And now for something completely different. Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks. I love Mel Brooks movies, but Young Frankenstein never hit for me. Trying again though. I know it's a classic.
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@ozoned I never quite got into it either. However, last I saw it I was a teenager. I watched some of samurai jack first when I was a teenager and couldn't stand how slow it was, love that series now.
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@theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social yeah, young Frankenstein has all the right pieces, but it just never came together for me. Part way through now and I see the genius, but it still just isn't hitting the right spot. I want to love it. I think because I've seen other Mel Brooks movies first the jokes I already know.
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@ozoned Oh I have had this problem with many classics! Often when a movie becomes too influential the references have introduced me to all the great parts before I see them, and it turns my experience of the movie into a mash up of all the movies that come after it!
It's like listening to the Beatles but only after you have gone to see every band inspired by them. Sure it's good, but there is nothing that makes it feel original anymore.
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@theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social yeah I think this is exactly it. I've watched a LOT of movies and I think you've named it exactly.
