10 Movies That Were So Much Better When I Was A Kid

1. Surf Ninjas - 1993

Where do I even start here? Wow! So you have Ernie Reyes Jr. You remember him from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2? And he eats, sleeps, and talks surf. He has a little brother that plays a hand-held Sega game that controls certain events in reality. Oh, then there is Leslie Nielson. He€™s a dictator with a funny mask, wrongfully ruling the kingdom that should be Ernie€™s. And then there is Rob Schneider whose sole purpose I assume is to really amp up the stupidity of the concept. And what else am I forgetting? That€™s right, ninjas. Surfing ninjas. It€™s in the title. How can I forget? Wow, ninjas were popular in the 90€™s. What is there to say about Surf Ninjas? Nothing. I mean, look at the name. This movie is supposed to be tragically laughable. I adored this movie as a child, always catching bits and pieces here and there. Raising this film on a golden pedestal of funny and crazy that unluckily I realized was a throne of lies when I finally found it in my adulthood at a local video rental store. I cannot express how stunned I was at how much this film was just absolutely senseless. I€™m still debating if the film was trying to be serious or not. Don€™t get me wrong, I love that this film exists. But I at times want to use the word awkward to describe the mindless story and idiotic premise it spawns from. I had no idea that beyond the nut job story I found amusing as a child was actually this bad as an adult. So bad that the Wikipedia page for the film is full of typos. Nobody is bothering to fix it. Who cares? It€™s Surf Ninjas. Bizarre comedy at its finest. This movie is sort of in a realm all its own coming from my childhood. I will cherish it for what it is. Build a monument to the oddity of a life form that it is. But it would not be what it is today, not one iota, were it not for my childhood for it to cater to. So, any films from your own childhood that was much better when you were a kid? Let us know in the comments.