You've probably had the experience where you remember a movie (or a TV show) you watched a long time ago and you have fond memories of that movie, but then when you watch it again, you find it doesn't really hold up. Yeah, that was my experience with The Lost Boys.
I think that movie came around at a certain time (the 80s) and captured the zeitgeist of a generation (or at least those of us of a certain age at the time) and so we think back to that time the the fond memories we have of seeing it then. With The Lost Boys there was the added appeal of a great soundtrack. I still have that soundtrack on a cassette tape and enjoy putting it in once in a while while driving, especially at dusk.
But when the movie reran on TV not long ago, I watched it again. It's got great memories and some good scenes, but as much as at the time we liked the "Coreys" (Haim and Feldman), and as awesome as Kieffer Sutherland turned out to be (24's Jack Bauer!), the movie itself doesn't really hold up - at least when compared to how much I enjoyed it at the time. It's still a fun diversion, and an interesting peek back into the styles of the 80s, but it wasn't as awesome as I remembered.
Your mileage may vary, of course. If you saw it back when it was in theaters, you may still enjoy it. If you are a younger person, you probably won't understand the appeal. They are working on a remake of the movie, and it will be interesting to see what they do with it. Otherwise I'll file it away as a good memory and a fun movie at the time, but I probably won't we rewatching it again.
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