Best classic films that you've watched so far?

mjf · 13 Mar 2012

quickdraw2011 said:

Remastered - It's basically the same thing you would get if you carefully dubbed a very good copy of the VHS tape to DVD (which may actually be what they did!).

Not at all. They take a good film copy, scan and post process to remove age artifacts, scratches etc. Look at the blu ray remaster of the African Queen or the superb remaster of 2001: A Space Odyssey which was shot with Super Panavision 70 (65mm negative).
Colourisation is totally different and I think B&W should remain B&W but can still be remastered.

"The Last Picture Show" would be a good B&W one to clean up. A good classic - Texas small town life in the early 1950s.

bigmck · 13 Mar 2012

seavixen32 said:

One of my favourite classics is Gone With The Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.

Gone with the Wind (1939) - IMDb

My wife thinks I'm mad for watching such an old film, but I'm just a sentimental old fart who likes to wallow in nostalgia. :)

That is a good movie. The only thing I don't like is that before the movie starts, you know who won the war.

A Guy · 13 Mar 2012

Musicals?

South Pacific
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Music Man
Damn Yankees
Oklahoma
Guys And Dolls
Fiddler On The Roof
West Side Story

A Guy

seavixen32 · 13 Mar 2012

bigmck said:

seavixen32 said:

One of my favourite classics is Gone With The Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.

Gone with the Wind (1939) - IMDb

My wife thinks I'm mad for watching such an old film, but I'm just a sentimental old fart who likes to wallow in nostalgia. :)

That is a good movie. The only thing I don't like is that before the movie starts, you know who won the war.

That's quite true. Only trouble is, some people still don't believe it. We have some friends who live in St Cloud, FLA who still think the American Civil War hasn't ended yet.

seekermeister · 13 Mar 2012

The battles have ended, but the war rages on.

seavixen32 · 13 Mar 2012

Very true and it's a shame. Life's too short to be fighting all the time.

quickdraw2011 · 13 Mar 2012

Seavixen32, click on the link below.

Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn - Gone with the Wind (6/6) Movie CLIP (1939) HD - YouTube

seavixen32 · 13 Mar 2012

Thanks for that quickdraw. It looks amazing in HD. :)

I'll be keeping this clip, that's for sure.

It's quite incredible that this film still has the capacity to stir the emotions after 73 years.

DavidE · 13 Mar 2012

Maybe it's listed and i missed it.
Dr. No - the first James Bond movie

seekermeister · 14 Mar 2012

seavixen32 said:

Very true and it's a shame. Life's too short to be fighting all the time.

I agree, but if people didn't fight about one thing, they would fight about another. Perhaps it is good that they contend over a lost cause...less bloody.