Collection: Classic Movies you didn't get
Submitted by 1922 on Sun, 03/27/2005 - 13:54
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1922
- Pulp Fiction (1994, Tarantino)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, McCarey)
- The Matrix (1999, Wachowski)
- M*A*S*H (1970, Altman)
- Carrie (1976, De Palma)
- Ben-Hur (1959, Wyler)
russa03
- Brief Encounter (1945, Lean)
- Animal House (1978, Landis)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, Edwards)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955, Ray)
- Duck Soup (1933, McCarey)
- The Manchurian Candidatey (1962, Frankenheimer)
- Lolita (1962, Kubrick)
- King Kong (1933, Cooper)
- The Searchers (1956, Ford)
- Ben-Hur (1959, Wyler)
- Young Frankenstein (1974, Brooks)
- Double Indemnity (1944, Wilder)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940, Ford)
- Gladiator (2000, Ridley)
- The Hustler (1961, Rossen)
- The Killing (1956, Kubrick)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, Huston)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004, Raimi)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, Mulligan)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, Spielberg)
cramoukji
- The Matrix (Wachowski, 1999)
- Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994)
- Fight Club (Fincher, 1999)
- The Sixth Sense (Shyamalan, 1999)
- Scream (Craven, 1996)
WB
- La Strada (Fellini, 1954)
- The Producers (Brooks, 1967)
- All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950)
lukeprog
- Intolerance (Griffith, 1916)
- Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson, 1951)
- The Producers (Brooks, 1967)
Rushmore
- Raging Bull (Scorsese, 1980)
- The Panic in Needle Park (Schatzberg, 1971)
buddy
- Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
- The Untouchables (De Palma, 1987)
- Erin Brockovich (Soderbergh, 2000)
Author Comments:
OK, I'm sure everybody knows this: You watch a classic or a generally well-beloved film, but it just lets you cold. This does not necessarily mean that the movie is overrated, but you just didn't feel all right about it.
Brief Encounter (1945, Lean)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, Edwards)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955, Ray)
Duck Soup (1933, McCarey)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962, Frankenheimer)
Lolita (1962, Kubrick)
King Kong (1933, C. Cooper)
The Searchers (1956, Ford)
North by Northwest (1959, Hitchcock)
Young Frankenstein (1974, Brooks)
Double Indemnity (1944, Wilder)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940, Ford)
Gladiator (2000, Ridley)
The Hustler (1961, Rossen)
The Killing (1956, Kubrick)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, Huston)
Casablanca (1942, Curtiz)
Spider-Man 2 (2004, Raimi)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, Mulligan)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, Spielberg)
Wow and thanks!
Very interesting choices (although, to see Casablanca here was quite a shock for me, but hey, good choice nonetheless)!
Ditto for Pulp Fiction, one of my favourite films. I think my list shows i don't have much love for alot of 30s to 50s cinema. My list could have bean alot longer if i included average ones (Chinatown/ Tokyo Story), but i only went with films i thought were poor. My list is roughly in order, films at the top are the worst. Also i like Mash.
that's difficult... let me think... well, I agree Matrix and Pulp Fiction both left me wondering what all the critical and commercial fuss was about... oh, and Fight Club, definitely Fight Club, it was silly throughout and the ending was clumsy... The Sixth Sense, I saw it coming right from the fade to black cut after the accident that they want you to believe has only left the hero wounded and not dead (I guess 6th Sense doesn't need spoilers anymore lol)... Would you consider Scream a classic ? Anyway, its exploitation bordered too much on plagiarism and except for the garage door murder which was a bit fun, the rest was crap... hmmm, I guess more will come to me, I only have to dig my memory for older movies...
Yeah, thanks!
La Strada (Fellini)
All about Eve (1950)
The Producers (Mel Brooks)
Ah, ah... and I still have La Strada unwatched on DVD. Thanks.
Intolerance (1916)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
The Producers (1967)
Aha, The Producers once more! Thx.
well, I liked the Producers and I thought it was ok as first movies go and considering Mel Brooks is globally overrated.
After having seen The History of the World and Spaceballs, I really try to avoid Mel Brooks when and where I can.
Ah, that's too bad. The truth about Brooks is that he flared out early. The Producers, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles are great comedies. Sadly enough, nearly every single film that followed (including the two you mentioned) was pretty bad.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Three titles to keep in mind, if I can ever convince myself to watch a film by Brooks again.
What about your experiences?
Raging Bull
No surprise. ;)
Oh also can i put Panic In Needle Park in here, though not really "classic" it is sort of a clut favouirte that was a huge let down for me. its pacino fisrt role and it was a big let down.
Could i take out North by Northwest, i just rewatched it and thought it was alot better. I think i'll give Casablanca a rewatch. And also could i add
Animal House (1978, John Landis)
Ben-Hur (1959, William Wyler)
The only classics I can think of that I couldn't at least respect enough to balance out my dislike are:
1) Goodfellas - Aside from a few good shots, the story and actors and characters just left me very cold. I found much of this film just annoying.
2) The Untouchables - The baby carriage falling down the stairs was obviously a tribute to Battleship Potemkin but managed to just make it look cheesy. And the musical score was distractingly bad, particularly in the foot-chase scene near the end.
3) Erin Brockovich - okay this isn't a classic but she won the Oscar, so I guess it counts. I found nothing redeeming about this film. Julia Roberts was okay, but then Steven Soderbergh could wring a decent performance out of a potato. I think the subject of this film was a waste of his talents.
*D'oh!* I just realized you've archived this list. Oh well, that was my 2 cents, anyway.
Thx, resurrected. :-)
I rewatched Casablanca and i think it's okay now so i'll take it off. There are still lots of things that i find are annoying about it though.