Rear Window. I still like the movie a lot but upon each rewatch, I find the movie is overlong and has way too many elongated conversations about morality, and while it’s interesting dialogue, it gets very tedious. Also, the lack of music makes parts of the film feel very flat, especially during the film’s climax.
I think Shadow of a Doubt, The 39 Steps and Notorious are far better Hitchcock films.
The Wizard Of Oz. Having read the original book, I feel robbed that so much was altered or left out.
The story must have been read to me sometime as a child, because I remember expecting things to happen during the movie that didn’t. Over the years I chalked it up to some of the movie being cut because the film was damaged.
Anybody here remember seeing shows and movies with burned spots?
Grease. I saw it as a teenager and thought it was fun, mostly because of the smart-aleck humor, the music and dancing. I watched it as an adult and was irritated that Sandy and Danny thought they had to become someone else for each other. I understand that it’s supposed to be lighthearted and funny. I just lost some of that perception of the movie now that I’m an adult.
To add to Patty_Melt’s answer, as much as I like The Wizard of Oz and appreciate the achievement of early cinema it is, I can’t ever see it the same after learning about everything that went into making the film. Not just the torture MGM put Judy Garland through that is pretty well known at this point, but it seems like almost no one had a good time while making the movie except maybe the munchkins. The wicked witch endures severe burns and the original Tin Man was hospitalized from the awful makeup they put on him and actually ended up losing his job through no fault of his own. Again, I can still appreciate the film for what it is, but knowing the background information just spoils the illusion a bit.