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Post by kijii on Dec 15, 2017 19:40:04 GMT
I am about to complete my viewing of all Vincente Minnelli movies.
-- I haven't seen his last with Liza yet.
Yes, there were some dogs in that dog patch as well as some good movies I might have overlooked in the past..................I have a few choice rantings to do about HIS version of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962).
Anyway, I am in a Gary Cooper phase now...but don't plan to see them all.
Is anyone else in a viewing phase right now?
What are you all "into" during this long cold winter?
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 15, 2017 20:16:37 GMT
...I no longer cannot watch any super hero or star wars crap. I've simply grown out of that style of entertainment. The same goes for Twilight, Harry Potter and so many more films aimed at the juvenile mindset...
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 15, 2017 20:31:17 GMT
...I no longer cannot watch any super hero or star wars crap. I've simply grown out of that style of entertainment. The same goes for Twilight, Harry Potter and so many more films aimed at the juvenile mindset... Oh, wow. That's exactly how I feel. Just last week I made the mistake of watching "Wonder Woman" because of all the good feeling it has generated about female empowerment and being a high-grossing action film by a woman director. Well, I hate to think that my demographic (male of northern European ancestry, e.g. a white guy) kept me from enjoying the film, but what I saw in WW was what I had seen in every other superhero movie I have sampled. I do like the Harry Potter films, but the other juvie series I can do without, also. |
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 15, 2017 22:09:32 GMT
I definitely go through phases. I've been out of the superhero thing since at least Thor, maybe before that. I just don't get into these mega effects films. I was an avid comic book reader in the late 1980's and early 1990's but grew out of them quickly. I just don't enjoy them.
I actually like the Harry Potter films okay though, I think it's the British school scene that attracts me to them. I enjoy the earlier films because they take place around the school more than the later films.
I was on a big Cinemascope kick for awhile. I was watching as many as I could find that have been properly presented in the correct aspect ratio. It didn't matter the genre. Lately I've been more on a Jimmy Stewart kick. Mostly his later films made after his service in the war.
I always enjoy historical epics though regardless of the time period and whether they are religious or not. There were a tremendous amount of good ones made in the 1950's and 1960's.
Another board I'm a member of has a member that watched every single Cary Grant film made. I think he was only missing two of them at the last time I read the thread. That takes dedication!
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Post by OldAussie on Dec 15, 2017 22:26:39 GMT
When I first became interested in movies as something more than time consuming entertainment - many years ago - I set out to try to see every Best Picture winner. I'm missing 4 0f the early ones.
I also tried to see every Marlon Brando movie. I'm missing 2 of his latter films.
I no longer dislike super hero movies - I HATE THEM! What a waste of time, talent (yes, there is often a lot involved) and money.
I've never been a Star Wars fan but "family commitments" mean I see them all.
In the past 5 years or so I achieved some more modest aims - to see the Stewart/Mann westerns and the Boetticher/Scott westerns.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 15, 2017 22:44:18 GMT
I seem to experience genre waves as a film watcher. I'll watch a batch of sci-fis, followed by a bunch of comedies, followed by a bevy of musicals ... I like to switch genres to keep things fresh.
The one exception is horror, my favourite genre, as I'm always keen to watch horrors, though I do take short breaks from time to time.
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Post by mszanadu on Dec 15, 2017 23:17:19 GMT
" Is anyone else in a viewing phase right now? What are you all "into" during this long cold winter? " My current " phrase " or seasonal stage of programming this time around is actually in the " randomly or emotionally pick and choose in the moment time "    . Which goes anywhere from - comedy to horror to musicals to noir to drama to holiday films etc. in the blink of an eye here . Thanks so much kijii for your subject post  . |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 15, 2017 23:29:16 GMT
kijiiI tend to go on "quests" for multiple films in which a particular actor appears or for "all in a series" or for films that have been recommended by posters whose opinions I know and respect. Currently working my way through "Movies that are set at Christmas" but are not really "Christmas Movies". Best so far (and re-watches in any case) THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER and WE'RE NO ANGELS. BTW, for me, Die Hard and Home Alone do NOT fit into this category
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Post by Doghouse6 on Dec 16, 2017 0:02:37 GMT
Occasionally. They tend to be "series" binges, either film (Charlie Chan, Sherlock Holmes, Thin Man or the like) or TV (currently working our way chronologically through Diagnosis Murder and Checkmate; did Ironside a while back). vegalyra's mention of a CinemaScope kick brings to mind a mini-VistaVision festival we did a few months ago ( To Catch A Thief, We're No Angels, The Court Jester, The Rainmaker, Funny Face, It Started In Naples). Properly mastered, VistaVision films look spectacular on Blu-ray or HD broadcast, with stunning clarity and vivid presence allowed by the format's innovative employment of 35mm negative exposed horizontally rather than vertically, producing a frame twice the size (8 perfs wide) of standard 35mm (4 perfs high) and yielding a hi-res image even when printed down to standard 35mm (in '50s vernacular, Paramount called it "Motion Picture High Fidelity). With their extensive location shooting and 3-strip Technicolor, To Catch A Thief and It Started In Naples are especially fine showcases of the format. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 16, 2017 0:15:26 GMT
I'm in Parks & Recreation mode
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Dec 16, 2017 12:09:10 GMT
Very rarely am I never not in the midst of some kind of series or series of related films. Right about now I keep planning to start watching Christmasy type movies, so far, I've only seen one, Office Christmas Party, which was rather chaotic, to say the least. Can't believe I've left it so late this year. I'm easily distracted though, I will read a post on here and want to watch what you're all watching. If I told you how many TV shows I started but have yet to finish, you'd slap me!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 16, 2017 13:31:46 GMT
Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄I have noticed that you also post about the movie quests you are on and they sound so interesting that you get innocent bystanders to watch the series "with you". 
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Dec 16, 2017 20:55:42 GMT
Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 I have noticed that you also post about the movie quests you are on and they sound so interesting that you get innocent bystanders to watch the series "with you". You know I like to broaden your cultural horizons, with such cinematic fare as How To Stuff a Wild Bikini, for example. |
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 16, 2017 21:22:42 GMT
I have done themed weeks in terms of films and TV shows. I've done this several times during 2017.
Last week, I watched a huge number of early silent film shorts, nearly all of which were by the Edison studio. You'll see a list of these in the upcoming "What classics did you see last week" thread.
This week, I plan to dedicate my viewing to TV shows produced by Associated Television (ATV), a British company which existed from 1955 to 1982.
Themed weeks I have done during 2017 have included: Several "Central Office of Information" film weeks, an Australian film and TV week, a TV movies week, and a British children's TV show week.
Planned themed weeks in the future may include: Another "Central Office of Information" films week, a 1960 TV episodes week, a 1920s Vitaphone short films week, and a 1969 TV episodes week.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 16, 2017 21:35:44 GMT
Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄Without your help, I may never have seen this gem for my Keaton Quest  My cultural horizon will never be the same again. I can even recognize Frankie and Annette when their songs play on the 60s station.
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Post by teleadm on Dec 16, 2017 22:03:59 GMT
That's a very difficuly question to answer, and sometimes I go through phases, but in the back of my head there is always a little bell telling me that I might miss something else that I may like, and because of that I might miss out on something I might like. If I don't listen to that little bell.
While watching Pixels with Adam Sandler I wish I had a huge Bell dinging in my head....
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 18, 2017 10:56:45 GMT
I find new movies (since the 2000s) so boring and devoid of merit that I began to focus more on older things. Especially the 1960s.
I dont have a phase per se-but I have certain designated nights for movies.
So Tuesdays are my late 50s-1966 viewing. Historical, peplum, early Hammer etc. Thursdays are 1967--onward, mostly spaghetti westerns, eurocrime, eurospy, giallo etc.
Fridays are tv movies, series like the Prisoner, or old old stuff from the 50s--to the silents. Also Charles Bronson movies are for fridays (I have no idea why).
Saturdays are usually my drive-in nights-so I watch low budget horror. Grave of the Vampire was the last I watched.
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 18, 2017 14:19:19 GMT
I find new movies (since the 2000s) so boring and devoid of merit that I began to focus more on older things. Especially the 1960s. I dont have a phase per se-but I have certain designated nights for movies. So Tuesdays are my late 50s-1966 viewing. Historical, peplum, early Hammer etc. Thursdays are 1967--onward, mostly spaghetti westerns, eurocrime, eurospy, giallo etc. Fridays are tv movies, series like the Prisoner, or old old stuff from the 50s--to the silents. Also Charles Bronson movies are for fridays (I have no idea why). Saturdays are usually my drive-in nights-so I watch low budget horror. Grave of the Vampire was the last I watched. I went through a peplum phase. Lots of great stuff out there, unfortunately they are mostly very bad quality. I did pick up the Arrow release of Erik the Conqueror. It looks beautiful on bluray. Now if we could only get the Steve Reeves Hercules and Hercules Unchained in a blu ray set remastered, that would be excellent. |
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Post by kijii on Dec 18, 2017 16:06:50 GMT
...I no longer cannot watch any super hero or star wars crap. I've simply grown out of that style of entertainment. The same goes for Twilight, Harry Potter and so many more films aimed at the juvenile mindset... I'm with you. I don't like Si-Fi, super hero, Harry Potter, or Tolkin-based movies. I'm sure James Cameron is crying all the way to that bank that I have never bitten on one of his movie promotions yet. If a movie has been nominated, I try to watch it though (for example, I did see Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). But, I was totally lost as far as what was happening to whom in the plot. I did learn to love The Martian (2015), however. |
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 18, 2017 19:04:09 GMT
I am about to complete my viewing of all Vincente Minnelli movies. -- I haven't seen his last with Liza yet. Yes, there were some dogs in that dog patch as well as some good movies I might have overlooked in the past..................I have a few choice rantings to do about HIS version of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962). Anyway, I am in a Gary Cooper phase now...but don't plan to see them all. Is anyone else in a viewing phase right now? What are you all "into" during this long cold winter? Right at the moment I am going through all the episodes – front to back – of the renewed Doctor Who series from the BBC (2005-Present) and reporting on those stories on each weekly What Classic Film Did You See thread. That is not normally my practice, though. I often think about binge watches of certain actors, directors, or genres, but don’t usually go through with it. For example, when you asked me on the weekly thread this week about four Fritz Lang noirs, I thought that maybe it was time to see them again. I had seen “Human Desire” back in 2010 and remembered it clearly enough, but it has been decades since my last viewing of the others and I would need a refresher before answering your question. However, as usual, my Netflix queue is a mile long and my DVR capacity is over 75% full. My first priority is to spend some quality time with my TV to reduce both those overloads. That is what usually happens when I try to plan a private film festival. I have a feeling I am not alone in this predicament. |
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