What’s Aged the Worst?
Canon in D as a wedding song; Sutherland's Best Actor snub; Mary Tyler Moore shock value; Good Will Hunting borrowing; odd dialogue; unwrapped candy apples
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- The Canon, the theme of one of the most dysfunctional family movies, is now the standard wedding song.
- Sutherland's Best Actor snub has aged the worst.
- The shock of Mary Tyler Moore as the evil mom has faded; there is no current equivalent, perhaps Aniston in the mid-2000s.
- Good Will Hunting borrowing from this film bugs one host a tiny bit, prompting a joke to get Matt and Ben back on the show.
- A spouse noticed odd lines that could fuel a sketch, like Sutherland's remark about the leaves at the end; the counterpoint is that he is incoherent because Beth left.
- In a 2013 Esquire profile Redford claimed Kael turned on him after he refused her offer of tips; one host distrusts Redford, citing how Redford treated William Goldman, a friend of the host's, over All the President's Men.
- In reply, Kael was tempted by figures like Warren Beatty to develop movies, so an exchange with Redford is believable, though no one can be trusted on what happened.
- Kael also feuded with Clint Eastwood, and in the last Dirty Harry movie a critic resembling her is murdered.
- Handing out unwrapped candy apples for Halloween could not happen now.