Seeing a Movie after a Long Time

wolf · 04-09-2012, 07:21 PM

I mean a really long time.

Friends of mine have "movie night." Not surprisingly, a bunch of people get together to watch a movie.

There are no specific criteria for choosing the movies ... they can be old or recent.

We've seen things like The Help, Steel Magnolias, Charade, The Tourist, Star Wars ... so the picks are kind of eclectic. One thing that they've been trying to do with the picks is make the movies more "dude friendly."

So, this past week, we watched "Excalibur."

I happen to love this movie, and I'm the one who brought it. I purchased it a couple of years ago, but hadn't gotten around to watching it. It's easily 15-20 years since I last watched it.

I remember it being a fantastic movie. I have vivid memories of when their armor got all shiny, and it was all just awesomely beautiful.

Now, I still think it's an awesome looking movie, but there was this moment when I suddenly realized that, in comparison to today's movies, it's nowhere near as cool looking.

Now, a lot of movies, this isn't part of my impression ... I can watch The Great Escape without worrying about this. Or Planet of the Apes. Or Charade, or all of the Hitchcock movies ...

And it's not just that Excalibur was visually driven ... there's more than enough story to support the couple of hours invested in watching it, along with the "hey, look who that is!" (Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, and that guy from Keeping Up Appearances whose name I can't remember)

Has anybody else had this happen?

classicman · 04-09-2012, 09:39 PM

Yep - with the SAME movie about 6 months ago.
Ha!

Trilby · 04-10-2012, 07:02 AM

Oh yeah. Movies I once loved and watched after many years
and they fell flat. The Comittments- The Rutles (All You Need
is Cash) - The Trouble with Angels -

The only one that was still cool : Clash of the Titans.

BigV · 04-10-2012, 10:54 AM

Recently rewatched The Omen. I definitely saw it with different eyes. Peak moments like ***SPOILER ALERT*** Gregory Peck getting hung up on the iron fence by his bicep, the journalist losing head, etc were just as wonderful and terrible as ever, some things were new to me. I didn't remember the menace of the dogs, my rewatching made me think that Leslie Ann Warren played the first nanny; nope, Holly Palance. Lee Remick is as beautiful as ever.

It was a good movie back in the day, and it's still a good movie. As scary movies go, it holds its own even for a young viewer like SonofV. We discussed the difference between being startled and being scared. This one is still scary.

infinite monkey · 04-10-2012, 11:13 AM

I saw the previews for the re-release of Titanic.

Yup, sucks as bad as ever.

Gravdigr · 04-10-2012, 03:33 PM

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...Lee Remick is as beautiful as ever...

Oh, man! I used to have it bad for Lee Remick. Still do, actually.

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wolf · 04-10-2012, 06:50 PM

I love the Trouble with Angels and Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as much as ever. I watch them fairly regularly ... they are funny for me for two reasons, one is, of course, growing up Catholic, which makes them required viewing.

The second is living in the area where the films were made and being able to identify a lot of the locations. I especially like the ones in Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows ... They leave the school, drive for hours and hours and end up 5 minutes down the road. Then they ride another couple of days and ... spend the night at Germantown Academy, which is 10 minutes back down the road they just came up ...

04-09-2012, 07:21 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Seeing a Movie after a Long Time I mean a really long time. Friends of mine have "movie night." Not surprisingly, a bunch of people get together to watch a movie. There are no specific criteria for choosing the movies ... they can be old or recent. We've seen things like The Help, Steel Magnolias, Charade, The Tourist, Star Wars ... so the picks are kind of eclectic. One thing that they've been trying to do with the picks is make the movies more "dude friendly." So, this past week, we watched "Excalibur." I happen to love this movie, and I'm the one who brought it. I purchased it a couple of years ago, but hadn't gotten around to watching it. It's easily 15-20 years since I last watched it. I remember it being a fantastic movie. I have vivid memories of when their armor got all shiny, and it was all just awesomely beautiful. Now, I still think it's an awesome looking movie, but there was this moment when I suddenly realized that, in comparison to today's movies, it's nowhere near as cool looking. Now, a lot of movies, this isn't part of my impression ... I can watch The Great Escape without worrying about this. Or Planet of the Apes. Or Charade, or all of the Hitchcock movies ... And it's not just that Excalibur was visually driven ... there's more than enough story to support the couple of hours invested in watching it, along with the "hey, look who that is!" (Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, and that guy from Keeping Up Appearances whose name I can't remember) Has anybody else had this happen? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-09-2012, 09:39 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yep - with the SAME movie about 6 months ago. Ha! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-10-2012, 07:02 AM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Oh yeah. Movies I once loved and watched after many years and they fell flat. The Comittments- The Rutles (All You Need is Cash) - The Trouble with Angels - The only one that was still cool : Clash of the Titans. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

04-10-2012, 10:54 AM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Recently rewatched The Omen. I definitely saw it with different eyes. Peak moments like *SPOILER ALERT* Gregory Peck getting hung up on the iron fence by his bicep, the journalist losing head, etc were just as wonderful and terrible as ever, some things were new to me. I didn't remember the menace of the dogs, my rewatching made me think that Leslie Ann Warren played the first nanny; nope, Holly Palance. Lee Remick is as beautiful as ever. It was a good movie back in the day, and it's still a good movie. As scary movies go, it holds its own even for a young viewer like SonofV. We discussed the difference between being startled and being scared. This one is still scary. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-10-2012, 06:50 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I love the Trouble with Angels and Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as much as ever. I watch them fairly regularly ... they are funny for me for two reasons, one is, of course, growing up Catholic, which makes them required viewing. The second is living in the area where the films were made and being able to identify a lot of the locations. I especially like the ones in Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows ... They leave the school, drive for hours and hours and end up 5 minutes down the road. Then they ride another couple of days and ... spend the night at Germantown Academy, which is 10 minutes back down the road they just came up ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-10-2012, 11:13 AM	#5
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I saw the previews for the re-release of Titanic. Yup, sucks as bad as ever.

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