1939: the best year in movies

[hunter_alien]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

hunter_alien said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

hunter_alien said:
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Funny... half the movies you listed there did not manage to hold up well in time. We should probably arrive at a point where we dont apreciate the classics just for being old. If they dont pass the test of time, give it a nod for its age, revolutionary status and get over it. IMO in the 60s alone there where more quality movies made than all the years before it. But allas, I might actually watch movies with a critical eye, and not rose-tinted glasses

Art is evolving, and sometimes the older forms just come off as primitive, when compared to its newer forms. Its a normal effect and it happenes everywhere.

Yes, I agree that it all comes down to taste, but sometimes we can actually try and apreciate a movie on its own, and dont try and analyze it back to its forfathers roots, and say that its a cheap imitation, just because a similar scene appeared in a long-forgotten 40's movie...

Once again your argument is filled with hyperbole, sarcasm, and stereotypes. It doesn't lend much credibility to your opinion.

How on Earth could I be nostalgic for movies from the 1930s? I was born in 1983. I have no personal associations with these movies. I simply admire them for being the best of the best. You have every right to your opinion, but please do not delegitimize my opinion by claiming it's based on nostalgia.

Perhaps these movies do not hold up well to you, but they hold up very nicely for many others, including myself.

Lastly, I do appreciate older movies for being revolutionary, but I also appreciate them for being great. I said as much in my previous post. There are many great movies from the 1960s and 1970s -- Lawrence of Arabia, Five Easy Pieces, Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather Part II, 2001: A Space Odyssey, etc. -- but I would still indentify the 30s, 40s, and 50s as the golden age. Great movies exist in every era, but I believe one reigns supreme.

Your probably have a pre-fixed value pattern, based on which you look at art, that you have probably taken by somebody important from your life. Believe me, its not an unusual occurance, and its not shamefull.

Allas, taste is objective, and dont be offended because I find yours to be... ahm... questionable at best