Roger Nelson -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 MG>> Roger Nelson -> TOM WALKER wrote:
 TW>>>> Actualy it wil be HARD for modern movies to measure up
and becoeme
 MG>> a
 TW>>>> "True" Classic.

 RN>>> To our age group, you're probably right.  The younger generation has
 MG>> a
 RN>>> different set of values.

 TW>>>> Cult Film, YES, but Classic, Not likely.

 RN>>> Is Xanadu (1980) a cult film?

 MG>> Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Plan 9 from Outer Space are cult
 MG>> movies. Xanadu was a puff piece glamorizing Olivia Newton John. None of
 MG>> the 3 of them are classics. Cleopatra (the silent version and the one
 MG>> starring Elizabeth Taylor) and The Wizard of Oz (the silent version and
 MG>> the one starring Judy Garland) are classics. Harvey is a classic.

 RN> LOL!  Harvey, to me, is a fantasy, just like some portions of Xanadu
 RN> are. Although the critics bombed Xanadu and it barely broke even at the
 RN> box office, it is a classic in my opinion

and you are entitled to your opinion, just keep in mind that your opinion
and the rest of the world (especially movie aficionados) knows that classic
movie signals movies more than 25 years old. Classic denotes something old
or original; think of Classic Coke. Gene Kelly was a dancing genius, but as
an actor he doesn't hold a candle to James Stewart. Stewart was a genius
with a script. Stewart did drama, comedy, thriller a little of everything,
Kelly danced.

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