Old Movies

I'm 19 and I love '20s flicks. Figures I'm the King of Oddity.

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What can I say here, except know your context. If you are in a film forum this situation is not in any way odd, it takes part of what defines most of this community.

Anyway. Whatever I could say about this thread has been already covered. I think that mark f in special nails the point I could add in this discussion. It is also a little strange -at the very least- to me to read someone labelling entire decades of art as something hard to watch.

You are being extremely narrow-minded. I'm wondering what brought you to this forum with that attitude of mind.
The whole 20th century is full of great (entertaining) pieces of film art and it is just plain ignorant to label someone as "odd" from the moment he wants to discover more than just the last decade of it.

That's a very good metaphor!

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From my minor movie watching experience,I learned that in every deacade you can find a great movie.I watched some older films and didn't like any of them,then just accidently decided to watch Gone With The Wind which I was sure to dislike yet I was blown away by it.You never know which movie might just strike you. ) And overall,I'm not a big fan of golden age cinema yet I still watch it because when you like movies,you just want to widen your knowledge once in a while.

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I find it odd for someone who watches films purely for entertainment to have problems with movies from the 80's. Die Hard, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire Strikes Back, The Terminator, Beverly Hills Cop, and so many more are the very definition of fun at the movies!

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The most entertaining movies ever made are by Buster Keaton in the 1920s though...

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I wasn't stating that as fact but indicating that entertainment value is also subjective.

Judging that you seem to be in a small minority on this, I'd say you look like the ODD one out.

Maybe your the strange one and we're all sane, have you ever thought about it that way?

I've been a Hitchcock fan since I was twelve. Lifeboat (1944) was my favorite movie for a while there during my teens. I don't think it's too odd for young people to like older movies.

Edit: Just realized that I gave no reference as to my age. I was born in '83.

Most people(99.9%) will always prefer the movies they grew up.It isn't even debatable

The movies you mentioned are extremely entertaining but I was speaking on the decade as a whole.I will always find the 90's more entertaining because I grew up watching those movies.

Very few people will enjoy Hitchcock's movie nowdays.They would rather watch a crappy superhero movie like Thor because it appeals much more to the current generation

How? Is it zeitgeist? What makes these films appeal to our generation more than previous decades of film besides awareness and access?

Your statistic is insanely debatable. This thread wouldn't have continued. Sure the majority of "people" may be high but it's not relevant whether or not "people" like old movies, rather moviegoers.

That's fine if you want to base your enjoyment by that standard but it doesn't apply universally. Everything is circumstantial. Get used to it.

Nothing wrong with preferring the 90's, they had some great movies. But the movies I mentioned are large part of what defined the 80's. That decade continued what started in 1975 when Jaws hit it big, the era of the summer blockbuster, and it continued well into the 90's. Still seems odd to me. But what ever.

Also, when you call a guy odd for liking movies from the 50's you come off as a d!ck.

He uses these hyperbolic phrases a lot: http://www.movieforums.com/community...t=33552&page=2

What makes you think people in 2013 prefer Hitchcock's films over Wolverine or Iron Man?

You need to specify which "people" before it even matters who prefers what.

"People" means "General Audiences".

In that case, who cares, because general audiences don't really care about movies. That's why they're general. If something is shiny or farts, it's good enough.