To ask what films you see differently now than when you watched them as a kid/teenager?

[Pandaparty]

We rewatched Mrs Doubtfire last night. As a kid, I was so on Daniel's side and didn't have much sympathy for Miranda (Sally Field), and couldn't warm to Stu (Pierce Brosnan) at all. Now though, I'm with Miranda all the way. She traded in a husband-child for a man who she can depend on and who loves her kids. Daniel's such a sleaze when they're at the pool too, making the women feel uncomfortable.
(I suppose our outgoing Prime Minister is a good example of people being prepared to overlook huge personal failings if someone is charismatic/"fun" enough.)
Anyway. What other films do you look at completely differently now than when you first watched them?

I second WSS. Mr Rochester is also really good, it's the whole of Mr Rochesters imagined history from childhood through to his marriage to Jane and also Jane and Bertha viewed through his eyes.
I am a huge Bronte fan and I don't think you can really compare the themes in their novels to themes in films from the 1980s.

Nb im raging at the book. Not actually seen the whole of any Jane Eyre film as I can't bear it.

Watched Mrs Doubtfire so many times ,and now feel its uncomfortable on so many levels .Miranda is killing herself ,trying to keep the family and that gorgeous house going .Daniel is being the eternal Man Child and playing at being a parent .Then when Miranda has had enough and wants a divorce hes hiding in plain sight as her housekeeper! At the end when she screams "you were there the whole time!" Just wow

Wow that makes for bleak reading. The film was more a cry for help, and we just all laughed

I always thought the bit where she attempts to eat her brother demonstrates that the illness was a bit of an issue.

Also 2 and a half men with Charlie Sheen , Various women were "laid" and then disposed of.The youngster who plays his nephew has said he regrets being in it now

Bridget Jones actress Renee Zellweiger had to put weight on for her part as well! Then lose it all again! Bridget was no way fat! Also the cringeworthy scene where Daniel introduces his new GF to Bridget as Being "So young "! and so thin!

OMG did anyone see Micki and Maude? I loved it! Now? Ugh.

And as well Baby’s family were Jewish and in early 60s America “mixed” relationships were frowned on.

Has rita, Sue and Bob too been mentioned? As a teen I thought it was so exciting and grown up for them to be with an older man! Now it makes me feel sick.

Stepmom.
I watched it as a teen. Was devastated thinking of my mum dying.
Now I watch it and worry about leaving my kids and another woman being just as good to them...in a selfish way.

Breakfast Club and St Elmos Fire..I loved those films but tried to watch St Elmos Fire last week and couldn't get past the first 20mins.
Rita, Sue and Bob too is interesting..I grew up in Bradford around the time the film was made - Think it was always a very real and disturbing watch.

No way! She bit him I think, rather than tried to eat him. I presumed she was somewhat annoyed at being locked in an attic for eleven years, often tied up. And she blamed her (step?) brother a bit for that ordeal.

Obviously being Creole she was also painted as literally beastly and sub-human.

I used to love that film but it is ridiculous we're supposed to think its funny he commits bigamy but oh he cant help it hes inlove with both and they end up both staying and having loads of kids with him

Grease althugh my fave film growing up is just so cringe-the slut shaming and having to be cool to get the boy is awful

Bridget jones always anoyed me she was never even fat and then renee refused to put weight on again for the third she just looked weird

Also 2 and a half men with Charlie Sheen , Various women were "laid" and then disposed of

same as sam in sex and the city

He then spends the next twelve million years gaslighting her about how he was tricked into marrying, and the mad wife is eventually conveniently disposed of, but, well

in the book doesn't she run away and return to find him disabled because the wife had burned the house down?

The witches has a scene where a baby in a pram is pushed down a cliff

the witches 1990 really isn't a kids movie.

I watched it recently, kids rubbing up against each other in a dark basement, and instead of wanting to be them - I just wanted to go back to the main ballroom where the grown ups were and escape all the grubbiness and high effort Coolness

hardly kids, many looked in their later 20s-30s.

Me too. I think Mrs Bennett at least cares and it seems particularly cruel that her daughters (and everyone else) see her as ridiculous. She seems to have a very clear idea of the possible problems for women who don't marry and is much more realistic and proactive than her deadbeat 'laid back' and naive husband

Fatal Attraction. You're supposed to be happy and cheer at the end when he kills the bunny boiler. (I think they changed the ending to this.) In fact, he cheated on his wife and treated his lover like utter shyte. He's an absolute pig, not some sort of all-American hero

so that justifies her behaviour?? ffs get a grip, yes he had an affair but her behaviour was 1000 times worse. And he didn't treat her like shite, she became highly possessive and he tried to cool it and she started acting scary crazy. Reverse gender here and you'd not have this viewpoint.

Yes, Julia Roberts had so much about her, why did she have to sell her body on the street

I've known male and female sex workers who were gorgeous, had so much about him/her but still did it. To some people it's not a big deal.

Yes, it’s misogynistic dreck! The original ending was very dark and imo more interesting. As written and filmed, it had the Glenn Close character kill herself, and frame the lover for her ‘murder’. But this didn’t go down well with preview audiences, who wanted a ‘proper’ ending with a hero-husband and forgiving wife, and the moral order restored

how is it misogynistic? Many films/tv shows have psychotic males so is this misandry? I find it disturbing that people here are siding with Close's character in Fatal Attraction.

This is the problem when the movie industry is dominated by men. You see the world through their eyes.

Is that the story? I thought he took the baby because she wished he was gone. Didn’t realise he was supposed to be in love with her and trying to lure her in.