
Viral Reddit post has users calling out movies that aged poorly: 'WTF am I watching?"
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A viral Reddit thread sparks debate about movies that have aged poorly, which prompted more than 13,000 comments from users contemplating movies that they believe likely wouldn't be made in today's society.
"Benjamin Button," multiple users joked, in reference to the 2008 movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which follows the life of a man who ages backwards. Brooke Shields is carried by the man who won the auction for her virginity in a scene from the film 'Pretty Baby', 1978. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images) (Getty ) American actor Brooke Shields wears a ruffled blouse and heavy makeup in a still from the film, 'Pretty Baby,' directed by Louis Malle, 1978. ((Photo by Paramount Pictures/Fotos International/Getty Images)) Actors Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields in the 1980 film, Blue Lagoon, directed by Randal Kleiser. (Getty Images) The 1967 movie Romeo and Juliet is one film Reddit users said would not have been made today. ( ) Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million on Dec. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Jean-Jacques Levy) "Romeo and Juliette" movie director Franco Zeffirelli, left, actors Olivia Hussey, center, and Leonard Whiting are seen after the Parisian premiere of the film in Paris on Sept. 25, 1968. The two stars of 1968's "Romeo and Juliet" sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, over a nude scene in the film shot when they were teens. (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas) Kendall Tietz is a Production Assistant with Fox News Digital.
"Are you crazy? Dude looked 7 when he was 80!" another added.
One parent said she had the idea to show Grease to her children, but when she did, she asked herself "WTF am I watching?"