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Here we go again with your arguments based on pure semantics. I thought you knew that film and cinema are now (and have always been) words that are used to refer to all motion pictures regardless of the format in which it they are made or presented. But if I was to take your one definition of...

Yeah actually after thinking about it more, the 1960s was mostly a weak decade for Hollywood in the first place. But I wouldn't agree that these films are no longer good, I watch them today and I just enjoy them. I don't know about how people experienced them in the 1960s because I wasn't even...

Okay, I think I'm kind of done with this discussion. I did in fact mention several enduring films that are regarded as masterpieces, there is simply no denying this fact. Look at the countless lists if you want, but I'm sure you don't have to look at any particular list to know that Citizen...

Haha then my list loses all credibility to you because it comes in 2nd place just behind Late Spring. I think it's just a matter of personal taste, Tokyo Story isn't exactly a controversial choice for a greatest film of all-time list as noted in its high placement in pretty much all best of...

Okay, this is not even my agenda at all, so you are just completely inaccurate. Anyone who knows me, knows that I would want someone like Mikio Naruse to be as well known as Ozu or Kurosawa, or someone like Patrick Tam as well known as Wong Kar-Wai or someone like Dmitri Kirsanoff mentioned...

You and I have very views about cinema, and you know this very well so I won't reply with a lengthy post. If you think that The Searchers, Citizen Kane, Intolerance, Metropolis, Rashomon, Tokyo Story, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and many other masterpieces of cinema are not enduring works, well then...

Haha, I highly disagree with this. I think this is just a matter of taste. But the 60's was at least known for starting one of the greatest eras of Hollywood history, the New Hollywood wave of filmmakers that continued into the 1970's. Psycho Inherit The Wind Breakfast At Tiffany's Lawrence Of...

Triads: The Inside Story directed by Taylor Wong - 5/10 It was interesting to find this little known Hong Kong film starring Chow Yun-fat on Netflix, but it was a disappointment for two reasons. As with many HK films on Netflix, for some reason there is only a dub option! And also, the film...

It was initially inspired by a short story but it turned into something completely different, not sure if it should count as an adaptation in the traditional sense.

Yeah that's a really good action film, it feels like an updated heroic bloodshed kind of film that I love. I have some problems with it regarding the characterization in the second half of the film, but overall it's a fantastic film! I'll check out Mother as soon as possible, I heard that Bong...

A Movie directed by Bruce Conner - 9/10 The first film I watch for my cinema studies courses is actually a pretty darn good experimental film. This is the kind of film that I was attempting to make with my last short film in the way that it combines and compares motions, and it is also very...

Yes, and I think that's how it should be done in a commercial cinema because they can still appeal to wide audiences while making something that's actually worth watching for more than just spectacle. My main problem with today's Hollywood films is the writing (as in the dialogue) and the film...

(A)sexual directed by Angela Tucker - 6/10 I thought this would be an interesting documentary about something that is rarely talked about, but it turns out there wasn't too much compelling content. I also found it strange that the main person advocating for asexuality turns out to kind of change...

:lol: I had a ton of time before because I was a very good high school student, so I could finish homework during lunch/recess then come home and watch at least one movie a day lol. Now I'm a college student with a job, so it's a lot more difficult but I am in the cinema studies department so...

Simply because I was a young rebellious teenager lol (still kind of am but not as much as before). Yeah but it's the most perfect plothole ever, I don't think that a plothole is necessarily a flaw. In this case I think it's a strength! But that's just my opinion lol.

Ah no problem then :)

The thing is that Hollywood is meant to just be pure harmless entertainment that makes a lot of money. Most of today's Hollywood films don't entertain me personally, I much prefer the Hollywood of the 1910's-1970's, and I much prefer the commercial cinema of Hong Kong for 'entertainment' films...

Okay but in your first post you said any black and white films, and you even mentioned Chaplin who didn't make film noirs so I sent you a list of black and white movies (most of which are not film noirs). That was confusing to me.

I like slow films, but I also understand why they don't appeal to other people as much. I feel like slow paced films try to give the viewer more than just a story, they try to give the viewer a unique sensory experience that envelops them in the film's world and space (and when they succeed...

Yeah I agree, Schindler's List was pretty perfect as an epic drama IMO. Ah well, Citizen Kane was one of those movies I was hoping to say "oh this is not as good as people say" when I first saw it as a young teenager, but I couldn't really fault it for its storytelling or artistry, it really is...