R
-res cogitans-
Guest
i say 70's and 40's! 
The Godfather and Citizen Kane. nuff said. :lol:
The Godfather and Citizen Kane. nuff said. :lol:
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
T
taovande
Guest
I'm personally partial to the 1940's/50's and the current movies of the 2000's.
Nothing, in my eyes, can beat:
Watching Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando go toe to toe in A Streetcar Named Desire...watching James Dean in his red jacket in Rebel Without a Cause...Seeing Marilyn Monroe paling around with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Some Like it Hot...or watching the classic beauty Audrey Hepburn in Rome with Gregory Peck.
Or watching Julia Roberts get her Oscar for Erin Brockovich...Watching the song and dance of Moulin Rouge and Chicago...Wondering if they would ever Find Nemo...Being on the Black Pearl with (Captain)Jack Sparrow...Being invited to a Big Fat Greek Wedding...and praying that the wedding wouldn't be crashed.
I think the stars of today do hold up well against the stars of the past and quite a few will be remembered for many years (well as long as the tabloids don't sink their teeth into them). Will any be remembered like Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando...only time will tell.
I think a few have the potential like Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp and Leonardo Dicaprio.
Nothing, in my eyes, can beat:
Watching Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando go toe to toe in A Streetcar Named Desire...watching James Dean in his red jacket in Rebel Without a Cause...Seeing Marilyn Monroe paling around with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Some Like it Hot...or watching the classic beauty Audrey Hepburn in Rome with Gregory Peck.
Or watching Julia Roberts get her Oscar for Erin Brockovich...Watching the song and dance of Moulin Rouge and Chicago...Wondering if they would ever Find Nemo...Being on the Black Pearl with (Captain)Jack Sparrow...Being invited to a Big Fat Greek Wedding...and praying that the wedding wouldn't be crashed.
I think the stars of today do hold up well against the stars of the past and quite a few will be remembered for many years (well as long as the tabloids don't sink their teeth into them). Will any be remembered like Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando...only time will tell.
I think a few have the potential like Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp and Leonardo Dicaprio.
T
taovande
Guest
Checked the list didn't see this discussed yet...thought it might bring up a good debate.
What era had the best films/stars? Discuss why you feel a certain era far surpasses any other time period. Do the stars of today put the stars of the 50's to shame? What movies/celebrities of now do you see standing the test of time?
Below you will find a list of the top 10 box office movies of each era (obviously this is just a sample of the films that were released in their particular decade) to help you in your debate.
[
What era had the best films/stars? Discuss why you feel a certain era far surpasses any other time period. Do the stars of today put the stars of the 50's to shame? What movies/celebrities of now do you see standing the test of time?
Below you will find a list of the top 10 box office movies of each era (obviously this is just a sample of the films that were released in their particular decade) to help you in your debate.
[
1920's
Movies
The Big Parade (1925)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
What Price Glory? (1926)
The Covered Wagon (1923)
Way Down East (1921)
The Singing Fool (1928)
Wings (1927)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Stars
Clara Bow, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino
1930's
Movies
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Frankenstein (1931)
King Kong (1933)
San Francisco (1936)
Hell's Angels (1930) (tie)
Lost Horizon (1937) (tie)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (tie)
Maytime (1937)
Stars
Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Fred Astaire, Errol Flynn, Greta Garbo
1940's
Movies
Bambi (1942)
Pinocchio (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Cinderella (1949)
Song of the South (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Mom and Dad (1947)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Casablanca (1949)
Stars
Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Olivia De Havilland, Spencer Tracey, Vivien Leigh
1950's
Movies
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Peter Pan (1953)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The Robe (1953) (tie)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) (tie)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Peyton Place (1957)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Stars
James Dean, Natalie Wood, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Gene Kelly, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis
1960's
Movies
101 Dalmatians (1961)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Thunderball (1965)
Goldfinger (1964)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Stars
Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Sean Connery
1970's
Movies
Star Wars (1977)
Jaws (1975)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/80)
The Exorcist (1973)
Moonraker (1979)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
The Sting (1973)
Grease (1978)
The Godfather (1972)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Stars
Woody Allen, DIane Keaton, John Travolta, Liza Minelli, Jack Nicholson
1980's
Movies
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Rain Man (1988)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Batman (1989)
Back to the Future (1985)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Top Gun (1986)
Stars
Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Michael Keaton, Kathleen Turner, Meg Ryan, Goldie Hawn
1990's
Movies
Titanic (1997)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Independence Day (1996)
The Lion King (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Armageddon (1998)
Stars
Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Brad Pitt,
2000's--a selection of films--not based on box office like the above
Movies
Finding Nemo
Harry Potter
Spiderman
Lord of the Rings
Shrek
Brokeback Mountain
Pirates of the Caribbean
Crash
Chicago
Moulin Rouge
Stars
Nicole Kidman, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Angelina Jolie
Movies
The Big Parade (1925)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
What Price Glory? (1926)
The Covered Wagon (1923)
Way Down East (1921)
The Singing Fool (1928)
Wings (1927)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Stars
Clara Bow, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino
1930's
Movies
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Frankenstein (1931)
King Kong (1933)
San Francisco (1936)
Hell's Angels (1930) (tie)
Lost Horizon (1937) (tie)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (tie)
Maytime (1937)
Stars
Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Fred Astaire, Errol Flynn, Greta Garbo
1940's
Movies
Bambi (1942)
Pinocchio (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Cinderella (1949)
Song of the South (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Mom and Dad (1947)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Casablanca (1949)
Stars
Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Olivia De Havilland, Spencer Tracey, Vivien Leigh
1950's
Movies
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Peter Pan (1953)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The Robe (1953) (tie)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) (tie)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Peyton Place (1957)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Stars
James Dean, Natalie Wood, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Gene Kelly, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis
1960's
Movies
101 Dalmatians (1961)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Thunderball (1965)
Goldfinger (1964)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Stars
Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Sean Connery
1970's
Movies
Star Wars (1977)
Jaws (1975)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/80)
The Exorcist (1973)
Moonraker (1979)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
The Sting (1973)
Grease (1978)
The Godfather (1972)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Stars
Woody Allen, DIane Keaton, John Travolta, Liza Minelli, Jack Nicholson
1980's
Movies
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Rain Man (1988)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Batman (1989)
Back to the Future (1985)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Top Gun (1986)
Stars
Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Michael Keaton, Kathleen Turner, Meg Ryan, Goldie Hawn
1990's
Movies
Titanic (1997)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Independence Day (1996)
The Lion King (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Armageddon (1998)
Stars
Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Brad Pitt,
2000's--a selection of films--not based on box office like the above
Movies
Finding Nemo
Harry Potter
Spiderman
Lord of the Rings
Shrek
Brokeback Mountain
Pirates of the Caribbean
Crash
Chicago
Moulin Rouge
Stars
Nicole Kidman, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Angelina Jolie