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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 05:13 PM
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Movies You Thought Were Good When You Were Young That Actually Sucked
I tried watching "Escape from New York" again a couple of years ago...what the hell was I thinking? It's unwatchable!
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 05:23 PM
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1. M*A*S*H and "Easy Rider"
Edited on Sat Jan-17-09 05:30 PM by KansDem
M*A*S*H-
Watched it when it first came out and thought it was really funny. Watched it a few years ago and thought to myself, "Wow! Those two guys (Sutherland and Gould characters) were real assholes!"

"Easy Rider"--
Thought it made a solid statement, but watched it recently and wondered, what was all the hubbub about?

on edit: Just my opinion...
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 10:04 PM
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7. "Easy Rider" message is about the selfishness and utopian bullshit fantasy of the baby boomers
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:49 AM
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73. Yeah, but didn't The Big Chill do that a lot better? n/t
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 07:05 AM
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29. I never saw M*A*S*H until just recently
Edited on Sun Jan-18-09 07:06 AM by DarkTirade
and I have to say that I was not really impressed. It was like a bad college movie, but with the setting changed to the war instead of a college campus.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 05:25 PM
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2. Terminator.
It's actually a very crappy movie.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 07:01 AM
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26. I think the only reason anyone knows it exists is because it paved the way for a much better sequel.
... which was followed by a horrible sequel. And then a somewhat entertaining TV series.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 12:49 PM
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36. By 'horrible sequel,' I trust you're referring to the forthcoming Christian Bale vehicle?
Because Rise of the Machines was an entirely serviceable film, as I'm sure you'll agree.


:evilgrin:
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 10:39 AM
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62. ...
:rofl:

I find it entertaining. I.E., I laugh at it while I watch it. It was totally worth the 3 bucks I paid for the DVD.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 05:50 PM
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3. what, it isn't considered classic camp now?


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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 06:04 PM
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4. "One, Two, Three"
with James Cagney as a Coca-Cola executive in Berlin.

When I saw it when it first came out, I was very, very young and thought it was hilarious. Saw it on TV when I was in my twenties and thought it was stupid.
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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 06:35 PM
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5. I'm on the fence about
Saturday Night Fever.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 09:48 PM
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6. The Sound of Music
Used to love it, but now it is so much treacle.

Pales in comparison to My Fair Lady, which I still love.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 06:47 PM
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54. I'm still impressed by the production quality of it
The subdued colors, the way the songs are woven into the narrative, the complete lack of garish show-stopping numbers, the authentic period costumes, and the spectacular scenery is given its due while never overshadowing the story. Sure it's corny and a "kids' film" now, but I still think it's an example of how to make a musical film the right way and not just a series of overblown production numbers as with "Chicago."
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 08:12 AM
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60. You're right, of course.
It just bothered me that I didn't find the story captivating anymore.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 10:23 AM
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61. I've never found the story captivating
In fact it's pretty predictable even on the first viewing.
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 10:10 PM
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8. Con Air
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 10:18 PM
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9. Not really sucked, but I watched "American Graffiti" recently and it wasn't the great flick
I remembered it as by any means.
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Bryan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 11:25 PM
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10. The "Back to the Future" movies...
...are not as inspired as I found them to be in my boyhood. They're a bit too cutesy and convinced of their own cleverness.

Escape From New York is pretty cool, though. It's not a classic, but Kurt Russell is priceless in it.
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Twillig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 11:34 PM
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12. I have more Kurt Russell movies in my dvd's than I thought
I was looking just yesterday after watching "Big Trouble in Little China."

Must be due to the early movie watching susceptibility induced as a youngster by "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes."


President of what?
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:20 PM
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59. Yup I loved the back to the future movies cause I had a crush on Michael J. Fox.
The last time I saw it I thought .... what?
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 11:33 PM
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11. Flash Gordon in '80...
I have no idea why I thought it was good.
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Bryan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 11:55 PM
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13. "Flash Gordon" is almost a camp classic
I say almost a camp classic because Sam J. Jones sucks out loud as Flash, just standing around like a lox while every scene he's in is stolen out from under him. It would have been much better with Kurt Russell in the title role.

Anyway, it has a huge cult following in the UK, and understandably, because it's hilarious.

"No! Not the bore worms!"
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 11:56 PM
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14. Rocky 5
:wtf:

oh, and Grand Canyon :hide:
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 11:57 PM
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15. Return of the Jedi.
Oh snap. :P
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Twillig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 11:59 PM
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16. Nice post, Ewok!
Damn I'm drunk.
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 12:57 AM
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17. Foxes....St Elmos Fire.......
Carly
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my2sense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:14 AM
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18. Little Shop of Horrors
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:20 AM
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19. You say THAT (I won't repeat it) about "Escape From New York"? You make me sad for you.
It's one of the greatest 'B Movies' of all time.
I watch it about once a year, and I appreciate it
more with every viewing.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 08:21 AM
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32. EFNY one of my all-time favorites
Any movie with a cameo appearance by Buck Flower gets an automatic pass from all criticism leveled at it. The guy was just that good.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:28 AM
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20. The Gate
It was a bad horror movie back then, only I loved the special effects and the music. Now, it just looks like typical teens not really rebelling but pretending like they are rebelling worse than anyone ever has. I'm just not impressed any more.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:44 AM
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21. Urban Cowboy.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:52 AM
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22. Shogun Assassin. nt.
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ACTION BASTARD Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 05:51 PM
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49. How dare you!
Edited on Sun Jan-18-09 05:52 PM by MALEVOLENT MARINE
May the ghost of Toshiro Mifune haunt you for all eternity!
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 02:12 AM
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23. Star Trek the Next Generation.
I saw an episode on TV recently. Weak plot. Bad dialog. The way characters responded to situations was unrealistic and immature. I suddenly realized that the sci-fi gadgets and aliens mostly serve to distract from what a bad show it is. It was a first season episode so maybe the later seasons weren't as bad. It made me question how much I liked the entire series when it was on.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 07:04 AM
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27. Yeah, that's a lot of what I see when I look back.
With DS9 they improved on that a lot, much better character development and whatnot, but it was missing a lot of the exploration elements. And Voyager just kinda sucked in general. And with Enterprise... there was so much potential there. And they just never quite reached it.

Really, the only Trek that's really worth watching IMO are the even numbered movies. 2,4 and 6. Okay, maybe 3, just to see Doc Brown as a Klingon. :P
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 12:50 PM
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37. The first season has perhaps two episodes worth watching
Honestly, it was so horrible that I recognized it even at the time but refused to admit it.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:01 PM
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38. They were also nearly all remakes of the original series.
Completely lifted the story lines.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 06:34 PM
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53. I don't know about that
Really, The Naked Now is the only one that strikes me as a real retread, and it was a deliberate and self-acknowledged reworking of the original.

Which other ones do you think qualify as remakes?
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Evoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 03:09 PM
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46. That happened to me with X-Files. Watched some episode from the first season and I couldn't believe
I used to like it at all.

Horrible.

And yes, I know I'm going to be flamed by X-files fanboys.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 03:14 PM
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48. I'm surprised I haven't been flamed more
for my post. But I think even fans have to admit that season one pretty much sucked.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 02:22 AM
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24. "Howard the Duck"
Loved it as a kid. Scared to watch it now for fear it will strip away the memories of youthful happiness that are still in my brain.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:09 PM
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56. Then don't watch it--I promise you that it's worse than you can possibly imagine
It's incredibly bad. Anyone who says otherwise either is delusion or has a vested financial interest in the film.

Horrible.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:12 PM
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57. nope, it's still as awesome as you remember
Edited on Sun Jan-18-09 10:13 PM by kagehime
i loved that movie as a kid and i love it now for it's brilliant absurdity. plus, leah thompson's pretty cute in that movie.
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JANdad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 05:54 AM
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25. Clash of the Titans...
Cobra, Flash Gordon to name a few
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 06:30 PM
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52. Hey now! COTT is a QUALITY movie!
:spank:

I must have watched it at the discount cinema 50 times the summer it was in the discount cinemas....

Ahhh, memories....

:-)
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 07:05 AM
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28. Batman The Movie, with Adam West
I loved watching this as a youngster, but a few years ago I slapped the dvd in, and after 20 minutes or so, I just couldn't take the torture anymore, and turned it off....bleh.
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HuskerDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 07:06 AM
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30. "Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry"
I remember watching it as a kid and thinking I had gotten away with watching a super bad-ass movie. Watched it again a while back and it was a snoozefest.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 08:12 AM
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31. The Warriors
I just saw this movie again a couple of years ago and I was slackjawed at how laughably horrible it was, on almost every conceivable level. And I thought it was GREAT when I was a teenager!

On the other hand, I saw Escape From New York a few months ago and it still holds up for me. Kurt Russell and Lee Van Cleef make that movie timeless.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 08:30 AM
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33. "Top Gun." Right up there with "Top Secret."
Blech, those are bad movies.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:56 PM
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41. Top Gun. THAT'S what I was trying to think of last night.
I knew there was at least one movie that I loved and watched over and over that I now think is hideous - that's the one.
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Bombero1956 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 09:53 AM
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34. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
With the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton. I remember seeing it at least 2 times in the theater and thinking it was great. I saw it recently and realized that it sucked bigtime. The Bee Gees were all wrong for that movie. Of course there was always Xanadu.
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blockhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 12:41 PM
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35. Billy Jack
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deutsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:49 PM
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40. Beat me to it.
I loved this movie and actually saw it in the drive in a number of times. I was too young to see it, imo, (I was in third grade), but my parents must have thought I'd fall asleep during it.

Anyway, I loved this movie...until I saw for the first time in years on DVD. It starts off ok, but once they're at the Freedom School, the movie just falls apart, and embarassingly so.

Another movie I thought was good from that time was The Legend of Boggy Creek. For some reason I thought that was a scary movie until I saw it on TV a few years ago. What a boring piece of crap.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:58 AM
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76. Same here. Heck, I even cried, now I just smirk.
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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 04:35 PM
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84. Another vote for Billy Jack
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deucemagnet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:07 PM
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39. Enter the Dragon
When I was nine years old, I thought it was the most fucking brilliant piece of cinema ever committed to cellulose and an instant classic. The next time I saw it was about fifteen years later, and I couldn't believe I was watching the same movie.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 10:44 AM
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64. Yes, but without it, we wouldn't have Wu Tang Clan.
And that would just be sad.
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bookworm65t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 01:57 PM
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42. The Rose
Bette Midler is not all that great
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rebel with a cause Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 02:57 PM
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43. Beaches.....another one that just gets old with time ;)
True Grit and The Searchers especially, and most of the John Wayne cowboy/war movies.

Anything with Charton Heston in it except The Omega Man and maybe Soylent Green (can't remember it too well.

A lot of movies that I watched when I was young and naive.
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bookworm65t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 01:54 PM
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81. I like Bette Midler but somehow
her movies have always sucked.

As for john Wayne, I do like The Cowboys. Doesn't seem to have aged at all.
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 03:05 PM
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44. Most children of divorce in the 50's and 60's secretly ...
or not secretly watched Parent Trap...

Kinda a lame movie but, I was drawn to it like a moth to the flame.


Tikki
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 03:08 PM
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45. Howard the Duck! Nuff said!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 03:09 PM
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47. The End
When I first saw it, though very young, my friends and I couldn't stop laughing. Now it just seems really bad.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:08 PM
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88. Has a few good lines in it...
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lob1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:24 PM
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91. The script for "The End" was very, very funny. A friend of mine wrote it.
Unfortunately, as often happens with movies, they watered it down until little of the original was left.
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ACTION BASTARD Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 06:23 PM
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50. The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke'em High, Eraserhead, Killer Tomatoes, Godzilla vs. Megalon
I tried to come to terms with this by going with that whole, it's so cheesy/bizarre that it's transcends traditional cinema...

Uh yeah, crap is just crap. However, Jet Jaguar is forever!


EDIT* Fuck the OP about Escape From NY.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 07:26 PM
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55. Dude, Eraserhead is brilliant.
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ACTION BASTARD Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:17 PM
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92. If you wacked off your ass on Mexican highballs I'm certain it would be too.
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 06:25 PM
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51. Xanadu
Edited on Sun Jan-18-09 06:26 PM by Coventina
:scared:

Hey, to a 13 year old girl it had everything! Magic, roller-skating, catchy tunes, romance.....
Too bad it's a terrible movie....

on edit: spelling
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:53 AM
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74. OMG, yes!
I loved that damn movie as a teenager! I still watch it on DVD on occasion, but only to laugh at how horrible it is.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:17 PM
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58. adventures in babysitting
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092513/

i used to rent it all the time when i was a kid, but i made the mistake of watching on tv not long ago. my gods it's awful!

teen witch is another one

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098453/

i had to change the channel after about 10 minutes
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 10:49 AM
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65. ... that makes me want to watch the Nostalgia Chick's review of it again.
http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/1757-teen-witch

:P
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 10:43 AM
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63. Time Bandits.
I loved that movie as a kid; I now find it unwatchable.
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blueknight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:04 AM
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66. purple rain
i seen it again recently, horrible just horrible...
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deutsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:04 PM
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87. I knew the movie sucked (i.e., acting, story) when I saw it several times in the '80s
I just loved the music...and still do. Some of the best pop music, ever, imo.
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LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:05 AM
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67. Independence Day . . . gets incredibly worse each time I see it
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:10 AM
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68. And yet I love it.
Of course, I wasn't a kid when it came out.

/old
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:24 AM
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69. Conan the Barbarian, Escape from NY, the original King Kong
Edited on Mon Jan-19-09 11:33 AM by NewJeffCT
and I'm sure a few others will come to mind later today.

both movies are pretty cheesy looking back now, though I still like the theme to Conan.

OK, the original King Kong doesn't suck, but they don't really give you much of a reason for going to Skull Island and some of it is kind of cheesy.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:30 AM
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70. The original "Parent Trap".
I always told my kids that the original was
WAY better, so one day I rented them and
we watched them together.

The new one was WAY, WAY better!

Mom was WRONG.

:cry:
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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:40 AM
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71. Godzilla, Mothra,
Rhodan, etc..
Just guys in big rubber suits wrecking little toy cities. Cool when I was a kid. Pretty sucky now.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:59 AM
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78. Ah, come on...I love Godzilla, he's kinda cute.
Sometimes the bus sounds like him when it stops.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:43 AM
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72. Creature from the Black Lagoon
Scary then.

Not so much now.

:hi:
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:54 AM
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75. Pretty Woman
I thought it was cute when I was younger, now I can't stand it. Julia Roberts can't act, and the movie glorifies prostitution. Blech.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:58 AM
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77. Billy Jack.
Oh, man...
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retread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 01:15 PM
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79. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, World. Well it doesn't really suck. When I was a teenage boy I saw this thing
at least 10 times and laughed and guffawed till my sides hurt every time I saw it. These days I chuckle mildly and infrequently at that. Plus, I can't even sit through the whole thing. The movie hasn't changed. I wonder what has??
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:18 PM
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90. I still find it hilarious.
:shrug:

I'm not laughing as hard now because I know all the jokes, but I still like to see the performances, the comic timing, and still enjoy it as much as I did the first time.

Same thing for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum, which is also one of the funniest filmes ever made.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 01:19 PM
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80. Scanners
Although the cheese factor still allows a few laughs.
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jakefrep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 02:08 PM
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82. Ace Ventura Pet Detective
It gets more lame each time I watch it.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 02:18 PM
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83. The Dirty Dozen
As kids we thought it was so cool. But I'd never seen it all the way through. Only from classroom hearsay did I find out about Jim Brown's
fate. So recently I finally watched it all the way through in colour, without commercials and pan+scan. It was alright, but not great like The Great Escape.
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 04:53 PM
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85. Star Wars
Really, it's just not a very good movie.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:11 PM
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89. You're absolutely right.
That movie does not hold up.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:03 PM
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86. 7 Faces of Dr Lao
Edited on Mon Jan-19-09 05:04 PM by The_Casual_Observer
and "Them"
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