Movies You Appreciated Later In Life!

[redhawk23]

Planet of the Apes, the original. The social commentary is as subtle as a sledge hammer, but I love it.

"If those theories are true than the sacred scrolls aren't worth their parchment"

I've always loved that movie, but now for several more reasons.

 

[redhawk23]

Besides the obvious problem of certain kids films not holding up to nostalgia, have you guys ever had the opposite experience?

Personally my opinion of Fight Club has eroded with each passing year. I still enjoy it, but I don't love it as I once did.

 

[kedrell]

Oh yes, many films have(for me) lost their luster. It's not even so much that I now think they're bad. It's just that I don't love them as much as when I first saw them. In fact I'd say most films have this erosion process. It's a rare movie that doesn't erode over time.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Around the time movies like Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Rain Man, Goodfellas I was a kid that was only interested in superhero stuff but over the years with an adult mind I've expanded my horizons so to speak.

I watched and loved a lot of classic movies when I was a kid, but I didn't start following shows on tv about the upcoming movies(like Barry Norman's show on the BBC) until they announced they were making a live action Batman movie, haha.
It was just my luck if I caught a great movie on tv, we didn't get a vhs until I was about 12, which would have been around 87.

 

[Evil Twin]

Annie Hall fits the bill for me. I think it helps to actually have been in an adult relationship to get how brilliant it is.

 

[moviedoors]

Two immediately spring to mind:

2001: A Space Odyssey. I think I was 13 the first time I saw it. To say it went over my head is an understatement. I was baffled and bored and really, really confused at it's reputation. But I couldn't leave it alone. I kept returning to it periodically. Now I think it's one of the best films ever made.

Blade Runner. I thought it was just plain old boring the first time I saw it. I still don't see it as the masterpiece or even the great film that a lot of other people do, but I certainly like and appreciate it much more now.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

Personally my opinion of Fight Club has eroded with each passing year. I still enjoy it, but I don't love it as I once did.

Fight Club is very appealing to teenage boys, but when you get older, your tastes elevate to something like Se7en.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

I loved both as a teenage boy. Fight Club's better.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

It's definitely the more entertaining of the two.

 

[moviedoors]

Zodiac destroys them both.

 

[humbdrumb]

Zodiac destroys them both.

Zodiac is Fincher's best and one of the best films of all-time period.

There.

I said it.

 

[The Amazing Lee]

It took me a while before I fully loved This is Spinal Tap

 

[Punisher Rising]

The Empire Strikes Back was my least favorite Star Wars film for many years but in recent years I've appreciated and enjoyed it much more. It's my second favorite after ROTJ, or at least even for my second favorite along with ANH.

 

[Mace Dolex]

A surprising one for me was Pee Wee's Big Adventure. I loved it when I was a kid, then I watch it as an adult and realize it is way funnier then I thought it was.

I saw it first as a kid too over a cousins house and I loved it too, watching it now I realize that it's not your typical comedy that the average person can enjoy, you need to have an open mind about.

Never got around to seeing the sequel Big Top Pee Wee but from the few clips I can tell it stunk.

 

[Punisher Rising]

Big Top Pee Wee was a huge letdown for me.

 

[moviedoors]

Zodiac is Fincher's best and one of the best films of all-time period.

There.

I said it.

Ain't that the truth.

 

[bullets]

I didn't care for the Harry Potter films until I saw Order of the Phoenix. After that I became wrapped up in the story.

 

[BatmanBeyond]

I remember being scared ****less by the original Predator films, even though there was a certain fascination involved everytime they were on TV. Still, the infrared bits, beheading/skinning humans and extracting their craniums+spinal cords was always unsettling for me as a kid. So much so that I would sometimes fear a Predator would come out and get me when I would go out at night, haha.

And lo and behold, I've developped an appreciation for them some 10 years later. Having recently rewatched the original one, Predator 2 and the recent Predators(none of that Alien vs Predator crap for me, thank you), I can definitely say that I liked all of them...to varying degrees, of course. The original's the best in my book(probably because the Predator actually appears uncloacked only during the end), but it's so much more than that. It combines elements of different genres in such a seamless and organic way I can't help but appreciate it. And the suspense is used in an extraordinarily efficient way. Plus, it's probably the only film I know that shows Arnie scared ****less.

While I've seen some criticise Predator 2 for the fact it moved on from the jungle scenario, I actually appreciated the move to crime-ridden LA(a concrete jungle). Still, I didn't think it was as good as the original and at some points I thought it was harkening back to it a little too much for my tastes. Danny Glover is a complete badass in it, though. Predators, while definitely lacking in the unknown quantity quality of the original, was pretty good as well. It was definitely a different type of story than the other two, but I thought the changing of the location to a Predator game reserve was a more logical step than having an Aliens vs Predators bonanza on Earth. I liked the references to the original as well and I thought that Alice Braga was a rare combination of badass, honorable and hot. Adrien Brody was solid as well, in a role that just doesn't seem his thing to be honest and the fact that I would've liked to have seen Gerard Butler be the one to uncontrollably bash and chop the head of the last Predator off was probably my biggest complaint about the movie. That, and the fact that Laurence Fishburne's character was a goddamn waste of time.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I guess I'll say Hunchback of Notre Dame

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I didn't care for the Harry Potter films until I saw Order of the Phoenix. After that I became wrapped up in the story.

Same here. I saw the other before, but they didn't leave a lasting impression until Order of the phoenix. Even though Potter fans hate it, I really liked it. I hate Dolores Umbridge more than Voldemort!

 

[bullets]

That was a vile woman. I didn't read the novels so it spared me disappointment. The end when Voldemort tries to get into Harry's head reminded me of Star Wars.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Apparently Order of the Phoenix, according to a groups of Harry Potter fans, was the best Harry Potter novel and the movie "shat on the books, but it wasn't as bad as Goblet of Fire".

 

[DCW]

Blade Runner.

First time I tried to watch it I was bored to tears, but a couple of years later I gave it a second chance and I was totally engrossed.

Me too. I really was let down the first time I saw it. I finally revisited it last month and ended up watching it four times in one week! I absolutely love that movie now.

 

[humbdrumb]

I didn't care for the Harry Potter films until I saw Order of the Phoenix. After that I became wrapped up in the story.

I don't see how anyone can get wrapped up in the film series without having read the books. The movies just feel so watered down and dull.

 

[bullets]

I don't see how anyone can get wrapped up in the film series without having read the books. The movies just feel so watered down and dull.

I can still get into it without having read the books. The only real downside was I didn't feel impacted very much by Dobby's death. It was sad but it didn't feel like the character was used enough in the film series to really be devastating.