Movies That Have Aged Well

claws · February 09, 2020, 01:03:05 PM

My pick is Friday the 13th (1980). Visually pleasing, especially when viewing it on blu-ray with the fresh pristine print they used, F13 looks like it was filmed last week. Of course it is filled with the 1980s, but not distractingly so. Even Adrienne King's haircut gets a pass

and surprisnigly, they picked more or less timeless outfits to wear. The only thing that makes it old is apparently seeing a young Kevin Bacon.

Alex · February 09, 2020, 02:24:45 PM

Flash Gordon. I don't care that the visuals are very 80ish I still love it and think it looks awesome. Best science fiction film ever made. Ever!

ER · February 09, 2020, 03:41:13 PM

Jurassic Park.

indianasmith · February 09, 2020, 03:47:57 PM

MY COUSIN VINNY never gets old!

chefzombie · February 09, 2020, 04:37:36 PM

the evil dead

bob · February 09, 2020, 10:44:50 PM

The Third Man, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Dr. Strangelove.

I could, go on and on.

Gabriel Knight · February 10, 2020, 07:06:32 AM

There's plenty of examples, but the first that comes to mind is THE DARK CRYSTAL. The movie has no actors except from some scenes from afar, instead it's nothing but puppets. You'll think it would look terrible and cheesy but it's actually dazzling. The skeksis look particularly scary for children.

ER · February 11, 2020, 12:10:33 AM

Clueless. It was the biggest movie in our world the summer between tenth and eleventh grades and it holds up today. Where John Hughes '80s movies seem historical, Clueless feels....if not now then not that far away. Somehow it feels more current than Mean Girls, which was made almost a decade later.

Alex · February 11, 2020, 12:27:04 AM

Quote from: ER on February 11, 2020, 12:10:33 AM
Clueless. It was the biggest movie in our world the summer between tenth and eleventh grades and it holds up today. Where John Hughes '80s movies seem historical, Clueless feels....if not now then not that far away. Somehow it feels more current than Mean Girls, which was made almost a decade later.

My best friend at school loved this movie. Looking back, that should have raised my suspicians.

bob · March 01, 2020, 11:07:12 PM

Pulp Fiction (1994), Alien (1979), Seven Samurai (1954), It Happened One Night (1934)

there are a ton of other older films that still hold up

chefzombie · March 03, 2020, 04:23:07 PM

i'm with you there,bob. arsenic and old lace, harvey, bringing up baby, the philadelphia story, suddenly last summer, bell book and candle...like you, i could g on and on.

bob · March 03, 2020, 06:43:13 PM

even more -- Lawrence of Arabia, Barry Lyndon, The Great Dictator and Sherlock Jr.

chefzombie · March 04, 2020, 12:19:38 AM

and pillow talk, diamonds are a girl's best friend, holiday inn...we're gonna get in trouble for taking over this thread, bob, lol!

bob · March 04, 2020, 10:31:45 AM

Dr. No, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, The Phantom Carriage

Allhallowsday · March 04, 2020, 04:45:11 PM

Quote from: bob on February 09, 2020, 10:44:50 PM
The Third Man, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Dr. Strangelove.

I could, go on and on.

Excellent choices.

NETWORK has aged well, though it's loaded with contemporaneous cultural references, it's as relevant as it was 45 years ago!

Quote from: Gabriel Knight on February 10, 2020, 07:06:32 AM
There's plenty of examples, but the first that comes to mind is THE DARK CRYSTAL. The movie has no actors except from some scenes from afar, instead it's nothing but puppets. You'll think it would look terrible and cheesy but it's actually dazzling. The skeksis look particularly scary for children.

THE DARK CRYSTAL is wonderful!

Movies That Have Aged Well

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