Do you like old movies?
By youless
@youless (112496)
Guangzhou, China
July 3, 2007 3:23am CST
Basically I dislike old movies, especially the movies before 1990. I like to watch updated movies. The technology is better and the film cost is higher. Therefore the result should be better.
There is only one exception. I enjoy the old movie of Rome Holiday. It's a nice black and white movie. The actor is pretty handsome and the actress is so beautiful in this movie.
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18 responses
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
3 Jul 07
I love a LOT of older movies...some of my all time favourites are (in no specific order)
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Funny Face
The Elephant Man
Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
the Birds
Psycho (original)
The Haunted
The Innocents
jsut to list a few....then there are of course all the Marilyn Monroe films and some Mae West films that i love as well
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
4 Jul 07
Oh Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of my all time favourite movies!! I absolutely ADORE Audrey for starters and that flick is just fabulous!
@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
4 Jul 07
You don't know what you're missing. You are missing out on thousands of classic films because you call them "old".
@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
4 Jul 07
A few of my favourite "old" movies are Apocolypse Now, The Godfather, Psycho, Rear Window...they're all old, but great movies none the less.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
4 Jul 07
Not really lol.. because old movies are sometimes in black and white. I prefer color.
Also, somehow everything just looks old. Even if the actors/actresses look young, they still look old.
@tallpaulno44a (1574)
• United States
15 Jul 07
I really like Romad Holiday, with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. I also enjoy lots of other "oldies", like Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Breakfast at Tiffany's, any Marx Bros. movie, West Side Story, African Queen, etc. etc. etc.
@kuchiyose (163)
• Singapore
4 Jul 07
I guess after watching movies of today, with all the cool special effects, computer generated animation, old movies wont really appeal to us, unless it has a really captivating storyline.
@youless (112496)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Jul 07
The new movies always have good technology effects, and old movies can't compare to it. But it seems that the new movies don't have a very good storyline. If it can improve it, then it'll be better. I watch lots of new movies, but few of them left me deep impression.
@kuchiyose (163)
• Singapore
4 Jul 07
What you say is actually quite true.
I forget many of the new movies I watched just a day after.
@fredstromdaisies (294)
• United States
3 Jul 07
I don't dislike them but they are not my favoirte ones out there.
@lucy02 (5015)
• United States
3 Jul 07
I like the older movies. My favorite movie is "It's a Wonderful Life" and its from the 1940 era. Jimmy Stewart is probably my favorite actor.
@yanstill (1490)
• China
4 Jul 07
for me that depends.
i like old movies from China,about anti-japan wars,i guess i was influenced by my father,he watched those films with me when i was very young,so now when i watch those films,i remember a lot of things.
but foreign films,i do like new ones.i don't quite like those black and white films,maybe it is because i dont understand their culture of the old time,and the language.
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
4 Jul 07
I like to watch old movies very much. You are right, the technology was not there in the early days but I enjoy the fact that they had to rely on others things to keep the movie interesting...... things like acting, good lighting, cinematography, etc.
@sameen0705 (349)
• Pakistan
4 Jul 07
i dont like to watch old movies.The picture quality of old times makes me lose interest in the movie.However,there are few old movies which are my all time favourites eg:sneakers and its a mad,mad world etc.
@fugsateyista (212)
• Philippines
3 Jul 07
I watch old movies as long as it's not black and white. There are many old movies that has a good story that's why many filmmakers go for remakes rather than fresh stories.
@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
3 Jul 07
I actually do love some old movies - besides the plots I love the glamourous outfits and just the fact that they are set in another time and place that are foreign to me.
@happymom1 (1179)
• United States
3 Jul 07
I like some of the old movies but i will be picky. There are some old movies that is not clear of its black and white and i like movies that have colors. But i enjoy watching in it because its beautifully made.
@jackli (203)
• China
3 Jul 07
yeah. i like some old movies. i think most of updated movies are not worthy of being watched. they don't express merit of the contemporary era. some directors just think higher cost of the film means more successfully. i'm disgusted at it. so i seldom see the movies now.
@butterfly39 (3904)
• Philippines
3 Jul 07
yes for as long as the story is nice then it doesn't really matters.