Movies That You Haven't Seen But Everyone Else Has

[Dino Velvet]

My incomplete list:
Wizard Of Oz
Any Disney Family Approved Film
Star Wars(any of them)
Star Trek(any of them including TV)
ET
Titanic

I'm sure I'll come up with other ones later.

[Wendy Summers]

My incomplete list:
Wizard Of Oz
Any Disney Family Approved Film
Star Wars(any of them)
Star Trek(any of them including TV)
ET
Titanic

I'm sure I'll come up with other ones later.


:( well that ends my Dino crush...

[Dino Velvet]

:( well that ends my Dino crush...

The lack of Sci-Fi viewing? I'm a Horror guy. Can't opposites attract?

[LibertyHarkness]

ahh dino all of the star trek films are pants, apart from Wrath Of Khan and the new star trek film ...rest are not so good ..

Starwars . well the original 2.5 movies are good, return of the jedi goes pete tong once the furry ewoks get involved .. the new 3 are just some of the worst script writing, acting and production known to man in a modern movie .

Titanic - the boat sinks and most of them die . that pretty much it ..and celine dion warbles on for ages with some anoyying song ..

ET - not bad movie really for its time,m bascially a walking turd with a long arm likes to give people the finger and phone home .. pretty neat movie really .. up there with close encounters .

Wizard of OZ, you need to watch this movie either really drunk or while tripping on acid or shrooms to get most out of it ..

[Dino Velvet]

Wizard of OZ, you need to watch this movie either really drunk or while tripping on acid or shrooms to get most out of it ..

I'll view the film as long as it's in your theater with your concession stand. Is there a value deal if I get booze, acid, and mushrooms? Supersize the bourbon too.

[Ryz]

I haven't seen any of the star wars. Makes it a real pain to watch parodies nd not understand anything except "look I am your father"
Never seen Avengers either

[rockabilly]

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[Wendy Summers]

The lack of Sci-Fi viewing? I'm a Horror guy. Can't opposites attract?

As a horror movie guy you should have at least appreciated Rick Baker's work in the original Star Wars Cantina scene.

[Prospero]

Not seen any of the "Saw" films nor will I. you'd have to torture me to get me there.
Not seen "sex in the city" - on t or the movies.
Not seen any of the latter star wars film
"Nightmare On Elm Street."
Any of the Alien films except the first.
Avengers.
Any slasher films in the past 15 years.


You get the picture.

Oh and Dino - it's probably too late for you to see "The Wizard of Oz." You gotta get hooked as a kid.

[Dino Velvet]

As a horror movie guy you should have at least appreciated Rick Baker's work in the original Star Wars Cantina scene.

Being a Horror guy, I can relate to you Sci-Fi people. I like Sci-Fi if it has elements of Horror like Alien and Event Horizon. Also like Outland with Sean Connery although it was described as "High Noon in Space".

I definitely respect Rick Baker too.


Not seen any of the "Saw" films nor will I. you'd have to torture me to get me there.
Not seen "sex in the city" - on t or the movies.
Not seen any of the latter star wars film
"Nightmare On Elm Street."
Any of the Alien films except the first.
Avengers.
Any slasher films in the past 15 years.


You get the picture.

Oh and Dino - it's probably too late for you to see "The Wizard of Oz." You gotta get hooked as a kid.

Right you are. Even if we lived in the same country we wouldn't run into each other at the movies often. Possibly the pub though.

If you ever want to see those torture porn flicks don't see them with me. I've seen them all and I start rocking back and forth in the chair like an excited little kid right before someone really gets it which might tip you off.

The original Nightmare On Elm Street is good but avoid the Bollywood remake unless you like song and dance numbers to compliment the slashing.

[Wendy Summers]

If you ever want to see those torture porn flicks don't see them with me. I've seen them all and I start rocking back and forth in the chair like an excited little kid right before someone really gets it which might tip you off.


I'd ask you to watch Walking Dead with me, but I suspect you'll just make fun of me for getting scared from it

[BluegrassCat]

I haven't seen any of the star wars. Makes it a real pain to watch parodies nd not understand anything except "look I am your father"


Since you haven't seen it, there's no reason for you to know this but it isn't "Look, I'm your father," it's "Luke, I'm your father." But "Look, I'm your father" is pretty hilarious to imagine Darth Vader saying.

And to defend to the new Star Wars eps for a moment, yes the scripts were terrible and the acting cheesy but I thought the production was top notch. Just like the Ewoks, if you trim out Jar-Jar, Ep. 1 becomes pretty tolerable and Ep. 3 was actually good (in spite of the shitty dialogue and acting).

Sorry to hijack your thread Dino, back to the original question.

Million Dollar Baby
The Godfather I & II
and I've never seen an episode of Mad Men.

[Ryz]

Since you haven't seen it, there's no reason for you to know this but it isn't "Look, I'm your father," it's "Luke, I'm your father." But "Look, I'm your father" is pretty hilarious to imagine Darth Vader saying.

And to defend to the new Star Wars eps for a moment, yes the scripts were terrible and the acting cheesy but I thought the production was top notch. Just like the Ewoks, if you trim out Jar-Jar, Ep. 1 becomes pretty tolerable and Ep. 3 was actually good (in spite of the shitty dialogue and acting).

Sorry to hijack your thread Dino, back to the original question.

Million Dollar Baby
The Godfather I & II
and I've never seen an episode of Mad Men.

Typos man. :(

[maxpower]

I've never seen The Goonies. People always seem astonished when I say so. I was like 18 or 19 when it came out, and just wasn't interested. I was getting more interested in movies like Brazil. It drives one particular friend of mine crazy that I've never seen it, as it is her favorite. It's become a thing now. I refuse to ever see it. I've never seen The Neverending Story, either.

[Stavros]

I have never sat through a Charlie Chaplin or a Buster Keaton film;
I don't watch girly films like Sex and the City, 267 Dresses;
I don't watch slasher films or horror in general -however, I have seen the Exorcist;
I have not seen any Sacha Baron Cohen films, and do not intend to.
I rarely see cartoons, the last two I saw were Waltzing with Bashir, and Persepolis.
I don't like musicals, so I haven't seen Mamma Mia, or Chicago.
As I am mystified by the appeal of vampires I don't see any of them, apart from Herzog's Nosferatu which is very well made but one of his weakest films.

[Genetic]

The line is neither look, or Luke I am your father; it's "No, I am your father." <----geek

I'm getting loads of grief at the moment because I've never seen The Lion King.

Saw films and Walking Dead are awesome (sawsome?) though and the Walking Dead graphic novels are well worth a read.

[SammiValentine]

Animal Farm??
Honest.

[Erika1487]

Any date moive/love story ever. Every Adam Sandler movie ever made. Every movie Jerry Bruckheimer ever had his hands on.

[Odelay]

Generally, I don't see all that many sequels. I often watch the first in a series. That said...

Never seen any of those Vin Diesel car chase movies.

None of the Transformer series.

No Jackie Chan movies except that Western he did with Owen Whatshisname. (not a good experience, I must say)

[argentina2007]

On the polar side, nobody I know, even Italians, seems to have seen Il Conformista, which easily breaks into my top ten movies of all time.

[broncofan]

Forrest Gump. Everyone says I should see it but I can't get myself to watch a movie about a slightly slow Tom Hanks who plays ping pong and analogizes chocolates to life.

Sex and The City- always hear girls rave about how witty it is. For my sister, I watched a couple of episodes. It is not witty. It is not very well written, the story lines are shallow. It must be the female equivalent of pornography; being titillated by mid-thirties New York women sleeping around and gossiping about it. Blah!!!

Kill Bill- Just no desire to see any of them.

[broncofan]

Never seen any of those Vin Diesel car chase movies.


Consider yourself lucky

[Token Williams-Black]

I've yet to see most movies based on comics. Hell, I've yet to see any of the movies that have premiered within the last NINE MONTHS...

[hippifried]

Since I refuse to stard in a line around the block, I never saw Star Wars in the theater. I've seen it all in pieces & snippets over the years, but I don't know why. The best actor was the wookie. I got hornswaggled into going out to see the first prequel. I'm totally done with that whole series.

*I've never seen 2001 a space odyssey. Not for lack of trying. It just puts me right to sleep. In the theater, when it was first reaseased, I remember the monkeys & the rest is a blank. I was young then. I've tried to watch it on the small screen, with the same result. I had the same problem with a Clockwork Orange & Eyes Wide Shut. Maybe it's just Kubrick trying to be acid artistic. I never get tired of Dr Strangelove.

Other than the Blues Brothers, I'm not impressed by anybody who ever came off of SNL. None of them are funny.

More to come if I get in another foul humor.

[Dino Velvet]

As I am mystified by the appeal of vampires I don't see any of them, apart from Herzog's Nosferatu which is very well made but one of his weakest films.

Worst backhanded compliment of the thread.

[Wendy Summers]

Walking Dead are awesome (sawsome?) though and the Walking Dead graphic novels are well worth a read.

I have no doubt walking Dead is awesome. I've been trying to watch the show since it first came out. The problem is I live alone and every night I try to watch it I get freaked the fuck out by it LOL.

One of the few times I think damn I really wish I was dating someone right now LOL

[Dino Velvet]

Wendy, come over and watch Serbian Film with me. We can watch Martyrs after then Inside. A Serb and 2 Frogs - A Triple Feature

[francisfkudrow]

I've never seen Jerry Maguire.

[Stavros]

On the polar side, nobody I know, even Italians, seems to have seen Il Conformista, which easily breaks into my top ten movies of all time.

I have seen it several times, but not since the 1980s; I don't think its on dvd in the UK but I could be wrong about that. Bertolucci's early films are his best -particularly the Spider's Stratagem, based on the Borges story Theme of the Traitor and the Hero; Before the Revolution I remember well but I suspect its dated by now. His career went downhill when the money came in -he made three films in succession: Last Tango in Paris, 1900, and La Luna which are so bad its hard to know how he stayed in the industry; or why.

[Stavros]

Worst backhanded compliment of the thread.

I just don't 'get it' as people say nowadays. As soon as some teeth head in the direction of a neck, virgin or otherwise, I lose interest. As it happens, most of the film before and after is so forgettable the whole enterprise seems pointless. At least Herzog shot much of the film in Delft, so it is interesting to look at.

[Dino Velvet]

I just don't 'get it' as people say nowadays. As soon as some teeth head in the direction of a neck, virgin or otherwise, I lose interest. As it happens, most of the film before and after is so forgettable the whole enterprise seems pointless. At least Herzog shot much of the film in Delft, so it is interesting to look at.

Are you a fan of the Murnau original? As far as other Vampire Films I like Lugosi's version and Hammer Films series w/Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.

I'm with you on most modern Vampires in film and on TV.

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/15100000/Dracula-critical-analysis-of-twilight-15159655-499-351.jpg

[JenniferParisHusband]

Forrest Gump. Everyone says I should see it but I can't get myself to watch a movie about a slightly slow Tom Hanks who plays ping pong and analogizes chocolates to life.


Broncofan, as a human being and a good and decent man I can tell you that you aren't missing anything. As a Chargers fan, I am telling you to go out and rent it immediately! LOL.

Seriously though, I don't get what everyone loves about the movie. It's not uplifting or inspiring. He gets lucky at a lot of points in his life, and most of his luck is bad. Hell, the woman he loves had AIDS and slept with him, his first best friend dies, his second best friend hates him for most of his life, he finally gets the girl he wants and she fucking dies. It's a horrible, horrible movie. And castaway is just as awful. 40 minutes without hanks saying a word, and the way they beat you over the head with the ending where Hanks is litterally at a crossroads. It's terrible film making.

My list... (I should note that long before I became I lawyer, I wasted a few years in film school. So I've seen all kinds of movies.)

1.) Apocolypse Now. - Just can't get throught it all without getting bored.
2.) 2001 A Space Odyssey - Same reason
3.) Inglorious Basterds - Tarantino is a lazy fucking writer, can't stand his work, got annoyed and left half way through this.
4.) Sin City - Again, left half way through, got annoyed with the digital sets.
5.) Big Lebowski - Bored, fell asleep part way through it.

[Prospero]

More I've not seen.

Anything by Tarantino after Pulp Fiction (see jenniferparishusband's reason above)
Various frat house comedies
Forrest Gump
Film versions of any of Andrew Lloyd Webber's appalling musicals

[JenniferParisHusband]

More I've not seen.

Anything by Tarantino after Pulp Fiction (see jenniferparishusband's reason above)
Various frat house comedies
Forrest Gump
Film versions of any of Andrew Lloyd Webber's appalling musicals

Really? Not even Animal House? That's probably the best of the bunch. But it's a classic.

[Prospero]

Animal House....Then on your recommendation I'll try it.

More non seeables...

anything with Vin Diesel
Any of the Rocky films
Most Schwartzenegger films (no Terminators after the first)

[Jericho]

anything with Vin Diesel
Any of the Rocky films
Most Schwartzenegger films (no Terminators after the first)

Why am I'm so not surprised! :rolleyes:
:dead-1:

[Prospero]

None of the Rambo films... in fact never seen a film with Sylvester Stallone
Transformers
The bridges of Madison County

[StinkyPete1000]

The Big Lebowski (I'm ridiculed on a regular basis for having never seen this movie)

[Jericho]

The Godfather
Amelie
Wall-E
Finding Nemo

Don't excite me :shrug

[Prospero]

The first two parts of The Godfather were brilliant. Amelie is a charming film. And Wall-E very original if overly sentimental. Not seen Nemo.

So more won't see/ain't seen.

Latter day Disney animation. eg Lion King, Little Mermaid etc. I'd only end of seeing these if chaperoning someone little.

[fastingforlife]

The sound of music, Titanic and Avatar.

[EyeCumInPiece]

ET
Titanic
Godfather Trilogy
Finding Nemo
Lion King
Twilight
Matrix Sequels

I have a long list

[tsdvdman]

Braveheart

[fastingforlife]

Braveheart

You have to see it! Both Mel gibson and Patrick McGoohan give the performances of their career. There is one brief scene with McGoohan, that is worth the price of admission alone!

[Genetic]

I have no doubt walking Dead is awesome. I've been trying to watch the show since it first came out. The problem is I live alone and every night I try to watch it I get freaked the fuck out by it LOL.

One of the few times I think damn I really wish I was dating someone right now LOL
I'd be happy to watch it with you but there's a giant pond in the way LOL

[Stavros]

Does anybody here like Pedro Almodovar'sfilms? I saw most of the early films and loathed every one of them and decided, after watching something about a mother for 15 minutes that there was no point in wasting my time.

I'm with Prospero on Vin diesel and Rocky, haven't seen any of them.

Dino -no, I don't like Murnau's classic, I just can't understand what a vampire film is supposed to be about. At least with Frankenstein there is a contrast between nature and industry, even if the Frankenstein films are as daft as the vampire films, though I would like to be able to imitate the doctor's outburst: Its alive! It's alive! Easily the best moment in the film.

Mel Gibson...It's alive Its alive..(because he can't surely be human-with that weird voice?)

[Dino Velvet]

Does anybody here like Pedro Almodovar'sfilms? I saw most of the early films and loathed every one of them and decided, after watching something about a mother for 15 minutes that there was no point in wasting my time.

I'm with Prospero on Vin diesel and Rocky, haven't seen any of them.

Dino -no, I don't like Murnau's classic, I just can't understand what a vampire film is supposed to be about. At least with Frankenstein there is a contrast between nature and industry, even if the Frankenstein films are as daft as the vampire films, though I would like to be able to imitate the doctor's outburst: Its alive! It's alive! Easily the best moment in the film.

Mel Gibson...It's alive Its alive..(because he can't surely be human-with that weird voice?)

OK. I won't badger you with the Horror stuff. But you and Prospero have never seen Rocky? Maybe it's an American thing. I go nuts watching that thing. The first one especially.

I agree Vin Diesel is crap. He must've gotten parts the John Travolta way.

[Wendy Summers]

The Big Lebowski (I'm ridiculed on a regular basis for having never seen this movie)

anytime someone ridicules you for it just reply: "That's like, your opinion, man."

They'll then think you might have seen it ;)

[Stavros]

No need to see it, Dude, its just another exercise in Coen brothers sarcasm.

Does Vin Diesel have a brother called Von Lube?

[Jericho]

never seen Rocky? Maybe it's an American thing.

Really...It's not! :rolleyes:
:tongue:




I agree Vin Diesel is crap. He must've gotten parts the John Travolta way.

Ok, the car flicks are a bit shite but, Nowt wrong with Pitch Black or A Man Apart. :shrug

[broncofan]

And castaway is just as awful. 40 minutes without hanks saying a word, and the way they beat you over the head with the ending where Hanks is litterally at a crossroads. It's terrible film making.


Castaway! Now that's an awful fucking movie. Worse than having cavities drilled without novocaine. Anyone who hasn't seen Castaway would be well served to brag about that fact.

Good list btw. Only one I'm not in agreement on is The Big Lebowski. The part where the police officer is yelling at Jeff Bridges and Jeff Bridges says, "I'm sorry, I wasn't listening" (or something like that) and the guy throws a coffee cup at his head was worth the price of admission.

[Ben]

Castaway -- yep! Never seen it; probably never will.
Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Godfather.
Jurassic Park.
Minority Report. (Actually, I'll probably watch it at some point.)
Transformers. (I mean, I tend to avoid blockbusters, as it were. Albeit I did watch Avatar. Was curious. And, of course, everyone has seen it.)

[Dino Velvet]

Castaway -- yep! Never seen it; probably never will.
Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Godfather.
Jurassic Park.
Minority Report. (Actually, I'll probably watch it at some point.)
Transformers. (I mean, I tend to avoid blockbusters, as it were. Albeit I did watch Avatar. Was curious. And, of course, everyone has seen it.)

Dude, you never saw Godfather? Watch Part 1 & 2 then watch The Yakuza Papers 1-5. Kinji Fukasaku made some great Yakuza Films. Battle Royale too.

http://www.cinema-nocturna.com/yakuzapapers_dvd.jpg

[robertlouis]

The lack of Sci-Fi viewing? I'm a Horror guy. Can't opposites attract?

Acid test - what do each of you reckon to the Alien franchise, which at its highest points - the Scott and Cameron films - is as good a mix of horror and sci-fi as there has ever been?

[robertlouis]

I have never sat through a Charlie Chaplin or a Buster Keaton film;


Stavros, I'm broadly in agreement with your choices and I suspect for fairly similar reasons, but I am surprised that you haven't see any Chaplin or Keaton.

Can you tell us why please?

[robertlouis]

Animal Farm??
Honest.

If you mean the cartoon,the book is so much better.

[robertlouis]

You have to see it! Both Mel gibson and Patrick McGoohan give the performances of their career. There is one brief scene with McGoohan, that is worth the price of admission alone!

I'm a Scot, and it is sheer tosh from start to finish. An embarrassment.

[robertlouis]

The sound of music, Titanic and Avatar.


For once, we agree. But see my post about Braveheart.

[Dino Velvet]

Acid test - what do each of you reckon to the Alien franchise, which at its highest points - the Scott and Cameron films - is as good a mix of horror and sci-fi as there has ever been?

Nothing. To me, Alien is the best combination of Horror/Sci-Fi. Aliens was more Sci-Fi/Action but also great. Event Horizon also gets a mention.

I really need to get the Blu-ray Alien set.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61eBVspoLyL._AA1000_.jpg

[fastingforlife]

I'm a Scot, and it is sheer tosh from start to finish. An embarrassment.

I have been a fan of Patrick McGoohan since "secret agent man", so I am biased.

[robertlouis]

Nothing. To me, Alien is the best combination of Horror/Sci-Fi. Aliens was more Sci-Fi/Action but also great. Event Horizon also gets a mention.

I really need to get the Blu-ray Alien set.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61eBVspoLyL._AA1000_.jpg

With Ridley Scott back in the director's chair I'm rather looking forward to Prometheus.

[Dino Velvet]

With Ridley Scott back in the director's chair I'm rather looking forward to Prometheus.

Me too. Can't wait. We'll make a thread and chat or something. I wanna see it right away but I'll be cautious about spoilers.

[robertlouis]

I have been a fan of Patrick McGoohan since "secret agent man", so I am biased.

Is that what they called it in the States? It was "Danger Man" in the UK and had a fantastic theme played very fast on a harpsichord.

[fastingforlife]

Is that what they called it in the States? It was "Danger Man" in the UK and had a fantastic theme played very fast on a harpsichord.

Actually it was "secret agent" when they revamped the series and sent it to our shores.

[robertlouis]

None of the Rambo films... in fact never seen a film with Sylvester Stallone


Maybe it is an American thing. We're from an old, tired, cynical culture and the relentless feelgood triumphal nature of a lot of American cinema leaves us cold.

And also, if you've seen one Rocky or one Rambo film, you've seen them all.

Give me ambivalence and tragedy any day. Prospero will confirm that the same things suffuse my musical offerings lol.

[maxpower]

Is that what they called it in the States? It was "Danger Man" in the UK and had a fantastic theme played very fast on a harpsichord.


The US incarnation had a pretty famous swingin' theme song:


Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-VChTYfOk)


Wasn't The Prisoner a sequel of sorts to that series? I mean, wasn't McGoohan playing the same character, sentenced to the prison island?

[theone1982]

And also, if you've seen one Rocky or one Rambo film, you've seen them all.

Not true! I can give you the lowdown on how each Rocky film is different:
1. The classic, really underrated, sets up the series.
2. Really just the second half of the kind of downer ending to 1.
3. Quintessential '80s film. Professional wrestling? Check. Hulk Hogan? Check. Mr. T? Check. Headbands, really short running shorts, and feathered hair? Check.
4. My personal favorite. I dare you to find better montage scenes than the ones in this film. Perhaps the last truly '80s American film.
5. Probably the worst of the series. Notable as the only one in which Rocky isn't actually in a boxing match, just an unsanctioned brawl. Pretty depressing film all around.
6. Surprisingly critically acclaimed. Notable as having the worst Rocky opponent out of any of the series. Seriously, the guy looked like Adrian could have kicked his ass he was so small.

[robertlouis]

And also, if you've seen one Rocky or one Rambo film, you've seen them all.

Not true! I can give you the lowdown on how each Rocky film is different:
1. The classic, really underrated, sets up the series.
2. Really just the second half of the kind of downer ending to 1.
3. Quintessential '80s film. Professional wrestling? Check. Hulk Hogan? Check. Mr. T? Check. Headbands, really short running shorts, and feathered hair? Check.
4. My personal favorite. I dare you to find better montage scenes than the ones in this film. Perhaps the last truly '80s American film.
5. Probably the worst of the series. Notable as the only one in which Rocky isn't actually in a boxing match, just an unsanctioned brawl. Pretty depressing film all around.
6. Surprisingly critically acclaimed. Notable as having the worst Rocky opponent out of any of the series. Seriously, the guy looked like Adrian could have kicked his ass he was so small.

Sorry, I'm not persuaded. You see, I loved American cinema of the 70s, the last time that auteurs got any kind of creative free rein. Yes, they bankrupted some studios along the way, but the films were mostly great. Reflected the politics too - conspiracy paranoia after Watergate and of course the unseemly retreat from Vietnam. Americans didn't feel good about themselves. Then along came Reagan, people felt good and cinema largely went down the toilet lol. Garbage like Top Gun at the top of the pile.

I can only think of two mainstream US movies from the 80s that I really rate - Blade Runner, Days of Heaven, neither of which reflect the era. That's it, whereas I could fill a page of great 70s movies.

[Boomerang Man]

All the Mission Impossible films with Tom "control freak" Cruise. Not my bag at all.

[Nivek]

I've never seen "The Godfather"

[Stavros]

Stavros, I'm broadly in agreement with your choices and I suspect for fairly similar reasons, but I am surprised that you haven't see any Chaplin or Keaton.

Can you tell us why please?

I don't like the look of Chaplin, with his silly walk and rabbity grimacing and practical jokes, I am too adult to appreciate that kind of humour; Keaton I know nothing about except that he was an alcoholic and did some work with Beckett, I am not motivated to find out. Laurel and Hardy are the only performers of that era whose films I can watch.

I am mystified by the accolades Blade Runner has received over the years, I was bored to death when I first saw it, and subsequent viewings have confirmed that it is a narcissistic film loop for loopies.

Alien...words cannot describe how awful this film is, then the insect appears and it gets even worse, which I guess is an achievement to match John Wayne as Genghis Khan.

[msbhaven]

I have no doubt walking Dead is awesome. I've been trying to watch the show since it first came out. The problem is I live alone and every night I try to watch it I get freaked the fuck out by it LOL.

One of the few times I think damn I really wish I was dating someone right now LOL

Savannah and I love it, but it does mess with your head some.

As for movies I've never seen that everybody seemingly has;

Any of the Godfather movies (the first one put me right to sleep and that was it for me on that series)

Any of the Friday the 13th movies (I've seen bits and pieces but never watched one from start to finish)

Ditto for the Mike Myers Halloween movies

Sex and the City on TV or the big screen. (I hope they don't revoke my girl card for admitting that)

It's not a movie (yet) but ditto for Desperate Housewives

I've never watched the Deer Hunter from start to finish (although I really should and want to)

I've never seen The Da Vinci code or Castaway (well I saw a piece of Castaway but it sucked so bad I never wanted to see the rest of it)

I literally walked out of Sleeping With the Enemy (not interested in watching Julia Roberts get stalked by a psycho ex).

Any of that Twilight crap! (real vampires are not sparkling emo bitches)

Never saw Schindler's List (but I have read the book which I thought was truly brilliant)

That's all that come to mind for me.

[Dino Velvet]

Maybe it is an American thing. We're from an old, tired, cynical culture and the relentless feelgood triumphal nature of a lot of American cinema leaves us cold.

And also, if you've seen one Rocky or one Rambo film, you've seen them all.

Give me ambivalence and tragedy any day. Prospero will confirm that the same things suffuse my musical offerings lol.

Rambo III is a little weird to watch now.

[Dino Velvet]

John Wayne as Genghis Khan.

I agree that was bizarre.

The Conqueror Recut Trailer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq1K0Y-I6vg)

[sukumvit boy]

Regarding Stavro's observation that he has come to avoid Bio-Pics as a genre because he has found them to be of little or no cinematic value ,being vanity projects for those involved.

http://www.hungangels.com/vboard/showthread.php?104474-September-18th-Chile-Independence-day
I agree that the true story of T.E. Lawrence's life and times is much more interesting than the treatment in Lawrence of Arabia. Also noted are the insulting inaccuracies and omissions that you mentioned.
As we discussed elsewhere my anger and disappointment after seeing The Imitation Game and it's shoddy treatment of Alan Turing's biography and the fascinating true story in the history of science and technology around the Enigma project that went ignored
I understand that there must be other exceptions that you forgot to mention but for me films like Schindler's List and The Last Emperor come to mind .
Here are other lists of Bio-Pic Favorites , La Vie en Rose is mentioned:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/08/the-10-best-biopics-of-all-time.html

[sukumvit boy]

I also enjoyed Werner Hertzog's , Little Dieter Needs to Fly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Dieter_Needs_to_Fly
The Neruda film looks interesting
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/making-neruda-how-a-biopic-a-chilean-communist-poet-completely-turned-genre-head-944307

[Fitzcarraldo]

I also enjoyed Werner Hertzog's , Little Dieter Needs to Fly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Dieter_Needs_to_Fly
The Neruda film looks interesting
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/making-neruda-how-a-biopic-a-chilean-communist-poet-completely-turned-genre-head-944307

Werner Herzog rules! (Note my username.)

[sukumvit boy]

Werner Herzog rules! (Note my username.)
Lol, Agreed.:dancing:
Although I haven't yet seen Herzog's biopic Queen of the Desert , I understand that it would probably fall into Stavro's list of "vanity projects" and was a critical flop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Desert_(film)

I guess I don't really understand what Stavros considers "cinematic value". Unless he is referring to things like innovations in cinematic technique such as Scorsese's POV , freeze frame and slow motion techniques.

[Stavros]

I guess I don't really understand what Stavros considers "cinematic value". Unless he is referring to things like innovations in cinematic technique such as Scorsese's POV , freeze frame and slow motion techniques.

It is a superficial term, but what I mean by it is a project conceived as a film to be seen in a cinema, rather than a tv show of any genre. The difference is harder to discern these days because tv productions have become as elaborate and expensive as films, you need only compare the production values of the average soap opera or say, Columbo up until probably the 1990s when most of the shows were studio bound and looked cheap because mostly they were made on limited budgets. But if you have compelling tv drama series that use all the mechanics of a film with the money invested too -Game of Thrones has a colossal budget for a tv show- then you can see there may often be films released in the cinema which could as easily have been shown on the small screen at home. Lawrence of Arabia is an old-fashioned example of the 'big screen' film that these days appears to be mostly reserved for films like the Alien franchise, or Interstellar or films made with IMAX in mind. The losers are chamber works of the kind that Ingmar Bergman and Yasujiro Ozu used to make, which remain classics of the genre and are incomparable to much of the dross made today, but does it matter these days if you see The Seventh Seal or Persona on tv or in the cinema?

[nobbynorm]

Haven't been to the cinema since about 1995 and chucked my TV away in 2005 after watching an episode of big brother. Didn't realize until then that TV companies could plumb such depths. Never once missed nor regretted not seeing anything. Life's too short to watch the rubbish that is thrown at us. Interacting with others is more important than staring at a screen.

[MrFanti]

I still haven't seen 'E.T.' yet....

[steviedresses]

Walking Dead. I know it's TV, but EVERYONE watches it.

Grease.

Shawshank Redemption from beginning to end. (I've seen the end... )

There are others...

[Stavros]

I have never seen It's a Wonderful Life (1946) which I understand is shown on US tv every Christmas. And I have never seen any of the Fast and Furious films even though I like car chases. Apart from the unrepeatable and superbly filmed Bullit (196-eight) my favourite is Walter Hill's 1978 film The Driver, with The French Connection 1 a close second, and an honourable mention for The Bourne films and Transporter.

I also void all and any films about vampires, and slasher movies, so I have never seen any of the Twilight films. I admit to seeing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre years and years ago, but once was enough.

[trish]

Falconetti's Joan of Arc, When Harry Met Sally, Stand By Me, Frozen and many others. The first of these, I am determined eventually to see.

[broncofan]

When Harry Met Sally, Forrest Gump, JFK, Bridge on the River Kwai, Shrek, Life is Beautiful...Don't know if everyone has seen these but I feel a lot of people have. Only one I've deliberately avoided is JFK. For some reason I have difficulty motivating myself to see Forrest Gump, a critically acclaimed and popular movie. I can't explain it.

[Vladimir Putin]

In alphabetical order regardless of year of release.

"Avatar"
All "The Avengers" movies.
"The Babadook"
"Boyz in da Hood"
"Das Boot"
"Don't Breathe"
"The Fog"
"Funny Games"
"Get Out"
All the "Harry Potter" movies.
All the "Hunger Games" movies.
All the "Iron Man" movies.
"It" (the theatrical version, only saw the TV version with Tim Curry)
All the "Lord of the Rings" movies. (I did see the original animated film released in the late 1970s).
"Mama Mia"
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
"The Room"
All of the "Saw" movies.
"Sinister"
"Split"
"The Wicker Man" (both the original and the remake with Nicholas Cage)
All the "Transformer" movies.

A footnote: until less than a year ago, "Blade Runner" was also on this list.

[Ben in LA]

The Exorcist

[trish]

...For some reason I have difficulty motivating myself to see Forrest Gump, a critically acclaimed and popular movie. I can't explain it.
I saw it once and found it to be 'so-so', although I know people who've seen it again and again and are wild about it.

Winston Groom who wrote the book Forest Gump has recently published El Paso, a historical fiction which I found to be a 'real page turner.' The main protagonist is the son of a railroad tycoon who gets mixed up with Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution. Tom Mix, John Reed and Ambrose Bierce also appear as 'supporting characters.' It's a wild mix of fiction and history. Stravos would probably(?) hate it. Even the Zimmerman telegraph figures into the plot.

Sorry for the side-track. If it becomes a movie, I'd give it a chance.

[holzz]

avatar, kill bill.

[sukumvit boy]

Damn
I saw it once and found it to be 'so-so', although I know people who've seen it again and again and are wild about it.

Winston Groom who wrote the book Forest Gump has recently published El Paso, a historical fiction which I found to be a 'real page turner.' The main protagonist is the son of a railroad tycoon who gets mixed up with Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution. Tom Mix, John Reed and Ambrose Bierce also appear as 'supporting characters.' It's a wild mix of fiction and history. Stravos would probably(?) hate it. Even the Zimmerman telegraph figures into the plot.

Sorry for the side-track. If it becomes a movie, I'd give it a chance.
Damn , that sounds very interesting . I will certainly get a copy and check it out,TKS.
http://www.amazon.com/El-Paso-Novel-Winston-Groom/dp/1631492241/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506480343&sr=1-1&keywords=el+paso

[sukumvit boy]

With Halloween coming I got to thinking about one of my favorite horror films "Nosferatu" (the 1979 Werner Herzog remake of the 1922 F W Murnau film) and I happened across a late film that Murnau made in Hollywood in 1927 for Fox just before his untimely death in an automobile accident here on California's Pacific Coast Highway in 1931.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise:_A_Song_of_Two_Humans

It's called "Sunrise" and although the story is a typical 19th century domestic melodrama ,the cinematography is startlingly fresh and interesting and featured the early Fox Movietone 'sound on film' musical and sound effects soundtrack including composer Charles Gounod's " Funeral March of a Marionette "which later became the syncopated theme of the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NayFytQeBE

[Rcrxjlb]

The Lost Boys (1987)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Frozen (2013)
American Pie (1999)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Zoolander (2001)
Wonder Woman (2017)
Lord of the Flies (1990)

[jdlo56]

star wars force awakens
The Hobbit 2 and 3

[joesocalif]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting.

[crazyeditor]

Body Double

[tacocorpv2]

Probably Inglorious Basterds and Les Miserables, have no intention of seeing those.

I guess BrokeBack Mountain could also count, but I am not sure that everyone has seen that one.

[Stavros]

Probably Inglorious Basterds and Les Miserables, have no intention of seeing those.


Consider that $20 saved for an alternative and more positive expenditure (but I don't know much a cinema ticket in the US costs).