It’s an automatic red flag for me when someone says they don’t like watching black and white (read: old) movies. It’s the kind of thing I should just ignore, but this is not an uncommon opinion. It’s sad to write off the vast majority of films made before 1960. Sure, they’re not made with the same suite of tools that are used to create eye-popping special effects today, but they’re not without their own joys and thrills. Often, they’re all the more exciting for it because what shows up on screen either happened on camera or to the film itself. For that reason, the special effects are truly special—especially when they’re pulled off with aplomb. If the famous mirror scene from The Lady From Shanghai does nothing for you then I don’t know what to say. But this isn’t a problem that can be left solely as a matter of personal taste. Film is an endlessly self-referential art form and the great directors of today are inspired by the great directors who came before them. So, if you want to better understand what’s being made today, you have to watch what was made earlier and then you have to keep repeating that process. Inspiration is found in the archives.
You are crushing it. Some people would run out of opinions. I feel that's not a worry in your case.