Movie recommendations

[johnnycool]

Browsing through the terrestrial channels the other night and stumbled upon the start of the much vaunted classic, The Wicker Man, the 1973 original with Edward Woodward and a young ,nubile Brit Ekland, so I thought I'd give it a go and see what the fuss was about as I'd never watched it in its entirety before.

I was slow paced, and TBH weird as fúck for big parts of it with all the hedonism, paganism etc going on and the confusion around the "missing girl" soon to be sacrificed to the god of the sun on May day, but strangely kept you involved until the big switcheroo at the end.

I'd say it was a decent story well told and captured on film, maybe hasn't stood the test of time in lots of aspects but a worthwhile watch all the same.

Is there any other old classics out there worth viewing now?

[Milltown Row2]

Browsing through the terrestrial channels the other night and stumbled upon the start of the much vaunted classic, The Wicker Man, the 1973 original with Edward Woodward and a young ,nubile Brit Ekland, so I thought I'd give it a go and see what the fuss was about as I'd never watched it in its entirety before.

I was slow paced, and TBH weird as fúck for big parts of it with all the hedonism, paganism etc going on and the confusion around the "missing girl" soon to be sacrificed to the god of the sun on May day, but strangely kept you involved until the big switcheroo at the end.

I'd say it was a decent story well told and captured on film, maybe hasn't stood the test of time in lots of aspects but a worthwhile watch all the same.

Is there any other old classics out there worth viewing now?

With Mr Woodword in lead role, have you watch Breaker Morant set during the Second Boer War.

He's a quality actor all the same

[bennydorano]

I watched Smile & Smile 2 this week. I thought the original was excellent the 2nd not so much

[DaleCooper]

If you want enjoyable older classics watch any film by the Greats. You won't regret time invested in any of these.

Kurosawa [seven Samurai, Yojimbo]
Tarkovsky [Solaris]
Hitchcock[north by Northwest, catch a thief]
Lumet [fail safe]
John Ford [The Searchers]
John Huston [treasure of Sierra madre]
 Dario Argento [suspiria ]
David Lean [ Lawrence of Arabia]
Powell Pressburger[red shoes]