Good Classic Movies

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Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:56pm

Ok, I am always yelling at my boyfriend for not knowing classic movies and not being cultured and all that good stuff. So, I was thinking for Valentine's Day I should get him some and then we can watch them together, yadda yadda. Which old movies do you think would be most suited for a teenage boy... however mature... who mostly likes sports... and yeah, that's about all? lol

#2

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/6/05 at 3:58pm

Well, in my opinion the best classic movies wouldn't seem to appeal to a typical teenage boy who likes nothing but sports, and who might be kind of closed minded - like most of the pricks I went to high school with. But, my favorite classic movies are:

Singin' in the Rain
All About Eve
Sunset Boulevard
The Godfather
Casablanca
The Deer Hunter
Chinatown
Taxi Driver

and my all time FAVORITE: Breakfast at Tiffany's

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#3

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/6/05 at 4:05pm

lol Thanks... I'll look at those... He's not so bad... one night, he made me sit down and tell him all about Broadway; the shows, the people... he even remembered some of it!

#4

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/6/05 at 4:17pm

Oh, so then he's definitely not typical!

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#5

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:02pm

If you'd like a great, fun, classic movie to watch for Valentine's Day (or any time): "His Girl Friday." Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell bicker and banter a-mile-a-minute in a screwball romantic twist on "The Front Page." Great cast and still laugh-out-loud funny.

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#6

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:51pm

Breakfast at Tiffany's is a must!

Yay for this thread! Classic movies are about the only ones I have ever enjoyed watching (aside from sappy romances). I have quite a few to recommend, so you will have a big variety to choose from.

My favorites:

Thrillers:
Rear Window
Dial M for Murder

Marilyn Monroe:
How to Marry a Millionare
Seven Year Itch
Some Like it Hot

Musicals/Judy Garland:
Easter Parade
Singin' in the Rain
The Harvey Girls
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Pirate

Esther Williams:
Easy to Love
Duchess of Idaho
Dangerous When Wet
Million Dollar Mermaid

I'm sure I'll think of more later.

#7

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:57pm

Arsenic and Old Lace. It is suspenceful, plus Cary Grant's expressions are priceless.

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#8

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 3:35am

My personal favorite is "It Happened One Night". Clark Gable is just gorgeous and the movie is nicely witty as it came out before sensors became so stringent.

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#9

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 8:56am

"like most of the pricks I went to high school with."

munkustrap178 like my brother? LOL!

#10

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:42am

Not sure of the definition of 'classic', but, in addition to the above, I'd recommend to anybody:

THE SNAKE PIT
WAIT UNTIL DARK
THE UNINVITED
THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY
SPELLBOUND
THE PETRIFIED FOREST
TORA TORA TORA
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW
THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS
I WANT TO LIVE

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#11

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 10:43am

I think "Victor, Victoria" is so well done that it will acquire the status of 'classic'- if it hasn't already done so. It's hysterically funny, has some terrific music, and is romantic for Valentine's day too. And I've never met a guy who didn't think it was wonderful. (Watching Leslie Ann Warren get her mouth washed out with soap makes it worth watching if nothing else!)

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#12

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 10:51am

Some of my favorite classics:

* = One that might be enjoyed by a normal teenager.

Gone with the Wind
All About Eve
Casablanca*
Rear Window (and pretty much every other Hitchcock movie)*
Singin' in the Rain
The Manchurian Candidate*
Gentleman's Agreement
From Here to Eternity
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Sting*
The Apartment*
Mrs. Miniver
12 Angry Men*
Alfie*
The Snake Pit
It Happened One Night
It's a Wonderful Life
Now, Voyager
The Maltese Falcon*
Bringing Up Baby*
A Clockwork Orange
To Kill a Mockingbird
2001: A Space Odyssey

The list goes on and on.

Updated On: 2/7/05 at 10:51 AM

#13

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 10:59am

If he's a sports fan, you might want to try Knute Rockne All American.

Updated On: 2/7/05 at 10:59 AM

#14

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 11:13am

Even though I couldn't call a movie this recent a 'classic', I don't think you could find a better combination of romance and sports than Bull Durham.

#15

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 11:23am

Some Like it Hot
The Sting
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidd
Double Indemnity
Casablanca
Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
King Kong

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#16

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 11:37am

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Not for your boyfriend, though.

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#17

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 11:58am

What about:

from here to eternity
the apartment
The Philadelphia story
Or maybe even the original Manchurian Candidate?

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#18

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 12:00pm

ooh I forgot, you mut add
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
To Sir with Love

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#19

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 12:06pm

Gosh how the heck could I forget African Queen?!! Thanks Beav!
What about The Seven Year Itch?

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#20

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 12:59pm

Surprised no one mentioned "Rebecca"

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#21

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 3:14pm

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

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#22

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 4:44pm

I see someone finally entered Philadelphia Story...

Also... The Women. Fantastic film. 'nough said.

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#23

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 5:34pm

BEAVERHAUSEN recommended the following

The Letter
The Women
Valley of the Dolls (camp classic)
The Goodbye Girl
Mildred Pierce
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte

Although I love some of these movies myself, I say you should only show him these movies is you suspect he might be gay.

However, if you are trying to see where you stand then show them and if he loves them, break up with him immediately. You've got no future.

#24

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 5:49pm

The sting (my favorite movie of all time!), rebel without a cause, cassablanca, the pink panther, any with audrey hepurn, some like it hot and so many more!!!!! Oh cool hand luke!

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#25

re: Good Classic Movies

Posted: 2/7/05 at 6:03pm

gone with the wind, my favorite movie ever.

haha but i doubt your boyfriend would like it :-/

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