothered me back then just as much as it does now. Fat shaming is still considered okay in tv and movies.
Sonnovab Kegeles 2 years ago
Yeah some of us with lifelong fatsuits were quite offended by this s**t.
JoJo Anisko 2 years ago
As an obese person, I could not finish watching this movie; horribly offensive.
#8
Pretty Baby
"Pretty Baby with a NAKED 11yr old Brooke Shields."
#9
The Blue Lagoon
tangcameo replied:
"Wasn’t there a string of movies where Shields was underage and underdressed? I even remember a George Burns movie she was in that did that."
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
There was a time when you didn't seee Brooke Shields with a shirt on. Anywhere. Movies, ads, whatever. UGH.
Lis Daglish 2 years ago
Haven’t they both just filed a lawsuit because they were so profoundly uncomfortable at the levels of coercion on set as minors?
DeVille 2 years ago
I think that's Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, 1968's Romeo and Juliet, 16 and 17 at the time of filming. They had agreed to no nude scenes but suddenly during filming, what do you know, movie will be inauthentic without it blah blah. Unfortunately I believe Brooke recently stated she fully supports her nude scenes still despite the sexualisation at such a young age.
Load More Replies... I’mSoEmotional 2 years ago
Brooke’s new documentary talks about this and issues with her mother.
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
I don't know about any of her other movies, but I just saw the Blue Lagoon for the second time. I saw it once many years ago. Watching it as an adult was a very weird experience. First off, the young children also had some nude scenes, although not sexualized. There's nothing wrong with nudity per se, but how uncomfortable did those kids have to be when they're nude or nearly so, and everyone around them is fully dressed? Now with Brooke and Christopher, there was the "normal" nudity that Richard and Emmeline had basically grown up with, plus they teased each other over changing body parts. They were very innocent, and most of the early sexual scenes were reflective of that. As they continued as lovers, they lost that innocence with each other. After Paddy was born, Richard and Emmeline stepped up to become parents, although I have a really hard time with Emmaline picking up the baby and him accidentally latching on the breast she didn't know he needed. Anyway, as Paddy grew, Richard and Emmeline's innocence left. For the ages they were, and the situation they were in, they were good parents. At any rate, I think that it was just an uncomfortable movie to watch. Just because the characters were so innocent didn't mean the actors were. I think because the actors must, at age thirteen, have at least knowledge of what was demanded of them, and it had to be very difficult. The characters weren't sexually exploited, but the actors were.
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
Side comment you might find interesting. Willie Ames was set to do it with his girlfriend but he objected to the nudity. Then he ended up making the much poorer film Paradise, also with nudity
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
The Blue Lagoon ••• or ••• The proof that successful sexual union works intuitively and does not require any special support from guardians and that you can leave the potential parents on a desert island within the gene pool of monotony of the inbred bay •••
#10
Sixteen Candles
"I still enjoy it for what it is for the most part, but there are a few things that are pretty problematic, first and foremost being Jake Ryan telling Ted to take advantage of his girlfriend while she's passed out. Long Duk Dong's character is an insanely racist depiction of an Asian person. The whole underwear show is so wrong too."
surprised pikachu 2 years ago
My mom loves this movie (she used to watch it every day when she was a kid), so she wanted our family to watch it. She insisted on renting the unrated version (because apparently they "Edit out all the funny parts" in the rated cuts). We're in the first part of the movie and then bam, straight up b**bs. I am pretty sure my mom actually screamed. We still watched the whole thing thouhgh.
#11
Passengers
brinazee said:
"The entire sub-genre of romantic comedy can be described as "stalker gets the girl"."
jts5039 replied:
"Passengers fits this description 100%."
Fantastic Mr Fox 2 years ago
He wakes up woman from hibernation sleep so she is forced to live the rest of her life on this spaceship with him and nobody else awake. This instead of arriving to the destination and wake up and live a happy live with the rest of the passengers as she wanted. I absolutely hated this guy. I wish she was a heroine like Sigourney Weaver and have put him in the airlock and blasted him into space.
Devon Archer 2 years ago
Movie should have started with her waking up and deciding if he was insane or not. Would have been much better as a thriller than a weird romantic space movie.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Does this really come under "hasn't aged well"? Has the world changed so much since 2016?
Chrissyfox 2 years ago
Love this movie. But they should have stuck to the Chris and Jennifer. The appearance of the others spoiled the flow.
#12
Manhattan
"Forty-four-year-old Woody Allen has affair with 17-year-old Mariel Hemingway. How art imitates life."
Fabian Bernard 2 years ago
Apart of the assault stories about Woody Allen, I never got why we had to love his boring movies
Bonesko 2 years ago
Word! Even if he wasn't repulsive, his movies suck. I don't understand all the praise. He's overrated. Annie Hall was so boring 💤
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Blank Check
"Grown woman kisses a boy on the mouth."
#14
Animal House
"Pretty much every raunchy/irreverent high school/college-themed comedy from before about 1998. Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds, Porky's, etc."
Joshua David 2 years ago
Being a kid in the 80s, these were the movies we all talked about. One day so and so would walk in and be like "my old man fell asleep and I was able to watch it via satellite spaceship yard dish" and filled us in on the details. Then of course we'd all get our own opportunities eventually.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Animal House is great of its type, Porky's less so (it really only has one theme and one joke, but it was fine for the audience it was aimed it).
Dianellian 2 years ago
People need to remember these are old movies from a time when everyone wasn’t a critic, judge and so sensitive.
#15
Breakfast At Tiffany's
"Casting Mickey Rooney as a stereotyped Japanese man?
Actually, I think “racist caricature” is a better way to describe his character."
AlsoOneLastThing replied:
"Breakfast at Tiffany's is a really bizarre adaptation. The whole Mickey Rooney thing is by a country mile the most egregious example of the strange decisions that the studio made but there's also so much other stuff that is equally baffling. The story is almost exactly the same as the novella but the tone is completely different, the chronology of events is swapped around so it feels more like a series of vignettes rather than a coherent narrative, and some seemingly minor characterizations are changed which completely transforms the overall feel of the story. Breakfast at Tiffany's the book is a tragic story about the platonic friendship and bond shared between a 19-year-old girl who is constantly exploited by men in her life and the one man who views her as a human being.
Breakfast at Tiffany's the movie is a romantic comedy about a 30-year-old call girl who acts like she's 19 and a male prostitute who do random things together and then fall in love for no reason. I'm begging Hollywood to do an accurate adaptation of this book someday."
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Sadly that is never going to happen as it's not 'edgy' enough ...... go figure.
#16
Arthur
"It’s about a “lovable drunk” and the first scene is him having a humorous crash while driving hammered. Oh, we all chuckled."
Kookamunga 2 years ago
I don't care what anyone says - Arthur was and is hysterically funny. RIP Dudley!
#17
Porky's
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
This actually isn't a good example of the genre at the time, which makes it look worse than it was. Was this the origin of the Mike Hunt joke, or did they just use (ie rip off) an existing one?
#18
American Beauty
"If Kevin Spacey perving on his high school daughter's close friend was creepy back then, it's only become worse now."
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
So many of these are baffling. They seem to be deliberately ignoring the plots and just focusing on minutiae
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Head Of State
"The comedy about how crazy having a black President would be. Released in 2003."
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
If they make a film about having a female president maybe that will come true as well.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
It had it's moments but there's a lot of dated, over-used humor. The old, white dudes not knowing how to pronounce Fubu got tiring to the point that... I don't even think I have to explain it. Everything was just repetitive. "*Enter State* is the back bone of America." The whole movie could've been done by anyone and still have somewhat the same plot, similar humor with some things changed around. I was told by someone the girl used as Chris Rock's character's girlfriend, she was actually punched by a boyfriend in real life. I believe she was going out with a wrestler or boxer.
#20
Never Been Kissed
"Drew Barrymore posing as a teenager and having a relationship w the teacher who gets MAD when he finds out shes not a teenager and is his age, then we're just supposed to smooth it over at the end."
#21
Bring It On
"The male cheerleader has a finger "slip" and assaults his teammate and it's a quick laugh, slap, and I think a finger sniff."
#22
Soul Man
"You could never make Soul Man today."
#23
Jurassic World
BeneficialName9863 replied:
"The new Jurassic world films already look more out of date than the original."
hamakabi replied:
"The original has barely aged at all, I watch it pretty much every year."
Fantastic Mr Fox 2 years ago
I think Jurassic World changed people's perception of dinosaurs. From monsters to the fascinating animals they were. The first movies made a serious attempt to get the science right (with some liberties, because it's a movie after all). How they extract DNA from mosquitos caught in amber, mosquitoes sucking blood from dinosaurs. How even though all are females, "life will find a way" and some change to males, like reptiles indeed sometimes can. Quite a few peopIe started thinking "would it actually be possible to recreate a dinosaur?". I think it was great. Later it degenerated into generic monster movies, entertaining still but somewhat disappointing. But that's how it often is, the sequels is like breaking coffee using the same old beans and after a while it just hot, brown water.
Peppy Piplup 2 years ago
Well considering this was the movie that made me check out the original Jurassic Park in the first place, I think it's fine. It has riding alongside raptors on motorcycles, the pteradon attack on the tourists and a fight between a T-rex, a raptor and a mutant dinosaur, it's freaking awesome
StrangeOne 2 years ago
All the dinosaurs depicted at the same time, were not all around during the Jurassic period.
BJ Hage 2 years ago
There are two shots in the original that p1ss me off to no end EVERY TIME I see it. The scene where the two actors are by the car when the T-rex attacks was so poorly edited they just kind of sit there waiting for the car to spin around. The other id the cheap joke where the mirror reads "objects are larger...". BUT IT'S ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE CAR. I expected more attention to detail from Speilberg
#24
40 Days And 40 Nights
"No one lives like that in San Francisco or works at a tech firm designing websites to make money like that.
But most importantly, that ending would not fly. Victim blaming when he gets r***d by his ex-girlfriend??? It’s just so wrong."
#25
Song Of The South
3-DMan replied:
"But everybody still remembers Zippedy Do-Dah!"
David H 2 years ago
I think we can separate the amazing music from the racist themes of a movie based off the Uncle Reamus tales which was about a older black house slave who tells stories to the masters young children, while white washing slavery. However like the movie's songs, the actual book of Uncle Reasmus has redeeming qualities in the stories and the morals of the stories. All you need to do is separate those from the rest of the rest of the book.
Crisha Bowman 2 weeks ago
This was & still is one of my favorite movies. Nothing racist about it. People just need to stop being so sensitive & remember it's a children's movie.
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Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Disney have never released that movie on home media because of the negative reaction
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
This should be higher. Disney managed to make worse what was already .... not great....
Crisha Bowman 2 weeks ago
WHY? Every movie that is remade with a black cast is complete garbage. The Little Mermaid is a prime example. Just let movies be movies & let people watch what they want to watch. I you don't like it, you can always watch something else.
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Scream 3
"Scream 3 and its plotline of a movie producer who sexually assaulted young actresses. Miramax (i.e. Harvey Weinstein) made that movie."
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
Perhaps not in itself, but when you know the producer was making it as an autobiography...
Load More Replies... JoJo Anisko 2 years ago
Boy, talk about wish fulfillment. Glad he was convicted of at least a few of his crimes.
#27
Blame It On Rio
lurgi replied:
"Michael Caine would appear in any piece of c**p if the location was sunny and the paycheck was good. I have to respect the guy for that."
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
I'm reminded of his quote about the making of "Jaws: The Revenge": "I have never seen it (the movie) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific." No harm in doing a job just for the paycheck, it's what most of us do anyway
RagDollLali 2 years ago
I still love him. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Miss Congeniality, Batman, The Muppets Christmas Carol, even Going In Style, I love him in all his movies. He's also supposed to be a really good person irl, icing on the cake.
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
The Italian Job " you're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"
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Police Academy
"Police Academy had some dubious jokes."
RagDollLali 2 years ago (edited)
I recently rewatched the first one not too long ago and honestly there are so many cringe-worthy moments that I can't believe we all accepted as perfectly normal back in the day. I I remember watching it as a kid and thinking it was hilarious, I could hardly make it through this time. There was a whole lot of blatant racism, fat shaming, gay bashing, and sexism being packed into that one movie.
#29
The Hangover
"I rewatched The Hangover relatively recently and a character shouts 'PAGING DOCTOR F****T!' in the opening minutes and it is incredibly jarring for a movie that only came out about a decade ago."
Jesha 2 years ago
So this is how you spent your afternoon: defending aged movies, being sad that your grandkids don't want to hang out with you.
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Love Actually
"Seemed cute at the time, but now watching it I realize that there isn’t a single female character who isn’t a s*x kitten or a victim."
Sakura Windsong 2 years ago
I didn't think it was cute at the time either. My ex played it for me and it made me cry and I thought that I was weird for crying at the time but as everyone has come to realize the movie is pretty toxic. And it hurt my feelings that my ex thought it was a good example of a romantic movie. Like clearly we are on two different pages.
#31
Grease
"I thought to watch it with my kids and was like WTF am I watching?"
Minion5051 replied:
"As a kid, I assumed it was a scream."
Bonesko 2 years ago
That lyric 🎶Did she put up a fight 🎶 What thef**k is wrong with you Micky?! 😨
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Musically great, casting a bit dodgy (30 year-olds at high school) - but it was SET IN THE 1950s...so you can't expect it to be woke. Saw it in the cinema at the time and loved it.
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
This became a damn annual tradition in Junior High. All the popular girls came together to pitch an idea to have a end of year movie and it HAD to be Grease, to the dismay of 70% of both Grade 9 classes. (Classes were split up due to classroom space/amount of students.)
I.am.pigeon7 2 years ago
I think it's a good movie, there is a few lines that are out dated but overall I really like it
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
Everyone involved with the movie knew they weren't teenagers. It was cast that way on purpose.
meow mixalot 2 years ago
In 'Summer Love' the line that goes "tell me more, did she put up a fight'...and they are all in their 30s
#32
Peter Pan
"There is a whole song and dance about making fun of “Red Men”. Also the “Following the Leader” song includes a line 'Were off to fight the injuns the injuns, the injuns!'"
glowworm2 2 years ago (edited)
This film was a product of its times. It was made in 1953. That doesn't make it right, but it doesn't detract from the film being a classic either. Taken from someone who saw a lot of stereotypical indian portrayals in older cartoons still shown in the 90s as a child.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
The point of the thread is that it hasn't aged well. I think that's fair in this case.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Tinker Bell trying to kill Wendy. Peter Pan basically kidnapping kids. Apparently the pirates were never the bad guys. They kept to themselves but Peter Pan would egg on Captain Hook. I have to watch the movie again. It's been ages.
#33
2012
"The movie about the world ending in 2012."
RagDollLali 2 years ago
That movie was actually pretty fun if you don't take it seriously, the level of melodrama they maintain throughout is funny enough on its own
#34
Reefer Madness
thepiercedweirdo replied:
"I don't know. That one kinda went dumpster fire phoenix and reemerged a comedy classic."
#35
There's Something About Mary
"There's Something About Mary. Huge when it came out, almost forgotten today."
#36
Rambo III
"The heroic Afghan Muslim freedom fighters fighting the Soviets."
David H 2 years ago
people forget there were dozens of groups fighting the Soviets, the one the US funded and supported are the ones who became the Northern Alliance later that fought the Taliban, and now is holding out with the remnant of the old government. Only one group the US funded joined the Taliban in the early 90s when the Taliban had basically won the post soviet civil war. A former CIA officer who worked with the Afghan groups wrote about her expience when they had to pass through Al-Qaeda territory, that she was told by her allies to pretend she was the wife of the one the men, to fully cover her face so they wouldnt see she was western and not to talk until they passed through, which saved her life because to Al Qaeda people, a silent covered woman with her head down raised no red flags. She also explains the politics with the different groups and which ones the US supported and which ones Pakistan supported and which ones the Egyptians supported, etc. Fascinating.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
The US, via the CIA and other actors in the field royally f****d up the region by their actions and can rightly be held accountable for the following invasion / liberation (hahahhaha). Sadly, this led to far too many deaths of military personnel from all NATO countries concerned who sent troops to the region to try and keep the factions apart. Basically a cynical, secretive organisation was following it's own agenda without sanction (mostly) from their political masters.
Load More Replies... BrianFinney 2 years ago
Rocky won the Oscar for best picture. Stallone won the Golden Globe for best actor for Creed, and was nominated for the Oscar. First Blood, Cop Land are great movies. Daylight, Grudge Match, Oscar, Cliffhanger, Victory, Demolition Man, Samaritan are also really good
Load More Replies... Jrog 2 years ago
The first one is actually decent, with a compelling story behind the action.
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Charlie's Angels
"It's a fetish movie. Just designed to get butts into seats because hot girls dressed in outfits... the milkmaid(s), the dominatrix look (when they were penetrating the tech firm as ????), the stripper outfits (strip club, complete with Cameron in a martini glass with water), the pit crew scene, Cameron's underwear dance... seriously, it was really pre-Internet because it was just for people with fetishes. I was 17 when it came out, and as a horny lesbian I think I watched a ton of the stripper scene(s) with the entire crew."
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
It's actually the women doing the exploiting, if one chooses to see it that way - it's not as if Charlie or Bosley tells them what to do.
Joshua David 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure the internet was alive and well when this movie came out. In addition, there were plenty of fetish dvds and videos for purchase to explore fetishes.
#38
Untitled
krljust said:
"Kevin Spacey is a rich closeted homosexual who murders his much younger lover."
Burdiac replied:
"But it has that killer line when John Cusack refuses a drink and says he is not thirsty
'If you're thirsty, a drink will cure it, if you're not, a drink will prevent it. Prevention is better than a cure.'"
Victor Botha 2 years ago
Great book and pretty good movie adaptation I thought. Spacey was great and Cusack was brilliant.
#41
Shag
MommaBear 2 years ago
Agreed. The dance competition at the end with Pudge is perfection.
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The Last Exorcism
"The Last Exorcism. Made obsolete by The Last Exorcism 2."
#43
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
wickedblight replied:
"Are you crazy? Dude looked 7 when he was 80!"
#44
Rush Hour
"As someone in their mid-30s, the nostalgia I feel for early 2000s trash like this, fast and furious, rush hour, the hot chick, road trip, etc is so strong I know the early 2000s weren't as golden as they seem compared to the 2020s so far, but damn if it isn’t fun to revisit and cringe."
Adam Belaire 2 years ago
As bad as it is, I still crack up at Jackie Chan saying "...I'm going to bitchslap you back to Africa."
RagDollLali 2 years ago
Was this movie supposed to be problematic? I still laugh when it comes on the TV. It may not have been Oscar-worthy but I don't think it's trash.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Do youuuuu undastand the words comin outta my mouuuth? :D
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
Why is this inappropriate for today? Wasn’t the villain a disgruntled British politician?
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I was so mad in 7th grade I wasted money to see Rush Hour..the only worse movie was Hell Boy in the theaters
#45
The King And I
#46
Modern Times
Gritty2020 said:
"90% of American silent films. They aged so poorly that they literally don’t exist anymore."
Amish_Warl0rd replied:
"Can’t argue with that one. Also, people mainly watch silent films for history these days, but they were originally played in theaters with a live orchestra. So technically we’re also watching them wrong."
Csaba Hegedűs 2 years ago
So when you watch Lord of the Rings at home, you're watching it wrong because it was originally made to be played in cinema. What a poor argument.
The Redhead 2 years ago
Have y'all ever actually watched the movie, or just assumed since it was black & white and "silent" for the most part that it aged poorly? This movie is uncanny the way it literally mirrors life today. People are out of work & simply trying to earn money to live. Corporate CEO's pushing for more productivity. Including live security cameras. Mental issues. It's so funny & well modern. Give it a chance.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Leave. Charlie. Chaplin. Alone. The film is brilliant. You can't say "Modern Times" if you mean "90% of silent films". That's 1 film.
#47
Hitch
Erica Knapp 2 years ago
I don't know why the downvote fairy is upon you today, but I got you lol
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Back To The Future II
"It's been 7.5 years past their date and we still don't have most of the things they predicted."
tenehemia replied:
"Okay but bear with me -
2015 that Marty and Doc visit is 2015 that follows on the timeline from the altered 1985 that the second film begins in.
But that 2015 doesn't exist, because of what happens at the end of Back to the Future 3 where Jennifer shows the blank fax to Doc and asks what it means, and he says "It means your future is whatever you make of it, so make it a good one."
For some reason, Marty and Jennifer's knowledge of the future and their different choices made because of that information caused the world to not develop the way it would have otherwise.
Maybe Marty decided to invest a bunch of money in something he saw as being popular in 2015 when he was there like IBM or something, and that investment led to others investing in IBM rather than investing in some startup company that had an idea for flying car technology. As a result, the flying car was never invented and 2015 turned out the way we know it. Basically, it's Marty & Jennifer's fault that we don't have flying cars.
Niall Mac Iomera 2 years ago
This one really grinds my gears. The flying car was invented. It was invented over a century ago. It's called an "aeroplane"
StrangeOne 2 years ago
What do people expect from a movie made in 1985? People in 2077 are going to think the same when they play Cyberpunk 2077.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
All movies that incorporate a "what the future will be like" theme will inevitably get some things right and some things wrong since no one has a crystal ball. I think we should enjoy the ones that do get things right (e.g. the 1966 version of Fahrenheit 451 with interactive flat screen TVs in people's houses)
#49
The Breakfast Club
allwillbewellbuthow replied:
"I’m with you, but I feel like The Breakfast Club is one of his less problematic teen movies."
Hotdogking 2 years ago
I saw that film for the first time recently. I loved it, but there were few bits that were... questionable by today's standards
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Such as? I'm not sure there's too much wrong with it, given the state of things today.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
That film is classic and, in context of the 1980s, not at all questionable. In fact, it had less sex, swearing, drug use, etc., and more group therapy in it than all teen movies my 7 godkids have watched in the last 20 years.... combined.
#50
Dirty Dancing
"A minor dating a guy clearly in his 30s at best."
Bonesko 2 years ago
To keep her away from the 30 year instructor. Side note RIP Patrick Swayze😢
Load More Replies... Helena 2 years ago
I'll be honest. I don't care. It had Patrick Swayze dancing. There is a bit of cringe, but if you watch it for the snapshot it was supposed to be for the time period it was set in, it isn't that cringe.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
Maybe I missed something, wasn’t baby supposed to be 18? She just graduated high school and was going into the peace Corp? I also thought Patrick Swayzes character was supposed to be in his mid-ish 20’s (not sure how old he was at the time).
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
I absolutely hated this movie. Not because of the movie itself, but because the cousin I lived with watched it. over. and over. and over. and over!!!!
#51
Beauty And The Beast
glowworm2 2 years ago
What? No, this film has not aged poorly. If it's that whole "Stockholm syndrome" nonsense, it's entirely bunk here. Belle wasn't kidnapped. She chose to stay with the beast to save her father. This film is still a classic and one of my favorites.
Felipe Pereira de Sousa 2 years ago
Stay or i will kill your father. She certainly did chose to stay...
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StrangeOne 2 years ago (edited)
The beast was a horrible character, and supposed to be. The emphasis was that Belle was self-sacrificing because she wasn't selfish like most people she came across. What was she supposed to do? Leave her dad? Go to the townspeople to be mocked and deemed crazy like they did with her Dad when he tried to tell them? Also, she seemed to have more insight on how trustworthy the people in town were. She knew they thought with just her book reading was weird, and how they thought of her Papa just because he invented strange machines. But Maurice didn't have that insight as he genuinely didn't think Gaston was a bad match for Belle. She knew she needed to go back to the village with proof when she was able to escape.
#52
A Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
"The 1990s (I think) Muppets movie where someone shows Kermit what the world would be like if Kermit was never born. I think it fast forwards to NYC 2002 and in the movie, the Twin Towers were still standing, so canonically Kermit being born somehow caused 9/11."
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
So you think movie makers should be able to see the future? I don't get this complaint at all.
RagDollLali 2 years ago
This brings me to my next subject... Please, please don't watch the Muppets movies when you're this high
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
The creepiest 9/11 reference EVER is in the sopranos season 1 in 1999 when Jackie Aprile is dying and he says something to the likes of "I'm in the world trade center!!"
#53
Mary Poppins
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Arguably no cartoon set in Victorian times is going to age well compared with sci-fi CGI (although, Man of Steel was awful - and was Cavill's American accent any better than Van Dyke's cockney?).
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
A better title for this: chronic complainers run out of present day stuff to complain about, so they scour the past, blaming movie makers for not magically knowing that an issue in keeping with the times would become problematic anywhere from 5 to 100 years in the future.
IronySairo 2 years ago
I would absolutely prefer most of these movies than the bland, awful stuff Hollywood is putting out today. You people are the reason no one likes movies anymore. How about find hobbies other than being offended.
Deanna Crichley 2 years ago
I mean, complain that certain governments are trying to ban books, so we won't know our history. The same is true for not just authors, but filmmakers, artists, photographers, and musicians. Don't erase history.
Tweed Jefferson 2 years ago
Speaking of things that aged poorly, the author of this list is a "huge fan of Friends", according to her bio, so that should give you an idea of the relevance of her choices here.
Libstak 2 years ago
This list is someone's personal opinion it has no credibility in any sense. The title should be movies I think should be forgotten with the author of the list credited so we can let them personally know how inane it is to claim they speak for everyone when they clearly only speak for themselves.
Csaba Hegedűs 2 years ago
Okay, so let's retrospectively cancel every movie that would be uncomfortable today. Then do it every ten years again, and see what we have left. Bland nothingness.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
Isn't there somewhere a famous quote about the sins of the father's?
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
A better title for this: chronic complainers run out of present day stuff to complain about, so they scour the past, blaming movie makers for not magically knowing that an issue in keeping with the times would become problematic anywhere from 5 to 100 years in the future.
IronySairo 2 years ago
I would absolutely prefer most of these movies than the bland, awful stuff Hollywood is putting out today. You people are the reason no one likes movies anymore. How about find hobbies other than being offended.
Deanna Crichley 2 years ago
I mean, complain that certain governments are trying to ban books, so we won't know our history. The same is true for not just authors, but filmmakers, artists, photographers, and musicians. Don't erase history.
Tweed Jefferson 2 years ago
Speaking of things that aged poorly, the author of this list is a "huge fan of Friends", according to her bio, so that should give you an idea of the relevance of her choices here.
Libstak 2 years ago
This list is someone's personal opinion it has no credibility in any sense. The title should be movies I think should be forgotten with the author of the list credited so we can let them personally know how inane it is to claim they speak for everyone when they clearly only speak for themselves.
Csaba Hegedűs 2 years ago
Okay, so let's retrospectively cancel every movie that would be uncomfortable today. Then do it every ten years again, and see what we have left. Bland nothingness.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
Isn't there somewhere a famous quote about the sins of the father's?
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