things we need a word for

[calimac]

The sensation of watching a movie that you'd found hilarious in 1973 but now discover is not very funny.

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[pyffe.livejournal.com]

Bonus points if you spent money to find out it's not very funny.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

I only watch old movies from YouTube or the public library. New DVD releases I get from Redbox, $1.09 per including tax, and a film has to be mighty awful not to be worth that.

[pyffe.livejournal.com]

I was stupid enough to buy Xanadu on VCR (yes, I know it's not a comedy, but the idea applies). Can't believe how bad that movie is! The music was still good, though.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Sounds like being visited by the cinematic cousin of the Suck Fairy. The Silver Screen Suck Fairy, perhaps?

[vgqn.livejournal.com]

Yup, my first thought also.

[sturgeonslawyer.livejournal.com]

Nasty Habits?

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

It would have been precipitous indeed to have laughed at a film in 1973 that wasn't made until four years later.

Besides, NH held up well when I found it a few years ago.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

I had this experience with The Sleeper (1973), fwiw.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that should be Sleeper.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I think the term you're looking for is "growing up".

I recently rewatched some of my favorite Fellini films, seen first in the mid-70s at college, and they didn't hold up. Still good, but not as great as when I was younger. Just didn't strike the same chords. I don't particularly blame Fellini or me or anyone, but my life experiences (and cinematic tastes had changed. For better or worse, and I'd like to think for the better.