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Your Favorite Childhood Movie Is Not Very Good

Before I begin, let me put a disclaimer here: I love the 90's. In my fantasies, I would have been able to scrap up some level of fame prior to the airing of VH1's I Love The 90's, so that I could be a talking head next to Michael Ian Black, and tell the world how strongly I felt about the decade. However, sometimes re-watching something you once loved can lead to massive disappointment. Even though you may have memorized 70% of the movie's dialogue, you're shocked at the 30% of the dialogue that went over your head. Plus, with the rapid advancement of special effects today, badly executed scenes are nearly unavoidable.

Nostalgia first occurred after a friend and I jotted down a long list of films we hadn't seen since our VCRs passed on. When a film did happen to fall into our radar, live commentary became a popular medium, which comedically highlighted the glaring omissions while inside, our cherished memories were crumbling over the criticism. To better illustrate, here's a list of the Top 5 Movies of my childhood – and most likely yours – that just no longer hold up. READ MORE

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