What movie do you love which would never be made today?

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Anonymous wrote:Tropic thunder is so good.

16 candles and a lot of coming of age type movies from that era.

No more Yankee my wankee, the Donger need food!

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Anonymous wrote:Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Why couldn’t this be made today?

Because it plays things for laughs that would never fly today - the “tard,” the pedophile, the gay brother, the “may-hee-can workers” etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Why couldn’t this be made today?

Because it plays things for laughs that would never fly today - the “tard,” the pedophile, the gay brother, the “may-hee-can workers” etc.

“The -ards pants are completely off.” “Shut up, you stupid little r-“ - and that one was said in a stereotyped Asian accent, mocking the anorexic gal… no way could they make that today. Such a good movie though.

“To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar” has parts that would not allow it to get made as is and are rather shocking to watch now. Given the festering intolerance in the GOP, they’d hate the movie’s overall message of love and acceptance.

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Gone With the Wind

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Mrs. Doubtfire

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Anonymous wrote:I like it, but honestly, I can't believe Tropic Thunder could get made when it did!

Agreed!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Why couldn’t this be made today?

Because it plays things for laughs that would never fly today - the “tard,” the pedophile, the gay brother, the “may-hee-can workers” etc.

“The -ards pants are completely off.” “Shut up, you stupid little r-“ - and that one was said in a stereotyped Asian accent, mocking the anorexic gal… no way could they make that today. Such a good movie though.

“To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar” has parts that would not allow it to get made as is and are rather shocking to watch now. Given the festering intolerance in the GOP, they’d hate the movie’s overall message of love and acceptance.

To Wong Foo - I like that movie.

Sixteen Candles would be really problematic now.

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Anonymous wrote:Gone With the Wind

Really good example.

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Most romantic comedies from the 80s/90s/00s are pretty problematic!

Police Academy is a sure fire one. Man I loved that movie, but it is not PC and pretty cringeworthy now.

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Belle de Jour

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Revenge of the Nerds -- the scene where the nerd impersonates the cheerleader's boyfriend so she'll sleep with him

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Mrs. doubtfire. Thank god it did get made!

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Anonymous wrote:NONE of the movies we enjoyed decades ago are made today. Not the screwball comedies, not the big legal dramas, not the feel-good coming of age movies, not the romantic comedies. All we have is awful fantasy/animated/marvel movies. Apparently they are popular in oversees markets and so they keep making them.

Those movies can be made but they’re direct to streaming now and I think that’s fine. I don’t need a theater screen for a romantic comedy, my large TV works perfectly for that experience. Only a handful of movies must be seen in the theater either because of new technology (thinking Titanic, Gravity) or because theater sound is essential (top gun/Star Wars/Marvel movies). And then some are social experiences where watching with others improves the experience—I would put horror films here. The rest are better at home.

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Anonymous wrote:Gone With the Wind

Really good example.

Sigh yes. My favorite movie as a child. Read the book a million times too.

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The Last American Virgin