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People Share the Old Movies They Think Are Bad, Even Though Critics Call Them Brilliant

Doesn’t it seem like old, classic Hollywood movies get a free pass? Like we’re supposed to just accept their brilliance and not question it on any level.

Well, NO MORE OF THAT…

People on Buzzfeed got pretty fired up about old movies that critics think are incredible and life-changing…but these folks definitely don’t feel that way. At all.

Let’s take a look.

These responses come to us from the Buzzfeed Community.

1. The Graduate (1967)

“It’s just… bad. The story is all over the place, the acting isn’t really all that great, and the ending is just stupid. I watched it once quite a while ago and was unimpressed.”

2. Gone with the Wind (1939)

“Scarlett O’Hara is spoiled, selfish, and self-absorbed, and Rhett Butler is a fuckboy. Yes they’re made for each other, but mainly to keep them from poisoning the general population.”

3. Mary Poppins (1964)

“I’ve never really understood the hype around Mary Poppins.”

4. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

“This movie glorifies racist stereotypes, organized crime, child marriage, and utter inauthenticity. I also hate to say this because she was utterly lovely to look at, but Audrey Hepburn’s performance is completely unbelievable. It’s a bad, bad movie.”

5. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

“I don’t know why, but I’ve always found something awful about The Wizard of Oz. I don’t think it’s that great.”

6. Casablanca (1942)

“This movie is SO boring and overrated. I had to watch it for my film history class, and then I found myself rewatching it three separate times because I kept falling asleep!”

7. West Side Story (1961)

“West Side Story doesn’t bring anything interesting to the table. It’s just another Romeo and Juliet movie and I’m frankly sick of movies using that trope.”

8. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

“The acting is terrible in Rebel Without a Cause and James Dean is very overrated.”

9. All About Eve (1950)

“I’ve heard for years this movie is incredible, chilling and thrilling, and then I watched it and found an utterly lifeless, dull movie. Absolutely nothing happened in this movie at all. It was frankly one of the most boring movies I’ve ever seen.”

10. The Seven Year Itch (1955)

“I love Marilyn Monroe, but this movie is just truly awful. It’s incredibly boring and the main character’s paranoia and conversations with himself really ruined the plot for me.”

11. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

“I love old Christmas movies, but I can’t stand It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s a schmaltzy piece of mediocre film that’s somehow managed to get classified as something no one is allowed to criticize. If you want your Jimmy Stewart fix at Christmas time, I recommend watching The Shop Around the Corner instead.”

12. The Birds (1963)

“The Birds is tedious to the point of boredom for most of its runtime. If you take out all the long, dialogue-less scenes of driving, parking, and walking from the freshly parked car to the next shot, this movie would be like 20 minutes long.”

13. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

“A Streetcar named Desire is about an abusive relationship that has been glorified as a passionate romance for decades. Brando’s character is abusive to both his love interest and her sister, and when I first saw it in my twenties, I was stunned that it’s lauded as this great film. No thanks.”

14. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

“Rosemary’s Baby is just hours of lackluster content with no real storyline. I found it very boring and the end was a disaster.”

15. Citizen Kane (1941)

“People say Citizen Kane is the greatest film of all time, but I think it’s incredibly boring. The characters are flat and very detached. It’s just really hard to connect with them.”

What do you think?

Are there any old films that get a ton of praise that you believe are really overrated? Tell us about them in the comments!

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This ‘Star Wars’-Themed Airbnb Is Seriously Impressive

One of the best things about Airbnb is that you can rent all kinds of different places. Big houses, small apartments, tiny guest houses – pretty much anything is possible.

And that’s certainly the case with this one-of-a-kind Airbnb rental recently made available in Florida, near Walt Disney World’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. The home is known as ‘Twelve Parsecs,’ and it is Star Wars-themed.

The house is HUGE. It has 9 bedrooms, 17 beds, 5 bathrooms, so if you reserve this place you can have a big old nerd fest…I mean party.

Let’s take a look at the pics!

1. The master bedroom.

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2. Hallways have a cool look.

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3. Want to sleep on a cloud?

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4. Oooohhhhh, this is cool.

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5. Ice cave.

6. Time to race (and sleep).

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7. The dark fortress.

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8. Fancy!

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9. Ewok hut.

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10. More sleeping chambers.

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What do you think of this place?

Pretty mind-blowing, right?

What’s the best (or the worst) Airbnb property you’ve ever stayed in? Tell us all about it in the comments, please!

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People Tweeted About the VHS Tapes They Wore out as Kids, and These Will Make You Nostalgic

I grew up on VHS and I actually still have a decent collection, so it was a real treat seeing folks tweet out the tapes they watched when they were young.

I can tell you what my VHS tapes were (are) that I played out over and over. I had Road House and Point Break taped onto a single VHS, and I brought that tape to every single sleepover I ever went to. Two classics, if I do say so myself.

Let’s see what people had to say about this!

1. Good old Peter Pan.

2. Hook.

3. The Olsen Twins!

4. A classic.

5. Fievel!

6. That’s a very serious choice.

7. Who you gonna call?

8. Run for it, Marty!

9. Learning life lessons from Mr. Miyagi.

10. I’ll be back.

What were the VHS tapes that you wore out as a kid?

Share them with us in the comments!

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In the movie The Godfather, the reason…

In the movie The Godfather, the reason the word ‘mafia’ is not mentioned a single time is because mafia boss Joe Colombo, along with Frank Sinatra, threatened the films production and would only back the filming if they could change the script to their liking.

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These Films Would Have Totally Different Plots If You Removed a Single Letter From Their Titles

Someone on Reddit asked: if you removed a single letter from a film title, how would that change the plot?

If you’re in the mood for random, well, these 14 Redditors bring it in spades.

14. That IS sad.

Aging Bull

The sad story of an elderly bovine

13. Sounds like the perfect plot for a sequel.

Dude, Here’s My Car. After a crazy night, Ashton Kutcher and Sean William Scott decide to leave their place, only to find that the car is exactly where they had parked it the previous day.

12. Sounds like a snoozefest.

Casio Royale

Almost 3 hours of nothing but piano and synthesizer performances.

11. This is GOLD.

Cath Me if you Can. An aging Leo is stuck in a retirement home, and spends his day evading the nurses’ attempts to locate him and apply his catheter.

10. Too much like reality, methinks.

Irates of the Caribbean.

A family with anger issues takes a vacation to various caribbean islands and wreak havoc as everything causes them to throw a raging fit.

9. Well isn’t that a nice little fit.

Mr. & Mrs. Sith

A force wielding husband and wife try to get along in modern day Milwaukee.

8. Oh em gee stahp.

28 Ays Later: The Fonz Strikes Back

7. I could actually see this working.

Land Before Tim – A retrospective about the world before the birth of Tim.

6. Those are fairly odd details, but okay.

Sven Samurai – A poor village under attack by bandits recruits Sven, a recently retired Ikea cashier, as a samurai to help them defend themselves.

5. Coming soon to Discovery.

Tar Wars. The story of the intense rivalry between road work contractors.

4. Or, you know. What the rest of us were thinking.

A New Hoe

Luke Skywalker gets a new tool for farming.

3. Oscar-worthy, for sure.

Need for seed. Old farmer travels the land in search for seeds to save his farm and lives of his hungry family.

2. Take my money.

Finding Neo

A Matrix franchise reboot

1. A story of accepting your gas?

One With The Wind – A man finally accepts and learns to live with the wind

I’m not sure I would be clever enough to come up with something like this, even if had days to think about it!

What would your contribution be? Hit us with it in the comments!

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Hilarious Reviews From People Who Think the ‘Cats’ Movie Is a Total Disaster

It seems that pretty much everyone across the board thinks that the new Cats movie is a major disaster.

The movie is currently sitting at a 19% favorability rating among critics on Rotten Tomatoes, so you know there’s probably something bad going on here.

Let’s see what people on Twitter think about this new flick…

1. Let’s make this a book.

2. Thank you for this.

3. Stressin’ out!

4. Why? Why? Why?

5. LOLing for days.

6. Give it some time.

7. What kind of drugs are you on?

8. Going to new depths.

9. The reviews are in!

10. I guess that’s something.

11. It will always be here among us.

12. This is great.

13. HORROR.

14. Time to say goodbye.

15. I wish I could’ve been at that critic screening.

Have you seen Cats yet? What did you think?

Tell us all about it in the comments!

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Here Are Some Funny Tweets About Holiday Movies

Did you get your fill this year?

I love holiday movies! Some of my favorites are Beautiful Girls, Die Hard (it is a Christmas movie, okay?), and of course, the classic A Christmas Story.

Let’s enjoy some funny tweets about holidays flicks in all their glory!

1. Heard that.

2. And again…and again…

3. Plot twist.

4. Might be time to get some new kids.

5. Think about that one…

6. Doesn’t seem like he’d be a great dog owner.

7. Time to move on.

8. You knew this was coming.

9. I’m reminded of this every year.

10. That looks to be the case…

11. That’s basically the plot.

12. Worried about The Grinch.

13. A pure legend.

14. Mind = Blown.

15. That’s a tough one to swallow.

What are your favorite holiday movies?

Share them with us in the comments!

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A Company Sued Disney for a Slogan Used in Frozen 2

There has been no shortage of successful Disney films this year. That success has translated to billions of dollars for the movie-making titan. In fact, seven of the ten top-grossing films of the year are Disney flicks, and Frozen 2 is well on its way to joining the mix…for now.

According to a TMZ report, Disney is facing fire for its use of the “Trust Your Journey” slogan made famous by its latest offering in the Frozen franchise. Apparently, a Nevada-based company “formed as a result of a personal fight and victory over breast cancer” is fighting for its share of the Frozen 2 profits.

The TMZ report states that the slogan has been in use for more than a decade, and the company has utilized it on a variety of clothing, jewelry, mugs and other merchandise. And that merchandise has been sold at Cracker Barrel and QVC. In fact, according to Trust Your Journey, it has sold nearly $4 million in merchandise over the years.

That sure is a staggering amount of money for a small company. Of course, it pales in comparison to the $924 million Frozen 2 earned in less than a month in theaters worldwide. The film has drawn excellent reviews, including a 92 percent audience score on the popular review website Rotten Tomatoes.

Disney did not respond to TMZ for a comment, so it remains to be seen if Trust Your Journey will be successful in its financial quest or if it’ll be frozen in its tracks.

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10 Facts About “Clue” the Movie

Clue is having a resurgence with a new movie and tie-in novels, and I, for one, am happy to see this cult classic return for new audiences and a new generation.

That said, even if you’ve loved it since you were a kid (*raises hand*) there are probably a few things you don’t know about the original.

And you’d be sorry if you missed these 10 facts.

10. The characters’ cars match their names.

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Last night we had dinner early, and watched the movie Clue. It is such an 80’s classic – 1985 even, halfway through, peak 80’s, – – My son had never seen the movie before, by our choice, because there is some annoying sexual content. He absolutely loved the surreal humour in Clue, and was, as predicted, annoyed by the sexism, but overall he really enjoyed it. It was fun to watch, I used to watch it all the time as a kid! “Let us in! Let us in!” – “Let us out! Let us out!” – – – We used up a bunch of leftovers and had a Frankenstein dinner, as usual about once a week. Son said that he’d never look at the board game, that he’s played for years, the same again! It was a fun night 💙 Also, yesterday I went 9 hours, pain free, which was great reason for us to celebrate! – – #familylife #avm #avmsurvivor #cluethemovie

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If you’re super observant, you’ve probably already noticed that as the motorists are stranded at the beginning next to cars the same color as their names. Neat tidbit!

9. Carrie Fisher was the original Miss Scarlet.

She entered rehab the day filming was supposed to begin and was unable to work out a schedule that worked with her treatment schedule.

8. Lesley Ann Warren couldn’t sit down in her costume.

Miss Scarlet’s dress required boned corsets, which meant Warren had trouble sitting or really even moving. If you watch her on screen, you’ll notice her leaning on the sets instead of sitting – it makes you appreciate her acting ability even more!

7. Tim Curry was their third choice.

Curry’s iconic role as the butler almost wasn’t – Leonard Rossiter was the first choice (he died) followed by Rowan Atkinson.

6. Madeline Kahn improvised one of the film’s best-known scenes.

All that was written in the scene where Mrs. White talks about how she hates Yvette is “I hated her so much that I wanted to kill her,” so the famous riff involving the “flames on the side of my face” gem was all Madeline Kahn.

5. Colleen Camp really wanted the role of the Maid.

Everyone from Jennifer Jason Leigh to Madonna was interested, so Camp went the extra mile and showed up for her audition in costume.

4. You should recognize the Singing Telegram Girl.

She’s the guitarist for the Go-Gos – Jane Wiedlin – in her first film role.

3. The writers expanded Mrs. White’s role once Madeline Kahn was cast.

She was already a comedy legend, thanks to Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, so they were smart enough not to waste her talents.

2. There was originally a 4th alternate ending.

The director claims he doesn’t remember what the 4th ending was, only that it wasn’t working no matter how they tweaked it, but it involved a scheme by Wadsworth to poison everyone.

1. The pacing was inspired by the success of His Girl Friday.

The director screened the film for the cast before they began shooting, hoping the rapid-fire dialogue would inform their own creative choices. The actors complied, doing their best to copy the clipped, quick delivery.

 

I just can’t wait to take in all things Clue!

What’s your favorite alternate ending? I know you have one!

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