What movies have not aged well?

[Aegon Spengler]

Operation Dumbo Drop has really fallen off

 

[TAK47]

Watched The Departed the other day. From the dialogues to the clothes, it hasn’t aged well at all.

Don't Americans still wear their jeans 2 sizes too big with New Balance sneakers?

What do you think hasn't aged well?
I think the movie is still fantastic and there's few things movie that I would change today, first and foremost fucking Marky Mark who should simply be banned from acting.

 

[ufcfan4]

I never understood why people nitpick these things. Unless the film is supposed to be a about the future than time does it no favors but i think all films are supposed to be representative of their time which is why “updates” of films are never very good.

a cell phone couldn’t have changed Kevin McAllistars situation because it was 1989. The technological revolution does nothing for Kevin. People talk like it harms the films to be “dated” but If anything they are educational and a time capsule. Nowadays they deliberately make movies set in times where they can avoid the suspense numbing pitfalls of modern technology but these films were the real thing.

haha so true. I hate the logic...it was like a younger relative I was talking with about Seinfeld. He told me (and I know he's not the only one to say this) that he can't get on board with Seinfeld because so many of the scenarios could easily be resolved with a cell phone.

Yeah, no shit, but they weren't in widespread use and the fact that they were not there does not mean that the humor of the specific situation evaporates because you think modern tech could somehow be deus ex machina in older media.

It'd be like me saying oh 1917 was alright but it seemed pointless- why couldn't they just text message the order to Cumberbatch...

Home Alone is also not a great example for people who pull this schtick because Home Alone is improbable in general lol. Why didn't he just speak to the cops? Surely there was a neighbor family on his block he could ask to stay with for a couple of days? Why doesn't he ask Old Man Marley for help when he realizes he's an awesome dude? Because then you don't get Looney Tunes house of horrors segment that everyone most remembers the film for. Suspension of disbelief.

If someone doesn't mind those elements but can't abide Home Alone because err smart phones, I don't know what to tell them.

 

[ufcfan4]

The Crow looks absolutely horrible now. If it wasn't for the fact that I respect Brandon Lee and respect what they were trying to do with this movie, I'd think it was complete and utter trash. The acting wasn't great. The cinematography was choppy. And the color scheme looks bad in anything 1080 and above.

Still love the movie though for what it represents.

Brandon Lee's look as The Crow, his performance, Michael Wincott's villain performance, and the presence of the awesome Ernie Hudson all make it well worth it even to this day.

 

[ufcfan4]

Any mission impossible besides the 2 most recent additions. They get worse the further you go back.

Last year I tried watching m.i. 1 and I thought to myself how horrible it was. But I remember it being the coolest shit when it came out

One of the few franchises that has gotten significantly better deeper into the series. First one starts with an awesome opening fifteen-twenty minutes and then really derails. Second one is a dull dud which I'd only recommend to Woo completists. But 3 onward have been a lot of fun in my opinion, with Ghost Protocol being my favorite.

 

[John Mabrey]

Don't Americans still wear their jeans 2 sizes too big with New Balance sneakers?

What do you think hasn't aged well?
I think the movie is still fantastic and there's few things movie that I would change today, first and foremost fucking Marky Mark who should simply be banned from acting.

I don't understand wtf he was talking about clothes, it's like not Leo and Damon dressed like eminem

 

[cooks1]

I think it is pretty fair to say this one does not get remade any time soon. I can not see how this film was was ever made, much less released. Not sure how well extensive 12 year old female nudity would go down today.

I had to watch some pretty disturbing scenes from this movie in a film studies class in college in 1988. People were leaving during the class.

The first 4 questions the professor got after showing the scenes were.

1) How was it legal to make this film?
2) How was it legal to release this film?
3) How are you allowed to show us this film? People were not happy.
4) How could Brooke Shields parents possibly have agreed to this?

What is most fucking scary is that Brooke Shields Mother, who was her manager, not only allowed, but encouraged the making of this film.

The film won an award at the 1978 Cannes film festival.

 

[TAK47]

I don't understand wtf he was talking about clothes, it's like not Leo and Damon dressed like eminem

If the movie played in 2020 and everyone had dreadlocks and leather overalls, I'd get it, but people dressed like that in 2006. If Scorsese made The Departed today, the only thing that would change is probably clothing and technology.

I figured it wouldn't be a popular opinion but that's just the way it turned out for me. I watched all 3 recently.
It's hard for people to consider ANYTHING better than original especially on these forums. But it I was deciding between the 3 I would watch DoT over town and heat.

It's a generic copy of Heat, lacking even a single good actor as well as any character depth.The kind of movie you forget after 10 minutes, I genuinely didnt remember I had seen it.
And if all you care about is accuracy of gun battles and tactics, fine, but you might have just misunderstood Heat.

 

[John Mabrey]

The Crow looks absolutely horrible now. If it wasn't for the fact that I respect Brandon Lee and respect what they were trying to do with this movie, I'd think it was complete and utter trash. The acting wasn't great. The cinematography was choppy. And the color scheme looks bad in anything 1080 and above.

Still love the movie though for what it represents.

I watched the crow again like a year or two ago and it was still good

 

[John Mabrey]

If the movie played in 2020 and everyone had dreadlocks and leather overalls, I'd get it, but people dressed like that in 2006. If Scorsese made The Departed today, the only thing that would change is probably clothing and technology.



It's a generic copy of Heat, lacking even a single good actor as well as any character depth.The kind of movie you forget after 10 minutes, I genuinely didnt remember I had seen it.
And if all you care about is accuracy of gun battles and tactics, fine, but you might have just misunderstood Heat.

I mean I don't even get the clothing difference that he was even referring to

 

[djacobox372]

Birth of a Nation

 

[SoberAwakening]

I watched the crow again like a year or two ago and it was still good

Naw, that's straight up nostalgia. On a 4k tv, it looks really bad. To include the bad acting.

 

[SoberAwakening]

Brandon Lee's look as The Crow, his performance, Michael Wincott's villain performance, and the presence of the awesome Ernie Hudson all make it well worth it even to this day.

It really doesn't though. The dialogue is cheesy and so are some of the fight sequences. I like it because I grew up during that time, but the younger generation laughs/cringes when they watch it. It's a cult classic and shrouded in mystery. That will keep it a main staple of 90s cinema. It's not the acting or action sequences though.

 

[John Mabrey]

It really doesn't though. The dialogue is cheesy and so are some of the fight sequences. I like it because I grew up during that time, but the younger generation laughs/cringes when they watch it. It's a cult classic and shrouded in mystery. That will keep it a main staple of 90s cinema. It's not the acting or action sequences though.

The younger generation are a buncha s who wear skinny jeans

 

[StewDogg11]

I rewatched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom the other night and yeesh. Still fun and nostalgic but yeah hasn’t aged well.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Brandon Lee's look as The Crow, his performance, Michael Wincott's villain performance, and the presence of the awesome Ernie Hudson all make it well worth it even to this day.

The whole thing was obviously very goth heavy even on release but culturally I wouldn't say that's something that dated as much, its remained a subculture rather than something that was a big part of mainstream culture and faded away.

It does benefit from being made before CGI was starting to be used much in mid budget films as well.

 

[Alphaboy]

Pulp fiction has always been junk.

 

[Alphaboy]

I think it is pretty fair to say this one does not get remade any time soon. I can not see how this film was was ever made, much less released. Not sure how well extensive 12 year old female nudity would go down today.

I had to watch some pretty disturbing scenes from this movie in a film studies class in college in 1988. People were leaving during the class.

The first 4 questions the professor got after showing the scenes were.

1) How was it legal to make this film?
2) How was it legal to release this film?
3) How are you allowed to show us this film? People were not happy.
4) How could Brooke Shields parents possibly have agreed to this?

What is most fucking scary is that Brooke Shields Mother, who was her manager, not only allowed, but encouraged the making of this film.

The film won an award at the 1978 Cannes film festival.

Pardon my ignorance, were there different laws back then? Anyone know? I don't get it either. I can't possibly see a movie being made like that today.

 

[cooks1]

Pardon my ignorance, were there different laws back then? Anyone know? I don't get it either. I can't possibly see a movie being made like that today.

You got me bro.

 

[Deleted member 460645]

The romance scenes between De Niro and whatsherface are very late 80's early 90's feeling. TBH that aspect of the movie already felt cringey and dated when it came out in '95.

And the much anticipated scene between De Niro and Pacino is so disappointing. It's basically a bunch of "If you get in my way imma kill you" "Oh yeah? Well if you get in MY way imma kill YOU" and it's just like..... really guys? This is the most compelling shit you could come up with?

This is precisely why I could never enjoy the film even on my first viewing.

Not to mention Pacino's daughter's arc. Who gave a fuck?