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?

  • weariedfae@lemmy.world
    21·
    3 months ago

    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·
      3 months ago

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

    • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
      4·
      3 months ago

      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.

      [EDITED]

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

      Thank you.

      • testfactor@lemmy.world
        10·
        3 months ago

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

    • Cataphract@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      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.

    • cdipierr@lemmy.world
      9·
      3 months ago

      I will never understand people who think this movie isn’t funny - endlessly quotable:

      “That’s a lot of nuts!” “You should be able to beat him now!” “Beware his song about big butts, he beats you up while he plays it!”

      I could go on. In a just world he would have gotten to make more films, and not just thumb parody movies.

  • NickwithaC@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    3 months ago

    Space Jam. It’s not a bad film, it’s a good “bad film”. It’s like everyone involved from the writers to the voice actors to the lighting and camera crews knew this was going to be a pile of crap so they said screw it and just had the most fun making said crap pile. That shows through, and it totally saves the film! It is no longer just a lazily made cash grab, it’s a “look what you get to do sometimes if you allow yourself to have fun” statement. As a film it should be bad but all that heart in it makes it good!

    • ianovic69@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      This morning I read a comment somewhere on Lemmy that linked to Jodorowskys Dune.

      My father took me to see Star Wars when it was still only on in London, so I was 9 or 10.

      The significance of that will become clear by watching this documentary. I can’t believe I’ve only found out today.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      3 months ago

      As a millennial that first saw the SciFi miniseries be glad that your nostalgia isn’t constantly trying to justify loving that… and I really do love that version of dune even with all the obvious flaws it has.

      • Zachariah@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 months ago

        The music in the trailer doesn’t fit at all. It’s way too dramatic and fast paced. And it left out a huge element of the film that wouldn’t have been a spoiler, and makes the whole trailer inaccurate.

        I love this movie, but you can tell it was made with television broadcast in mind because it literally has regular fades to black where commercials would go.

        I think it would be fantastic if it were remastered either with cleaned up higher-res animation or new animation altogether.

        • Cataphract@lemmy.mlOP
          2·
          3 months ago

          yeah I didn’t think that trailer was right so thought I would ask (was the only trailer that popped up). I did see someone uploaded the full movie on youtube so gotta check it out today!

    • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world
      3·
      3 months ago

      I haven’t seen that since I was a kid, but I still remember this part: “Eleven! Your dragon fire melts my eyes.”

      I might not even have the quote right but that’s what kid-me remembers.

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
      3·
      3 months ago

      Rewatching Good Burger a week after I watched “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” was a mistake. I could have remained nostalgia blind about the guy who plays the Good Burger General Manager, but no, I had to go and learn all the horrible dark shit he did.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      Are you kidding me? That was a masterpiece the first time I watched it and it continues to be one every time I rewatch it.

      • Mothra@mander.xyz
        3·
        3 months ago

        I agree with you, but I’ve met too many people who have a lot of criticism for it. Should I just remove the comment?

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          3 months ago

          IMO, you should comment about your own opinion, not one you think others might have.

          Also IMO, removing comments should rarely be done (i.e. only in extreme cases), to maintain the integrity of the discussion. This is one of the things I still miss about Slashdot: comments were immutable.

    • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Oh man - hard disagree on this one for me. Still rates up there as one of the best adventure franchises of all time. We rewatch the trilogy as a family at least once every year or two, and always (re)notice awesome little easter eggs each time.

      Plus, entirely safe for family viewing. It’s getting harder and harder to find movies series like that where the teenagers will still enjoy it, and the young 'un can get into it.