When was the last time you watched a favorite oldie after many years and the first thought in your mind was “Wow, that didn’t age well!”? We are often led to believe that so-called classic movies are flawless — that’s why they are called classics, after all! — but reality shows that some of them don’t really stand the test of time.
This in no way means that older movies are bad, just that decisions were made which back then might have made some sort of sense, but in the present age we know better than that. The good thing here is that at least we have evolved as a society to move past those decisions (we have, right?). Can we still enjoy our favorite movies? Of course. Should we repeat the poorly aged things that put them on the radar in the first place? I think the answer is obvious.
I guess the takeaway here is to think twice next time someone decides to make a movie, so that the audience a generation or two later can watch it and think “This aged well!” Meanwhile, scroll down to take a look at some of the movies that didn’t age well, based on the opinion of the viewers. Tell us what you think about them. Are there other poorly aged movies you would like to share with us? Head to the comments and let us know!
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#42 The Last Exorcism
"The Last Exorcism. Made obsolete by The Last Exorcism 2."
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5points
#43 The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
wickedblight replied:
"Are you crazy? Dude looked 7 when he was 80!"
"Are you crazy? Dude looked 7 when he was 80!"
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3points
#44 Rush Hour
"As someone in their mid-30s, the nostalgia I feel for early 2000s trash like this, fast and furious, rush hour, the hot chick, road trip, etc is so strong I know the early 2000s weren't as golden as they seem compared to the 2020s so far, but damn if it isn’t fun to revisit and cringe."
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3points
#46 Modern Times
Gritty2020 said:
"90% of American silent films. They aged so poorly that they literally don’t exist anymore."
"90% of American silent films. They aged so poorly that they literally don’t exist anymore."
Amish_Warl0rd replied:
"Can’t argue with that one. Also, people mainly watch silent films for history these days, but they were originally played in theaters with a live orchestra. So technically we’re also watching them wrong."
"Can’t argue with that one. Also, people mainly watch silent films for history these days, but they were originally played in theaters with a live orchestra. So technically we’re also watching them wrong."
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2points
#48 Back To The Future II
"It's been 7.5 years past their date and we still don't have most of the things they predicted."
tenehemia replied:
"Okay but bear with me -
2015 that Marty and Doc visit is 2015 that follows on the timeline from the altered 1985 that the second film begins in.
But that 2015 doesn't exist, because of what happens at the end of Back to the Future 3 where Jennifer shows the blank fax to Doc and asks what it means, and he says "It means your future is whatever you make of it, so make it a good one."
For some reason, Marty and Jennifer's knowledge of the future and their different choices made because of that information caused the world to not develop the way it would have otherwise.
Maybe Marty decided to invest a bunch of money in something he saw as being popular in 2015 when he was there like IBM or something, and that investment led to others investing in IBM rather than investing in some startup company that had an idea for flying car technology. As a result, the flying car was never invented and 2015 turned out the way we know it. Basically, it's Marty & Jennifer's fault that we don't have flying cars.
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#49 The Breakfast Club
allwillbewellbuthow replied:
"I’m with you, but I feel like The Breakfast Club is one of his less problematic teen movies."
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-2points
#50 Dirty Dancing
"A minor dating a guy clearly in his 30s at best."
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#52 A Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
"The 1990s (I think) Muppets movie where someone shows Kermit what the world would be like if Kermit was never born. I think it fast forwards to NYC 2002 and in the movie, the Twin Towers were still standing, so canonically Kermit being born somehow caused 9/11."
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-20points
