Product: Father of the Bride [VHS] (1950)
Rating: 5.0
THE COLORIZED VERSION
THE TAPE WAS NEW AND PLAYED PERFECTLY. IT WAS AN SP SPEED VERSION SO I WAS DELIGHTED. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS, SO TO SEE IT COLORIZED WAS A REAL TREAT. LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THE COLORIZED VERSIONS OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS HAVE BECOME COLLECTOR ITEMS. THE ELITIST IDEA TO KEEP OLD BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES JUST AS THEY ARE HAS ALWAYS BEEN REDICULOUS. NEW GENERATIONS SIMPLY WILL NOT WATCH THESE CLASSICS IN BLACK AND WHITE. ALSO, WITH THE NEW COLORIZED PROCESS, COLORIZED VERSIONS ARE STARTING TO LOOK WONDERFUL. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEW DVD COLORIZED COPIES LIKE IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE AND MY MAN GODFREY. THOSE COLORIZED VERSIONS GIVE THOSE OLD CLASSICS A LOOK, LIKE THEY WERE MADE YESTERDAY AND ADD VIEWING EXCITEMENT. I AM A FILM BUFF,COLLECTOR AND STUDIED FILM IN COLLEGE. I AM ALSO THE SENIOR POST PRODUCTION EDITOR FOR TIME WARNER. THE OLD IDEA OF NOT COLORIZING IS ONLY BY A HANDFUL OF ELITIST IDIOTS, THAT THINK ONLY THEY KNOW BEST. BY AGREEING WITH THEM IS SIMPLY KILLING THE FILM PERMANENTLY BECAUSE FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL NEVER WATCH THEM. WHY NOT GIVE THE PUBLIC WHAT THEY WANT, AND IF THE TINY PERCENTAGE WHO ARE ELITISTS, WANT TO WATCH THE CLASSICS IN B/W, LET THEM. DVD COMPANIES WILL MAKE A FORTUNE SELLING THESE CLASSICS IN COLOR ENHANCED VERSIONS. MEAN WHILE THE COLLECTOR'S MARKET FOR COLORIZED FILMS ON VHS AND DVD GROWS EACH YEAR. JUST LOOK AT THE STAGGERING PRICES OF COLORIZED VHS TAPES THAT ARE IN BRAND NEW - STILL SEALED COPIES ARE GOING FOR ON AMAZON AND EBAY. TED TURNER HAD THE RIGHT IDEA AND HISTORY WILL PROVE HIM RIGHT.