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Max Whittaker · 06-25-2001, 03:42 PM

Yea, yea I know they were before our time but have you ever watched one? I mean really watched any? And looked for the good points. And yes there are good points. I watch one last night and I found many. I liked it. If you don't watch them I recomend you do. Really, they are good.

dawsongirl · 06-25-2001, 03:48 PM

I took a class a couple semesters ago where we watched silent movies for the first 1/4 of the semester. They were cool, but you do get tired of them after awhile. I recommend that no one watch Battleship Potemkin. I hated that movie. It may be a huge classic, but eek!

Miller15 · 06-25-2001, 07:25 PM

I've seen "The Cheat." I believe that was the name of it. It wasn't bad. I'm a pretty big fan of all things that were "before my time."

LaverneShirley · 06-26-2001, 01:59 PM

Well, I saw the episode of L&S called "Born Too Late", where Lenny and Squiggy dream about being in silent movies. And then, I saw Singin' in the Rain, which has a couple of silent picture scenes... Other than that, no...

The Modfather · 09-19-2003, 02:37 PM

I ALWAYS watch Silent Movies, Charles Chaplin rocks!

Sterling Holobyte · 09-19-2003, 02:52 PM

I tried to watch Metropolis but quit half-way through. And I usually love sci-fi, but this I just couldn't sit through, I don't know why.
I do love watching Harold Lloyd shorts and I have seen some of his longer movies. He's great!

Georgia's on my Mind · 09-19-2003, 09:12 PM

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Originally posted by dawsongirl
I took a class a couple semesters ago where we watched silent movies for the first 1/4 of the semester. They were cool, but you do get tired of them after awhile. I recommend that no one watch Battleship Potemkin. I hated that movie. It may be a huge classic, but eek!

yes, Battleship Potemkin is a horrible movie...

TheLurkerKing · 11-04-2003, 02:53 PM

Yes. Alot of German ones: "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," "Der Golem," and "Nosferatu."

The silent version of "The Prisoner of Zenda."

And, of course, D. W. Griffith's "Intolerance." Some of the camera and editing effects used in the film are still used today in Hollywood. And the "Fall of Babylon," as an action sequence rivals anything done today.

Turner Classic Movies sometimes shows silent films on Sunday nights.

Pitooey · 11-04-2003, 03:02 PM

I LOVE Silent movies............

Liza · 11-04-2003, 11:21 PM

Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS is one of the best silent movies ever made - last year we watched three different versions of it - all of them are great.

CABINET OF DR CALIGARI is really good too, but I had to sit through it four times and I don't think I have it in me to watch it again. Silent movies are fantastic, but they do get hard to watch.

As far as American silent movies go - I loved THE UNKNOWN with Joan Crawford - that's the only time a silent movie has had me glued to the TV until 3am. Buster Keaton is probably my favorite silent film star - much prefer him to Charlie Chaplin

Anyone see Mel Brooks's SILENT MOVIE?

TheLurkerKing · 11-05-2003, 07:22 PM

Yes, I've seen "Silent Movie." Though, technically, "Silent Movie" is not a silent movie, as Marcel Marceau speaks one word in it: "Non!"

Speaking of Buster Keaton, I had forgotten I had seen his "Seven Chances," which is a silent movie. And the action sequences in it, like the action sequences in "Intolerance" just rock. They rival any action sequence made 80 or even 90 years later.

Kristina · 11-07-2003, 01:13 PM

I'm not big on silent movie's but I do like Charlie Chaplin, Louise Brooks, and Clara Bow to name a few good silent film stars.

06-25-2001, 03:42 PM	#1
Max Whittaker Senior Member I want Serenity back Join Date: Apr 30, 2001 Posts: 6,150	Silent Movies Yea, yea I know they were before our time but have you ever watched one? I mean really watched any? And looked for the good points. And yes there are good points. I watch one last night and I found many. I liked it. If you don't watch them I recomend you do. Really, they are good.

09-19-2003, 02:37 PM	#5
The Modfather Moderator Forum Veteran It Sure Does Join Date: Jul 12, 2003 Location: canada Posts: 21,027	I ALWAYS watch Silent Movies, Charles Chaplin rocks! __________________ As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing. T.S. Eliot

11-04-2003, 02:53 PM	#8
TheLurkerKing Frequent Poster Member Join Date: Jul 29, 2001 Location: Fort Worth, Texas, United States Posts: 101	Re: Silent Movies Yes. Alot of German ones: "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," "Der Golem," and "Nosferatu." The silent version of "The Prisoner of Zenda." And, of course, D. W. Griffith's "Intolerance." Some of the camera and editing effects used in the film are still used today in Hollywood. And the "Fall of Babylon," as an action sequence rivals anything done today. Turner Classic Movies sometimes shows silent films on Sunday nights.

11-04-2003, 03:02 PM	#9
Pitooey Forum Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 14,993	I LOVE Silent movies............ __________________ Pitooey... AKA JennyLee - I love the Monkees all over again! *SAY NO TO DRUGS* Jesus saves...

11-05-2003, 07:22 PM	#11
TheLurkerKing Frequent Poster Member Join Date: Jul 29, 2001 Location: Fort Worth, Texas, United States Posts: 101	Re: Silent Movies Yes, I've seen "Silent Movie." Though, technically, "Silent Movie" is not a silent movie, as Marcel Marceau speaks one word in it: "Non!" Speaking of Buster Keaton, I had forgotten I had seen his "Seven Chances," which is a silent movie. And the action sequences in it, like the action sequences in "Intolerance" just rock. They rival any action sequence made 80 or even 90 years later.

06-25-2001, 03:48 PM	#2
dawsongirl Forum Legend Member Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 52,914	I took a class a couple semesters ago where we watched silent movies for the first 1/4 of the semester. They were cool, but you do get tired of them after awhile. I recommend that no one watch Battleship Potemkin. I hated that movie. It may be a huge classic, but eek!

06-25-2001, 07:25 PM	#3
Miller15 Frequent Poster Member Join Date: Jan 12, 2001 Posts: 141	I've seen "The Cheat." I believe that was the name of it. It wasn't bad. I'm a pretty big fan of all things that were "before my time."

06-26-2001, 01:59 PM	#4
LaverneShirley Senior Member Mission Doll Join Date: Jul 26, 2000 Location: Liberty Twp, OH Posts: 1,549	Well, I saw the episode of L&S called "Born Too Late", where Lenny and Squiggy dream about being in silent movies. And then, I saw Singin' in the Rain, which has a couple of silent picture scenes... Other than that, no...

09-19-2003, 02:52 PM	#6
Sterling Holobyte Senior Member Member Join Date: Nov 07, 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,690	I tried to watch Metropolis but quit half-way through. And I usually love sci-fi, but this I just couldn't sit through, I don't know why. I do love watching Harold Lloyd shorts and I have seen some of his longer movies. He's great!

11-04-2003, 11:21 PM	#10
Liza Moderator BestYearsofOurLives Join Date: Apr 24, 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,421	Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS is one of the best silent movies ever made - last year we watched three different versions of it - all of them are great. CABINET OF DR CALIGARI is really good too, but I had to sit through it four times and I don't think I have it in me to watch it again. Silent movies are fantastic, but they do get hard to watch. As far as American silent movies go - I loved THE UNKNOWN with Joan Crawford - that's the only time a silent movie has had me glued to the TV until 3am. Buster Keaton is probably my favorite silent film star - much prefer him to Charlie Chaplin Anyone see Mel Brooks's SILENT MOVIE?

11-07-2003, 01:13 PM	#12
Kristina Senior Member Member Join Date: Mar 27, 2001 Location: CaLiFoRnIa, UsA Posts: 8,836	I'm not big on silent movie's but I do like Charlie Chaplin, Louise Brooks, and Clara Bow to name a few good silent film stars.

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