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Movies you liked as a kid but didn’t realize how great they were

Posted: 08 Oct 2025, 05:23
by Mesarthim
until you were older. Or on the flip movies you didn’t like when you were younger but upon rewatching them learned to appreciate them.

Event Horizon.

Total mindfuck of a movie that I can’t believe I watched as a kid.

‘Sphere’ is another film like that.


I’ll try to think of some others. :santa:

Re: Movies you liked as a kid but didn’t realize how great they were

Posted: 08 Oct 2025, 08:35
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
In the same vein as event horizon. I saw dark city in theaters, knew it was good but didn't get it till I saw 10ish years later.

Re: Movies you liked as a kid but didn’t realize how great they were

Posted: 08 Oct 2025, 12:19
by shadowalk
Event Horizon :xx: I was kinda hoping there was gonna be a sequel to that.

Re: Movies you liked as a kid but didn’t realize how great they were

Posted: 08 Oct 2025, 16:33
by User
i could appreciate it all the movies as a kid :redneck:

more often what has happened is when i revisit things, not just movies, but videogames too, as an older man, i am often like :oldryan:

Re: Movies you liked as a kid but didn’t realize how great they were

Posted: 09 Oct 2025, 01:04
by Noyka
Oh man there are tons more anime that fit this but strictly sticking to movies:

The shining - hated it when I saw it at 12 now it is my favorite movie

Dr Strangelove - hated it realky did nit understand it now im warming up to it

I need to rewatch brazil another movie i hated in middle school. There are Probably others I can’t think of at the moment.

Re: Movies you liked as a kid but didn’t realize how great they were

Posted: 09 Oct 2025, 02:16
by jawn galliano
i think my movie-watching as a kid was overwhelmingly conventional and i can't imagine there's much in there that a reappraisal would benefit

if we're talking like, high school age, i dunno i remember mostly being indifferent to the peter jacksons and john waters at the time. maybe those could use revisiting

but i'm more interested in watching stuff i haven't seen already

Re: Movies you liked as a kid but didn’t realize how great they were

Posted: 11 Oct 2025, 15:59
by Ninny
Last time watching with my mum I realised The Sound of Music has a WW2 backstory. It' s mr. Von Trapp fighting the anschluss. Those nazis were tricky lying cunts and not all austrians were willing :bulb:
The Sound of Music, not well liked :) But the last time it was fun