Not even a Bond fan, but i enjoyed CASINO ROYALE. ;D
None of them are very Bondian but I enjoy them both. Especially Quantum. Probably my fav Bond.
Reading this thread makes me realise that I have to tear my self away from watching Peter Sellers in The Mouse that Roared and see a film by all these apparently “great” directors. To be honest, I’ve only heard of half of them and some I have absoloutly have no interrest in watching (Van Sant? He remade Psycho shot-for-shot and still managed to make a turkey out of the shower stabbing scene and you’re still calling him great?).[quote=“Bad Lieutenant, post:152, topic:2074”]But I don’t think the average 30’s film is worse than the average 60’s film. While the medium itself progresses and also the quantity becomes larger, I don’t think the average quality gets better or worse. The main difference between said decades is that people watch more of the latter and tend to identify more with them. This goes for me as well. A thirties mindset, b/w, the way of acting are in the way, ofr a lot of people, to get into those films. But that doesn’t make them any worse in terms of quality.[/quote]
I never knew you were such a fan of thirties movies, BL. But that’s a good thing, as cinema made leaps and bounds in that era, not least mastering sound. and I have not trouble with the acting style. Also, one of the reasons the sixties are so fondly remembered is because all the people in their fifties nowadays were born in the late fifties, so they went to the movies in the sixties, so they have a nostalgic connection with the films they saw in their childhood.
For my tastes, i love the early talkies. Say roughly '29-'32 or '33. Then there is a steady systematic decline, culminating in the early sixties (my least fave period). Then in the second half of the sixties there was a boom and things got interesting again. Though this is strictly looking at Hollywood product, and there are always exceptions to rules.
So you’re not too keen on the fifties then? Anyhow, I can name quite a few good early sixties movies (Lawrence of Arabia, One Eyed Jacks, King Rat, The Manchurian Candidate, Doctor Zhivargo, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Dr. Strangelove; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Great Escape, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Misfits, The Magnificent Seven, Charade, Zulu, My Fair Lady and To Kill a Mocking Bird are all good films and all come from the early sixties).
I actually really like the silent films! Since there were no censors back then, film was much more experimental.
I do as well, and some of the ones that were just made before the advent of sound seem quite modern when compared to the hesitant first few talkies. Silence, have you seen any Sergei Eisenstein films yet? I’ld recomend Strike, The Battleship Potemkin and October: Ten Days That Shook the World .
Not really, i think movies became increasingly bland as time went by. Culminating in my least fave period, the late fifties to early sixties. Though there are obviously still some films from this period i like, just not many.
Strangly enough, my favorite period for American Westerns happen to be the fifties.
It was so good that I switched it off after the first 20 minutes.
Contrary to 99,99% of the audience.
First Blood, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man
Terminator, Total Recall, Predator
All Time favs
Contrary to 99,99% of the audience. When the last bond (a normal action movie) is “one of the best Films of the last decade”, whats die Hard supposed to be then? The best movie in human history or is it made by E.T. and is beyond human capabilities.
Contrary to 99,99% of the audience. I have never heard someone saying that the 2nd one is the best. You cant be serious. I think you really have a particular talent for being opposed to the common opinion.
You should see The General, bloody amazing
In fact, I’ld say that Keaton was an absolout genius and that he was much better than Chaplin.
Say it! Say it!!
CC is OK, but I never understood all the fuzz they make about his superhuman genius.
A good example is the famous balloon.globe scene from the Great Dictator. According to most film experts the highlight of movie art.
I recently saw this scene and was shocked by its bromidicly plain symbolism and its banality.
Actually my main complaint with Chaplin was that he was not funny enough and had too much pathos in his films, something Keaton thankfully avoided.
Pathos is also a part of my criticism.
Ive actually haven’t seen any Charlie Chaplin, shockingly. I love Rowan Atkinsons criticism of him in Black Adder.
Haven’t seen that…
For what it’s worth, a friend and I recently tallied up the 10 films that have impressed us the most in the past 10 years (alphabetical order):
Cache (Hidden)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
A History of Violence
Let the Right One In
Memento
Million Dollar Baby
Mulholland Dr
No Country for Old Men
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Proposition
[quote=“chuck connors brother, post:177, topic:2074”]Ive actually haven’t seen any Charlie Chaplin, shockingly. I love Rowan Atkinsons criticism of him in Black Adder.[/quote]That’s great episode.