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We all have movies we loved when we were younger. We could watch them over and over again and never tire of them. But years later (sometimes many, sometimes only a few), maybe you decide to finally watch that old favorite of yours again, only to find you no longer like it. Worse than that, you kind of hate it now.
So tell me about which movies lost their luster for you
I thought of this thread because last night I decided to watch Aachi and Ssipak for the first time in well over five years. For those who aren't familiar with it, it's a 2006 animated film from South Korea that is set in a dystopian future where all of the world's energy is processed through human feces. Since it's the only source of energy left, the government rewards people for defecating with a highly addictive "juicybar" popsicle. This results in black market trade of juicybars and the addictive substance causes some people to turn into mutants that can no longer defecate and can only survive on the juicybars.
The film was considered visually impressive for the time, and was praised for it's unique story. I enjoyed it when I first saw it. But watching it again later, I just found it to be unbearable. The animation still held up, but the story and the humor had lost it's charm. I found it immature and cringe-inducing.
While many movies I enjoyed as a child still entertain me to this day, like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ghostbusters, and Back To The Future, there's one movie that immediately comes to mind that I saw when I was younger that I just can't even sit through anymore.
And that movie is Labyrinth
You all know what Labyrinth is, I shouldn't have to explain the plot. I loved this movie when I was younger. The fantastic scenery, the music, the story, it was all great. I still kind of like the music, but the movie just doesn't interest me anymore. The story doesn't even hold up for me anymore. Jareth steals Sarah's baby brother for....what? Well, one of the songs implies that Jareth wants to turn the brother into a "goblin baby" which will happen if Sarah doesn't rescue him within 13 hours. However, his motivation seems to be more focused on Sarah. It feels more like he kidnapped the baby just to get closer to Sarah. The climax of the film certainly suggest this.
I dunno, that movie just has lost it's "magic" for me, I guess
So tell me about which movies lost their luster for you
I thought of this thread because last night I decided to watch Aachi and Ssipak for the first time in well over five years. For those who aren't familiar with it, it's a 2006 animated film from South Korea that is set in a dystopian future where all of the world's energy is processed through human feces. Since it's the only source of energy left, the government rewards people for defecating with a highly addictive "juicybar" popsicle. This results in black market trade of juicybars and the addictive substance causes some people to turn into mutants that can no longer defecate and can only survive on the juicybars.
The film was considered visually impressive for the time, and was praised for it's unique story. I enjoyed it when I first saw it. But watching it again later, I just found it to be unbearable. The animation still held up, but the story and the humor had lost it's charm. I found it immature and cringe-inducing.
While many movies I enjoyed as a child still entertain me to this day, like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ghostbusters, and Back To The Future, there's one movie that immediately comes to mind that I saw when I was younger that I just can't even sit through anymore.
And that movie is Labyrinth
You all know what Labyrinth is, I shouldn't have to explain the plot. I loved this movie when I was younger. The fantastic scenery, the music, the story, it was all great. I still kind of like the music, but the movie just doesn't interest me anymore. The story doesn't even hold up for me anymore. Jareth steals Sarah's baby brother for....what? Well, one of the songs implies that Jareth wants to turn the brother into a "goblin baby" which will happen if Sarah doesn't rescue him within 13 hours. However, his motivation seems to be more focused on Sarah. It feels more like he kidnapped the baby just to get closer to Sarah. The climax of the film certainly suggest this.
I dunno, that movie just has lost it's "magic" for me, I guess
