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Post by beni hanna on Oct 26, 2013 13:35:13 GMT -6
Creating this thread in case folks check out something old that is worth watching. This Topic (movies) isn't my specialty. But I have been enjoying watching older flicks and seeing how the genre has changed over time. Some of the old stuff is quite good. Some not.
Worth your Time:
On the Waterfront rent/dvr if you haven't seen it. Got interested in this one after seeing some piece on Elia Kazan, and I have been a bigfan of Brando for some time. Cool camera use and character activity. Loved the acting styles of most every character and the preacher (Karl Malden) were spectacular. Worth the hype if you want to take a trip down memory road. Release date 1954.
4.5 hams out of 5 hams
NOT Worth your Time:
Harry and Tonto Saw this dreadful affair last night. Picked it up because I like Art Carney and he won the 1974 best actor Academy Award for this over Pacino (Godfather II), Nicholson (Chinatown), Hoffman (Lenny). Should be pretty solid show right? WRONG. I get the fact the movie is dealing with an old guy trying to find his way late in life. Art is decent in the role and probably the only reason to watch the movie. But the movie sucked. Absolutely sucked. Cat dies at the end in a pathetic attempt at wrapping up a bad movie.
1 ham out of 5 hams
Add your own as always looking for...stuff
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Post by wz on Oct 28, 2013 5:51:03 GMT -6
good stuff, beni. i have watched a boatload of classic noir films in the past year. some real good ones were "three strangers", "ruthless", and "diabolique". i also liked "conflict" and "the two mrs. carrolls" with bogie, although they were a bit weak storywise and kind of predictable.
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Post by Dr. Kenneth Noisewater on Oct 28, 2013 11:06:15 GMT -6
I always recommend The Caine Mutiny when I can. Most people haven't seen it. It's got Bogie but Jose Ferrer steals the movie at the very end.
It's basically A Few Good Men but based on a ship "mutiny" during World War II. Great film.
I've also been on record many times regarding The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance so I'll do it here again. Jimmy Stewart is great and it's John Wayne's best performance, slightly better than The Searchers (another great flick).
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Post by beni hanna on Oct 28, 2013 11:38:09 GMT -6
Nice little stretch of Bogart right there I will need to check out. Any Spencer Tracy suggestions? I have only seen Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (4 of 5 hams) and Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1.5 of 5 hams).
It is interesting in that many of the older movies seem to have story lines that are not always as developed as they are today. Not sure if that is true, and if there are reasons for it beyond just bad writing. Reasons for poorer writing could include, but not limited to censorship: (societal, governmental, other), limited ability of technology, and possibly newness of the medium. I say that, then have to laugh. It probably isn't too much different than today. It just seems that way.
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Post by Dr. Kenneth Noisewater on Oct 28, 2013 11:54:10 GMT -6
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is my favorite for Tracy, probably because of the real-life emotion of him and Hepburn knowing that he was probably dying at the time.
He and Hepburn made a number of romance movies that may not be your thing. But, Desk Set was kind of interesting as a period piece about late 1950s office setting and the "computerization" of the office. I enjoy movies that give you a real sense of the time period.
From a sports perspective, Pat and Mike explores the world of female professional sports in the early 1950s. Tracy is some kind of agent or something. Been a while since I've seen it. It's not a great movie by any stretch, just throwing it out there.
His best movie is probably Inherit the Wind or Judgment at Nuremberg but I haven't seen either in many years.
Boys Town is a classic Frazier Thomas WGN Sunday Afternoon Family movie.
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Post by beni hanna on Oct 28, 2013 11:58:26 GMT -6
Boys Town is a classic Frazier Thomas WGN Sunday Afternoon Family movie. Thank you and question. Both WGN 9-1,9-2 and WTTW have been playing old movies. The ones I am familiar with are cut for time, sometimes significantly. Do they make the same edits on the older movies, and if so, are the edits as significant to the story line as they are with the more recently made movies? |
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Post by Dr. Kenneth Noisewater on Oct 28, 2013 12:05:01 GMT -6
I used to be an editor for a late-night movie show. I'd cut together the intro and breaks with the film. Those were movies were typically not edited.
But, that show closed the broadcast day so there was no end time that needed to be hit.
I would imagine most films are edited for broadcast TV. I'd seek the films out on Netflix or Amazon Prime. It's worth the $2 or $3 on Prime to avoid the commercial anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 20:41:56 GMT -6
Not that these are old, but whatever. GF and I visited Auschwitz earlier this month. We watched Schindler's List last week. I had never seen it. Cool to see a lot of the places we visited in Krakow, in the movie. I'm making her watch Life is Beautiful this weekend.
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Post by mxdcookie on Oct 29, 2013 22:10:54 GMT -6
My daughter and I watched The Boy in the Striped Pajamas tonight. She was floored. We watched Schindler's List over the summer. It started with The Diary of Anne Frank about a year ago. When she realized it was a true story she became very interested in all of that. All really good movies.
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Post by wz on Oct 30, 2013 6:09:30 GMT -6
you should follow that up with "the pianist", just to lighten things up.
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Post by mxdcookie on Oct 30, 2013 7:21:27 GMT -6
Ok, thanks  |
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Post by powerhouse233 on Oct 30, 2013 21:49:07 GMT -6
One of my all time favorite older movies is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. I'd definitely recommend that movie to anyone. Definitely one of those movies that transcends generations.
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Post by tbone on Oct 31, 2013 12:59:23 GMT -6
Not that these are old, but whatever. GF and I visited Auschwitz earlier this month. We watched Schindler's List last week. I had never seen it. Cool to see a lot of the places we visited in Krakow, in the movie. I'm making her watch Life is Beautiful this weekend. I rented Life if Beautiful and showed it to my girlfriend early in 2013 and she absolutely loved it. I wasn't sure she would be down with the subtitles and all that. When she was I determined to keep her around a while longer. |
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