Bogart films: they haven't aged well

"by modern standards"

You're a sucker if you think there's something intrinsically more realistic about today's films. They're simply stylized in a way that suits received modern tastes, which are superficialities that perceptive film viewers can see through quite easily. The fact that he likes a dog and doesn't act like a stereotypical tough guy throughout, that's your argument for this being dated? It's complexity. These days gangsters would never show that side, you think that's more accurate? No gangster might have a pet he fawns over? I prefer it to the movies featuring cliched gritty-voiced "bad-asses", it's more interesting and still seems much more original, and certainly much less juvenile.

"Modern standards" will seem like a joke in only a few years. Then there will be new "modern standards" that will make the movies you think are good look "embarrassing". High Sierra will stand up because it was something completely new, not a tenth generation copy with a few skin deep touch-ups to please modern tastes that any viewer with acumen can see are bs.

"High Sierra" is a very significant gangster movie that surprised audiences in 1941. A late example released at a time when gangster films were drawing to a close. This is the film that turned Bogart into a major star followed up by "The Maltese Falcon" released the same year. He would only do one more gangster movie the lesser known film called "The Big Shot" in 1942. It's like "High Sierra" & it's quite good it was just released at the wrong time. "Casablanca" was just around the corner & it's probably Bogart's most popular movie & I do like the movie but it's not my favorite Bogart film. There is so many other films he did that were even better before & after. I prefer his gangster films like "The Petrified Forest", "Dead End" & "The Roaring Twenties" & private eye film noirs & the anti hero like "The Maltese Falcon" & "The Big Sleep" & "Key Largo". But I also like to see him sink his teeth into deep roles like "Black Legion", "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre" & "The Caine Mutiny". I even like his rare obscure films including the B movies from all periods of his career. Such as "San Quentin", "Crime School", "Invisible Stripes", "Conflict", "Dark Passage", "Deadline USA", "The Desperate Hours".

What are you talking about? I just got done watching this film and it's easily among Bogie's best. At least as good as Casablanca. This movie is not predictable in the slightest, and the character's are so well developed.

In my opinion, Treasure of the Sierra Madre has only gotten better with age. And maybe that's partly due to it being so much more than a "Bogart film". Story, characters, dialogue,suporting actors, direction,etc. all add up to a work that's as great today as it was the year it was made.

Go on watching The Avengers and Captain America. You deserve it and nothing more.

I think this film has held-up incredibly well, and the reason is the performances of Bogart and Lupino. They both drew me into their world and made me care about them.
What are "modern standards", fake boobs or doing a scene 15,000 times until the actors can't emote anymore because they're exhausted? Bogart's films hold up better than most noirs I've seen.
And if you really paid attention to this movie, you would know that fawning over the dog was a device to show that Earle was a sensitive, caring man deep down inside. The theme of the movie was his inner struggle with his simple, country youth that he wanted to get back to and the fact that he was a murdering criminal.

Well, I disagree wholeheartedly with the OP. But, we must remember that films belong to the director. There are no "Bogart" films, only films in which he acted. This film, HS, is a Walsh film. I make this point only because the the OP's lack of knowledge further weakens his opinions. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but the opinions of more knowledgable people hold more weight and garner more support.

I am about to re-watch HS. YES!



KIAI ... please.

Haven't aged well? Maybe it's you that hasn't aged well. Wait till puberty has dropped both your testicles and then watch the films again. Till then, keep off the streets or Roy Earle and I will kick your immature ass all the way up to Mount Whitney and back, you film noir punk.