I think you just didn’t want to like it. It’s a fun movie. Of course it’s exactly the kind of fun movie literati don’t like, which is a large part of why it’s a great movie.
No I saw it when I was a kid and then repeatedly in this or that context. I can only take it as an OTT send up. Actually it has a moderate cinephile following as does DePalms in general. For the record, I think his 1981 film ‘Blow Out’ is one of the best American films of the early 1980s. Ever see that?