|
|
01-13-2014, 12:57 PM | Topic Starter |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
Casino cash: $8939900
VARSITY
|
What "Classic" Movies Have You Never Seen?
So, we had some friends over last night and the guy started talking to me about classic movies. He mentioned a scene from The Godfather and I told him that I've never seen it. He looked at me like I was an alien and asked about a few others.
So, how about you? |
Posts: 185,893
|
01-13-2014, 12:59 PM | #2 |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Parkville MO
Casino cash: $10005170
|
I've never seen a Bond movie.
|
Posts: 54,695
|
01-13-2014, 01:01 PM | #3 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
Casino cash: $8939900
VARSITY
|
__________________
I think the young people enjoy it when I "get down," verbally, don't you? |
Posts: 185,893
|
01-13-2014, 01:07 PM | #4 |
Supporter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
Casino cash: $804734
|
|
Posts: 57,702
|
01-13-2014, 10:21 PM | #5 |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Parkville MO
Casino cash: $10005170
|
|
Posts: 54,695
|
01-13-2014, 10:32 PM | #6 | |
www.nfl-forecast.com
Join Date: Sep 2000
Casino cash: $1321769
|
Quote:
Back in early and mid-70's they would show a previously released Bond movie on TV on a Sunday night a couple of times per year. It was a Major Television Event. You'd plan to watch it all week, and everyone would be talking about it at the next day at school. You literally had no other way to see an older movie back before VCRs and cable became commonplace, other than waiting for them to be shown on TV by one of the 3 networks. |
|
Posts: 45,662
|
01-13-2014, 01:06 PM | #7 |
Forever Royal
Join Date: Mar 2012
Casino cash: $481300
|
The Godfather trilogy was one I hadn't seen until relatively recently.
I have never seen Citizen Kane. |
Posts: 24,889
|
01-13-2014, 01:23 PM | #8 | |
In BB I trust
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Boston, Mass.
Casino cash: $10029808
|
Quote:
You're not missing much. I watched it just to see what the hype was about. I'm sure it was groundbreakingly awesome back in 1940 or whatever, but yeah, not so much now.
__________________
"I love signature blocks on the Internet. I get to put whatever the hell I want in quotes, pick a pretend author, and bang, it's like he really said it." George Washington |
|
Posts: 43,125
|
01-15-2014, 11:27 AM | #9 | |
On Hiatus
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $1069700
|
Quote:
In THAT era, movies like that were groundbreaking pieces of art. If you try to look at movies from that time you are looking at them through the eyes of this generation. To me movies like The Grapes of Wrath, 12 Angry Men, Casblanca and It's A Wonderful Life are from a generation apart. You have to love old classic movies in B&W to really enjoy them and they aren't everyone's cup of tea. Fast forward this thread 10 years and you will have a generation of people saying how bad and cheesy movies are from this era. |
|
Posts: 11,686
|
01-15-2014, 12:04 PM | #10 |
Perpetual Mediocrity
Join Date: Jan 2006
Casino cash: $3922783
|
Some are certainly more dated than others, of course. Having watched 12 Angry Men just last week again, though, I don't see that as a problem with that one.
|
Posts: 50,604
|
01-15-2014, 05:31 PM | #11 |
On Hiatus
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $1069700
|
I have that movie in my collection...it honestly transcends the eras because the theme of the movie still resonates today. People and preconceived notions, bigotry and prejudices are just as prevalent today as there were when the movie was first made.
|
Posts: 11,686
|
01-15-2014, 12:39 PM | #12 | |
a haw haw haw
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MIZZOU
Casino cash: $26365802
|
Quote:
__________________
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. |
|
Posts: 27,111
|
01-15-2014, 03:23 PM | #13 |
Immanentize The Eschaton
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: In Partibus Infidelium
Casino cash: $855880
|
That is such a good movie. I started watching it a few weeks ago with my teenagers in the room, they were hooked. My daughter was annoyed with me (in jest) because it forced her off of the internet.
|
Posts: 56,228
|
01-16-2014, 10:34 AM | #14 | |
In BB I trust
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Boston, Mass.
Casino cash: $10029808
|
Quote:
I think you're right in some respects, but not always. Some movies/stories are just sort of timeless and so well-acted it doesn't much matter. I think Casablanca is awesome regardless of when it's made. Conversely, being a Cary Grant fan, I watched Gunga Din. My god is it bad. The action scenes are comically awful. But The Philadelphia Story, with Cary Grant, is quite good. As long as you can tolerate B&W movies (some people have a visceral hatred for them, like my wife, there are some really good movies out there to see. The acting was just better, on average, back then, and plot didn't suffer for special effects.
__________________
"I love signature blocks on the Internet. I get to put whatever the hell I want in quotes, pick a pretend author, and bang, it's like he really said it." George Washington |
|
Posts: 43,125
|
01-13-2014, 01:07 PM | #15 |
Supporter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
Casino cash: $804734
|
I haven't seen Casablanca.
I haven't seen a BUNCH of of John Wayne or Clint Eastwood westerns that I'd like to see. |
Posts: 57,702
|
|
|