The Rewatchables' awards

The categories, most rewatchable scenes, and double features from the episodes read for them so far: 95 films and 1 episode about no one film. Every pick is a host's opinion, with who said it and when.

What's aged the worst: 454 picks in 94 episodes

Every film and category

Friday the 13th (1980) · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What aged worst · What in the movie has held up worst.

pick Steve Christy: Creepy hitting on the help, shirtless, touching Alice's head.
“Steve Christ is a piece of shit.”
unknown · 1:06:01
pick Knowing the reveal that it is Pamela
“Knowing the reveal.”
unknown · 1:09:18
pick Faking a drowning to get mouth to mouth
“Faking a drowning, so a cute coworker can give you math to math.”
unknown · 1:09:26
pick The cop's line to Ned in the headdress
“Um, settle down, Tonto.”
unknown · 1:09:34
pick A real snake being killed for the movie
“By the way, that's also in what stage the worst because they actually killed the snake.”
unknown · 1:10:59
pick The Bogart impression
“Um, the Bogart impression I had uh, aged pretty badly, but something else, like this movie is a horror movie.”
unknown · 1:11:23

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Worst · What has aged the worst, including expectations of a horror movie.

pick No nude scene, against horror-movie expectations
“She was very surprised there wasn't a nude scene.”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:56
pick The sound of the hammer hitting Kirk's skull
“I think that the sound that the hammer makes when it hits Kirk's skull is aged the worst”
unknown · 1:01:27

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly

What Aged Worst · What has aged worst.

pick Dated cultural references (Dr. Quinn, Highlander, Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer)
“there are a lot of cultural references that I have no idea what they're talking about.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:09:25
pick Granny law and the grandmother slapping the kids
“and granny law just involves hitting the kids.”
unknown · 1:11:36
pick The homophobic humor
“The homophobic humor, obviously, was 2006 would never play now.”
unknown · 1:11:28
pick Cal saying Carly was unconscious every time they had sex
“Cal talking about how Carly was unconscious every time they've had sex?”
unknown · 1:12:18
pick The cougar named Karen
“I mean, the cougars named Karen.”
unknown · 1:12:32

The Italian Job (2003) · ‘The Italian Job’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Aged worst · What has aged worst in the movie.

pick The money song, played twice
“They rely on that song, that money song.”
unknown · 1:08:04
pick The last shot of Wahlberg and Charlize on a boat: A mail-in ending for a romance the movie never earned.
“The last shot of Wahlberg and Shirley is just such a mail-in.”
unknown · 1:13:09
pick Stella using her dad's catchphrase on her date with Steve
“He doesn't, you know, he doesn't know who I am and like, but I am going to use my dad's catchphrase.”
unknown · 1:14:28
pick Jason Statham: His hair-covered head, before he went bald. The hosts add how hair transplants became common afterward.
“So, Jason Statham's, Hair covered head has aged the worst.”
unknown · 1:14:40

Domestic Disturbance (2001) · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie has aged the worst.

pick Susan's miscarriage and how the movie handles it
“Susan's miscarriage and the way it's treated where they're like, hey, sorry you miscarried.”
unknown · 1:04:07
pick The PG-13 rating: Wants more F-bombs, two sex scenes and a better Buscemi murder.
“I had, uh, This desperately needed to be a Raided R movie.”
unknown · 1:05:18
pick Reuben Santiago-Hudson as the police sergeant: Questions whether the character was any good at his job; also gets the overacting award.
“I have, for what stage, the worst, the police sergeant as well, who also gets the Vincent Chase a word for, are we sure this character was good at his?”
unknown · 1:06:27
pick Movies produced by Jonathan D. Crane, Travolta's manager
“Uh, Forade's the worst, also, just any Jonathan D. Crane's a producer of this movie.”
unknown · 1:06:56
pick The mom as Susan: One of the dumbest characters in the from-hell movies.
“Um, The mom stuff, she's just such a stupid character.”
unknown · 1:07:16
pick The Maryland setting shot in North Carolina
“This movie claims it's in Maryland, but it's entirely shot in North Carolina, and I don't know why they didn't just say it was in North Carolina.”
unknown · 1:07:26

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ With Bill Simmons, Steven Spielberg, and Sean Fennessey

What's aged the worst · The single thing that has aged worst.

pick The intermission
“We mentioned the intermission, which nobody would do anymore.”
Bill Simmons · 1:53:58
pick The BBC 12 channels joke: He counts 11 BBC channels now, so Kubrick was one short.
“They mentioned BBC 12 and there were only 2 BBC channels at the time.”
Bill Simmons · 1:54:05
pick The idea that we could shut down AI
“just the idea that we could shut down AI, I think, maybe.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:54:53

Fargo (1996) · ‘Fargo’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Kyle Brandt

What's Aged the Worst · What about the movie has aged the worst.

pick The 'this is a true story' claim: It seems dopey now because anyone could Google it.
“That was really all I had for what stage the worst, because it just seems dopey now, because you would just Google and be like, this didn't happen.”
Bill Simmons · 1:14:42
pick Scotty Lundegaard: Orphaned, but probably a multimillionaire from the family estate.
“I think as a character who is aged the worst if you went into the future in the fictional world of Fargo, it would be Scotty, totally fucking orphaned, but probably a multimillionaire because he, but, why isn't, inheriting Wade's estate?”
unknown · 1:14:48
pick The hot lunch buffet
“I guess the only thing other thing that's aged the worst is I personally don't really see a lot of hot buffets getting used up recent anymore.”
Chris Ryan · 1:15:18
pick The bedside landline phone with a bell
“Margie being woken up by that phone next to her fucking face with an actual functional bell inside it, like in the middle of the night.”
unknown · 1:16:12
pick Pan-and-scan cable broadcasts of a widescreen movie
“And when it was on cable for years and years with the square TVs.”
unknown · 0:44:51

Zodiac (2007) · ‘Zodiac’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged Worst · What about the movie has aged worst.

pick Cutting the two-minute montage of hit songs for the four-years-later title card
“him cutting the 2 minute blackout montage of hit songs”
unknown · 1:57:44
pick Avery and Graysmith decoding at the bar: wants five more minutes of them
“I wrote down, I'm 5 minutes light on these 2 together.”
unknown · 1:58:26
pick Anthony Edwards in a wig
“Anthony Edwards with a wig on always throws me off.”
unknown · 1:59:12
pick The four-year gap
“Uh, no, I had the four-year gap.”
unknown · 1:59:30
pick The culture's endless search for the Zodiac
“Just my certainty that it was Arthur Lee Allen for the like 10 years after I saw the movie”
unknown · 1:59:46

F1 (2025) · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Aged the worst · What has aged worst; too soon, so the hosts name what already looks bad.

pick Lewis Hamilton's dog Roscoe appearing in the film (the dog has since died)
“Lewis Hamilton's beloved dog, Roscoe, is in this film.”
unknown · 1:13:56
pick Too few scenes of real F1 drivers reacting to the fictional reality
“I think there should have been more scenes of F1 drivers interacting with these guys and or commenting on the fictional reality of the movie.”
unknown · 1:15:28

Weird Science (1985) · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt

What Aged Worst · What about the movie has not held up.

pick Ring cameras and Life 360 ending the parents-are-away party
“Because now you would have ring cameras and security stuff and if I went away with my wife for a couple days”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:52
pick Lisa's prolonged make-out with Wyatt, played by a 15-and-a-half-year-old: Ilan Mitchell-Smith is the actor; the transcript says Elon.
“Brock and Elon Mitchell Smith making out in that scene you mentioned.”
Kyle Brandt · 1:01:40
pick The Road Warrior biker homage climax
“If you watch this movie and are not familiar with the Road Warrior, which is like the sequel to Mad Max.”
Kyle Brandt · 1:07:47

The Truman Show (1998) · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Worst · What in the movie has aged the worst.

pick the CGI for the Princess Diana wedding shots
“I'll say this, the CGI to pull off the Princess Diana wedding shots to establish the outside world.”
Bill Simmons · 1:00:02
pick the CGI of the bubble and the cutbacks to the real world: He wants more ripple effects of the real world interacting.
“I personally think that the, what's age the worst is like, number one, the CGI of the actual bubble.”
Glen Powell · 1:00:09
pick the missing ethical and legal fallout: The movie could have gone further into the legal entanglements of a child born to a corporation.
“I honestly, even in, even in 1998, like, it would have been cool if they got a little bit more into the ethical and legal entanglements that this thing would have inevitably.”
unknown · 1:00:39
pick Laura Linney as Meryl: Questions what her career looks like after a fake marriage on camera.
“Merrill, Laura Linney's character.”
unknown · 1:02:30

RoboCop (1987) · ‘RoboCop’ (1987) With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie, or its aftermath, has aged badly.

pick RoboCop (2014 remake) and the sequels: Against remaking movies when the original is still on Prime.
“Don't rewake make movies when I can watch the original movie and it's still really good.”
Bill Simmons · 1:08:41
pick Police strikes: None in America since the 1910s; it did not go great.
“We haven't had one in America since the 1910s.”
unknown · 1:09:22
pick RoboCop costume appearing at WCW with Sting: Possibly meant as an aged-best joke; a wall comes off the cell in the clip.
“Robocop joining staying in 1990 for WCW.”
unknown · 1:09:31

Species (1995) · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What aged the worst · What aged worst

pick Species 2: Madsen said it was lousy and only a paycheck
“Woodstage the worst, Species 2.”
unknown · 0:59:49
pick The missed chances for Natasha to find a mate in Hollywood
“All the missed opportunities for Natasha to find a mate in Hollywood that they just left on the table, because she'll like only goes back to the same club once, like, easily could have gone to the Viper room.”
unknown · 1:00:52

After Hours (1985) · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Worst · What has held up worst.

pick Griffin Dunn's unibrow
“Griffin Dunn's Unibrow is just bizarre in this movie.”
unknown · 1:05:57
pick Soho
“I had Soho as well”
unknown · 1:06:19
pick Paramount canceling The Last Temptation of Christ
“Um, I mean, the dumbasses who cancel Last Temptation of Christ, like that's not ideal.”
unknown · 1:06:32
winner The character name Paul Hackett: Ruined for him by the Jets' offensive coordinators Paul and Nathaniel Hackett.
“The name of this character is Paul Hackett.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:06:48

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) · ‘Die Hard With a Vengeance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What's aged the worst · What in the movie holds up worst.

pick McLean's headache gag
“McLean has a bad headache. He mentions it 42 times.”
Bill Simmons · 1:19:59
pick explosions in the financial district and the Oklahoma bombing timing
“Uh, and then this whole thing came out around the Oklahoma bombing.”
unknown · 1:20:11
pick McLean's policing, killing anyone with an Eastern European accent
“Uh, John gets to the point to where he just, if he thinks it, he just kills you.”
unknown · 1:20:37
pick the reputation of city services
“Do you know what actually also has aged the worst is probably the reputation of like city services?”
unknown · 1:21:15
pick the gold math: it would take 480 dump trucks
“would have needed 480 dump trucks to take out as much gold as they took out.”
unknown · 1:21:55
winner the ending: They also discuss the unused alternate ending, in which McLean tracks Simon to Hungary.
“The ending stinks.”
unknown · 1:23:45

Working Girl (1988) · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson

What aged worst · What has aged worst in the movie.

pick Catherine's broken leg: she could do the job remotely in 2025
“You'd still be able to do your job in 2025 with a broken leg.”
unknown · 1:22:24
pick Everyone's hair except Harrison Ford
“I have just about everyone's hair except Harrison Ford.”
unknown · 1:23:00
pick How women were treated in the workplace
“How women were treated in the workplace is not age well.”
unknown · 1:23:06
pick Someone reading Motor Trend in bed
“Someone reading motor trend magazine in bed?”
unknown · 1:23:10
pick Sleeping together before you close the deal
“you know, Joe alluded to some of this, but sleeping together before you close the deal.”
unknown · 1:24:58
pick Plot built on the dictaphone and the day planner: Records that come back to bite everyone, which would not happen with phones and the cloud.
“The other the other thing I have is just like the concept of like, of, of, of making records of things, like whether the dictaphone or the day planner.”
unknown · 1:25:33
pick Jack taking Tess's dress off when she's passed out
“I really think he could have just left her dress on.”
unknown · 1:25:59

Rocky (1976) · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Aged worst · What about the movie has aged the worst.

pick Burt Young as Paulie: Everything about Paulie; he never gets punished for how he treats his sister.
“Woodsage the worst. Everything about Polly.”
unknown · 1:12:46
pick The Chuck Wepner story
“Chuck Webner, that whole story is the worst.”
unknown · 1:13:12
pick The sparse fight crowd: Wishes someone had paid to CGI in fans for the re-release.
“This is the biggest kind of nitpick all these years later where I just wish somebody had done a George Lucas and just paid the 50 grand to CGI some fans all over the place.”
unknown · 1:13:20
pick Garrett Brown as Steadicam inventor: He took money instead of points in the picture.
“And then Garrett Brown, the steady cam guy, not taking points in the picture is age worse.”
unknown · 1:14:02
pick Rocky's advice to 12-year-old Marie about bad words
“I think Rocky's advice to that 12-year-old girl, you use bad words and maybe you end up becoming a whore.”
unknown · 1:14:07
pick Burt Young as Paulie as the brother
“Yeah, just Polly as the brother.”
unknown · 1:15:12
pick The white doo-wop groups
“Um, uh, oh, a white do-op groups.”
unknown · 1:15:16

Friday Night Lights (2004) · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin

What's aged the worst · The things about the movie that have aged badly or feel off now.

winner Connie Britton's nothing role as the coach's wife as Sharon Gaines: Compared with Tammy Taylor, the movie just punted on the coach-wife marriage. He reads Berg's oral-history quote about it.
“So I had that in what stage the worst, how they, I wrote, the coach wife marriage, they just punted on it.”
Bill Simmons · 1:01:52
pick Anything labeled based on a true story: He then says the movie actually stays pretty close to the true story.
“Anytime I see based on a true story.”
Bill Simmons · 1:11:19
pick Connie Britton's 1980s hair
“But I just am watching her like, oh, man, I just can't wait till she's Coach Taylor's wife with a more modern hairdo.”
Bill Simmons · 1:11:44
pick Derek Luke as Boobie Miles: Great in the part but was 30 playing a high school kid.
“Derek Luke was 30 years old during the filming.”
Bill Simmons · 1:11:55
pick Don's dad interrupting the hookup
“My last one is Don's dad interrupting the hookup.”
Bill Simmons · 1:12:41
pick The medical treatment of Boobie's knee: In 2024 you'd have surgery right away; reconstructive surgery wasn't unthinkable even in 1988.
“Not immediately having surgery, trying to play again on the knee.”
Mallory Rubin · 1:13:05
pick No instant replay: Notes the dropped fourth-quarter catch and whether Winchell broke the plane, which the film does use for tension.
“No instant replay because there are like really a number of plays where...”
Mallory Rubin · 1:13:48
pick Lucas Black as Mike Winchell: Argues the performance is a level below Hedlund and Luke, and that J. Hernandez seems too small as Chavez.
“I feel like Garrett Hedlin and Derek Luke are like at a just a different level in the movie.”
Mallory Rubin · 1:16:13

Pulp Fiction (1994) · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie has aged worst

pick Harvey Weinstein
“Harvey Weinstein.”
unknown · 1:25:28
pick The N-word stuff: Said to land differently in 2024; hosts discuss the different uses.
“The N-word stuff.”
unknown · 1:25:37
pick The slow-mo when Butch breaks out of the chair
“The slow-mo when Butch breaks out of the chair.”
unknown · 1:27:18
pick Laziness about forensics and DNA
“Um, I think that they're pretty lazy about forensics and DNA in this movie, with the exception of Butch trying to, like, wipe a Uzi down with the tissue, still use the murder weapon there.”
unknown · 1:27:35
pick Diners in Los Angeles, a dying breed
“Sadly, with age of the worst, is diners in Los Angeles?”
unknown · 1:28:00
pick The dummy of Marvin in the trunk
“The dummy of Marvin and the trunk at the end is age the worst.”
unknown · 1:29:07
pick Smoking a cigarette while drinking a milkshake
“Smoking a cigarette while drinking a milkshake.”
unknown · 1:29:52
pick Pop culture references nobody under 40 would get
“The pop culture references.”
unknown · 1:30:16
pick Quentin Tarantino's acting: Hosts split; one enjoys it, one says one stretch with Jules doesn't work.
“Tarantino's acting.”
unknown · 1:31:06

Notting Hill (1999) · ‘Notting Hill’ With Juliet Litman and Amanda Dobbins

What's aged the worst · What about the movie hasn't held up.

pick Julia Roberts as Anna Scott: Her wardrobe, above all the teal flip-flops in the final scene.
“Julia Roberts wardrobes is one of them.”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:25:18
pick The travel bookstore: Online guides killed the concept.
“Um, I think travel bookstore just just aged horribly.”
unknown · 0:32:28
pick Alec Baldwin as the American boyfriend: His association with the movie reads differently now.
“Alec Baldwin being in this movie?”
unknown · 0:34:16

Twister (1996) · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What aged the worst · What holds up worst in the movie.

pick Dr. Jonas's death scene: Wanted to see more of the death.
“I wanted 11 more seconds from Dr. Jonas's death scene.”
Chris Ryan · 1:05:49
pick The map guy
“Um, I don't know, having my what's age, the worst is probably having a map guy.”
unknown · 1:06:26
pick The drive-in movie: Notes a drive-in just closed.
“The drive in movie, man.”
unknown · 1:06:39
pick Helen Hunt's running as Joe Harding
“I'm just not happy with the running in this movie.”
unknown · 1:06:57
pick Helen Hunt's ponytail and haircut
“My last one for Woodstage the worst, just, Helen Hunt, put a ponytail on during most of this movie.”
unknown · 1:08:50
pick Cutaways to the unnamed meteorological center
“Um, they do a lot of cutaways to, I think, an unnamed meteorological center where they're like looking at the storms coming together.”
unknown · 1:09:28
pick The Spielberg-style dad trauma
“And personally, for me, I didn't need the Steven Spielberg shit of like my my trauma with my dad.”
unknown · 1:09:43

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey

What Aged Worst · What has held up worst from the movie.

pick Felicity sleeping with Fat Bastard
“Um, Felicity sleeping with Fat Bastard has just grossed me out in 1999.”
unknown · 0:37:25
pick Kristen Johnston as Ivana Humpalot as Ivana Humpalot
“The, uh, Kristen Johnson as Ivana Humpelat, those scenes are just bad.”
unknown · 0:38:10
pick Fat Bastard as a ripoff of the uncle in So I Married an Axe Murderer
“Fat bastard being a ripoff of the uncle and so I married an ax murder.”
unknown · 0:38:21
pick Just the Two of Us as a rap song
“Just the 2 of us as a rap song, that's just hated that.”
unknown · 0:38:52
pick The musical numbers
“I didn't like the musical numbers.”
unknown · 0:39:23

Breaking Away (1979) · ‘Breaking Away’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged Worst · What holds up worst.

pick Mike swimming with his jeans on
“Disgusting.”
unknown · 0:54:24
pick Robyn Douglass's scooter: Looks like a cyber truck scooter.
“It's like a cyber truck scooter.”
unknown · 0:55:35
pick Massive recreational cycling on campus
“This was mine.”
unknown · 0:55:45
pick Serenading a girl outside her dorm and pretending to be Italian: Would get you arrested in 2024.
“Serenading someone outside their college dorm room is probably now get arrested.”
unknown · 0:59:24
pick The 1980 TV series spin-off: Barbara Barrie, Jackie Earle Haley and John Ashton all came back for it.
“They made a TV series based on the film.”
unknown · 1:00:09
pick NBC paying $5 million to air the film months after release: Five months after release, ahead of its time.
“NBC paid 5000000 to screen the film on television.”
unknown · 1:01:07
pick Dennis Christopher: Lied about his age, said 1955 but was born in 1950.
“Lied about his age.”
unknown · 1:02:27
pick All the idle time the guys have: Today they would be playing video games.
“These guys just wouldn't have this much idol time.”
unknown · 1:04:19

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) · ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Mallory Rubin

What's aged the worst · What about the movie has aged badly.

pick going back to high school undercover as an adult
“What's age the worst?”
unknown · 1:05:31
pick a 19-year-old nude multiple times in a major movie
“You could probably say the idea of having a 19 year old be nude multiple times in a major Hollywood movie probably wouldn't have it.”
unknown · 1:05:54
pick the 1982 abortion, $75 and a ride: The hosts add the movie takes abortion at face value, more directly than later films.
“1982 abortion, $75 and a ride.”
unknown · 1:06:16
pick Linda as her blowjob advice: Says the counsel Linda gives Stacy is lacking, using the skinny carrot lesson as the example.
“We would be derelict in our duty if we made it through this podcast without saying out loud that Linda's blowjob advice is lacking.”
Mallory Rubin · 1:07:55
pick ticket scalpers, wiped out by the internet
“Scalpers anymore.”
unknown · 1:10:05
pick teenage girls named Linda
“Teenage girls named Linda?”
unknown · 1:10:39
pick band circle pins on Damone's jacket: Offered as an I'm-older-than-you item: a 1982 and 1983 fad that came and went.
“This was a big thing specifically in 1982 and 1983.”
Bill Simmons · 1:11:38
pick the 1986 television series titled Fast Times
“There was a 1986 television series titled Fast Times.”
unknown · 1:12:07

The War of the Roses (1989) · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins

What Aged the Worst · What about the film has aged worst (transcribed as 'what stage the worst').

pick Young Michael Douglas's wig
“I mean, young Michael Douglas's wig.”
unknown · 0:52:08
pick A pre-cell-phone, pre-internet plot
“Um, this is one of the rare movies I watched in thinking about how different it would have been if they had had cell phones.”
unknown · 0:52:43
pick The cruelty to the animals (cat and dog)
“I just would like to talk for another moment if we if we can about the animals in the crosshairs”
unknown · 0:53:21
pick The split couple spending Christmas together for the kids
“Spending Christmas together as a family after you've split.”
unknown · 0:54:31
pick Gavin's foot job at the dinner table
“the foot job is just kind of lame.”
unknown · 0:55:28

Internal Affairs (1990) · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What's aged the worst · What has aged worst in the movie.

pick the 'toxic maleness' trope where obsession excuses anything
“aggressive toxic maleness that like resolves anything by the man's unyielding desire for the woman”
unknown · 0:57:10
pick Peck taking away a cop's Raiders tickets: Played as a joke about the cop missing a peak Bo Jackson game.
“Peck taking away that cop's Raiders tickets.”
unknown · 0:57:53
pick old police computers with the green type
“I also have old police computers with the green type.”
unknown · 0:59:27
pick the movie's attitude toward domestic violence
“Last one is just this movie's attitude toward domestic violence.”
unknown · 1:02:01
pick Andy Garcia's character laughing when he is angry with his wife: Speaker can't decide if it's actually the worst or just doesn't always work.
“I'm so mad I'm laughing face.”
unknown · 1:02:17

The Insider (1999) · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's Aged the Worst · The part of the movie that has aged badly.

pick The inner workings of 60 Minutes: Reads differently now given the chauvinistic behavior and the later CBS News troubles.
“I like I said, the inner workings of 60 minutes.”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:34
pick The slow-motion shot of Pacino walking down the street at the end
“The slow motion, Pacino leaving the going down the street and it slows down, like all of a sudden we're making a movie in 1981.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:16
pick The score and Mann's strain for singularity
“I'm not a big fan of the score, as I mentioned.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:51:49
pick Wings Hauser as Brown and Williamson lawyer: Weird casting given where his career was; named as an aged-worst pick.
“Wingshauser is like prominently in this movie for 12 minutes.”
unknown · 0:52:41

The Big Chill (1983) · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Worst · The parts of the movie that have held up worst.

winner Glenn Close's haircut
“Glenn Kluss's haircut in this movie is... It's not my favorite, absolute affront. hairstyles.”
unknown · 1:09:42
pick Return of the Secaucus 7: Hangs over the movie as a way to ding it.
“Just kind of hanging over this movie a little bit.”
unknown · 1:10:55
pick Treating insomnia with a giant cold cut sandwich in the middle of the night
“Yeah, uh, I just think that we've probably medically moved past the idea of treating insomnia with a giant cold cut sandwich in the middle of the night.”
unknown · 1:11:20
pick Meg's constant smoking
“I love I love smoking, but like I Meg smokes literally more than Carl Bernstein.”
unknown · 1:12:02

A Bronx Tale (1993) · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan

What aged the worst · What has not held up in the movie.

pick The door test, now that cars don't have pop-up knobs
“The door test, now that we don't have the pop-up knobs, so that's has an age well.”
Bill Simmons · 1:16:07
pick Lillo Brancato Jr.: Because of what happened to the actor in real life.
“Lilla Bronchado Jr. is not age well.”
Bill Simmons · 1:16:12
pick C's long jogging run at the end
“I don't love C's run at the end, the when Harry met Sally, long jogging scene when he's just over and over again.”
Bill Simmons · 1:16:15
pick The stage musical
“And then the Bronx tale became a musical, which I found out during the research, and I didn't like that idea.”
Bill Simmons · 1:16:50
pick The Mario test
“The Mario Test. And also just generally being like, look at those broads over there.”
Chris Ryan · 1:17:14

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) · ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin

What Aged the Worst · What about the film has aged poorly.

pick The gay-bashing scene on the street
“We mentioned the gay bashing scene, which is just weird.”
unknown · 1:04:28
pick Casting a real married couple
“Casting an actual married couple in the film is both the best and worst thing about it.”
unknown · 1:05:23
pick The mystery of the secret society
“I would say that you could say that the actual mystery has not aged very well.”
unknown · 1:05:33
pick Dr. Bill's medical skill
“Dr. Bill's prowess as a medical professional.”
unknown · 1:06:41
pick The tame orgy
“Just like we said, the orgy scene is so tame.”
unknown · 1:07:35
pick No male full frontal nudity
“Not, yeah, given how the sheer volume of the nudity in the movie, not seeing a dick at any point is fucking weird.”
unknown · 1:08:10

A Few Good Men (1992) · ‘A Few Good (Re)Men’ Live From L.A. With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged worst · What in the movie has aged the worst.

pick Christopher Guest as Dr. Stone: A strange choice to cast the funniest guy as a boring internist.
“Why is he in the movie?”
unknown · 1:01:03
pick Luther the newsstand guy and the aphorisms: Calls it some of the dumbest Sorkin dialogue.
“That's some of the dumbest shit ever in a soorkit movie.”
unknown · 1:01:35
pick Kaffee drinking Yoo-hoo without shaking it: Behaves like a 14-year-old, not a lawyer.
“Kaffe doesn't shake the yoo-hoo before he drinks it.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:05
pick Cruise modeling Kaffee on David Miscavige: From the book Going Clear.
“Cruz said he modeled his performance on his friend, the Church of Scientology chairman, David Miscavich.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:57
pick Everyone telling Kaffee he is the best after four days of so-so legal work: Show, don't tell; compares it to NBA Twitter after three games.
“Just everybody, after 4 days of like so-so legal work, 4 people coming up to caffeine and being like, you're the goat.”
unknown · 1:07:16

My Cousin Vinny (1992) · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris

What aged the worst · What has held up worst in the movie.

pick Ralph Macchio's mustache: Picked over his basketball scene.
“I probably would have not had the basketball scene, but the mustaches...”
unknown · 0:52:54
pick The prison uniforms with racing stripes
“Like, there are racing stripes on the sides of the universe.”
unknown · 0:53:07
pick Fred Gwynne as Judge Haller: In 1992 he was still Herman Munster to viewers.
“I was like, remember Munster is the fucking judge?”
unknown · 0:53:23
pick Austin Pendleton as Public defender: The stuttering lawyer gag; Pendleton has said he regrets it.
“But it's just playing that for comedy is is low.”
unknown · 0:55:26
pick The adult comedies screenwriter Dale Launer wrote, which are not made anymore
“And it's like, it was just a, this, that's just a movie we do not make at all anymore, pretty much.”
Chris Ryan · 0:55:42
pick Bruce McGill's oral-history account of Pesci walking off the set
“I don't want to think about Angry Joe Pesci.”
Bill Simmons · 0:57:16
nominee Pesci's Ewings: He is on the fence over whether they aged worst or best; another host calls them the worst.
“I'm on the fence about whether it's age the worst or the best.”
Wesley Morris · 0:57:28
pick The thirty-one cent can of tuna
“You should put that on what stage the worst that you could, when pennies were part of a price of something.”
unknown · 1:08:05

This Is the End (2013) · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck

What Aged the Worst · What looks worst now.

pick James Franco: Offered as an aged-worst because he has since vanished and no longer speaks to Rogan.
“I guess Franco has to be mentioned as a Woodsage the worst, right?”
unknown · 0:44:22
pick 3D TVs
“I guess that has aged poorly.”
unknown · 0:46:20
pick Marijuana-culture humor
“I'm pretty over marijuana culture.”
unknown · 0:46:26

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) · ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged the worst · What has aged worst in the movie.

pick The plane and blimp effects: Looks like two guys on a sound stage in an old plane.
“The effects just weren't there yet in 1989.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:22
pick Indy trying the Irish accent: Probably meant as a joke on Connery's inability to do Scottish.
“Indie tries the Irish accent.”
Bill Simmons · 1:08:33
pick The travel map sequence and the flight with three layovers
“Um, the flight that they take to get to Venice. Three layovers.”
unknown · 1:09:28
pick The long fist fight: Hard to go back to after John Wick 4.
“Also, I would just say, um, after watching John Wick four. It's kind of hard to go back to like a long fist fight.”
unknown · 1:10:11
pick The Order of the Cruciform Sword: A secret cabal guarding a Grail they have never seen.
“Um, what's up with the order of the cruciform sword? I feel like that hasn't aged well.”
unknown · 1:10:21

Blood Diamond (2006) · ‘Blood Diamond’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What's Aged Worst · What about the film has aged worst.

pick Stephen Collins: Because of what has come out about him since the movie.
“Stephen Collins is in this movie, who's tough Wikipedia, if you haven't seen what happened with him since this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:25
nominee The diamond industry was not actually changed
“Other than the fact that I guess the ending of this story that the diamond industry was changed.”
Bill Simmons · 0:54:32
winner The white gaze: DiCaprio and Connelly at the center of an African civil war story
“No, I think it would age the worst probably is the white gaze, you know, it's like it's telling these stories where you're like, well, we got to have Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Connolly at the center of this story about African civil war and conflict dive-ins and mutilation and child soldiers.”
Chris Ryan · 0:54:40

Iron Man (2008) · ‘Iron Man’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan

What aged the worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

pick Being a billionaire is cool: Possibly the last movie where a billionaire is someone to root for.
“This is one of the last movies where being a billionaire is cool.”
unknown · 0:59:51
pick Tony Stark's comic-accurate facial hair
“Daddy's facial hair has aged the worse for me.”
Bill Simmons · 1:01:06
pick The MySpace reference
“Um, but no, so MySpace aged the worst.”
Van Lathan · 1:03:51
pick Tony Stark's pre-MeToo behavior toward women and Pepper
“Tony is definitely a pre-MeToo.”
Van Lathan · 1:03:57
pick The MCU itself: Same answer as aged best: it is now a chore getting through the movies.
“And now it's kind of a chore getting through the movies.”
Van Lathan · 0:56:25

Catch Me If You Can (2002) · ‘Catch Me If You Can’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Aged Worst · What has aged worst.

pick Writing personal checks for groceries
“Uh, I am from what's age the worst, writing checks.”
unknown · 0:53:22
pick Los Angeles motel inns like the Tropicana
“My only other what's age the worst is, um, Los Angeles Motel Inns.”
unknown · 0:54:59

Alive (1993) · ‘Alive’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck

What aged the worst · What about the movie or its story has aged worst.

pick Crossing the Andes to play college rugby: Why not a more local league.
“Well, so one is just crossing the Andes to play college rugby.”
unknown · 0:50:50
pick Getting lost before the internet: Being lost with no map or phone was far scarier then.
“But it was fucking scary to get lost before the internet.”
unknown · 0:51:06

The Edge (1997) · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan

What's aged the worst · What in the movie does not hold up today.

pick The Black character dying: The rule-of-three Black-guy-dies trope has held on.
“Fucking black guy dying in the movie thing has kind of held on.”
Van Lathan · 1:00:42
pick Baldwin as a fashion photographer: Doesn't buy Baldwin as a gruff man who handles models; would have made him Hopkins's chief of staff.
“Alec Baldwin is a fashion photographer. I don't know if I could get quite there.”
unknown · 1:04:09
pick Baldwin objectifying the Native man for a photo
“Yeah, another what's aged the worst is like him just objectifying the native man.”
unknown · 1:04:51
pick Baldwin falling into the bear hole and his "I think I've broken my leg" acting
“What age is the worst? Baldwin falling into the bear hole.”
unknown · 1:05:23
pick The awkward rescue homecoming and McPherson's emotional lie: Nobody greets Charles and McPherson cannot sell her grief; a better actress was needed.
“Um, one part with the ending that I don't love, and I won't rewatch this movie a lot.”
Bill Simmons · 1:06:01
pick Killing the Black man (Harold) in the movie
“I think killing a black eye also aged worse.”
Van Lathan · 1:07:32
pick A story with no cell phones or internet: If anything aged poorly it is that a phone would not save you now, and bird strikes may have aged both ways.
“It's almost like a no internet era.”
unknown · 1:07:45

Margin Call (2011) · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman

What's aged the worst · What about the movie, or around it, has gotten worse with time.

pick Kevin Spacey as Sam: His off-screen baggage makes the first ten minutes uncomfortable, though he loses himself in the movie later.
“We got to start with Spacey.”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:39
pick The Big Short: He thinks its success swallowed the oxygen around this story.
“And then I do think Big Short hurt this movie a little bit because it was so successful.”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:29
pick The Big Short: He says the Big Short sold the overnight-city montage idea much better.
“I want to stay with a big short part of it too”
Ryen Russillo · 0:59:56
pick Kevin Spacey as Sam: He agrees it is disconcerting, though he is playing a morally bankrupt man.
“No, you nailed it with, uh, you nailed it with Spacey.”
Brian Koppelman · 1:01:09

Scent of a Woman (1992) · ‘Scent of a Woman’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What aged the worst · What has aged the worst about the movie.

pick Slade asking everyone for an escort from the moment he checks in
“I feel like early 90s, late 80s, anything went.”
Chris Ryan · 0:52:27
pick First class on the plane looking cheap and unfancy
“It just made me think how 1st class in airplanes in the early 90s was now we no way that would be the 1st class.”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:00
pick The amount of whiskey Slade has on a 45-minute flight
“I think the other thing, though, is I just can't get over the amount of whiskey he has on a 45 minute flight where he's just like, have her come back and it's like, we're descending now, by the way.”
Chris Ryan · 0:53:07
pick Charlie being the star halfback of Baird is dropped in quickly: Also might be a nitpick; they debate whether Slade was kidding.
“It's just very quickly that Charlie was the star halfback of Baird.”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:55
pick Frank Slade's behavior at holiday dinners
“Um, just generally, if like Frank's laid at holiday dinners seems just like a nightmare.”
Chris Ryan · 0:55:15

Unforgiven (1992) · ‘Unforgiven’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged the worst · The parts of the movie that have aged poorly.

pick Ebert's review
“Ebert's review we mentioned.”
Bill Simmons · 1:09:11
pick Ned leaving the group and giving away who they were as Ned Logan: Riding off alone and then telling Little Bill who his friends were.
“Ned should have kept his mouth fucking shit.”
unknown · 1:10:07

Misery (1990) · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman

What aged the worst · What holds up worst.

pick The book agent taking you to lunch at the Four Seasons
“Okay, right.”
unknown · 0:52:52
pick The hobbling, how painful it is to watch
“The hobbling, just how painful it is to watch.”
Bill Simmons · 1:00:43
pick Writing on a typewriter
“Writing on a typewriter has aged the worst.”
unknown · 1:00:45
pick The slow first hour: Thinks it is too slow for a rewatchable; producer Craig disagrees.
“It's a little slow.”
Bill Simmons · 1:01:01

Knocked Up (2007) · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck

What Aged the Worst · What in the movie plays worst today.

pick The Sprint trio cell phone close-up
“It's been rough times for the sprint trio over the next 15 years.”
unknown · 0:50:46
pick Catherine Heigl's 2005 club wardrobe
“Um, we must discuss Catherine Heigel's wardrobe?”
Juliet Litman · 0:52:14
pick Debbie being anti-vax
“Debbie being anti-vax?”
Juliet Litman · 0:53:12
pick The fake-looking prosthetic pregnancy bump
“Her prosthetic bump?”
Juliet Litman · 0:53:05
pick The actors playing Ben's friends using their real names: Because those actors are now iconic, who they are as real people intrudes on the movie.
“I think that's aged poorly, especially because so many of those actors are now iconic.”
Juliet Litman · 0:51:55

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

Aged the worst · What holds up worst from the film.

pick Eddie's ad-lib comedy bits: Better in the first movie.
“What age the worst?”
Bill Simmons · 0:45:05
pick Lisa Eilbacher as Jeannie: She and Pinchot are missing from the movie.
“My girl, Lisa Albacker.”
Bill Simmons · 0:45:53
pick Axel Foley as Axel Foley: Asexual again.
“My only other what's age of worst is Axel Foley, asexual again in this movie.”
Chris Ryan · 0:46:28

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) · ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's aged the worst · What in the movie plays worst today.

pick The old Bond parody references and the Fembots, rooted in 1960s knowledge
“We mentioned the parrot in the old Bond movies, the Fembots, we're a little rooted in.”
unknown · 0:50:41
pick Austin sexually harassing Vanessa: Could be taken the wrong way; the host and others note it has aged pretty well since he does not sleep with her when she is drunk.
“Austin sexually harassing Vanessa could be taken the wrong way if you're not choosing to see this as a comedy.”
unknown · 0:50:51

The Player (1992) · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris

What's aged the worst · What about the movie has dated worst.

pick Spelling Entertainment in the opening credits: Funny that the company was simultaneously making 90210, Melrose Place and this.
“Spelling entertainment being at the opening credits of this is so fucking funny to me that they're simultaneously working on 902 and 0 Melrose Place, Model Zinc, and the player.”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:04
pick Fax machines and giant mobile phones in the cars
“Fax machines in the car.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:12
pick June Gudmundsdottir: He does not understand where the long name came from.
“I, uh, I don't know how they came up with June Goodmanstadter.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:20
pick Greta Scacchi as June Gudmundsdottir: He does not think she is that good in it and does not understand the character's motives; Sean disagrees and Wesley reads the character as a noir femme fatale echo.
“The player, I don't think she's that good in the player.”
Bill Simmons · 1:06:07
pick The clothes (oversized double-breasted suits)
“Um, the clothes.”
unknown · 1:13:26
pick The Range Rover as the vehicle of power
“I feel like the Range Rover as like the the vehicle of power is a really funny one.”
unknown · 1:13:35

Die Hard 2 (1990) · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What ages the worst · What in the movie holds up worst.

pick The plane crash and how the trauma comes and goes in two and a half minutes: Weird choice to move on so quickly from the incinerated passengers.
“the what stage the worst is the trauma and sadness from the plane that's just incinerated, like 120 passengers, just comes and goes in 2.5 minutes.”
Bill Simmons · 0:45:06
pick Hanging out at the airport waiting for someone, meeting people at the gate: Nobody does that anymore.
“It's funny, we were just talking about this, but just hanging out at the airport waiting for someone that for somebody like producer Craig, that's got to be inconceivable.”
Bill Simmons · 0:45:27
pick Smoking cigarettes indoors
“Another one's age, they're worse, smoking cigs indoors, Chris.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:50
pick The line: You're not pissing in someone else's pool, are you? / I'm fresh out of chlorine: A bad line nobody can parse.
“I don't even know what that means.”
unknown · 0:49:43
pick The TV reporter's casting (Sheila McCarthy as Samantha Coleman): He did not think they cast the reporter well.
“Last one for me, I don't think that they did a good job casting the TV reporter.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:47
pick McLean waltzing into the air traffic control tower and cursing out controllers: Access to air traffic control towers in that era seems problematic.
“the access people seem to have to air traffic control towers at that era at that time seem problematic.”
unknown · 0:50:11
pick Emergency crews trying to resuscitate an ambushed SWAT cop who has been shot 90 times: Emergency response at Dulles.
“Emergency response services at Dulles were evades age the worst.”
unknown · 0:51:07
pick The three grenades scene and how it is cut: The characters live before the grenades blow up and too much time passes.
“particularly the 3 grenades scene and the way that that scene is cut is bizarre.”
unknown · 0:51:11

Panic Room (2002) · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Aged worst · What has held up worst in the film.

pick I can't go to prison, man: Called the hackiest moment from a script standpoint.
“because it is real the hackiest moment from a script standpoint”
unknown · 1:05:33
pick The propane gas sequence: Thinks she would have blown herself up.
“I just think she blows herself up.”
Bill Simmons · 1:09:47
pick Stephen Altman as the husband: Too over the top for a marriage not working out.
“Another one stage of words for me is the husband character in this movie?”
Bill Simmons · 1:09:50
pick The cops at the door: They should have forced their way in.
“And, um, the other one's age the worst is I just feel like the cops come in when, when, uh, the guy from Oz come dressed up as a police officer comes.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:50

The Batman (2022) · ‘Batman’ (1989) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's aged the worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

pick The special effects, like the bat plane
“Special effects. Some of this stuff is bad.”
unknown · 0:45:31
pick The movie is too dark, literally hard to see
“I think the movie's too actually too dark.”
unknown · 0:45:44
pick The Keaton and Basinger scenes: Others disagreed and saw chemistry; later compared unfavorably with Keaton and Pfeiffer.
“The Keaton Basinger scenes are pretty rough.”
unknown · 0:46:00
pick The uproar over the Keaton casting: Hard to explain now how big a deal it was.
“The, uh, the crazy buzz from the Keaton casting is aged the worst”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:42
pick The Prince soundtrack
“The print soundtrack is, I think, age the worst.”
unknown · 0:48:46
pick The importance of the Gotham Globe and newspapers
“The importance of the Gotham Globe is age the worst because, you know, newspapers have now gone digital.”
unknown · 0:49:12
pick Keaton's hair, which looks like a wig
“there's a couple where it just looks like he's wearing a wig a couple times.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:01
pick Robert Wuhl as Knox: In too much of the movie and the most unfortunate part of it.
“But the worst one, Robert Will, as Knox.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:18

The Ice Storm (1997) · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged the worst · What about the movie has dated badly.

pick Water beds
“Water beds.”
unknown · 0:55:23
pick Jim Carver's premature ejaculation: Jamey Sheridan's character.
“So you, like, it literally aged the worst that he came too quickly.”
unknown · 0:56:08

Miracle (2004) · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What stage the worst (aged worst) · What has held up worst.

pick Herb Brooks died before the movie came out and never saw it: A bummer, not a flaw of the film.
“Hurt Brooks died before the movie came out.”
unknown · 0:44:41
pick The movie ruined every later USA Olympic hockey run: Everyone wanted a repeat after 1980.
“This doesn't relate to the movie necessarily, but this ruined all subsequent USA Olympic hockey things.”
unknown · 0:45:06
pick A PG movie with no profanity from the players: Wants an R-rated ADR cut.
“I think we as a society technologically have arrived at the place that we could go back and add ADR audio to this movie that adds a bunch of profanity because there's no way these guys didn't swear all the time.”
unknown · 0:50:05

The Godfather Part II (1974) · ‘The Godfather Part II’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, and Brian Koppelman

What ages the worst · What holds up worst.

pick Kay Corleone
“What's age the worst other than Kate Corleone?”
Bill Simmons · 1:38:34
pick Willie Cicci
“Willie Chee Chee?”
Bill Simmons · 1:40:25
pick Michael asks 'Was it a boy?' after Kay's miscarriage
“Michael, after hearing about Kay's miscarriage from Tom Hayden.”
Bill Simmons · 1:41:23
pick Rocco's plan to kill Hyman Roth: No exit strategy.
“Rocco's plan to kill Hyman Roth.”
Bill Simmons · 1:41:46
pick The deleted scene of Michael's revenge on Fabrizio: Wishes it had been kept in the movie.
“Another would stage the worst for me is there's a deleted scene, which you mentioned earlier, where Michael gets his revenge on Fabrizio from Godfather one, it's actually on the internet.”
unknown · 1:43:40
pick The opaque Roth and Pentangeli blame setup in the first third
“Basically, I mean, I figured this might be a good time to talk about how, uh, not vague, but opaque the Roth potangially blame stuff is in the, in that 1st 3rd of the movie, when Michael's going to visit these guys and he's telling each one of them, like, it was Roth.”
unknown · 1:44:03
pick Aiello's improvised 'Michael Corleone says hello': It makes little story sense.
“It's the worst moment in the movie.”
unknown · 1:46:20
pick Vito lets Fanucci hold a knife near the girl's eye and walks away
“Age the worst, which is that Veto Corleone, our hero, just lets Finucci put a knife up to the girl's eye and he lets his friend take him away from it and he doesn't, can you imagine a movie hero now, not getting in the middle of that?”
unknown · 1:54:39

Father of the Bride (1991) · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie plays worst today.

pick Annie getting married at 22: Felt abrupt even in 1991.
“We mention it, but let's hit it again, 22 getting married at 22.”
Bill Simmons · 0:45:58
pick The virtual Netflix sequel (Zoom table read): Called a low point of the pandemic.
“The virtual Netflix sequel.”
unknown · 0:47:27
pick The parking situation at the wedding: Nobody would drive to a wedding now; too many cars; cops and kids driving.
“Um, The parking situation at the wedding is the wood stage the worst, just because nobody would drive to a wedding now for a couple of reasons.”
unknown · 0:48:06
pick Diane Keaton's clothes: Of a moment, though the high-waisted khaki look is coming back, so it may be aging best now.
“Diane Keaton's clothes, some some winners.”
unknown · 0:48:51
pick Diane Keaton as the mom (stunt casting): Was a hook at the time; nobody would see it as stunt casting now.
“Slight stunt casting with Diane Keaton as the mom in this movie at the time that now nobody would think was dunk casting.”
unknown · 0:49:41
pick Falling in the pool: Too hacky and unrealistic compared with the rest of the movie.
“I just don't love the falling in the pool scene.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:40
pick Franck the wedding planner's accent gag as Franck (Martin Short): The running accent joke is not comedy in 2021; also a one-note gag.
“Well, because I would say, specifically, like the accent gag, just is not a type of comedy we do anymore of, like, oh, what?”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:51:47

Saturday Night Fever (1977) · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel

What's aged the worst · What about the movie has aged poorly.

pick The treatment of women, the sexual assaults, racism, homophobia and misogyny: Lists the assaults, racism and random homophobia as aged poorly.
“Oh, well, I think the relationship with the various women in the in the movie has aged poorly.”
Jimmy Kimmel · 0:52:15
pick Nik Cohn admitting he fabricated his New York magazine article: The article behind the film was largely made up.
“Nick Cohn in the mid 90s acknowledged that he fabricated most of his article that he wrote about this guy who was based on Tony.”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:17
pick The Barracuda fight scene: Wanted a better fight scene by 70s standards; grades it a B minus.
“It's like a B minus.”
Bill Simmons · 0:54:17
pick Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie: Below-average dancer, weak accent, older than Travolta; baffled by her casting.
“I'm so confused why she got cast for this movie that I actually spent like a half hour Googling it because I was like, there had to be a story.”
Bill Simmons · 0:55:09
pick The edited PG version shown on TV: Dubbed-in lines made watching it painful.
“The PG version you mentioned, nothing was worse than seeing this movie on TV with all the edits.”
Jimmy Kimmel · 0:56:46

The Color of Money (1986) · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's aged the worst · What about the movie has aged poorly.

pick The arcade game Stalker
“So he's really good at the arcade video game stalker?”
unknown · 0:46:50
pick The cameos from 1980s pool stars nobody would know now
“is the cameos from 1980s pool stars. They were a bigger deal.”
unknown · 0:47:52
pick Guys waving cash at each other to bet, and a movie that doesn't work with phones
“when guys are all at a bar betting on something, they just wave cash in front of each other.”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:47
pick Warren Zevon on the Chalkey's jukebox
“Like, was Warren Zevon big at Chalkey's for real?”
unknown · 0:51:45

Trainspotting (1996) · ‘Trainspotting’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald

What aged worst · What about the film has held up worst.

pick Dead babies, feces, and drug withdrawal: His big three; he adds that the two feces scenes were reportedly melted chocolate.
“This might be the greatest big 3 in the history of what age the worst for movies. Dead babies, feces, and drug withdrawal.”
Chris Ryan · 0:57:19
pick Underage sex (Diane): Offered as the fourth face of the Mount Rushmore; in the book, Diane is 14.
“What's the fourth? Underage sex?”
unknown · 0:57:31
pick The single-gender point of view: Wishes there were more of the women in the group, though it was the 90s.
“I liked the women in the group.”
Andy Greenwald · 0:59:23

Fight Club (1999) · ‘Fight Club’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What Aged Worst · What has held up worst.

pick The reveal that Tyler and the narrator are the same person: Everyone knows it now, so you lose the rush of the first viewing.
“The reveal that... Tyler and narrator are the same person.”
Bill Simmons · 1:05:36
pick The brief self-fighting scenes that carry the twist: They are shown so fleetingly because the visuals do not hold up.
“Well, I would say that the only thing that's also aged the worst about that twist is there's a reason why they so fleetingly show the self-fighting scenes.”
Chris Ryan · 1:06:34
pick Semi-glorified Project Mayhem stuff, like the Disinformation and Mischief boxes: Attribution inferred from the exchange.
“I mean, it's, there's things kind of semi-glorified in this movie that there's people would just not go near. And, um, just the fact there's, when they have the whole headquarters, there's a box that says disinformation on it.”
Chris Ryan · 1:07:04
pick The running time: Should have been about two hours ten.
“It's 15 minutes too long.”
Bill Simmons · 1:07:33
pick The Project Mayhem material after January 6th
“No, it was basically the same thing that it's really when you watch like all the project mayhem stuff after like January 6th and all the stuff that we've kind of seen.”
Chris Ryan · 1:08:04
pick Helena Bonham Carter as Marla Singer: He argues the home-run part deserved an Oscar nomination in stronger hands; Chris disagrees.
“Helena Bottom Carter, for what stage is worst.”
Bill Simmons · 1:08:16

Boyz n the Hood (1991) · ‘Boyz n the Hood’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Van Lathan, and Logan Murdock

What aged the worst · What about the film has aged poorly.

pick Beepers: Weird to see in a movie now.
“Just always weird to see beepers down in a mover like, whoa, a beeper.”
Bill Simmons · 1:09:41
pick Trey and his girlfriend training montage: The corniest part of the movie, though a great song.
“I don't love the just me and you montage would train his girlfriend and she's clumsy.”
Bill Simmons · 1:09:46
pick The closing credits epilogue about Trey and Doughboy: Would have ended on Doughboy fading away; resents learning Doughboy's fate.
“I don't love the crows and credits of Trey went to Morehouse.”
Bill Simmons · 1:09:59
pick The narrative of black on black crime: Argues it is proximity, not race or culture.
“The only thing that really didn't age well at all was the narrative of the specific narrative of black on black crime as if we, it's proximity.”
unknown · 1:11:24
pick Police brutality: Answer to what aged worse.
“I would say police brutality.”
unknown · 1:12:03

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) · ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged the worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

pick The Indy and Marion chemistry: Never buys them as a couple; calls it the biggest flaw of the movie.
“The Indiana Jones marrying chemistry.”
Bill Simmons · 1:01:17
pick The original name Indiana Smith
“I can't believe the original name for Indiana Jones was Indiana Smith”
unknown · 1:03:10
pick Karen Allen: Complained that her backstory ideas were cut.
“Karen Allen did a lot of bitching about this movie”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:31
pick The ghost special effects and red-line travel map
“The ghost are pretty rough.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:35
pick Casting British actors as non-British characters
“anytime there's a character who is not English or American, they're like, let's cast a British guy.”
unknown · 1:07:50
pick Paul Freeman as Belloc: Should have gone to a better-known actor.
“I had Paul Freeman in what stage the worst.”
unknown · 1:08:13
pick Marcel the monkey from Friends
“Up there with Marcel and Friends is my least favorite.”
unknown · 1:09:16
pick Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
“The sequel.”
Bill Simmons · 1:09:40
pick Pauline Kael's review: She missed the point of what was changing, though it is an incredible review.
“I would put it more in the what's age the worst”
unknown · 1:10:56
pick Cutting the Playboy intro for Indy
“I don't know why they cut the Playboy stuff”
unknown · 1:11:14
pick Indiana Jones as archaeologist or looter
“one of the things that's aged the worst is like, you know, they got the British Museum returning artifacts.”
unknown · 1:47:28

Predator (1987) · ‘Predator’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Shea Serrano, and Kyle Brandt

What aged the worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

pick Predator 2
“Uh, Predator 2 ahead in there, we've discussed.”
Bill Simmons · 0:55:32
pick Hawkins's girlfriend: Loses her boyfriend and also gets the jokes made about her.
“Tough beat for Hawkins's girlfriend?”
Bill Simmons · 0:55:35
pick The mud disguise: Arnold looks like he spent an hour under mud one shot after crawling out.
“it's like he was underneath mud for an hour and a half getting ready.”
Bill Simmons · 0:55:59
pick The hostage as Anna: Her purpose in the movie never clicked.
“I don't really understand the hostage and her purpose in this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:13

Thief (1981) · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What aged the worst · The parts of the movie that have aged badly.

pick The Razzie nomination for worst musical score
“The film was nominated for a Razzy Award for worst musical score.”
Bill Simmons · 0:54:12
pick Willie Nelson as Okla: Not his performance but the 1981 stunt-casting aspect.
“And then I have Willie Nelson as a what stage the worst, not for his performance in the movie, but the stunt casting aspect in 1981 of having Willie Nelson in a movie was like a real thing.”
Bill Simmons · 0:54:21
pick Taking your phone calls at your favorite bar: Brought back as a dated thing the modern world should revive.
“Bring bars back in 2021.”
Chris Ryan · 0:56:18

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald

What's Aged the Worst · What about the movie plays worst now.

pick Margot and Richie's romance: Says he ended up less bothered by it than he remembered.
“Um, Margot and Richie's relationship, which I think is uh, very, very, very sweet and very um, star crossed and very depressing.”
Chris Ryan · 0:54:29
pick The Charlie Rose figure
“with another one of my what's aged the worst is the Charlie Rose figure in the movie kind of, uh, groping...”
Chris Ryan · 0:56:44
pick Royal's casual racism toward Henry (the Pete Coltrane lines)
“I flag this whole part is age the worst because it definitely, it bumped me out of my rewatch.”
Chris Ryan · 0:58:39
pick The slapstick wedding ending
“The only other thing I have for what's age, the worst is the ending, which is sort of this slapstick collision of all the plot lines and all the characters at this wedding”
Andy Greenwald · 0:58:51

Home Alone (1990) · ‘Home Alone’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Mina Kimes

What's aged the worst · What about the movie holds up worst today.

nominee 1990 televisions and the surround sound Angels with Filthy Souls supposedly produces: A small portable TV would not scare off the pizza guy or the burglars; the others were not with him.
“I just want to point out that I do not think that 1990 televisions.”
Chris Ryan · 0:45:48
winner The McAllister family's response and action plan, starting with Kate's vague call to the police: Kate never explains that she left a child behind and nobody follows up; the hosts settle on this one.
“I think we could just say the McAllister response and the action plan is not great.”
Chris Ryan · 0:55:57
nominee John Candy inviting Catherine O'Hara into the van full of men: Would be approached differently if made now; Chris calls it the last hitchhiking movie.
“The scene where John Candy invites, um, Catherine O'Hara to get in the van full of men and driveway.”
Mina Kimes · 0:54:50
nominee The pre-9/11 airport, with Kate bargaining for someone's ticket: Can't buy a first class ticket off someone in line anymore.
“You can't really like buy someone's 1st class ticket while they're online.”
unknown · 0:55:32
nominee Harry and Marv's burglary business model: Questions how burglars make money on family heirloom garbage.
“Conversely, can we also examine Harry and Marv's plan?”
Chris Ryan · 0:52:22

The Game (1997) · ‘The Game’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What aged the worst · What holds up worst or bothers them on rewatch.

pick The movie drags after he wakes up in Mexico
“I think the movie legitimately drags after he wakes up in Mexico and they could have caught a couple scenes and it just maybe don't have them in Mexico.”
Bill Simmons · 0:38:20
pick Fincher not liking the movie
“Fincher not liking this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:38:34
pick Deborah Kara Unger: Her career peaked with this movie.
“Deborah Carr Unger's, IMDb, after this movie, I think, has been on what's age the worst.”
Bill Simmons · 0:38:36
pick Super 8 footage used as flashbacks: Repeated too often and 'very unfincher'; feels like a note added to explain why Nick is a prick.
“I'm out on super 8 footage as flashbacks.”
Chris Ryan · 0:38:57

Seven (1995) · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Age the worst · What about the film has held up worst.

pick Nothing beats the shock of seeing it the first time
“What stage is the worst is the impact of seeing this movie for the 1st time.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:13
pick Being filed as a horror movie when it, like The Shining and Silence of the Lambs, is a different kind of film
“Well, another would say the worst for me is that this is considered a quote unquote horror movie in the same way of like Halloween and movies like that.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:45
pick It is a document of Brad and Gwyneth's love, and it ends with her head in a box
“It's a weird document of Brad and Gwyneth's love.”
unknown · 0:59:16
pick John Doe's composition books, which today would be a blog
“I would also say what age of the worst is composition books.”
unknown · 0:59:35

Easy A (2010) · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano

What Aged the Worst · The part of the movie that has held up worst.

winner Marianne's Christianity portrayed negatively as Marianne: Calls it a stereotyping of Christians as uptight busybodies.
“Shea, I want to talk about this, too, because number one for me is Amanda Binds character being a Christian in a very negative way.”
Juliet Litman · 0:49:13
winner The Mr. and Mrs. Griffith and Micah plotline (the guidance counselor and the chlamydia): The movie presents it as wrong, but she says it is unnecessary.
“which is like, I would like to nominate my age the worst, which is the whole Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths and Micah plot line”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:57:26
nominee Chip, the adopted little brother, as a vehicle for adoption jokes as Chip: The adoption jokes feel aimed at the audience, not at a ten-year-old.
“Not a developed character.”
Shea Serrano · 0:59:33
nominee The Huckleberry Finn references, including the callback about Brandon and his Black boyfriend: Calls it offensive and dehumanizing to the two Black men in the movie.
“I felt that everything related to, um, Huckleberry Finn was super weird and really messed up.”
Juliet Litman · 1:00:11

Fletch (1985) · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What's aged the worst · What about Fletch has not held up, as the hosts frame it.

pick Alan Stanwick's plan to have Fletch shoot him and then burn Fletch's body: Makes little sense; a mid-70s idea that fails by 1985 with DNA and dental evidence.
“Alan Stanwick's plan.”
unknown · 0:47:01
pick Stephanie Mills, 'Bit by Bit,' over the opening/closing credits: Just let Faltermeyer cook; the song audibles into the credits.
“I, you know what? I don't like the Stephanie Mills bit by bit at the beginning.”
unknown · 0:48:00
pick Producer Craig's dislike of Fletch (dad jokes): A running joke about the producer on the Zoom, who isn't a fan.
“Craig's age. Craig's age the worst for his take of not liking Fletch.”
unknown · 0:48:36
pick Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Gail Stanwick: Bill likes her but says she is not a great actress in this; Chris defends her as the greatest hang of all time, Sean sides with Bill.
“I have a mild, what stage the worst.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:03
pick Sally Ann Kavanaugh: Wants a Gail Stanwick versus Sally Ann Kavanaugh face-off; loves the airline counter scene.
“I would say, here's one of my what's age the worst is we don't get enough time getting to know Sally and Kavanaugh.”
unknown · 0:51:47

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Aged Worst · What has aged the worst.

pick Jeffrey Jones as Ed Rooney: Because of what Jones was later convicted of.
“Jeffrey Jones?”
unknown · 0:55:54
pick Bryan Ferry's Slave to Love poster over Ferris's bed
“For whatever reason, they put Brian Ferry's giant slave to love poster over his bed.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:52

Edge of Tomorrow (2014) · 'Edge of Tomorrow' With Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan

What's Aged Worst · What about the movie holds up worst.

nominee The alien plot and how the Omega works
“Obviously, the alien plot in general, I think, just kind of doesn't matter.”
Chris Ryan · 0:47:27
nominee The score
“I thought the score is kind of blah for a movie this cool.”
Chris Ryan · 0:48:03
nominee The Louvre sequence, which is too dark
“I think mostly, for me, the Louvre stuff actually doesn't work for me also because it's so dark.”
Chris Ryan · 0:48:28
winner The ending of the movie: He calls it the key flaw of the movie.
“I'll go with the ending in general as kind of what's age the worst.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:50:07

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie has aged worst already, or might.

pick The shock of the Sharon Tate murders not happening: The reveal only works once as a gimmick; on a rewatch you know it is coming.
“The shock value of the murders not happening with Sharon Tate and all that, that only really works one time as a gimmick when you watch this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:04
pick Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen: Miscast; the speaker can't buy him as McQueen, and the others agree.
“Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen, but he's also acts from 1000000000s and Brody from Homeland and has all the baggage from those 2 guys and it's like, that's not Steve McQueen.”
unknown · 0:50:44
pick The Spahn Ranch scene: Peaks the first time; never the same once you know what happens.
“The spawn ranch scene, we mentioned peak the 1st time, it's never the same after when you know it's going to happen.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:04
nominee The Bruce Lee scene: May age worst because of Bruce Lee super fans, though the speaker is fine with it.
“I, the Bruce Lee thing, I don't know if that will still go or not.”
unknown · 0:52:20

Skyfall (2012) · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins

Aged Worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

nominee The hacking plot: Hacking is inherently uncinematic and M clicking the link is silly.
“The hacking's pretty stupid in this movie.”
unknown · 0:50:10
winner Severin and the shower scene as Severin: Bond sneaking up on a sex-trafficking survivor in the shower and then discarding her; the hosts agree the plot line is the tough one.
“It really jumped out at me last time I watched it when he's like, I'm going to sneak attack you in the shower after you told me that you're a survivor of a sex ring is pretty wild.”
unknown · 0:53:53
nominee Imperialism
“Imperialism?”
unknown · 0:55:50
nominee Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny: Not much chemistry with Bond and a jaunty tone out of step with the sedate film.
“I'm not wild about Naomi Harris's money penny.”
unknown · 0:55:51

The Holiday (2006) · ‘The Holiday’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Kari Simmons

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie looks worst today.

nominee The newspaper, Blockbuster, the DVD collection and the BlackBerrys
“The newspaper, Blockbuster.”
unknown · 0:25:58
nominee The decor of Cameron Diaz's LA house (spray-painted dried artichokes in bowls)
“I really think that they are dried artichokes.”
unknown · 0:29:08
nominee Jack Black as a romantic interest
“I just, Jack Black has a romantic interest is just not, that does not stand for me in 2019.”
unknown · 0:31:45

The Shining (1980) · ‘The Shining’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Worst · The element of the film that has aged worst.

pick The old naked woman in room 237 and the bear costume scene
“Old scary naked lady and the bear costume blowjob.”
unknown · 1:05:19
pick Hallorann's long phone call renting a snowcat: One host thinks the three of them could cut 15 minutes from the movie.
“Dick Caloran renting a snow cap for 5 minutes on the phone calling his buddy.”
unknown · 1:06:45
pick The stories about how Shelley Duvall was treated on set: She was ill and her hair fell out, and Kubrick may have wanted her to break down.
“The Shelley Duvall stories are really rough in a wet stage the worst.”
unknown · 1:08:06
pick The wild conspiracy takes about the movie: A debate about Room 237 and where the theory-spinning leads.
“I think the takes about the movie, the worst.”
unknown · 1:10:03

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Aged Worst · What in the movie has held up worst.

pick The slow first 19 minutes: The opening could have moved faster.
“I feel like the 1st 19 minutes could have zipped by a little faster.”
unknown · 0:51:33
pick 1984 stunt work and masking: Obvious stunt doubles and tumbling action that has gone out of style.
“In general, I would say that 1984 was not our peak of masking stunt work.”
unknown · 0:51:36
pick Victor Maitland's reaction to Mikey's death: The villain's reaction is played badly.
“Well, speaking of the window, I had Victor Maitland's reaction to Mikey's death.”
unknown · 0:52:38
pick The movie's homophobia: Offered as an aged-worst item, though the hosts argue it is less homophobic than remembered, with the hepatitis B bit the low point.
“I think Eddie and the hepatitis B thing probably would.”
unknown · 0:55:24
pick Taggart punching Axel: Floated given how LA police are seen now; the hosts note he apologizes right after.
“Would you put Taggart punching Axel in the Woods age the worst?”
unknown · 0:56:24
pick Maitland's bodyguards: None of the six can shoot.
“Maitland's bodyguards are bad, bad, age badly just because all of them were terrible.”
unknown · 0:56:37
pick Name-dropping Rolling Stone and Michael Jackson to get the hotel room: The ruse would not work 35 years later; magazines also stand in for phones throughout.
“He decides to get in the Beverly palm by name dropping that A, he writes for Rolling Stone and B, he's doing a profile on Michael Jackson.”
unknown · 0:59:23

Do the Right Thing (1989) · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris

What's aged the worst · The element that has aged the worst.

nominee Rosie Perez: Sean says there is not much here.
“This is Rosie Prez's 1st movie and you can tell.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:55:49
nominee Tina: Wesley's complaint is that Tina is written as someone made to be unpleasant.
“Yeah, and I think she is morally in the right.”
Wesley Morris · 0:56:04
winner The nude scene with Rosie Perez and the ice cubes: Sean reads Perez's recollection that she was uncomfortable and crying during the shoot.
“I think that's the other thing that has not aged well, is the nude scene and the way that she's talked about shooting the nude scene.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:56:29

Gone Girl (2014) · 'Gone Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano, Mallory Rubin, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Worst · The part of the movie that holds up worst on rewatch.

pick The mid-movie twist: The theater shock cannot be recaptured once you know it is coming.
“The big twist in the middle has actually aged the worst because in the theater, if you didn't read the book, it was the best part of seeing the movie in the theater.”
unknown · 0:59:44
pick The internet's outrage over the movie: The first big wave of online takes treating art as something to be outraged about.
“The internet. The acting is just all of the internet.”
unknown · 1:00:40
pick The Desi murder: Brutal, and hard to rewatch.
“It's aged the worse for me.”
unknown · 1:03:43
pick Neil Patrick Harris as Desi Collings: Bill thinks he is bad in the part; others defend the casting.
“I just I think he sucks in this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:48
pick Wesley Morris's review: A brilliant piece of criticism that lands on a bad opinion.
“This is a brilliant piece of movie criticism.”
unknown · 1:06:37

Collateral (2004) · ‘Collateral’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

Age the worst · What in the movie has held up worst.

pick The stretch between the Miles Davis scene and the Fever nightclub: It drags, especially the hospital detour.
“I think it drags between Miles Davis and the Fever Nightclub.”
Chris Ryan · 0:54:37
pick Jada Pinkett Smith's directions: Her LA route through La Brea and 6th makes no sense.
“Jada Pinkett's directions?”
unknown · 0:55:00
pick Peter Berg: Seemed to be mailing in the performance.
“Just the mailing by him.”
Chris Ryan · 0:55:47
pick Mark Ruffalo as Fanning: The goatee and slicked-back hair.
“I have his goatee under age the worst, right?”
Chris Ryan · 0:56:44

Reservoir Dogs (1992) · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Ages the worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

pick The N-word dialogue and an all-white crew of racist crooks: Hard for a white director to make now, though the hosts say the film is about bad people and is self-conscious about it.
“The N-word stuff didn't was even a little bit controversial in the 90s that I think has gotten worse and seems this movie and pulp fiction.”
unknown · 0:56:54
pick Lawrence Tierney as Joe Cabot: Called a bad actor; another host disagrees and says he brings a presence.
“Another would say the worst is Lawrence Tierney is Joe.”
unknown · 0:59:20

When Harry Met Sally (1989) · ‘When Harry Met Sally’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

What's Aged the Worst · What about the movie feels dated or has not held up.

pick The deli fake orgasm scene: Still iconic, but the shock is gone and it feels long.
“I think only because the shock value of it is gone.”
unknown · 0:47:33
pick Sally's perm in the crying scene: Bill had flagged it earlier: his wife gasped out loud at it.
“Meg Ryan's perm in the crying scene for what's age the worst.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:30
pick Sally's very 1989 aerobics class
“Sally has an aerobics class in this?”
unknown · 0:49:38
pick Two people falling in love with Casablanca: Nobody would do that anymore, a kid today would not know the film.
“Two people falling in love with Casablanca.”
unknown · 0:50:11
pick Sharper Image prominently displayed
“Sharper image being prominently displayed in a movie.”
unknown · 0:50:42
pick Jess's mean wedding toast
“Jess's wedding speech was kind of mean.”
unknown · 0:51:46
pick Sally's I hate you, Harry speech: Called bad acting, though the writing is liked.
“I think that's some bad acting.”
unknown · 0:53:31
pick Harry's hairline and college wig
“I almost think his wigs are worse than any of her various hairstyles.”
unknown · 0:53:57
pick The fetishization of coupledom: A made-today version would center being single.
“Fetishization of like... of coupledom.”
unknown · 0:54:39
pick Only heterosexual couples and no Black people
“Yeah, there'd be a lot of angry thing pieces about how there were only heterosexual couples in the movie and...”
unknown · 0:55:26

Mean Girls (2004) · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

What's aged the worst · What about the movie has not held up.

winner The four-way phone call: Nobody would have one now; it would be FaceTime.
“I go with a four-way cause for what stage the worst.”
Bill Simmons · 0:44:49
winner The basic insensitivities: the coach plotline and the jungle/Africa references
“I'm going with the basic insensitivities that are kind of, like the coach plotline, all that stuff.”
unknown · 0:45:02
nominee The soundtrack isn't good enough, no hip-hop
“The soundtrack just isn't good enough.”
unknown · 0:36:40
nominee Jonathan Bennett as Aaron Samuels: His career never moved past Aaron Samuels.
“His IMDb is age the worst.”
Bill Simmons · 0:37:52
nominee Casting Claudia from Party of Five as one of the Plastics, a one-time surprise
“The shot casting of Claudia from Party of 5 being one of the girls of Mean Girls and like looking really good in adult.”
unknown · 0:38:39
nominee Coach Carr, step away from the underage girls
“Coach Carr step away from the underage girls, which still makes me laugh, but... It's really great.”
unknown · 0:39:39
nominee Built This Way (Samantha Ronson), since Lohan later dated her
“Samantha Ronson's built that way, built this way, which was the song that they keep playing throughout that song with the little guitar.”
unknown · 0:39:54
nominee Katie dumbing herself down to win Aaron Samuels
“Katie dumbing herself down to win over Aaron Samuels.”
unknown · 0:42:28
nominee Fetch (floated, then withdrawn because the line lives on)
“Okay, maybe that hasn't age worse.”
unknown · 0:39:36

The Natural (1984) · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin

What aged worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

winner Robert Redford too old to play the young Roy: He should not be in the first 20 minutes.
“My pick would be how old Robert Redford is.”
Mallory Rubin · 1:04:11
winner Roy Hobbs's son's throwing motion: Compared unfavorably to the catcher in Field of Dreams.
“I really hate Roy's son storing motion.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:17
nominee Bump Bailey dies running through an unpadded wall
“I have this on my list, no outfield wall padding.”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:18
nominee The long hospital stretch: No doubt Roy plays, so the 20 minutes drag.
“My move with sports movies is like, get me out of the hospital as fast as possible.”
Bill Simmons · 1:00:37
nominee No baseball-reference: nobody can work out who Roy is
“Yeah, the absence of basically baseball reference in the internet, because nobody can figure out who the fuck this guy is, nobody.”
Bill Simmons · 1:01:21
nominee No diversity in the film
“There's no diversity in the film whatsoever.”
unknown · 1:03:18

Reality Bites (1994) · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan

What Aged Worst · The part of the movie that has held up worst.

nominee Troy's witty pop culture comebacks
“Troy's witty pop culture comebacks?”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:09
pick The Good Times game: Enjoys it but says it is hard to explain to anyone under 35.
“So the Good Times game is age the worst, even though I really enjoy it.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:22
nominee The product placement
“There's a frightening amount of product placement in this movie, and I think it's intentional”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:32
nominee Troy being a jerk in some scenes
“Troy is just a fucking asshole in some of these scenes, like in a really kind of dark way.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:35
nominee The shoehorned gay character subplot as Sammy
“It's like the all time shoe horning subplot, but they didn't really have the balls to go with it.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:45
pick Steve Zahn's coming-out subplot: Calls it a fair answer but says it may have rung true for people then.
“The Steve Zahn stuff is not a terrible answer”
Chuck Klosterman · 0:52:37
pick Michael's job at the MTV-style channel, In Your Face TV
“I don't think it's age the worst, but I think the characterization of like Michael's job was in your face TV.”
Chris Ryan · 0:53:04
pick Singles: Argues Singles has aged worst, with its payphones and answering machines.
“See, for what age the worst is you should do the movie singles.”
unknown · 1:15:28

Old School (2003) · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's Aged the Worst · What in the movie plays worst today.

winner Elisha Cuthbert as Darcie: She is in high school and sleeps with Luke Wilson's character; the hosts say 17 or 18, either way not great.
“Well, in this case, it would be Elisha Cuthbert's character aging the least, I think. I had her at the top of the list.”
Bill Simmons · 0:33:29
nominee Craig Kilborn: His acting.
“Kilburn's acting?”
unknown · 0:33:39
nominee Jeremy Piven's toupee
“Piven's toupee?”
unknown · 0:33:42
nominee Artie Lange: A misuse of Artie Lange, playing it completely serious.
“It's a misuse of Artie Lang.”
unknown · 0:33:51
nominee James Carville: Aged badly two ways: why is he in it, and 16 years later younger people do not know who he is.
“It's aged the worst 2 different ways.”
unknown · 0:34:23
nominee Brian Callen's agent: Added tongue in cheek because his career should have been bigger.
“I'm adding to what's age the worst, Brian Cowen's agent.”
unknown · 0:38:54

Tombstone (1993) · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Age the worst · What has aged the worst about the movie.

pick The 135-minute runtime: About 20 minutes could have been cut.
“135 minutes.”
unknown · 0:26:52
pick The 12-minute theater sequence: Too long, though it gets defended as establishing Priestley's character and the town.
“Don't know if we needed the theater scene.”
unknown · 0:26:58
pick The picnic scene: Romantic-connection scenes nobody came to Tombstone for.
“I thought that their picnic scene sucked.”
unknown · 0:29:42
pick Bill Paxton's death scene: Feels dated.
“Bill Paxton's death scene is really bad.”
unknown · 0:30:09

Taken (2008) · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano

Aged the worst · What about the movie plays worst now.

winner Every foreigner is a kidnapper and trafficker: Everyone who isn't a white American man is portrayed as horrible.
“The thing that's aged the worst is the, uh, every foreigner is going to kidnap and kill your daughter and sell them into sex slavery.”
Shea Serrano · 0:37:17
nominee Teenage girls lying to follow U2 around Europe: U2 in 2008 is not a band young girls would lie to their parents for.
“Two teenage girls in 2008 lied to their parents because they wanted to follow you too around Europe.”
Bill Simmons · 0:37:45
nominee Brian having drinks with his buddies: A strange scene where four buddies who would never hang out together establish Brian as a good guy.
“Brian having drinks with his buddies.”
Bill Simmons · 0:39:44
nominee Kim is the only trafficked girl who isn't a heroin zombie: Questions why she rebounds so quickly after 72 hours.
“His daughter, the only one out of all of them, who's not a heroin zombie, who's kind of at the end, when they're showing her off when they're auctioning for, she's kind of out of it a little bit, but not totally, by the time she gets on the yacht, like she's got enough strength and wherewithal to know she's in danger and then hug her dad.”
Bill Simmons · 0:40:22
nominee Taken 3: Offered as an aged-the-worst nominee; Shea concedes it was horrific.
“Another age the worst.”
Bill Simmons · 0:41:54
nominee Taken 2: Has a main bad guy, which makes it less exciting than the first film, where Neeson tears down the whole ring.
“For me, what's age the worst is the 2 part.”
Shea Serrano · 0:43:37

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) · 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Micah Peters, and Jason Concepcion

What's Aged Worst · The part of the film that has held up worst.

pick Immortan Joe's plan: Nothing has really aged in a three-year-old movie; offers it as a nitpick instead.
“This is some, maybe a more of a nitpick than a what's age the worst, but like, what was in Morton Joe's plan here?”
Sean Fennessey · 0:22:42
pick Doof Warrior: Rock and nu-metal are dead, and the wasteful amp stacks beg the question of why.
“Because Rock is dead and that slipknot style of weird, like, Dude Warrior new metal is also dead.”
Micah Peters · 0:35:24

Mission: Impossible (1996) · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion

What's aged the worst · What about the movie has aged badly.

nominee Ethan typing 'internet access' into a computer
“Ethan typing internet access into a computer.”
Chris Ryan · 0:42:48
nominee The Netscape browser IMF uses, and floppy disks
“The Netscape browser that IMF uses to watch news clips, floppy disks.”
Chris Ryan · 0:42:54
nominee The attention-drawing surveillance eyewear in the Prague scene
“The insanely attention drawing surveillance I wear worn by Hetta and Sarah during the Prague surveillance scene.”
Chris Ryan · 0:42:59
winner The masks: Chosen over the computer stuff; one host argued the masks should be accepted as part of the series.
“We'll go with uh, we'll go with masks.”
Chris Ryan · 0:47:14

Midnight Run (1988) · 'Midnight Run' With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Worst · The part of the movie that has held up worst.

pick De Niro bringing a gun on an airplane: Jarring now, along with payphones and no cell phones.
“De Niro bring a gun on an airplane?”
unknown · 0:35:30
pick Smoking everywhere: Jack chain smokes on planes, buses and in hallways; Grodin gets pissy about it.
“How about the fact that he fucking smokes everywhere?”
unknown · 0:35:57
pick Watching it on cable with the bleeps: The movie isn't meant to be watched with bleeps.
“Anytime this show's on cable with the bleeps, that's age the worst.”
Bill Simmons · 0:38:05
winner Eight knockouts with no concussion awareness: His number one pick: eight knockouts, Marvin out four times, nobody bleeds.
“But the number one thing for me, that's age the worst.”
Bill Simmons · 0:38:17

Jaws (1975) · 'Jaws,' With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged Worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

pick The mechanical shark: Worst when it is obviously not a shark, such as Quint getting eaten ("a big piece of latex").
“The mechanical shark.”
unknown · 0:40:16
pick The town has no minorities: One host adds that almost no women appear other than matriarchs and kids; another says it is not offensive, just a white movie.
“No minorities at all.”
unknown · 0:41:30

Forrest Gump (1994) · ‘Forrest Gump’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey

Aged the Worst · What about the movie has held up worst.

pick The soundtrack: The most obvious soundtrack of all time, which set off a run of movies using the same classic rock.
“It did identify a lot of really cool songs for a lot of young people, but it's the most obvious soundtrack of all time, and I don't know if it's aged the best.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:25:08
pick The CGI, such as the John Lennon scene: Groundbreaking then, dated now; the ping pong ball looks good though.
“The CGI was groundbreaking in 1994 and it's like we could do better stuff in the ringer office now.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:27:01
pick Forrest's mom sleeping with the school principal: A delightful scene that has aged badly in some corners.
“Forrest Moms, Forrest Moms sleeping with the school principal, which is a delightful scene, has probably aged badly in certain corners.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:28:31
pick Forrest running across the country for 3.5 years: Illogical and absurd on screen, even as a parable.
“That scene is absolutely idiotic.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:29:31
pick Bubba: Too broad a performance and character; a second 'superhero' with the same power.
“Just too broad the performance, too broad the character.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:31:13
pick Jenny Gump's journey: A rough stretch of bad choices, with every bad thing traced to her childhood; one host says it did not age poorly.
“Jenny Gump's journey.”
unknown · 0:31:35
pick Sally Field as Mrs. Gump: Only about 10 years older than Hanks, which is obvious on screen.
“Sally Field's only 10 years older than Tom Hanks?”
Sean Fennessey · 0:32:44

The Social Network (2010) · 'The Social Network' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What's aged the worst · The parts of the movie that look worst now.

winner Eisenberg's Zuckerberg impression: Now that we have seen the real Zuck in public, the portrayal looks off; another host defends it as a performance of the private killer.
“Eisenberg, Zuckerberg impersonation, impressions slash character, now that we have this whole kind of thing with Zuck, we've seen him in all these situations and he's so fucking weird and alien-like and awkward.”
unknown · 0:40:28
nominee The Zuck message board / Facemash site
“Zuck ranking girls with a hotter net type app in 2003.”
unknown · 0:41:43
nominee Eduardo's girlfriend setting his hotel bed on fire: Seen as fictional and not serving the story.
“Eduardo's girlfriend setting his hotel bed on fire, still haven't totally gotten explanation.”
unknown · 0:41:59
nominee Executive producer Kevin Spacey
“Executive producer Kevin Spacey.”
Bill Simmons · 0:43:09
winner The Christy character and the Christy release: He also says the Spacey credit goes into a category by itself.
“I think the, I think the Christie character and the Christie release...”
Chris Ryan · 0:43:14

You've Got Mail (1998) · 'You’ve Got Mail' With Juliet Litman and Amanda Dobbins

Aged Worst · What about the movie has aged poorly (Bill Simmons texted that it aged worst of all time).

pick Meg Ryan's haircut: Of its moment, though one host thinks it looks fantastic on her.
“One, I would say, even though her clothes are great, her hair is not great.”
unknown · 0:24:15
pick Joe Fox hiding at Cafe Lalo until he decides she is pretty enough: The focus on whether she is beautiful enough to be worth meeting feels superficial now.
“Well, that segues into one of the things that doesn't age well for me, which is when Tom Hanks goes to meet Meg Ryan for the 1st time.”
unknown · 0:26:11
pick Funny and sentimental tone, now rare: A modern version would be weepier, like This Is Us.
“Yeah, funny and sentimental doesn't really exist anymore.”
unknown · 0:27:46
pick Greg Kinnear's character working for the Observer, now owned by Jared Kushner
“Another thing is, um, Greg Kinnear's character works for the observer.”
unknown · 0:29:33

The Departed (2006) · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What's aged the worst · What in the movie has held up worst.

nominee Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello: His entire performance.
“Nicholson's entire performance.”
Bill Simmons · 0:21:25
nominee Mark Wahlberg's hair
“Mark Wahlberg's hair.”
Bill Simmons · 0:21:32
nominee Leo panicking at the end and leaving the envelope in a different place: Out of character for a supposedly super smart guy.
“completely panics.”
Bill Simmons · 0:22:18
nominee Leo's plan to trap Damon on the roof
“Leo's plan to trap Matt Damon's character on the roof.”
Bill Simmons · 0:22:32
winner Damon texting in his pocket: Chris Ryan agrees it is his pick too.
“And then finally, um, this is my, this is the winner in my, in my mind, Damon sending a whole complicated text in his pocket.”
Bill Simmons · 0:23:01
nominee Scorsese using Gimme Shelter a third time
“Oh, and then this doesn't win, but it's a nominee.”
Bill Simmons · 0:24:13