I was kinda sleepy when i watched this and it was really dialogue heavy, was it good

Old enough to be your grandfather (if I wasn't still a virgin).

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I just love 1920s to 1950s movies.

Just wondering what your favorite noir is

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so are you used to the colloquial speech of the time, the pace, the accent etc from repeatedly watching these types of movies, for me it was hard to follow

TMF41 is harder than most noir since it's so dialogue heavy and some of the plot is hard to follow because they only tell you about it and don't show you.
As for the rest, it's part of the charm.
If it's not to your liking, that fine. You don't have to watch things you're not interested in. But I would say that most noir are easier than The Maltese Falcon. Because MF is also a detective story. Not all noir are. It's usually semi-bad people doing semi-bad stuff, not being able to get out of the jam they put themselves into and destiny shitting on them for it.

you assesed it perfectly my experience, the acting was great, the characters charming, but i retained very little about the mystery at hand, and you correctly indicated its because nothing is really shown but heard, which im less inclined to be oriented to, not that i even like like action persay, i would have enjoyed the investigation if you will ( at least more) if i could actually fully register what was happening, but there were too many names and places being thrown around for me for my current state at the time, anyways, you a film student?

>the quintessential noir movie
lolno, that would be The Big Sleep

this post is me, im going to go take a nap, so i apologize if this thread dies befoe i answer, Jesus loves you, good bye

For me it's the Asphalt Jungle. Love me some Huston.

You get used to it, watch more old movies. Try out The Thin Man, it's quite accessible. Also White Heat

Also the Third Man.

It almost would be better as a stage play, that relies less on framing and visual story telling

The original one was also good, but many people don't know about it. It also tends to comedy.

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If you want something less dialogue heavy with a straightforward plot check out Double Indemnity.
Excellent movie.

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It's not about which noir movie you prefer, but rather which one best encapsulates the genre.

>the Asphalt Jungle
I understood the question. My answer: the Asphalt Jungle

Yes i realize that, and while Maltese Falcon was the first true noir film it's far too verbose to encapsulate anything. It's also corny as hell. The Big Sleep represents just about every noir trope AND is a better movie.

Not a film student at all. I just like moobies.

Unironically consider watching some movies with subtitles. I couldn't figure out most of the lingo on Greyhound without subtitles, and didn't grasp everything even with subtitles, but it got much easier to understand.
Jargon-heavy movies often demand subs regardless of the original language.

It was. I think the movie is based more on it than on the book. Same with Dracula. The 31 Drac movie was based on the play.

cant really remember much from it. i know it didnt impress me even though noir is one of my favorite genres

the big sleep is almost impossible to follow if you're watching it for the first time, but it's one of those where you just let go and enjoy the atmosphere.