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Post by spiderwort on Dec 14, 2017 18:05:34 GMT
Choices: 1959 - "Ben-Hur" 1958 - "Gigi" 1957 - "The Bridge on the River Kwai" 1956 - "Around the World in 80 Days" 1955 - "Marty" 1954 - "On the Waterfront" 1953 - "From Here to Eternity" 1952 - "The Greatest Show on Earth" 1951 - "An American in Paris" 1950 - "All About Eve" My favorites: On the Waterfront, From Here to Eternity, All About Eve, and Marty.
On the Waterfront
From Here to Eternity
All About Eve
Marty
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Post by movielover on Dec 14, 2017 18:08:36 GMT
My favorite is All About Eve |
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Post by politicidal on Dec 14, 2017 19:07:35 GMT
Ben-Hur all the way.  |
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 14, 2017 19:16:21 GMT
The 1950s was the decade that movies went BIG in an effort to combat the effects of TV: color, wide-screen (from 1953), epic storytelling. But right in the middle of the decade, two small black & white modestly produced films won the little gold naked guy: On The Waterfront and Marty. Those are my favorites.
The one I rank higher than most: Gigi
Probably the least watchable one today is: Around The World In Eighty Days.
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 14, 2017 19:32:47 GMT
I'll take the BRIDGE on this round.
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 14, 2017 19:35:55 GMT
The Bridge on the River Kwai by far
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Post by taranofprydain on Dec 14, 2017 20:24:35 GMT
1. "Marty"
2. "An American in Paris"
3. "Ben-Hur"
4. "All About Eve"
5. "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
6. "On the Waterfront"
7. "Gigi"
8. "Around the World in 80 Days"
9. "The Greatest Show on Earth"
10. "From Here to Eternity" (I don't know why i didn't like this more. it's still a very solid film, but still somewhat less than I expected)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2017 20:52:43 GMT
All About Eve
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 14, 2017 21:32:09 GMT
For me, it's difficult to choose between Marty, All About Eve and On the Waterfront
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 14, 2017 22:18:41 GMT
Definitely Ben-Hur but Bridge is a fairly distant second.
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Post by gunshotwound on Dec 15, 2017 0:41:08 GMT
Mt Favorites: All About Eve From Here to Eternity Marty The Bridge on the River Kwai Ben-Hur |
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Post by spiderwort on Dec 15, 2017 13:07:19 GMT
For me, it's difficult to choose between Marty, All About Eve and On the Waterfront The great thing is you can choose them all! But I know what you mean. And as mikef6 mentioned, in a decade when movies got big, Marty and On the Waterfront were the little movies that definitely could. According to IMDb the budget for Marty was about $343,000. On the Waterfront's budget (per Kazan's notes) was about $850,000. Neither was a studio picture, though they were distributed by studios. I think they were among the first "indies" in the Studio system era. Kazan's company produced On the Waterfront and Burt Lancaster's company produced Marty. I can't imagine how thrilled they were the night they won so many Oscars in the major categories. |
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Post by kijii on Dec 15, 2017 15:05:49 GMT
Ben-Hur was a re-make of a classic silent
Gigi was a musical celebration about learning to become a French prostatue (Caron said this)
Around the World in 80 Days and The Greatest Show on Earth were both extravagant star-loaded specticals with no great central dramatic core.
An American in Paris
lacked any dramatic core and was rather stupid.
That leaves--------
All About Eve good but I prefer A Letter to Three Wives for this director's 2 consecutive wins.
On the Waterfront was powerful drama about taking a stand against corrupt power (some wonder if Kazan was saying something about his negative stance with HUCA here)
Marty was a gem--period.
The Bridge on the River Kwai is probably my favorite for this decade. I think it was the first of Lean's great epic movies which were to follow.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Dec 15, 2017 15:29:41 GMT
On The Waterfront. A better selection of winners than the 40s not including a couple glaring exceptions.
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Post by claudius on Dec 15, 2017 15:34:54 GMT
BEN-HUR remake or no (and I do like the 1925 version; I hate how the silent has been obscured of late because of the 2016 film, to the point that when a lot have referred to 'the original' they are writing about the 1959 version).
GIGI
ALL ABOUT EVE
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
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Post by teleadm on Dec 15, 2017 17:37:34 GMT
I like nearly all of those movies, and is sceptic to two of them, and will tell why... An American in Paris 1951, I love Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Gershwin music, Vincente Minnelli, Paris locations, but what kills it for me is the long Ballet sequence, it didn't ring for me at all, not that I dislike ballet att all, but I felt it disrupted the flow of the movie, and the happy end felt like a quick wrap up. The Greatest Show on Earth 1953, done in typical grand scale by de Mille, is a great spectacle, with tons of circus attractions and interesting and attractive stars, when I re-watched it a couple of years ago I reflected and thought: What a paper thin plot it actually have, that sometimes from time to time interfere with the spectacle. (Since I have bought it on DVD I might change my mind). The rest... I can watch the rest any day any time and enjoy them, except On the Waterfront 1954, Since it's such a hard punching drama I feel I must be in the right mood to watch it. Around the World in Eighty Days 1956, the bullfighting scenes dates it badly, since it was made, what was then something to make it excotic and please Cantinflas fans. Bullfighting is in my mind animal cruelty, and I've refused to enter such arenas when on holidays in Spain and Portugal. Except that side-step I think it's entertaining with it's bunch of international cameo stars.  "Be happy in your work"  |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 15, 2017 17:41:10 GMT
Ben Hur by far. It's one of the greatest films ever made. Bridge on the River Kwai comes in second.
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 15, 2017 21:47:23 GMT
I think all the winners are excellent films (I've actually seen all of the 1950's winners), but the 1950's for me are defined by the Cinemascope, Vistavision, etc. wide format films in spectacular color. I love the decade because of this (well, at least since the Robe). The early 1960's were a continuation of this.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 15, 2017 21:50:02 GMT
I think all the winners are excellent films (I've actually seen all of the 1950's winners), but the 1950's for me are defined by the Cinemascope, Vistavision, etc. wide format films in spectacular color. I love the decade because of this (well, at least since the Robe). The early 1960's were a continuation of this. I completely agree about the spectacular colors. I really miss those vibrant colors on screen. Movies today are all so dull looking. |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Dec 16, 2017 12:18:18 GMT
I loved The Bridge on the River Kwai, such a great film, David Lean had mad skillz!
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