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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I thought the Police Academy movies were brilliant, my son got me the box set a while ago, just tried watching the first one........ awful just awful, I'm struggling to find the funnies in the movie.

Over to you guys.

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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"I thought the Police Academy movies were brilliant, my son got me the box set a while ago, just tried watching the first one........ awful just awful, I'm struggling to find the funnies in the movie.

Over to you guys."

I used to think they were funny too. So not

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Neverending Story. Looks so dated now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Neverending Story. Looks so dated now."

Ho ho ho hold up! That film is great!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Power rangers

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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i watched all of them not long back, and i think it was number 4 or 5 which was shit but the rest are alright. few dodgy unPC jokes in them but mostly childish jokes (which i love, like the megaphone on that guys mouth what left a circle).

dunno, did have a few films in mind but can't remember what now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weekend at Bernies

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By *enfold75Man
over a year ago

hemel hempstead

Santa Claus the movie

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Power rangers "

That was bad first time round

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Power rangers "

The film?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Santa Claus the movie "

No no no, that movie still makes me feel all fuzzy inside, always watch it Christmas Eve morning.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Neverending Story. Looks so dated now.

Ho ho ho hold up! That film is great! "

Easy tiger! I didn't say it wasn't a great film, i said it looked dated now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Smoky and the bandit

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

The company of wolves.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Neverending Story. Looks so dated now.

Ho ho ho hold up! That film is great!

Easy tiger! I didn't say it wasn't a great film, i said it looked dated now.

Phew! Well... you come into a thread about movies that are crap in hindsight and you see the Neverending Story... The punches just start flying without a second thought

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jason & the Argonauts - the props look dreadful.

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By *olden RatioWoman
over a year ago

Buckinghamshire

Not a kid's film, but Coyote Ugly was on the other week. What a load of absolute crap that was!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Smoky and the bandit

Always wanted a black Trans-Am

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Jason & the Argonauts - the props look dreadful.

Indeed, but did pave the way in terms of special effects.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any john hughes teen films make me cringe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not a kid's film, but Coyote Ugly was on the other week. What a load of absolute crap that was!!!"

I just watch it for Adam Garcia.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Any 80s comedy films make me cringe"

Pretty in pink

Ferris bewler

Trains plains and so on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scream terrified me. Its laughable now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This thread is triggering me. I was expecting Adam Sandler shit not John Hughes and Ray Harryhausen!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Footloose - although I never thought it was awesome but it would be an even worse watch now.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"This thread is triggering me. I was expecting Adam Sandler shit not John Hughes and Ray Harryhausen! "

Yeah me too, John Hughes films a brilliant, and Ray Harryhausens work is legendary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This thread is triggering me. I was expecting Adam Sandler shit not John Hughes and Ray Harryhausen! "

My first post was all john hughes films but i changed it,didnt think anybody would have heard of him

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This thread is triggering me. I was expecting Adam Sandler shit not John Hughes and Ray Harryhausen! "

I was going to say St Elmo's Fire

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By *eesideMan
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

Thunderbirds.

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By *onny MCMan
over a year ago

Crawley

"Jason & the Argonauts - the props look dreadful.

Indeed, but did pave the way in terms of special effects."

Definitely, saw Mrs Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children at the cinema and halfway through went "Is that? It can't be! It is! That's proper Stop-Motion Animation!". I got stupidly excited.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Jason & the Argonauts - the props look dreadful.

Indeed, but did pave the way in terms of special effects.

Definitely, saw Mrs Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children at the cinema and halfway through went "Is that? It can't be! It is! That's proper Stop-Motion Animation!". I got stupidly excited. "

Now that's a good film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Space Jam.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Space Jam. "

Get tae fuck

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Space Jam.

Get tae fuck"

Never heard of that film, who's in it?

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By *l4yerMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

"Space Jam.

Get tae fuck

Never heard of that film, who's in it? "

Bugs Bunny

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Return of the Jedi has not aged well at all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any of the Steven Segal films..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Return of the Jedi has not aged well at all. "

new hope hasn't either ... probably why the got jj abrahams to remake it

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By *urvymamaWoman
over a year ago

Doncaster

Dark Crystal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was supposed to be funny

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get out, heathens.

"Return of the Jedi has not aged well at all.

new hope hasn't either ... probably why the got jj abrahams to remake it "

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By *owdyboy 890Man
over a year ago

Country West

E.T thought it was great but looking back now xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Howard the duck, watched that film so many times I wore out the vhs....dont think I could sit through it now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"E.T thought it was great but looking back now xx

How dare you

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

Star Wars, all three of them. I can't understand what the fuss was about. Pish.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would say Star Wars. But I always thought they sucked.

I watched the Blackhole recently and it was a bit, shite. Not like I remember.

The same with Shogun assassin, phantom of the mall, phantom of the paradise, aaaaaall of nightmare on Elme street, Friday the 13th, frightnight, maniac cop, headhunter, in deep red, list goes on really.

Kickboxer hasn't aged an 2 Sasha Mitchell, I'd sploosh if I was female.

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

"I would say Star Wars. But I always thought they sucked. "

I really liked them as a child, but then they went through a phase of being on EVERY christmas, and I got a bit bored of them.

I reckon they are probably quite good as long as you are under 12.

Never saw the new ones, I think the horse is well and truly drad and to keep flogging it is just adding insult to injury.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Highlander shite film great soundtrack

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Howard the duck, watched that film so many times I wore out the vhs....dont think I could sit through it now

That was bad,so was buckeroo banzia

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Death Race 2000

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Homeward bound was the movie id always watch at my grandparents house, saw a bit of it recently and was like "pffffft"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Over to you guys."

Oh god yes I don't think I'll be watching those back, my childhood memories of them are great though

For me...Ferris Beuler's Day off is shite as an adult

Ruby

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By *on and TammyCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

Big trouble in little China

Weird Science

Killer Clowns From Outer Space

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By *abes in the woodWoman
over a year ago

wales

Sound of music....chitty chitty bang bang.herbie never liked.James bond film.back to future

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All the Godzilla ones. The blob, was so scary now it's just laughable.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"E.T thought it was great but looking back now xx

Still.great one of my favourite films

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Death Race 2000

Lol I remember watching this ...getting points for running people over

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By *annylickerMan
over a year ago

Chester-le-Street

"Howard the duck, watched that film so many times I wore out the vhs....dont think I could sit through it now

They are doing a remake of howard the duck as part of the marvel universe films. He will make a cameo appearance in the new guardians of the galaxy film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just scrolling through to ensure no one had said The Goonies. Carry on...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Star Wars, all three of them. I can't understand what the fuss was about. Pish. "

I tried with these films many a year ago and found them crushingly shit too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The 3 amigos. Watched it the other day. Ruined my childhood memory of it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just scrolling through to ensure no one had said The Goonies. Carry on..."

The Goonies is brilliant

I could watch it all day every day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I would say Star Wars. But I always thought they sucked.

I watched the Blackhole recently and it was a bit, shite. Not like I remember.

Kickboxer hasn't aged an 2 Sasha Mitchell, I'd sploosh if I was female. "

Watched shogun assassin again a few years back and still liked it. One of my favorite albums borrows really heavily from the film so it occupies a weird special place for me does that film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just scrolling through to ensure no one had said The Goonies. Carry on...

The Goonies is brilliant

I could watch it all day every day

Goonies is one of the best films ever "hey you guys"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Star Wars, all three of them. I can't understand what the fuss was about. Pish.

I tried with these films many a year ago and found them crushingly shit too"

If you see the non digitally remastered ones the special effects are just so cheesy and look like somebody has made them during a Blue peter shoot back in the 70s with fairy liquid bottles and sticky back plastic. The good old days of cinema eh.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I still have a soft spot for all my childhood favourites; I guess I'm just a child at heart sometimes. As a good example, I was watching Bugsy Malone last night.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just scrolling through to ensure no one had said The Goonies. Carry on...

The Goonies is brilliant

I could watch it all day every day

Goonies is one of the best films ever "hey you guys""

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Star Wars; the original 3 movies. I sat through them with my kids before the new movie was released a couple of years ago and I was bored rigid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Star Wars, all three of them. I can't understand what the fuss was about. Pish.

I tried with these films many a year ago and found them crushingly shit too

it wasn't so much the effects i don't think...more just the content of it, though i dare say if i watched it back now i'd notice the effects. luckily i never have to

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I still have a soft spot for all my childhood favourites; I guess I'm just a child at heart sometimes. As a good example, I was watching Bugsy Malone last night.

loved the soundtrack to that. i always maintained a couldn't stand musicals, i hate when films require half the lines to be sung at me...this may be the single one that breaks that rule

so ya wanna be a boxer.......

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By *axandbooCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

How can anyone dislike the original star wars?

The prequals yes.....i detest those but come on.....yes the force awakens was scene for scene similar to a new hope but rouge one was amazingly done and considering it start of being planned as a fan made film...

Anyway my contribution to the list.. Convoy

Dax

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By *hat The CuckCouple
over a year ago

South London

Mac & Me

Stumbled upon it recently. Tried hard to watch it again but struggled to finish & switched off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Goonies for me. Great film or so I thought until I saw it again a few ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Over to you guys."

I enjoyed the times when they ended up in the blue oyster. But with you on the rest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Goonies for me. Great film or so I thought until I saw it again a few ago

Noooooooo you can't say that ..it's a great film still

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Godfather....rubbish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Santa Claus the movie

No no no, that movie still makes me feel all fuzzy inside, always watch it Christmas Eve morning."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Godfather....rubbish"
no no no it's a masterpiece

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do I dare say back to the future??? I still watch em tho

PTU XXX

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Killer Clowns From Outer Space"

Awwwwww no that's brilliant. I only watched it for the first time a few months ago.

xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Smoky and the bandit

Wash your mouth out with soap! Its a classic!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Howard the duck, watched that film so many times I wore out the vhs....dont think I could sit through it now

They are doing a remake of howard the duck as part of the marvel universe films. He will make a cameo appearance in the new guardians of the galaxy film"

He actually appears after the credits of the first movie, I've watched that movie so many times but it was only with it being on BBC 1 on Monday that I watched the end credits and just as they finished, it showed Howard to Duck in a phone booth.

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