Any Classic Cinema fans?

LeoNerdo · 01-29-2009, 06:16 PM

I'm just throwin this out there because most people I know my age or younger don't really seem to know much about any kind of classic cinema. And I'm talking like golden age of Hollywood stuff from the 1930's & 40's. If you do, what are some of your favorites movies or your favorite actors and genres? I'll watch just about anything if it sounds interesting but I will say I really like tough guy flicks with guys like Cagney, E.G. Robinson, or Bogart. There's of course classic horror movies and westerns and junk that I like too but I like to try and find stuff I've never seen, which is a LOT.

joe-eyeball · 01-29-2009, 06:36 PM

I only really go back to the 60's and a few films of the 50's. I have seen many films from the "Golden Age" and never could get into them. The primary reason being that the acting is really nothing more that overacting. Despite that I do understand the appeal those films have for others.

*Mecha Cow* · 01-29-2009, 06:38 PM

"Classic cinema"? What does that even mean?

*Hannah* · 01-29-2009, 06:47 PM

Silent films are pretty funny sometimes

*Mr. Snackpants* · 01-29-2009, 10:28 PM

I'm taking a "History and Appreciation of Cinema" class right now and I've been enjoying it a lot. So far far we've watched Birth of a Nation(1915), Laurel and Hardy's The Music Box(1920's), and Charlie Chaplan's The Gold Rush(1920's ???).

Zog the Equalizer · 01-30-2009, 11:25 PM

Thanks to my mom I kind of grew up on old movies. I think my personal favorites would have to be Casablanca, To Catch a Thief, and Arsenic and Old Lace

*Spitfire* · 01-31-2009, 05:00 PM

Old movies are important and I respect them but I don't often watch them. I usually don't go past the 60's. Honestly I'm a huge production value guy and when I see something with low value it makes me tune out. Unfortunately they had no choice back then and what they did was the best they could. Bad audio is usually a deal breaker and most old movies have insanely bad audio. I do however love when they re-master stuff. "Metropolis" is coming out soon re-mastered I'm excited about that, it's like the mother of all sci-fi movies. Funny enough I've actually had several of my film teachers discredit old movies I've been told my whole life to watch and say their boring or not worth the time.

Zog the Equalizer · 01-31-2009, 11:33 PM

Forgot to mention A Night in Casablanca. The Marks Brothers are hilarious

*Hero* · 02-04-2009, 04:29 PM

The earliest film I recentley saw was North by Northwest (1959) starring fellow Bristol bloke Cary Grant.

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*Sewer Bull* · 02-04-2009, 04:48 PM

I love "Gone with the Wind" to death, hands off.

Seriously, the movies from older than 70s are just... different. More theoretical in a way.

*raphael_is_cool* · 02-04-2009, 05:03 PM

North by Northwest is my all-time favourite film. Love it.

Technically, the Golden Age of Hollywood spans 1910s to early 60s. As far as classic films goes I only really know of ones shown during film classes (not all Hollywood either) when I was at university and some great Hitchcock ones. Some of them will be obvious for real film-lovers. Off the top of my head:

- Citizen Kane
- The Battle of Algiers
- The Bicycle Thief/Bicycle Thieves

*Tinuvielsdreams* · 02-04-2009, 05:34 PM

I absolutely love Casablanca.
North by Northwest is great but I think Rear Window might be my favorite.

I did see bicycle Thief and enjoyed the story. We also watched it in a narrative cinema class when I was in college. I saw a lot of older movies in that class I doubt I would have gone out of my way to see otherwise.

~~Leo656~~ · 02-04-2009, 07:16 PM

In my creative writing HS class we watched some classic flicks, can't remember titles, but I appreciate how performance and set design were so important back then since there was so little money to spend. Otherwise though, I don't get to watch too many old movies.

The oldest flick I've seen recently was "Gojira", the original Japanese cut of Godzilla, and I enjoyed the hell outta that.

Golden ShredHead · 02-04-2009, 09:36 PM

I can go no earlier than the 90s.

*Sage Ninja* · 02-05-2009, 01:26 PM

"The Mad, Mad World" is my all time favorite old movie. It's not that old since it was made in the 60's but man in my opinion it was a classic. Funniest freaking movie from those days! I can almost quote the whole movie by heart.

This movie was beyond funny, it starts off with a group of random people driving in a California high way area and this guy drives off the side. Several people stop their cars to find out if the guy is alright. Turns out he is a famous old gangster and tells the people who went down check on him that he has a money buried somewhere (kind remember where) undewr a big "W", right before he kicks the bucket--litterly.

This starts off a series of wacky events as the people, who the old gangster told, try to beat each other into getting to the place first to get the money, where they betray each other beat each other up, try to run each other over, and more random people get involved who hear about the money so that it becomes a giant free for all to get the the spot where the money is buried before any one else. All the while a famous old straight arrow cop, who was on the case to find the gangster desides to find the money for him self. This movie has one of the most outragious endings ever!

If you haven't seen it or heard of it, look it up! I highly recomend it.

Another old movie that I love is "the Greatest Show on Earth" it takes place in circus and has one of the most amazing train wrecks you'll ever see from back then.

*Tinuvielsdreams* · 02-05-2009, 03:31 PM

I thought of another movie I loved.
On the water front starring a very young Marlon Brando

*raphael_is_cool* · 02-05-2009, 04:46 PM

Man, how could I forget 'The Third Man'?

*cqb101* · 02-05-2009, 06:08 PM

I love the classics. Casablanca is one of my all-time favorite films. I love all of James Deans work, Marlon Brando, any and all Hitchcock. I absolutely adore film noir (Double Indemnity is my favorite). Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sahara, It Happened One Night, Duck Soup, The Virgin Spring, The Bicycle Thief, King Kong, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Arsenic and Old Lace are some of my favorites. There are plenty of other classics that I love, but those were the ones that popped into my head (or that I could see on my DVD shelf from here).

*Hero* · 02-10-2009, 03:47 AM

Some Like It Hot (1959) is our screening today at Uni. We'll be talking about Marylin Monroe and sex symbols etc in the following seminar.

===HERO

Ginny · 02-14-2009, 10:10 PM

One of my favorite older movies is Jane Eyre from 1944 with Orson Welles. I've seen every Jane Eyre movie ever made and no other actor's Edward Rochester can come close to Orson Welles' Edward Rochester.

01-29-2009, 06:16 PM	#1
LeoNerdo Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 872	Any Classic Cinema fans? I'm just throwin this out there because most people I know my age or younger don't really seem to know much about any kind of classic cinema. And I'm talking like golden age of Hollywood stuff from the 1930's & 40's. If you do, what are some of your favorites movies or your favorite actors and genres? I'll watch just about anything if it sounds interesting but I will say I really like tough guy flicks with guys like Cagney, E.G. Robinson, or Bogart. There's of course classic horror movies and westerns and junk that I like too but I like to try and find stuff I've never seen, which is a LOT.

01-29-2009, 06:38 PM	#3
Mecha Cow Gorgeous and modest too Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,699	"Classic cinema"? What does that even mean? __________________

01-29-2009, 06:47 PM	#4
Hannah Once more, with feeling! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 4,111	Silent films are pretty funny sometimes __________________

01-30-2009, 11:25 PM	#6
Zog the Equalizer Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 534	Thanks to my mom I kind of grew up on old movies. I think my personal favorites would have to be Casablanca, To Catch a Thief, and Arsenic and Old Lace __________________ "Pork rind?" "Pork rind!"

01-31-2009, 05:00 PM	#7
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	Old movies are important and I respect them but I don't often watch them. I usually don't go past the 60's. Honestly I'm a huge production value guy and when I see something with low value it makes me tune out. Unfortunately they had no choice back then and what they did was the best they could. Bad audio is usually a deal breaker and most old movies have insanely bad audio. I do however love when they re-master stuff. "Metropolis" is coming out soon re-mastered I'm excited about that, it's like the mother of all sci-fi movies. Funny enough I've actually had several of my film teachers discredit old movies I've been told my whole life to watch and say their boring or not worth the time. __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

01-29-2009, 06:36 PM	#2
joe-eyeball Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cleveland Posts: 708	I only really go back to the 60's and a few films of the 50's. I have seen many films from the "Golden Age" and never could get into them. The primary reason being that the acting is really nothing more that overacting. Despite that I do understand the appeal those films have for others.

01-29-2009, 10:28 PM	#5
Mr. Snackpants Keep cool my babies! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mount Pleasant Posts: 2,239	I'm taking a "History and Appreciation of Cinema" class right now and I've been enjoying it a lot. So far far we've watched Birth of a Nation(1915), Laurel and Hardy's The Music Box(1920's), and Charlie Chaplan's The Gold Rush(1920's ???).

01-31-2009, 11:33 PM	#8
Zog the Equalizer Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 534	Forgot to mention A Night in Casablanca. The Marks Brothers are hilarious __________________ "Pork rind?" "Pork rind!"

02-04-2009, 04:29 PM	#9
Hero British Bloke Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 2,298	The earliest film I recentley saw was North by Northwest (1959) starring fellow Bristol bloke Cary Grant. ===HERO __________________ Go Green Machine My Facebook -My Tumblr - My Art - Figured 0ut - My Awesome Instagram

02-04-2009, 04:48 PM	#10
Sewer Bull Devil's Advocate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,768	I love "Gone with the Wind" to death, hands off. Seriously, the movies from older than 70s are just... different. More theoretical in a way. __________________ Soooo... THIS* is how you spend your free time now?!*

02-04-2009, 05:03 PM	#11
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	North by Northwest is my all-time favourite film. Love it. Technically, the Golden Age of Hollywood spans 1910s to early 60s. As far as classic films goes I only really know of ones shown during film classes (not all Hollywood either) when I was at university and some great Hitchcock ones. Some of them will be obvious for real film-lovers. Off the top of my head: - Citizen Kane - The Battle of Algiers - The Bicycle Thief/Bicycle Thieves

02-04-2009, 05:34 PM	#12
Tinuvielsdreams Nothing without passion Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,722	I absolutely love Casablanca. North by Northwest is great but I think Rear Window might be my favorite. I did see bicycle Thief and enjoyed the story. We also watched it in a narrative cinema class when I was in college. I saw a lot of older movies in that class I doubt I would have gone out of my way to see otherwise.

02-04-2009, 07:16 PM	#13
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	In my creative writing HS class we watched some classic flicks, can't remember titles, but I appreciate how performance and set design were so important back then since there was so little money to spend. Otherwise though, I don't get to watch too many old movies. The oldest flick I've seen recently was "Gojira", the original Japanese cut of Godzilla, and I enjoyed the hell outta that.

02-04-2009, 09:36 PM	#14
Golden ShredHead Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 36	I can go no earlier than the 90s.

02-05-2009, 01:26 PM	#15
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,927	"The Mad, Mad World" is my all time favorite old movie. It's not that old since it was made in the 60's but man in my opinion it was a classic. Funniest freaking movie from those days! I can almost quote the whole movie by heart. This movie was beyond funny, it starts off with a group of random people driving in a California high way area and this guy drives off the side. Several people stop their cars to find out if the guy is alright. Turns out he is a famous old gangster and tells the people who went down check on him that he has a money buried somewhere (kind remember where) undewr a big "W", right before he kicks the bucket--litterly. This starts off a series of wacky events as the people, who the old gangster told, try to beat each other into getting to the place first to get the money, where they betray each other beat each other up, try to run each other over, and more random people get involved who hear about the money so that it becomes a giant free for all to get the the spot where the money is buried before any one else. All the while a famous old straight arrow cop, who was on the case to find the gangster desides to find the money for him self. This movie has one of the most outragious endings ever! If you haven't seen it or heard of it, look it up! I highly recomend it. Another old movie that I love is "the Greatest Show on Earth" it takes place in circus and has one of the most amazing train wrecks you'll ever see from back then. __________________ Cassandra: You won't fight me, but will you fight--for him! Cassandra's Revenge ~Tangled the Series ________________________________ http://frankviola.org/2012/01/30/godsviewofawoman/ _______________________________ http://nox-artemis.tumblr.com/post/4...k-and-feminism

02-05-2009, 03:31 PM	#16
Tinuvielsdreams Nothing without passion Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,722	I thought of another movie I loved. On the water front starring a very young Marlon Brando

02-05-2009, 04:46 PM	#17
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	Man, how could I forget 'The Third Man'?

02-05-2009, 06:08 PM	#18
cqb101 Cinephile Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, MA Posts: 8,489	I love the classics. Casablanca is one of my all-time favorite films. I love all of James Deans work, Marlon Brando, any and all Hitchcock. I absolutely adore film noir (Double Indemnity is my favorite). Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sahara, It Happened One Night, Duck Soup, The Virgin Spring, The Bicycle Thief, King Kong, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Arsenic and Old Lace are some of my favorites. There are plenty of other classics that I love, but those were the ones that popped into my head (or that I could see on my DVD shelf from here). __________________ Facebook

02-10-2009, 03:47 AM	#19
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02-14-2009, 10:10 PM	#20
Ginny Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Steubenville, Ohio Posts: 352	One of my favorite older movies is Jane Eyre from 1944 with Orson Welles. I've seen every Jane Eyre movie ever made and no other actor's Edward Rochester can come close to Orson Welles' Edward Rochester. __________________ "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"