Movies you thought were good when they came out - but years later you think they blow.

[devilgrrl]

'A Fish Called Wanda' is on IFC. I saw it at the theater when it was released in 1988. I remember cracking up a lot and loved all the actors, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis but 21 years later... I wonder what was so funny because it so wasn't. Am I missing something? How did that happen? How did I go from liking a movie to thinking it was utter crap?

Anyway, I know I'm not one of the kewl lounge kids but I thought I'd start a conversation anyway.

What movie did you think was great when it came out but years later, wonder what you were thinking?

You tell me...

:popcorn:

[enigmatic]

1. 2 off the top of my head

Forrest Gump and Blair Witch Project. Loved both at theater, did a "what the hell was I thinking?" when I saw it on video.

[Chan790]

5. Yes on both...

neither one really has replay value to begin with. The fact that they're just terrible movies doesn't come through until the second viewing. Benjamin Button was the same way...good premise, poor re-watch value.

[BlueIris]

2. "The Usual Suspects."

I thought that was literally the best movie ever when I first saw it. Watched it again the other night on AMC and think it sucks. Offensive "gangster chic" premise, painfully stilted dialogue and otherwise talented character actors totally phoning it in. Awful.

[Richardo]

3. I never liked that movie

Can't tell you why.

There was a movie in the late 70s/early 80s called 'Simon' with Alan Arkin that I thought was hilarious when I first saw it. Later, horrifyingly unfunny.

[peekaloo]

4. 'Thelma and Louise'

:shrug:

[Frank Cannon]

6. "The Warriors"

Man, I loved that movie when it came out. I think I saw it three times. I told my wife about it recently, and we rented it. Oh, my God, does that movie blow!

[edbermac]

8. Good action scenes, but the dialogue does really blow.

Watched it a few weeks ago and still liked it, but some scenes were unintentionally funny. Usually the ones between the boss Warrior and that girl they take along with them. And the whacko guy who shot the big gang organizer was funny but in a good way.

[MissMillie]

7. I'll always love "A Fish Called Wanda"

I really liked "Contact" when it came out, but I re-watched it over the weekend and decided the whole Ellie Arroway/Palmer Joss love story just ruined the whole thing.

[mitchum]

9. "The Idolmaker"...but Ray Sharkey was still great

[DerekG]

10. Superman Returns

At the time, I was just happy to see a Superman flick with good production values and John Williams music, but I watched it recently, and boy, what a waste. Poorly cast. Dour tone. Painfully derivative of Donner's sterling original.

I miss Christopher Reeve.

[Bertha Venation]

11. Goodfellas.

My god, to think that I enjoyed that paranoid bloodfest. :banghead:

[gmoney]

12. The TV show "Get Smart"

I'd not seen it since I was a kid, so when the DVDs came out, I was really looking forward to Mel Brooks and Buck Henry levels of fun. Instead, they just were flat and unfunny and slow.

[azmouse]

13. Fright Night

Where the Buffalo Roam

[Aristus]

14. "Braveheart". I thought it was a rattling-good historical action flick when I first saw it.

After I read up on the history of the real William Wallace and saw the film again, I realized what an awful, horrible, manipulative, predictable piece of shit it was. I can never watch it again. And that's sad. 'Cause Sophie Marceau is one of the hottest sexiest women in the universe!

Mel Gibson's acting and film-making SUCK!

[Odin2005]

15. Independence Day.

[rrneck]

16. Top Gun nt