There's hardly anyone here. *sighs* The younger generation needs to watch older movies.
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ThePedofinderGeneral — 21 years ago(November 19, 2004 04:30 PM)
Stop harking on about old movies. Wake up and see the hidden gems that are around today.
No doubt 20 years down the line I'll be harking back for the movies of my generation.
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cheeseygoodness — 21 years ago(December 13, 2004 08:02 AM)
LoL. I'm 16 and i HATE new movies!!!!! I've only seen about 10 or 11 recent movies that i liked. You can't get that kind of acting anymore. Everytime my brother says "you need to watch this movie" and it's something like The Lady Killers (the new one), American Pie, The hole 10 yards or Jersey Girl, i feel like puking!
Was you ever bit by a dead bee?
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himenator — 21 years ago(December 15, 2004 10:28 PM)
I'm 21 and there is a happy medium between old and new films the 40's and 50's had thier share of stinkers albeit not to the degree of today but there are more production companies around and movies are cheaper to produce and distribute. There a plenty of good movies these days you just have to look for them a little harder and you can't rely upon a single actor like you could with Cary Grant or even a producer like you could with Cecil B. DeMille. By the way check out "Garden State" which I feel is the best movie of 2004 and to quantify that i believed "The Passion of Christ" to be a film. That is the differnce between then and now, now they make movies they used to make films.
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Mickorola — 19 years ago(August 11, 2006 10:10 AM)
God, me too! I'm also sixteen years old, and I'm about one of the pickiest movie watchers around. I hate almost everything that comes out nowadays, and my brother and sister often mock me for that. My favorite movies are usually smaller, artsier films. Films that don't try over-the-top gags and effects, but are justa film with good acting, a good script, a good director and an overall good message. Films like Dolores Claiborne, The Shining, Misery (yes, I'm a Stephen King fan). . . I love horror and drama. Comedy, too, but only if it's done well enough. Not generic, you know?
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Jane_Doe01 — 17 years ago(August 09, 2008 12:31 PM)
Oh put a sock in it. There were bad movies in the "old" days and good movies now, and of course vice versa. Being a teenage viewer of classic film doesn't mean anything. If you really take a look around you'll notice there are actually many people who claim a background of being brought up on classic films from an extremely young age(these including ones of mature subject matter for which combined with the foreign time period would seem unlikely to end up resonating with a child of today. Yet somehow..). I've run into teens and 20 somethings all over IMDB who make claims the likes of having watched Alfred Hitchcock films starting from when they first learned to walk. Lest we also forget the Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly idolizing "glamour" princesses whom we're usually familiar with in the form of airheaded, MTV/Gossip rag whitewashed adolescent girls and the like. Sorry if this ended up bursting your bubble, but yeah, it's pretty much a given that film tastes obviously don't correlate with intellect and personal worth.
The problem with the notion regarding the more "mainstream" (by young film buff definition) crowd of youngsters and their alleged lack of clasaic film viewing is not they don't watch them (although there are some who don't, I was one) as much as many don't fall in love with them, obsess over them or run around the internet boasting about their infatuation with them (^^hint hint). Which in my view, is a good thing. Not everyone makes it a point to revolve their life around films and film viewing, go figure. -
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zill_o_the_wisp — 15 years ago(February 21, 2011 01:36 AM)
"I'm unaware of any films which were not made with a profit motive. "<
Check out the movies of Chantel Akerman or Bela Tarr or Fredrick Wiseman.
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'Dogtooth' - Oscar nominated!:
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ZildjianDFW — 17 years ago(January 16, 2009 12:53 PM)
Yes, because those are the only movies around today.
~ rolls eyes ~
Just a few contemporary directors who make high-quality films: the Coen brothers, David Fincher, Chris Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, P. T. Anderson, Sam Mendes, Marc Forster, Darren Aronofsky. To say that there are no significant films coming out today is, with all due respect, foolish.
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moviebuff75 — 20 years ago(January 25, 2006 06:14 AM)
"I think the real sad thing is that some of his films aren't on DVD. I'd love to see the original Ten Commandments on Cleopatra, but I can't find them anywhere!"
(How do you quote someone? LOL)
I know it's been a long while since this post originally popped up, but I'll post it in case anyone else is interested.
They released the DVD for The Ten Commandments some time over the last year or two, and are releasing a collection of Cleopatra, The Crusades, Four Frightened People, Sign of the Cross, and Union Pacific in May 2006 -
john-ruffle — 19 years ago(June 19, 2006 07:46 AM)
Ten Commandments has been released on DVD in Great Britain April 2006. It is on 3 disks, with BOTH the original 1923 and the modern versions. Very well presented, the 1923 isa the b/w version, excelent screen quality, the inter-titles are TOO good, as you miss the breathing in the projector gate; other than that, worth every penny!!!
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ArmandFancypants — 19 years ago(August 07, 2006 12:19 AM)
DeMille films are like a guilty pleasure. Bad dialogue, hammy acting, but massive spectacle, and some great stories. Bruckheimer, however, is just a tool, as is Bay.
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