Modern Times (1936) - "Buck up! Never say die - we'll get along!"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027977/

One of my ALL TIME favourite movies.

Yesterday with windchill it hit -31 degrees Celsius outside and snowed a LOT. Something about that kind of weather just makes me want to curl up on a couch and watch a great movie so I invited a few friends over and decided to watch Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times.

This movie is absolutely timeless.. I don't care if you hate silent movies, or black and white film; if you can't find something to like in this one then I fee

l sorry for you. Despite it being set a lifetime ago it is entirely valid in it's core to what people are going through right now. General struggles to survive in a modernized world. Just about everyone should be able to relate to that. Putting aside all serious critique, the actual sentiment and gags in this movie work no matter when you were born or where you are from and the beauty of being able to make someone laugh or smile or cry without depending on dialo

gue or voice is a pretty amazing feat. Charlie Chaplin is definitely one of the greatest film-makers and personalities of all time and I am so glad that we are able to enjoy his legacy even so long after the man himself is gone.

Great film that everyone enjoyed watching. :)

Watched this one with a couple of different peo

ple since Amanda has recently not had the time to hang out and in watching this one, realised that I have a lot of options for movie-watching binges. My friend Gavin loves these old movies as much as I do and so I'm probably going to keep watching them with him instead along with whoever else wants to indulge in a little cinematic history :)

For the next movie I'm thinking of going in an entirely different direction.. hopefully I'll be able to watch it tonight. Watching the Dark Knight over again last week reminded me of a few early movies with Eric Roberts.. that led to a short debate about his acting ability and me coming to the realisation that a lot of people haven't seen h

is earlier work. Coca Cola Kid or Pope

of Greenwich Village maybe?

:D

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Romancing the Stone (1984) - 'What did you do, wake up this morning and say, "Today, I'm going to ruin a man's life"?'

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088011/

We watched Romancing the Stone right after the African Queen. I thought that their similar genres would compliment nicely and I was right. It was really neat to see two movies made 30 years apart that have so many similarities. I'm mainly referring to the characters and the genre of course (silly 80s movies have quite a different general feel than a movie made in the 30s haha) but they worked very well together nevertheless.

Romancing the Stone is one of my absolute favorites of the genre. They give you all the action, comedy, romance and adventure you could ask for in a movie like this and they pull off all aspects really well. Such a fun movie to watch and one just about anyone can enjoy I think. Micheal Douglas and Kathleen Turner are so fun together. Even though it was probably my 5th time watching it, it was just as great as the first time. :)

Amanda thought it was great too.. :P SO WATCH IT!


This is the last of the movies Amanda and I watched together... next movie with this concept in mind didn't come for at least a few more months.

Jumped back to the silent era for the 4th movie in my list :)

-moose

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The African Queen (1951) - What a time we had, Rosie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043265/

We actually watched this one a lot closer to Casablanca but a lot of things got in the way of me posting anything about it and since then, my friend and I have been unable to get together to watch any movies. As it seems like nothing is going to change there, I've decided to carry on myself. Hopefully I can bring a few friends with me along the way. I've since found a partner in crime who is more than willing to sit through any amount of old movies with me! I'm hoping to continue a lot more frequently with my movie watching from here on out accompanied by Gavin and assorted other friends! ONWARD.

Since the second movie Amanda and I watched together was The

African Queen I'd like to do a quick post about that before I carry on with any other movies.

I absolutely loved the African Queen. This is probably the oldest movie I've ever seen in the adventure genre (I know, I have a lot to catch up on) and considering how saturated we are with predominately ACTION-themed adventures (explosions galorrre) this one holds up really well I think where it is as much a character drama as an adventure story.

Humphrey Bogart was as different a character as you can get from his role in Casablanca but he seemed to be just as charming. This is the first of Katharine Hepburns films I have watched so it was interesting to see her with an older face than the more famous pictures of her. Amanda and I had a lot of fun watching this one (although it may have dragged in a few parts just because of our being used to faster paced movies). A really good follow up to Casablanca I think :)

Excited to watch MORE.

We actually followed this one with a similar movie of the same genre but fast-forwarding to 30 years later :D

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