(11-23-2010, 05:28 AM)--Pete Wrote: Hi,
(11-23-2010, 04:53 AM)MEAT Wrote: I am having that same problem with all forms of media lately.
I don't know what you mean by 'kid', but movies and literature from my youth are a mixed bag for me. I recently watched Lawrence of Arabia again, and found it just as good -- maybe even better -- than I remembered. Fantasia was briefly re-released in the '70s (or '80s) and I loved it every bit as much as I had as a child. Many of the westerns and action films from that era have lost much of their appeal since then, but a few are still worth the time.
Some of the stuff seems better when viewed with older eyes, some worse, and some just like I remembered it.
--Pete
I agree with that also, for example, some humor that wasn't understood in youth, but take on a whole new meaning when your older. Some actions seem more heroic or reasonable.
One of the movies that comes to mind in the negative is Point Break - when I was around 14 watching this movie, I totally understood why the agent let his man go at the end, and felt I would have done the same thing had I of been him. Watching it again a few years back, I was aghast at the concept - no, he should serve his time in prison! People died because of his actions! Because as an adult I did not like the ending, the flavor of the movie had changed, because I have changed.
With books, I recently reread a Jr High favorite Dragonlance Chronicles while my son was reading it also. To my appointment's, it was much more childish than I recalled and I had a hard time relating to the characters, but when I first read it, I remember feeling it was the best book I had ever read with one of the most indepth plots; I LOL at that now.
There are of course many more examples, but that was the first one (movie and book) that popped into my head.
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