An Argument for Black and White Movies.

Many People I know still refuse to watch a movie if it doesn't happen to be in color. To those who think black & white movies are all the same, let me ask you this... the last few movies you really liked...did you like them because they were made in color? or was it other aspects like the plot, acting, writing and cinematography that made it memorable?
Many people don't realize that when color film became an option, many filmakers refused to make the transition. Many believed what made their movies art, was a director/cinematographer's ability to use shadow and light to perfect their frame composition and put feeling on film without making it obvious.
Today in most people's eye's everything that can be utilized, should be. For instance, though it may not be useful to further a plot most idiots want to see explosions, breast implants, colligen injected faces, recently popular songs straight from the pitiful current one-hit-wonders, special effects, blood, sex, violence and muscles.
Here's a couple movies (filmed in black & white) that also happen to be amazing. "The Night of The Hunter" 1961. "The Defiant Ones", "A Face in the Crowd", "Detective Story" and "Lonely are the Brave". If you still think (after watching these) that all black & white films are a corny lot of irrelevant sentiment creeping out of your grandparents' generation, you just aren't thinking.