13 Movies You Loved As A Child (But Hate As An Adult)

8. Short Circuit (1986)

Short Circuit was responsible for millions of toys being left outside to rust, with their owners hoping that lightening would strike and bring them to life, just like it did with Number 5. The film's robotic hero finds himself suddenly alive and sentient after being struck by a powerful bolt and, curious about his new surroundings, he flees his military lab and finds himself in Oregon where he must learn to interact with the world at large. The army won't let him go that easily, however, and his caring creator must track down the calamity-prone bot before he ends up in the wrong hands. The first thing you'll notice when watching Short Circuit as an adult is that Number 5 looks pretty good considering the film is 30 years old - that's precisely why we all loved him back in the 80s. The second thing you'll notice is that the whole budget pretty much went on making Number 5 look so convincing, as everything else about the film looks cheap, rushed and painfully dated. Production aside, there isn't much to cling to in way of a plot, and while the anti-war sentiment is an admirable one, you don't need robot vision to see the all-too-predictable ending coming a mile off.