Movies I use to love and still love and movies I sometimes wonder why the hell I ever loved them in the first place?

So recently I've taken a journey into Old School Land and have revisited some movies I used to watch all the damn time because I loved them that much. I've also journeyed into discovering new(ish) movies so I can catch up with the world. (Does it make me a loser that the most recent movie I've watched came out on Tuesday on DVD and it was the Hannah Montana movie and I actually kinda, sorta liked it?)

What I have discovered on my journey is that the Old School movies I used to love so much that I watched them all the damn time doesn't mean I will love them that much now. And sometimes I find it hard to even make it through the whole movie. And I feel ashamed I could ever love something so stupid. But then, I do love Twilight so maybe I am a loser.

One of these movies I can think of off the top of my head is Save the Last Dance. Back in the day, one of my BFF's in college and I would watch this movie - a lot. We loved the shit out of it. Now, I can't even watch it all the way through. I am seriously disturbed by the acting and the cheesy, cliched plot line. (Spoiled, suburban white girl moves to the ghetto to live with her estranged dad after her mother dies while she was trying out for Julliard's dance school and she'llneverdanceballetagainohnoes! and her new boyfriend is a black dude who's heading into premed cause he's super smart and he's gonna get up out the ghetto even though he has a sorta criminal past with his BFF.)

Anywhosits, I can't stand the movie now. It gets on my nerves. It's kinda sad, actually, since I have so many good memories that involve watching that movie in my dorm room with my college BFF.

The good news is, Trainspotting is still the best movie ever.

I just watched that for the first time in years the other night and I love the shit out of it still. It's still as fabulous as I remember it being. I have to admit, I was nervous about watching it. I was afraid I would feel the same way about it as I do about Save the Last Dance and that would make me very, very sad. But, hooray! I still love it as much, maybe more, than ever. Is there anything better than a movie about a bunch of Scottish heroin addicts? Gawd, Mark Renton is one awesome character. And I can't believe I'd actually forgotten my favorite lines from any movie ever: "It's SHITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete assholes. It's a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference!"

Goonies is still as good as ever. So is the Breakfast Club. But I use to love License to Drive like crazy and now I wonder what the hell I was thinking. This can be true of anything related to the Coreys. But maybe their stupid ass show is the reason for this.

I love visiting Old School Land. Especially when I rediscover old loves.