Favorite "regular" classic movies - Page 12

**Roubignol** · June 20th, 2017, 06:43 PM

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (Sergio Leone) (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
Mississipi Burning
Dances with Wolves
Born on the Fourth of July (We have to show this film to ALL the 16 years old teenagers on this planet)

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More to come.

**ManofKent** · July 17th, 2017, 12:45 PM

Ghostbusters (1984):

This is one of those films I could happily watch again and again and again.

I think what it is is that it's one of those very few films that has got just about everything in it.

It's funny, it's scary, it's got great dialogue, likable and endearing characters and a quite inventive and innovative storyline that, prior to 1984, had never been done before.

Not only that, but it's just the right amount of all these ingredients to create just the right balance between them.

And has we all know, this is something you very rarely see in the film industry, especially nowdays.

**Sir Honkers** · July 18th, 2017, 11:18 AM

Kind Hearts And Coronets

**scoundrel** · July 18th, 2017, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by hound dog

I don't know how I forgot this one, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck and Mary Badham as "Scout", directed by Robert Mulligan. Won 3 Oscars, including Best Actor for Peck.

I read the Harper Lee book after I saw this film, and "heard" the naration of the movie while reading the book, made for a vivid reading experience.

I found the scene at the very end where Jean Louise Finch (Scout) takes Boo Radley by the hand and leads him home to the Radley House and then stands on the Radley porch, where she had never previously dared to stand, and sees the street as Boo Radley has always seen it, really really moving. Robert Duvall as Boo Radley (his film debut) was extraordinary; a really fine little performance. What struck me was the revelation that Boo Radley had not been the bogey man, but had actually been Jean Louise Finch's guardian angel ever since she was born, and she never even knew it until that moment. Boo Radley is intensely agoraphobic and cannot leave his house, but when Bob Ewell sneaked onto the street in the dark to murder Jean Louise Finch on her way home from school, Boo Radley did not flinch or hesitate, but came to her rescue instantly. The phantom she had always feared became the man who saved her life; a superbly presented dramatic reversal.

Incidentally, Elmer Bernstein's film score in To Kill A Mockingbird is classic.

**tygrkhat40** · July 19th, 2017, 03:15 PM

Casablanca

Sahara (1943, with Humphrey Bogart)

The Longest Day

Tora, Tora, Tora

King Kong (1933)

White Heat

Blazing Saddles

Young Frankenstein

Slap Shot

Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi

The Great Race

Operation Petticoat

Das Boot

**Sir Honkers** · July 22nd, 2017, 07:50 AM

Citizen Kane. Unlike other 'classic films' too numerous to mention, CK has truly stood the test of time and is every bit as powerful as I remember.

snorkie · July 25th, 2017, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tygrkhat40

The Longest Day

The book by Cornelius Ryan is a good read. The scenes in the movie mostly come directly from the book. BTW, (spoiler) the paratrooper who lands in the well survives.

Cheers!

snorkie · July 25th, 2017, 05:07 PM

Films generally don't make me weep, but one that really wrecks me is the Fritz Lang 1931 sci-fi silent "Woman in the Moon." My fave silent by a lot.

Cheers!

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June 20th, 2017, 06:43 PM	#111
Roubignol Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mice Planet Posts: 3,882 Thanks: 15,974 Thanked 29,726 Times in 3,826 Posts	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (Sergio Leone) (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) Mississipi Burning Dances with Wolves Born on the Fourth of July (We have to show this film to ALL the 16 years old teenagers on this planet) .... More to come.

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ManofKent Vintage Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: U.K Posts: 1,130 Thanks: 10,125 Thanked 13,832 Times in 1,113 Posts	Ghostbusters (1984): This is one of those films I could happily watch again and again and again. I think what it is is that it's one of those very few films that has got just about everything in it. It's funny, it's scary, it's got great dialogue, likable and endearing characters and a quite inventive and innovative storyline that, prior to 1984, had never been done before. Not only that, but it's just the right amount of all these ingredients to create just the right balance between them. And has we all know, this is something you very rarely see in the film industry, especially nowdays.

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