# Time to pick a new movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pick-a-new-movie/182046>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 15, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pick-a-new-movie/182046 "2003-06-15T17:13:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pick-a-new-movie/182046/41 "2003-06-16T15:36:14Z")

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Did you know 2001 is actually rated G, not PG?

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pick-a-new-movie/182046/42 "2003-06-16T15:37:23Z")

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Is **Highway 61** a Canadian film? It sounds familiar. And **My Life As a Dog** is a foreign-language film too, I s’pect.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pick-a-new-movie/182046/43 "2003-06-16T15:40:14Z")

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IMDb has 2001 at G; either I’m a nutty wacko, or I saw it as PG somewhere. Maybe Leonard Maltin’s book, which is gospel, except when it’s wrong.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pick-a-new-movie/182046/44 "2003-06-16T16:18:43Z")

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Two films.

_My Life as a Dog_ (forien but great movie)  
_Strictly Ballroom_ An early Laz Burhman film (Moulin Rouge). They had no money for production but a great version of the Dirty Dancing story.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pick-a-new-movie/182046/45 "2003-06-17T12:13:12Z")

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By the way, I finished **Dude, Where’s My Car?** last night, so now I’m primed to get some of the movies you’ve all suggested.

This will get me banned for life from the Smart Moviegoers Club, but I thought **Dude** was hifrickinlarious.

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**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pick-a-new-movie/182046/46 "2003-06-17T13:00:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by dantheman \*
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> I want to wait on **8MM**. My theory is that there are two times to get a movie - when it first comes out and everyone’s talking about it, or later after it’s been out for quite a while and people revere it, kind of accord it some high status as an “excellent movie.” It’s not been out long enough for the latter to occur, but it well may turn out to be thought of as a classic.

I very much doubt it will ever be considered a “classic”. The main problem with it is the final 1/3rd of the movie. The first 2/3rds are a noir(ish), atmospheric, detective story but then the final 1/3rd kinda goes into Rambo mode a bit too much.

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