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they definitely don't make em like this anymore. And for that I'm glad. Chevy Chase only did the film as a personal favor to Dan Akroyd. That movie is ridiculo

they definitely don't make em like this anymore. And for that I'm glad. Chevy Chase only did the film as a personal favor to Dan Akroyd. That movie is ridiculous alright, and as a younger person, nightmare fuel. It's grotesque on an almost-horror level.

mike_d 3y ago
It might not be for everyone, but this was one of my favorite movies growing up. You could make the same comment about Beetlejuice (of which I am excited they are making a sequel).
- pengaru 3y ago
  You sir are someone I could probably enjoy a favorite movies marathon with. Raising Arizona is another from that era which really clicked comedically for my young mind...
- catminou 3y ago
  Is it going to be Beetlejuice goes Hawaiian like originally planned? (That was the actual pitch for several years)
- hammyhavoc 3y ago
  Why would Beetlejuice finally getting a sequel be something to get excited about? Every other decades-later sequel has sucked thus far, why would this be any different? What made it great was the zeitgeist of when it was made.
  - pengaru 3y ago
    > What made it great was the zeitgeist of when it was made. Riiight, the young, gothy, Winona Ryder had nothing to do with it.
    - hammyhavoc 3y ago
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      - pengaru 3y ago
        > I'm gonna hope you aren't objectifying a fifteen year old even retrospectively and assume you just felt she was a cool character. 9 year old me totally objectified her upon seeing this film, sue me. I even ended up dating goth girls in my teens probably because of this movie.
        oezi 3y ago
        Nobody is trying to sue 9 year old you. But we have come to the point where we disapprove (rightly so) of those who put a 15 year old in the spot so that 9 year olds would objectify her.
        ithkuil 3y ago
        Where do we draw the line though? A hypersexualized society is certainly no good, but a hyperprude one can't be either. Kids entering puberty will, guess what, enter puberty, and if they have eyes they'll have dreams
        hammyhavoc 3y ago
        Kids sexualizing kids is not good. Statutory rape laws exist for a reason.
        kevviiinn 3y ago
        Isn't statutory rape about a minor and nonminor, not two minors?
        ithkuil 3y ago
        Just for clarity I'm not advocating for letting kids having sex with each other. I'm saying that it's normal for kids have crushes and feel attracted by other kids, feeling "butterflies" in their stomach when the girl or boy they have a crush notices then or whatever. That's perfectly normal and is part of what it means to grow up. It is fueled by hormones and that's all natural. A hypersexualized society is one that short-circuits all this development and make it happen too fast and that's not good. A hyper-prude society is one that actively suppresses that and makes kids feel bad about what they feel and that can't be good either
capableweb 3y ago
You don't like that movies are made as personal favors? A lot of movies are made that way, seems like a weird reason not to like something so much that you not only avoid it yourself, you're glad others won't see it too.

mike_d 3y ago

It might not be for everyone, but this was one of my favorite movies growing up. You could make the same comment about Beetlejuice (of which I am excited they are making a sequel).

pengaru 3y ago
You sir are someone I could probably enjoy a favorite movies marathon with. Raising Arizona is another from that era which really clicked comedically for my young mind...
catminou 3y ago
Is it going to be Beetlejuice goes Hawaiian like originally planned? (That was the actual pitch for several years)
hammyhavoc 3y ago
Why would Beetlejuice finally getting a sequel be something to get excited about? Every other decades-later sequel has sucked thus far, why would this be any different? What made it great was the zeitgeist of when it was made.
- pengaru 3y ago
  > What made it great was the zeitgeist of when it was made. Riiight, the young, gothy, Winona Ryder had nothing to do with it.
  - hammyhavoc 3y ago
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    - pengaru 3y ago
      > I'm gonna hope you aren't objectifying a fifteen year old even retrospectively and assume you just felt she was a cool character. 9 year old me totally objectified her upon seeing this film, sue me. I even ended up dating goth girls in my teens probably because of this movie.
      - oezi 3y ago
        Nobody is trying to sue 9 year old you. But we have come to the point where we disapprove (rightly so) of those who put a 15 year old in the spot so that 9 year olds would objectify her.
        ithkuil 3y ago
        Where do we draw the line though? A hypersexualized society is certainly no good, but a hyperprude one can't be either. Kids entering puberty will, guess what, enter puberty, and if they have eyes they'll have dreams
        hammyhavoc 3y ago
        Kids sexualizing kids is not good. Statutory rape laws exist for a reason.
        kevviiinn 3y ago
        Isn't statutory rape about a minor and nonminor, not two minors?
        ithkuil 3y ago
        Just for clarity I'm not advocating for letting kids having sex with each other. I'm saying that it's normal for kids have crushes and feel attracted by other kids, feeling "butterflies" in their stomach when the girl or boy they have a crush notices then or whatever. That's perfectly normal and is part of what it means to grow up. It is fueled by hormones and that's all natural. A hypersexualized society is one that short-circuits all this development and make it happen too fast and that's not good. A hyper-prude society is one that actively suppresses that and makes kids feel bad about what they feel and that can't be good either

capableweb 3y ago

You don't like that movies are made as personal favors? A lot of movies are made that way, seems like a weird reason not to like something so much that you not only avoid it yourself, you're glad others won't see it too.