Do any of you tropers like classic films?

Okay, I'm new here... a little lost in life, and on the internet. I'm looking to reshape it, and join the site later during the fall. I like the mix of casual & personal writing, but I'm not as addicted as your site said I would be.

Anyway, the site mostly talks about new films, and doesn't really talk about anything specfically classic (my defintion is before 1990). I mean, their are some really good films released in the 90s & 00s, but can we talk about something less recent? Mostly because I was intrested in watching the films of the past.

Anyway, I rented the 1985 film My Life As a Dog. I just rented it to look smart, but have you guys seen it? Or any films made before 1990s?

I haven't gotten used to the trope/work click link thing BTW.

Never heard of that film.

Off the top of my head, here are the classic films I own:

• The Maltese Falcon: A must-see.
• Casablanca: Ditto.
• The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre: Noticing a pattern? Bogart is great.
• 2001: A Space Odyssey: Watch this, but read the book first.
• The Seventh Seal: Beautiful but slow; not for everyone, I guess.
• The Magnificent Seven: The manliest movie ever.

Seven Samurai is a great film. It's the original version of The Magnificent Seven.

I am. I happen to like 1930s-1940s screwball comedies and Astaire/Rogers musicals.

I have a thing for 80s movies, for some reason. Indiana Jones trilogy, Blade Runner, The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, A Nightmare On Elm Street (the original), Evil Dead 1 & 2, the 1989 Batman, Back To The Future, Conan The Barbarian, The Dark Crystal, Star Trek II, III and IV, as well as The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi (the first one is from 1977, though still essential). Surely some others I'm forgetting. It was kind of a weird era, as it was the era of blockbusters but before CGI took over.

edited 25th Aug '10 9:25:16 PM by ImipolexG

Casablanca is excellent, as is Blazing Saddles.

Can Animated Films count?

In no particular order:

edited 25th Aug '10 9:28:15 PM by Mattonymy

Me being a film student, it's pretty much a prerequisite.

What kinds of films in particular would you like to talk about?

I was raised on mostly classic films. I actually only started watching a lot more recent ones when I was in middle school.

My local PBS station is awesome because they have this show that does movies uninterrupted, many of which are older. It hasn't been running any recently because it is in the off season ATM.

Anyway, last week I saw Mr Smith Goes To Washington. It was good, though Smith can really get on your neveres with how naive he acts. Before that it was In A Lonely Place, which was excellent; absolutely loved Bogart and Gloria Grahame. I've been trying to watch more Film Noir recently, as well as expose my mom to it.

There are others, but I'm tired right now and I don't want to bore anybody.

The oldest film I ever saw was Dr. Strangelove, and that was only last year. Before that, it was 2001.

So, nope.

In fact, I guess you can mark 1964 as my absolute limit for movies and music (oldest album I listened to? Hard Day's Night...)

I like the pre-Daniel Craig James Bond films and the original King Kong, those "classic" enough for you?

I'm in the same boat as Brendan, well, I used to be a film student, and I plan to be again, but enough about that. My favorite movie of all time is probably the 1957 version of Twelve Angry Men. Casablanca's also good, good and insanely quotable, which is a plus for me.

EDIT: There's been a doublepost, gather up the usual suspects.

edited 26th Aug '10 6:29:14 AM by slowzombie

I really like classic foreign films. I love Jean-Luc Goddard, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini,Jean Cousteau, and Francois Traffuat. Vivre Sa Vie is a must see, I actually like Rashoman more than Seven Samurai, The 400 blows is a must-see, La Belle et La bete is what got me into these films so a definate yes and I reccomend La Dolce Vita for Federico Felini.

Rashomon, Casablanca, Twelve Angry Men, Citizen Kane (while it's suffered Seinfeld Is Unfunny, it's worth a watch).

I've been looking for a chance to gush about The Godfather, Scarface, and Carlitos Way :P. I get more chances to gush about Sergio Leone movies, though.

I have this... hobby of trying to watch every gangster and western movie ever. Especially Clint Eastwood westerns.

edited 27th Aug '10 11:41:42 PM by melloncollie

I used to watch plenty of films until I stopped around... April I think. Got other things to do and haven't had much time for films since.

I did watch all sorts of films, whatever mood fancied me at the time really. One week it might be Conan the Barbarian + myriad of imitators it got at the time (Barbarian Queen 2? Yep, seen it), the other it might be a stream of Fellini, Godard and Bergman. So I did see plenty of films I would put in the "classic era films" category (early 30's to around 50's, maybe even mid 60's, basically starting from the time between the adoption of sound into films at large, stopping just around/before the cultural revolution of the 60's in the west).

Though my frivolous genre/style/era hopping ensured I now have seen a wide range of different films, it also ensured that my knowledge in any one field tends to be fairly uncultured. Jack of all trades if you will. Seeing as how I've seen some Fellini films, some classic Hollywood, some something, some other. It's something I've been meaning to rectify but have been unable to find the time lately.

Briefly addressing the OP, I personally feel that I very much prefer older works when it comes to films and music (quite the opposite in gaming though), not that I don't like new films or music, but I generally try to direct my viewing/listening towards older works. Partly out of fascination for the old, partly because I feel that it's easier to find good films this way (after all, films that have gathered critical praise for the last 50 years have a pretty decent chance of being high quality, as opposed to a random new flick from the local cinema).

^^ I'm trying to watch most Leone movies too, but Once Upon a Time in the West is taking it's sweet, sweet time at the library.

A list of some pretty great classic films;

• Gaslight
• Dorian Gray
• Les Miserables
• Jekyll & Hyde
• The Invisible Man
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• The Scarlet Pimpernel
• After the Fox
• The Saint films
• Some Came Running
• North by Northwest
• Cool Hand Luke
• Dr. Strangelove
• Kiss of Death
• Nightmare Alley
• Compulsion
• The Trial
• Lolita
• M
• The Virgin Spring, The Silence & Wild Strawberries by Ingmar Bergman
• Fellini-Satyricon
• Stray Dogs
• Samurai Trilogy

^^ I like that one, do watch it :3

Oh, crap, forgot about Cool Hand Luke.

Night Of The Hunter was actually... decent. Though, the villain was pretty awesome.

The Blues Brothers, First Blood, Die Hard (yes, I do consider it a classic).

edited 29th Aug '10 12:14:20 AM by JackMackerel

I have always loved Ghostbusters, Back To The Future, and Batman as far as '80s movies go and own the sequels to those movies as well. Although fudging the time period a bit since it was a movie from 1990, I also liked the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and do plan to get a cheap boxset containing it, its two sequels and the CGI film soon. I've also got a decent amount of old '50s and '60s stuff from sales.

edited 29th Aug '10 1:31:56 AM by GameGuruGG

Alfred Hitchcock made some sweet stuff.

Foreign Correspondent had a plane crash scene whose special effects were unbelievably advanced for its day. Still convincing to watch, too.

^Word to Alfred Hitchcock. I watched The Trouble With Harry a couple of days ago, which isn't really in the same genre as his other films. But, it's pretty damn funny.

I started the page on Angels With Dirty Faces and various Charlie Chaplin movies. So yes, I love old movies. I've also been a big fan of The Three Stooges since early childhood. I'm only 24 years old on top of that.