While hosting the 77th Annual Academy Awards Chris Rock stated in his opening remarks “Remember when you were young and every movie was magical, every movie was great? Then you grow up and realize Rocky V sucked.” I stumbled upon this quote recently while watching Oscar clips on youtube. It got me thinking about how my tastes have changed over the years, in particular how they’ve changed since I was a smaller, but just as cute and charming, version of myself.
Let’s get the embarrassing fact that a smaller, more naive, version of the author of this piece, once enjoyed Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace. I still had high school on the horizon was somewhere around the starting line of puberty. Ok no more excuses just know that I've since come to my senses.
Other then coming into my own about what a bad movie that was The Phantom Menace, how else have my tastes changed? Movies such as Back to the Future part III(not the first two just number three), EdTV, and the 1996 release of The Island of Dr Moreau no longer their flame in my eyes glaze. Even Robin Williams, my hero of film, was in Flubber, a movie for which I have long lost my fondness. However with that title I do have the poster autographed by the legend himself. That point of pride will never change. In some cases it’s probably for the best I have moved forward with my tastes.
On another side of the coin there are movies that still hold my attention and hold it well. Somewhere around the same time as The Phantom Menace release a little comedy called Waking Ned Devine hit screens. I pull my dvd off the shelf and giggle with anticipation of watching it. It was also my awkward middle school days were I developed my man crush on the James Bond franchise. The love for those films hasn’t weakened by time but rather strengthened. Even movies from when I was a little Will still are great to rewatch. Examples include the original War of the Worlds, Ghostbusters, The Princess Bride, and yup yup yup The Land Before Time.
I’ve also grown to appreciate such fine films as Jaws, Alien, and pretty much most of the Coen brothers resume.
In the end changing cinematic tastes is a natural part of my life and seems to change with different phases of life. I look forward to those tastes continuing to evolve with the untold chapters of life yet to live.
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