how old is classic?

[slasherman]

and...?

[zwoti]

Originally posted by slasherman
and...?

you can work it out

[crazy raplh]

Originally posted by bwind22
I don't agree. I think to be considered a classic it needs to stand the test of time. A movie can be all the rage when it's released because of good publicity or hype or whatever, but if the next generation of movie fan has no desire to see it, then it's not a classic.

exactly.. look at The Faculty. But I would say a good geration or so, My vote is for 70's and back.

[slasherman]

Originally posted by crazy raplh
exactly.. look at The Faculty. But I would say a good geration or so, My vote is for 70's and back.

"Ringu" have stand the test of time....:)

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by crazy raplh
exactly.. look at The Faculty. But I would say a good geration or so, My vote is for 70's and back.

what about the Faculty? I don't think anybody has considered that a classic no matter how popular it might've been at the time.

[The STE]

in general, who can say for sure? As far as the board is concerned? Before 1970, so I voted 1970 and earlier

[urgeok]

Originally posted by slasherman
A movie dont have to be old (20 years) to be called a classic....
To me "Ringu" is a classic...due to the impact and quality of the movie.....but "Gone with the wind" is no classic for me....so its a matter of taste...
-It dont have to be black and white
-It dont have to get an Oscar
-It dont have to be old
-It dont have to be innovative(but it helps)
-It dont have to be expencive

Many film criticts try to create a classic....but it is the audience who decide :p

it is a portion of the audience who decide ..
the hard core movie fans .. not the casual movie fans wo just want something to do - bigger television.

the average movie goer wouldnt know a decent film if it jumped up and bit off their dick.

I know film like any art is personally subjective ... but the majority of people dont have much of an opinion .. let alone an informed one.

[slasherman]

Originally posted by urgeok
the average movie goer wouldnt know a decent film if it jumped up and bit off their dick.

sad but true....:(
....the use of the term classic on this forum isnt correct but it makes thing easier...just like genres....I guess it have to be like that....
...Or the forum could just call it old horror movies...(the term classic (in mine view) dosent say anything about the age of the movie....It says more about how the movie IS than how old....

[ClassicHorror]

There's a difference between a classic film, and a modern classic.

Classic is from 1969 down as that was when black and white films started to fade away....

Modern Classics are 70's up.

[slasherman]

Originally posted by ClassicHorror
There's a difference between a classic film, and a modern classic.

Classic is from 1969 down as that was when black and white films started to fade away....

Modern Classics are 70's up.

but we were talking about the term classic...if you add something like modern, old, new, bad : classic ....of course it means something else :eek: