What's your favorite classic movie?

Timewise 60+ said:
How the West was Won - Part of it was filmed while/ where I grew up
Exodus
Patton - My Dad was in Patton's 3rd Army during WWII
Click to expand...

I agree with Patton [my dad was also in Patton's 3rd during WWII] {in the 45th infantry Thunderbirds}

Casablanca , Key Largo, Africa Queen, Magnificent Seven [1960], ET , Worlds Fastest Indian, The Amelia Earhart Story [Hilary Swank] Rear Window [Jimmy Stewart]
 
The most important movies of my childhood were: One Touch of Venus; Mr. Peabody & the Mermaid; King Kong and Mighty Joe Young. I started my hooky-playing career pretending I was sick so I could watch these on daytime TV.
 
Nathan said:
Oops, you're right. Cool Hand Luke was still one of my favorites.
If I recall- the first movie that Steve McQueen was credited for was The Blob, of course strictly "B" grade but hey, it was a paycheck. ;)
Click to expand...

The Blob was I believe the first. Another early one that I liked was Sand Pebbles ...
 
Well, it might not be considered a 'classic' in terms of age, (it's only 33 years old), but Dances With Wolves has always been one of my favorites. It was the first movie my (then future) wife saw together, so it always holds a special place for me.

Someone also mentioned Jaws. That's a keeper. It changed the psyche of an entire generation. Even to this day, because of that movie, people still go to the beach, and as they're stepping into the water, somewhere in the back of their mind, the word 'shark' is there.
 
I almost forgot this one: The Hustler with Paul Newman. It was kind of a dark movie, dealing with a huge range of emotions but what a cast! Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason. I get "sucked in" the first time I hear the pool balls "click"! After that, it's don't bother me for the next 1 1/2 hours.
 
charry said:
Bambi
Click to expand...
Believe it or not I bought the DVD just a few months ago. I wanted to see it again, because it's the first movie I can remember seeing in a theater, when my parents took me to see it. I wanted to see it again to see if it was as good as I remembered. Even through the eyes of an adult, it is a good story, but the movie was not as complex as I remember. I still remember sitting between my mother and father and being amazed at the experience to which they had brought to me.
 
JustDave said:
Believe it or not I bought the DVD just a few months ago. I wanted to see it again, because it's the first movie I can remember seeing in a theater, when my parents took me to see it. I wanted to see it again to see if it was as good as I remembered. Even through the eyes of an adult, it is a good story, but the movie was not as complex as I remember. I still remember sitting between my mother and father and being amazed at the experience to which they had brought to me.
Click to expand...
Did You Cry Dave ? I cry every time i watch it !
 
charry said:
Did You Cry Dave ? I cry every time i watch it !
Click to expand...
Not like I did when I was four, but I felt the urge. As a little kid, I was devastated. I remember telling my parents on the way home how sad it made me feel. I can't remember what they said to me, I think it was some kind of adult wisdom about things that happen in our lives, none of which helped me in my moment of grief. Maybe it did, though. It may have been my first introduction to the inevitable concept that sometimes life sucks. The saving grace is that Bambi grows up on his own to become what he was meant to be. I think I have that part of the film right, or maybe that happened in Bambi II.

But losing your mother?! What a thing to put in a little kid's movie. What was Walt Disney thinking?
 
fuzzybuddy said:
If I had only one old movie I could rewatch, it would be "The Wizard Of Oz".
My favorite scene is at the witch's castle, where the guards with the big tails are marching around singing "oreo oh oh, oreo oh oh". I still remember sitting in the theater, age 8, when the screen changed to color. I was totally blown away by the movie, and still am.
And if you don't think the Wiz is the best movie, "I'll get you, and your little dog, too". :)
Click to expand...
Yes..the famous cookie ad placement. LOL
 
Liberty said:
Now Voyager with Bette Davis.
Click to expand...
My very favorite, too, and it happened to be on TCM last night so I could watch it for the umpteenth time.

I don't know what most of you are guys calling classics, but in my rules it has to be before 1960. However, my son, who was born in 1968, calls those Steve McQueen, Paul Newman movies "classics" so I guess it depends on how old you, yourself are more than the age of the movie. ;)
 

You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top