Favorite Classic Movie

[Meds]

Oooooo i'm a classic movie fan too, will have to add that one. Whats your fav classic film then Jen.

[Jen]

That's difficult to say... A few of my tops are:
Charade and The Quiet Man. I guess Star Wars has to go on that list too. ;)
You?

[Meds]

Its a wonderfull life, North by North West (Cary Grant is the insperation behind the voice of my character ranulph Finds), To Catch a Thief, The Green Man, School for Scoundrels (the original), Star Wars, Godfather 2, Oh its hard to choode isn't it.

[Jen]

OH... North By North West ROCKS. I also like to Catch A Theif. Rear Window is Awesome too and Arsnic and Old Lace. ;)

[Geekyfanboy]

Okay this conversation has gone on for more then four posts.. figure I would split it and start a new thread... :)

[Ktrek]

I don't think that Star Wars or anything after 1970 would yet qualify as "classic". I am an administrator on two sites that are dedicated to classic films. My favorite classic films would be:

Gone With The Wind
The Wizard of Oz
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Singin' In The Rain
The Adventures of Robin Hood
King Kong (1933)

And many more!

Kevin

[Bryancd]

Dr. Strangelove

[KingIsaacLinksr]

I really have no favorite.  :(

King

[alanp]

A lot of the hitchcock stuff.

[davekill]

Dr. Strangelove

Ditto!

Great Cast with James Earl Jones too! (Luke I am your RADAR navigator)

[alanp]

We went over that in interpreting film in college.  And the professor had us break apart the movie for all the hidden and not so hidden jokes.  It was the "Spy Who Shagged Me" of the 60s.

[Jen]

I don't think that Star Wars or anything after 1970 would yet qualify as "classic".

Sorry, don't agree. JAWS, Close Encounters, The Godfather, American Graffiti, Apocalypse Now all = classics.

[davekill]

There have been some pretty awful classics made too (or I'm not hip enough to "get" them)

Ingmar Bergman's "Hour of the Wolf" is at the top - eck!

[Ktrek]

I don't think that Star Wars or anything after 1970 would yet qualify as "classic".

Sorry, don't agree. JAWS, Close Encounters, The Godfather, American Graffiti, Apocalypse Now all = classics.

Jen,

I'm not at all saying that the films you list are not great films by today's standards but whether they will ultimately be considered classics is yet to be told. Most movie buffs leave the cutoff at 1960 for the classic movie period. I was being generous by extending it up to 1970 when in all actuality most films made in the 1960's and 1970's are not worth the celluloid they are printed on. Just my personal opinion of course. And btw I am a big fan of Star Wars and enjoy the films for what they are, Star Trek too for that matter, but are they "classic"? I don't believe so. Godfather on the other hand may stand the test of time and prove to be classic. We have another 20 to 30 years to find out. A film being enjoyable, entertaining and viewed by milions a classic does not make. By that standard Ace Ventura would be a classic. I think not!

Kevin

[Meds]

I have to agree with Jen mate. Classic films are not limited to the 1960's and beyond. Would that mean that in the 1960's everyone was saying that "Oh no a classic film can only be from 1940 and beyond" of course not. I admit that the majority of films known as classics are in that genre but what about films such as  Raging Bull, Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Sting, Raiders of the Lostr Ark, Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, Alien. They are all films athat have either influenced film makers both professional and amateur (hello amateur film maker here) and been recognised by many studios as classics.

Yes the likes of Citizen Caine, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Any film by Buster Keaton ( genius ) etc are stand out pillar films but i think its wrong to not say that other films after the 60's are not classics.