Do you think that face/off has aged poorly?

[GolovKing]

I watched it a couple days ago and felt that the story line and characters were really cheesy. Nick cages character seemed like he was straight out of a cartoon or something with how crazy he was. The guy playing his brother also put on this obvious fake voice that made his character seem too unrealistic. Not a fan of the John Woo action sequences either, it's almost comedic with how over the top and fake everything is.

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

It’s an excellent preservation of it’s time. It’s a quintessential 90’s action movie so in that way, it hasn’t aged well at all. I wouldn’t want it to be any other way though.

 

[drstrangelov]

Definitely, it was riding a very specific bit of cultural momentum when it was release, and viewed outside of It’s original time and place its not a good movie.

I really liked it as a kid, but decades later it’s nowhere near as good as the Rock or Con Air.

 

[HARRISON_3]

Crazy that it's based on a true story.

 

[Halifax]

I watched it a couple days ago and felt that the story line and characters were really cheesy. Nick cages character seemed like he was straight out of a cartoon or something with how crazy he was. The guy playing his brother also put on this obvious fake voice that made his character seem too unrealistic. Not a fan of the John Woo action sequences either, it's almost comedic with how over the top and fake everything is.

That movie was a guilty pleasure of shit when it came out.
it didn't age poorly. it was never good

 

[moreorless87]

It was very cheesey the day it came out, doesnt mean it wasnt fun.

 

[Krixes]

What always gets me about that movie is the different body types. Travolta was thicker than Cage.

 

[GolovKing]

That movie was a guilty pleasure of shit when it came out.
it didn't age poorly. it was never good

Wasn't it highly reviewed and rated in the 90s? I feel like if someone made this movie today it would be a complete laughing stock

 

[Halifax]

Wasn't it highly reviewed and rated in the 90s? I feel like if someone made this movie today it would be a complete laughing stock

I dunno. i watched it in the 90's and we thought it was ridiculous

 

[GolovKing]

What always gets me about that movie is the different body types. Travolta was thicker than Cage.

And cage was smashing Travolta's wife and nobody noticed. What did they swap dicks too?

 

[John Mabrey]

nope

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

how'd you get so brave, huh?

 

[John Mabrey]

Definitely, it was riding a very specific bit of cultural momentum when it was release, and viewed outside of It’s original time and place its not a good movie.

I really liked it as a kid, but decades later it’s nowhere near as good as the Rock or Con Air.

face off>con air>rock

 

[John Mabrey]

Wasn't it highly reviewed and rated in the 90s? I feel like if someone made this movie today it would be a complete laughing stock

it was critically acclaimed

 

[Krixes]

And cage was smashing Travolta's wife and nobody noticed. What did they swap dicks too?

Right...

 

[John Mabrey]

I dunno. i watched it in the 90's and we thought it was ridiculous

@Slobodan

 

[John Mabrey]

i saw it when i was like 8 or 9 in theaters and remembered it more than shit like lord of the rings which i watched a few years later @Kaybee

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Yes. Aged horribly.

 

[Yoel Bromero]

Great movie, if you dont have fun watching face off you're dead inside.

 

[Halifax]

i saw it when i was like 8 or 9 in theaters and remembered it more than shit like lord of the rings which i watched a few years later @Kaybee

Well, a lot of shit looked good when I was 8 to age 12. I was almost 20 when Faceoff came out so maybe that's why.

When i was that age, Superman 4 and highlander 2 were cool. both those movies are horrendous shit lol