Post by mslo79 on Jan 8, 2019 4:47:04 GMT
While I don't refuse to see movies because they are black-and-white, as a small amount of black-and-white movies are of higher quality, I do tend to notice that black-and-white movies tend to be mostly pre-1960's and as a general guideline for me I usually avoid watching pre-1960's movies because they tend to be a bit too different compared to more modern standards as they, in general, lack something that modern movies have (I can't quite say exactly what that is but it's partially emotion etc).
but the only black-and-white movies I have seen so far of any real worth (i.e. that I score a 7 or higher) are...
1)The Hustler (1961) - 9/10 (within my Top 21 movies)
-)Angel-A (2005)
3)Nebraska (2013) - 7.5-8/10 (within my Top 102 movies)
4)The Artist and the Model (2012-2013) - 7-7.5/10 (not much outside of my Top 102 movies)
5)The Song of Bernadette (1943) - 7/10 (within my Top 188 movies)
although only two of those are more old days black-and-white which is what I think people generally refer to when they think "black-and-white movie".
plasma
I am not surprised as when you think of the stereotype who want nothing but action/explosions/super hero movies and the like, you tend to think that crowd (which I would assume is the really young crowd (call it teens, maybe 20's, and younger)) is not going to be watching slightly older movies (lets say movies older than about 10-30 years ago or so) let alone the really old movies (lets say roughly pre-1960's which is pretty much where the black-and-white movies are more common).
but I guess in their defense... black-and-white does suck some life out of a typical movie vs color. so I think that's probably why a lot of those types automatically write off black-and-white movies as crap. but at that point I think you can't really do much and have to let time pass as if they are more into movies any length of time, as they get a bit older, they might start venturing into a wider range of movies etc.
darkreviewer2013
Yeah, because color ads more life to movies as a general rule.
but the only black-and-white movies I have seen so far of any real worth (i.e. that I score a 7 or higher) are...
1)The Hustler (1961) - 9/10 (within my Top 21 movies)
-)Angel-A (2005)
3)Nebraska (2013) - 7.5-8/10 (within my Top 102 movies)
4)The Artist and the Model (2012-2013) - 7-7.5/10 (not much outside of my Top 102 movies)
5)The Song of Bernadette (1943) - 7/10 (within my Top 188 movies)
although only two of those are more old days black-and-white which is what I think people generally refer to when they think "black-and-white movie".
plasma
Oh yes plenty of people. Mostly it's the younger crowd who can't appreciate an older film. It honestly annoys me to no end. It's super disrespectful and shows a lack of ignorance, it's old, so it must be slow and boring. Sorry that's not how it works.
I am not surprised as when you think of the stereotype who want nothing but action/explosions/super hero movies and the like, you tend to think that crowd (which I would assume is the really young crowd (call it teens, maybe 20's, and younger)) is not going to be watching slightly older movies (lets say movies older than about 10-30 years ago or so) let alone the really old movies (lets say roughly pre-1960's which is pretty much where the black-and-white movies are more common).
but I guess in their defense... black-and-white does suck some life out of a typical movie vs color. so I think that's probably why a lot of those types automatically write off black-and-white movies as crap. but at that point I think you can't really do much and have to let time pass as if they are more into movies any length of time, as they get a bit older, they might start venturing into a wider range of movies etc.
darkreviewer2013
As for myself, I do watch black and white movies from time to time and there are some that I love, but I generally prefer my movies to be in full colour. Adds a sense of realism to the proceedings, whereas b&w produces a distancing effect.
Yeah, because color ads more life to movies as a general rule.
sure, there can be occasions where black-and-white works, or works well enough, but it's natural for people to prefer color over black-and-white in general.
Same as people who refuse whole genres.
I can understand why some people write off certain types of movies because after a while you generally know what movies have potential to stand out from the pack and which ones are quite unlikely to output anything of any real worth.
I am sure there are certain movies etc ill straight up avoid to.
The people who REFUSE to watch black and white films JUST BECAUSE they're black and white films ARE the TRUE film SNOBS!!
I don't know how you came to that conclusion(?) as I would see that viewer as more of the mainstream viewer and I think it's more difficult for them to be a film snob than someone more into movies who might see their views as above the common person etc. I am sure you get the gist 
plus, someone more into movies might be a bit more likely to watch stuff more off the radar to and in that regard once someone's taste in movies gets too far away from the common person, then their opinion on a movie would be worth less to the common person because of it. it's okay to like what you like, but, obviously, if you ain't got much in common with a typical movie viewer that's generally going to be more of a bad thing.
p.s. for the record... I see my taste in movies as at least semi-mainstream, if not mainstream-ish, because I feel once you get too far off the radar, or off the mainstream, movies of any real worth tend to start declining. although going off the mainstream some, you can still find a fair amount of solid movies.