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what sequals to disney classic animated films are worth watching?

March 5, 2010 - 7:46 pm 6 Comments

i have watched bambi 2 which i thought was pretty good (it was the part between him being a kid and teen)

i was wondering what other classic sequals are worth seeing that dont just totally suck.

Lion King 2 is good.

Also, I know it’s by Pixar, but Toy Story 2 is AMAZING.

Classic Romance – Part 1

March 5, 2010 - 7:20 pm 25 Comments

My romance with classic movies is beautiful, fantastic and everlasting ;) and with Valentine’s Day comming up I thought it would be fitting with a tribute to romance in classic movies! This is part 1 of 2 because I couldn’t fit in all the clips I wanted into one video ;) so part 2 is comming soon!

The music is “Amazed” by Lonestar

Films included:
Suspicion
Woman of the Year
Flesh and the Devil
The Quiet Man
Dodge City
To Have and Have Not
The Lady Eve
Dream Wife
The Sandpiper
Roman Holiday
(Dream Wife)
Babes On Broadway
(The Sandpiper)
(Roman Holiday)
(Woman of the Year)
That Hamilton Woman
No Man of Her Own
Gilda
On the Beach
Blossoms in the Dust
It’s a Wonderful Life
Girl Crazy
(No Man of Her Own)
The Thin Man
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
(Dodge City)
(It’s a Wonderful Life)
Casablanca
Gone With the Wind
(It’s a Wonderful Life)

And again I hope you’ll like it :D

Here’s part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1xrhEXZfNo

Duration : 0:3:57

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what sequals to disney classic animated films are worth watching?

February 21, 2010 - 1:02 pm No Comments

i have watched bambi 2 which i thought was pretty good (it was the part between him being a kid and teen)

i was wondering what other classic sequals are worth seeing that dont just totally suck.

Lion King 2 is good.

Also, I know it’s by Pixar, but Toy Story 2 is AMAZING.

What are some good classic films for me to watch?

February 17, 2010 - 2:08 pm No Comments

Ok! I love classic film, and i’m always looking for new ones to watch! I’d love to hear your suggestions…

I’ve seen the really big classics, like Citizen Kane, Gone With the Wind, Singing in the Rain, The Godfather, Wizard of Oz, Lawrence of Arabia, It’s a wonderful life, Vertigo, The African Queen…etc.

I love Hitchock films, if you can reccomend some good ones, that would be great!

My favorite actor is Jimmy Stewart and my favorite actress is Audrey Hepburn.
I’ve seen Jaws and Titanic

My favorite Hitchcock movies (in addition to Vertigo) are
Psycho
Rear Window (Jimmy Stewart)
Dial M for Murder
Rope (Jimmy Stewart–based on a real story)
Strangers on a Train

Other must see classics…
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Sunset Boulevard
The Manchurian Candidate (original)
All About Eve
Chinatown
Double Indemnity
The Lion in Winter
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (a must-see if you’re an Audrey fan)

Other classics you may like depending on your interests…
Comedies–
It Happened One Night
Bringing Up Baby
The Quiet Man

Sci-Fi–
The Day the Earth Stood Still
When Worlds Collide
Forbidden Planet
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original)
The Fly (original)
War of the Worlds (original)
Planet of the Apes

Westerns–
Shane
High Noon
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Musicals–
West Side Story
Oklahoma
Fiddler on the Roof

What are some good classic animated films?

January 17, 2010 - 11:21 pm 5 Comments

Like the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas, they have narrators and good music.

& also something like the charlie brown christmas stuff.

they don’t have to be old but alt least dating around the 80s?
Thanks

Start with two WA-AY off the beaten path. So FAR off I shall have to link to their Wikipedia pages:

Lotte Reisinger’s the Adventures of Prince Achmed. The oldest surviving feature length animation (an argentinian supposedly did the first but his didn’t survive in any form while these were reconstructed in the seventies). It is silhouette animation, and it’s a silent film from the era of German Expressionism — Nosferatu, Metropolis, Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler. Those are silent and AWESOME. So is this. Get your hands on a copy and watch it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Prince_Achmed

Hansel and Gretal, an Operatic Fantasy (1954) a stop motion film just incredibly well crafted with beautiful puppets, Englebert Humperdink’s music and the great Operatic Comedienne Anna Russell as the voice of the Witch. It was actually made in New York but there are still people who believe it was done in Europe because it is just so good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel:_An_Opera_Fantasy

Now the Rankin-Bass Christmas films — Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and its sequels, Santa Claus is coming to Town, The Story of Santa Claus based on L. Frank Baum’s novel, these were stop-motion as well. They were designed by Mad Magazine artist Paul Coker. They used voice talents like Burl Ives, Fred Astaire, and I believe Mickey Rooney.. They were the best animation money could buy and they are among the best animations out there.

Raggedy Ann and Andy, a musical adventure. This is problematic actually but it has really great moments. Richard Williams is one of our great animators:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggedy_Ann_%26_Andy:_A_Musical_Adventure

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland. This is NOT problematic unless you HATE Anime, because it is Japanese animation based on an American Comic Strip which was popular in the teens and early twenties. Then the creator died and it was discontinued. Just a great film and anime at its best:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nemo:_Adventures_in_Slumberland

Finally in a change of pace, Watership Down, actually my token "adult" film. (I would love to include Fantastic Planet but I think that it’s way too different from what you are asking for). Zero Mostel’s last role, a gripping opening which has influenced genre films like Beauty and the Beast and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, just awesome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watership_Down_(film)

What are some great lesser known classic films?

January 14, 2010 - 7:56 am 7 Comments

I know there are some more hidden treasures out there and I’m running out of things to watch.
I’m a huge Chaplin fan and I like Hitchcock, but the only Demille movies I’ve seen are The Ten Commandments and Union Pacific.

Yojimbo
Hoop Dreams
Seven Samurai
Ordet
The Wages of Fear
A Boy and His Dog
Band of Outsiders
Oldboy
Marketa Lazarova

What are some great lesser known classic films?

January 1, 2010 - 7:18 pm No Comments

I know there are some more hidden treasures out there and I’m running out of things to watch.
I’m a huge Chaplin fan and I like Hitchcock, but the only Demille movies I’ve seen are The Ten Commandments and Union Pacific.

Yojimbo
Hoop Dreams
Seven Samurai
Ordet
The Wages of Fear
A Boy and His Dog
Band of Outsiders
Oldboy
Marketa Lazarova

classic films critically acclaimed, but were they back then?

December 16, 2009 - 12:34 pm 2 Comments

alot of people seem to think because a film is old, it is considered a classic, i don’t.
i started thinking, films that we think are amazing now like some like it hot and whatever happened to baby jane? but were they actually hailed by critics back then?
i know lady and the tramp was a flop but now we considered it as one of disney’s greatest….

"It’s A Wonderful Life" (1946) was a huge flop for director Frank Capra, whom many people thought was way past his prime. Released in August, "…Wonderful…" premiered to cool reviews and spotty attendance, and so was yanked and sat in the vault until the mid-70s when it was sold, in a package, to TV.

You guys won’t read about it anywhere, but the country went through a huge depression in the 70s, triggered by the Watergate scandal and the illegal, immoral pardoning of Richard Nixon. Factories shut down, and warehouses were full because nobody was buying anything. Unemployment was well over 10%.

I had lost my job, too, and was sitting up in the middle of the night when the Late, Late Show came on in Chicago. It was close to 2:00 AM and the movie "It’s A Wonderful Life" came on, and I was amazed. I cried through the ending, just as I was supposed to because Frank Capra’s films had nearly disappeared by then. Most people had not even heard of Frank Capra, who won more Academy Awards for Best Director than anybody else…to this day!

Anyhow, this wonderful Christmas movie is now near the top of everyone "Top 50 Films" or "Top 25 Films" and rightfully so. It’s a warm, nostalgic look at a younger, more innocent America at the end of WW II.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/

What classic films do you think would be worth watching on blu-ray?

December 13, 2009 - 11:57 pm 23 Comments


Please don’t ignore academy aspect ratio B&W content from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. I would love to see Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto, Michael Shayne, Noirs from the 40s and 50s, Mark of Zorro, Don Ameche in Three Musketeers, Fox’s Hitchcock titles, My Darling Clementine, All About Eve, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and so many great classic movies from the Fox catalog. Please endeavor to do those titles where there’s source material to make a great transfer. Leave in all the beautiful grain, so it feels like we are watching a movie off of the original film elements.

That said, I’d love to also see early widescreen classics (color or not!) like Seven Year Itch, Prince Valiant, How to Marry a Millionaire, Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The King and I, Desk Set (please!), Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and many many more. (Thanks for the Robe!)

Fox has some great titles mixed in among the spectacles. I’d love to see Vincent Price in The Fly as much as the granduer of the King and I.

By the way, there’s nothing wrong with great movies from the 70s, either. How about fixing some of the missing titles like Sleuth or the OOP Heartbreak Kid with a BR release? And there’s nothing wrong with something like Silver Streak on Blu-ray.

Lastly, how about some Nostaglia love for some non-action fare from the 80s? My Bodyguard perhaps? The amazing The Verdict?

What are some major differences in classic horror films compared to todays horror films?

December 11, 2009 - 5:21 am 5 Comments

Such as plots, style, characters, from the 1800’s and early 1900’s to the 21st century.

today’s are about CGI and special effects like blood and such.

Older movies didn’t have this technology and solely used the story and acting to make it scary.
Or in some cases, silly costumes scary music and cheap tricks.

example 1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171363/ 100% cgi remake bs

example 2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057129/ 1963 movie no special effects but a score that’s almost double than the remake :) .