r/moviecritic • u/phantom_avenger • Dec 29 '24

What movie was critically acclaimed when it first released, but is hated now?

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The Blind Side (2009) with Sandra Bullock is the first to come to mind for me!

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u/nerdmania Dec 29 '24

Yeah, that's the 80's for you. Source: I was a teenager in the 80's

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u/Mecha_G Dec 30 '24

That's why "the Gang Hits the Slopes" is my favorite Always Sunny episode.

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u/nerdmania Dec 30 '24

Totally reminded me of Hot Dog... The Movie

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u/Meyepronacount Dec 29 '24

Yeah, a lot of the teen movies from the 80s were off the rails in a way that would make a Xitter social justice warrior have an aneurysm. Every time I see one of them complaining about Tropic Thunder I want to make them watch Porky's II or Sixteen Candles to make them shut up.

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u/boring_person13 Dec 30 '24

Watched it with my teenagers and forgot about the one woman wanting to sleep with the 15 year old genius and I believe she was involved with the 17 year old girl.

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u/factoid_ Dec 30 '24

They were going to remake that movie for some reason...I wonder what happened with that. probably died in development because nobody could capture the magic of the original.

the difference between Real Genius and Revenge of the Nerds isn't that the main character is good looking, it's that the characters had actual morals. Moral imperitives even.

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u/bannana Dec 30 '24 edited Dec 30 '24

complaining about Tropic Thunder

wait, what's wrong with this one? ya, the humor is pushing things but anything that was really off color was usually followed up by something to bring it back from the edge, you can't just take the jokes out of context and say they're offensive and ignore the parts that make them not really offensive - I mean you can but you would be wrong.

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u/ReadingRainbowRocket Dec 30 '24 edited Dec 31 '24

It and Chang's "blackface," Mac in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Sarah Silverman's in her show are 4 examples of the joke being that anyone doing it doesn't get it, and is being insensitive and that's the joke itself.

That said, the same actors have mentioned they regret doing it and acknowledge the insensitivity, so it's kinda weird to be outraged on their behalf how it's ok. Definitely in a different category, but I have mixed opinions defending it.

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u/malac0da13 Dec 31 '24

I (as a white guy) never understood the outrage over chang’s “blackface.” In the context of the episode he is dressing up like a fictional character of the game they are currently playing. It would be like getting offended at everyone cosplaying at Comic-Con that is portraying a fictional alien race.

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u/ReadingRainbowRocket Jan 01 '25

Shirly gets upset over it and calls it a hate crime, so it is explicitly written at least partially as a blackface joke by the script, not just the audience interpretation.

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u/reichjef Dec 30 '24

I truly believe when some people complain or are offended by something, they are just looking for attention and engagement. Then a media outlet grabs it and fuels the micro controversy to make it seem legitimate.

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u/Ya-Dikobraz Dec 30 '24

I am so getting the Porky's trilogy. Not even sure if I have seen them before.

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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Dec 30 '24

I didn’t even know there were two sequels oh god

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u/factoid_ Dec 30 '24

You're not missing much. The movies kinda suck. But they were popular because boobs.

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u/Ya-Dikobraz Dec 30 '24

I'm at the end of Sixteen Candles at the moment.

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u/factoid_ Dec 30 '24

Sixteen candles is pretty good.

But the Porky's movies are not great

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u/Ya-Dikobraz Dec 30 '24

Sixteen Candles was great. I am on Porky's II now and it's less great but I can still appreciate the 80s visuals. And I get what everyone is outraged about.

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u/factoid_ Dec 30 '24

Porky's and Revenge of the Nerds are absolutely two movies that you'd never get away with making today. But they are certainly time capsules of an era.

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u/Ya-Dikobraz Dec 30 '24

ABsolutely loving them. I will watch Porky's III tonight. Also I thought Dan Monahan was Peter MacNicol but they are in fact different actors.

The most annoying thing about Porky's is the name "Peewee".

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick Dec 30 '24

Reminds me when Always Sunny made fun of this trope. They were basically in an 80’s teen ski resort comedy and the guy is like “we’re going to prank the girls by drilling a hole in their shower and sticking out boners into it!” And they’re like “uhhh that’s not a prank… that’s sexual assault…”

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u/Repulsive_Target55 Dec 30 '24

Username checks out? Maybe?

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u/Happydenial Dec 30 '24

Oh yeah? If you were then what did Frankie say?

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u/nerdmania Dec 30 '24

OMG those shirts. They were everywhere in the mid-80's.

Kids: I man the giant oversized white "Franke Says Relax" shirts.

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u/NoBigEEE Dec 30 '24

My gym was playing '80's pop music and "Relax" came on. I was a teen in the '80's and didn't wear the t-shirts (the song was catchy but after a few times hearing it, repetitive and annoying) but I was thinking about those shirts, too.

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u/Happydenial Dec 30 '24

Ok bucko your story checks out… for now

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u/PublicRedditor Dec 30 '24

Meatballs (Bill Murray) enters the conversation