Klaatu barada nikto!

[JTG of the PRB]

I am disappointed in how few of the people I know actually know where that quote comes from... It's a classic from a truly great movie made over 50 years ago. Perhaps classic movies are not as valued as they should be... In fact, I am convinced of this.

So a good friend of mine and I have started a classic movie night... We've already watched Lawrence of Arabia (which is OUTSTANDING, if you've never seen it), and up next is Casablanca.

We've got a good list of movies so far, but do any of you have any other suggestions? I know there are many learned folk here, and I would love to hear your input.

[MorningGlow]

1. These guys?

Oh wait. This guy.



Just funnin'. I knew that.

Anyway, to answer your question, how about His Girl Friday? Gotta love Cary Grant. Or...The African Queen. Or, for Cary AND Kate, Bringing Up Baby.

Ahhhh there are a million of 'em, and thank goodness, too, when modern dreck gets too tiresome.

[JTG of the PRB]

3. The African Queen is on the list.

But I hadn't considered His Girl Friday or Bringing Up Baby.

Excellent ideas! Thanks!

[MorningGlow]

11. Whoops--posted in wrong place

See downthread. 'S getting late...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Easy for you to say

just hangin' around in your shiny silver suit and your hotsy-totsy flyin' saucer...

[JTG of the PRB]

5. Well, I AM an advanced, interstellar alien warning of the dire consequences of nuclear weapons...

How'd you know?! :rofl:

[Help me help Earth]

4. Day the Earth Stood Still was incredible scifi.

As much as the Cold War sucked, it provided great material for science fiction. I'm surprised the war on terror hasn't done the same.

[JTG of the PRB]

7. Agreed!

Before I saw it, I had heard it was another 1950's sci-fi B-movie... Like Earth vs. The Flying Saucers of Earth vs. The Spider... But when I watched it, I realized it wasn't a B-movie... It was just a great movie. The fact that it was a science fiction made it all the more amazing for its time.

Incidentally, Earth vs. The Flying Saucers and Earth vs. The Spider are two HUGELY entertaining B-movies!

[MorningGlow]

8. Yeah...all we get these days

is "torture porn". Woo. :eyes:

[Help me help Earth]

14. So you didn't like Apocalypto or the Passion? nt

[MorningGlow]

16. But of course

However, they don't hold a candle to the Saw series or Hostel.

In case iz necessary: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. Fail Safe, Bride of Frankenstein, Seven Samurai, Eraserhead, Koyaanisquatsi

To enjoy.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Eraserhead! One of the most disturbing movies ever.

Saw it in a theatre in the '70s; I was creeped out for weeks. In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm getting creeped out again. The "baby" -- Oh, my God! :scared:

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. True!

And I'd add "Forbidden Planet" and "Blade Runner" to my list of recommendations.. Possibly "Children of Men" as well.

[MrScorpio]

9. Jesus Christ, I knew about this 35 years ago when I first saw TDTESS

When the saucer landed in the Elipse, I was sold.

And when I first saw the Elipse first hand years later, I saw this place needs a flying saucer.

Greatest SCI-FI movie until 2001

[MorningGlow]

10. Anytime!

Ooh! Ooh! Dr. Strangelove!

And, because John Lennon loved Peter Sellers, now I think of A Hard Day's Night.

Oh dear I could go on for days...

[JTG of the PRB]

13. We might put Dr. Strangelove on the list twice, it's so good...

A Hard Day's Night would be another good one. I'm not sure how my friends feels about the Beatles and their acting (I think they did a fine job), but if he disagrees I have ways of making him see the error of his ways...

:nuke:

If you know what I mean.

[MorningGlow]

17. Hee--it'd be for his own good

Go for the angle that it's not a Beatles movie so much as a Richard Lester movie. The man was a pioneer--good gods, we'd have never had MTV (the REAL MTV that is--with videos) if it weren't for him.

Even better, pair AHDN with The Knack and How to Get It--a study of the London "mod" scene. For a triple bill, add Georgy Girl. Not Lester, but from the same era. I loves me some postwar London in black and white...

[Vidar]

18. The Day the Earth Stood Still. Wouldn't vote for the world

to be vaporized but Washington DC, perhaps.

[RushIsRot]

19. The original War of the Worlds was a pretty good movie as was

Red River and Twelve O'Clock High.

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. Don't get me started

I'm one of those whackos who thinks Hollyweird has made about six good movies since 1972. :tinfoilhat:

Two I've watched again recently would make an excellent double feature: "Things to Come" (1936) and "Metropolis" (1927, silent).

(If you get a DVD of "Metropolis," make sure it's the restored version, released in 2001 after a painstaking restoration process.)

[ashling]

21. The day the earth stood still

[Dr. Strange]

22. Isn't that from Army of Darkness?

Toward the end of this clip.

:P

[The Traveler]

26. An obvious homage to TDESS

Bruce Campbell rocks.

[YankeyMCC]

23. Forbidden Planet, The Big Sleep, Gentlemen's Agreement

Grapes of Wrath

Those are the classics that come right to mind for me since you've already mentioned The Day the Earth Stood Still and Casablanca and someone else mentioned 7 Samurai

[EstimatedProphet]

24. 2 more from David Lean: The Bridge on the River Kwai and Doctor Zhivago

Both belong on your list

[kmla]

25. Wasn't that from 'Ishtar'?

:shrug:

[Flaxbee]

27. "I am impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to

live without it."

One of the best lines, ever.

[RebelOne]

28. The original "Thing From Outer Space" from the 1950s

was the best science fiction movie ever made. James Arness played the monster.

[GaYellowDawg]

29. Klaatu barada ni*cough*cough*

:evilgrin: