Childhood movies ruined by rewatch

redmgar · 12-06-2019 2:48pm #1

What movie did you remember fondly from your childhood only to realise that they are rubbish after rewatching them when you are older?

Mac and me is an example that I can think of.

caff · 12-06-2019 2:52pm

Labyrinth - rewatched and cannot unsee the number of Bowie crotch shots...

redmgar · 12-06-2019 2:53pm

caff wrote: »

Labyrinth - rewatched and cannot unsee the number of Bowie crotch shots...

Yep, its not as good as you remember.

Hurrache · 12-06-2019 2:57pm

Labyrinth stands the test of time, it's still great. While the Goonies is still good it doesn't evoke the same feelings it did when I watched it over and over as a kid.

DARYL is not great, I think the draw in the 80s was that it had computer games.

12-06-2019 3:02pm

Any nineties flick starring Martin Lawrence.

redmgar · 12-06-2019 3:04pm

The goonies definitely has lost something with the passing of time.

joe40 · 12-06-2019 3:06pm

"Top gun" was definitely better in my memory than after a rewatch.

Mickeroo · 12-06-2019 3:09pm

I found The Goonies and Labrynth were still brilliant.

Masters of the Universe however....re-watching that was a mistake though it is pretty entertaining how bad it actually is in places.

Phileas Frog · 12-06-2019 3:09pm

Basic Instinct

KungPao · 12-06-2019 3:10pm

Haven’t rewatched but read that The Neverending Story now is a depressing boring turd of a film, but as a kid I remember it being weird but great.

iwilldare · 12-06-2019 3:11pm

The Omen. Terrifying as a child, absolute dung nowadays.

el Fenomeno · 12-06-2019 3:12pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Any nineties flick starring Martin Lawrence.

Ugh, I remember when I was younger I used to think Big Momma's House and Blue Streak were 2 of the funniest films ever made.

I rewatched them recently and not sure what I was thinking. I guess my humour has changed since then.

maximoose · 12-06-2019 3:13pm

I rewatch The Goonies all the time, still think it's great....

....... · 12-06-2019 3:13pm

iwilldare wrote: »

The Omen. Terrifying as a child, absolute dung nowadays.

I still like it.

Its the scene in Windsor Safari Park that scared me the most - and it still does.

loyatemu · 12-06-2019 3:32pm

Star Wars. The first movie is slow by modern standards and some of the dialogue is terrible.

caff · 12-06-2019 3:36pm

loyatemu wrote: »

Star Wars. The first movie is slow by modern standards and some of the dialogue is terrible.

Cheesy wipe transitions between scenes

....... · 12-06-2019 3:48pm

loyatemu wrote: »

Star Wars. The first movie is slow by modern standards and some of the dialogue is terrible.

I never saw it as a child and watched it for the first time as an adult, a few Christmas's ago.

I must admit, I couldnt really see what the fuss was about!!!

redmgar · 12-06-2019 3:51pm

roger rabbit doesn't hold your interest these days.

Dravokivich · 12-06-2019 3:53pm

redmgar wrote: »

roger rabbit doesn't hold your interest these days.

Was Jessica that held mine

12-06-2019 3:56pm

redmgar wrote: »

Yep, its not as good as you remember.

The movie or the crotch?

BailMeOut · 12-06-2019 3:56pm

caff wrote: »

Cheesy wipe transitions between scenes

the newer Star Wars films still use these wipe transitions which turned out to be quite difficult to replicate using modern technology.

....... · 12-06-2019 3:57pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The movie or the crotch?

I dont think we should be using this thread to cast aspersions on Bowies crotch.

I myself have always found it to be acceptable.

12-06-2019 3:58pm

....... wrote: »

I dont think we should be using this thread to cast aspersions on Bowies crotch.

I myself have always found it to be acceptable.

Just so we clear that up. The Bowie shall not be diminished:D

Zeek12 · 12-06-2019 4:00pm

....... wrote: »

I still like it.

Its the scene in Windsor Safari Park that scared me the most - and it still does.

Yip, that scene is spooky.

The nanny, Mrs. Baylock is also quite creepy.

pauliebdub · 12-06-2019 4:18pm

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was a big favourite of mine as a child but having watched it lately realise it hasnt aged particularly well. Its very violent for a family film and Kate Capshaws character is annoying as hell.

....... · 12-06-2019 4:21pm

pauliebdub wrote: »

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was a big favourite of mine as a child but having watched it lately realise it hasnt aged particularly well. Its very violent for a family film and Kate Capshaws character is annoying as hell.

Aye, Raiders of the Lost Ark aged better.

12-06-2019 4:25pm

Pinocchio

Gippetto, FFS. How he survived so long. Forest Hump is a scholar in comparison.

Dades · 12-06-2019 4:31pm

caff wrote: »

Cheesy wipe transitions between scenes

That's a defining characteristic of a Star Wars movie, whether it's cheesy or not.

Watched both The Goonies and Labyrinth with my kids recently and they really liked them. Though today the sexual undertones in Labyrinth would never be let out a studio door in these days of ensuring nobody is offended.

pinkypinky · 12-06-2019 4:34pm

Dades wrote: »

Though today the sexual undertones in Labyrinth would never be let out a studio door in these days of ensuring nobody is offended.

I loved and still love Labyrinth, but you have to admit that the Goblin King is creeping on a vulnerable teenager...

theteal · 12-06-2019 4:34pm

Any of the Police Academy films. . .

MAJJ · 12-06-2019 4:35pm

Flight of the navigator
Short Circuit

Hate to admit that as loved them both as a kid.

redmgar · 12-06-2019 4:37pm

MAJJ wrote: »

Flight of the navigator
Short Circuit

Hate to admit that as loved them both as a kid.

I haven't rewatched flight of the navigator as I can already tell it will be a let down.

TheValeyard · 12-06-2019 4:44pm

Hurrache wrote: »

Labyrinth stands the test of time, it's still great. While the Goonies is still good it doesn't evoke the same feelings it did when I watched it over and over as a kid.

DARYL is not great, I think the draw in the 80s was that it had computer games.

Watched this again recently. Only now realised how many jokes were very inappropriate that I did not understand as a kid

El Duda · 12-06-2019 4:45pm

The BFG cartoon

It's so slow and the animation sucks

Dades · 12-06-2019 5:00pm

pinkypinky wrote: »

Dades wrote: »

Though today the sexual undertones in Labyrinth would never be let out a studio door in these days of ensuring nobody is offended.

I loved and still love Labyrinth, but you have to admit that the Goblin King is creeping on a vulnerable teenager...

That was why I mentioned it!

SoupyNorman · 12-06-2019 5:06pm

caff wrote: »

Cheesy wipe transitions between scenes

One day the wife confesses she has never seen Star Wars.

Im shocked and tell her she’s missing on a classic trilogy and we must watch it post haste. I myself had not seen it in years so we get to watching it and I slowly start cringing a little as I realize that’s it’s not really standing the test of time.

About an hour in the wife has not said a word, I say “would you like me to turn it off”, I received a swift yes.

I feel like The Empire Strikes Back holds up better than the other 2 but the wife never made it that far.

12-06-2019 5:07pm

Man in the Iron Mask

Watched it again recently. It doesn't make a huge amount of sense and is far too long.

loyatemu · 12-06-2019 5:28pm

SoupyNorman wrote: »

One day the wife confesses she has never seen Star Wars.

Im shocked and tell her she’s missing on a classic trilogy and we must watch it post haste. I myself had not seen it in years so we get to watching it and I slowly start cringing a little as I realize that’s it’s not really standing the test of time.

About an hour in the wife has not said a word, I say “would you like me to turn it off”, I received a swift yes.

I feel like The Empire Strikes Back holds up better than the other 2 but the wife never made it that far.

I watched the original trilogy with my youngest before "Force Awakens" came out

As I mentioned "A New Hope" hasn't aged well, ESB and ROTJ are better (Jedi's actually pretty good apart from the Ewoks)

More recently I watched Die Hard with my eldest - it's still great but by modern standards it takes forever to get going. "Is this all going to be about his marriage problems" I was asked about 30 minutes into it :pac:

We all watched "National Lampoon's European Vacation" a few weeks ago - I don't think that film would get made today TBH. ("He's gonna pork her Dad!" "He's not gonna pork her at the dinner table Russ" etc...)

Dog Man Star · 12-06-2019 5:51pm

On the flip side of this, I showed my kids (8,6 and 3) Ghostbusters, which they really loved, and ET which they adored while making them cry too.

The Sandlot bored them, also Labyrinth, which they thought was weird and boring, both films I loved as a child.

I was amazed at their reaction to ET though, they were genuinely upset when he died and delighted by the ending. It really made their day. Magic of movies.

Dog Man Star · 12-06-2019 6:04pm

I also recently watched Buck Rogers and the 25th Century. It was even better than when I watched it repeatedly as a child. So, so much cleavage that I didn't appreciate aged 8.

Also this scene is better than ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQm8MxgCGws

Conall Cernach · 12-06-2019 6:49pm

Krull didn't age well but maybe it was ****e all along.

Hurrache · 12-06-2019 6:55pm

loyatemu wrote: »

We all watched "National Lampoon's European Vacation" a few weeks ago - I don't think that film would get made today TBH. ("He's gonna pork her Dad!" "He's not gonna pork her at the dinner table Russ" etc...)

I watched the original one a while back myself and still got a laugh, so many things went over my head when I watched it when younger.

Zeek12 · 12-06-2019 7:02pm

Dog Man Star wrote: »

On the flip side of this, I showed my kids (8,6 and 3) Ghostbusters, which they really loved, and ET which they adored while making them cry too.

The Sandlot bored them, also Labyrinth, which they thought was weird and boring, both films I loved as a child.

I was amazed at their reaction to ET though, they were genuinely upset when he died and delighted by the ending. It really made their day. Magic of movies.

ET is a pretty special movie tbh. Especially for kids. It was filmed and told very much from a child's perspective, right down to the torches and keychains in the early scenes.

A lot of Spielberg's stuff from the 70s/80s era still holds up extremely well.

Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Last Crusade, Close Encounters and of course Jaws are also wonderful.

branie2 · 12-06-2019 9:10pm

Flight of the Doves - the stage Irishness

Tony EH · 12-06-2019 9:43pm

caff wrote: »

Labyrinth - rewatched and cannot unsee the number of Bowie crotch shots...

Every time Bowie sings...

:mad:

Terrible 80's rubbish that kills the film.

Hoggle is still great though.

I'd love a cut without the singing.

grogi · 12-06-2019 9:44pm

joe40 wrote: »

"Top gun" was definitely better in my memory than after a rewatch.

You must have idealised it enormously. I find it very good, though I watch it only couple of years ago for the first time.

liam7831 · 12-06-2019 9:45pm

The Cosby Show

Tony EH · 12-06-2019 9:46pm

redmgar wrote: »

The goonies definitely has lost something with the passing of time.

Always thought 'The Goonies' was rubbish, even as a child. I used to think it was "Indiana Jones for young kids".

Agent Coulson · 12-06-2019 9:50pm

branie2 wrote: »

Flight of the Doves - the stage Irishness

Ah you don’t have to be Irish to be Irish.

Tony EH · 12-06-2019 9:53pm

A mate of mine bought 'The Last Starfighter', which was a film I was fond of when I saw it on video as a child. But, I can almost guarantee I'll think it's rubbish if I sit down to watch it now.

angel eyes 2012 · 12-06-2019 10:20pm

The original Child's Play.

I remember watching it as a kid and I was terrified but enjoyed it, I remember everyone in school talking about it.

It happened to be on one of those weird stations CBS or Sony recently and I watched it for a while. The quality of the picture and the acting was really poor, it looked like a transition year student filmed it and the 'scary' Chucky moments were more comedy than anything. Appalled I was taken in by such poor quality back in the early 90s!

Childhood movies ruined by rewatch

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