Movies that Aged Poorly for you

[Darwin Watterson]

Ferngully

I re-watched it a few years ago, quit a little more than halfway through, and then spent the rest of the night questioning my entire childhood.

The only reason to watch FernGully is because of Hexxus. It's pretty cheesy overall, but you can't deny that Tim Curry as a giant burning oil skeleton was pretty fucking cool, even if he didn't get as much screentime as he should have.

 

[Polexia Aphrodisia]

The only reason to watch FernGully is because of Hexxus. It's pretty cheesy overall, but you can't deny that Tim Curry as a giant burning oil skeleton was pretty fucking cool, even if he didn't get as much screentime as he should have.

Oooh, you'll love his....ooh, aah, mmm....Toxic Looooove!

Ferngully without Tim Curry would just be another boring Disney rip-off.

 

[friedshrimp]

Ferngully without Tim Curry would just be another boring Disney rip-off.

You mean it isn't already?

 

[Rap Scallion]

District 9 was my favorite movie for a long time. Loved the aliens/science fiction aspect/characters, thought it was totally groundbreaking when I saw it in the theater. Watched it again sometime the past year or two and realized it was painfully hamfisted with its narrative style. Kind of ruined the initial magic when the symbolism was so obvious and I was informed enough to make sense of it.

The original Mad Max aged like shit. After Fury Road I feel like The Road Warrior is the only thing that can hold a candle to it. And maybe the first 1/3 of Beyond Thunderdome. Still love the whole series though.

 

[AnOminous]

The original Mad Max aged like shit. After Fury Road I feel like The Road Warrior is the only thing that can hold a candle to it. And maybe the first 1/3 of Beyond Thunderdome. Still love the whole series though.

I didn't even think much of Mad Max at the time, frankly. The Road Warrior is much better.

 

[Mason Verger]

I have to say The Crow. I loved everything about this movie when it came out, I thought every second was perfect cinematic poetry.
15 years later I watched it with a girlfriend, just knowing for sure she would love it. When the line "..got himself perished" came along I cringed inside.

I didn't even think much of Mad Max at the time, frankly. The Road Warrior is much better.

Agreed on Mad Max. It was shot to be all gritty and realistic, yet every other character was hamming it up like bad community theatre. Over acting and under acting and enough ADR to make you think the movie was originally shot in Italian.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

I have to say The Crow. I loved everything about this movie when it came out, I thought every second was perfect cinematic poetry.
15 years later I watched it with a girlfriend, just knowing for sure she would love it. When the line "..got himself perished" came along I cringed inside.

Oh man, the Crow. I remember I watched it hungover with a girlfriend once and we were cracking up every 3 minutes. Eminently riffable film.

I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but I'm amazed it wasn't on the first page - The Matrix.

As a kid I thought it was the second coming of Christ in film form. Re-watching it 10 years later left me kind of meh.

 

[AnOminous]

I have to say The Crow. I loved everything about this movie when it came out, I thought every second was perfect cinematic poetry.
15 years later I watched it with a girlfriend, just knowing for sure she would love it. When the line "..got himself perished" came along I cringed inside.

It aged okay for me because I always thought it was merely okay edgy bullshit. Fun enough for what it is, but not a masterpiece or anything. Partly this was because the people I knew who worshipped it were super cringy autists.

 

[Gordon Cole]

It aged okay for me because I always thought it was merely okay edgy bullshit. Fun enough for what it is, but not a masterpiece or anything. Partly this was because the people I knew who worshipped it were super cringy autists.

I remember that dressing up as The Crow was the go-to lazy costume for the goth kids in high school.

 

[Diana Moon Glampers]

Spaceballs: Mel Brooks at his laziest, picking off the lowest-hanging fruit imaginable at a time when there were plenty of juicier choices if he'd looked a little further. The only people who make references to this movie are not people that other people want to have sex with. If you're thinking, "I'm the exception" ... you're not.

The Dark Crystal is stupid from its "only girls have wings, dummy" shit to its fanbase of girls who are secretly not wearing their ugly holiday sweaters ironically.

I thought Top Gun was sooooo intense and awesome and that Maverick was dreamy. I mean, whatever, Tom Cruise is gorgeous no matter how crazy he gets, but Top Gun is pretty hilariously terrible now. Still worth a rewatch, but not as a serious emotional film.

 

[AnOminous]

Spaceballs: Mel Brooks at his laziest, picking off the lowest-hanging fruit imaginable at a time when there were plenty of juicier choices if he'd looked a little further. The only people who make references to this movie are not people that other people want to have sex with. If you're thinking, "I'm the exception" ... you're not.

I think History of the World Part I is pretty much the dividing line between good Mel Brooks film and his descent into being a boring schlockmeister. Not that Spaceballs or even Robin Hood: Men in Tights didn't have their funny moments, but nothing after that can be considered a classic.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

District 9 was my favorite movie for a long time. Loved the aliens/science fiction aspect/characters, thought it was totally groundbreaking when I saw it in the theater. Watched it again sometime the past year or two and realized it was painfully hamfisted with its narrative style. Kind of ruined the initial magic when the symbolism was so obvious and I was informed enough to make sense of it.

I actually think overall, the original short film that it was based on was better:

It's the same concept, but a pure docudrama. I feel like it makes the same points and builds its world just as successfully, but doesn't bludgeon you over the head with the morals. In some ways it's better - the humans are given motivation for being dicks to the aliens , i.e. that the aliens actually are trouble. Plus it doesn't run out of ideas and turn into an action shoot-'em-up.

 

[Picklepower]

I can enjoy Spaceballs for what it is, I view it as more of a kids movie, its not as good as Blazing Saddles. When I was like 13 I liked that terrible Dumb and Dumber prequel, I could just imagine the people at whatever studio owns Dumb and Dumber going "Say, we can make some more money if we had a dumb and dumber sequel, lets just cast 2 other guys and make it a prequel!" I think that many comedies don't need sequels really.

 

[AnOminous]

I can enjoy Spaceballs for what it is, I view it as more of a kids movie, its not as good as Blazing Saddles. When I was like 13 I liked that terrible Dumb and Dumber prequel, I could just imagine the people at whatever studio owns Dumb and Dumber going "Say, we can make some more money if we had a dumb and dumber sequel, lets just cast 2 other guys and make it a prequel!" I think that many comedies don't need sequels really.

Weekend at Bernie's 2 is proof that literally fucking anything can get a sequel.

 

[Ruin]

I couldn't believe how badly the first Evil Dead aged. Army Of Darkness still kicks ass though.

 

[Rap Scallion]

I actually think overall, the original short film that it was based on was better:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=le3y0QlLjJEIt's the same concept, but a pure docudrama. I feel like it makes the same points and builds its world just as successfully, but doesn't bludgeon you over the head with the morals. In some ways it's better - the humans are given motivation for being dicks to the aliens , i.e. that the aliens actually are trouble. Plus it doesn't run out of ideas and turn into an action shoot-'em-up.

Oh, thanks! I've been meaning to watch that for the longest time, I appreciate the reminder/link.

 

[BrunoMattei]

Most of the Nightmare on Elm Street films. And it's weird because I think the Friday the 13th franchise (of which I grew up with alongside Elm Street and other big horror franchises) holds up fairly well. It's so of the 80's that it's a little cringey excluding part 3 which -while being 80's as fuck- manages to balance out the cheese with really likable characters, great effects, and some amazing Freddy kills.

"Fuck the prime time bitch!"

 

[Elysian]

That old 2004 Thunderbirds movie is marginally less cool now that I'm actually old enough to realise that most of the acting was shit, but I still like it because the people that played Lady Penelope and Parker were decent and my inner 5 year old still really likes listening to Busted.

 

[Rudol von Stroheim]

Stephen King's It ; I watched that tv-film as a kid. Found it scary, thought it was really good. Then I read the book and rewatched it and I was left really disappointed. It has aged terribly with Tim Curry being the only redeeming feature of it. The film just changes too much and makes the characters too weak/pathetic. The book is so much better (if not a lot weirder).
Super Mario Bros ; When I was a kid, Super Mario World on the SNES was like our go-to bonding session. So when we watched the movie, me and my siblings loved it. I thought it was such a 'cool!' movie. But when I grew up and heard everyone hated it; I worried a little. Anyway, watched it again a few years back and realised it's very much got a late-night B-movie, channel-5 movie sorta feel to it. I still find it fun, but I get the hate and I did find myself cringing when watching it again.

 

[BrunoMattei]

I was a horror kid growing up so Stephen King's IT was pretty meh for me. I liked Tim Curry as the clown but that was about it. Part 2 was even worse. When it comes to clown horror films I far preferred Killer Clowns from Outer Space at the time.

The Super Mario Bros. movie is a bad movie for sure. But it's so of the era it's from that it's become such a fascinating train wreck of a movie, watchable because it's bad. It's almost so bad it's good. Almost.

I would highly recommend the Rifftrax for the Mario Bros. movie: