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Great Movies That Have Also Aged Non Poorly

Some of the replies on this thread are mind boggling. Movies like Star Wars, Terminator 2, and Back to the Future are just as good today as they were when they came out, regardless of technological advances.

I was thinking of something like the LOTR trilogy. Revolutionary when they came out, but now are just hard to watch. It's nine goddamn hours to tell a story they could've banged out in 2.5. I never bothered with The Hobbit, but I'm sure it's even worse considering LOTR was at least three separate books.
 
CantStandYa said:
Some of the replies on this thread are mind boggling. Movies like Star Wars, Terminator 2, and Back to the Future are just as good today as they were when they came out, regardless of technological advances.

I was thinking of something like the LOTR trilogy. Revolutionary when they came out, but now are just hard to watch. It's nine goddamn hours to tell a story they could've banged out in 2.5. I never bothered with The Hobbit, but I'm sure it's even worse considering LOTR was at least three separate books.
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you do realize this thread is for movies that have not aged poorly, right
 
CantStandYa said:
Some of the replies on this thread are mind boggling. Movies like Star Wars, Terminator 2, and Back to the Future are just as good today as they were when they came out, regardless of technological advances.

I was thinking of something like the LOTR trilogy. Revolutionary when they came out, but now are just hard to watch. It's nine goddamn hours to tell a story they could've banged out in 2.5. I never bothered with The Hobbit, but I'm sure it's even worse considering LOTR was at least three separate books.
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You are definitely the first person I've ever heard suggest that the LOTR trilogy has aged poorly. Are they long? Yes. Does that affect your interest in sitting through them again? Yes. But they haven't aged poorly from a CGI or dramatic perspective.

Also, the clip from Breakfast Club is hilarious to me. I've run into Emilio a bunch of times. He's tiny. Amazing what camera perspective can do.
 
Grief. LOTR was boderline unwatchable then and defs now.

Also, srly go back and watch 16 Candles and Pretty In Pink. Sure both are dumb 80s movies but PiP is clearly superior.

Although, on second thought, I am sure there are more posters here who's teenage experience mirror's Anthony Michael Hall's Hughes characters as opposed to McCarthy or Spaders, so mebbe makes sense.

PiP is peak Spader. PEAK

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I agree with TAB on LOTR.
 
TheTwinAndreBen said:
Grief. LOTR was boderline unwatchable then and defs now.

Also, srly go back and watch 16 Candles and Pretty In Pink. Sure both are dumb 80s movies but PiP is clearly superior.

Although, on second thought, I am sure there are more posters here who's teenage experience mirror's Anthony Michael Hall's Hughes characters as opposed to McCarthy or Spaders, so mebbe makes sense.

PiP is peak Spader. PEAK

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I think that Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink are different enough movies that they shouldn't really be compared. Candles was a straight forward comedy. Pink was more of a drama. And Spader is awesome in it.
 
Field of Dreams (if you can get past the mom-jeans on Amy Madigan)
 
Something about Spader rubs me weird just like the Moss lady fella from the new future Hulu thing. can't put my finger on it.
 
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