# Movies far better than you remember **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-far-better-than-you-remember/744161 "2016-01-25T08:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-far-better-than-you-remember/744161/21 "2016-01-26T23:37:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I may just be wrong in my memory, but I swear he makes some choices that are unprofessional and take things way too far. As a kid, I found his firing outrageous. Today, I think it was the right move. > > Maybe I’m wrong, though. I’ll have to watch it again. I want to know just how close the story was to reality. I could imagine exclusive schools for boys as bastions of tradition, but I also know a lot of people (parents and teachers) want the system to “unfreeze.” Personally, I agree with the principal: tradition and discipline while they’re young. When they become independent adults, they can be as romantic and non-conformist as they want. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-far-better-than-you-remember/744161/22 "2016-01-27T01:23:49Z")
I know this is heresy but for along time I thought Blade Runner was boring, over rated and only good with regard to set design. When I got an HD TV I wanted to see it because I knew it looked good. It had been the first time I had seen it in year at the time and the movie just clicked for me. Beyond the fact that it looked great, the story and the characters all worked and I wasn’t bored at all. I like it a lot now. A pair of movies I could put in either thread: Superman and Superman 2. As a kid I thought Superman was boring and Superman 2 was the best. As an adult, Superman is a great film and Superman 2 is not bad but very silly and childish in places. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-far-better-than-you-remember/744161/23 "2016-01-27T01:34:26Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > It’s pretty much the case for most Coen brothers films. I know I won’t get everything the first time I see it, and they are good enough to deserve a second viewing. That was the case with _The Big Lebowski_. For me it was The Man who Wasn’t There. I couldn’t finish watching it the first time. I found it boring and not at all entertaining. But then I watched it again recently and it’s a terrific film. I really like Billy Bob Thorton and Frances McDormand. Two of the best actors of our time. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-far-better-than-you-remember/744161/24 "2016-01-28T18:37:40Z")
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. I saw this at the drive-in when I was about 16. I thought it was OK, but I wasn’t particularly impressed. When I saw it again at about twice that age, I realized that it was a comedy, and that made it one of the best movies I had ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-far-better-than-you-remember/744161/25 "2016-01-28T20:44:30Z")
My wife barely remembered seeing “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” in the theater. I remember we were both meh about it afterward… but its now one of those movies she’ll stop and watch if its on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-far-better-than-you-remember/744161.md?page=1)