Like Fine Wine: Movies that age well.

[redhawk23]

The converse of the other thread. This is a thread to discuss what films have in fact aged very well despite their time, or instead of seeming gratingly outdated perhaps seem more like almost a period film of their time, or maybe just films you expect will age well. It's of course very easy just to point out various classic films.

What allows a film to age well?


One movie that I think will continue to be very good, if not better as we become further removed from our modern time is The Social Network. Already, this movie is very much a period film from 7 years ago, though that time is not super recognizable or different from our own. There has been much talk about how the film encapsulates many themes pertaining to the gerneration and groups of people involved in social networks, internet culture and even just people that went to college in the past decade. Also there are small little touches that probably don't really matter at all to the movie's longevity but make it ther perfect 2003 representation, just little things, like old mountain dew, and money that is still green. lol

 

[Ipodman]

Back To The Future for sure...

 

[bullets]

One movie that I think will continue to be very good, if not better as we become further removed from our modern time is The Social Network.

I definitely agree with this . Also I have more appreciation for BTTF now than I ever have.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Jurassic Park
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade
Ghostbusters
Heat

 

[Wolfwood]

Wizard of Oz

 

[Silvermoth]

Why "Schindler's list" of course.

 

[Ipodman]

Beauty and the Beast

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

2001 A Space Odyssey

 

[dude stannis]

Die Hard

 

[PyroChamber]

The Breakfast Club

 

[Octoberist]

Ferris Beuller

 

[CGHulk]

Roman Holiday
Inherit the Wind
Rear Window
The Manchurian Candidate
Vertigo
Star Wars
Superman the Movie
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Apartment

 

[Laderlappen]

It Happened One Night (1934). This is a really old movie but it really doesnt feel that old. The pacing is great, its fun and entertaining and its a great movie.

 

[The Joker]

Halloween

 

[redhawk23]

Roman Holiday
Inherit the Wind
Rear Window
The Manchurian Candidate
Vertigo
Star Wars
Superman the Movie
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Apartment

I fully agree with all of these except perhaps Superman, I haven't seen the apartment though.

It amazes how much the themes of Inherit the wind are still completely relavent.

 

[danoyse]

Back to the Future, easily.

Others, to name a few:
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Sound of Music
To Kill a Mockingbird
It's a Wonderful Life
Mary Poppins
ET

 

[danoyse]

It Happened One Night (1934). This is a really old movie but it really doesnt feel that old. The pacing is great, its fun and entertaining and its a great movie.

Love this movie. Arsenic and Old Lace is funny as hell too.

 

[ShivNasty]

Night of the Living Dead

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Rocky 1 and 2

 

[chapin]

the insider
clerks I & clerks II
spaceballs
blazing saddles
History of the World, Part I
big
road to perdition
good morning vietman
forrest gump
dead poet society
The Shawshank Redemption
gone baby gone
apocalypse now
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
finding nemo
monsters inc.
nocountry for old men
burn after reading

 

[AllyBabble]

Rocky 1 and 2

I agree with Rocky1, but not 2. When you watch both back to back you can notice the change in style very noticably as the events of both movies are seamlessly joined, and the style of 2 is not quite as tasteful as 1, it's more '80s', like the characters have started growing their hair longer and using hairspray, and the shooting style is reminiscent of a tv show, lots of facial close ups, when we get to the hospital at the start even Rocky's eye make up, where he is bruised and battered, looks fake, whereas in R1 it looked completely real.
The acting is not as good, where in the first movie they felt like real working class people, here there is more of a self concious performance going on.
and if memory serves, even the music plays more comedically when something 'goofy' happens, like many an 80s sitcom, or perhaps that is in R3 I'm thinking of.
But I've always thought those two were an interesting contrast in how a movie is made, as they follow on as one story with no breaks in the timeline whatsoever. they are a good case study in how when a movie has no expectations beyond telling a good story, it can be played far more organically by the performers, whereas when there is an expectation of large BO, Oscars etc, the piece becomes self concious of itself as a performance that people are watching and the movie suffers as a result.

 

[Honey Vibe]

Obviously movies set in a previous time period age well. But it's the small nuances, when the film doesn't betray any trends in fashion, speech, or music of its time. Even premises (zombie attacks, e.g.) can heavily date a film.

I think the following films are immortal:

1. Princess Mononoke (1997)
2. Willow (1988)
3. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
4. Alien (1979)
5. Silence of the Lambs (1991)

 

[Matt Mortem]

Already been said, but needs to be said again: Back to the Future. Airplane is another good one

 

[scifiwolf]

Jurassic Park is one that has aged remarkably well.

 

[That-Guy]

Raising Arizona
Duel
Jaws
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Dr. Strangelove