I'm a big fan of classic films. Mostly from the early 40's to early 60's.
But am I the only one that finds films from the 1910s-1930s completely unwatchable? It's as if they hadn't learned how to make an interesting story yet. Only a select few films from that era are watchable
Isaiah Long
1/10 bait
Nathan Hughes
If you find Wizard of Oz unwatchable you need to quit life
Christopher Diaz
Agreed. Most movies before the 1940s are shit. Like most cars before 1950. And like most computers before 2030. And like all Operating systems before 2100. Industries need to mature.
Michael Lopez
If you don't enjoy charlie chaplin or buster keaton films maybe you should just neck yourself. Also Nosferatu.
Logan Watson
>Only a select few films from that era are watchable r u retard? >Only a select few films from that era are watchable
Jayden Gray
I watched Chaplin shorts this whole past week, really shit. Not OP. Buster Keaton can be funny sometimes.
Xavier Perry
wow! what a cinephile! do you also now of this film called Titanic?! there are a lot of greats from the 30s, 20s and 10s you're just a pleb with no taste
Chase Gomez
>30s, 20s and 10s Name some except Wizard of Oz.
Carson Johnson
you're just going to call them shit anyways but L'atlante City Girl Blue Angel Baby Face Safe In Hell you probably don't have the attention span for silent films so i won't bother with those
Dylan Hill
So basically pre Citizen Kane films?
Almost as if it changed how films were made forever or something.
Angel Hall
t.pleb who doesn't know what filmic german expressionism/pre-code era is
Gabriel Mitchell
>L'atlante >City Girl >Baby Face >Safe In Hell I'll report back in a week
Connor Robinson
don't bother, the board doesn't need more plebs shitting this place up even more
Brandon Rogers
Thanks for letting me off the hook, I won't watch them now. Forgotten and not much was lost.
Aiden Gomez
>L'atalante That movie was shit
Oliver Rivera
way to prove my point, retards
James Martinez
Well obviously every decade technology advanced more and films became much better and much more fun to watch. You can't really compare a noir from the 50's to a silent film of the 20's, they're nothing alike.
Jaxson Williams
>Well obviously every decade technology advanced more and films became much better absolutely no substance to this statement
Joseph Sanders
Dr Mabuse
Connor Thomas
My favorites from the 1920s/1930s, according to my low-attention-span pleb taste (eg. everything by Hitchcock or John Ford is intolerably boring): >The General >City Lights >The Gold Rush >The Wizard of Oz >It Happened One Night >Top Hat I rate all of these up there with the best modern movies.
Ian Mitchell
Also >The Adventures of Robin Hood
Parker Wood
M exists faggot
Anthony Jackson
>early lang >early hitchcock >dark universe monster movies after this OP, i don't think we can be friends anymore
Kevin Jackson
why would i watch a silent film when i can read a book?
Jaxson Bell
just pull out your spinner and calm down
Benjamin Stewart
so you've never seen one, gotcha
Ryan Rivera
The late 30s was maybe the greatest time for film ever.
Just watched Charles Laughton in the Hunchback of Notre Dame the other day. The make-up is fucking incredible. It's creepy and heart-warming and makes the Disney iteration look like complete shit by comparison.
Seriously though, the practical effects still hold up. Movies like this and Intolerance tell their own story through the sheer scale of the sets, the grandeur of film during the golden era.
David Reed
Silent film only really works as comedy, because slapstick doesn't need speech. It's funnier to watch than to read.
If you like Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carrey, or Jacques Tati, then you'll probably like some silent comedies.
Robert Morgan
30s were on average better than 40s because of lack of Hays code and WW2.
Jeremiah Moore
>Silent film only really works as comedy yikes
Angel Jones
The late 40s are great, though. Post-war movies opened things up a great deal in terms of storytelling. Noir became a very powerful thing. Being able to tell stories that didn't have happy endings, that were more complicated and layered. Human stories. It's also one of my favorite times in Hollywood.
Jayden James
wish Sup Forums has more of this kind of dialogue
For you
Oliver Reyes
It would be a big board, if that was the case.
Jordan Young
Pre-code has the same things you're praising about Noir film.
Michael Cruz
What a good film. I was pleasantly surprised. Well shot and acted. This girl was also really cute
Ian Cox
It does, but something is definitely different. Maybe it's the acting?
Hudson Jackson
First half of Gone with the Wind is moderately good, not even Clark Gable can save the second. Really it should have ended after the burning Atlanta scene. Like so many "classic" movies, it's too damn slow. Watch It Happened One Night instead, it has much better pacing.
Nathan Russell
Wizard of Oz was much more advanced than the films of its time AND it came it 1939, the last year of OP's criteria