It had been at least fifteen years since I’d seen the film and I wondered if it would hold up. This week we decided to tackle one of my childhood favorites, Richard Donner’s 1985 classic The Goonies. Over the last year, it has been my privilege to co-host a weekly movie podcast*. Life experiences had made me see this film in a whole new light. I realized that the film itself hadn’t changed (OK technically it’s gone through several cuts shut up I’m making a point here) I had changed. I saw all the little nuances in a new light – the beauty of Jordan Cronenweth’s cinematography, the deep examination of what it means to be human, Vangelis’ haunting score, Rutger Hauer’s heartbreaking turn as Roy Batty, and so much more. Fast forward ten years when I once again watched the film in college and my perspective completely changed. I thought it was slow, plodding, gloomy, and lacking in action. I recall vividly watching the film and absolutely detesting it. My personal “Aha!” moment came in the form of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective may seem hilarious to a fifteen-year-old in 1993 only to come off horrifying in 2021 if that same person now has a transgender partner. One of the welcome insights I’ve learned about cinema is that your perspective on a particular movie evolves and changes over time. A single twenty-year-old male who watches Arrival in 2016 is bound to have a much different reaction than that same person at forty, who has subsequently married, fathered a child, and lost a parent.
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