Bite Sized

You can now watch movies on tiny devices, but some classics are less filling when viewed small

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

(Michael Schultz, 1978): Some movies should not be seen by anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances.

West Side Story

(Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961): Dancing gang members, jumping around and clicking their fingers, can actually look menacing. But not when they're reduced to the size of crickets.

Stagecoach

(John Ford, 1939): All of Ford's Westerns demand the big screen, if only to appreciate those magnificent Monument Valley vistas.

Plan 9 From Outer Space

(Edward D. Wood Jr., 1959): Much of the appeal (if you can call it that) of this mythically bad film comes from watching what goes on in the periphery - like the cardboard "tombstones" that wobble when cast members accidentally bump into them, or the flaming Sterno can that doubles for a flying saucer. Such details can easily be missed on a too-small screen.

Them!

(Gordon Douglas, 1954): A horror movie about gigantic insects attacking mankind kinda loses its punch when the ants are reduced back down to ant-size.