A Question I Don't Want Answered

Bear with me, I'll get to the question in a moment.

I saw Labyrinth for the first time about 6 months ago. I had been told by many people that it was a wonderful, magical fun movie that everybody (in spite of the evidence) had seen as a child and that everybody loved unconditionally. My wife and I had a hole in our Netflix list, so we gave it a shot.

We hated it.

I relayed this experience to several friends afterward. Blunt disbelief was the most common response. I was told that I have no soul.

I just couldn't get past how cheesy and corny it is. David Bowie looked like he'd just stuck a finger in a light socket and his songs were annoying and he sure as heck didn't look like a goblin. Most of the muppets did not impress. The story did not impress. The only bits I actually liked were the Bog of Eternal Stench (I'm a sucker for stink jokes) and Ludo (same reason, basically).

LadyPatsFan and I discussed this at some length once she got past the open-mouthed shock of my hatred for the film (in other words, last week). We theorized that if you see Labyrinth before a certain age (prolly 10 to 13-ish), then the movie would be enjoyable. Once you love a movie as a kid, you'll love it for life.

This seems to fit the facts. All of LadyPatsFan's kids are 13 or younger, so she showed Labyrinth to them last weekend. For her sake, I hope she didn't miss the window of opportunity.

Anyway, I was thinking about this and a crazy question popped into my head. I hate myself for even thinking it. I'm pretty sure I don't want to know the answer. But if we adults have blind spots for movies we loved as a kid...

*gasp* Did "The Goonies" actually suck?

Feel free to post your thoughts... I promise to fail to compile them, claim that the results say "no", and consider the outcome to be scientific.

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