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To: WhatNot
Any other 30 year old movies you haven’t seen?

I still haven't seen any of the Godfather movies, Psycho, North by Northwest.

There are more, but those are the ones that everyone tells me were great movies.

10 posted on 08/10/2010 10:50:49 PM PDT by Washi
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To: Washi

Please allow me to say that Godfather and Godfather 2 are movies of such amaazing quality that they could be described as a lost art at this point.


15 posted on 08/10/2010 10:52:47 PM PDT by chris37
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You are all set for the remainder of the summer. Those are all great movies worth seeing, IMHO. I’m a big fan of Alfred Hitchcock movies, BTW.


20 posted on 08/10/2010 10:55:24 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: Washi
I still haven't seen any of the Godfather movies, Psycho, North by Northwest.

I got to see the Godfather for the first time when they re-released it for the big screen in '97. I was expecting it to be overrated. I was very wrong. I went to see it again a week later. I liked it just as much the sedcond time.

Psycho is an important movie, but not a "great" movie. It was ground breaking in its time, and Perkins was born for the part.

North by Northwest is very good, though a bit uneven, and a little farfetched at the end. Another good Hitchcockj to consider is Strangers on a Train.

Not on your list, but consider "The Third Man", "A Touch of Evil", "The Philadelphia Story", "The Maltese Falcon", "All About Eve" and "Sunset Boulevard."
22 posted on 08/10/2010 10:57:27 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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Really? You’ve got to see the Godfather movies. Those are greatness. (Well, not #3.)


24 posted on 08/10/2010 10:58:03 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: Washi

I have one word for you. Netflix


35 posted on 08/10/2010 11:05:56 PM PDT by WhatNot (God Bless our troops, especially the snipers.)
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Those are great movies. You don't know what you're missing.
39 posted on 08/10/2010 11:08:11 PM PDT by smokingfrog (freerepublic.com - Now 100% flag free.)
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Have you seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?


59 posted on 08/10/2010 11:37:35 PM PDT by houeto (Get drinking water from your ditch - http://www.junglebucket.com/Jungle-Bucket-1.htm)
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Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt is definitely worth seeing. None of Sir Alfred’s other films come as close as this one does as something that could happen to one’s own family.


69 posted on 08/11/2010 12:00:24 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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I still haven't seen any of the Godfather movies, Psycho, North by Northwest.

The Godfather is simply one of the best American movies ever made, period.

And if you like Hitchcock and Cary Grant, I think North by Northwest was the best film they ever did together. It also has James Mason as just about the suavest bad guy in movie history.

71 posted on 08/11/2010 12:01:48 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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North by Northwest is great. Of course, it has Cary Grant in it, and everything that has Cary is great.

It just came out on blu-ray, and my friends and I had a big movie night watching it. It’s got some good features too.

There is a scene in it where Cary walks up the steps to the UN. Hitchcock could not get permission to shoot Grant in the UN, so he filmed him from a laundry truck undercover.


81 posted on 08/11/2010 12:11:14 AM PDT by I still care (I believe in the universality of freedom -George Bush, asked if he regrets going to war.)
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Of those you mention, I'd say only Godfather 1 & 2 are real must sees. But they really are must sees. I would rank them among the top ten best movies of all time.
158 posted on 08/11/2010 1:31:38 PM PDT by curiosity
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