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Originally Posted by James Whale
I think the point being made here is "Do we pretend to like old classic films to get credibility?" .
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just to touch on this :
I am the 1st to admit (to a very harsh audience) that I do not love the old classics as much as other people do.
I appreciate them
I dont mind them
I aknowledge their place in cinema history
I know they are very beautiful and atmospheric ..
but they dont speak to me as much as you'd think they would - especially me being an older guy. (i saw them before anything else)
to me the old universal horrors were atmospheric - definately - but that was their main strength.
i dont think the acting was as satrong in general. the music didnt grab me, the pacing was oft times too slow - even for me.
i love stylish films, but i like to forget i'm watching a film when i'm watching a film..
movies like Session 9, the Others, Hardware, Ju-On, Phantasm, etc ... have the ability to suck me in far more than the old classics.
Like anything, i believe there are people who truely like them, i also believe there are some people who say they do for the credibility - whatever - thats human nature.
we each have our own concious or subconcious criteria for what films grab us.
I won't pretend to understand it .. and i wont deny it.
i likes what i likes ...