Films That Have Aged Badly

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Reservoir Dogs. It's all style and no substance - and the style is badly dated.

[Mook]

Most of the films mentioned in here were bad when they were released, Airplane the obvious exception.

 

Oddly, I tend to find 80s & 90s films generally date more badly than the ones from the 70s.

[Tony Moanero]

I find the concept of watching old films and complaining that they are dated, baffling. Of course they seem dated when compared with modern films. Lots of time has passed since they were made and things are done differently now.

[Bjornebye]

1 hour ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Reservoir Dogs. It's all style and no substance - and the style is badly dated.

Negged.

 

 

 

[Mook]

46 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

I find the concept of watching old films and complaining that they are dated, baffling. Of course they seem dated when compared with modern films. Lots of time has passed since they were made and things are done differently now.

I was thinking about this reading the thread & I think all films tend to date after 5 or 10 years but 'dating badly' is different.

 

I mean, you can say Taxi Driver has dated because of the 70s haircuts and keks people are wearing but I don't think you could ever say it's dated badly, in fact it has probably improved with age.

 

I'm struggling to think of an obvious example of a film which has dated badly to be honest, I don't see too many of them in here either, most were shite to start with. Special effects & crap 80s soundtracks could be a factor I suppose.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

12 Angry Men hasn't dated at all. It's as relevant as it ever was.

[Bjornebye]

23 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

12 Angry Men hasn't dated at all. It's as relevant as it ever was.

Johnny Depp thread? 

[Elite]

2 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Reservoir Dogs. It's all style and no substance - and the style is badly dated.

I watched it again a few months ago and thought it was still brilliant.

 

It has plenty of substance. 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Elite said:

I watched it again a few months ago and thought it was still brilliant.

 

It has plenty of substance. 

Yep. That breakfast dialogue is still and always will be superb. 

 

I bet you Mal doesn't like Pulp Fiction either the fucking violin 

[Elite]

Just now, Bjornebye said:

Yep. That breakfast dialogue is still and always will be superb. 

 

I bet you Mal doesn't like Pulp Fiction either the fucking violin 

The backstory scene with Mr. Blonde meeting up with Nice Guy Eddie and Joe once he has been released from prison is great as well .

[AngryOfTuebrook]

12 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Yep. That breakfast dialogue is still and always will be superb. 

 

I bet you Mal doesn't like Pulp Fiction either the fucking violin 

I love Pulp Fiction, oddly enough.

[Bjornebye]

4 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I love Pulp Fiction, oddly enough.

That's not odd, it's the greatest film of all time. 

[manwiththestick]

The Net starring Sandra Bullock.

[Captain Willard]

Total recall. Watched it again recently and it’s dreadful. Endless ridiculous gun fights that Arnie always wins. 

[SasaS]

Once Upon a Time In America for me, I absolutely loved it and thought it was an absolute masterpiece. Every time I watch it, I somehow like it less and less.

I agree with Mook, 70s films seem more resistant to aging, 80s and 90s not so much. I watched As Good As It Gets recently again and it feels barely decent now, it was great in the 90s.

In terms of ideology, apart from obvious examples, How To Murder Your Wife (1965) with Jack Lemmon was a hilarious recent watch for me.  

[Tony Moanero]

16 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

Total recall. Watched it again recently and it’s dreadful. Endless ridiculous gun fights that Arnie always wins. 

Rewatching a film and thinking it was shit, isn’t the same thing as a film ageing badly.

[Tony Moanero]

3 minutes ago, SasaS said:

Once Upon a Time In America for me, I absolutely loved it and thought it was an absolute masterpiece. Every time I watch it, I somehow like it less and less.

I agree with Mook, 70s films seem more resistant to aging, 80s and 90s not so much. I watched As Good As It Gets recently again and it feels barely decent now, it was great in the 90s.

In terms of ideology, apart from obvious examples, How To Murder Your Wife (1965) with Jack Lemmon was a hilarious recent watch for me.  

I fell asleep when I saw As Good as It Gets at the pictures.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

3 hours ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

12 Angry Men hasn't dated at all. It's as relevant as it ever was.

A film I can watch and watch.

[Rushies tash]

Bloody hell, I seem to have upset the Airplane fan club. A film that I used to find brilliant, but now not so much. If you still like it and think the jokes aren't a bit dated, then fair fucks to you.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

11 minutes ago, Rushies tash said:

Bloody hell, I seem to have upset the Airplane fan club. A film that I used to find brilliant, but now not so much. If you still like it and think the jokes aren't a bit dated, then fair fucks to you.

 

[Mike D]

25 minutes ago, Rushies tash said:

Bloody hell, I seem to have upset the Airplane fan club. A film that I used to find brilliant, but now not so much. If you still like it and think the jokes aren't a bit dated, then fair fucks to you.

Surely you can’t be serious?

[Waitak]

Scarface - the Al Pacino version  

[VladimirIlyich]

3 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

Total recall. Watched it again recently and it’s dreadful. Endless ridiculous gun fights that Arnie always wins. 

You have just described every plot of an Arnie film.

[Carvalho Diablo]

1 hour ago, Waitak said:

Scarface - the Al Pacino version  

Scarface was always a totally overrated ham-fest.

[Alan Sex]

The Party. 
 

Oh Peter, you couldn’t make that now - not just because of the whole death thing either.