[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Movies young people should watch? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 6/15/2018 11:38:13 AM EDT
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Fellas, my work has been taking me out of town in recent months, and I've been staying with my grandpa. We have been watching TCM channel. He likes this channel because they show movies from when he was a young man. I've run across some great movies, and some bad ones on this channel. Good Ones: Stalag 17 (1953)- I found it entertaining, funny, suspensful, and as good or better then any movie today. She wore a yellow ribbon (1949)- great western, awesome scenes, acting was great. Bonus, my grandpa was friends with Ben Johnson. Mr. Smith goes to Washington (1939)- funny movie, good acting. Modern Times (1936)- another funny movie. Great visuals for the time. Bad ones: The way we were (1973)- holy shit, bitches be crazy yo! And Barbara Streisand was ugly as hell! Cactus Flower (1969)- oh. My. God. Stab me in the eye! Goldie Hahn was hot though! Natural ones: Tarzan the ape man (1932)- I didn't find myself liking this movie, but I didn't hate it either. It had great visuals, but some of the scenes ran to long for my taste. The amount of animals in it was amazing though. What other "old movies" do you guys recommend? Edit: also it's been really cool to spend this time with my grandpa. Really, he's my grandpa-in-law, but none the less, he's a cool guy. Went through a photo album with him the other night. He was sporting a perm in the late 60's- early 70's. He is not what I would call a man's man. He was a VP at a bank for many, many years. Country club member, golf 4 times a week, highball drinking kinda guy. Then his wife got Alzheimer's and he spent his entire fortune making sure she was taken care of till the end. He's a good dude. |
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Patton Casablanca The bridge over the river Quai Midway Singing in the Rain We were Soldiers Stalinrad Just about anything with Bogie. Just about anything with Cagney. Just about anything with Jimmy Stewart. Just about anything directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Just about anything directed by Howard Hawks. |
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A trip to the moon.
https://youtu.be/_FrdVdKlxUk The Astronomers Dream https://youtu.be/g8SMIiQZUcs |
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Going with some "lesser" knowns to start off and not mentioning the obvious such as Foesrt Gump, The Godfather, Casino, Goodfellas, or Training Day etc.. Most are along the lines of showing the duality of the world imho so not too many comedies or westerns. More so how the world isn't all rainbows and puppies. In no particular order:
12 angry men The sting Between Two Worlds(not sure if i'm remembering this one correctly) Lawrence of Arabia Mad mad mad mad world One flew over the cuckoos nest Wag the dog Dr Strangelove LA Confidential The Shining A Few Good Men Basic Buffalo Soldier The Big Lebowski Eyes wide shut To Kill a Mockingbird Layer Cake Rockn' Rolla Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Starship Troopers Road House Lord of the Flies Gohst Dog: The Way of the Samurai Friday Blood Diamond O Brother Where Art Though Gangs of New York Old Boy The Scent of a Woman Galaxy Quest The Game The Way of the Gun Kpax Pans Labyrinth Hunted Donnie Darko Nocturnal Animals Aliens City of God Full Metal Jacket Apocalypse Now Unforgiven Probably forgot a few. |
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Ooh, ooh!!! "WINGS"!!!
Since this is the 100th year of WWI, story of two pilots in WWI. Used WWI planes and vets, some of the best aerial photography ever, and to top it all off, ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD TITTIES!!! (This was filmed before that censorship committee) |
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Holy fucking shitsnacks...OP, maybe you need to clarify "OLD"! LOL Quoted:
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Tremors Boondock saints The wild geese My daughters boyfriend hasn’t even seen aliens I told her to dump him. |
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Double Indemnity with Burt Lancaster
- One of the best from the Film Noir genre Seconds with Rock Hudson - Mind fuck sci-fi movie Some Came Running with Sinatra and Martin - WWII vets come home and struggle with reintegration into society Walkabout - Two kids stranded in the outback and meet up with a Aborigine on his walkabout From Here to Eternity with Lancaster and Sinatra and Clift -fictional depiction of the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor (not a war movie) Black Narcissus - Convent in the Himalayas struggles with external and internal danger. One of the most visually beautiful films ever made |
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Funny OP mentions She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. That's always been my favorite western. I'm 33 by the way.
Some of my favorite classics are as follows: North by Northwest Bridge on the River Kwai The Man Who Knew too Much Lifeboat (can you tell yet that I love Hitchcock?) Lawrence of Arabia Dr. Strangelove Mutiny on the Bounty (I like the 1935, 1962, and 1984 versions) Casablanca The Bridges at Toko-ri In Harm's Way |
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