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Good point, talikennj. Thanks.
I thought Harland County USA was an excellent, very well-done documentary film. The conditions were unsafe back then, which is what the workers were striking and protesting about, not just the wages. The conditions were horrific and dangerous back then. Moreover, if the coal mine fire down in West Virginia that killed a bunch of miners and seriously injured others occurred just afew years ago is any indication, the conditions that coal miners have to work under nowadays aren't any safer than they were back then, or during the Springhill Mining disaster that happened up in Nova Scotia, Canada, that occurred back in 1958.
No matter what anybody says or thinks, a movie like "Jaws" is still better when it's viewed on a great big, wide movie theatre screen, with the lights down low.
North by Northwest is good. I enjoyed it a great deal. Vertigo, on the other hand, is quite overrated, and not that good. I found Vertigo kind of boring, in fact.
Found it...and I'm here!
Most of the classic films are older films, from the 50's, 60's and 70's.
People of all ages enjoy the Wizard of Oz, Daisy. I, too enjoy it, and I graduated from high school back in 1969.
I first saw the film version of West Side Story at around Christmastime of 1968, as a high school Senior, during a big national re-release of it, in a now-defunct cinema north of the town that my siblings and I grew up in. I identified with the Jets, the Sharks and their girls regarding kids being kids and so on, but when I got a little older, and began seeing West Side Story (the film version) in a number of (mostly now defunct) independent repertory art cinemas in and around Boston, Ma, I still loved (and still do, to this day) West Side Story for the work of art that it really and truly is, the story behind it, the musical score, the cinematography, and the cast, overall. I never get tired of seeing the film West Side Story over and over again, and, despite seeing other films that I like a great deal (both older and newer), I always keep my eyes and ears peeled for another screening of the film West Side Story.
Oh, I also forgot to add that West Side Story is on my mind, as it is always.
I've seen Wizard of Oz, Some Like It Hot, not to mention a whole host of other classics. Wizard of Oz was lots of fun, as were many other classic films for me, but I have to admit that I found the ending of Some Like It Hot rather sadistic, if one gets the drift.
Hi, Daisy. You're welcome! Glad I was able to be of some help and encouragement.
There was a scene in The Town, in which Doug and Jem went to the apartment of the two Dominican guys from the projects who'd thrown bottles at Claire as she was walking through the housing project by herself one afternoon (plus she'd had her Prius vandalized, to boot.), broke into their apartment, beat them up and seriously injured one of them, in retaliation for their having bothered Claire that afternoon. Unlike the theatrical cut of The Town, which is full of holes and leaves a great deal of stuff unconnected, the Extended cut, especially with the Alternate Ending, connects how things happened. Doug and Jem visited Kenny, a drug dealer who also lived in the housing projects, purchased some cocaine from him, and found out from Kenny which apartment on Medford Street that the Dominican men resided in, went there, broke down the door, and beat them up. One of them was knee-capped (his kneecap shot off), by Jem.
In retaliation for the break-in, beating and permanent crippling of Alex Colozzo, Alex Colozzo and his companion shot and killed Doug as he was about to get into his car and skip town.
Don't worry about it, Daisy. I love a lot of the older classics, too.
Here's my list:
A) West Side Story
B) Wizard of Oz
C) Lawrence of Arabia
D) Bonnie & Clyde
E) Fast Times at Ridgemont High
F) To Sir with Love
G) In the Heat of the Night
H) Midnight Cowboy
I) Dr. Zhivago
J) Easy Rider
K) Exodus
L) 2001: A Space Odyssey
M) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
N) Dirty Harry (The first one)
O) Sound of Music
I thought that Dunkirk was a very well-done film, but it's certainly not for the faint of heart. I also think that Dunkirk is one of the few war movies that don't really glorify war.
I can, actually, first because Doug and his buddies/accomplices in crime were working for Fergie. Secondly, as I pointed out, people who perpetrate violence often end up on the receiving end of it, as well.
I agree with everything you've said, Soodinum. Frankly, I think that Doug's crazy, psychotic right-hand man and friend, "Jem", was the only really believable character in this whole film.
When Doug skips town for Florida without Claire, the reasons why are fairly clear:
A) Had Doug taken Claire to Florida with him, that would've been putting her life and safety at risk, since the Feds were still looking for him, which was evident when FBI Agt. Frawley said "We know what he (Doug) MacRay) looks like. We'll find him."
B) Doug is probably looking over his shoulder, since his days of hiding out down in Florida were more than likely numbered, and he'd eventually be caught (perhaps violently), and either brought to trial and made to serve a prison term for his crimes, or perhaps gunned down by the law.
C) Claire, I think, more than likely smartened up, realized that shackling up with a known violent criminal who the law was looking for was too risky, and was happy to go on in life without him.
I saw the Alternate Ending to "The Town" on a now-defunct youtube video, and far preferred that to the ending of the theatrical and extended versions of this film, because the Alternate Ending provided much more closure, plus it sends a far more concise, clear message: Escaping one's environmental and familial upbringing is far easier said than done.
Plus, I also think that Doug sort of got his comeuppance in the end, in that one, as his accomplices finally did.
Krista rats out Doug and his accomplices in crime to FBI Agt. Frawley, and tells him about the Fenway Park robbery that's about to take place. What Krista meant was that Doug was planning to go away to Florida (and with another girl (i. e. Claire), to boot.
I enjoyed "In the Heat of the Night", "To Sir With Love" and the recent TV airing of "The Defiant Ones", but I didn't much care for his film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
I liked "In the Heat of the Night", "To Sir With Love", and "The Defiant Ones" (which I also watched a couple of weeks ago).
I recently saw a 50th-year anniversary re-release of "In the Heat of the Night" at a local movie theatre, and, although I'd seen it when it first came out, I didn't remember much of it. It's still a good film, and, given what's been going on these days in real life, this movie's still very relevant, I think.
I also watched part of "To Sir With Love" on TV recently. I also saw that one when it first came out, also.