oh man... this is almost impossible to vote on! Too many great choices! decisions, decisions...

I spent a lot of time pulling up foreign and older films when I was single. Recently though, I find I'm getting lazy about doing so. By the time we're done with work and getting our son to bed, we tend to watch long-running television that don’t take as much of an “investment” each time (i.e. Sopranos, Californication, Dexter).

I find that with older movies you just have to work a bit more to get past how different mannerisms and dialogue in cinema were then. It's a little like watching "The Spanish Prisoner". For the first twenty minutes I wanted to stop as I just couldn't get past the stilted dialogue. Once I did, however, I found it to be one of my favorite movies. (In fact I really should check if I've added that to the "Best movies of all time" topic already.)

I know what you mean! It cuts both ways, tho' - I was born in '61, so I didn't see many of these the first time around, but there were great film classes in college with free screenings every night, so I kind of caught up. On the other hand, there are plenty of items and even topics on MakeFive that I am too old to appreciate or even understand!

I managed to come up with a few additions to the list. That being said, it is fun to find something like this that I'm "too young" to properly comment on. What a nice feeling for a change!