MG> Roger Nelson -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
MG>MG>> Roger Nelson -> TOM WALKER wrote:
MG>TW>>>> Actualy it wil be HARD for modern movies to measure up and
MG> becoeme
MG>MG>> a
MG>TW>>>> "True" Classic.
 
MG>RN>>> To our age group, you're probably right.  The younger generation
MG> has
MG>MG>> a
MG>RN>>> different set of values.
 
MG>TW>>>> Cult Film, YES, but Classic, Not likely.
 
MG>RN>>> Is Xanadu (1980) a cult film?
 
MG>MG>> Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Plan 9 from Outer Space are cult
MG>MG>> movies. Xanadu was a puff piece glamorizing Olivia Newton John.
MG> None of
MG>MG>> the 3 of them are classics. Cleopatra (the silent version and the
MG> one
MG>MG>> starring Elizabeth Taylor) and The Wizard of Oz (the silent version
MG> and
MG>MG>> the one starring Judy Garland) are classics. Harvey is a classic.
 
MG>RN> LOL!  Harvey, to me, is a fantasy, just like some portions of Xanadu
MG>RN> are. Although the critics bombed Xanadu and it barely broke even at
MG> the
MG>RN> box office, it is a classic in my opinion
 
MG> and you are entitled to your opinion, just keep in mind that your opinion
MG> and the rest of the world (especially movie aficionados) knows that
MG> classic movie signals movies more than 25 years old. Classic denotes
MG> something old or original; think of Classic Coke. Gene Kelly was a
MG> dancing genius, but as an actor he doesn't hold a candle to James
MG> Stewart. Stewart was a genius with a script. Stewart did drama, comedy,
MG> thriller a little of everything, Kelly danced.
 
That's mighty white of you, ma'am.  What I keep in mind is no one's
business but my own.  A classic to me is not necessarilly a classic to
someone else. If it were, then there would be no diversified opinions. 
Please don't get me started on Coke Classic.  There isn't anything classic
about it.  What the Coca-Cola Bottling Company did to the American public
amounted to a slap in the face.  When I called their toll-free number to
voice my opinion of the New Coke, I was lied to and told I was in the
minority.  So now the question becomes 'Where is the New Coke now?'  The
stuff they put on the market today doesn't even have real sugar in it and I
no longer drink any of their products.
 
The thing I admired about Stewart was he was a pilot during the war and
later became a general before retirement.  There are actors I like more
than him. Comparing him with Gene Kelly is comparing apples and oranges.  I
can just imagine Stewart doing Singing in the Rain.  Get the point?
 
 
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