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Originally Posted by Demdike  You've used this argument before. Sorry, but it doesn't wash with me. 
I think Casablanca is the finest film of all time. Yet never saw it in the forties and watched countless rip offs like Barb Wire before i saw the original.
True class is there for all time, no matter when in your life you see it. The Haunting is my favourite ghost story. Even though i've seen it many times now, it can still send shivers down my spine whilst watching it in the right enviroment. Its certainly not diminished by the millions of turgid spooky horrors in the years since. |
But how many of those did you see in the 'proper environment' - ie, a darkened cinema?
Films lose something on television, video, DVD, blu-ray, even when they are watched late at night, with all the curtains closed and in pitch darkness
For me, the best films I have ever seen (i.e at the cinema, on first release) were 'Se7en' and 'Scream'. Both of them made me feel simultaneously dirty (I wanted to get home to have a shower) and elated (I wanted to get another ticket, and go and watch them again straight away)!