On Not Revisiting Movies From Your Childhood
[Moozik: Depeche Mode - Suffer Well (live)]
There should be a rule stating that once you get older, any movie that you remember enjoying as a youngster is completely off limits. Just let it be. You've got the memory of it being an absolute classic so leave it at that. You'll only spoil it by watching it again and realizing that the movie is quite arsey really.
This week that devastating (grin) realization came at the expense of The Karate Kid. Lets just say after 22 years the movie doesn't hold up all that well. What can I tell you, as an 11 year old, I so wanted to be able to do that bloody crane kickey thingy. Lets be honest, who didn't? Ahem.
So I hereby declare the following movies to be completely off limits never to be watched again: The Goonies, The Lost Boys, The Black Hole, and last but not least Ghostbusters.
You know, just in case ;-)
What about the Star Wars films? The original is 30 years old this year and is still 'the bomb' ;-0
jase: well yeah, I suppose there are exceptions to my rule :-) You're right, the original Star Wars trilogy is an example of movies that *have* stood the test of time. As have Raiders of the Lost Ark, Bladerunner etc.
WarGames still holds up well.
Yikes - hit post too early. I also just watched Tron and Last Starfighter recently. Both were ok - nowhere near as good as I remembered them being as a kid though. The Karate Kid is pretty bad isn't it.