Not A Mallard Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 John Huston Frank Capra Orson Welles I've seen at least one from each. As for Hitchcock, I remember bits of Vertigo.
HopefulHeart Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 Can't really say. There's still a lot of old movies that I need to see. I guess Chaplin is my only favorite at the moment, though I'm going on a silent movie binge right now. Oh yes, I've seen a good number of Chaplin movies. He's a great director! Elia Kazan John Huston Frank Capra Alfred Hitchcock William Wyler Orson Welles Nice choices! I forgot about John Huston. I've seen several of his works. The African Queen is probably my favorite.
Nunsense Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 I haven't read over all the posts since I joined in late but one of my favorites used to be shown on American TV when I was child. It came out every Christmas or Easter but is never shown these days. It's King of Kings with Jeffrey Hunter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNlzMcOT8P0
superblue Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 The original 3 Die Hards All Lethal Weapons Resivour Dogs Planet of the Apes ( all ) Omega Man ( Charlton Heston ) Soylent Green ( IT'S PEOPLE ! PEEEEEEPOLE ! ) Back to the Future ( all ) Cecil B. Demented Bill an Teds Excellent Adventure Adventures in Babysitting All the Star Trek movies, ( original and STNG ) Red Dawn ( original ) Boondock Saints Spartacus Ten Commandments ( Charlton Heston ) The Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( only the first two ) Ghostbusters ( an sequel ) All the Indiana Jones movies ( except the recent one ) Star Wars ( all of em, but I wish Jar Jar binks got shot in the head at some point ) all the Vincent Price movies I dunno why I numbered em, I can't really say one should be at the top of another, I have too many favorites,,, though if we make a list of movies we hate I can officially put who should be at the top.
HopefulHeart Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 Nunsense, I have heard of King of Kings and would like to see it at some point. Superblue, you have some good films on your list. I watched the classic Italian movie The Bicycle Thief last night. It was quite good, but so sad.
superblue Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Nunsense, I have heard of King of Kings and would like to see it at some point. Superblue, you have some good films on your list. I watched the classic Italian movie The Bicycle Thief last night. It was quite good, but so sad. That is just a fraction of the movies I own.
HopefulHeart Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Cool, you must own a lot of movies, superblue. So I recently came across this plan I drew several years ago for a website called "The Teenage Old Movie Enthusiast." It was quite amusing. Apparently, I planned to write about a different old movie every week and have some sort of weekly trivia quiz. I never actually created the website, though. Too bad, it might have been fun.
Nunsense Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Nunsense, I have heard of King of Kings and would like to see it at some point. Superblue, you have some good films on your list. I watched the classic Italian movie The Bicycle Thief last night. It was quite good, but so sad. I know it probably sounds silly, but I had this image in my head of what Jesus would look and sound like and Jeffrey Hunter was perfect for me at the time. I know Jesus would have been a Middle Eastern Jewish man, and Jeffrey Hunter is this brilliantly blue eyed American, but for some reason, I really liked him. The movie is really over the top, melodramatic - a product of the times, but when I first saw it, I didn't notice any of that - just the great Jesus. My favorite pic of Jesus is Head of Christ by Richard Hook (AKA Hook's Head or Surfer Jesus) so you can see that I have very white-bread tastes - lol. I do love the Jesus pic made from the Shroud of Turin as well, so I guess it just depends on the particular rendition. I'm a hopeless romantic at heat. I'm sure that people of other ethnic backgrounds have their own favorite versions of Jesus too.
Not A Mallard Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 I saw big chunks of King of Kings. I wasn't impressed. I didn't find Jeffery Hunter convincing, and there were so many subplots that it didn't even feel like it was about Jesus.
dUSt Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Why is this in the lame board? This is not lame at all. Moving.
Ancilla Domini Posted March 9, 2015 Author Posted March 9, 2015 My family and I watched "Shadow of a Doubt" on Saturday. Ridiculous movie. Charlie's (Teresa Wright) uncle (also Charlie), Joseph Cotten, comes to visit her family, and although he seems charming, she has her suspicions as to his...integrity, to say the least. *cue scary Alfred Hitchcock-movie music.* Anyhow, it was ridiculous. Teresa Wright isn't the peachiest of actresses and she just came across as stupid. Joseph Cotten, of course, was great, as he is wont to be. All that aside...Teresa Wright's hair? That stuff is flippin' gorgeous! I need it.
Ancilla Domini Posted March 9, 2015 Author Posted March 9, 2015 Oh yes, I've seen a good number of Chaplin movies. He's a great director! Nice choices! I forgot about John Huston. I've seen several of his works. The African Queen is probably my favorite. I love African Queen. Treasure of the Sierra Madre is fantastic, too.
HopefulHeart Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Yay, this thread has been cleansed of lameness. Thanks, dUSt! I am interested now in watching King of Kings and forming my own opinion of its merits. Cilla, I actually liked Shadow of a Doubt. It's not my favorite Hitchcock and it is pretty implausible, but I still thought it was interesting and suspenseful.
Nunsense Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 I saw big chunks of King of Kings. I wasn't impressed. I didn't find Jeffery Hunter convincing, and there were so many subplots that it didn't even feel like it was about Jesus. You are absolutely correct - this is a very bad movie - but then you have to remember the times. For some reason, melodrama was very popular for awhile, especially in the movies with a 'cast of thousands'. And I can see why you wouldn't like JH as JC - he was very whitebread and over the top. The subplots were ridiculous too. I guess the reason I like it so much is that 1) I do love Jeffrey Hunter (even in Star Trek) and 2) I was an agnostic when I first saw it but it opened me up to Jesus. So that's a good thing, right? Also, because they stopped showing this movie, I never had time to get sick of it! LOL
Not A Mallard Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 I can see why you wouldn't like JH as JC - he was very whitebread and over the top. I didn't even think he was over-the-top. I found him quite under-the-top. 2) I was an agnostic when I first saw it but it opened me up to Jesus. So that's a good thing, right? Yup. That's a pretty reasonable reason.
Nunsense Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 I didn't even think he was over-the-top. I found him quite under-the-top. Hmmm - interesting. Underplayed or just subtle? I find most biblical movies to be a little over dramatic but that doesn't mean I don't like them. JH was just my first JB though, and he will always have a place in my heart. Another JC that really got me was the one who played in the film version of JC Superstar. It was a very non threatening way for an agnostic (at the time) to get the whole story and experience of JC. I know a lot of Christians at the time might not have like it, but the music evoked strong feelings in me, especially 'Can we start agin, please.' because at the time I was wondering why I had been so unlucky as to be born thousands of years after JC, so unable to meet Him. I thought that if we could start again, maybe I could be a disciple too. God brought me to Himself in very weird and wonderful ways.
Not A Mallard Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Hmmm - interesting. Underplayed or just subtle? Bland.
Ancilla Domini Posted April 11, 2015 Author Posted April 11, 2015 A random James Cagney gif is needed in this thread:
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