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King Kong
The Thin Man
It Happened one Night
Beau Geste
Wizard of OZ
Gone with the Wind
Just to name a few....
I'll say the 40's.
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
The Maltese Falcon
It's a Wonderful Life
The Third Man
Rope
Rebecca
National Velvet
To Have and Have Not
The Big Sleep
The Best Years of our Lives
The Philadelphia Story
Red River
Miracle on 34th Street (my favorite)
His Girl Friday
Twelve o'clock High
On The Town (How I love Gene Kelly!)
The Bishop's Wife
I Remember Mama
... and others.
Not only some of my favorite films, but the way they were shot ... the direction and cinematography, editing, all of it: yes, I'll go with the '40s as my favorite decade.
But 60's and 70's are close.
Favourite Bond Film- 80's. (TLD)
Favourite schmaltzy tissue-necessary chick movie- 80's. (Somewhere In Time)
Favourite comedy? 80's. (Ghostbusters)
Too many favourites in one decade...
I chose the decade 1967-1976.
Starting from Bonnie & Clyde and The Graduate, all the way through to the year prior to Star Wars (when everything changed).
It was a time when the maverick young directors like Altman, Scorsece and Coppola were cut loose, stars like Robert de Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman were at the peak of their art. Films were interesting, challanging and stimulating.
Mind you @4EverBonded has made me think 1940s!! Mmmmmmm
I'll forfeit. X_X
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How come every American family in certain films has a kid in wheel chair, a dog and another kid playing baseball, something one or both of the parents choose to ignore because their career comes first? I understand such families exist; I understand we need such families in some stories. But I have seen them a couple of times too often. At the merest sign of another such family, I walk out.
Do parents really have these lengthy bed time conversations with their kids in real life? I mean, all the time? How many more kids must I endure in films who are anxious about something, worried or uncertain, so that a loving mother or father can first talk some fairy tale nonsense into them and then hug them and then say "you sleep well now, okay" - "okay, mommy!" - "okay." Look, it's not cute anymore when every episode of Boy Meets World, Family Matters and Full House has given us this scene. Many films have done so too. We got it now, thank you. This stuff is boring.
Yeah, that's me shouting at the screen "Get up! Stop being so **?!** stupid!" or "Get away! Stop being so **?!** stupid!" I'm really more than fed up with that and have been for decades.
Come on!
In the same league as the stupid girl, OHMSS69. So stupid it becomes an insult to the audience sometimes.
@OHMSS69, very true, sir! I noticed this too.
Another of my complaints is the gratuitous sex scene. Don't get me wrong, a sex scene can serve many purposes. However, few things are as annoying as a sex scene with absolutely no purpose at all.
One of the best examples of this is in the hilariously bad Uwe Boll film "Alone In The Dark". Tara Reid and Christian Slater are having a vomit inducing conversation about some ancient artefacts or whatever and then suddenly we get a hard cut to the two of them in bed having sex. Like there's half a reel of film missing. Even worse is that they selected Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry's 7 Seconds song to go with it. Neneh Cherry once said that "7 Seconds tells about first seven seconds in the life of a newborn, arguably unaware of problems in the world." Yes, excellent song for a meaningless sex scene...
I can imagine though that in 2005, Tara Reid was still somewhat bankable. ;-)
And more often than not they add nothing to the story anyway but for some puritan reason does raise the age limit while grotesque violence does not. Makes you want to swear but you better not because that raises the age limit as well. I'd rather have my kids see breasts or a bum than brains shattered in slow motion.
Then again, in 300 we see King Leonidas going all Kamasutra on the Queen, presenting a needless amount of physical affection given the fact that the sex itself is never brought up again. A tender kiss would have gotten the message through.
Basic Instinct, by comparison, has some use for the sex. The constant threat of murder and the extreme libidos of Douglas and Stone are actual parts of the story.
in the vein of @SaintMark, I'd rather see bare breasts than someone vomiting. we see more and more of this. How many times have you been watching not just a movie but your favorite televison show, eating dinner or popcorn and then there it is on the screen. You want to vomit yourself.
1- If being stalked by a serial killer, women should investigate any strange noises wearing their most revealing underwear.
2- If being chased by authorities, you can usually take cover in a passing parade (St. Patrick's, etc.) any time of the year.
3- All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
4- A private eye will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating, but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
5- The chief of police is always wrong.
6- During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
7- Cars and trucks that crash almost always burst into flames. (also known as "The Simpsons Rule")
8- Stripping to the waist makes a man invulnerable to bullets (commonly referred to as "The Willis Rule")
9- If a killer is lurking in your house, it's easy enough to find him. Just relax and take a bath - even if it's the middle of the afternoon.
10- A single match is sufficient to light up a room the size of the Astrodome.
11- Any person waking from a nightmare will automatically sit bolt upright and pant.
12- One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them than do the 20 men shooting at him.
13- Creepy music coming from a graveyard or basement should always be closely investigated.
14- Most people keep a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, especially if any of their family or friends have died in strange boating accidents.
15- Police departments give their officers personality tests to insure officers are assigned partners who are their complete opposites.
16- It doesn't matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts -- your enemies will politely and patiently wait to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessor.
17- Heroes never face charges for manslaughter or criminal damage after laying waste to the city during high speed chases and shooting it out in public.
18- You can always find a chainsaw whenever you need one.
19- All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off (another interesting fact: bombs can only be defused within 10 seconds of detonation).
20- Guns are like disposable razors - if you run out of bullets, throw the gun away. You can always find another one (this is apparently one of the American Amendments...the second?)
I especially like this one: 4- A private eye will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating, but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
I always sit through the credits as long as the music is compelling or if it's a Marvel film... ;)