Want to Join the anti-classic movies support group?!
Question: Want to Join the anti-classic movies support group!?
I've been trying to catch up on classic movies!. I've been sorely disappointed!. Do you feel the same way!? You don't have to dislike the same classics as me, but here are some I've seen lately that I hated:
Godfather
Apocalypse Now
Rocky I
Many others that don't come to mind immediately!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Godfather
Apocalypse Now
Rocky I
Many others that don't come to mind immediately!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
You did not just put 'Rocky' on the list!. !. !.
You have no class whatsoever!. !. !.
Taking my laugh somewhere else!. !. !.
EDIT: You said you were an American, what is wrong with you!? 'Rocky', for your information, happened to start the trend for all sports movies, although its not a real story!. It had such integrity and philosophy that it inspired many people!.
Boring!? You think Oscar voters look for boring materials in a movie!? You see, that's where you are wrong!. You might think movies that are 'entertaining' should be getting Oscars!. They choose a Oscar-Worthy movie by the point perspective, the morals, and the performance of the movie!.
You don't think 'Crash' was an entertaining movie!?
Or 'Saving Private Ryan'!? 'No Country for Old Men'!? 'The Departed'!?
Tell me, which 'entertaining' movies do you think that should've been Oscar-worthy!?
EDIT AGAIN:
Sorry, I don't answer every minute here!. !. !.
Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler!. !. !.
They didn't have good morals and performances, Oscars are basically for life-educators, movies are basically teachers!. !. !.
I didn't learn anything on both Stiller and Sandler movies!.
And also 'LOTR' series are good, they got Oscars!. !. !.
What are you trying to prove anyways!?
Classics suck and Oscars are for boring movies!? Well, I'm one of the children of the '80s!. Sorry I don't agree with everything you and proved you wrong based on facts and opinions and statistics!. !. !.
Class Dismissed!. !. !.Www@Enter-QA@Com
You have no class whatsoever!. !. !.
Taking my laugh somewhere else!. !. !.
EDIT: You said you were an American, what is wrong with you!? 'Rocky', for your information, happened to start the trend for all sports movies, although its not a real story!. It had such integrity and philosophy that it inspired many people!.
Boring!? You think Oscar voters look for boring materials in a movie!? You see, that's where you are wrong!. You might think movies that are 'entertaining' should be getting Oscars!. They choose a Oscar-Worthy movie by the point perspective, the morals, and the performance of the movie!.
You don't think 'Crash' was an entertaining movie!?
Or 'Saving Private Ryan'!? 'No Country for Old Men'!? 'The Departed'!?
Tell me, which 'entertaining' movies do you think that should've been Oscar-worthy!?
EDIT AGAIN:
Sorry, I don't answer every minute here!. !. !.
Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler!. !. !.
They didn't have good morals and performances, Oscars are basically for life-educators, movies are basically teachers!. !. !.
I didn't learn anything on both Stiller and Sandler movies!.
And also 'LOTR' series are good, they got Oscars!. !. !.
What are you trying to prove anyways!?
Classics suck and Oscars are for boring movies!? Well, I'm one of the children of the '80s!. Sorry I don't agree with everything you and proved you wrong based on facts and opinions and statistics!. !. !.
Class Dismissed!. !. !.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Well it is pretty clear that you are an uneducated moron then! I hope no one joins your support group! Apocalypse Now and The Godfather are two of the greatest films ever committed to celluloid and A LOT of people in this world would agree with me!.
What's YOUR idea of a good film then!.!.!."The Transformers" and "Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle"!?!?
Child!Www@Enter-QA@Com
What's YOUR idea of a good film then!.!.!."The Transformers" and "Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle"!?!?
Child!Www@Enter-QA@Com
I am a big movie fan and I actually am a big fan of those but there are classic movies I dislike such as Spartacus, Ben Hur, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid!. I also hate Star Wars!. I am a huge fan of a lot of classic films!. I prefer older films to newer stuffWww@Enter-QA@Com
I like classic movies, but not the ones you mentioned!. But I wouldn't join your group b/c there are a lot of good classic movies out there like "Gone with the Wind," "Penny Serenade," etc!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
All of the ones you mentioned are not that great!. Try Godfather II and Goodfellas which is not exactly a classic, but it's a great gangster filmWww@Enter-QA@Com
watch 80's movies if your so bored!.
they actually worked back then to make a movie!.
as for your list you have no taste if you list those three!.
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they actually worked back then to make a movie!.
as for your list you have no taste if you list those three!.
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I must disagree with apocalypse now, especially when you see the director's cutWww@Enter-QA@Com
No!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
As I've grown older, I've learned to live through some of the bad stuff in order to get to the good stuff!. Thus, I've watched many recommended classics and have been disappointed by some of them!. But if I hadn't bothered to sit down and watch the entire AFI Top 100, nearly all of the imdb!.com top 250 and a majority of the Sight and Sound lists, I would've missed plenty of gems!.
Still, here are some of my disappointments!. I prefer emotional and spiritual intimacy among the cast of characters (e!.g!., The Shawshank Redemption (1994)), and these films don't have it or under-deliver!. The subject of the plots does not detract from plenty of fine direction, fine acting and technological finesse that some of these films display!.
Citizen Kane (1941) - the man was miserable, abusive!. Bummer!. The rest of it is years ahead of its time!.
Any Rocky movie!. The boxing is not believable; compare it to Cinderella Man (2005), which uses real boxers!. Now throw in the sappy sentimentality and self-importance that Stallone is so fond of!. To drop a talented name, Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy!.
Most Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals!. The brilliant music and lyrics didn't translate well to film, e!.g!., Oklahoma!, South Pacific!. Or is it that great singers make wooden actors!?
The Maginificent Seven (1960) and The Dirty Dozen (1967) are cheap Hollywood imitations of the brilliant classic, Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954, Japanese)!.
A Beautiful Mind (2001) sanitizes Nash's anti-Jewish sentiment!.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) suffers from censorship!. The edgier parts of Williams' play are left out!. Yet Newman and Taylor are brilliant!.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) and La Strada (1954)!. Such angry megalomania is tiresome!. Far more captivating is Fred C!. Dobbs' descent into greed and paranoia in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), with Humphrey Bogart!.
Mae West might have been brilliant and funny in her time, but she comes across as blatantly meretricious, and thus one-dimensional, these days!. Voluptuous!? Not!.
So!.!.!. here are 10 worth watching (I borrowed them all from the local public library network!.):
The Blue Angel (1930, German) the first great femme fatale movie, it put Dietrich on the map!.
Triumph of the Will (1935, German) - the most controversial documentary of them all!. The constructions of matrices and phalanxes by Goebbels' propaganda machine, and director Leni Riefenstahl's intimate photography is just jaw-dropping!. All within the context of one of history's evil empires!.
The Big Sleep (1946) - the plot moves quickly, so take notes!. But it's airtight!.
The Third Man (1949) - an intriguing plot, a sinister mystery
Seven Samurai (1954, Japanese) when I trained men to act as a team, within a code of honor, this was required viewing!.
Du Rififi chez Les Hommes (1955, French) - great film noir!.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Atticus Finch's integrity, compassion and non-violence are inspiring!. Same for Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982)!.
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) A man with an ego big enough to stand up to anyone in the British Army, and a vision as big as a free Arabian peninsula, leads his men brilliantly and leaves no straggler behind!.
Das Boot (1981) - get the newer version in which the original actors dub in their own voices in English!. A great lesson in the futility of war!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Still, here are some of my disappointments!. I prefer emotional and spiritual intimacy among the cast of characters (e!.g!., The Shawshank Redemption (1994)), and these films don't have it or under-deliver!. The subject of the plots does not detract from plenty of fine direction, fine acting and technological finesse that some of these films display!.
Citizen Kane (1941) - the man was miserable, abusive!. Bummer!. The rest of it is years ahead of its time!.
Any Rocky movie!. The boxing is not believable; compare it to Cinderella Man (2005), which uses real boxers!. Now throw in the sappy sentimentality and self-importance that Stallone is so fond of!. To drop a talented name, Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy!.
Most Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals!. The brilliant music and lyrics didn't translate well to film, e!.g!., Oklahoma!, South Pacific!. Or is it that great singers make wooden actors!?
The Maginificent Seven (1960) and The Dirty Dozen (1967) are cheap Hollywood imitations of the brilliant classic, Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954, Japanese)!.
A Beautiful Mind (2001) sanitizes Nash's anti-Jewish sentiment!.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) suffers from censorship!. The edgier parts of Williams' play are left out!. Yet Newman and Taylor are brilliant!.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) and La Strada (1954)!. Such angry megalomania is tiresome!. Far more captivating is Fred C!. Dobbs' descent into greed and paranoia in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), with Humphrey Bogart!.
Mae West might have been brilliant and funny in her time, but she comes across as blatantly meretricious, and thus one-dimensional, these days!. Voluptuous!? Not!.
So!.!.!. here are 10 worth watching (I borrowed them all from the local public library network!.):
The Blue Angel (1930, German) the first great femme fatale movie, it put Dietrich on the map!.
Triumph of the Will (1935, German) - the most controversial documentary of them all!. The constructions of matrices and phalanxes by Goebbels' propaganda machine, and director Leni Riefenstahl's intimate photography is just jaw-dropping!. All within the context of one of history's evil empires!.
The Big Sleep (1946) - the plot moves quickly, so take notes!. But it's airtight!.
The Third Man (1949) - an intriguing plot, a sinister mystery
Seven Samurai (1954, Japanese) when I trained men to act as a team, within a code of honor, this was required viewing!.
Du Rififi chez Les Hommes (1955, French) - great film noir!.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Atticus Finch's integrity, compassion and non-violence are inspiring!. Same for Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982)!.
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) A man with an ego big enough to stand up to anyone in the British Army, and a vision as big as a free Arabian peninsula, leads his men brilliantly and leaves no straggler behind!.
Das Boot (1981) - get the newer version in which the original actors dub in their own voices in English!. A great lesson in the futility of war!.Www@Enter-QA@Com