Just watched Stripes for the first time. I'm guessing this is a sacred cow? It's amusing but a big component of the movie is the use of crazy hijinks (like Candy mud-wrestling) that just don't have the novelty/wildness they probably once held.
so are you just out to destroy all the films the 12 year old bignewt loved?
Haha, it's hard to find old movies to love now if you've never seen them. I know they did it first but Blue mud wrestling in Old School is just funnier. It's like if you saw MJ's FT line dunk first and then watched Dr. J do it.
Stripes is still fun, don't get me wrong.
Just watched Stripes for the first time. I'm guessing this is a sacred cow? It's amusing but a big component of the movie is the use of crazy hijinks (like Candy mud-wrestling) that just don't have the novelty/wildness they probably once held.
It's been forever since I watched this, but from what I remember, I enjoyed the first half and was pretty bored with the second half. It's pretty far down my list of older comedies, it's fun but overrated. IMO
Lots of T&A and a classic 80's comedy trope, spying on women in the showers.
Not good or bad, but the end was weird. I thought the graduation was going to be the climax but then with like 15' left they go to eastern Europe, do an operation, and then come back for a victory parade. Must've been a lot of deleted scenes.
It's funny looking back on older comedies how a lot of stuff wouldn't fly or be funny today. Plus most comedies dont have a lot of rewatch value. IMO But I still prefer them to newer comedies.
