I was thinking of posting a list of "Ten War Films That Stank Up The Neighbourhood" but I found a bit of a problem. I was planning to start off with the 1985 movie "Revolution" starring Al Pacino. I remember thinking at the time that it was a mammoth pile of wombat poo. However, on watching it again recently I began to think it wasn't really all that bad. Certainly it was an improvement on "Patriot" with Mel Gibson.
That got me to thinking (bad move). I remember when the original version of "The Italian Job" came out it was pretty much regarded as just another heist movie with some funny one-liners and an annoying Mockney theme song. Then, some time in the late 1970's we were all suddenly told it was a "Classic". How exactly did that happen?
Equally, for a long time, any movie by Ed Wood was regarded as beneath contempt. Then we came over all Post-Modern-Ironic and they were re-assessed. (they're still awful, by the way).
So how can you tell a film is truly bad and not one that will improve with time?
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