Easy vote for me. I do like both eras, and appreciate the fact that there have been talented performers, both past and present. I do lean more toward the classics and "moldy oldies". I mean, there is just something about them that draws me. Old-timey musicals are a guilty pleasure of mine, on occasion. And I also believe that any classic movie made in black-and-white ought to remain that way. I can take or leave the colorized versions; if there is a movie originally in B&W that was colorized that looks interesting enough, I will still watch if I have no choice, or it's the only version I can find. Favorite performers include (but are not limited to) Laurel and Hardy, Shirley Temple, Hal Roach's Rascals, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Mickey Rooney, and so on.
That being said, there are (although few in number) some modern movies I have really liked, too. But I am on the lookout in regards to content, and weighing the general amount of content that could be considered objectionable (depending on the individual) against the general moral or worldview, and seeing which comes out stronger. As a result, I find that most of the PGs are quite decent as compared with (or rather, in contrast to) a lot of the total garbage that seems to be popular. One such example is a movie I recently saw called Firehouse Dog, which came out just a few years ago. It is actually a good, wholesome movie about a special dog, a former animal movie star turned fire-fighter, and how he is instrumental in the relationship between a father and a son, and contains something for everybody. It did contain a sprinkling of very mild swearing and some "crude humor" (with the dog sometimes passing gas), but not enough to truly be what one would call "nasty". But, I also understand that if one is going to watch movies, there is always going to be a small amount of things that one will not always agree with completely, even in old movies, which usually contained a lot of smoking (very common back then), some drinking, skimpy costumes on the dancing ladies (in scenes that featured nightclubs and such), and even a few references and remarks (a bit more subtle) that popped up on occasion, and this probably contributes to the reason some have chosen not to watch movies or TV of any kind, whatsoever.
In a nutshell, I have my standards.
