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Thursday, May 16, 2024

Today is May 16 and we are celebrating National Classic Movie Day by reminiscing about the movies we have seen on the big screen. Grab some popcorn, a drink, and find a cozy chair to relax in as we celebrate National Classic Movie Day. National Classic Movie Day presents an opportunity to celebrate the film industry and put spotlight on iconic movies that remain favorites through the years. We are using today's National Day on May 16 to remember stories on the big screen that became a legacy by shaping culture. What do we consider a classic movie? Many critics define a classic movie as any movie that is memorable or makes an impact on society. A true classic movie impacts pop culture, influences society, and remains a part of our lives. In fact, a classic movie is one that has or will withstand the test of time and remain memorable through generations.

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"Forrest Gump" (1994) would be my pick.

I think it's a Masterpiece. The movie touches such an array of emotions. Heroism, Comedy, Sadness. The Vietnam firefight scene was magnificent. I consider it to be Tom Hanks Magnum Opus.

#1 | Posted by shane at 2024-05-17 06:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I like Hanks, but I must admit I've never seen Forrest Gump.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-17 07:08 PM | Reply

Regarding sci-fi genre there are so many awesome choices.

Star Wars 1977 theater version, none of the others. But because it's never been circulated on disc or streaming that's impossible and you'd need to endure a CGI crapfest, so don't bother. George Lucas can eat a bag of dicks.

Fifth Element 1997 for a perfect science fiction adventure experience. Well-paced, great chemistry, laughs, tears, hope.

#3 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2024-05-17 07:41 PM | Reply

I love Forrest Gump, one of my favorite movies. I could talk about it all day.

#4 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-05-17 07:44 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I'd call In the Heat of the Night a classic.

Probably 2001 on as well, although I thought it was mostly boring.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-17 07:56 PM | Reply

"Rocky" (1976) was an excellent movie,very inspirational and heroic.

#6 | Posted by shane at 2024-05-17 08:24 PM | Reply

Shane (1953) I'd call a classic. :-)

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-17 08:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I'll take Casablanca. Great characters, great setting, great extras.

And for a kick, watch Hitchcock's Rope. Very cool conceit: it's filmed in a serious of very long takes, made to look like one continuous shot, as the movie unfolds in real time.

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-05-17 08:49 PM | Reply

All About Eve
Double indemnity
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
The Wrestler
Oldboy (Korean version)
The Princess Bride
Dead Alive
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
The Return of the Living Dead
West Side Story
Platoon
12,Angry Men
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Bad Seed (1956)
The Ox-Bow Incident

To name but a few

#9 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-05-17 09:23 PM | Reply

"Lion of the Desert" with Anthony Quinn as Omar Mukhtar

#10 | Posted by ExpectingReign at 2024-05-17 09:34 PM | Reply

"Lion of the Desert"

Good flick... not sure I'd call it a classic.

Josey Wales? Maybe.

The article differentiates between "Classic" and "Iconic":

A true classic movie impacts pop culture, influences society, and remains a part of our lives.

This thread is basically "What is your favourite movie?"

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-17 09:47 PM | Reply

In fact, a classic movie is one that has or will withstand the test of time and remain memorable through generations.

On my list MAYBE the Wrestler doesn't meet this definition, the rest simply do.

#12 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-05-17 10:07 PM | Reply

In fact, a classic movie is one that has or will withstand the test of time and remain memorable through generations.

Fair enough.

Jaws

#13 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-17 10:22 PM | Reply

true classics

Casablanca

Gone With the Wind

Lawrence of Arabia

The Third Man

Some Like It Hot

2001 A Space Odyssey

The Maltese Falcon

Likes

Screwball comedies and musicals and action drama from the 30's and 40's

anything with Gene Tierney, Hedy Lamar, Myrna Loy, Jean Arthur, Claudette Colbert (cause of the "No Nips" Hollywood rule, lol)

Bogart and Bacall in anything

www.youtube.com

w/ Hoagy Carmichael ( 1 min)

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2024-05-17 10:36 PM | Reply

Corky,

What?

No Thin Man?!?

#15 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-05-18 03:29 AM | Reply

Citizen Kane
Toy Story
Petrified Forest (Bogart, Bette Davis)
Taxi Driver
Big Lebowski
Witness for the Prosecution

among others

#16 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2024-05-18 04:04 AM | Reply

"Seven Samurai" (for a start)

#17 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-05-18 07:06 AM | Reply

@#17

And you gotta add the American adaptation of that movie. One of my favorites westerns...

"The Magnificent Seven" (1960)

#18 | Posted by shane at 2024-05-18 10:17 AM | Reply

15

My favorite old movie series... along with Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes.

You know, he was a British Champion sword duelist.

#19 | Posted by Corky at 2024-05-18 11:53 AM | Reply

"Twelve O'Clock High" (1949)

With Gregory Peck

#20 | Posted by shane at 2024-05-18 12:09 PM | Reply

Godfather 1 and 2,
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Dr Strangelove
The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein
Throne of Blood
A Clockwork Orange

Off the top of my head.

#21 | Posted by morris at 2024-05-18 01:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Generational movies

The Graduate

Apocalypse Now

Little Big Man

The Deer Hunter

#22 | Posted by Corky at 2024-05-18 08:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

One of the best movies ever made:

Dr. Strangelove.

(yes to Little Big Man)

"I like Hanks, but I must admit I've never seen Forrest Gump."

Entertaining and worth seeing, but, massively overrated.

#23 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-05-19 10:52 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Sleeper nobody's ever heard of:

Fire Creek

Jimmy Stewart, and Henry Fonda in a rare role as a very bad man.

Jack Elam, too!

#24 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-05-19 10:57 AM | Reply

"The Searchers" (1956)

My favorite John Wayne movie

#25 | Posted by shane at 2024-05-19 05:23 PM | Reply

@#22 Corky

Those are very good movies especially "The Deer Hunter". That was a magnificent movie.

#26 | Posted by shane at 2024-05-19 05:26 PM | Reply

"The Intruder" (1962)

William Shatner's best movie.

He was born for it.

#27 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-05-19 06:17 PM | Reply

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