I see you posting laughing emojis in the political thread tonight. Is it true that the reason you got thrown out of that thread was because you called Justice Thomas the N word ??
Movies that haven't aged well
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Love that one. Think I have the dvd around here somewhere. I listened to a bit of a podcast once where these two guys reviewed PCU and hated it. Said it was offensive and stereotypical. Talk about completely missing the point...
I was in my mid teens in the 80s/90s and was sure JCVD was the greatest action star of all time.
Exactly zero of his movies I watched dozens of times on VHS is watchable now.
Exactly zero of his movies I watched dozens of times on VHS is watchable now.
I'd have to look. It was an almost completely forgotten movie unless you were growing up during this time. But it's becoming a bit of a cult classic just for how it sort of called a lot of what we are going through now.
Plus I think it really nailed college life and the various groups of people you meet. Jake Bussey as a Frisbee playing hippee? Absolutely.
Semi related, but Under Siege, starring Jake’s dad, is one of a very few SS movies that actually hold up.
I can state that I actually hated every movie he made except one..TimeCop. And I have no idea why I like it. 😃
That popped on my Prime today. Almost watched it. Maybe tomorrow.
You shave your ass! Bloodsport holds up extremely well!
Earliest movie I can continue to watch: It's a Wonderful Life
Second earliest movie I can continue to watch: Godfather and Godfather II
Third: Animal House
Fourth: Caddyshack
Second earliest movie I can continue to watch: Godfather and Godfather II
Third: Animal House
Fourth: Caddyshack
Why doesn't it shock me you see teen sex comedies as "predatory"? LOL I feel like you have 100 testosterone level. If you can't laugh at porky's then you have a serious problem in your masculinity. It's an obvious comedy. LOL.
Lots of 90s action movies are awful - Bad Boys, The Mummy, Armageddon, etc. Any Pauley Shore Movie.
Ooo that last one stings a bit.
I know he's not well received, but I still love BioDome and others. I also love seeing him get roasted like this:
Under Siege had much better production values than any of Segal's other movies. Plus it had Tommy Lee Jones. The director went on to make The Fugitive the next year.
Hey easy big fella. Let’s not get crazy here 😁
I grew up watching every film I listed and consider them trash classics. The topic is movies that haven't aged well, not movies you find offensive. I don't find any film offensive. In most teen sex comedies then, holes were drilled into walls to spy on girls, some characters refused to take no for an answer, leading to them forcing themselves on a girl, and being a peeping tom was made to seem normal in a way. Thus, those movies haven't aged well.
Hot take for The Mummy. There's a few scenes that look terrible because of dated CGI but overall that's a pretty popular action adventure flick. Hollywood got a remake right for once imo.
You're probably correct on some cheapo action movies but after a quick search there's loads of great ones: Speed, The Rock, T2, Point Break, Stone Cold, The Fugitive, Heat, Total Recall, Matrix, Con Air, Blade, Hard Target, The Long Kiss Goodnight, True Lies, Last Boy Scout, Leon, Face/Off. I'm going to even throw Cliffhanger and Daylight on the list too.
Watching the Fugitive right now, Harrison Ford is a pimp and all his 90s movies kicked ass. To be fair I was thinking of the Mummy with the Rock and haven’t really seen the original since it came out.
Ohh okay. Yeah the sequel. The trailer looked so bad at the time that I never watched it. Never saw any of those sequels actually.
There are some silent movies that I think are fantastic. I defy anyone to watch Buster Keaton in "One Week" or "Steamboat Bill, Jr." and not find them hysterical. Some movies are certainly of a time. I'm not sure I could stand "Easy Rider" today, except maybe the campfire scene with Nicholson. And some movies don't exactly stand up to close examination. "Pretty Woman" is about a sex worker. At the time, teenage girls saw it as a "Cinderella" story. Uh, nah, Cinderella wasn't in that occupation.
I personally find most movies in the 80's just haven't aged well.. more so comedies as opposed to action/horror. Maybe it's because I was more of a 90's/2000s kid, but so much of the 80s I just have a disdain for. Just the whole aesthetic of the 80s is unappealing to me.
I'll also throw a hot take in here: much of the movies 80's babes are not attractive in that style. Weird Science was on the other day, and the girl in that does nothing for me.
I'll also throw a hot take in here: much of the movies 80's babes are not attractive in that style. Weird Science was on the other day, and the girl in that does nothing for me.
I was a 60s/70s kid and of all the decades the 60s have aged the worst. IMO.
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