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Movies That Haven't Aged Well

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There are some parts of Live and Let Die that stand out in an interesting way (like the funeral scene, and the stuff on the train), but the Jane Seymour parts and the skeevy vibe of "James is with a black chick! Look how daring we are!" I could do without.

The part in the opening where the naked shadow woman wanders around high-fiving angels, or whatever she's doing, annoys me.

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I'd probably add Diamonds are Forever to this. I enjoyed the movie quite a bit when I was younger. I even have the soundtrack. But the homophobia is tough to get past now.

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Batman from the 80s is super cringeworthy. I can't believe this was once heralded as one of the best superhero films

Ah, Batman from 1989.. such a relic of the time. I think of Prince everytime I think of that movie. I even had a Batman themed birthday party the year the movie came out LOL

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I think of Prince everytime I think of that movie.

For some reason, all I can think of when I think of that movie is His Purple Majesty yelling "Vicki Vale!" in the soundtrack.

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Ah, Batman from 1989.. such a relic of the time. I think of Prince everytime I think of that movie. I even had a Batman themed birthday party the year the movie came out LOL

I love Jack Nicholson in that movie, sighing to himself about how tough a day he had. The second movie was better with Catwoman and Penguin, but I still enjoy all things Bat so I will always love the movie.

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Shes All That and Cant Hardly Wait both just feel so dated while some 90's teen movies hold up well (Clueless, oddly enough as it is just soooo 90's and set fashion and language trends)

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Speaking of dated teen flicks, I know this qualifies as a UO (since I know how beloved it is by many), but this:

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didn't age well at all. I remember laughing at this as a kid, but being underwhelmed by the cheap and unfunny jokes throughout the flick as an adult. The presence of

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didn't help matters, either...

I'm on the fence about

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though, since I haven't decided if I'm underwhelmed by this flick because it hasn't aged well since it came out almost 20 years ago or because it just wasn't that good.

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I agree that Sixteen candles and Breakfast Club haven't aged well.. though one movie aged really well and it's from the 80s...

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Considering all the issues with bullying, suicide, etc... it makes the black comedy all the more tragic nowadays.

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I agree that Sixteen candles and Breakfast Club haven't aged well.. though one movie aged really well and it's from the 80s...

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Considering all the issues with bullying, suicide, etc... it makes the black comedy all the more tragic nowadays.

I think it was helped by the fact that it was ahead of its time.

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Shes All That and Cant Hardly Wait both just feel so dated while some 90's teen movies hold up well (Clueless, oddly enough as it is just soooo 90's and set fashion and language trends)

Clueless <3

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I imagine most people could not mention an RR film outside of HGF and possibly Gypsy, and Claudette Colbert is one of those one-time stars now forgotten.

What about Auntie Mame?

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I agree that Sixteen candles and Breakfast Club haven't aged well.. though one movie aged really well and it's from the 80s...

I think the two "John Hughes" brat-pack movies that are always associated with him but he wrote and produced, but Howard Deutch directed, hold up much better--Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful.

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I love both Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club to this day (but I was born in 1989, so it could be that I wish I had grown up in the 80s more than anything else)--Sixteen Candles is actually my favorite Brat Pack movie as done by John Hughes--but here's a HUGE UO: my favorite Brat Pack movie of all is actually the Joel Schumacher-directed St. Elmo's Fire.

I don't care how dated, narmy, or pusedo-pretentious it is, I LOVE and ADORE that movie, and the Love Theme OWNS MY HEART. And no one, NO ONE, will EVER convince me otherwise. biggrin.png

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Shes All That and Cant Hardly Wait both just feel so dated while some 90's teen movies hold up well (Clueless, oddly enough as it is just soooo 90's and set fashion and language trends)

I still enjoy Can't Hardly Wait, but part of it is because it is such a 90s time capsule, and it takes me right back to that era immediately.

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