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    Default Have you changed your mind about a movie lately?

    I can't say I'm completely swayed one way or another, however, there are many films lately that I'm taking a closer more analytical look at. Yes, some of it comes from persuasive arguments online, but I don't just agree with everything that's said. There are things I read that ring true to what I've seen in a film and colors my perspective differently (like Film Theories), but it's not always clear cut.

    Has anyone had a particularly strong shift in opinion about a film recently?
    Jack: How do you know?

    Will: It's more of a feeling really.

    Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?

    Will: No.

    If Demolition Man were remade today

    Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
    Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
    Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
    Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
    Huxley: NO!
    Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
    Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
    Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
    Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
    Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
    Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
    Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
    Huxley: You need to leave, John.
    Spartan: But Huxley.
    Huxley: Get out!
    Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.

    By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.

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    The Twilight movies. I know they're not good movies, but I get enjoyment out of them anyway. The same thing with the Ghost Rider movies. I guess you can call them guilty pleasure movies. I wouldn't argue that they're good, I just don't hate them anymore.

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    Hard to say. Part of me wants to say Casablanca, but my initial opinion of the film was pretty much based on my own ignorance. Same with Singing in the Rain.

    Maybe the first two Thor movies. I felt they were both decent, but now I consider them some of the weakest films in the MCU after re-watching them a few times. Still, I feel like there is an obvious one here that I'm forgetting...

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    The first time I saw "Apocalypse Now" (when I was young) I don't like it at all!

    Now I consider this movie a classic

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    I read an article about Iron Man 2. I really liked the movie. The article went from trashing its redundant story and lackluster villain to praising its ultimate importance to Tony's character throughout the MCU's run. Now I have "mixed" feelings. I acknowledge the film as flawed but also wonder how the franchise would have fared (or even existed) without Iron Man 2. Still, it probably could have been made better.

    Recently, I also took a look at the re-release of SWANH. With all of the extra aliens and stuff GL crammed in with digital effects, you would think the first space "battle" could have been adjusted. Han Solo claims to know a "few maneuvers" and then does nothing.
    Jack: How do you know?

    Will: It's more of a feeling really.

    Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?

    Will: No.

    If Demolition Man were remade today

    Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
    Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
    Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
    Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
    Huxley: NO!
    Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
    Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
    Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
    Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
    Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
    Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
    Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
    Huxley: You need to leave, John.
    Spartan: But Huxley.
    Huxley: Get out!
    Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.

    By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.

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