Topic: How old is 'old'?

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Posted at April 29, 2011, 4:52 am:


What do you class as an old movie? Browsing my friend's forums I noticed this fine post

'I saw "The Girl Next Door"....maybe an old movie (2004 I think) but a great comedy. Elisha Cuthbert is soo beatiful ...

Interesting... I think I'd call a movie 'old' if it's over 40, certainly I doubt any of you share that young rapscallion's views, but I thought it'd be interesting to see.


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anything over 15 years i'd say.

Gosh, 2004 is an old movie?? I'd certainly say a bare minimum is that ...

Quote: Originally Posted by adidasss anything...

I am with the people above me, before i was born, now that isssssss ol...

Old is subjective.

You mean like how an awesome film like Dirty Harry will never get old ...

i tend to give movies 10-12 years before i say 'its an older flick'.

An old movie is a movie that's old enough to be remade.

I suppose I would define 'old' for a film older the 20 years.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind can be called old since it was m...

Anything that has no sound or was made in black and white.

Ignoring my previous post i think the shorts by the Lumieres and Melli...

so, if they're not old, would you say those films are new?

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So you did, I best eat my hat.

i sort of think of anything before 1975 as 'old'

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I'm sure she really meant anything before 1966.

7thsy, i thought you knew by now, i prefer the seasoned? i'd never ...

Pre 1970, I'd say.

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1906*

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Well I believe Yoda is about 900.

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All in jest my dear, all in jest.

This thread brings to mind a phrase I heard a while back.

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I'd classify 'Old' as 10 years or more.

It may not be newer, but surely it isn't old.

Movies release special edition DVDs around the 10 year mark.

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I usualy consider movies in the 70s or earlier as "old" even...

Old movie for me would be one from the 80's .

I'll put this issue to bed right now.

Thanks Captain

Wait.

Yes they are.

Well, that's using the word "old" in its other sense and rea...

Confucius say: you must use contextual clues to determine what "o...

Yeah, what he said.

Both valid points, the point really is a great film is a great film, o...

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As for me, I consider anything before 1980 "old"

80? These kids.

Courtney Love

I dont consider age into what an old movie is (to an extent) I conside...

"An old movie is a movie that's old enough to be remade.

to me An "old" movie has to be atleast 15 years.

Well Pulp Fiction didnt seem like so long ago.

I agree anything that came out before I was born is old.

To me a classic movie is still a movie like The Wizard Of Oz, Gone Wit...

it's funny, when I read the title, I decided that my answer would be &...

anything over 20 years old, that's when the visual quality gets notice...

I'd say anything prior to 1980.

Anything 2 decades behind.

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