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i am the only one who enjoy old movies ? #936570
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i am the only one who enjoy old movies more then the new ones ?
i find most of the today's movies boring and i don't like them, well of course there are some who i like but most of them i don't.
and when it comes to old movies i almost love watching them all !
anyone here who can relate to me ?

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It's interesting that people can say they like old movies, but maybe have completely different eras in mind. I like old movies, meaning from the 1930s and 1940s. I mostly like comedies - Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and directors like Frank Capra and Preston Sturges.


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I feel the same way Meyer. I haven't been to a theater to see a movie in years. I have my favorites and that's pretty much the movies I watch. I've never been a big movie guy anyways.

I'm the same way with music too. The older the better. Modern stuff? No chance.

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Originally Posted by mustachepete
It's interesting that people can say they like old movies, but maybe have completely different eras in mind. I like old movies, meaning from the 1930s and 1940s. I mostly like comedies - Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and directors like Frank Capra and Preston Sturges.


True enough Pete. There are probably some Board members who like to watch "old movies" such as the original Star Wars. Well, as you state, old movies to me are those from the 30s and 40s. Those black and whites were superb. Also, yes, I am critical of today's genre of movies. So, so many are trash and simply vehicles to appeal to a niche audience to generate revenue, not artistry.

I'm reminded of that episode of Two and a Half Men when Charlie is watching Jaws with his nephew Jake who is about 10 years old. Jake is bored. Why? Well, as he says, we're forty minutes into the movie and have not yet seen the shark.


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Originally Posted by Michael_Giovanni
I feel the same way Meyer. I haven't been to a theater to see a movie in years. I have my favorites and that's pretty much the movies I watch. I've never been a big movie guy anyways.

I'm the same way with music too. The older the better. Modern stuff? No chance.

Me too ! Well I have some modern songs that i like but most of them are bad imo i only listen to old ones
The old ones are better for sure !
And i also haven't been in the theater for years...

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Originally Posted by mustachepete
It's interesting that people can say they like old movies, but maybe have completely different eras in mind. I like old movies, meaning from the 1930s and 1940s. I mostly like comedies - Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and directors like Frank Capra and Preston Sturges.

No pete i like almost every old movie i watched even 40s
The old scarface was great (30s-40s it was i think)

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When I can't find something to watch I go right to Turner classic. I love those old movies. The way they dressed, spoke, carried themselves, and the way the homes eyes decorated. Most of the movies are American, but they talk with an accent I can't put my finger on.

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Like for instance the old westerns are 100 times better then todays
The old james bond movies are better
Old middle age movies movies are better

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Two of my favorites are Slim (Henry Fonda) and The Hustler (Paul Newman & Jackie Gleason)

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In my age and country watching old movies and music is consider weird thing.
So i don't tell it so much to people
The first reaction when i was saying it it's like i'm alien or something

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Originally Posted by blueracing347
When I can't find something to watch I go right to Turner classic. I love those old movies. The way they dressed, spoke, carried themselves, and the way the homes eyes decorated. Most of the movies are American, but they talk with an accent I can't put my finger on.


What you're hearing is "The Mid-Atlantic Accent" that was taught in US boarding schools and to stage actors in the early part of the 20th century:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent


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Originally Posted by mustachepete
Originally Posted by blueracing347
When I can't find something to watch I go right to Turner classic. I love those old movies. The way they dressed, spoke, carried themselves, and the way the homes eyes decorated. Most of the movies are American, but they talk with an accent I can't put my finger on.


What you're hearing is "The Mid-Atlantic Accent" that was taught in US boarding schools and to stage actors in the early part of the 20th century:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent


That is interesting. I've never heard of mid atlantic accent before but I too love the way the people talked in the 30's and 40's movies.

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One thing I noticed about many of those old movies is how fast the actors talked. Cagney was one of those. I wonder if that was just particular actors or if it was the result of actor training or just alot of words in the script.


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Originally Posted by blueracing347
When I can't find something to watch I go right to Turner classic. I love those old movies. The way they dressed, spoke, carried themselves, and the way the homes eyes decorated. Most of the movies are American, but they talk with an accent I can't put my finger on.

Which is almost always w/ me also...even if i'm reading I have TCM just to listen to the dialogue.


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Originally Posted by MeyerLansky
i am the only one who enjoy old movies more then the new ones ?
i find most of the today's movies boring and i don't like them, well of course there are some who i like but most of them i don't.
and when it comes to old movies i almost love watching them all !
anyone here who can relate to me ?

U should know from my posts by now Meyer. Turner Classic Movies Rule!!!


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When I can't find something to watch I go right to Turner classic. I love those old movies. The way they dressed, spoke, carried themselves, and the way the homes eyes decorated. Most of the movies are American, but they talk with an accent I can't put my finger on.

Which is almost always w/ me also...even if i'm reading I have TCM just to listen to the dialogue.

And the "Dames"!!....Who in their right mind would rather look @ most of today's actresses w/the xception of a few , than say Rita Hayworth , Ava Gardner, Virginia Mayo , Barbara Stanwyck and the like ....THEY had class & looks..real "Creamy Dishes".


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Originally Posted by hoodlum
Originally Posted by MeyerLansky
i am the only one who enjoy old movies more then the new ones ?
i find most of the today's movies boring and i don't like them, well of course there are some who i like but most of them i don't.
and when it comes to old movies i almost love watching them all !
anyone here who can relate to me ?

U should know from my posts by now Meyer. Turner Classic Movies Rule!!!

yeah i knew you love the classics wink

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When Netflix adds one of these old classics, I always watch them. I saw ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' and ''Vertigo'' for example a couple of months ago..

I get a lot of nostalgic feelings when watching these movies from the 50's and 60's, which is very strange because I was born in the 80's myself..


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Originally Posted by BillyBrizzi
When Netflix adds one of these old classics, I always watch them. I saw ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' and ''Vertigo'' for example a couple of months ago..

I get a lot of nostalgic feelings when watching these movies from the 50's and 60's, which is very strange because I was born in the 80's myself..

I get nostalgic when I watch a good early 80s movie cause that's when I was king of the world, girls were hot w/big hair,,heavy metal ruled the airwaves, in my 20s , & in a rock band w/ a house in the Wildwoods N.J...chicks everywhere & good times everyday & always felt indestructible ....no fuckin hiphop culture bullshit & TV was worth watching....which is another reason I escape to good old T.C.M. best channel on the tube.


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Originally Posted by hoodlum
"I Confess" w/Karl Malden ,Montgomery Clift (1953) 2 nite ..

how was it buddy ?

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Originally Posted by MeyerLansky
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"I Confess" w/Karl Malden ,Montgomery Clift (1953) 2 nite ..

how was it buddy ?

Very watchable!


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I'm strictly an old movie guy. The last time I went to a theater to see a new movie (first time in over five years) was to watch "Blade Runner 2049. Wish I hadn't. mad Conversely, last week I watched "Advise and Consent" (1962) from my collection. Outstanding! Gimme W.C. Fields over Jim Carey any day.


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Originally Posted by Turnbull
I'm strictly an old movie guy. The last time I went to a theater to see a new movie (first time in over five years) was to watch "Blade Runner 2049. Wish I hadn't. mad Conversely, last week I watched "Advise and Consent" (1962) from my collection. Outstanding! Gimme W.C. Fields over Jim Carey any day.


Completely agree TB. Why are the B&Ws so superior in so many ways to so much of today's cinematic crap?


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Nope, love Old Movies.


I think the first thing I check on the TV guide option is what is on TCM


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Originally Posted by DuesPaid
Nope, love Old Movies.


I think the first thing I check on the TV guide option is what is on TCM

100% correct.


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Originally Posted by MeyerLansky
i am the only one who enjoy old movies more then the new ones ?
i find most of the today's movies boring and i don't like them, well of course there are some who i like but most of them i don't.
and when it comes to old movies i almost love watching them all !
anyone here who can relate to me ?



We were just discussing that. Like with the movie 30 Days of Night. Seems like They had to make it almost like a soap opera drama. Meaning that films today have to have relationship drama in it when really it doesn’t need to be in there....it doesn’t really even relate to the main theme.

I find myself not going to the theatre like I used nor buying movies like I used. Films have just become so different today and even long.

But on another note, while watching an old tape from like 1991 I saw some of the commercials from back then. The one thing that seems so different is car commercials. Back in the early 1990s car commercials seemed so ....... temptation like ...... almost sexy in a way ...... like come on you know you want this car.......look at what it can do. Now a days it seems like car commercials are just style and how fast and smooth the car can go in the great open outdoors.


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