I’d probably choose between “Robin Hood” (Errol Flynn) and “The Wizard of Oz”. I know they are corny but I love them nonetheless.
Anyone watch old movies?
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I do like Robin Hood a lot, and I do find Wizard fun. A movie I seldom see mentioned that I love is Horatio Hornblower. Same for 12 O'Clock High. And I love Mockingbird. Wow, Gregory Peck may be my favorite actor.
Love the Longest Day. I was a sucker for all of those old WW2 movies when I was younger. Seemed like TNT, TCM, or some other such station always had them on when I was around 10. Battle of the Bulge, To Hell and Back, Tora Tora Tora (I guess that one was 1970 but to a 10 year old, a 20 year old movie is ancient history)...those are a few I can remember off the top of my head.
I just saw a good documentary on Peck via Amazon Prime; it’s free. He was a lot like the characters he played. One favorite movie of his that most people think of Audrey Hepburn first is Roman Holiday. I don’t know if that has ever been remade or not but it would be hard to improve it.
I would if they aimed more movies at 66 year old guys like me.My daughter took my grandson to see Black Panther a few months ago,and the tickets were 17 bucks each !No movie is worth that much.
I only named some of my favorites.The Marx Brothers were awesome and Duck Soup is incredible.Horse Feathers is a great satire on college life,particularly on college football ,and it was made in 1932!There were some bad older flicks,like Clark Gables Parnell and Bogarts Swing Your Lady.Two of the most overrated so called classics are The Magnificent Ambersons and A Streetcar named Desire.I was fortunate to see GWTW at the Indiana Theater in Indianapolis when it was re issued about 1968.It just seems to lose a lot on TV,as do Lawrence of Arabia and Dr Zhivago.Did you ever see a flick everybody except you liked?For me it was Slap Shot.Paul Newman was wasted in a dumb movie with lousy dialogue,too much stupid violence and a weak storyline.There isn't a single Marx Brothers movie in that list, for shame.
I think there is a type of bias against modern films. We mainly see the great old movies today, the crappy ones are stored in vaults. Or are destroyed as most silent movies were destroyed. But in today's movies, we see the good and the bad. It makes it seem like all the old movies were Casablanca and all modern movies are The Emoji Movie.
Oh, and Gone with the Wind is horrible. Hate to say it, I know some people really love it. But it is bad.
That's a great list. I'd add Rear Window, War of the Worlds, Miracle on 34th Street, Hunchback of Notre Dame, and one of my absolute all time favorites--Red River. I'm sure there are more if I'd give it more thought.
Errol Flynn WAS Robin Hood.I love that one so much that no one else could play the Hero of Sherwood Forest nearly as well,in my opinion.Robin and Marian wasted good talent,and Kevin Costner was awful in Robin Hood,Prince of Thieves.Did you know The Wizard of Oz was a box office dud when first released?Hard to believe.
I agree.I think most people in Indiana liked it because it was set there.I didnt care for it.
perhaps what we need is a modern remake, for modern political realities.
except in the new one, the husband and the wife both try to cover up their crimes, by both trying to convince the other that they are going mad.
How many times do you need to see the following script before you simply accept that this is who CO.H is now?
CO: Something outrageous.
Liberal: Outrage!
CO: Stop with the exploding heads. I never said something outrageous.
Liberal: But you literally said "something outrageous."
CO: I get to decide what my words mean, not you.
Liberal: Outrage!
CO: Stop with the exploding heads. I never said something outrageous.
Liberal: But you literally said "something outrageous."
CO: I get to decide what my words mean, not you.
I mean, this has been going on for a couple of years now, Marvin.
You really don't understand he outrage? Even Fox News found the summit outrageous and you know how hard it is to get them to criticize him.
I don't tell anyone of authority for fear of being institutionalized for wanting to walk out of Star Wars. Too much darkness to keep me awake for one thing. Just didn't like it! And I did walk out of The Sound of Music and I nearly "drove" out of Doctor Zhivago and Grease. Attending those three movies, to steal a quote from "George" in Hoosiers....."you're kinda forced to deal with" because I was on dates, so I just had to compromise.
But yeah, there are quite a few, probably, that escapes my mind at this moment that I didn't care for. And I seldom get enthused with the movies made nowadays and the feeble attempt with remakes. But I do love those old movies! I've seen Gaslight several times and I always enjoy seeing Double Indemnity (the original) with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyk and Edward G. Robinson. My wife loves Imitation of Life, Madame X and Summer Place. They were so right with the phrase "they don't make 'em like they used to. "
I wonder if your wife knows about the original “Imitation of Life” that was made with Claudette Colbert-early 1930’s that may be better than the Lana Turner version? It certainly was a ground breaking movie at the time it was made and surprisingly balanced in how it presented race for a movie of that age. It wasn’t quite the tear jerker that the Lana Turner version was but I think I liked it better. A movie that I always liked very much was “The Third Man” from 1949 or 1950-somewhere around then, which involved postwar Vienna and the way there were various sectors of the city were controlled by the allies but no one wanted to be in the Soviet sector. Pretty much a depressing movie but it was brilliantly done.I don't tell anyone of authority for fear of being institutionalized for wanting to walk out of Star Wars. Too much darkness to keep me awake for one thing. Just didn't like it! And I did walk out of The Sound of Music and I nearly "drove" out of Doctor Zhivago and Grease. Attending those three movies, to steal a quote from "George" in Hoosiers....."you're kinda forced to deal with" because I was on dates, so I just had to compromise.
But I do love those old movies! I've seen Gaslight several times and I always enjoy seeing Double Indemnity (the original) with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyk and Edward G. Robinson. My wife loves Imitation of Life, Madame X and Summer Place. They were so right with the phrase "they don't make 'em like they used to. "
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No, she doesn't know, nor was I aware of the original. I would like to see it and I know she would as well. Thanks for the info. So many well-written memorable movies. Glad to have TCM and AMC available.
Well, well! I stand corrected! Just asked my wife about the 1930 original Imitation of Life and she had known about it. I'll have to try and locate "The Third Man. "
Sunset Boulevard is worth a watch with Gloria Swanson playing an aging silent movie star that really went over the edge...especially if you like old Hollywood.
Oh yes. Love the play also. Ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille.Sunset Boulevard is worth a watch with Gloria Swanson playing an aging silent movie star that really went over the edge...especially if you like old Hollywood.
I wouldn’t call it outrageous because frankly, he has said things that would fit as outrageous but to me it wasn’t during the summit. I’d call it unfortunate and disappointing. But in the end, I don’t see it as something that is damaging. Our guys will continue to do their jobs and Russia will continue to do their job against us.
I’m just speaking from being in your position with Obama, turn the news off and stop watching it. Your health will thank you. I literally couldn’t watch Obama on tv....didn’t want to hear him speak. Despised everything he did. I turned it all off and decided to wait for departure. There was nothing to be done. I voted. I thought things he did was outrageous. But we are still here....
I love that one, impossible to find. Not on Netflix, not on Amazon, not on AMC or TMC.
The first time I saw “Sunset Boulevard” I thought Gloria Swanson was awful in it but upon watching it a couple of more times I must say she was brilliant in that role and probably should have won the academy award for best actress.
I know. The tan suit and the grey poupon were both so outrageous. Those scandals of his were spine tingling. Totally comparable to what's happening today.
Star Wars was good,but that was the flick for me when special effects became more important than actors.Once was surely enough to see Grease.Sunset Boulevard was good,except for the few scenes with Jack Webb.That dude was the worst,one dimensional.lousy actor ever to make it in Hollywood.Double Indemnity is great,as is the original The Postman Always Rings Twice.I don't tell anyone of authority for fear of being institutionalized for wanting to walk out of Star Wars. Too much darkness to keep me awake for one thing. Just didn't like it! And I did walk out of The Sound of Music and I nearly "drove" out of Doctor Zhivago and Grease. Attending those three movies, to steal a quote from "George" in Hoosiers....."you're kinda forced to deal with" because I was on dates, so I just had to compromise.
But I do love those old movies! I've seen Gaslight several times and I always enjoy seeing Double Indemnity (the original) with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyk and Edward G. Robinson. My wife loves Imitation of Life, Madame X and Summer Place. They were so right with the phrase "they don't make 'em like they used to. "
You’re right about Jack Webb and he didn’t get any better with his subsequent Dragnet tv show either boy did that stink. I had forgotten he was in Sunset Boulevard but Eric Von Stroheim was great as Max and Eric Von Stroheim like in Sunset Boulevard had been a very great silent film director but I don’t think he transitioned well to sound.
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I'll stay out of the political discussion on this post. One of my favorite older movies is, "The Oxbo Incident." It stars Henry Fonda and is worth a watch. In fact it could bring tears to your eyes.
Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times. One of the most underrated films ever, in my opinion. Yes, it’s considered a classic. But in my opinion it is one of the 20 greatest films ever made.
The Chaplin film that comes to my mind is “The Great Dictator”.
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