Goofy movie childhood nostalgia1/10/2024 WARNING: there is some Not Safe For Work content attached to the meme. For those unaware, there is a bizarre meme revolving around Shrek that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the film’s plot or any sort of logic other than to be stranger than hell. I know, I know, Shrek won’t come out for another 6 years, but hear me out. So what makes a film like Casper seem to fade from the public consciousness, while A Goofy Movie thrives? Let’s take an example from Shrek. Unlike Casper, this is a film I’ve since revisited when I rescued a copy from the Great Blockbuster Collapse. A few years ago, there was even a live-action recreation of the opening song posted on YouTube (I recommend watching it, look up “After Today Live Action”). Yet, apropos of my first reaction, it seems not many people really talk about it today.Īs for A Goofy Movie, I’ve heard numerous references to it throughout the 20 years since its release. When Austin brought up Casper while we were planning this project, my immediate thought was “Ohhhh yeah, I remember that movie now!” Despite not having seen it for about 10 years or so, it’s astounding how much I remember about this film because I watched it so many times. Today’s Nostalgia films are Casper and A Goofy Movie, both integral to my childhood. I’m giving it a midlevel score because it was so big that it’s remembered. I didn’t see a single note on the 20th anniversary of the film. It’s the film equivalent of an awesome, high tech toy that’s great for a bit but doesn’t endure. It was a big, heavily hyped machine but it just didn’t have any legs outside 1995. And I don’t think others do for the same reason. It’s so bound to formula, overly dated, follows the least imaginative paths it can, isn’t all that interesting, that no I don’t go back to it. Oh I liked it at the time but I don’t think I’ve seen it since 1996. So, what am I not nostalgic about? Um, the film. I scoured and searched every magazine for hints of how he’d look onscreen. I remember fondly seeking out all I could on this film as I’d grown up a Casper fan. I have very strong nostalgia for everything about this movie except for one thing. Only the limited box office has me holding back a bit on the rating, but I think it’s lasted nicely. As for the nostalgia impact, I think it stands above most of the kids films of the year wit two exceptions that I will cover in the future. It’s definitely dated in the music and presence of Pauly Shore but I think it endures nicely. It’s also gleefully cartoonish in its animation, with fun slapstick. It deals with honest, real issues like growing up and the father/son bond. There’s an excellent reason why: it’s a wonderful film, one of the best non-epic animated films of the era. My wife was able to instantly recall scenes when I brought it up yesterday. A Goofy Movie was a little movie next to the major hyped films of the year but it’s a film that I find people light up when I mention it. I feel like we’re starting with two prime examples, which is why I chose them. We’re kicking off with two kids films from 1995: A Goofy Movie and Casper. Albert and Austin will each discuss their thoughts on the film, their observations on how they see it remembered, and give the film a score of 1 (nobody remembers) to 10 (everybody remembers and loved/loves it). Starting with the 6/30 column, we’ll hit day and date roughly. For our first two columns, we’re covering films we’ve missed out on. The planned format is we’ll look at the films of 20 years ago each week. Because despite our mission we know there’s at least one person out there who has nostalgia for something. But that’s also part of the fun, finding things we remember nobody else does. But we’re on a mission, to find the works we suspect nobody on Earth could be nostalgic for. Sure there are going to be cases where it’s 100% earned and we’ll celebrate those. And every week you get a thinkpiece on the 20th anniversary of something.īut surely there are limits, right? That’s the goal of this column*: to point out that not every movie earns or deserves to be viewed nostalgically. (Austin notes he’s never stopped being a fan.) Goosebumps will soon make the leap to be big screen. Full House and The X-Files are coming back. Jurassic Park is once more destroying the box office. Right now we’re in the midst of a major moment of 90s nostalgia. Nostalgia is a pain to return to a time/place you can’t return to. People realize how far in the past their childhood is and they remember fondly the works from it. This is inevitable at roughly 20 year intervals.
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