Which movie(s) do you remain "loyal" to?

[grumbler]

Just watched Alien and Aliens, those are damn good movies. Even my wife, who hates sci-fi, sat quietly and seemed to like them. A shame that no-one ever made any sequels.

Also, the Thin Red Line is excellent.

Yeah.  The Terminator series ended after two movies, as well. 

[The Brain]

Just like Anal Pool Party.

[Tonitrus]

You'd think more people would be down with APP.

[PDH]

You'd think more people would be down with APP.

The original or the remake?

[Jacob]

You'd think more people would be down with APP.

Someone should make an app for that.

[FunkMonk]

I still enjoy Breakfast at Tiffany's but holy hell is Mickey Rooney's role terrible.

[Barrister]

Recently someone posted a comedy video (which I had also seen on Twitter) about watching a favorite movie of one's teens and discovering its humor had aged... poorly.

National Lampoon's Animal House.

I will defend this movie for all time, but there are parts that have aged poorly.

Now it is set on a college campus in the early 60s so of course it is not integrated.  And the scene at the black bar is I think mostly making fun of the white kids being afraid of a bunch of black guys... but not entirely?

And it's kind of iffy in a couple of sex scenes when it comes to consent.  Pinto in one scene eventually decides not to have sex with the passed out girl in his room, but the movie sets this up as some kind of dilemma (and not to mention she's underage)?  Or Bluto carrying off Babs at the end against her will, only to see them smiling later?  Or lying to get dates?

And more meta - I think that movie genuinely had a negative impact on the whole greek movement in promoting a wild party atmosphere.  I mean my own fraternity still had toga parties 20 years after it's release.


But still - for its era I think it hold up better than many in terms of its humour (try comparing the issues of consent in Revenge of the Nerds just a few years later) - and it's still a darn funny movie.



p.s. Wrath of Khan is eminently watchable today.

[Threviel]

Is it not ok to lie to get a date?

[garbon]

I am not very woke, to say the least

This feels a little like when men and women used to breezily say they weren't feminists...although I suppose in some wide circles that is still the case.

[garbon]

Now it is set on a college campus in the early 60s so of course it is not integrated.  And the scene at the black bar is I think mostly making fun of the white kids being afraid of a bunch of black guys... but not entirely?

I was on a ski trip in college that involved a bunch of people I didn't know personally. When that film was put on, there was one white girl who got very excited during that scene even to the point of shouting out the n-word.

[celedhring]

I watched Wrath of Khan a few months ago. It looks dated and the acting is over the top (it's very much Shatner Trek). Actually, I found Montalbán really distracting.

But it's still a fun adventure romp, very classically made. The ship battle scenes are styled more like age of sail battles in space, rather than the WWII stuff that Star Wars made popular, which makes them very refreshing - the one in the static storm nebula is awesome. The whole thing feels like Patrick O'Brian in space and I love it.

I fondly remember when Spanish TV did a Trek marathon when I was a kid. Wrath-Search of Spock was one for my favorite double headers.

[viper37]

Maybe it was cut for viewing on TV?

Only if she was bare-breasted.  Seeing titties as a teen can traumatize you for years after where as dismenbering people and having blood everywhere is totally fine.

[Tonitrus]

But the decapitation isn't real...those titties are!

[viper37]

But the decapitation isn't real...those titties are!

Define "real" when it comes to implants

[saskganesh]

... 'The Mission', that Klaus Kinski film set in S.Americ.a.

You mean Aguirre, Wrath of God. It's still great.

Mission has DeNiro. I suspect it is still great, but have not watched in years.