Best classic films that you've watched so far?

[Britton30]

Rear Window
Maltese Falcon
The Birds
Psycho (original)

 

[bigmck]

Rear Window
Maltese Falcon
The Birds
Psycho (original)

I am a big fan of Hitchcock, but to me "The Birds" was not scary at all. Just about all of his others I liked. Rear Window was one of my favorites. == On a strayed subject, remember about 30 years ago when this big fad started about Colorizing old black and white movies. Very few were ever done. I believe Casablanca was, but the fad dropped out as soon as it started.

 

[quickdraw2011]

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!).

 

[Britton30]

The scariest part of Birds was the discovery of the guy who had his eyes pecked out. Still all nail biters and suspenseful.

 

[quickdraw2011]

Britton30, click the link below.

Eyes Pecked Out Scene from The Birds Movie (1963) | MOVIECLIPS

 

[Britton30]

Britton30, click the link below.

Eyes Pecked Out Scene from The Birds Movie (1963) | MOVIECLIPS

I was a tender lad of 14 and it was scary.

 

[seavixen32]

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.

 

[Britton30]

Also faves:
Frankenstein
The Wolfman
The Invisible Man
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Mummy
A Christmas Carol (1938 and 1951)

 

[seekermeister]

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.

I imagine that is just her way of objecting to the specific movie, but when it comes to movies, viva la classicos! Ergo, nostalgia es muy bueno!

 

[seavixen32]

"Classical alive! Ergo, nostalgia is great!"

I'll agree with that 100%!

 

[mjf]

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]

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]

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]

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]

The battles have ended, but the war rages on.

 

[seavixen32]

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

 

[quickdraw2011]

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]

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]

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

 

[seekermeister]

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.