Checked this out last night after reading this post and I'm glad I did. Thank you! I love the feel of older films. Need more old gems please
Watched "Written On The Wind' again the other week.
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Checked this out last night after reading this post and I'm glad I did. Thank you! I love the feel of older films. Need more old gems please
Watched "Written On The Wind' again the other week.
Checked this out last night after reading this post and I'm glad I did. Thank you! I love the feel of older films. Need more old gems please
Oh, my...was that a mistake. I'll chew your (figurative) ear off with old films. My love is for films of the 30s, 40, and early 50s....and in black and white.
Here are just a few...
Citizen Kane...arguably the best American film ever.
The Third Man...A close second...if second at all.
The Maltese Falcon
Little Caesar
The Asphalt Jungle
Casablanca
Just a few of dozens I might recommend. Take a look...these are all brilliant films of somewhat different genres, imo.
When you've had a chance to view them, I'll be more than happy to make more recommendations, if you wish.
I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I put Vampire Academy in my movie queue, and when it arrived, I watched it.
I am not the target demographic, and I kept waiting for it to "get good". All the way to the end. In my mind, it never did. It was passable, teen-aged vampires at school melancholy blah. I don't recall the last time I was in the mood for that. I'm pretty sure I won't read the books the movie was based on.
I am not the target demographic, and I kept waiting for it to "get good". All the way to the end. In my mind, it never did. It was passable, teen-aged vampires at school melancholy blah. I don't recall the last time I was in the mood for that. I'm pretty sure I won't read the books the movie was based on.
Not entirely sure WHY i watched it, but last night I watched "World War Z". I was surprised and very pleased. I went into it not knowing that it was about Zombies, and I'm glad I did so. It had a War of the Worlds feel to it, and Brad Pitt did an excellent job. Probably the best representation of zombies that I've encountered so far.
Checked this out last night after reading this post and I'm glad I did. Thank you! I love the feel of older films. Need more old gems please
Watched "Written On The Wind' again the other week.
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I, too, have an affinity for the classic films of that era. The evidence being this thread littered with all of them that I watch.
Oh, my...was that a mistake. I'll chew your (figurative) ear off with old films. My love is for films of the 30s, 40, and early 50s....and in black and white.
Here are just a few...
Citizen Kane...arguably the best American film ever.
The Third Man...A close second...if second at all.
The Maltese Falcon
Little Caesar
The Asphalt Jungle
Casablanca
Just a few of dozens I might recommend. Take a look...these are all brilliant films of somewhat different genres, imo.
When you've had a chance to view them, I'll be more than happy to make more recommendations, if you wish.
Thanks a bunch for the quick reply. I'm going to watch the top two you suggested this weekend along with "Seconds" which looks interesting. The cover art for these older films are just ace too, even the music gives a great vibe. To me they are real "Cinema" which seems to be lacking these days. Thanks again
Oh, my...was that a mistake. I'll chew your (figurative) ear off with old films. My love is for films of the 30s, 40, and early 50s....and in black and white.
Here are just a few...
Citizen Kane...arguably the best American film ever.
The Third Man...A close second...if second at all.
The Maltese Falcon
Little Caesar
The Asphalt Jungle
Casablanca
Just a few of dozens I might recommend. Take a look...these are all brilliant films of somewhat different genres, imo.
When you've had a chance to view them, I'll be more than happy to make more recommendations, if you wish.
Bless you, Shrink. What a wonderful selection..
I agree completely (and I am a grumpy, irascible, intolerant, intellectually snobbish, old world European) about the cinematic brilliance of both of Shrink's top two choices. Both "Citizen Kane", and "The Third Man" are simply superb, stunning examples of the magisterial power of story telling on film at its sublime best. Both are first rate movies: I will advise anyone who wishes to see movie making at its creative sublime, brilliant, best, - ever - to watch either movie, and swoon in stunned, and silenced, awestruck admiration.
Some years ago (alright, what I now realise is actually a few decades ago) I watched a series of what were called of'seminal' movies in the university art house cinema club; several classics: (This selection included "Nosferatu", "Citizen Kane", and "Wild Strawberries" among others) An incredibly interesting, and thought-provoking season of fascinating movies.
Anyway, I loved "The Maltese Falcon"- a superb and fantastically brilliant homage to a specific US narrative style; 'Casablanca' was a movie where everything came right, timing, cast, setting, story, (and, of course, cinematography, lighting, script, direction, etc) which helped to cement its reputation as a classic.
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House by the Cemetery. I always wondered why I never watched any Lucio Fulci horror films after The Beyond*. This one was pretty bad - bad as in I'd like my 85 minutes back please.
* Murder Rock doesn't count imo, since that was a cheesy, fun giallo rather than the horror gross-fests Fulci was known for at the time.
House by the Cemetery. I always wondered why I never watched any Lucio Fulci horror films after The Beyond*. This one was pretty bad - bad as in I'd like my 85 minutes back please.
* Murder Rock doesn't count imo, since that was a cheesy, fun giallo rather than the horror gross-fests Fulci was known for at the time.
Haha, that bad!?
I thought it quite nasty tbh, my very first Fulci so maybe that's the reason I enjoyed it quite a bit - especially the ending left some scars! The English dub is mostly unbearable (thatannoying kid !) but the Italian one is fine.No idea, not my favorite by any means but would watch it again some day. But I'm know for having a bad taste.
True Lies.
Probably my favourite Arnie film. Such a clever idea for a film and gets the balance between comedy and action right which a lot of films don't quite manage.
Probably my favourite Arnie film. Such a clever idea for a film and gets the balance between comedy and action right which a lot of films don't quite manage.
Mine too, his most polished performance, although Predator was pretty darn good too.
National Treasure- Really like this movie, the entire ensemble cast, light hearted, with enough realism intertwined with history to make this caper seem plausible. Of note, I was disappointed in the second movie, Book of Secrets which seemed too stretched using the same formula. Supposedly, a third installment is in work.
The most interesting filming location trivia- Utah stood in for the Arctic, and the Independence Hall replica, Knots Berry Farm, California, stood in for the real location.
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Bad Words. Jason Bateman was a scream in this movie. A spelling bee loser sets out to exact revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to win as an adult. Watched it with my 2 teenage sons and wife. We were just laughing our a$$e$ off.
I could understand why people did not like it. You need a twisted sense of humor to get through it.
I could understand why people did not like it. You need a twisted sense of humor to get through it.
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After Earth (2013)- offers little if anything. The story felt empty, nor did I care for Will or Jayden Smith in this, did not finish it. M. Night Shyamalan has seen better days as a director. Since Signs which I like, my impression it has been all down hill.
That's unfortunete as I thought, from the trailer I recall, that it had a good premise anyway.
Maybe you'd feel more positive about it. Check it out.
When/if I see it on the satellite or Netflix, I'll give it a whirl.
I loved National Treasure and didn't particularly care for Book of Secrets as well. Thanks for the location trivia.
Completely agree with this as well. I think I got it from Redbox, and thankfully didn't pay $10 to see it in the theater.
Haha, that bad!?
No idea, not my favorite by any means but would watch it again some day. But I'm know for having a bad taste.
Awww...as am I.
My imagination came up with a much more typical tweak for Freudenstein (he was killing women to build his own) rather than Oh he needs human flesh to survive. I thought with Freudenstein, he would definitely be more of a Frankenstein like mad scientist and more sex inclined. I haven't heard the Italian dub. I can relate. A few Italian films suffer from the awful english dub. Tenebre and What Have You Done To Solange? are even better in Italian and Enzo Castellari's The Big Racket really suffers from the English dub, it's a great vigilante film - very ugly but it loses a lot with the English dub.
Watched The Beyond again this morning. The ending is wonderfully messed up, getting there is a bit of chore, but pretty good. Of the Fulci zombie films, City of the Living Dead (a.k.a. The Gates of Hell) is the one sticks with me. I prefer the man's gialli. Don't Torture a Duckling and A Lizard in a Woman's Skin are fantastic.
Also watched Keoma for the first time in a long while. I dig this western, but can't stand the awful folkie score that eventually plays in every single scene. My solution, turn off the sound and watch silently, a wonderful thing.
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A classic Victorian rollicking adventure; I must confess to a secret liking for that sort of story-telling, clichéd though much of it may now seem.
Another rollicking Victorian book from that era which I really enjoyed was 'The Four Feathers', and the 1939 movie based on the book was excellent (and a lot better than the number of remakes which were subsequently produced).
Anyway, how have you enjoyed the movie?
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It was quite good. The tension between Allan and Elizabeth throughout was interesting. Especially with him constantly having to 'save' her from all the dangers along the journey.
Though it seemed to end abruptly with the one African regaining his kingdom in the battle. We are left to assume that they found where Curtis ended up in quest, but there was no confirmation, other than seeing the uncut diamonds in the natives headdresses.
I'd like to see this again. I like Stewart Granger, including him, The Duke, and Capucine, a light hearted tale, North To Alaska (1960).
If you want hard sci-fi nicely blended with action (kind of what AE was trying - unsuccessfully - to do), the current TC film Edge of Tomorrow is fantastic (still playing in theaters).