Napoleon Dynamite. The main thing I got from the movie was that know I know where a meme comes from.
I’ve never understood the fascination people had/have with this movie.
When this came out I went to the ends of the world to get a copy after missing out on all of the references… And then it was fine. I think it’s kinda funny know but I don’t understand how it blew up the way it did
I’m from a small town in idaho. I’m surprised that movie got as popular as it did. That movie felt like it was made for us…
Mean Girls is ok. It has some good meme quotes, but it isn’t really a good movie.
Heathers is better for that kind of movie
Oh my list maybe I should skip it
“I will keep you here all night!” “…we can only keep them here until 4.” “I will keep you here until 4!”
Donnie Darko.
Not a terrible movie, just an extremely odd film of which I have never understood the cult following.
No way. Maybe it depends on when you see it. Saw it early teens and was my favorite movie.
Nah, it was at least a little terrible.
I always recommend watching the director’s cut. It’s like a totally different movie and gives more context.
How is the sequel?
Lol, we don’t talk about the sequel. If you watch his other movies and interviews, it’s clear that Donnie Darko’s director was actually terrible and just managed to accidentally make something amazing.
Good to know I can take it off the to-do list.
It’s actually so hilariously bad it may be worth a goofy hate watch.
Doesn’t exist
I think the same about that movie.
I tried twice to watch The Godfather and fell asleep both times. Nothing about it caught me at all.
It bored me. Tried the second one, didn’t get better.
So i’m not the only one.
Breakfast club. It doesn’t age well. Bender commits sexual assault, and he’s the hero.
It’s crazy and disturbing how normalized sexual harassment and assault are in movies from decades past.
I can’t stand the Fifth Element. On paper, it should be perfect for me but I just find it really obnoxious.
I wholeheartedly disagree but can understand why. I love it, but I feel like if I watched it now, I wouldn’t, or at least not nearly as much as I remember. It’s pretty over the top, but Chris tucker as ruby rhod is one of my favorite parts. I think it was also the time it came out. There wasn’t a whole lot like it, that I can remember.
Don’t overthink about rewatching it. The movie’s unique style still stands out today. Ruby Rhod? Still a standout character. The timeless themes? Still hit home. And its unique spot in the sci-fi genre? Still uncontested. This isn’t just some '90s relic, it’s a movie that’s stood the test of time. Give it another go, you might find it’s held up better than you think.
lmao, I just recently realised I’ve seen that movie so many times and have no idea what it’s about.
You’re gonna get downvoted to hell for this one but I stand with you.
Same. So much non-sense. I remembered it epic. I watched a month ago and I regretted it to have wasted my time like that
I may get a lot of hate for this, and I wouldn’t say it was a huge disappointment because I actually really liked most of the movies but, Star Wars.
I thought they were great moviees, but when watching them after years of everyone telling me to and all the hype I was kind of disappointed even though I enjoyed watching them all. For me they just didn’t live up to the hype I guess.
Yeah same, it feels overhyped to me. Maybe if I had seen as a kid it would be different.
The only good Star Wars is Empire. I’m convinced all this love is pure nostalgia and Disney’s social engineering.
Rocky Horror has one of the weakest 3rd acts I’ve ever seen.
Ive never seen the live show so it might just be pains trying to fit a 2 act musical into a traditional 3 act movie
Did you try to take it seriously? Rocky Horror being incredibly bad is kind of the point of its popularity.
The whole move goes downhill after they serve meatloaf for dinner.
To be fair watching it in a theater with the full cast and audience participation makes it.
Also being inebriated probably helped…
I could also be biased since I saw my future wife’s tits for the first time with her playing Columbia and doing the “pop the tits out of the corset” maneuver during the last act.
I have watched it a bunch. But saw it first a live cast and with people who were really into it. So any re-watch brings me back to that time. Being high helps lol
I like the last 1/3 of the soundtrack the best. It lets especially Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon have a last highlight.
The plot is indeed moot at that point though.
As a movie on its own, it’s not great. It’s really about the experience of a live showing.
I’m afraid to watch the Princess Bride because everyone I know loves it and begs me to watch it and I’m afraid it will be terrible and when they ask me how it was I’ll have to lie
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Look at it this way, even if you think it’s shit at least there’ll be a lot less references going over your head every day.
Speaking as someone who also loves the movie: I won’t hate you of it’s not your jam, but give it a try nonetheless! Worst case you just lost some time, but you at least gave it a shot.
My daughter’s (GenZ) dislike most of the classics. They are my measure of whether a movie still holds up. They quite liked it. They might not watch it every few years like I do, but it’s on their good list. At the very least, they now know why I say, “Have fun storming the castle!” When they are leaving for somewhere.
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Yeah, I guess you must have watched it when you were young to really get into it. Watched it a couple of years ago for the first time, because it is such a classic, and was so underwhelmed and bored.
100% a kids movie. I was born in '89 but somehow missed watching it as a kid. Saw it when I was in my mid-20s and that’s what my takeaway was. Its nostalgic for people who saw it as kids 20-30 years ago with a few oddballs thrown in.
Yeah I was in my 30s when I saw it first. It was fine and I can see how I would have liked it as a kid.
I love this film but yeah, think that’s the case with a lot of “childhood classics” alas.
The Big Lebowski is extremely boring and nonsensical.
How do you feel about other Cohen brothers movies?
I enjoy o brother where art thou, but that’s all I’ve really seen. Fargo and no country are on my to do list.
Fargo is a good movie
Agreed. I don’t think it’s a terrible movie. But certainly didn’t live up to the hype
I find there are few cult classics that can be found by future generations and maintain their cult status outside of the truly timeless greats like Rocky Horror Picture Show or similar. There’s a nostalgia associated with most cult films. I can’t imagine GenZ glomming onto Better off Dead or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or The Goonies because so much of the camp and humor is tied to a time they don’t have a reference for.
Agreed. There are many that are definitely generational. I think Office Space transcends well. When it came out I was probably 10, I didn’t have an office job until I was in my late 20s. It was sort of funny when I saw it as an adult, but after working in a cube farm for the first time I saw it in an entirely new light. Rolling Kansas is a good one too. Just a weird-ass, slow paced comedy about some potheads looking for their parent’s long lost pot farm and running into Rip Torn along the way lol
Funny you used Rocky Horror as a counter example when that is my answer to the post lol
I’m Gen-X and showed my Gen Z kids Better off Dead recently. They quite liked it. I think it’s just so goofy anyone could enjoy it. I DON’T think they’d like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - too talky.
My 13-year-old enjoyed Better Off Dead too. Especially “I want my two dollars!”
Almost all of them when I had read the book first.
The Hobbit
The latest (The Hobbit) I got my son to read the book, then watch the movies and he’s like ‘Whaaaaaa???’ because they tried to amplify it into a blockbuster.
So yes, Great movie - but sucked after reading the book.
The latest The Hobbit(s) were terrible, the old animated film was actually not bad.
I had friends who actually preferred the Hobbit to LOTR because of more action (according to them) But then I slowly told them all the shit that they just added for no reason and now they hate me
I had friends who actually preferred the Hobbit to LOTR because of more action (according to them) But then I slowly told them all the shit that they just added for no reason and now they hate me
Big Lebowski … I mean I enjoyed it but not enough to join the cult
“That’s just, like… your opinion, man.
Give it another try, I was also confused during my first watch, but now it’s one of my favorite movies
Came here to comment this. I wanted to enjoy it but I just didn’t. I can see myself having good fun with it if I watched it 10-15 years ago but when I did it just didn’t hit where it should’ve
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I love TBL now, but I really wasn’t sure after my first watch, it all felt quite disjointed. Seen it many many times then though, and I really like it now, so I’d say it’s worth another go.
Second this. Did not enjoy watching that
I had a little personal crisis when I watched The Big Lebowski for the first time and just hated it. I was so bored.
I’ll have to give it another go and hope I get it .
A lot of cult movies are also hangout movies. I think the second viewing where you know the plot doesn’t really matter at all helps a lot. The first time it’s easy to walk away being like I watched these weirdos do nothing? Repeat viewings are “I’m watching my weird friends do nothing.”
I was very lukewarm to it my first viewing. It gets so much funnier with repeated viewings. It’s my favorite comedy.
Well that’s just, like… your opinion, man!
This was mine as well. It’s mildly amusing, but I really don’t get the massive hype on it.
