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?

  • mub@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Flight of the navigator.

    An entire film to make one E.T. joke.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      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.

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      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.

  • weariedfae@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    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.

    • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      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.

      • testfactor@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        I think he was talking about some of the questionable representation of the tribal peoples in the film.

    • ryrybang@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      If somebody doesn’t find that rhino birth scene funny, we can’t be friends. I still shake violently watching that.

  • NickwithaC@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    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!

    • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world
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      3 months ago

      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.

      • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        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.

        • Cataphract@lemmy.mlOP
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          3 months ago

          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!

  • Philote@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Early Jean-Claude Van Damme Cyborg, Ultimate Soldier, Kickboxer, Lionheart, but mostly Bloodsport.