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Posted: 5/4/2020 4:51:35 PM EDT
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her reaction to The 3 Amigos will determine if she is a keeper or not.
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Posted: 5/4/2020 4:51:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At least thats a deep and enjoyable rabbit hole. Does she know how awesome True Lies is? What about Commando?  |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 4:53:43 PM EDT
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See if she would like Short Circuit. Harry and the Henderson's was good too. Got a lot of ex's addicted to 80s movies with those two.
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Posted: 5/4/2020 4:55:51 PM EDT
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At least have her watch The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Posted: 5/4/2020 5:02:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancat: Watch the movie by yourself. Either she joins in or she doesn't. What else can you really do. I sort of identify with it though. I have zero interest in watching most black and white movies, don't find any humor in most 70s comedies, and most "classic" WWII movies are so laughably bad in the sound effects and dialogue that I can't make it through. I watch movies with the allowance for the craft norm at the time they were made. I like black and white movies if it is a good movie. The Third Man by Orion Welles is fantastic in its use of black and white. They used features of that format to make the movie better, I mean great use of light in shadows. I am no movie art student but I would use that for a film class on light use. The seventies.....watch the French Connection, it was a great snap shot of NY in the seventies. I didn’t grow up in NYC but in Albany and I can relate to it. The never ending car chase was a bit much. You still picking your feet in Poughkeepsie? The thirties didn’t have a lot of appeal to me, they made a lot of cheap low craft movies for the Saturday nickel cinema. Like bad porn,.....there is a lot of them. The wizard of Oz notwithstanding. The fifties and sixties to me were the golden age of film, technology and acting improved, our actors and actresses were not detestable scum. I’d much rather watch a 1960s William Holden movie than the shat they crap out these days. The writing and actors are bad and cannot be fixed by computer effects. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 5:05:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: I watch movies with the allowance for the craft norm at the time they were made. I like black and white movies if it is a good movie. The Third Man by Orion Welles is fantastic in its use of black and white. They used features of that format to make the movie better, I mean great use of light in shadows. I am no movie art student but I would use that for a film class on light use. The seventies.....watch the French Connection, it was a great snap shot of NY in the seventies. I didn’t grow up in NYC but in Albany and I can relate to it. The never ending car chase was a bit much. You still picking your feet in Poughkeepsie? The thirties didn’t have a lot of appeal to me, they made a lot of cheap low craft movies for the Saturday nickel cinema. Like bad porn,.....there is a lot of them. The wizard of Oz notwithstanding. The fifties and sixties to me were the golden age of film, technology and acting improved, our actors and actresses were not detestable scum. I’d much rather watch a 1960s William Holden movie than the shat they crap out these days. The writing and actors are bad and cannot be fixed by computer effects. The Godfather (2 Oscars). The Godfather II (6 Oscars). |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 5:06:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/4/2020 5:06:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Frank_B: Fiddler On The Roof Gone With The Wind If she like musicals like Fiddler, try out 7 Brides for 7 Brothers Music Man Carousel Other great old movies, 12 Angry Men Arsenic and Old Lace, you could pick almost any Cary Grant movie The Raven, especially if she like Peter Lorre or Vincent Price. Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre, African Queen, Casablanca - Humphrey Bogart is always a good choice. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 5:15:29 PM EDT
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Try “Sullivan’s Travels” by Preston Sturges
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Posted: 5/4/2020 5:22:53 PM EDT
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My wife's just the opposite, she likes movies and musicals that go back to the 30's and OH MY GOD! are in B&W. Ever hear of; Flying Down to Rio, Holiday Inn,The Barkley's of Broadway, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Philadelphia Story, Rupert, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Will Rodgers Story, Rhubarb. Most of the current crop of films have zero story or plot with dark themes. The films I'm talking about were made during the Depression with only one goal which was to entertain people and help them to take their minds off their troubles if only for a couple hours.
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Posted: 5/4/2020 5:27:41 PM EDT
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I wish more older movies were available online.
Who's old enough to remember the Movie of the Week? Try finding one of them on Google Play ...  |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 6:02:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OTTOSEAR: Deep Throat is an older movie. So is Behind the Green Door |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 6:10:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/4/2020 6:13:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By krustyone: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/191170/my-wifes-favorite-part-of-any-movie-5924-1401195.JPG LMAO |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 6:14:01 PM EDT
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My wife likes old movies. Like, old black and white/early color movies.
I hate watching them, the CGI is horrible. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 7:16:09 PM EDT
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I was born in 82, almost anything pre 80 and a lot from the early 80s I could give a shit about. But the sound of music and Casablanca and the wizard of oz and blah blah blah, I honestly dont give a shit I'm tired of hearing about them
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Posted: 5/4/2020 7:38:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SpanishInquisition: I just watch it for the Flying Karamozov Brothers juggling Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SpanishInquisition: Originally Posted By Scratch45: I was with you until Jewel of the Nile. That one sucks. The rest are solid flicks. I just watch it for the Flying Karamozov Brothers juggling When I was a kid my parent hired those guys to perform at a party at our house. This was long before Jewel of the Nile. My mom was nervous because they all smoked a lot of pot before juggling fire in our living room. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 7:39:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brewthunda: When I was a kid my parent hired those guys to perform at a party at our house. This was long before Jewel of the Nile. My mom was nervous because they all smoked a lot of pot before juggling fire in our living room. The 70's were a better time. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 7:44:30 PM EDT
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Don't understand people like that.
One of my favorite films is Fritz Lang's "M," which was made almost 40 years before I was born. Don't understand people who "can't" watch subtitled films, or films in B&W. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 7:45:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OTTOSEAR: Deep Throat is an older movie. Ouch. here goes a nice conversation, Blah, blah, blah. Then... RIGHT IN THE GUTTER!!! (I'm smiling inside.) |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 7:46:20 PM EDT
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My wife is similar - hates watching old movies. And old movies includes anything more than a year or two old.
Me: "how about this?" Her: "isn't that old? when did it come out?" Me: "no, it came out just a few years ago . . 2016" Her: "ugh, that's old." But she'll watch Die Hard every other year, so there are some exceptions. 90% of what she watches are true crime shows. The other 10% is the Bachelor. 90% of what I watch is 10-40 yr old movies of all kinds. She complains that we can't watch tv together because we don't like the same stuff. I'm used to pulling out my kindle to read during her shows. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 7:56:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scratch45: At least have her watch The Treasure of the Sierra Madre This Any Bogart movie Or Hitchcock |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 7:57:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Frank_B: Have you suggested Casablanca yet? Or The Blue Max? The Day The Earth Stood Still? Magnificient Obsession? High Society? The Music Man? Oklahoma? The Glenn Miller Story? The original Ocean's Eleven? I was going to recommend Casablanca. That is an old classic. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 8:06:17 PM EDT
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Anything old enough to have Vaudeville actors is to old and badly acted for me. But there is lots of good old movies.
I had a guy in his twenties yesterday not know who The Doors were. I was flabbergasted. Some people really don't care about the past. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 8:11:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sherrick13: Involve bondage in your movie watching. Problem solved. Or a movie about bondage, Secretary. Its older, and there is a certain payoff for you. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 8:14:26 PM EDT
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TCM 24/7 or eject.
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Posted: 5/4/2020 8:19:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brewthunda: My wife is similar - hates watching old movies. And old movies includes anything more than a year or two old. Me: "how about this?" Her: "isn't that old? when did it come out?" Me: "no, it came out just a few years ago . . 2016" Her: "ugh, that's old." But she'll watch Die Hard every other year, so there are some exceptions. 90% of what she watches are true crime shows. The other 10% is the Bachelor. 90% of what I watch is 10-40 yr old movies of all kinds. She complains that we can't watch tv together because we don't like the same stuff. I'm used to pulling out my kindle to read during her shows. @brewthunda Dude.. freaking scary what you said.. verbatim!!! |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 8:29:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By freeride21a: @brewthunda Dude.. freaking scary what you said.. verbatim!!! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By freeride21a: Originally Posted By brewthunda: My wife is similar - hates watching old movies. And old movies includes anything more than a year or two old. Me: "how about this?" Her: "isn't that old? when did it come out?" Me: "no, it came out just a few years ago . . 2016" Her: "ugh, that's old." But she'll watch Die Hard every other year, so there are some exceptions. 90% of what she watches are true crime shows. The other 10% is the Bachelor. 90% of what I watch is 10-40 yr old movies of all kinds. She complains that we can't watch tv together because we don't like the same stuff. I'm used to pulling out my kindle to read during her shows. @brewthunda Dude.. freaking scary what you said.. verbatim!!! LOL! |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 8:33:12 PM EDT
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Red Dawn?
Or how about Platoon, Hunt for Red October, or Saving Private Ryan? It does pain me, too, sometimes to watch old movies that I used to like. I turn them on and in 5-10 mins I can't take the acting, filming or awful 80s music, and I then turn them off. I watched Commando last night again and I was like WTF? That movie was where all the cliches started from I guess. Good for an 80's preteen boy. Older fantasy movies, dramas, or thrillers might be good to watch. Lord of the Rings or some old spy movie. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 8:50:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By anonimovaca: I don’t necessarily blame her... a lot of movies either don’t hold up well, or just because the movie has some sort of meaning to you, it doesn’t mean it’s a good movie. That said, you could set one night out of the week as “classic movie night”. Or take turns deciding on what movie to watch, just make a deal not to complain about the other person’s choice. Respectfully - but strongly - disagree. The Godfather, Jaws, American Graffiti, Patton, Dirty Harry....I could make a LOOOONG list of timeless movies that are very good, almost independent of personal taste. Some things are “good” just because you like them....sometimes things are good regardless of whether you like them. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 8:51:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By XM-15: My wife and I just finished watching Charade . She's been on a Charlie Chan kick also . My wife liked this one too...another option |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 8:53:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By runcible: Don't understand people like that. One of my favorite films is Fritz Lang's "M," which was made almost 40 years before I was born. Don't understand people who "can't" watch subtitled films, or films in B&W. Just watched Westplatte in Polish the other day. The subtitles were useful.  ETA after about the second scene I generally forget I am reading subtitles. The ones that I cannot watch are English Speaking movies overdubbed by Russians. |
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Posted: 5/4/2020 9:20:45 PM EDT
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I thought women loved the femme fatale noir movies. Chinatown, Maltese falcon, body heat etc.. old Hitchcock movies like vertigo, rear window and north by northwest are great too.
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Posted: 5/5/2020 12:36:32 AM EDT
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Casablanca, she if she will watch some real classics.
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Posted: 5/5/2020 12:51:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ronin72: See if she would like Short Circuit. Harry and the Henderson's was good too. Got a lot of ex's addicted to 80s movies with those two. There you go, and then The Goonies. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 1:05:22 AM EDT
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1) Clean coffee table.
2) Put guns and gun cleaning supplies on table. Start cleaning guns. 3) Put in the good, the bad and the ugly, for a few dollars, dawn of the dead, 4) Hide her iPhone under you and tell her she can have it back after the movie. 5) Tombstone is a must watch. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 1:16:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By freeride21a: I choose classic romantic comedy adventure(not necessarily in that order, but there is always a love sub plot at minimum for her) movies for the most part when I ask. I NEVER ask her to watch westerns.. she despises those for some reason.. I love em... but I know its not her thing. I am very picky about B/W i offer.. so far the only one was Sgt York... and i knew that was a stretch even though it is a fantastic movie. Give her "High Road To China". Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong. Thank me later! |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 1:28:20 AM EDT
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Why is it so important for her to watch what you like?
I made the mistake of drinking Stoli, sitting a girl down to watch the original Bad Lieutenant, gave her a fiery sermon about how God has abandoned us all and fell asleep on her couch. I got a good homemade breakfast out of it but really I could’ve just....not gone through the trouble |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 1:37:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My wife has to put up with me watching crappy movies and old sci fi series on Comet TV. She will watch them but doesn't really care for them. She likes Marvel and DC movies  .You both need MST3K. Crappy movies and funny riffs to go with it
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Posted: 5/5/2020 1:48:48 AM EDT
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The real test is if she can make it through Big Trouble in Little China. Mine loves 80's movies but recently watched and loved North by Northwest and loved it.
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Posted: 5/5/2020 4:17:51 AM EDT
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My wife and teenager daughters liked these old Hitchcock movies after I recommended them.
I took a film class in college. OP, get your wife to watch “Strangers on a Train”, “Shadow of a Doubt” and “Suspicion”. She’ll get into these movies quick. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 12:57:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Discolite: Why is it so important for her to watch what you like? I made the mistake of drinking Stoli, sitting a girl down to watch the original Bad Lieutenant, gave her a fiery sermon about how God has abandoned us all and fell asleep on her couch. I got a good homemade breakfast out of it but really I could’ve just....not gone through the trouble Its not just what I like.. these are what i would call together movies.. stuff that fits the profile of what she likes and I like.. movies I KNOW are awesome. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 12:59:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By milehigh22: The real test is if she can make it through Big Trouble in Little China. Mine loves 80's movies but recently watched and loved North by Northwest and loved it. She wont touch that movie LOL.. I tried a long time ago! |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 1:03:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/5/2020 1:06:38 PM EDT
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My hubby swears I've seen every old movie made. I haven't, but I do like movies... old and new. I've introduced him to a lot of older movies. One of my favorite back-in-the-day actors is Cary Grant. He made some funny movies like: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House with Myrna Loy and Bringing Up Baby with Katherine Hepburn.
He had never seen Gone With The Wind or The Wizard of Oz (from beginning to end). He has now  The only movies he won't watch with me are horror movies, and my best horror movie bud moved away.
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Posted: 5/5/2020 1:27:54 PM EDT
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When my daughter was thirteen, we watched To Have And Have Not starring Bogart and Bacall in their first movie together; it was Bacall's first movie. That was my daughter's first B&W movie, and she enjoyed it. It's A Wonderful Life is kind of corny but it has some good moments.
The Best Years Of Our Lives won Best Picture in 1946. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 2:31:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: She would not get Dr Strangelove... i quote that move all the time too. I MIGHT be able to get her to watch Young Frankenstein.. only because her previous boss did small time stage acting and she chose to go to that to see him in it.. She made me dress up like we were going to see Lion King or Phantom.. im all like.. its Young Frankenstein.. its Mel Brooks... it is going to be wholly inappropriate... nope still had to look nice. The horror on her face the first 20 minutes... she loved it and I told her boss that she had popped her Mel Brooks cherry that night and he looked at her and said "I dont even know you." LMAO. Good lord it was awesome. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 3:09:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mamacujo: My hubby swears I've seen every old movie made. I haven't, but I do like movies... old and new. I've introduced him to a lot of older movies. One of my favorite back-in-the-day actors is Cary Grant. He made some funny movies like: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House with Myrna Loy and Bringing Up Baby with Katherine Hepburn. He had never seen Gone With The Wind or The Wizard of Oz (from beginning to end). He has now The only movies he won't watch with me are horror movies, and my best horror movie bud moved away. Start off with "Young Frankenstein", and then try the old movies being spoofed in it. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 3:21:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By curiomatic: When my daughter was thirteen, we watched To Have And Have Not starring Bogart and Bacall in their first movie together; it was Bacall's first movie. That was my daughter's first B&W movie, and she enjoyed it. It's A Wonderful Life is kind of corny but it has some good moments. The Best Years Of Our Lives won Best Picture in 1946. Wow, i had a very similar experience with my daughter when she was about that age. For school she had to pick a book for a report and i suggested "All Quiet on the Western Front". Y'know? very historical, good book. As a companion piece we watched the original B&W version. She was immediately engrossed. Her one comment was during the scene where they are deep in the bunker during the extended bombardment and one soldier goes crazy so Kat has to knock him out. In the old movies there was no huge sound effects of a sock on the jaw. My daughter said, "That's so fake. it didn't make any noise at all." Then i had to explain hollywood effects. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 10:00:31 PM EDT
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