Ghostbusters and watching movies as an adult

So I'm currently watching Ghostbusters on Gold+1, having not seen it since I was a young child and it's amazing the things you see as an adult - for instance, the amount of smoking that happens. Almost every characters smokes and quite often. That and the fact that there are quite a lot of swear words, especially for a movie that was aimed at children primarily when it was first released.

What other stuff have you noticed from watching movies as an adult that you haven't seen since you were a child?

Basq

Not sure if this counts - but when watching comedies, I understood a lot more jokes.. whether it's topical, historical or just raunchy.

Mr E

I just finished watching it there now. Used to love that movie when I was young, but it has aged really badly.

Basq

Mr E wrote: »

I just finished watching it there now. Used to love that movie when I was young, but it has aged really badly.

Got the Ghostbusters 1 + 2 Double Pack on DVD about 2 years ago.. and if you think that has aged badly, Ghostbusters 2 is even worse.

Christ, Peter "VIIIIIIIIIGO" MacNichol is shocking! :eek:

Mr E

Mr E wrote: »

I just finished watching it there now. Used to love that movie when I was young, but it has aged really badly.

Yes, it has aged quite badly, but can you point out a mostly SFX-driven movie from the late 80's/early 90's that hasn't aged badly too?

tony1kenobi

How much older than Barbara Windsor Sid James was......bit f*cking creepy to be honest........wa-ha-ha-ha indeed.

pixelburp

Yeah I'd agree with that; it came back to the cinemas a few weeks back, myself and some friends went to see it in Cineworld. It was the first time in a long while I'd watched it all the way through as an adult & yes, there's a lot of adult humour in it. Sexual humour too - Peter & Dana's interactions are laced with innuendo and whatnot

It also includes one of my all-time favorite comebacks / insults :

Ray: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.
Peck: They caused an explosion!
Mayor: Is this true?
Venkman: Yes it's true ... this man has no dick.

brian_t

tony1kenobi wrote: »

How much older than Barbara Windsor Sid James was......bit f*cking creepy to be honest........wa-ha-ha-ha indeed.

When they made their first Carry-on film together (Carry on Doctor) she was 30 and he was 54 which is not that big an age difference (considering her age).
Sid James always looked older then he was.

Kinski

Deleted User wrote: »

So I'm currently watching Ghostbusters on Gold+1, having not seen it since I was a young child and it's amazing the things you see as an adult - for instance, the amount of smoking that happens. Almost every characters smokes and quite often.

I noticed that too when I watched it a few years ago. Actually, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is the first major Hollywood film I've seen in years in which the main characters smoke.

I originally saw Taxi Driver when I was quite young. I loved it, even though many things sailed way over my head. I had no idea what Travis Bickle meant when he said he had to clean, er, a certain fluid out of the back of his taxi...when I found out, all I could think was eeeewwwww!:eek:

I'm often quite surprised by the amount of innuendo in contemporary children's films; I may have to go check all the movies I enjoyed as a kid to see if there was as much in them.

bfocusd

I couldn't watch ghostbusters as a kid, was always terrified of one coming out of the drain in the bath! Beetlejuice had a similar effect on me, still can't sit and watch that to this day!

Movie with a completely different meaning from seeing it as a child and an adult, who framed roger rabbit! It's got so many adult jokes you don't have a clue about as a kid!

pinkypinky

Grease - appeals to kids on many levels but a lot of really adult lines in it and stuff like teen pregnancy in there. Also, Sandy thinks she has to change to get her man...not a brilliant message. Tangent: Stockard Channing was 34 in that movie, playing a teenager.

chin_grin

When Who Framed Roger Rabbit was on tv there over Christmas I was watching the scene were Jessica Rabbit is performing (we see her for the first time). Never realised how raunchy it is!

Also the first Jurassic Park. (was on earlier). I was thinking that it could have been advertised (or edited) as a horror movie!

bfocusd

chin_grin wrote: »

When Who Framed Roger Rabbit was on tv there over Christmas I was watching the scene were Jessica Rabbit is performing (we see her for the first time). Never realised how raunchy it is!

Also the first Jurassic Park. (was on earlier). I was thinking that it could have been advertised (or edited) as a horror movie!

Funny you mention that part, I watched it with 4 year old twins recently and at that part the lad was like his eyes were going to pop out and he was in his own world ignoring everything watching Jessica sing, the girl was like eww look at her, you can see her boobs then the lad burst out laughing.. Kids these days don't miss a trick!

Lamper.sffc

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes, it has aged quite badly, but can you point out a mostly SFX-driven movie from the late 80's/early 90's that hasn't aged badly too?

The Goonies

BostonB

When I'm looking at a lot of these I don't think they are kids movies. Mind you I can't remember what age I was when I fist saw them.

What short circuit recently a lot of cursing in that too. You don't notice till you have kids. Top Gun is another with a lot of cursing.

Lamper.sffc

pixelburp wrote: »

Yeah I'd agree with that; it came back to the cinemas a few weeks back, myself and some friends went to see it in Cineworld. It was the first time in a long while I'd watched it all the way through as an adult & yes, there's a lot of adult humour in it. Sexual humour too - Peter & Dana's interactions are laced with innuendo and whatnot

It also includes one of my all-time favorite comebacks / insults :

Ray: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.
Peck: They caused an explosion!
Mayor: Is this true?
Venkman: Yes it's true ... this man has no dick.

Not sure how many will remember but when this film was shown on UTV they dubbed over that scene to block out the dickless bit. Replaced it with something about a gerbil. Cant remember the exact lines.

UTV used to do this with alot of movies at the time. Another being Die Hard.(not a kids movie I know) but they used to dub out all the curse words.

BostonB

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes, it has aged quite badly, but can you point out a mostly SFX-driven movie from the late 80's/early 90's that hasn't aged badly too?

Blade runner. The Terminator, The Empire Strikes Back, Outland, Dune, Aliens.

For me anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science-fiction_films_of_the_1980s

chin_grin

BostonB wrote: »

Blade runner. The Terminator, The Empire Strikes Back, Outland, Dune, Aliens.

For me anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science-fiction_films_of_the_1980s

Um. Was the point of the thread movies that were aimed at kids or that you watched as a child and missed certain things? Either works I suppose!

Outland, what a movie! I think I caught that in my late teens though so I could follow what was going on.

candy-gal1

mrs doubtfire - the main one to me being where shes-hes sitting with pierce brosnan in the restaurant and starts talking about all these things, i saw this when i was 7 and many times after that and i didnt have a clue what she was talking about till my teens tbh

home alone 2 - when macauley says, if he ever saw his uncle frank naked hed never grow up to be a real man, i was confused!

getting even with dad - scenes in a stripclub type place, cursing etc, i never noticed all that years and years ago, same kind of with
my girl/2

Basq

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

The Goonies

Hardly "SFX driven" to be fair..

Tipsy McSwagger

Dirty Dancing deals with an abortion gone wrong and a dance teacher having sex with an underage Jewish girl.

frag420

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

UTV used to do this with alot of movies at the time. Another being Die Hard.(not a kids movie I know) but they used to dub out all the curse words.

Yippee kiyay kimosabbi!!

UTV and their curse censor, ah bless!!

chin_grin

chin_grin wrote: »

Um. Was the point of the thread movies that were aimed at kids or that you watched as a child and missed certain things? Either works I suppose!

Outland, what a movie! I think I caught that in my late teens though so I could follow what was going on.

Ah I guess that was sorta my fault - I was genuinely curious as to whether there were any mostly SFX-driven movies that hadn't aged badly.

losthorizon

Airplane with the pilot and his questioning of the Kid whos brought up to see the cockpit. "well Jimmy, Have you ever seen a grown man naked?"

Dodgy to say the least!

BostonB

chin_grin wrote: »

Um. Was the point of the thread movies that were aimed at kids or that you watched as a child and missed certain things? Either works I suppose!

Outland, what a movie! I think I caught that in my late teens though so I could follow what was going on.

I'm sure you'll accept a little leeway from the topic title.

The Empire Strikes Back is a kids one that stands up for me. Kids movies in general aren't that sophisticated. I dunno if Ghostbusters and similar was specifically a kids movie either. I was surprised looking at DVD's, that movies I thought were kids movies (when I was a kid) having a 12 or even a 15 certificate. I think my memory is playing tricks, I probably watched lots of these as a teenager or even older. No as a kid at all.

krudler

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Dirty Dancing deals with an abortion gone wrong and a dance teacher having sex with an underage Jewish girl.

does Swayze actually have sex with her though? been ages since i've seen it.

about Ghostbusters, the concept and jokes are still great, all thats aged are some of the effects, particularly the dog running across the road after Louis, thats one horribly composited shot. my favourite joke in the whole movie is when theyre in the elevator on the way up to get slimer and Egon remarks about not having tested the backpacks properly. and when he turns Rays one on it makes this massive rumbling sound, so he just backs away slowly into the other corner, priceless

Tipsy McSwagger

krudler wrote: »

does Swayze actually have sex with her though? been ages since i've seen it.

about Ghostbusters, the concept and jokes are still great, all thats aged are some of the effects, particularly the dog running across the road after Louis, thats one horribly composited shot. my favourite joke in the whole movie is when theyre in the elevator on the way up to get slimer and Egon remarks about not having tested the backpacks properly. and when he turns Rays one on it makes this massive rumbling sound, so he just backs away slowly into the other corner, priceless

Ye, there is a deleted scene of them getting into it on YouTube.

BostonB

If it was deleted then its not in the movie, no?

Tipsy McSwagger

BostonB wrote: »

If it was deleted then its not in the movie, no?

It was deleted because it's too raunchy, she went to his house, deleted sex scene, morning time. It's obvious what happened even with the sex scene missing.

Jimdagym

losthorizon wrote: »

Airplane with the pilot and his questioning of the Kid whos brought up to see the cockpit. "well Jimmy, Have you ever seen a grown man naked?"

Dodgy to say the least!

That wasnt for kids though. Its supposed to be dodgy.

Kinski

Doesn't Empire Strikes Back have transparent snowspeeders? Though I'd take most of its effects over all that CGI crap anyday.

And why was Jessica Rabbit married to a rabbit? That never bothered me as a kid, but looking back...

tunguska

I actually thought Ghostbusters holds up really well. For me as an adult as opposed to the kid that saw it in 1984, the difference is the humour. When I was a younger it was all about the nuclear power packs the lads used and the special effects. Now its all about Bill murray and his natural comic brilliance. He had to have been inprovising a lot of his dialogue, he's just too good. Ghostbusters II is obviously a bit of a mess but Murray is even more brilliant in that one I think. The scene where he's slagging off(in a nice way) Sigorney weaver's baby is classic.

Technocentral

Kinski wrote: »

Doesn't Empire Strikes Back have transparent snowspeeders? Though I'd take most of its effects over all that CGI crap anyday.

And why was Jessica Rabbit married to a rabbit? That never bothered me as a kid, but looking back...

The whole film smacks of unreality if you ask me.

losthorizon

Jimdagym wrote: »

That wasnt for kids though. Its supposed to be dodgy.

PG Rating?

Technocentral

losthorizon wrote: »

PG Rating?

PG doesnt necessarily mean aimed at kids.

krudler

tunguska wrote: »

I actually thought Ghostbusters holds up really well. For me as an adult as opposed to the kid that saw it in 1984, the difference is the humour. When I was a younger it was all about the nuclear power packs the lads used and the special effects. Now its all about Bill murray and his natural comic brilliance. He had to have been inprovising a lot of his dialogue, he's just too good. Ghostbusters II is obviously a bit of a mess but Murray is even more brilliant in that one I think. The scene where he's slagging off(in a nice way) Sigorney weaver's baby is classic.

"would you mind putting him down for me?"
"you're short, your bellybutton sticks out too far, and you're a terrible burden on your poor mother!"

Murray is amazing in both movies, when they're in jail and Ray is explaining why the building is haunted and Murray just bursts out with "so be good, for goodness sake! woooah, you better watch out!" makes me laugh every time I see it

weiland79

Ah yes,watching Ghosbusters with my six yr old girl. Murray goes into possesed Weavers appartment and she anounces that she (Weaver) wants Murray inside her.

I nearly choked on my M&M's.

Also in ET when Ethan calls his brother 'Cockbreath' deserves a mention

Fozzydog3

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes, it has aged quite badly, but can you point out a mostly SFX-driven movie from the late 80's/early 90's that hasn't aged badly too?

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Fozzydog3

Also I recently seen Blazing Saddles (twice) after seeing it last when I was about 13 oh how naive I was

Professey Chin

Fozzydog3 wrote: »

Also I recently seen Blazing Saddles (twice) after seeing it last when I was about 13 oh how naive I was

Where all the white women at :pac:

Tipsy McSwagger

weiland79 wrote: »

Ah yes,watching Ghosbusters with my six yr old girl. Murray goes into possesed Weavers appartment and she anounces that she (Weaver) wants Murray inside her.

I nearly choked on my M&M's.

Also in ET when Ethan calls his brother 'Cockbreath' deserves a mention

It's actually penis breath.

brian_t

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

It's actually penis breath.

+1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwltNCBt70U&feature=related

weiland79

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

It's actually penis breath.

I had a feeling i got that one wrong

syklops

Top Gun is another with a lot of cursing.

Wait one cotton picking minute. SInce when was Top "You have to have Carnal Knowledge, of a woman this time" Gun, ever concidered a kids movie?

We seem to be getting way off topic, or the topic was not explained sufficiently enough.

dark crystal

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Dirty Dancing deals with an abortion gone wrong and a dance teacher having sex with an underage Jewish girl.

She was 18, so a few years past the age of consent.

Paparazzo

I might get flamed, but Raiders of the Lost Arc and Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom are woeful when I look back on them now.

Willy Wonka shows a chickens head being chopped off during the magical boat ride.

krudler

Paparazzo wrote: »

I might get flamed, but Raiders of the Lost Arc and Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom are woeful when I look back on them now.

Willy Wonka shows a chickens head being chopped off during the magical boat ride.

effects wise? theres some dodgy stuff in there alright, but Raiders is one of the best movies ever made, so it gets a pass :cool:

Tipsy McSwagger

dark crystal wrote: »

She was 18, so a few years past the age of consent.

Age of consent is 18 and she was 17 so Johnny had sex with a minor.

dark crystal

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Age of consent is 18 and she was 17 so Johnny had sex with a minor.

No, she was 18: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Dancing

As the legal age of consent at the time was 16, she was by no means underage.

iguana

tunguska wrote: »

I actually thought Ghostbusters holds up really well. For me as an adult as opposed to the kid that saw it in 1984, the difference is the humour. When I was a younger it was all about the nuclear power packs the lads used and the special effects. Now its all about Bill murray and his natural comic brilliance.

I agree with this I enjoy Ghostbusters way more as an adult than I did as a child and I loved it as a child. I know it's the weaker movie but Tully's opening argument in the court scene in Ghostbusters 2 always cracks me up.

"Your Honor, ladies and gentleman of the audience, I don't think it's fair to call my clients frauds. Sure, the blackout was a big problem for everybody. I was trapped in an elevator for two hours and I had to make the whole time. But I don't blame them. Because one time, I turned into a dog and they helped me. Thank you. "

Skerries

chin_grin wrote: »

Outland, what a movie! I think I caught that in my late teens though so I could follow what was going on.

its on in about 2 hours on UTV