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Post by mortsahlfan on Feb 1, 2018 1:52:59 GMT
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" is everything a movie viewer could ask for.. It's fantasy, surrealistic, and dramatic, without any CGI, and if you were to look at the entire movie with no audio, it would seem real.
It speaks to the nature of humanity, without speeches, but with concise writing... More relevant today than ever. That a person's soul is worth more than anything, and that money and power corrupts. Morality isn't decadent, it's only considered that by those who don't want to seek a higher standard, but unfortunately used by religious folks to justify their bad behavior - "I said 20 hail marys, what else do you want from me?"
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Post by politicidal on Feb 1, 2018 2:06:09 GMT
For sheer escapist pleasure, I'd say Jason and the Argonauts (1963) or almost anything by Ray Harryhausen.
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Post by mikef6 on Feb 1, 2018 2:13:27 GMT
It Happened Tomorrow / René Clair (1944). This pre-Twilight Zone charmer stars Dick Powell as a reporter who gets, one morning, a copy of the next day’s evening newspaper which he uses to scope the other reporters. It happens the next day. But the front page on the third day announces his own death.
Angels In The Outfield / Clarence Brown (1951). With Spring Training right around the corner, this one is appropriate. Paul Douglas plays Guffy, the perpetually angry, abusive, and profane field manager for the last place Pittsburgh Pirates. One night on the field after a game, he is spoken to by an unseen angel (the voice of James Whitmore) who chides him for his nasty personality and who promises to help the team if Guffy will clean up his act.
Damn Yankees! / George Abbott and Stanley Donen (1958). Another baseball fantasy, this one based on the Broadway hit musical. Mr. Applegate (Ray Walston) promises couch potato Joe Boyd to turn him into a major league slugger named Joe Hardy so Joe can get his favorite loser team into the world series – only Applegate will own Boyd’s soul at the end of the season. Boyd is transformed into Tab Hunter and a lot of rousing singing, dancing, and comedy ensue.
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Post by rudeboy on Feb 1, 2018 4:53:50 GMT
Fantasy is quite a difficult genre to define but here are twenty from me. Roughly descending order and including my three favourite films of all-time. - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- King Kong (1933)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- The Red Balloon (1956)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- Scrooge (1951)
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
- Faust (1926)
- Orpheus (1950)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
- Portrait of Jennie (1948)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- The Lost World (1925)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
- Ugetsu (1953)
- The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
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Post by rateater on Feb 1, 2018 5:08:31 GMT
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 1, 2018 5:30:14 GMT
Horror and sci-fi tend to blur into fantasy back and forth but I would add to the list:
George Pal's THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO
Steve Reeves' HERCULES
Mario Bava's HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD
Steve Reeves' THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD (1960)
JACK THE GIANT KILLER
CAPTAIN SINDBAD
SHE (1965)
THE LOST CONTINENT (1968)
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Post by Sulla on Feb 1, 2018 14:33:47 GMT
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Mysterious Island (1961)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Ulysses (1954)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Post by maxwellperfect on Feb 1, 2018 15:36:09 GMT
The Magic Sword (1962) was given the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment in the 90's, but it is a decent fantasy movie for kids.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Feb 1, 2018 15:40:08 GMT
The Wizard of Oz.
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Post by outrider127 on Feb 1, 2018 19:03:44 GMT
The Magic Sword (1962) was given the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment in the 90's, but it is a decent fantasy movie for kids. Yes, that has some good effects as does Jack The Giant Killer(1962) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 20:37:48 GMT
I agree with many listed, but will also add Alice in Wonderland (1951).
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 2, 2018 0:44:20 GMT
Die Nibelungen 1924 (which I have yet to see dammit)
MUNCHHAUSEN 1943 (may be the first color film depiction of an extraterrestrial?)
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