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  • A AspDotNetDev

    Just watched Carrie, and it's one of the best movies I've seen in a while. That's impressive, considering it was made in 1976. Looks like there will be a new one this year too. Dune also comes to mind (1984) as a fantastic old movie. What old movies have you found to be great still?

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    Ashley van Gerven
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    12 Monkeys (not old, but old_er_ ;) )

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    • Wonde TadesseW Wonde Tadesse

      The Good, the Bad and the Ugly[^]. It's too old, but still good movie.

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      Mark_Wallace
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      *ach!* I thought that was a dreadful movie.

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      • A AspDotNetDev

        Just watched Carrie, and it's one of the best movies I've seen in a while. That's impressive, considering it was made in 1976. Looks like there will be a new one this year too. Dune also comes to mind (1984) as a fantastic old movie. What old movies have you found to be great still?

        Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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        Try any movie with Cary Grant. Or a Hitchcock or two. Or real classics, like Casablanca and The African Queen. And if you want to see real comic genius (unlike a lot of the pathetic, childish cr@p that gets made nowadays), try Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, etc. Or if you just want to see incredible stories, with beautifully written scripts, try anything written by that Shakespeare guy. Just because certain technologies hadn't been invented when they were made/written doesn't mean people were stupid, and couldn't write great scripts. Mind you, I've always said the same about ancient societies like the Beakers -- they weren't stupid people, they were just as smart as we are; it's just that someone else hadn't discovered electricity or invented computers, cars, and aeroplanes for them, like someone else did for us.

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        • P Pete OHanlon

          The Importance Of Being Ernest. The Lady-killers. Carrington Browne of the FO. The Battle Of The Bulge. Bridge Over The River Kwai. The Dam busters. The Great Escape.

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          Hell's bells, yes! The British cinema has produced some amazing gems. Just about anything from Ealing or Gainsborough is well worth the watch.

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          • J Jim Meadors

            The Wizard of Oz for general fun. The long Kiss Goodnight when I need lots of guns and explosions.

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            Jim Meadors wrote:

            The long Kiss Goodnight

            <sings>    'Cause I'm a bad mother______ <shuts up> Still his best performance.

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            • G Gary R Wheeler

              I really like the original too. I ought to keep an eye out for it in the bargain DVD bins, as I've never seen an unedited version of it (you can tell it's been cut for time when it's shown on TV). Despite my better judgement, I liked the Tom Cruise 're-make' as well. They told a good story, and he played the part well. It's just too bad the aliens didn't kill him off in that one before some moron had the bright idea of having him play Jack Reacher.

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              Gary R. Wheeler wrote:

              It's just too bad the aliens didn't kill him off in that one before some moron had the bright idea of having him play Jack Reacher.

              :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Agreed!

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                *ach!* I thought that was a dreadful movie.

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                Nah.It's good movie and you should try it.

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