What are some of your favorite old movies

[NickNack]

Aaah, horror movies: Christopher Lee as Dracula. All camp classics.

Monster movies: Godzilla and Rodan. (How sad is this? :roll: ) Oh --- don't forget Ghidra. (These japanese films were a hoot!)

Fantasy movies: Any Ray Harryhausen -- Sinbad and the like --- or the rip-offs. Jack The Giant Killer looks like an RH production but it isn't. Poor Thoren Hatcher was so overweight he was busting out of the wizard costume. :D

[originalbigm]

For pure laughs I still crack up watching Peter Sellers as the bubbling East Indian actor in "The Party".

:D :D :D Birdy num nums! :D :D :D [/b]

[paul]

Hey Marky. My local Blockbuster didn't have "The Women." Perhaps it's a movie that AMC runs from time to time. I'll check their schedule.
Hey Nicky. I love those RH movies as well. The special effects from his movies have worn well over the years. I am still fascinated by them.

[efunk_adelic]

I also enjoy watching these classics....


The Birds---- Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock


I remember seeing the Birds for the first time when I was a kid... and was amazed on how many birds they got to sit down on that playground bar :o so scary!!

[K-Bee]

Fantasy movies: Any Ray Harryhausen

Harryhausen was the MAN!!! Forget about all those computer generated monsters of today who all walked around like they shit their pants or something :lol:

stop motion was the real deal!!

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by K-Bee

Harryhausen was the MAN!!! Forget about all those computer generated monsters of today who all walked around like they shit their pants or something :lol:

stop motion was the real deal!!

I know. That 'sense of wonder' seems to be missing from all these films. Roland Emerich's "Godzilla" was atrocious. 2002s "Reign of Fire" was on the right track but they dropped the ball somewhere. It's like, 'Great cg --- who cares'? I don't know if you remember but back in the 80s I think it was the guys who split off from Disney that did "Dragonslayer". Peter MacNicol from Ally McBeal had the lead. Even though they made you wait until the last possible minute, that monster creation was hot. Plus the medieval setting and everything made it so close to what we used to see as kids. I had hopes. All dashed. :(

[K-Bee]

I thin I've actually seen Dragon Slayer many moons ago...can't remember much of it, but if they used stop-motions it works for me :D

I agree about Reign of Fire - definetely some rather good computer generated monsters in there but unfortunately I thought the movie was pants in general.

Currently I'm having high hopes for the forthcoming "Alien Vs. Predator" flick. These are two of the most intelligently designed monster creations ever, and with the appropiate budget, it could proove to be a truly spectacular experience seeing them both in action.
Plot-wise it is most likey to be crappy beyond belief though, since it's a movie adaptation of a video game series....and we all know how those turn out.
"Streetfighter The Movie" anyone!!?? :lol:

[JussiK]

"Alien vs Predator"...remember "Freddy vs Jason", "Godzilla vs Mothra" or anything else with the letters vs in it's title...:-)
I want to be transported into the worlds of: Five Dolls For An August Moon, Suspiria, Strip Nude For Your Killer, Danger: Diabolik!, Inferno, 10th Victim, Blood And Black Lace, The Black Belly Of The Tarantula, Roma, La Dolce Vita, Camille 2000 or anything featuring Edwige Fenech. Or Tarantino's vision of urban Japan seen in part one of Kill Bill - I WANT several of those yellow motorcycles.

[paul]

OK, I was cruisin' through Hillcrest for some eats (easy efunk, it aint that kinda party :lol: ) Oh, for those of you who don't know, Hillcrest is San Diego's gay neighborhood. Anyway as I was driving I passed a Blockbuster Video. Immediately I had an epiphany. Gay neighborhood, Blockbuster... The Women. :lol: Sho 'nuff, they not only had the video but the DVD as well. I guess my neighborhood Blockbuster just has too much testosterone Marky :D
So as promised, my review. It sucked! Just kidding :lol: I really liked this movie. Yeah, the opening may be a little difficult to get through especially for guys today who are into immediate action. The fashion show I could also do without. Aside from those minor quibbles I found it thoroughly enjoyable. The character, Mary Haines, almost had me in tears when she got the ultimate bad news :oops: I also loved the all female cast. Quite refreshing compared to what Hollywood is doing today. I just wondered if women might find the portrayals a little too catty despite the clever dialogue used throughout the movie!

[nrgbeat]

Originally Posted by paul

OK, I was cruisin' through Hillcrest for some eats (easy efunk, it aint that kinda party :lol: ) Oh, for those of you who don't know, Hillcrest is San Diego's gay neighborhood. Anyway as I was driving I passed a Blockbuster Video. Immediately I had an epiphany. Gay neighborhood, Blockbuster... The Women. :lol: Sho 'nuff, they not only had the video but the DVD as well. I guess my neighborhood Blockbuster just has too much testosterone Marky :D
So as promised, my review. It sucked! Just kidding :lol: I really liked this movie. Yeah, the opening may be a little difficult to get through especially for guys today who are into immediate action. The fashion show I could also do without. Aside from those minor quibbles I found it thoroughly enjoyable. The character, Mary Haines, almost had me in tears when she got the ultimate bad news :oops: I also loved the all female cast. Quite refreshing compared to what Hollywood is doing today. I just wondered if women might find the portrayals a little too catty despite the clever dialogue used throughout the movie!

I'll start worrying about you if you start renting "Cabaret", "Beaches" or "Mildred Pierce".

[markydefad]

Why Paul.... you've warmed the cockles of my little gay heart. :D :D :D


You actually rented "The Women"!!! I'm kvelling with pride. :D

OK, now I owe you a testosterone-fuelled blowing-up shit movie, eh??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[paul]

All the blowing everything up to kingdom come movies I like, you've probably seen. Besides most of those are newer movies like Die Hard or To Live And Die In LA. Tell ya what though. Let's both rent The Girl Can't Help It and do our very best Duane and Antoine review after. :D

[paul]

Originally Posted by nrgbeat

I'll start worrying about you if you start renting "Cabaret", "Beaches" or "Mildred Pierce".

Well I did see Mildred Pierce at least 20 years ago. In fact I'm pretty sure I caught Cabaret too. Oh oh! :oops:
Would my copy of My Fair Lady put me over the top :lol:

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by paul

OK, I was cruisin' through Hillcrest for some eats (easy efunk, it aint that kinda party :lol: ) Oh, for those of you who don't know, Hillcrest is San Diego's gay neighborhood.

:o :P :roll: :lol:

[Joisey]

1) Bridge Over the River Kwai
2) The Manchurian Candidate (the Original)
3) That Man from Rio (French-Italian co-production starring Jean-Paul Belmondo)
4) The Seven Samurai with Toshiro Mifune
5) Money Movers (Aussie flick directed by Bruce Beresford; this is a good movie)
6) Escape from East Berlin (directed by Robert Siodmak)
7) A Miracle on 42nd st. (the original)