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Title: a change of perception in my old mind Post by: chili on September 10, 2001, 10:37:43 AM I was watching Fahrenheit 451 this weekend on the sci-fi channel this weekend and started thinking to myself about the different way I percieve and relate to movies as opposed to when I 1st saw some of them when I was much younger (I'm 39 now).
The above movie felt as if I was watching something totally different from what I had remembered it to be. I remembered the main characters and the basic story, but somehow the whole thing was... well how do you explain it? Has a re-watched flick after a long time ever done this to any of you? Another one I can think of would be "1st Men in the Moon", I was amazed at the science in it and terrified of the creatures that had been hypernating underground when I first saw it.. now it just looks plain silly. chili Title: Re: a change of perception in my old mind Post by: Josh Leman on September 10, 2001, 01:31:06 PM Personally, my opinions have mostly stayed the same, though I'm only 19, so I've still got a long ways to go. But I think everybody goes through the psychological change of no longer being frightened by movies that terrified them as a young child (Poltergeist 2 and the original Friday the 13th really got me when I was little, but now I see them as the goofy failed horror experiments that they are).
But I still love all those movies I loved as a kid, like Labyrinth and The Goonies and The NeverEnding Story. Title: Re: a change of perception in my old mind Post by: Andrew on September 10, 2001, 07:37:34 PM Oh yes, I recently stumbled across "The Magnificent Kung Fu Trio" on DVD and bought the film immediately. After watching it my reaction was "what the heck was I thinking?"
One film that I have been dying to get a chance to watch again and gauge my reaction is "The Bermuda Depths." Andrew Title: Re: a change of perception in my old mind Post by: N. E. Moses on September 10, 2001, 09:31:09 PM I got a similar reaction to this. Not from watchin movies from the first time and then watch it again after a few years later, but from past experience. Short history: I've been in the Army Reserves since 1996( I'm 25 now and a Specialist)and before then, I've never seen movies like Private Benjamin. Now, after the militay,and watching the said movie I really have to laugh at all the same s**t Goldie Hawn's been through (even if it is simulated)
About your statment, Chill, I have a perfect example Thundercats (another cartoon--I need help). When we were young and watching the show, we were ignorant, even to the dialogue. But now after watching it again, how can anyone even act like they are talking like that. Title: Re: a change of perception in my old mind Post by: Vermin Boy on September 10, 2001, 10:01:26 PM Not a movie, per se, but my reactions to reruns of Pee-Wee's Playhouse a couple of years ago differed greatly from my reactions as a young kid watching them. Back when the shows were first broadcast, I liked them alright, but, not having much experience in the real world, they didn't seem like anything special. I even stopped watching after the episode where Randy sets a fire in the playhouse, because I thought the show was getting-- get this-- TOO SERIOUS.
Watching them again as a teenager, however, I realized just how WEIRD the show was. One episode featured a five minute closeup of a dog eating, ferchrissakes! This is one of those cases where I enjoy a show more now than I did when I was in its intended audience, and I only wish I had taped some episodes when Fox Family re-aired them. Title: Re: a change of perception in my old mind Post by: me on September 10, 2001, 10:21:37 PM i was in love with the nintendo movie "the wizard" when i was a kid... now i think it's a horrible movie.
there are plenty of other things i've grown out of, too... |