Classic Movies

Postby **Htom Sirveaux** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:12 pm

I like the old horror-type movies like Frankenstein, Little Shop of Horrors, Creature from the Black Lagoon, etc. I really wanna see Soylent Green. I can't believe I haven't yet.
Also, The French Connection, The Italian Job (the original), Hard Boiled and The Professional are all pretty good.

Postby **bigsleepj** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:19 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:I recently saw Kurosawa's Ikiru and I must say it was incredibly slow, deep, and moving. Such a good film.

I'm glad you liked it. But you say slow as if it's a bad thing. If you meant it as a good thing, then you should have said "deliberately slow".

Postby **Yeshua-Knight** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:47 pm

there's a trilogy of movies done about musashi morimoto that's really good that came out many years ago, i think kae knows what i'm talking about, it's called "the samurai" i believe, i've only been able to see the second in the trilogy, but between the story and the actual acting its very good, an other oldie that's a goodie = the heiress (1949) with olivia de havilland, good story and the way the dude gets burned at the end rocks like a volcano

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:26 am

[quote="bigsleepj"]I'm glad you liked it. But you say slow as if it's a bad thing. If you meant it as a good thing, then you should have said "deliberately slow". ]
Well I meant in a good way. Deliberately slow I meant.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:51 pm

This is the time of the year for one of everyone's favorite classics:
It's A Wonderful Life starring life long Presbyterian Jimmy Stewart.

Postby **knivesmominlaw** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 1:01 pm

Scarecrow wrote:Umm... I don't watch much classics either. I find most to be boring (sorry, blah blah I have a low attention span, cant appreciate good ol fasion movies blah blah... I don't care... a classic IMO, is something that is good and I've watched it a dozen times).

ANYWAY, the only classic I REALLY like (i actually bought the set cause I think they're so awesome) is The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly... and the other two movies in the series. And is Dr. No a classic? Its the first in the James Bond series at least and made before 1980 so I guess its old enough (yes I know Dr No was made in 62 but anyway...)

Since you brought up The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly...I have to mention Once Upon a Time in the West directed by Sergio Leone. For the first 10 minutes or more all you see is close up shots of these guys waiting at a train station...and water dripping.

When I was a kid it was on TV. We just happened across it and were intrigued by the beginning...We hadn't planned to watch it, but we kept waiting to see what would happen..what were they waiting for? who were they? Got hooked, saw the entire movie and have loved it ever since. Great twist. Love the harmonica.

Postby **knivesmominlaw** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 1:07 pm

heero yuy 95 wrote: To Kill a Mockingbird- Though it leaves out some from the book, it reflects on a simpler time, a very touching movie not only exploring the issue of racism, but it also has a nice touch of innocence, being told from the eyes of a young girl.

Definately gotta agree with you on this one. Movie was very well done. Made me go read the book which was terrific.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:01 pm

Well if we're talking classics nothing gets better than The Day The Earth Stood Still.
If you want Sci Fi.

A bit about me. · Postby **Kokhiri Sojourn** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:56 pm

I watched "Vertigo" for the first time yesterday and thought it was brilliantly done. Not one I'd watch over and over just for fun, but there is a lot of thought put into all the little details which really add to the suspense and development of the story. Great, great acting as well as Hitchcock's ability to get into your head.

Postby **Warrior 4 Jesus** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:18 pm

Hmmm... I didn't like Vertigo. Some clever things but I found it overate and a bit slow paced compared to many of his others.

Postby **samuraidragon** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:42 pm

Darn it! The second I saw this thread the first two movies that came to my head were Seven Samurai and the Samurai trilogy, and they've already been mentioned.

Anyways other favorites are:
The Manchurian Candidate
The Day the Earth Stood Still (haven't been able to see all of it yet)
Some movie about Death taking a vacation, I can't remember the name.
The Incredible Shrinking Man (yes, it was actually a really good movie)

I have many more, but I can't seem to remember any names, just images. I'll post back later.

Postby **Technomancer** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:29 am

Since quite a few of my own favourites have been mentioned here, I'll just list a few others that are worth seeing.

The Sand Pebbles
The Fall of the Roman Empire (tells a similar story to Gladiator, but is far better).
Inherit the Wind (see the B&W version with Spencer Tracy, not the later colourized version).
The Great Dictator
The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Postby **bigsleepj** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:10 pm

I recently saw an interesting movie called Aguirre: The Wrath of God, a disturbing German movie about Conquistadors in the late 1500s looking for El Dorado and their leader, Don Lupe de Aguirre, going insane as they sall down the Amazon. It is arguably one of the most disturbing movies I've also watched in my life, but only disturbing on a very subtle level.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:55 pm

The Lion In Winter is a good one that deals with the family life of Henry II.
The Robe is the best Biblical epic ever made,with Richard Burton and Elizabeth
Taylor.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz(of course)with Judy Garland.
The Sons of Katy Elder,John Wayne and Dean Martin.
The Great Escape,Steve McQueen and James Garner in the greatest war movie of all time.
The Good,The Bad And The Ugly Clint Eastwood continues the saga of The Man With No Name.

Postby **HisaishiFan** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:18 pm

mitsuki lover wrote:They apparently were having a Topper marathon on TCM yesterday.
Topper being the comedy series about the Englishman who is haunted by a dead
beauty.

I love the first Topper movie, but not really any of the others. Cary Grant and Constance Bennett are a hoot (even if they did sort of die from drunk driving . . .) Glenda the Good Witch a/k/a Billie Burke plays Cosmo Topper's (Roland Young's) rather uptight wife.

Postby **bigsleepj** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:19 pm

Anyone ever seen Fitzcarraldo? I saw it today. It's a cult-clasic epic. I rather liked.

Postby **samuraidragon** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:21 pm

Has anyone ever seen Zotz!?

Postby **MorwenLaicoriel** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:53 pm

My Girl Friday was on TCM the other day. I love that movie--really funny, and I love Cary Grant. They have such rapid-fire dialogue in that movie, too...so fast paced, you can barely keep up at times. You don't see something like that anymore.

my last fm profile! · Postby **rocklobster** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:12 am

YES! Someone else on here has seen Dr. Strangelove! I'm surprised no one's mentioned the ultimate classic: Citizen Kane. This is probably the one movie Orson Welles will be best remembered for.
"Rose-bud..."
(And no, I am not going to spoil the significance of the quote.)

Postby **bigsleepj** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:23 am

Strangelove is one of the best movies I've seen. But I'm sorry, Citizen Kane is highly overated. Highly. It's not a bad movie, it's just not, well, as good as other movies from before or after it.

Postby **Warrior 4 Jesus** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:43 pm

Is Seven Samurai any good?

Postby **bigsleepj** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 9:05 pm

Well, first thing you got to realise about seven samurai is that it's very old (of all Kurosawa's best films it is one of those who aged badly, in my oppinion). Second it is not really an action movie, but a complex drama examining the certain aspects life of of samurai as well as the Japanese caste system. If you are willing to go with that, well, then it might just be one of the best movie experiences you'll likely ever have.

Postby **Warrior 4 Jesus** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:41 pm

I can enjoy a good old movie (it's from the mid-50s isn't it?) and a complex drama and I enjoy the samurai culture, so I'll give it a go.

Thanks J!

A bit about me. · Postby **Kokhiri Sojourn** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:51 pm

I watched All About Eve and The Philadelphia Story over Christmas, and I liked both of them for different reasons. Eve was incredibly written, tense, brilliantly performed and presented. The latter was fun and Jimmy Stewart was hilarious.

Postby **jon_jinn** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:33 pm

Warrior 4 Jesus wrote:Is Seven Samurai any good?

it'd be cool if they did a remake of this movie. though i highly doubt that it would be better than the first if they did. anyways, one classic movie of mine (if it is considered classic), is The Goonies.

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:53 pm

Warrior 4 Jesus wrote:I can enjoy a good old movie (it's from the mid-50s isn't it?) and a complex drama and I enjoy the samurai culture, so I'll give it a go.

Thanks J!

You should also check out Yojimbo and Ikiru.

Postby **bigsleepj** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:29 pm

Yes! I echo Ryan's recommendations. Ikiru is arguably one of the best movies I've seen, though the first 90 minutes can be overwhelmingly depressing (though by the end the movie will be very uplifting).

Yojimbo (and its sequel, Sanjuro) haven't aged and are still excellent (though not as complex) and are easily enjoyable.

Postby **K. Ayato** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:49 am

I have yet to see Ikiru. I know it stars one of the actors from The Seven Samurai.

Postby **bigsleepj** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:06 am

Yes, Takashi Shimura, who played Kambei the leader, plays the bureaucrat in Ikiru, but he plays the role wholly differently. In Seven Samurai he was a wise, strong and charismatic leader of the band; in Ikiru he's a petty character who looks like a monkey behind a desk (though goes through a change through the movie); such two different characters, and he manages to pull them off.

Also many of the other Seven Samurai have smaller "cameo" roles, two as Yakuza in a brief scene (though the movie was made before Seven Samurai)

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