# Movies that still hold up but only God knows why **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541 "2019-07-04T23:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/161 "2019-07-18T18:39:26Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > There was the Saturday morning cartoon _Return To The Planet Of The Apes_, which followed the original French novel in having the apes have an approximately 20th century level of industrial tech. The level of technology in the movie seemed a little slippery–the apes’ _material_ technology was roughly Eighteenth Century, but they had a more modern understanding of medicine, psychology, and archaeology, including the ability to perform a lobotomy. Oh, and they had a camera. That’s part of why I assumed, without much thinking about it, that there _had_ to be more to ape society then what we were shown. Thinking about it too much is probably not a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/162 "2019-07-24T15:41:42Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Not quite the 70’s, but this made me think of [Where Eagles Dare](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065207/reference) from 1968, a terrific WWII action/thriller. “…Broadsword calling Danny Boy…!” ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/163 "2019-07-27T01:51:19Z")
I love the Ju-52 in winter camouflage. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/164 "2019-08-02T13:53:51Z")
Buckaroo Banzai - fits the OP - I’ve never made it through the first 15 minutes For me it’s ‘Hells Angels on Wheels’ - cheesey biker flick that I’ve watched a number of times but God only knows why ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/165 "2019-08-02T13:58:41Z")
Jesus Christ Superstar. I don’t know if God knows why, but Norman Jewison sure does. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/166 "2019-08-02T14:38:14Z")
Overboard was on E! last night and I stopped to watch it through the end, even with the commercials. This is a movie that could well have been awful (and in fact the recent remake was awful) but it worked really well. (Similarly, Fright Night and Footloose both worked but the recent remakes were awful. Sadly I hear that Clueless is also to be remade. Instead of remaking a movie that worked, why not remake one that didn’t?) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/167 "2019-08-02T14:57:41Z")
^ Yeah, like, “The Giant Gila Monster”? (MST3K’s send-up is a stone riot.) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/168 "2019-08-02T15:24:22Z")
_Ice Pirates_ _Hudson Hawk_ _Shock Treatment_ _Brain Smasher: A Love Story_ If I invite you over for a movie marathon, you definitely will regret it. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/169 "2019-08-02T18:16:52Z")
I LOVE Hudson Hawk. I don’t understand why it was so badly reviewed. Overboard is a hilarious romance where two awful people get what they deserve-- each other and a bunch of horrible kids. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541/170 "2019-08-02T18:29:38Z")
I just watched **WarGames** for the first time in decades. Going into it I expected it to be dated, a product of the global politics and technology at the time it was filmed. Although it was a time capsule of the world of computers circa 1983, it was still a great story that has held up. Some parts work even better now. Like the self-taught machine learning that was a little science-fictiony at the time, which today is how Google’s AlphaGo figured out how to beat the best human Go players. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-still-hold-up-but-only-god-knows-why/836541.md?page=8)