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The hunt for the classics...

Started by Mr_Nabby, September 03, 2012, 09:40:05 AM

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Mr_Nabby

Very often I hear people speak very highly of many types of movies. And it pains me that I haven't watched a great deal of them in my day.

A good example is that I can mention is the film It's a Wonderful Life. Never seen it. As I understand it, it is a Christmas tradition in the USA to watch it on Christmas Eve.
In Sweden we have a (basically) similar tradition. We watch a poorly dubbed version of Disney's From All of Us to All of You, as we have since '59. But I'm getting of track...

Even if I have never seen It's a Wonderful Life, I have seen it referenced and parodied countless times all over. And it's the same story with a lot of movies! So one day I woke up and said- NO MORE!

Over the past couple of weeks, I have bought myself all kinds of diffrent films I have wanted to watch for a long time, but never got around to. Such as: A Godzilla boxset, Casablanca, The Evil Dead trilogy,  The Adventures of Robin Hood, Joyeux Noel and a Universal Monsters boxset.
And I have even pre-ordered a Hitchcock movie-set from Amazon.UK

If anyone out there have any recommendation of a great must see, PLEASE, let me know.
There's so many movies/games/books/comics that I don't know where to start!

Well, better start with the classics and work my way forward...

kyranthia

I have to admit, I haven't seen all of It's a Wonderful Life.  I've only seen bits and pieces on TV.

That was true for me for The Ten Commandments for awhile too, but I did actually finally sit down and watch that one in full.  For the time, it was pretty amazing what they could do for sets and effects.  And it still mostly holds up today.

I gotta say, To Kill a Mockingbird is on my list of movies that should be seen.  The character of Atticus is probably one of the best ever brought to the screen. 

GrahamRocks!

I've seen It's A Wonderful Life, and it truly is wonderful! :)

To Kill A Mockingbird though... I didn't like very well. I was required (during different years) to both read the book and watch the movie for school. I found both to be very boring, with the only interesting part to be the trial, which of course, didn't end well.

The same I could say for the book and movie Emma. Especially Emma! Ugh, that was one of the most drawn out, dull, seemingly pointless love stories I think I have ever seen.

Yet, from what I've seen of Lord of The Rings, I've liked that. Why does everyone ship Aragorn and Eowen when Arwen is his true love?

kyranthia

Quote from: GrahamRocks! on September 03, 2012, 10:57:04 AM
I've seen It's A Wonderful Life, and it truly is wonderful! :)

To Kill A Mockingbird though... I didn't like very well. I was required (during different years) to both read the book and watch the movie for school. I found both to be very boring, with the only interesting part to be the trial, which of course, didn't end well.

When it's required viewing, it probably loses something.  But hey, I can understand that opinion. 

QuoteThe same I could say for the book and movie Emma. Especially Emma! Ugh, that was one of the most drawn out, dull, seemingly pointless love stories I think I have ever seen.

Emma bored me too.  I actually preferred the loose film adaptation of it that was the movie Clueless.

QuoteYet, from what I've seen of Lord of The Rings, I've liked that. Why does everyone ship Aragorn and Eowen when Arwen is his true love?

I really like those movies too.  The books are pretty good but I'm not a diehard fan of the series and tear apart the films for changing/omitting things.

Eowyn is a lady that can take care of herself and I think maybe some people think that she and Aragorn have similar personalities and should have been together.  But that's just my guess.  I do know that Arwen isn't in the books as much as the movies though.  Maybe folks feel she's not a developed character too?


Numbers

Quote from: GrahamRocks! on September 03, 2012, 10:57:04 AM
Why does everyone ship Aragorn and Eowen when Arwen is his true love?

Two reasons:

1. It's the Internet, where Rule 34 and slash fiction is in full force. If there are two characters in a story that are clearly not meant for each other, then there will be shipping between them, logic be damned. (Hell, I've heard of shipping between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul, in addition to Jack Sparrow and Commodore Norrington. You may now go bleach your brain.)

2. As stupid as this sounds, some of the fans were pissed that Liv Tyler was credited third, despite not appearing much in the movies. REALLY pissed. Thus, Aragorn was better off with anybody except that spotlight-stealing hog, Liv Tyler; at least, according to these oh-so-logical fans.
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Blackthorne

If you let "required" reading or viewing diminish your capacity to like something, you're not strong enough of will to appreciate it anyway.


Check out "Citizen Kane", Mr Nabby.  It's considered Orson Welles magnum opus - and it's a decent and interesting look at Tycoons in the United State in the first half of the 20th century. 

Ben-Hur - Cecil B. DeMille did two versions of this - one silent, one talkie.  Both are worth your time.

2001 - A Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark worked together to bring this vision to the screen.

Easy Rider - American counter-culture in the late 1960's.


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Mr_Nabby

Quote from: Blackthorne on September 03, 2012, 12:51:25 PM
Check out "Citizen Kane", Mr Nabby.  It's considered Orson Welles magnum opus - and it's a decent and interesting look at Tycoons in the United State in the first half of the 20th century.  

I did actually see Citizen Kane on TV when I was younger, but I have been thinking about buying my own copy and see it again, just because I like it.

Quote from: Blackthorne on September 03, 2012, 12:51:25 PM
2001 - A Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark worked together to bring this vision to the screen.

Ooh, yes! I never did have a chance to watch the whole thing. I only got to the middle, I think.
There's so many movies/games/books/comics that I don't know where to start!

Well, better start with the classics and work my way forward...

MikPal

Quote from: Mr_Nabby on September 03, 2012, 09:40:05 AM
We watch a poorly dubbed version of Disney's From All of Us to All of You, as we have since '59.

They show us that one too in here, a bit to the east. Though it's not dubbed.


Well, you asked for movies, and you'll get them:

- M (1931)
- Citizen Kane (1941), Some people love it, some hate it., but it's still pretty good.
- Casablanca (1942), A good one with an extremely boring mid part.
- Touch of Evil (1958), again from Orson Welles that got sliced by the studio (and for good reasons), but they did a re-cut that was released on DVD that took the best of both worlds.
- A couple of Bonds, From Russia With Love (1963), if you love suspenseful spy stories, Goldfinger (1964), if you love action filled spy stories.
- En kärlekshistoria (1970), from Roy Andersson the director of Sånger från andra våningen (also a must see).
- Kivenpyörittäjän Kylä (1995), a film from Markku Pölönen about the last wedding in a farm town.
- Jägarna (1996), a nice thriller.
- Stiff Upper Lips (1998), a parody of the Merchant-Ivory films.
- Bringing Out The Dead (1999), a story about an ambulance worker on the edge of a breakdown.
- Kuutamolla (2001), a film about a woman who just hit her 30's and wants a bit more from life.

That's just a few.

Enchantermon

#8
Off the top of my head:

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Back to the Future 1-3 (1985, 1989, 1990)
A Few Good Men (1992)

EDIT: Oh, and Dead Poet Society (1989)
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Numbers

Also see Cannibal Holocaust, a hilarious adventure that is the definition of wholesome entertainment and fun for the whole family!
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Mr_Nabby

Quote from: 929572 on September 03, 2012, 07:23:30 PM
Also see Cannibal Holocaust, a hilarious adventure that is the definition of wholesome entertainment and fun for the whole family!

I already know about know about that movie, an have seen a summary of it, thank you very much.

http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/04/12/cannibal-holocaust.aspx
There's so many movies/games/books/comics that I don't know where to start!

Well, better start with the classics and work my way forward...

snabbott

A couple more:

My Fair Lady (or just about anything with Audrey Hepburn <3)
The Princess Bride

Steve Abbott | Beta Tester | The Silver Lining

Enchantermon

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), but only if you have a taste for general goofiness and the nonsensical.
So what if I am, huh? Anyways, I work better when I'm drunk. It makes me fearless! If I see a bad guy, I'll just point my sword at him and saaaaaaaaaay, "Hey! Bad guy! You're not s'posed to be here! Go home or I'll stick you with my sword 'til you go, 'Ouch! I'm dead!' Ah-ha-ha!" Ha-ha. *hic* See? Ain't no one gonna be messin' wit' ol', Benny!

Mr_Nabby

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Quote from: Enchantermon on September 04, 2012, 06:33:27 PM
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), but only if you have a taste for general goofiness and the nonsensical.

What self-respecting King's Quest fan doesn't?  ;)
There's so many movies/games/books/comics that I don't know where to start!

Well, better start with the classics and work my way forward...

LadyTerra

Quote from: Mr_Nabby on September 03, 2012, 01:36:23 PM
Quote from: Blackthorne on September 03, 2012, 12:51:25 PM
2001 - A Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark worked together to bring this vision to the screen.

Ooh, yes! I never did have a chance to watch the whole thing. I only got to the middle, I think.

You might want to read the book as well, otherwise you won't get the ending.

I'd add Cannery Row if you like a cute, romantic movie, Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes movies, and anything by Mel Brooks.
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