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Rewatching The Warriors at 40 hit different than it did at 16
Caught it on cable last Tuesday after not seeing it since high school. Back then it was all about the fights and the cool jackets. But this time I noticed the whole movie is basically about running from one bad decision to the next. That subway scene where they're all just tired and quiet, that hit me way harder now. I've been in that headspace after a 12 hour shift, just trying to get home without any more crap. Makes me wonder if I missed the point of a lot of movies I loved as a kid. Anybody else rewatch something from your teens and get a totally different movie?
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charles_young9225d ago
The scene where they're all slumped in silence on the subway is practically a documentary of me every Friday at 5pm. I watched it with my oldest kid last week and he kept asking why they don't just call an Uber, which made me feel ancient. Thirty years ago I thought the Baseball Furies were the scariest thing in the world, now I'm like, those guys are just dads with bats and too much free time. I've definitely got a whole list of movies I need to revisit with my 40 year old brain, though I'm still not sure I'm ready for what they're actually about. Maybe I should start with something easier, like rewatching Space Jam and figuring out what the heck was going on there.
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