Movies that don't hold up
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Aliens.
Why did Weyland-Yutani send soldiers into Hadley's Hope when it could've explored the entire colony (and taken everything it wanted) from orbit with drones?
Idiots.
You can’t just interject something into a movie that isn’t established. Why didn’t they use drones? Because there were no drones to use.
Someone tried to sell me that Lord of the Rings was the best movie of the last 20 years.
I laughed at them. I openly and viciously mocked them. No Country for Old Men. That’s the best movie of the last 20 years.
I laughed at them. I openly and viciously mocked them. No Country for Old Men. That’s the best movie of the last 20 years.
Don't joke. Be prepared.
So Weyland-Yutani can build uncanny human-like androids and can traverse space, but it doesn't have the same drone tech that we have in 2022?
Masters of the Universe. Man was it the **** when I was a kid and it came out. It's pretty terrible if you watch it today.
It is terrible, but I still love it though. I actually own Classics Blade and Saurod.
I only need Jitsu, Kobra Khan, and Stinkor to have all of the Classics versions of Skeletor's crew.
My phone camera sucks.
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I mean you can ask a lot of common sense questions in almost any movie. The marines walking into an Alien trap in "Aliens" doesn't make it a bad movie. In fact, it's one of the GOAT sequels ever.
The greatest examples of movies that don't stand up to time, is anything that used CGI in the late 90s and into the 2010s.. on top of that all these cheesy-ness and over-the-top situations. Think of the last 2 or 3 Pierce Brosnan 007 movies. Where he's surfing on a damn iceberg wave? Gross.
The greatest examples of movies that don't stand up to time, is anything that used CGI in the late 90s and into the 2010s.. on top of that all these cheesy-ness and over-the-top situations. Think of the last 2 or 3 Pierce Brosnan 007 movies. Where he's surfing on a damn iceberg wave? Gross.
Tenet
I love time travel themes - and the trailer looked strong
but I wound up walking out.with about 30 more min's to go in the film
It was really disjointed in terms of pace -
And they kept over emphasizing the immediate romantic attraction that 2 of the characters developed -- but than angle added nothing to the plot and came across as forced & diluted the story
One that just didn't AGE WELL is Salem's Lot - the made for TV special that's about 3 hours long from 1979
When I saw it as a kid it was terrifying
When I watched it again years later with my wife laughing at how the floating vampires looked --
I just felt a little cheated
I love time travel themes - and the trailer looked strong
but I wound up walking out.with about 30 more min's to go in the film
It was really disjointed in terms of pace -
And they kept over emphasizing the immediate romantic attraction that 2 of the characters developed -- but than angle added nothing to the plot and came across as forced & diluted the story
One that just didn't AGE WELL is Salem's Lot - the made for TV special that's about 3 hours long from 1979
When I saw it as a kid it was terrifying
When I watched it again years later with my wife laughing at how the floating vampires looked --
I just felt a little cheated
Don't get me wrong, I agree that Aliens is a classic. It's one of my favorite movies. But they should've sent in drones instead of soldiers (and a civilian), darn it.
Yeah, I agree that the '79 Salem's Lot doesn't hold up really well. There's a new Salem's Lot on the way, though, let's hope it's good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem's_Lot_(film)
Yeah, I agree that the '79 Salem's Lot doesn't hold up really well. There's a new Salem's Lot on the way, though, let's hope it's good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem's_Lot_(film)
The video of my wedding ceremony. That did not age well.
Ferris Buellers Day Off. The principal is ok but that movie is garbage. I remember it being pretty good when it came out but now it’s just overrated slop, not funny at all.
Thin Red Line. Omg, charging the pillbox was the only good part of that movie.
I was stoned and bored a few nights ago and stumbled on "Dodgeball" on one of the streaming apps. That thing does not hold up well at all. Incredibly generic/lazy comedy.
I like Vince Vaughn, but he played the same smarmy, cocksure dude in like a dozen comedies around that time.
I like Vince Vaughn, but he played the same smarmy, cocksure dude in like a dozen comedies around that time.
That movie was about the pointlessness of war.
I think it said pretty well what it meant to say.
I don't think Avatar is holding up too well. The CGI is starting to get dated (or at least become matched), and that's about all the movie had going for it. It was just a ripoff of Pocahontas.
Mah. It was a straight up ripoff of Dances With Wolves.
A lot of the John Hughes movies are becoming dated (but also, some are still classics). Any movies that focus on adults are still classics, like Uncle Buck or Planes Trains.. but the ones centered around kids, especially Molly Ringwald.. starting to show their age.
Weird Science might be the best (worst) example of showing age. 80's computer code making a female? Anthony Michael Hall now having the "too cool for school" persona? Hell, I don't even find the main girl attractive these days.
Weird Science might be the best (worst) example of showing age. 80's computer code making a female? Anthony Michael Hall now having the "too cool for school" persona? Hell, I don't even find the main girl attractive these days.
You can say that about any movie centered around teenagers or kids though. Eventually it’s going to look dated because people grow up, the world changes. But some themes are always going to be universal when it comes to those types of films.
We were out to dinner the other night with a friend and she asked my wife if she watched Euphoria. She said no because that show isn’t made for our generation. It’s about what this younger generation is going through and while she might find some connection to it with her own teenage experience it wasn’t made for her.
But the book was so much better and the movie failed to live up to it. I know this is almost always the case but it really stuck out with this one.
It is the highest grossing film of all time and seemingly nobody cares that the sequel is coming out next month. I haven't even watched the trailer. Snooze
And Ferngully. And Pocahontas
Ally Sheedy was hotter in the Breakfast Club before they gave her that stupid makeover.
Weird Science came out before I was born.. her look in weird science is a complete turnoff. Give her a makeover that's more suited for the 2000's and sure.
And by the way.. Wyatt in Weird Science has to be one of THE most annoying characters, up there with the likes of Jar Jar Binks. That high pitched shriek.. "but GAAARRRYYYYY!" .. ugh. His dad had to be someone in Hollywood.
I think "Salem's Lot" is still awesome, the best"scary" vampire movie ever.
James Bond movies from about "Moonraker" on have been terrible, the Brosnan movies especially. Only two exceptions are a very underrated Dalton in "License to Kill" and Craig's "Casino Royale". The Austin Powers movies haven't aged well and in that vein, I always thought the " Wayne's World" movies were never funny. "Dodgeball" is funny but Vince Vaughn mailed that performance in, I mean he is completely subdued and just looks like he would rather be anywhere else but in that movie.
James Bond movies from about "Moonraker" on have been terrible, the Brosnan movies especially. Only two exceptions are a very underrated Dalton in "License to Kill" and Craig's "Casino Royale". The Austin Powers movies haven't aged well and in that vein, I always thought the " Wayne's World" movies were never funny. "Dodgeball" is funny but Vince Vaughn mailed that performance in, I mean he is completely subdued and just looks like he would rather be anywhere else but in that movie.
Aliens just gets better with age for me. Jaws too. As far as not aged well? The Matrix, Ferris Beuller, The Goonies. Sean Astin and especially Corey Feldman are so annoying in that.
You probably watched Caddyshack 2 by mistake