What is it about pre-1960s movies that makes me hate them?

[Triple A]

I don't understand. Something about them just bugs me. It's not the black and white. It's just like, I can't relate to them at all or something. I don't know what it is.

Some movies I love, like 12 Angry Men, Paths of Glory, Freaks, some Hitchcock movies, etc. but that is because those movies were way ahead of their time and are entertaining in the same way modern movies are.

I've tried to watch all the so-called classics like Casablanca, Citizen Kane and all that shit, but I just cannot get myself to like them at all.

[Boondock Saint]

There's nothing that says you must like these movies. But clearly there is something about a lot of them that appeals to many. Even if you don't enjoy them, watching them and studying them should at least allow you to appreciate them, especially Citizen Kane's amazing shots which were ahead of their time. 2001 bores me to death, but I appreciate the film for what it is visually and cinematically, if nothing else.

A lot of my love and appreciation for older movies is just my interest in what people back then found entertaining. Especially with comedies, such as Charlie Chaplan and the Marx Bros. I like seeing what people then would laugh their ass off at, compared to today. A lot of them make me laugh out loud often because I actually do find them funny, but that's just me.

[Triple A]

Duck Soup was pretty funny but that's cause it was like ridiculous.

[Boondock Saint]

All their movies are pretty much ridiculous...

RIDICULOUSLY FUNNY! ZING


I know what you mean though. Some of the stuff is just...well ridiculous. It's prolly their best flick though.

[Triple A]

Nah I didn't even consider it to be a movie. It was just like nonstop one liners. I was like LOL wtf is going on

[Boondock Saint]

Nice

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The acting and the delivery are completely different then than they are now.

[Triple A]

Yeah it is like forced over the top acting. It's not realistic acting. Makes me angry.

[Boomer]

On The Waterfront was definitely not a great movie IMO. I don't see why Brando got the Best Actor AA for it.

[el fregadero]

I remember when I said this.

[PapaGeorgio]

Abbott And Castello Movies and Jerry Lewis movies from back in the day are gold. Watch some Abbott and Castello movies, the sub plot sucks but those two make the movies worth while.

[Boondock Saint]

Yeah it is like forced over the top acting. It's not realistic acting. Makes me angry.


I see what you mean. But things were obviously much different in the 40's, 50's and 60's. Remember though that these actors were closer chronologically to the silent era where your expressions and movements are a lot more important, and/or vaudeville or even stage acting, and with that you have to be very expressive to communicate with an audience since you didn't have a camera. That's how I figure it. Movies then were much more dialogue driven as well, where as today they are a lot more visual. When Brando and Dean started using Method acting, that is prolly the best example of when this change of acting styles ocurred.

The acting today is definitly more realisitc, and it was more overacting back then, clearly. I enjoy the acting from classical Hollywood, French New Wave etc. as much as I do today's. I dunno, think it all comes down to a matter of taste.

On the other hand, I feel the majority of scripts and stories today pale in comparison to back then.

[#1-norm-fan]

Yeah. Not only does the era of the movies make the situations and setting unrelatable probably, but the dialogue alot of the times is really corny because it was acceptable at that time.

There are some movies that are exceptions to the rule (Rear Window was good times) but for the most part, really old movies don't really entertain me.

[da_king]

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i don't know what it is about older movies or whatever but whenever i see something black and white on tv it automatically grabs my attention and i have to check it out. it's like being in a time warp or something and just seems to add mystique to the film, at least for me.

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[YOUR Hero]

I also think, because we've seen newer movies emmulate (read steal/use) these older movies ideas, that when we see these classics we don't appreciate them for what they were, when they were made. I'm not saying that's why for say AAA, but I know it has been for me.