When I was just out of high school and going into college, a film came out that I thought was just wonderful. It had action, romance, humor and Luke Perry. It was, of course, "8 Seconds." I remember thinking it was such a great movie. One of my roommates owned it, and we would watch it whenever we got a bull-riding Luke craving, fawning over his spot-on cowboy accent. We loved the romance between Lane and Kelly, the reality of the bull rides, and the tough coolness of the cowboys.
Fast forward a few years--actually to a few days ago. I'm flipping through the channels and what should be on but my favorite Luke Perry movie. So, of course, I stop to watch it. Bad idea. The more I watched, the more I wondered how I could have ever thought it was such a great movie. Yes, Luke is nice to look at in his butt-hugging Wranglers, but other than that . . . meh. Not so great. The acting is sub-par (with the exception of Mr. Perry--nothing can mar his performance for me), the CG-animated bulls look pretty fake and Stephen Baldwin's every scene is cringe-worthy. It was actually fairly painful to watch.
And so now this movie has been ruined. I will never remember it with fondness. Such a sad day for me.
Has this happened to you? Any movies you used to love as a younger you that have now realized are awful? Please, share.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
How perfectly awful
Rambled by Miss M at 9/18/2008
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3 comments:
Oh, Marie, Marie, Marie. Have you watched "Dirty Dancing" lately? It's awesome. Not the good awesome. The Jeff Foster awesome.
I couldn't sleep this morning so I got up and started channel flipping. "Saved By the Bell" is on. Seriously - the acting is atrocious, Slater's clothes look like a painters pallet regurgitated on some cotton, and the 'take home moral messages' are ridiculous. No wonder Dustin Diamond was so traumatized by it.
Anne - hahahahahahahahahahha!! That description is about the best thing I've ever heard.
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