early movie vs modern movie

[DennisOh]

Can anybody tell me the differences between early movie and modern movie??
Please help me.Thank you

[jeffcox]

An early movie will probably be in black-and-white whereas a modern movie could have computer generated graphics... like Shrek!

Shrek is a friendly dude!

'Early movie' meaning one of the first movies, in the times when movies were a novelty.