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[Bigfeet]

This is like complaining about how the cars of today are soooo much better than Ford's Model T or how the song lyrics and music of today are more complex than the stuff of Elvis Presley or The Beatles.

If you don't appreciate why certain old movies are so popular, the problem is with you, not the people that like them. You're watching that movie out of its original context so you're not going to understand it at the same level that the old folks did.

This reminds me of the black woman that called into a radio station years ago complaining that there were no black actors in Saving Private Ryan.

[Unposter]

I always hated old movies. I was young. I was only interested in what I was interested in which was movies made now.

Now, I am old and I love old movies. Not just movies from when I was young but back to the beginning. I don't know as you get older sometimes your tastes change.

Basically, I cannot stand 99% of the movies that come out now. They just don't reflect what I am about now. The scariest thing for me is that an old movie like Casablanca which took place long before I was born seems to speak to me much more than most of the movies today.

I wouldn't get on the OPs back too much. He has a right to his opinion. His opinion might even change over time. Who knows?

I will probably get flamed over this but I used to be the world's biggest Monty Python fan. Now, I just can't watch it. It seems horrifically dated.

I think a lot of old movies just won't appeal to the post-Cold War generation. They were never touched by that time period. Unless they are particularly sensitive or educated otherwise, it just won't make sense.

And, just to be all over the place, I don't really like silent movies. I am a total word person. I love a movie with great lines and scintilating (sp?) conversation. Silent movies just don't cut it.

And, I'll leave you with this: There is no accounting for taste in this world.

[Underwaterbob]

Dunno exactly. I tried to watch "Manos: The Hands of Fate" recently and it's pretty old and quite deserving of the worst movie of all time title that it often gets handed. As far as I can tell nothing has quite achieved the level of abysmal that it did.

My favorite movies are probably from the seventies. "Apocalypse Now" and "Taxi Driver" come to mind. I quite like some from earlier: "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly", "Seven Samurai" and "Dr. No".

Movies for me, old or new, fall into two categories: entertaining and not.

[captain kirk]

The best 'old movie' (better, 'classic') movie I've seen lately really floored me it was SO good. It was 'Twelve O'clock High' with Gregory Peck, black and white, from the 60's (?).

WW2. Gregory Peck is a new Group Leader for B-17 bomber flight operating in England, USAF. It's daylight bombing runs over Germany with high casualties (flight crew).
The character Gregory Peck plays replaces a flight leader who burnt out.

It reminded me of Korea! It reminded me of public elementary school in Korea. Why? All for one and one for all. With squawky kids shouting voices the 'flak'. One more day at work = one more bombing run over hostile territory. Will the teacher bail out in time from the burning lesson plan plummeting to earth?