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[SuburbanalCuts]

i sed to like color, and thought black and white was boring crap, but after seeing a couple of B&W movies, like chaplin, 12 angry men, and dr. strangelove, you know, i'm staring to like dat more. heh heh.

[switch]

yeah, im more into colour movies, but i reckon that there is a certain quality about black and white movies, (almost like a classic feel) and when used properly black and white can be really really effective.

[Dreamer]

Color is best to b&W clearly, because it's like real thing. You can experience real life on the click of a buton You cand diferenciete the tomato for the colour.
Mabye in the future will be the tv with smels, or touch even
But the best thing to next to color changing is adding of sound to the motion picuture. This is the real diference from black and white to colour.
The classics will still be the best in all the future generation in my oppinion.
Becaouse they caputrate some epocal comedy, ideeas, jokes, ideeas etc. and so on. Like Tom & Jerry or Chaplin. Disney.

[grrlfromoz]

to stylize a piece that can benefit from it, I think black and white can be a very effective tool to create mood (which can ultimately become an unspoken character). just because you have the technology for color, doesn't mean other visual filters should be ignored. Playing with shadows and negative space can be very interesting, if the story warrents.

[SuburbanalCuts]

yeah. someone tolds me that B&W kind of appeals more to your imagination because it makes the movie less like reality. heh.

[Dawid]

Black and white can be extremely effective especially in photos. A brilliant photo of you and your mates at the pub looks 10 times better when converted into black and white. The colour seems to take a lot of that away. Wedding photos often have copies printed in black and white for the effect.

[spawn_syxx9]

I do prefer color over black and white though I like my color to be really dark and only bright when it really needs to be.

[wingman23]

well if you are speaking of movies and tv then colour is best, ever tried watching a snooker game in black and white not good.. Photographs though are much nicer in Black and white, you see the picture better some how, the subject matter, with colour though you see the colours first and then the picture. Sepia is even better for that oldie worldy feel, which i guess is supposed to be old and faded black and white.

[mahesh2k]

Well color or B/W doesn't matter if you are looking for entertainment and content. I mean charlie chaplin and some comedy titles are good in B/W. and they still rocks. and there was time when b/w transtioning into color at that time media quality was at primitive stage.

Movies like Frankenstein, dr jekyl and other scary movies are worth a watch as well. so all those old B/W movies/serials and stuff are worth to watch as well. I like stuff that entertains i don't look it as b/w and color if it's high with content.

[networker]

I agree.There is more atmosphere with black and white.It leaves more to the imagination. It is much more art.
Mind you.I should actually turn on the t.v and watch something.Mines
been collecting dust for three years at least.