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Post by michelle on Dec 25, 2008 22:52:18 GMT -8
I have really been into older movies lately. I LOVE Katharine Hepburn and Gene Kelly and could watch their movies all the time. Most older movies are so much cleaner than movies these days and that is something I appreciate more and more every day. It must be the getting older thing.  Anyway, what are some of your favorite older movies (and by older I mean at least as old as Chris. ;D)? So far I think my top 2 are 1) The African Queen, 2) Singin' in the Rain (SUCH a good movie minus the long dance segment that is in all Gene Kelly movies). I also really like "Woman of the Year", "Pat & Mike", "Houseboat", "12 Angry Men", "Philadelphia Story" and "Adam's Rib". I just watched "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and really liked that too. |
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Post by meghan on Dec 25, 2008 23:16:07 GMT -8
Hmmm. I'm trying to figure out what counts as old. When I think of old a few pop into mind:
1) The Birds
2) Oklahoma!
3) West Side Story
4) Sound of Music
5) To Kill a Mockingbird (duh!)
6) My Fair Lady
I know those aren't too old, but I grew up on musicals, so those are the ones that pop into my mind (exception is the birds, of course). Maybe I'm more of a sixties girl.
I'm sure I can think of more, too, though. I'll have to come back to this.
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Post by christopher on Dec 26, 2008 8:33:45 GMT -8
Did they make movies back then? Oh yeah, I think they were called silent movies.
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Post by Josh on Dec 26, 2008 21:55:39 GMT -8
OK, so, pre-1958, right?
Just kidding.
Pre-1968.
Here's a list of my favorites that come to mind:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Great Escape (1963)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
My Fair Lady (1964)
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Post by meghan on Dec 26, 2008 22:30:37 GMT -8
You know, I had seen My Fair Lady before, and I had seen a stage production of it.
But MAN, I saw it a few months ago and I just fell in love with it. I think before I was distracted, or I wasn't great at deciphering the accents, so most of the little jokes went RIGHT over my head. This last time, though, it was just great. I laughed so hard.
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Post by Josh on Dec 26, 2008 22:31:53 GMT -8
Yep.
Oh, and Rose reminded me of The Bridge Over the River Kwai.
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Post by rose on Dec 26, 2008 22:36:03 GMT -8
Ok, so some of these have already been said, but I have to mention them again. I love To Kill A Mockingbird - I have been meaning to watch that again, it's been a while, and it's just so good. Another Gregory Peck fav of mine is Roman Holiday. He was one hot dude!  My Fair Lady is another classic - "Why can't a woman be more like a man" is my favorite song on that movie. The Great Escape and Cool Hand Luke are really good ones too! And I can't leave out Breakfast at Tiffany's - an Audrey Hepburn classic! Now another really good movie(ies) is the Godfather Trilogy (ok, so the 3rd movie doesn't seem to be as good as the first two, IMO), but the first movie came out before I was born, so it qualifies as old. |
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Post by christopher on Dec 26, 2008 22:58:03 GMT -8
Yeah, but it didn't come out before I was born, so it doesn't count. No soup for you!  |
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Post by rose on Dec 26, 2008 23:16:15 GMT -8
Oh no!!! No more Lobster Bisque!  |
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Post by michelle on Dec 29, 2008 8:45:12 GMT -8
Ooh, Cool Hand Luke. That is a good one. Man, that egg eating scene...blech! Another great Paul Newman movie is The Sting. It's on the verge of being an "older movie", but a classic.
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Post by krhagan19 on Aug 24, 2009 13:00:49 GMT -8
Chinatown. It is a double whammy, it was made before I was born, so its old to me. Furthermore it takes place in an earlier time period and so perfectly captures the time period that Roger Ebert says that it is actually better than almost all of the pieces made about that time period DURING that Time Period. It is beautiful and disturbing. I HIGHLY reccomend it.
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My Fair Lady is another classic - "Why can't a woman be more like a man" is my favorite song on that movie. 
