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movies that hold up (and those that don't)
Some movies really age well. The classics of course (Casablanca, Citizen Kane, etc) are rather timeless and seem to in some ways get better with age. Other films, not so much.
I got "China Syndrome" this week on Netflix. The g/f had never seen it. I thought that it was going to fall into the "uggh" category but I have to say that it holds up quite well. Fashion and hair length aside, it still works as a morality tale with melodrama mixed in (thankfully no grafted on romantic interest). I know that some might have a tough time getting past the obvious anti-nuke bias, but if you can set that aside and instead focus on the real story which is corporate greed and corruption (which I have first-have experience showing that is alive and well in the real world), it is pretty gripping. Of course Jack Lemmon is my favorite actor of all time, and he just nails the role. |
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Eastwood's ....High Plains Drifter...hated it the first time I saw it, but now I always see something interesting in it.
MR Roberts....LEMON BABY...the quintessential 60's everyman The Apartment...Lemon again..and Wilder at his best.... The Caine Mutiny...Bogie rollin them ball bearings.. Treasure of the Sierra Madre..Baretta makes his debut.. Sunset Blvd....Wilder at his best, but everything he touched was the best..Gloria Swanson perfect in the role.. Stalag 17...Wilder North By Northwest..Alfreds Best Ballad of Cable Hogue...Sam Peckenpahs flip side to the Wild Bunch..Stella Stevens WOW.. Das Boot...the fear.. The Maltese Falcon...Bogie as Sam Spade...and John Hustons first... Dr Stranlove....POE Once Upon A Time In The West...Sergios Best... A Fish Called Wanda...Jamie Lee WOW, Kevin Kline and John Cleese...the epitome of Brit comedy Tobbaco Road..another Huston Harper...Newman at his best and its got a Porsche in it tooooo... To Kill A Mocking Bird...Greg Peck at his best The Gunfighter..another Peck...western Bringing Up Baby..Grant and Katherin unbeatable...best screwball comedy 12 Angry Men..Henry Fonda... The French Connection..Frankenheimer... Cat On A Hot Tin Roof...Liz WOW, Newman and Burl Ives...KILLER The Front Page...Lemon and Matheau....and Carol Burnett too...Oh its a Wilder Double Indemity...Wilder and My Three Sons Fred Mcmurray..with Eddie G... White Heat...Cagney on top of the world... Snatch...Brad Pitt play Brit Comedy... True Love...Tarentino script...Christopher Wal;ken and Dennis Hopper...and Christian Slater... Harvey...Stewart and the big Rabbit...
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I recently watched Mr. Roberts, and I was actually a little disappointed. It didn't really have the same snap as when I'd seen it years ago. I think Cagney was just chewing too much scenery. The Apartment otoh is freaking brilliant. Wilder is a genius. Irma La Douce is another great film that holds up. But both cover some rather seedy sides of life. Wilder wasn't afraid of going places that others wouldn't tread, and somehow he managed a happy ending (sort of). Strangelove is a classic and is timeless. Fish Called Wanda was a favorite of mine as I love everyone in that cast. But it felt a little forced wrt language and some of the writing. I think it'll be better in another 20 years maybe. Might be at that interim stage. French Connection is interesting as it also is seminal but in some ways has become cliche in the approach (which of course was original when it came out). Check out "Heaven and Hell" by Kurosawa. That is CSI before there was CSI... |
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Fast Times - does not hold up. Dont let your kids see it.
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Fast Times absolutely holds up, as do Fletch, Caddyshack, Airplane, Animal House, Blues Bros., etc.
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I do think you are mistaken about Cagney...in MR I was gona put down... The 7 Samurai.... I thought about Irma... However how bout....The Trouble With Harry....Shirley's first....and is a lark...won't Harry ever be laid to rest? Alfred's wit shines... French is just nitty gritty...and thus timeless. Fish is all about language and being pompous Shadow Of Doubt....Joesph Cotton....Alfred in Santa Clara... Monseiur Verdoux.....Chaplin....
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The Producers...with Dick Shawn...Zero and Gene...Brooks First... The Graduate....Norman Fell is great..."I want you outa here."
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Watching any John Hughes movie now just feels like taking a bath in the 1980's.
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Richard Lester....A Hards Days Night...the Beatles
A Funny thing Happened On The Way To The Forum... The Three Musketeers...and The Four Musketeers....The Brits do have a way of Lampooning the French...
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Most any Marx Brothers film still works. I forced my son to sit down and watch Duck Soup with me and he was quickly howling with laughter. |
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Fast time absolutely holds up...I am 21 and it is one of my favorite all time movies... the comedy is timeless
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The Exorcist, saw it a couple years ago again. Just as creepy & shocking as it was 25 years ago.
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Caesar & Cleopatra..with Claude Rains and Vivian Leigh..
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Holy Grail. Cheezy when made, Cheezy today, and a classic
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