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What movie from your past are you completely nostalgia blind too? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by Cataphract@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I ran into an old movie I had on VHS as a kid titled "MegaForce" (1982) (RT link). I hadn't seen the movie in decades and was worried looking at a rotten tomato score of 6% that if I watched it, I would be completely disappointed in the movie as an adult. Surprisingly, I didn't realize as a kid that it was actually more of a spoof comedy action movie like a knock-off "Hot Shots" or "Naked Gun" and just completely enjoyed watching it again because it felt like a whole new experience (definitely better than the new G.I. Joe's lol).

So what's your movie from your past that you'll always enjoy no matter how cheesy or horrible it may seem?

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[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The Ace Ventura sequel, When Nature Calls. My gooey adolescent brain ate it up and it is one of the few movies from my childhood where I can set aside everything I've learned and just enjoy it.

I academically know it's bad and wildly problematic, I'm not blind, but nostalgia can be pretty powerful.

[–] ryrybang@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

If somebody doesn't find that rhino birth scene funny, we can't be friends. I still shake violently watching that.

[–] LemmyHead@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Any old Jim Carey movie for me tbh

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I academically know it’s bad and wildly problematic

What do you mean by that? How is it bad trying the save species from aquariums? Or trying the save a tribe from their own extinction because profit?

I'm mean those are good morals that should be taught at school, IMO way more important than history class which actually tells us how dumb we were and how dumb we still are.

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Maybe I got your comment wrong if so care to elaborate?

Thank you.

[–] testfactor@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

I think he was talking about some of the questionable representation of the tribal peoples in the film.

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

I feel like the first Ace Ventura tried to dance the line closer to an Action-Adventure/Detective-Comedy. The 2nd just leaned way into the comedy with the explosive popularity of Jim Carrey and it shows. Definitely don't mind it, the 2nd is still my favorite but the first is also a solid movie.