Why I Mostly Just Watch Old Movies & TV Shows
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November 14, 2024
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I love this concept. If I may be so bold as to recommend a few of my favorites throughout the decades…
The Three Musketeers (1973)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
The Hunt For Red October (1990)
Legend (1985)
Charade (1963)
If you've already done these, I apologize 😂
I dont think that mentioning different people is a bad thing. All Star Trek was about diversity. But of course movies need to make a good scripts, and not like Wonder Woman for example.
I personally watch Babylon 5 for the first time. Almost completed)) And overall this is a good show, even today.
But modern tv and movies can give us more complicated stories.
If you rewatch Batman 1989 you will be surprised how slow and sometimes boring it is) Not even close as you remembered)
This is what I'm doing right now. New content is just ugly.
I think that the Truman Show came out around the same time as that first film you mentioned, and it’s one of my absolute favorites. Jim Carey has depth.
I’ll have to give that one a watch, thanks for highlighting it!
All the tv shows I’m into currently came out in early 80s to early 90s. I was joking with my brothers, when I saw a trailer recently for a new M Shymalan movie, and the character was driving with her smartphone by her side, I was a little confused. My brain was wondering, “what’s that smartphone doing in a movie, those don’t belong there.” I think the most modern show I’ve seen is probably 30 Rock or How I Met Your Mother. I think they had early iPhones near the end of their runs.
In almost every category of filmmaking—writing, acting, special effects, soundtrack, directing, etc.—they just don’t make them good anymore. The standards in the industry are free-falling. Even if they could make decent films, I can’t stand the reboot culture or the childish superhero nonsense. (And I like a lot of the earlier Batman films, and the 90s animated show, which though for kids was more mature and very well made.)
Your idea for reviews sounds interesting on new channel kim🎉
I'm on the same page. Thank you for sharing your saneness.
Review the old films!
I just subscribed. It would be nice if you review good, old and good American values old movies and shows. We need entertainment that is meaningful, fun but also has true heroes.
YES! Review the classic era!
Cant blame you for watching older movies and tv shows. Nothing currently looks appealing. The new stuff is based on video games, remakes/reboots, or super heroes.
Hey Dave. I always enjoy your insights and would definitely watch a channel/series where you dig up and review quality films and shows of the past.
The older and classic movies is more meaningful whereas there are some good movies today like: The Batman, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Godzilla Minus One etc
The vintage film review channel is a fantastic idea.
I can only watch stuff that is pre-2010s…. Maybe a few exceptions at the beginning to middle 2010s but that's it.
I too watch mostly old movies, but really old, 30's and 40's the golden age of Hollywood with great actors and stars. They's so much better than the shoot em up, violent films about low lifes today.
Bruh, i just watched Truman show last week. I had forgotten what good scriptwriting looked like. Its great.
How about THE BIG SLEEP, RIO BRAVO, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, JUST WAIT UNTIL DARK.
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And it's not just seeing the classics above modern paraphernalia, but appreciating them within their "limitations." I'll take Harakiri as an example, it has a remake, but I was definitely able to enjoy the original a lot even though I wasn't used to black and white on the screen.
There is no doubt that we are what we consume in the long run, and I really appreciate that you have decided not to settle for modern entertainment and look back at the increasingly forgotten classics, it is something that I try to do too.
I too watch some of the same & some over and over for the lack of anything good anymore. PS just a thought Communism Marxism Socialism Fascism or as we say now Content sensitivities. There is nothing sensitive about the ISMS
I love watching old retro movies and tv shows. I hate watching modern movies and TV shows from the 2000s
Idkay but i feel like i'm the only one whos pretty fine with most modern stuff leaving so little to be desired. It just give me more reason and time to watch/play the material i missed these years .
I'd LOVE a channel focusing on the better media of yesteryear!!!
Saw this happening about 20 years ago, accelerated pace 10 yrs ago. Between "digital cloud storage" and streaming to eliminate physical possession, and later the wokism we suffer, I am glad I started hoarding physical media: I am proud of my thousands of books, CDs, DVDs, audio cassettes, VHS tapes, etc. Not worth anything to steal. Cannot be altered. Absent a fire these will last the rest of my life.
I love Casa Blanca. My late aunt always loved and watched these old movies. Good memories of watching them with her, especially White Christmas and It's a Wonderful Life during the holidays. ❤
I say go for it! I think there’s plenty of good movies and tv shows that you can cover and provide a review of.
Think about it, they’ve had almost 3 decades to come up with something close to the Shawshank redemption and they haven’t been able to do so
Yes ,yes , and yes!!! Please do one on the wonder years tv show. The feels of that show man. There is just something so American . If a show could have ever captured the pure heart of growing uo in the best time in America it was that show.
Firefly/Serenity we severely underrated.
Funny fact about the gambling den and Casablanca.
Casa – house
Blanca – white
Soanish reverses english speech order, so directly translates to White House…the rich people's gambling den. Anyways…on with your video!❤
Before I start watching this (I JUST subbed to your channel!), I was drawn in by Bogie. I LOVE Humphrey Bogart films, and Maltese Falcon is my favorite, next to Casablanca.😁👍
I strongly support the idea of you talking about older movies because they generally offer much more 'meat' to talk about and have more story as well as more interesting characters.
Re-watch "Northern Exposure"; Rob Morrow playing Joel Fleischman is better than I remembered. I appreciate Elaine Miles's character Marilyn Whirlwind even more now for her silent appraisal of everything.
Casablanca? Really? I mean, I love that film as much as anyone else. What bothers me is that while some younger people SAY that the appreciate classic cinema, they never show any evidence that they've watched any movies from the 30s or the 40s beyond a handful of titles.
I watch old movies because of all the woke stuff now. I prefer simpler times, when there was only 2 sexes, politically correct etc.
Aside from The Fall Guy, we don't watch new stuff. Lately, we've been watching The Red Green show. Another show that no one would make today- at least correctly anyways.
Inspirational: Chariots of fire, Warrior, 127 hours, Tree of life
Drama: Breaker Morant, Amour, Boyhood
Gritty: Eastern Promises, Godfather 1/2, Sicario, Traffic
Light hearted: Gigi, Seven brides for 7 brothers,
Suspense: Night of the hunter, Out of the past, LA Confidential
Philosophical: the thin red line
Hey, I'm new to the channel. I agree with this video 100%. I enjoy going through old lists of oscar nominees or just browsing imdb and finding old movies to watch that i missed years back. There are good filmmakers these days, but few and far between. Totally random, go watch the older films of Brian de Palma, or checkout Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine in Deathtrap. A hidden gem!
I'm on the same boat. Old movies and tv shows hit different than the modern shite.
Go for it! Please do
We lost the clear divides between high budget silver screen movies, B class small release and made-for-tv ages ago, primarily because of streaming platforms. Now that the streaming platforms are cash heavy enough, they are regurgitating what seems like 100s of movies and episodic shows every year. Once upon a time, the main choices were clear and you would occasionally bump into a diamond in the rough because you saw something at the rental store or a friend recommended something obscure from a film festival. These days the diamonds aren't buried in a hill, they are buried in a mountain of poorly written, poorly cast, rushed, message focused or eye crossingly cliched productions.
So to cut myself short and simply reaffirm, yes please. Give us a look back starting before, say, the 2010s. I am confident that you will find movies to present your thoughts on that I missed and would thoroughly enjoy. Not to mention movies that, like so many people in the comments are observing, are likely to have so much more meaning and heart because their stories came first.
Hey Dave, I enjoy watching these videos you've been making because they remind me so much of what I once loved and point me towards that which I've missed out on but can enjoy for the first time. Please keep it up!
Old movies relied on good story telling rather than flashy special effects.
You should review The Princess Bride, an absolute classic.
I just watch the old stuff, not all of it is good I thought that Connan (1984) was very 'meh' but most of it is heads and shoulders above what we've got today, heck even Enterprise is better than STD.
I started rewatching lexx and la femme Nikita the movie and 90s tv shows
It seems I am late to the party on this thread. I agree, you will always have the old stuff and I have quite a bit or access to it. If some of todays stuff is good I watch it, if not then I don't. Re-watching a good movie (or TV show) is like a glass of fine wine. It may taste like the last time but it is still enjoyable.