I miss the old movies...?!
Question: I might be only 15 years old but from some of the older movies I can say that they have more value than the crap they are producing now. In the older ones they actually have longer monolouge allowing you to sink in what they are actually saying and kinda gives you sense that you are their listening to them. In the newer ones something has to be happening every split second which gets kind of annoying after a while. What do like about the old ones?
Answers: I might be only 15 years old but from some of the older movies I can say that they have more value than the crap they are producing now. In the older ones they actually have longer monolouge allowing you to sink in what they are actually saying and kinda gives you sense that you are their listening to them. In the newer ones something has to be happening every split second which gets kind of annoying after a while. What do like about the old ones?
Yes, I agree with you that a lot of movies these days do not stack up to old classics. Sometimes it is like there are movies with several fight/chase or sex scenes that have stories woven around them. In movies like Mr Smith Goes To Washington, and other classics like the ones already mentioned, the actors really do act and light up the screen in them, whether black and white or colour, and without all the special effects around these days. Maybe the movies were also cleaner back then, and the actors said more like you say. Also, there are a lot of classics that are still relevant today and have messages that people can take in if they get the point of the movie. Good question.
old betty davis movies
Nancy drew movies were awesome
and so were the three stooges
eh, things change. You might like the older ones because it was a happier time for you. There are good movies and bad movies....Myself I have never watched a black and white movie. My grandma swears by them.
Well, remember that in the old days there were A movies and B movies.
B movies were quite boring. Bad acting, blah. You don't want to watch them.
Some of them were done so badly they are humorous in a way...almost entertaining in their badness.
Like "Bride of the Monster"....a low-budget movie if ever there was one!
One of the cheesiest old B movies you could see is "The Giant Gila Monster."
You're right! A perfect example is 30 Days of Night! There was so much hype about it and I really thought it sucked! No real story line, just a lot of screaming and people being eaten. Go rent The Lost Boys, much better vampire movie from the late 80's.
Personally, some I like somethings about hollywood today, and some things I think were better of in the golden age.
A good way to compare would be remakes of old movies. I.E. planet of the apes was brilliant social commentary when it was first released, the remake was a typical CGI and special effect circle jerk of today.
i watch at least one movie a week onTurner Classic Movies
Glad I am not the only one who thinks like that. Lawrence of Arabia is I think the most magical film and would illustrate your point impecabbly. I am also a great fan of such films as Casablanca, Gone With The Wind, Ben Hur and Spartacus, The Bridge Over The River Kwai, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music just to name a few.
To begin we have more special effects these days which can mean less time in production, which in theory means a faster finished film, therfore higher profits. The old films took many a week to make. Lawrence of Arabia was some undertaking. I urge you to see the behind the scenes footage on the extended DVD just to really see how momentous actually going to the desert (in Morocco in particular) actually was. You have this immense appreciation of the dedication and passion that went into these films. You can tell David Lean is a passionate director, the sunrise shot at the beginning he go up at 4am that morning just to get his gear in position for!!
Old films (with the exception of a few newer ones like Schindlers list) relied on a lot more dialogue to portray character. So what we are left with is a more complex, involved, captivating person who engages with the audience more. We see talking and body language as more of a reality, special effects are fake so we cannot identify with it. Ben Hur relies heavily on dialogue to convey the story, with the exception of the magical chariot scene (Again a lesson in dedication & passion, 2 years to complete!!) and we identify with the various historical and cultural contexts the dialogue places the character in. Perhaps more character development is what is missing from todays efforts.
Lastly I beleive the classics (again with some exceptions) are more total family films. Casablanca can be appreciated by all age groups as the greatest love story ever told, some will not identify with Titanic and its soppiness. We can all identify with The Sound of Music. The younger generation can appreciate the magical singing and family fun and activities. Older folk can identify it with the time they first saw it and perhaps appreciate more the historical signifance monumentous undertaking some went through and still go through to escape those very bad places.
I hope you enjoyed/have seen some of the films I have mentioned, we just do not make films like we used to anymore.