Classic movies
 

Anyone here love classic movies?

I'm not talking about a modern classic, iether. I'm talking about movies made back when before scientists invented colour: where the world was still, literally, black and white. Well, movies that had colour added later are okay. Oh, and made pre-1990 :)

Recommend, recommend.

So...uhhh....I'll start with the 1933 version of King Kong, which was quite a thrill, really, once I got into it. I will also recommend Hitchcock's version of Psycho, Dr. Strangelove, and the uncut version of Touch of Evil.

Yeah, I haven't seen many. Not the movie-watcher I used to be.

Recommend 'er.

Casablanca. If you haven't already seen it, go see it. And if you've already seen it, go see it again.

Bored of it. Heh, I love that movie, for the most part, until Ilsa decides to trade the world for Rick. Even if she were confused and not in circumstances where she could think straight, it didn't strike me as particularly...hmm...Let's just say that it ruins the movie's reputation as a "movie about good people". Otherwise, yes, a damn good movie, with an exceptional screenplay.

Dr Starangelove was made in the 70's wasn't it?

I'm drawing a blank for recommendations right now but in my own defense, I only got about 2 hours of sleep. :confused:

I would say Dracula with Bela Lugosi is a good one. I also liked 'The Black Pirate' [1928 - originally filmed in color] with Douglas Fairbanks, although it is admittedly a little cheesy and not for everyone. Good for true pirate lovers though.

I'll throw in both B&W versions of Treasure Island that I've seen as well, I haven't seen the silent one though.

It's just "spoiler", Kroms.

Anyway, I'm not the biggest movie buff, but I do have a greater than usual appreciation for the classics, thanks to my parents. Some of my favorites are The Apartment, Charade, and Some Like it Hot, just off the top of my head. I'm also a decent Hitchcock fan, my favorites being Rear Window, North by Northwest, and The Birds.

And I sort of hate to mention it here, but everyone must see Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. If you've never heard of it, the entire movie is basically Steve Martin acting against scenes from classic black and white movies, and the whole thing is absolutely brilliant.

And...I own Casablanca, but I've never seen it...

I really enjoyed The Philadelphia Story. The script is fantastic, the actors are brilliant - the interplay between Hepburn/Grant/Stewart is just beautiful to watch. Seeing this film made me feel cheated by pretty much every other romantic comedy I've ever seen. They don't even deserve a comparison.

Casablanca has been referenced so much in popular culture that by the time I finally saw it, I weirdly felt like I'd seen some parts before... especially Rick's airport speech, I could almost recite it verbatim. :p

Every time I see Casablanca on tv, it's either really late so I try to watch it but then I fall asleep, or there's something else on that I really want to watch. Haven't seen it yet.

I recommend anything by the great comedians.

The Marx Brothers
The Ritz Brothers
Wheeler and Woolsey
The Three Stooges
Abbott and Costello
The Great Gildersleeve
W.C. Fields
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
Fibber McGee and Molly
Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
Frank Sinatra
Cary Grant


I also recommend anything by Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, etc.

Also a lesser known but fabulous comedy, I recommend the original Ladykillers with Alex Guinness, as well as the Pink Panther movies. I could go on and on about classic movies, I just love em. I adore them. They're my favorites.

As for good and old BW movies: Nosferatu, Das siebente Siegel, Citizien Kane.

That reminds me, I'm actually working on (very slowly) collecting every film that's won the Academy Award for Best Picture. So far I think I'm at somewhere between 15 and 20 films, and the oldest three I have are Casablanca, The Apartment, and My Fair Lady. After that, I think there's an unfortunate gap that stretches from 1964 to 1988, and the next one I have is Rain Man.

I'd like to second Dr. Strangelove. Also, I'd highly suggest Akira Kurosawa's work. I'm a huge Seven Samurai fan which is kinda his Big Film, but he has some really great lesser known stuff like Ikiru.

I third Dr. Strangelove. Also, I love Casablanca, The Apartment, Double Indemnity, anything by the Marx Brothers, and anything by Errol Flynn:D.

I haven't watched many classics, but I have watched the original King Kong, and all of the Little Rascals. (If those even count as films). Oh yeah, and I saw a silent picture where Rudolf Valentino plays the a rich guy in some desert.

Oh, speaking of the original King Kong, I highly suggest you track down the original Japanese version of Godzilla. The rubber suit portions are still pretty dang laughable, but the movie itself is actually pretty good. You really get an almost uncomfortable taste of post-Hiroshima Japan. It's pretty drastically different from the Americanized version with Raymond Burr.

The only classics I always watch is Disney's Classic Shorts, pretty much because I already seen a ton of Warner's thanks to my time Cartoon Network from here. I was watching some clips of the Three Caballeros last night, and it's pretty fun to understand the 90% of José Carioca speech just because Portuguese and Spanish are so close as a language =P.

I also had a disc of a bunch of Banned WWII Propaganda Shorts I torrented which are pretty fun :D. I had to admit some are just lame for its nature, but Ducktators and In Der Fuhrer Face are just insane. And Hilarious ^^!

Old B&W series worth watching are: Mr. Moto, Charlie Chan, Twilight Zone.

Well, one can seldom go wrong with Metropolis, but I trust you are looking for old - not ancient. Might I recommend Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious? It is possibly my most favorite black and white film where the actors talk.

What, not "The Fountainhead"?

Forget the film, there's a book for people who aren't philistines. There are differences between the novel and the film, differences that can lead to parasitism. You simply cannot abridge Ayn Rand's work, it can't be done!

How can you, for example, remove Wyland's contemplation of suicide? It was a recurring theme? How can you relegate Keating and Toohey to minor roles? Don't even get me started on the ending, you sniveling worm. Why would they butcher a cornerstone of Objectivist theory? I know why.

You see, friend, the parasites in Hollywood - with their bowing to censorship and praise of the Left - have long sought to steal the sweat of men's brows. It is for this reason that Hollywood could never dream of filming the Fountainhead accurately... and why they can never hope to capture Atlas Shrugged or Anthem.

Woudln't all films before 2000 be modern classics, when they are all from the 20th century?