I just saw a clip of Trading Places posted somewhere. It was a really good 70 seconds. I remember realllly enjoying Trading Places when I was a kid, and so now I'm thinking: "I should watch that again".
But I'm also thinking, "you can't go back: the stuff you liked twenty years ago, its never so good when you dig it up" Off the top of my head the worst example I can think of is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I got some pleasure out of Some Kind Of Wonderful, but it was scarcely the film I remember.
But Trading Places, that was a classic, right? That's still going to make me genuinely happy, surely?
Lets set the parameters between 25 and 40 years old. What films from 1976-1991, that I've a decent chance of having seen on the telly in the 80s and early 90s, have still got it? I bet Ghostbusters has still got it. Has it? Please say it has.
edit: Giving one film and explaining why its still good is a more fun answer than a bare list of six :)
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Yes I think some of not all of the special f/X have held up well in ghostbusters . The acting doesn't even need to be questioned . The stay puff still looks great to me and the spectres also . The only thing I can recall looking a tad rubbery is the vince clawthorpe dog /beast Lewis thing with red eyes ; the gate keeper animal form . Only a tad though
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I think back to the future ages well and never gets old
Anything from Monty Python.
I've seen Ferris Bueller's day off a couple of times recently and enjoyed watching to be honest!
The Blues Brothers - used to be one of my favourite films and saw it again recently - still enjoyable - particularly them singing "stand by your man". The car chase looks a bit tame now though!
Smokey and the Bandit just for Jackie Gleason
Clint Eastwood "Every Which Way But Loose"
http://youtu.be/OEnU6K_gpbo
Bullet
Italian job
Get Carter
Godfather
Dirty Harry
Platoon
Plenty more timeless classics out there though
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Planes trains and automobiles. Especially the car rental scene.
Agree with everything mentioned so far. I also enjoy
Coming to america
Die Hard
Stripes (I know its daft but I really enjoy it)
Planes, trains & automabiles
Airplane
Looking back over these lists I've got some movie watching to do when I get back home next week
Terminator I (1984!)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Menno
Bullet - 1968
Italian job - 1969
Get Carter - 1971
Godfather - 1972
Dirty Harry - 1971
Platoon - 1986
I was asking for '76 to '91 ;)
This was one I really didn't expect! I'm not sure I even bothered watching at the time.Originally Posted by Dan88
Seven
The usuall suspects
American pie!
My vote is for "The Fabulous Baker Boys" which, with few exceptions, looks like it could have been filmed yesterday. Even the Grusin soundtrack sounds contemporary 80s pastiche. Without doubt one of my favourite - if not favourite - film.
All after 1991, surely?!
I'm feeling very sceptical about this one. Reeeeally?! I don't even remember thinking it was much good when I was a kid. You'll be telling me the Cannonball Run is still worth it next....
I bet Stand By Me is rubbish now
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Well that will teach me to read the opening post properly
Ok you can having raging bull and long Good Friday
I think Alien and Aliens have aged really well, still look great...
Technically, it looks way better, as the "Final Cut" is far superior to the original theatrical release. Amazing movie, one of the best ever.
For me it has to be the first two Mad Max movies. I love the third as well, but the first two are unquestionable classics, even better today than when I was a kid. Practical stunts and effects mean they look as good as they ever have.
I also must mention Conan the Barbarian. I loved it as a kid, but I love it even more now. One of the best soundtracks ever.
Predator...
"GET TO THE CHOPPAAAAA!!!"
The original is so much better than any of the rest of the Predator movies that have come after it...
Right Turn Clyde Compilation:
Is anyone else suggesting Stripes? I remember enjoying it when I was 14, but then I bought a Motley Crue album that year, too, so.....
All the Indiana Jones films have aged well, perhaps because they were set in the 1940's
I watches them all recently and noticed the one I liked the most at the time was the one that engaged me the least this time.
As long as you didnt enjoy the 4th one, that would be unforgivable
The Princess Bride, never gets old, some great lines in it, always raises a smile.
Somehow I've gone twenty years since I last saw that
The Goonies is as good today as it was in the 80s. Timeless romp with a decent splash of humour and adventure. Not my favourite film but definitely one of those that you come across and end up watching all of.
In a similar vein, See No Evil, Hear No Evil is still a riot.
Another vote for Alien and Aliens. Both look like they could be recent releases. I think the early Rocky movies are still pretty good to watch.
Lifeforce
One of the best films every made and being as it looked dated when it was made it is exempt from the ageing process
Ah 91 cut off, missed that!
Groundhog Day still stands up well.
"Rita, Sue and Bob too" (1987) is a film I can watch time and again and enjoy.
F.T.F.A.
Fine cameo from Black Lace in that
Let's not forget "Leon".
Well said that man! Sheriff Buford T. Justice. What we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law!
As a kid I thought Burt Reynolds was the star,but now ,I know that film is all about Jackie Gleason, with a brilliant supporting role by Jerry Reed. Ooh and the dog, Flash.
Obviously the trans Am too.
Plus it doesnt stop there, Smokey and the Bandit 2 is just as good! In fact, its the same, but with an elephant. Smokey and the Bandit 3? hmmm...cant really remember but probably also brilliant.
Great shouts!
Das Boot.
ALARM! ALARM!
Ping
Robocop must stand up pretty well.
I did watch Trading Places and like Beverly Hills Cop it stands up pretty well and of course the Jaime Lee Curtis scenes hold up very well.
Alien I would agree with. Its lost nothing over time.
Aliens I think is now heavily dated , very dull direction and dialogue.
First Blood
Commando
Predator
Aliens
Blade Runner
Leon
The Right Stuff
Yes I'd have to agree if anything its improved with time. Epic score , superb photography and a level of sword play and violence that is impressive even by today's standards. A fairly philosophical story that echoes Millius's right wing hippy culture being the antithesis of freedom stance.
Blazing Saddles
Lock stock and two smoking barrels
Pulp fiction
RIAC
Rocky I - IV. All still worth a watch and enjoyable in their own way.
These are the ten so far which I enjoyed at the time and which I haven't seen for a while
Ghostbusters
Platoon
Rita Sue and Bob Too
Robocop
The Blues Brothers
The Fabulous Baker Boys
The Goonies
The Long Good Friday
The Princess Bride
Trading Places
Oh, and I haven't seen The Empire Strikes Back since its original cinema reason....
A couple of years ago I watched Dangerous Liaisons: that was still excellent
1976-91 was asked for, they are both later.
Cheers,
Neil.
I really like the Dirty Harry films and certainly think they stand up today although only the last three come into the requested time frame:
The Enforcer
Sudden Impact
The Dead Pool.
Cheers,
Neil.
Apocalypse Now - still looks amazing.
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