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Originally Posted by AC
As someone that didn't grow up watching most of the 80s comedies that are generally considered classics, they are painful to watch now for the most part.
I recently watched through the National Lampoon Vacation movies and found maybe a couple scenes kinda humorous. Just bland overall.
Police Academy is flat out terrible. Michael Winslow's sound effects are the only redeemable part of the entire movie. It's just embarrassing to see all the gay and racist jokes that were apparently considered hilarious back then.
I'm amazed that people found Rodney Dangerfield funny, I don't get his appeal at all.
John Hughes movies might be the only ones that hold up reasonably well IMO. Big, This is Spinal Tap, and Clue are also great.
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Maybe I need to go back and re-watch some 80s movies, but it sounds like someone sold you a bill of goods on which ones are classic.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Trading Places, Naked Gun, The Golden Child, Three Amigos, Fish Called Wanda, Stripes all come to mind before the ones that you watched.
The 80s had just a tonne of comedy adjacent movies, too. Sort of funny, but really just a straight forward movie with humor, like Midnight Run or Beverly Hills Cop.
Trying to explain the Triple Lindy to someone is probably funnier than actually watching a movie about it.