Today the quality of movies is so good. Harry Potter, Transporter, Mr and Mrs Smith etc. are top-class movies. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie can be called the gods of cinema. Why were old movies so bad?
Old movies are amazing. How many have you actually seen? And from how many eras or genres? The story lines are what carry the clasic movies. There was no need for special effects. (Personally, I’d prefer to go back to 1937!) You should check out some classics. Hitchcock? Pre-codes? Silents? Film noirs?
"Double Indemnity" (1944) Barbara Stanwyck
"The Women" (1939) Norma Shearer & Joan Crawford
"The Lady Eve" (1941) Barbara Stanwyck & Henry Fonda
"Rebecca" (1940) Joan Fontaine & Laurence Olivier
"Leave Her to Heaven" (1945) Gene Tierney
"Night of the Hunter" (1955) Robert Mitchum
"Libeled Lady" (1936) Harlow, Bill Powell, Myrna Loy & Tracy
"Sunset Boulevard" (1950) Gloria Swanson & William Holden
"It Happened One Night" (1934) Claudette Colbert & Clark Gable
"Dinner at Eight" (1933) Harlow, Marie Dressler, & the Barrymores
"Grand Hotel" (1932) Greta Garbo & Joan Crawford
"He Who Gets Slapped" (1924) Lon Chaney & Norma Shearer
"The Unknown" (1927) Lon Chaney & Joan Crawford
"Baby Face" (1932) Barbara Stanwyck & George Brent
"The Thin Man" (1934) William Powell & Myrna Loy
"Red Dust" (1932) Jean Harlow & Clark Gable
And try "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" (1941) with Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Completely different plot. Much more enjoyable film.
The Gods of cinema? Try Bette Davis, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Olivia de Havilland, Irene Dunne, Kay Francis, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Loretta Young, Errol Flynn, Ginger Rogers, Greer Garson, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Claude Rains, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich–to name only a very few.
