Which films do you see a bit differently now you're older/debatably wiser?

[ContessaLovesTheSunshine]

I'm watching Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again for the first time yes, I deserve your judgement. I've just seen Donna jump into the arms of a random guy in Paris without too much concern. However, I was actively taken aback at her jumping onto a boat with another random and sailing off into the big empty sea whilst merrily flirting with said random. I couldn't help but think "Are you mad, woman? You're on your own out of earshot of everyone with a man who could easily overpower you". It's slightly spoilt the movie for me tbh I'm sure I would have accepted it at face value 10 years ago!

Any movies that strike you a bit differently as you progress through time?

The Graduate, have loved it for years. Watched it recently and realised he's a stalker by the end 😱

That's unsettling

Gone with the Wind

Sigh.

mousie Melanie a much better person than Scarlett.

Ashley is a wimp who should have sent Scarlett packing and treasured his wife.

Brett wasn't really all that.

Also. S.l.a.v.e.r.y

Dirty Dancing
He was, effectively a pervert

And had really bad trousers and heeled shoes!

Big.

Rewatched as an adult and it's grim.

Pretty Woman. It’s a movie about a soulless corporate raider who buys a prostitute who turns Manic Pixie Dream Girl tricks for $5000 a week, including giving him a blowjob while cutely watching reruns of I Love Lucy.

Shirley Valentine. But actually because I’ve now read the play. And I’m the same age as her. I loved it when I was 16 but now it totally resonates. I urge you to all watch it again. Regain your lost identity!

Titanic - once the idealism of youth was past I realised Rose was better off with Cal who was filthy rich and drop dead gorgeous.

Wizard of Oz - if someone killed my sister and pinched her shoes that were rightfully mine to inherit as her next of kin, I’d be pretty angry too.

Mrs Doubtfire - when the kids freak out about a woman having male genitals and they’re worried their dad might actually enjoy dressing like that. And when the woman is uncomfortable about being chatted up by a man presenting as female, and the old lady is freaked out to see a man in the ladies loo, etc. People would be up in arms about it nowadays!

Madness it really is, isn't it. The whole girlfriend thing is actually quite yuk.

Oh God yes, Mrs Doubtfire

I've never seen it, but I imagine Shallow Hal is even more unwatchable now than it was when released.... and White Chicks.