What’s Aged the Best?
Performances; soundtrack; cameos; enduring bits; street hockey
In the discussion (17)
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- The Myers–Carvey relationship remains intriguing, and Farley’s first-film cameo makes even listing cities funny.
- The No Stairway gag endured despite home-video replacement notes; rights costs reportedly caused the substitution, later restored for Blu-ray and streaming.
- Carrere’s singing, comedic timing and subtitle scene are praised; her later career seemed smaller than her talent deserved.
- Carrere also keeps the cast from being entirely white; the newer viewer finds her far more distinctive here than in True Lies.
- The soundtrack bridges hair metal and emerging grunge, including Temple of the Dog, and makes the film more enjoyable than Singles for one viewer.
- Older Queen, Sabbath, Clapton and Hendrix coexist with newer music and Carrere’s covers; Crucial Taunt is a convincing club band.
- Dutch door action remains funny, with uncertainty whether Myers invented the phrase; Lowe’s literally anticipates Parks and Recreation.
- Alice Cooper’s scholarly Milwaukee explanation is admired, with a report that his dialogue was unexpectedly added on set.
- Holding a backstage pass conspicuously is remembered as an enduring behavior from the movie.
- Hi, I’m in Delaware remains a lasting joke, and the branded-content sequence still works.
- Street hockey adds the game-on/car refrain, Blackhawks jerseys and Stacey’s collision; the Bee Gees line remains apt.
- Carvey’s actual drumming is admired.
- Claudia Schiffer remains attractive, with a debate about younger viewers recognizing her through Love Actually.
- Carrere’s band is passionate and entertaining even on its weaker ballad, compared with Lita Ford and Hole.
- No way/way, That’s what she said and the hand-job line still work.
- Robert Patrick’s Terminator 2 cameo remains effective because the original film is iconic.
- The Oscar clip, extreme close-up, water on the face and gratuitous-sex-scene jokes remain funny.