Hell must've frozen over cause I actually agree with you ITB
I thought Deliverance was an awesome movie.You take that back!
Footloose is one of those great-cause-it's-so-bad movies lol.
What classic movie can you not stand?
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I thought Deliverance was an awesome movie. Footloose is one of those great-cause-it's-so-bad movies lol.I waited a few years after it came out to see "Titanic". I was thinking I was really going to hate it. But I have to say it's one of my favourite all-time movies.
I saw Burt Reynolds on the ferry going from Twassen to Sidney a few years ago. I don't think many people knew who he was. But he was sitting on one of those vibrating massage chairs. It was pretty funny. The guy has a serious hair piece though.
I am not quite sure how other people catagorize a movie as a "Classic", but I certainly can argue that most of the movies listed in this thread are far from "classics".
Maybe, this thread should define classic. I'll start with a few. Casablanca of course, The Graduate, Citizen Kane (although not a big fan myself), and some that might not be that well known with this crowd. 12 Angry Men, The Ox-Bow Incident, Shane, High Noon --I like westerns, Gone With the Wind, almost all of Frank Capra movies ie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It Happened One Night, It's a Wonderful Life, Meet John Doe, and of course most Hitchcock movies.
OK, take it away.
Maybe, this thread should define classic. I'll start with a few. Casablanca of course, The Graduate, Citizen Kane (although not a big fan myself), and some that might not be that well known with this crowd. 12 Angry Men, The Ox-Bow Incident, Shane, High Noon --I like westerns, Gone With the Wind, almost all of Frank Capra movies ie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It Happened One Night, It's a Wonderful Life, Meet John Doe, and of course most Hitchcock movies.
OK, take it away.
I agree with you that some of the 'classics' listed so far are not classic, but listing some examples does not 'define' a classic.
Just go with the flow and list yours like I did.
Yeah, I figured you'd be more of a fan of "The Robe" or "The Last Temptation of ... "well, you know!
"InTheBum" likes Deliverance!!!
ound: C'mon... he must've done that on purpose! :clap2:I recall reading somewhere a movie moves into the "classic" category when it is over 25 years old. Of course, it has to be a good movie to be a classic.
Scary that but Star Wars: definitely classic. Indiana Jones. Hell, Risky Business.
PS. If anyone lists the first Indiana Jones movie as a classic they can't stand, they're brain dead.
Scary that but Star Wars: definitely classic. Indiana Jones. Hell, Risky Business.
PS. If anyone lists the first Indiana Jones movie as a classic they can't stand, they're brain dead.
I can definitely take or leave the Graduate. When I watched it wasn't sure what all the fuss was about. Also, I have to agree with corriguy and violet re Citizen Kane. It's not horrible buy wow is it ever overrated. It isn't even his best film. I'd re-watch Welles' Touch of Evil 10 times before I'd re-watch Citizen Kane once. Touch of Evil, now that's a movie!
The film that popped out for me is The Seventh Seal. (Death plays chess with a guy --in swedish) What a boring pointless movie. It has a reputation for being beautiful and profound, but really it's just painfully boring. To sit through the entire movie is to have you mind, eyes & butt lose the will to live.
Anyway, great thread, Violet. I've been lurking on the forum for a couple of weeks now, but had to end my lurking ways to give my two cents.
The film that popped out for me is The Seventh Seal. (Death plays chess with a guy --in swedish) What a boring pointless movie. It has a reputation for being beautiful and profound, but really it's just painfully boring. To sit through the entire movie is to have you mind, eyes & butt lose the will to live.
Anyway, great thread, Violet. I've been lurking on the forum for a couple of weeks now, but had to end my lurking ways to give my two cents.
The Great Escape, The Fountainhead and Once Upon a Time in America.
All three are total messes...
All three are total messes...
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Whilst it is not a "classic" it is a "cult" movie and I fucking hate The Princess Bride....worst
drivel I was ever forced to watch by a gal I was chasing after.
SR
drivel I was ever forced to watch by a gal I was chasing after.
SR
now just hang on a dang minute there, pardner... i'll have you know i've owned deliverance in vhs, dvd, blu ray AND the book!
this CLASSIC movie is one of my ATF's!
DANG! sonofagun, dang... the book is by far and away the best, because it gets inside the characters' heads and explores what they are going through mentally as well as the physical rigours of the drama
but when jon voight finally understands that burt reynolds isn't going to save the day any more, and picks up his weapon and starts the climb to the top of the canyon... brrrrr... still makes the hairs on my neck stand up
for a pic that more closely represents what the flick is all about, how about this one?
look at the expressions as they view the recently killed corpse of the hill-billy rapist with the arrow sticking out of his back!! dang, that's CLASSIC stuff, man!
and the music...
no, no badge - give yer head a shake pardner...
gotta disagree with you on blade runner, got that one in vhs, dvd, blu ray and the book 'do androids dream of electric sheep' too
i won't get into it but it is dang good, pardner!
I gotta disagree with you there. So many fantastic lines have come out of that movie; it's a children's tale that adults love. It's a chick flick that guys dig. Why?
Three words. Andre the Giant.
Oh and 13 words: "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
LOL. Luv that movie! Not sure if it's in the classic realm yet, but it should be.
Remember, the premise is that Katherine Ross's mother seduced Hoffman, not the other way around.
