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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 23:48:13 GMT
And by classic, I mean "at least 50 years old." For me, it's The Wizard of Oz. I think we all adored that film as children, and then probably went through a phase where we were very snobby about it during our teens only to discover the film still really holds up as adults. That's the usual story I normally hear from people describing their experiences with the film, anyway, and it's definitely mine. I recently watched it and found it was still worth the time on many levels. It had the right cast, it is brilliant on a technical level, the songs are legendary for a reason, and all around it was just a fun little thing to watch. How about all you?
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 6, 2017 0:44:56 GMT
Mine was also The Wizard of Oz (1939). I remember I used to watch old films with my parents, which they would tape off TV, back when I was a kid, along with History Channels documentaries and mid-century classic TV ("Bewitched" in particular being a favourite of everyone in the household). I was also into retrogaming very early on, and used to read old magazines. I guess I've always been a retro guy.
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 6, 2017 4:18:46 GMT
My first classic movie that I actually remember is Walt Disney's Cinderella, which I saw at age 4 in 1957. That film had an indelible affect on me and is still my favorite of Walt's classic cartoons.
The first horror film I ever saw was in September of 1958--"From Hell it Came." My 11 year old sister took me to it. I was all of 5. Never once had a nightmare. A year later, we went to see my hero, Vincent Price, in "House on Haunted Hill," and I felt the universe reel.
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Post by LaurenceBranagh on Feb 6, 2017 4:34:07 GMT
The Ten Commandments (1956)
It blew me away when I first saw it (about 4, I think) and it continues to blow me away every year on TV and whenever I feel like putting in the DVD. It was that film that got me interested in film (especially classic film) at a young age and has had a profound influence on me to this day.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 4:37:39 GMT
"Ten Commandments", I saw not long after "Wizard of Oz" and yeah, I have nothing to add to your thought on the film laurence, except: Same.
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Post by bb15 on Feb 6, 2017 17:55:54 GMT
Being an older guy everything I saw as a kid is now a classic film. Does that count? The first movies I remember seeing were Disney animation such as "Bambi", "Dumbo" and "Pinnochio".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 0:14:58 GMT
I'm a boomer. My mom took me to the movies when I was small because I would sit still, not easily achieved .
The first one I saw was Wizard of Oz. We came in late . The witch was on top of the tin man's roof throwing fire balls at the straw man. It was frightenened but not upset, that I recall. The later scene with the hour glass really scared me, because I didn't know what an hour glass was and because Judy Garland was so upset. My duster looked a lot like her so it seemed very real.
I continued to love Wizard of Oz through my teens, watching it every year. I loved Danny Kaye as host.
I saw it again in a theater in the 70's . I was struck for the first time by the transition to color , the amazing Adrian costumes. By this time it was kind of cool to sing along imitating the voices of the witches and the Munchkins, ala Rocky Horror . Years later when I saw Bobby McFerrin's extraordinary presentation with audience participation I was way ahead of him.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 14:40:56 GMT
Being in my 40's everything I watched as a kid were classic films, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Westerns, War Films. Couldn't tell you which exact film was first though.
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Post by becauseiambatmanoffg on Feb 7, 2017 15:30:53 GMT
The Sound of Music (1965)
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Post by Wesley Crusher on Feb 7, 2017 16:08:39 GMT
For a school assignment I was given The Wizard of Oz 1939 to watch and then do a full report in front of the class. I still remember being so upset ... as if someone had chopped my arms off ... I tried every trick to get a better movie. There was no way I was gonna watch that crappy old ass movie. Somehow I survived watching The Wizard of Oz and found out I really enjoyed it ... today it's my #2 favorite film (only behind It Happened One Night 1934).
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Post by vegalyra on Feb 7, 2017 21:29:59 GMT
It was probably Snow White or one of the other Disney theatrical re-releases back in the early 1980's. I can't really recall. I do remember watching Ten Commandments and being blown away. Awesome film. I also remember watching plenty of World War 2 films with my Dad. Destination Tokyo and Flying Tigers were favorites.
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Post by tarathian123 on Feb 7, 2017 23:37:34 GMT
Goodbye Mr Chips (Robert Donat)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 1:30:39 GMT
Great Expectations (1946). I saw this in school in England in the 60's, and it was so spooky and the film was slightly sepia toned. It left an impression on me and it is one of my all time favourites. Great Expectations
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Post by finalfantasy on Feb 8, 2017 12:28:14 GMT
It was probably either Wizard of Oz or Sound of Music. Both are definite favorites of mine, especially Oz.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 5:39:50 GMT
I'm beginning to notice a few popular choices. The Wizard of Oz, The Ten Commandments, Disney films actually made by Walt, and The Sound of Music so far.
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Post by finalfantasy on Feb 9, 2017 12:34:16 GMT
I'm beginning to notice a few popular choices. The Wizard of Oz, The Ten Commandments, Disney films actually made by Walt, and The Sound of Music so far. Indeed. I imagine that The Wizard of Oz (and movies like it) is a "gateway" classic movie. It's one of the best movies ever made and a great family movie.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 21:15:30 GMT
I think it was Mary Poppins.
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Post by lynnlady on Feb 10, 2017 0:21:11 GMT
I saw my first classic film in 1950. It was The Petrified Forest with Bette Davis and Leslie Howard. (He got Humphrey Bogart his break in movies, refusing to do the role in the movie if they didn't cast him as Duke Mantee)
My dad worked nights for the GE and we had recently gotten a TV. I was 5 and either I hadn't started school or it was in the summer. My dad was gonna watch "an old movie" on TV in the afternoon and asked me if I wanted to watch with him. I think they were hoping I'd take a nap, but not a chance! I've loved old movies since then. In the Boston area in those days they had an afternoon movie, and as I got older I found the Late Show that came on after the news.
I remember reading about one of the "legitimate" writers who went out to Hollywood to try and get some of that money floating around. They had a low opinion of movies at that point. Actually quite a few of them were critical of the movies. At the time I read the book I thought, what are they talking about, these are classics. Well after TCM got ahold of a lot of films a while back and I saw some of the less than classic movies, I realized what they were talking about. Although there were certainly a lot of excellent films among the crappy ones.
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Post by lynnlady on Feb 10, 2017 0:28:18 GMT
It was probably Snow White or one of the other Disney theatrical re-releases back in the early 1980's. I can't really recall. I do remember watching Ten Commandments and being blown away. Awesome film. I also remember watching plenty of World War 2 films with my Dad. Destination Tokyo and Flying Tigers were favorites. I remember my mom taking me to see Snow White at the movies when I was a kid. She bought me the Golden Book of it on the way to the show. I remember crying my eyes out when Snow White was "dead" in that glass coffin. I didn't want my mom to see me crying so I put the book up to shield my face. Yeah, like that didn't give it away!
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Post by phoebecole on Feb 10, 2017 0:32:12 GMT
I watched the Wizard of Oz in school and Rebecca on my own time back when I had TCM.
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