Is it how you remember?

daftmole · 03-01-2003, 4:42 PM

I've been recently buying quite a few dvds that I have fond memories of, from my childhood. Some of them such as the Back To The Future Trilogy, Gremlins, The Thing and Star TrekII have been as good if not better than I remember. But on the other foot some have not compared as well! Superman was one particular case, I have fond memories of this, yet once I began to watch it I was amazed by some of the holes in the plot! (How does Lex Luthor know about Krytonite?) Although I still semi enjoyed it, it just wasn't the masterpiece I remember! (Great dvd though - amazing sound) I just got Superman II to see if that lives upto my expectations! (Always thought it was better than 1?!)

So have you rewatched a film from your childhood, that hasn't quite lived upto / been better than you remember?

James45 · 03-01-2003, 4:53 PM

the Kirk star trek movies (excluding no. 2), couldn't believe I used to like them when I watched them recently.

mcmullanbrush · 03-01-2003, 4:55 PM

Its an interesting question.

Star Wars is an obvious choice for me. I first saw it when I was 10 and loved it, I regard it as being okay these days.

Play It Again Sam is still funny, but not as hilarious as I found it as a teenager.

Highlander was my favourite film when I was 17, I find it quite naff now.

Porkys was brilliant when I was 13, enough said about that one

RossG · 03-01-2003, 5:37 PM

I totally agree, my wife and I were both big fans of Highlander in our youth but both agreed it had dated terribly when we recently watched the recent R1 DVD release.

High octane fight scenes on TV e.g. Buffy put the final sword fight to shame IMHO. However, the general concept still appeals and it would make a good candidate for a remake if you ask me although I doubt many people could carry off Connery's part with such class.

Ross

James45 · 03-01-2003, 5:50 PM

the scenes in Scotland are the least dated which is kind of ironic, many films from the 80s suffer, because... well it was the 80s!

ytgti · 03-01-2003, 5:56 PM

I havn't seen it since i was young, But we all used to love TEEN WOLF.... weres all this hair coming from.

RossG · 03-01-2003, 6:01 PM

Although Lambert's Scottish accent was atrocious. Wonder what he is up to these days? Highlander II was a dog and he was also in some ropey chess tournament thriller around about the same time. The Sci-Fi prison film he was in was a reasonable nights diversion when we saw it on TV a year or so ago.

RossG · 03-01-2003, 6:03 PM

Ah Teen Wolf, another great MJ Fox vehicle. Didn't they make a sequel, what am I saying, which US film hasn't had at least one or two 'straight to rental' sequels.

James45 · 03-01-2003, 6:06 PM

yep Jason Bateman played the MJ character

spidermanalf · 03-01-2003, 6:06 PM

Teen Wolf Too (as it was called) was at the cinema!!!

Wolf boy was a boxer, but I do not think it was MJFox.

TheBigApple · 03-01-2003, 6:09 PM

The Lost Boys, just can't take it seriously anymore especialy that greased up Michael Bolton lookalike singing on stage.

spidermanalf · 03-01-2003, 6:11 PM

Hey that saxophone rocks!

Hawk The Slayer and Beastmaster are mine.

Loved them both when I was a kid watched them over and over again, Hawk The Slayers music is totally brilliant still though!

It sounds like dodgy german rave music!

Xusia Of Delos · 03-01-2003, 6:35 PM

I have a very rare Hawk The Slayer soundtrack LP on vinyl. Crazy 80's low budget sword & sorcery flic works due to it's bizarre hommage to spaghetti westerns and the fact that anything with Bernard Bresslaw in it is good.

Xusia Of Delos · 03-01-2003, 6:39 PM

Seriously, I agree with the sentiment about the Highlander, it has in some respects dated, but it is that very factor that gives it it's charm.

However, as a child I can remember being gobsmacked by any Harryhausen film, and they still get me that way now. CGI may be technically superior but those stop motion figures had charactors and charm all of their own.

RossG · 03-01-2003, 6:47 PM

Is CGI technically superior? OK it's great for doing lots of things, I mean how many films now start a shot with one thing then pan back to show many of them simply, IMHO, to say look we can replicate these things till the cows come home.

However, I still prefer stop motion stuff because they tend to stand up to closer inspection whereas CGI generated stuff is always shown whizzing past the camera so fast you don't get a closer look. I know exactly what an X-Wing fighter looks like from Star Wars but the alien ships in Independance Day are just a blur.

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