Thursday Movie Picks: Movies That Haven't Aged Well

a weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves

There is more than one way to look at this week's theme as there are several reasons why some films haven't aged well. Some aged badly because of now-obsolete special effects, some because of overacting, some because they are problematic as hell. I'm going with the latter. 

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

I loved this film as a child. I even enjoyed it when I rewatched it years ago. But now that I know better, I find it difficult to imagine rewatching this film considering how transphobic it is. Don't get me wrong, I never found the transphobic jokes nor twist funny. 

Grease (1978)

It's hard to think of a film with a worse message than this as it basically says that a girl has to change her whole appearance and personality to get a boy who treats her like shit. Not to mention that horrific song about rape. I honestly don't know how some people still defend this film. 

Sixteen Candles (1984)

Whether you like this or not, you cannot deny how some of the jokes don't work at all nowadays as there's plenty of racist, sexist and I think even homophobic jokes. Not to mention how the dream boy talks about the ways he can take violate his girlfriend, and that Ted climbing on top of Samantha multiple times despite her protests.