I ran into an old movie I had on VHS as a kid titled “MegaForce” (1982) (RT link). I hadn’t seen the movie in decades and was worried looking at a rotten tomato score of 6% that if I watched it, I would be completely disappointed in the movie as an adult. Surprisingly, I didn’t realize as a kid that it was actually more of a spoof comedy action movie like a knock-off “Hot Shots” or “Naked Gun” and just completely enjoyed watching it again because it felt like a whole new experience (definitely better than the new G.I. Joe’s lol).
So what’s your movie from your past that you’ll always enjoy no matter how cheesy or horrible it may seem?
They Live and The Stuff. Watched them again recently and really enjoyed them.
So… you weren’t blinded by nostalgia and they were still good? 🤔
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Totally- I just think the person I replied to didn’t quite understand the question asked 😆
I saw the stuff for the first time recently and it’s underrated. No nostalgia required
Flight of the navigator.
An entire film to make one E.T. joke.
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Joe dirt and Mr. deeds
Joe Dirt is a fantastic movie.
David Lynch’s Dune. It was weird, inaccurate to the book in remarkable ways (wtf is a “weirding module”) but I sincerely love it anyway.
EDIT: Sting as Feyd-Rautha screaming “I WILL KILL HIM” is amazing and the music absolutely slaps too.
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As a millennial that first saw the SciFi miniseries be glad that your nostalgia isn’t constantly trying to justify loving that… and I really do love that version of dune even with all the obvious flaws it has.
Good Burger
Rewatching Good Burger a week after I watched “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” was a mistake. I could have remained nostalgia blind about the guy who plays the Good Burger General Manager, but no, I had to go and learn all the horrible dark shit he did.
I don’t think I need to know about that
Anaconda is a masterpiece. Fight me.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Dragonslayer
- Excalibur
- Time Bandits
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Time Bandits is still great, though.
R-R-RETURN THE MAP!!
R-R-RETURN WHAT YOU HAVE STOLEN!!
Sucker Punch
Zack snyder and female empowerment are like oil and water, but the cgi was purdy.
The Ace Ventura sequel, When Nature Calls. My gooey adolescent brain ate it up and it is one of the few movies from my childhood where I can set aside everything I’ve learned and just enjoy it.
I academically know it’s bad and wildly problematic, I’m not blind, but nostalgia can be pretty powerful.
I academically know it’s bad and wildly problematic
What do you mean by that? How is it bad trying the save species from aquariums? Or trying the save a tribes from their own extinction because profit?
I’m mean those are good morals that should be taught at school, IMO way more important than history class which actually tells us how dumb we were and how dumb we still are.
Sure it’s only a movie but if you have followed a bit of Jim Carrey’s path you would know he really cares about ALL living beings and tries as much as possible to teach younger people to respect each other and nature.
Maybe I got your comment wrong if so care to elaborate?
Thank you.
I think he was talking about some of the questionable representation of the tribal peoples in the film.
If somebody doesn’t find that rhino birth scene funny, we can’t be friends. I still shake violently watching that.
Any old Jim Carey movie for me tbh
Fern Gully
That movie was definitely part of my formative years growing up
But seriously, why are all these movies reminding me of all the great songs. Makes me realize we just don’t have that many these days with great original soundtracks
Tim Curry as the toxic Hexus dude is amazing
Tim Curry
as the toxic Hexus dudeis amazingTim Curry has brought so much to every roll. High-school friends of me swooned over him in Muppet Treasure Island… and we can never forget.
SPACE!
Space Jam. It’s not a bad film, it’s a good “bad film”. It’s like everyone involved from the writers to the voice actors to the lighting and camera crews knew this was going to be a pile of crap so they said screw it and just had the most fun making said crap pile. That shows through, and it totally saves the film! It is no longer just a lazily made cash grab, it’s a “look what you get to do sometimes if you allow yourself to have fun” statement. As a film it should be bad but all that heart in it makes it good!
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
I haven’t seen that since I was a kid, but I still remember this part: “Eleven! Your dragon fire melts my eyes.”
I might not even have the quote right but that’s what kid-me remembers.
Yeah, it’s a bit off, LOL. But from now on I’ll hear it your way :)
lol how true to the movie is this trailer?
The music in the trailer doesn’t fit at all. It’s way too dramatic and fast paced. And it left out a huge element of the film that wouldn’t have been a spoiler, and makes the whole trailer inaccurate.
I love this movie, but you can tell it was made with television broadcast in mind because it literally has regular fades to black where commercials would go.
I think it would be fantastic if it were remastered either with cleaned up higher-res animation or new animation altogether.
yeah I didn’t think that trailer was right so thought I would ask (was the only trailer that popped up). I did see someone uploaded the full movie on youtube so gotta check it out today!
The movie is decent, but the premise and how it plays out is why I love it. Cool ideas.
Early Jean-Claude Van Damme Cyborg, Ultimate Soldier, Kickboxer, Lionheart, but mostly Bloodsport.
