Dead Poets Society.
I used to adore this movie, just...loved it. Back in 1992 I left it in my VCR for weeks and would hit play in the morning before school and watch a few minutes and pick up the next day, rewinding when I was done, viewing the entire show too many times to count, knowing the lines, and it was like I was watching a group of people I knew and I felt a kinship to these characters, slugging through a tough private school, high expectations, the poetry and their classy rebellion, it was great.
Later I started thinking about the movie too deeply and I ruined it for myself. Did Mr. Keating truly have only that one class of students he let in on the secrets of the DPS? Was it realistic all these teen boys in the age of Elvis would fall so quickly for Romantic poetry of the Regency? Wasn't Keating kind of a pushy bully in some cases, and didn't he act like a coke-up loon?
As time went by I began to empathize with the headmaster and the set curriculum and eventually saw.... Keating had ruined some of these boys' lives.
Can't even watch Dead Poets Society anymore. :bluesad:
I can think of some other films I may talk about later but this is the big one. This and An American Tail. Totally outgrown that one as well, yep.
both of the WAYNE'S WORLD, and BILL & TED movies
as a young teen funny, just cringeworthy now.
however other 'kids' comedies like PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE cannot be outgrown (for me anyway)
THE HAUNTING (1963)
Great movie, good performances, uniquely told "ghost" story, it does not hold up upon repeated viewing (RICHARD JOHNSON particularly).
Quote from: Allhallowsday on October 07, 2019, 12:44:13 PM
THE HAUNTING (1963)
Great movie, good performances, uniquely told "ghost" story, it does not hold up upon repeated viewing (RICHARD JOHNSON particularly).
Awwww. There is a curse in too often seeing movies you love.
the HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)
What seemed spooky as a kid just seems corny now.
I like it. It just seems...corny.
Sinbad movies. the 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD is the only one that holds up.
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL is sh!t; but it can be fun. Stupid movie.
I can proudly say that the movies I loved years ago I still do.
There are some - like Amadeus - which I didn't like way back which I like now.
Quote from: Trevor on October 07, 2019, 01:20:06 PM
I can proudly say that the movies I loved years ago I still do.
For the most part-me too. My brain and body is 57. My soul is-ehh- about 12.
When I was younger I couldn't stop watching Jim Carrey comedies. The guy was just awesome and made me laugh to no end. Nowadays I can enjoy them but to a certain degree - ACE VENTURA for example feels... stupid. And yes, that comes from someone who considers SUPER TROOPERS the best comedy of all times.
Ironically, I'm now more eager to watch good ol' Jim in serious roles like THE TRUMAN SHOW and THE NUMBER 23. I think he's a great actor but sadly was typecasted too early in his career.
Having said that, DUMB AND DUMBER it's still perfect and didn't lost a single laugh from me.
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ER, regarding DEAD POETS SOCIETY, since you brought up the subject, I would like to share my take on the movie (although I haven't watched it in years, so most of it got lost in my mind). I hated that movie back then and I hate it to this day, and not just because I can't stand Robin Williams.
The whole message is cleverly disguised as "freedom of thinking" but if you look closely, they're just blindly following the commands of their new teacher, who has no problem in discarding all the knowledge we adquired as a human race and just go with what he feels it's ok to teach. And the whole "boo hoo, my dad won't let me act" deal that led a kid to suicide was almost insulting. Poor fella, he has the chance to go and study medicine! I hope no one else has to suffer that terrible fate! :lookingup:
One (of many) thing that I hated of the recent TOLKIEN "biography" was the fact that half of the movie it's a s**tty copy of DEAD POETS SOCIETY, and it's just dreadful. Especially the part in which one of the kids confronts his evil dad who won't let him drink alcohol and fool around in his house. The fiend!
^ Dam! I reckon I'm never gonna watch this movie!
(Mostly because I don't like Robin Williams either.) Plus it sounds like a real downer.
If I'm gonna watch a downer movie, I'll watch TAXI DRIVER.
Never seen Dead Poets Society. Never appealed to me.
I don't outgrow movies. It would be terrible if I did.
talking of Jim Carey, I watched THE MASK for the first time since at least the late 90s the other week, fully expecting it to be exactly the kind of wacky zany comedy that now looks lame, but in fact I found it the opposite. holds up really well, imo
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on October 07, 2019, 01:33:58 PM
When I was younger I couldn't stop watching Jim Carrey comedies. The guy was just awesome and made me laugh to no end. Nowadays I can enjoy them but to a certain degree - ACE VENTURA for example feels... stupid. And yes, that comes from someone who considers SUPER TROOPERS the best comedy of all times.
Ironically, I'm now more eager to watch good ol' Jim in serious roles like THE TRUMAN SHOW and THE NUMBER 23. I think he's a great actor but sadly was typecasted too early in his career.
Having said that, DUMB AND DUMBER it's still perfect and didn't lost a single laugh from me.
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ER, regarding DEAD POETS SOCIETY, since you brought up the subject, I would like to share my take on the movie (although I haven't watched it in years, so most of it got lost in my mind). I hated that movie back then and I hate it to this day, and not just because I can't stand Robin Williams.
The whole message is cleverly disguised as "freedom of thinking" but if you look closely, they're just blindly following the commands of their new teacher, who has no problem in discarding all the knowledge we adquired as a human race and just go with what he feels it's ok to teach. And the whole "boo hoo, my dad won't let me act" deal that led a kid to suicide was almost insulting. Poor fella, he has the chance to go and study medicine! I hope no one else has to suffer that terrible fate! :lookingup:
One (of many) thing that I hated of the recent TOLKIEN "biography" was the fact that half of the movie it's a s**tty copy of DEAD POETS SOCIETY, and it's just dreadful. Especially the part in which one of the kids confronts his evil dad who won't let him drink alcohol and fool around in his house. The fiend!
That is close to how I feel about DPS. The more you think about it the less it works.
Another movie that is completely different IMHO from how the public seems to perceive it is
The Breakfast Club, a terrible film that is really about conforming for the sake of popularity. Change to be like the popular girl and the jock will want to go out with you? What was that?
Quote from: RCMerchant on October 07, 2019, 01:04:18 PMthe HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)
What seemed spooky as a kid just seems corny now.
I like it. It just seems...corny.
The House on Haunted Hill has low production values and a silly plot, but it still works for me because Vincent Price sells it so well.
PINK FLOYD: THE WALL. Loved it as a moody teenager; now it just seems whiny. (Although maybe that's more outgrowing the album the movie's based on, because I still think the visuals can be great).
Star wars, sad to say.
Most of the fluff I enjoyed as a kid is unimpressive, or I love as a bad movie, or I rediscover. I had outgrown THE WIZARD OF OZ... then, I learned to love it again! All the parts I disliked as a kid I now LOVE. It's definitely a favorite. Again.
I loved this as a kid for some reason :question:
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Quote from: bob on October 07, 2019, 10:23:48 PM
I loved this as a kid for some reason :question:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Mafia%21poster.jpg)
I rewatched that one recently and I have to say, it's hilarious, but only thanks to Lloyd Bridges. Without him the movie would be a complete disaster.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 07, 2019, 04:30:54 PM
PINK FLOYD: THE WALL. Loved it as a moody teenager; now it just seems whiny. (Although maybe that's more outgrowing the album the movie's based on, because I still think the visuals can be great).
Completely agree! I still love the movie but I don't really like Waters' music to be honest. He was always a depressing and annoying man, and it shows in his song, which half of them are about the war. Nowadays I prefer listening to the more uplifting nature of David Gilmour, who is just a perfect musician.
I'm afraid to watch The Wall for that reason. Once upon a time it was a little bit magical. Would it be today?
There used to be a college class locally that analyzed The Wall, as an album and a film and a metaphor, and I'd sometimes go to that campus at night (this was circa 1991, maybe) when my mom took some arts classes there, and I would go sit in the big lecture hall where that was going on, and nobody ever chased me out.
Maybe they figured I was some childhood genius? No, likely not, nah.
Another film I have probably outgrown is My Own Private Idaho. That movie ruled my life and my friends' lives for about two months in late 1993 and I tried to see it again recently and....zero connection. I didn't even care if Bob was the hatchet man or not.
Star Trek: The (Slow) Motion Picture. Seemed really good when it first came out, then as I got older I saw it as being a cheap knock off of 2001.
Battlestar Galactica (1978). Absolutely loved this as a kid. Rewatched it a couple of years ago and it is just... lame in every way. It does have lasers going pew pew, though.
SON OF GODZILLA (1967)
I watched it last night for the first time in decades - I haven't seen it since I was a kid. I think when I was under 10 years of age, I liked it. However, it's not great. It's sillier than ever.
Wizards. Was great fun as a kid, but on watching it as an adult it leaves much to be desired.
The Cat in the Hat and Son of the Mask.
Yes, my taste was REALLY that awful.
Quote from: A.J. Bauer on October 12, 2019, 05:13:58 PM
The Cat in the Hat and Son of the Mask.
Yes, my taste was REALLY that awful.
Wow. Even for a place that prides itself on the love of bad movies, you had picked some stinkers.
Any of those old dinosaur movies where the dinosaurs are played by real animals, particularly the ones where they had them fight, (There's the well known one with a caiman and a tegu lizard) when I was younger , all I could think about was how they were calling these animals by dinosaur names when they were clearly not dinosaurs. I could still enjoy the movie in a camp way,
Now a days all I can think about in these scenes is the animal cruelty. Some of those animals probably suffered fatal wounds for those parts. Kind of makes it a little tough to watch as an adult whose trying to be more eco/animal friendly.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 07, 2019, 04:30:54 PM
PINK FLOYD: THE WALL. Loved it as a moody teenager; now it just seems whiny. (Although maybe that's more outgrowing the album the movie's based on, because I still think the visuals can be great).
I couldn't agree more.
Floyd was great in the 60's, but went downhill from there.
The Black Hole (1979). I loved this movie as a 5-year-old kid mainly because of the robots. Maximilian was my absolute favorite! I used to run around the house doing his rotating chopper blades with my hands when I was a kid; my dad still teases me about it today.
(https://www.dreadcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Black-Hole-Max.jpg)
Plus it has one of the best casting lists ever put into a Disney film: Robert Forster! Maximilian Schell! Anthony Perkins! Ernest Borgnine!
So why does it suck? Because it is boring as watching paint dry. I subscribed to Disney+ last November and spotted it last month so I thought that I'd give it a watch after not seeing it for literally 35 years. That was a definite reality check! All of those years of my dad saying that the movie sucked and grudgingly renting the movie from the video store just to shut me up, and he was right the whole time. Amazing how you don't see that kind of stuff as a kid.
What fascinates me is that one of my all-time favorite bad movies, Dune (1984), suffers from the exact same symptoms as The Black Hole (1979): Great casting list, fantastic special effects, awesome music and sound effects, terrible screenwriting. Yet Dune (1984) I can watch repeatedly and it is still entertaining after all of these years, but I could barely sit through The Black Hole (1979) last month and it literally wore me out from being so boring that I went to bed right afterward. :question: