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Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (Tomahawk) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:44:24 +0000

1) Godfather pt 2 and 3.
2) Die Hard trilogy
3) Citizen Kane
4) Casablanca
5) 2001.
6) Apocalypse now

And 1, 2, 5 and 6 are all in my shelf. Just never been in the mood for any of them. Then again, I guess I don't know the mood needed to be in to watch them either.

EDIT: I've also yet to watch a Rocky movie. But I also have no desire to do so.

EDIT 2: I did, however, watch "Breakfast at Tiffany's" the other day, and I was entertained throughout.

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (Squiggly_P) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:50:12 +0000

I can't believe I've not posted in this thread before now...

Once Upon A Time In The West
Sunset Blvd. - Seen it in bits & pieces, never sat down and watched it from beginning to end.
Rebel Without A Cause
Amélie - I love the director and have this on DVD... never watched it for some reason...
Barry Lyndon
But Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

I could have filled the list with Kubrick films, tho. I'm not really a fan. Never seen Lolita. never seen any of his films prior to Strangelove. I started watching Paths of Glory, but that movie is a bit on the slow side.

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (bullet3) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:34:30 +0000

To each his own. My problem was that I just thought that ultimately the protagonist was horribly unlikeable, and came off like a creep and borderline-serial-killer, and the movie didn't seem to know this, and thought he was heroic. I don't buy that she would have any interest in this guy what-soever. Music's great though.

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (paulou) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:07:34 +0000

Watched it last summer, for pleasure, rather than history. Liked it a lot.

"Look... I think it's a very good thing that a young man, after he's done some very good work should have a chance to relax and enjoy himself and lie around and drink beer and so on. But after a few weeks!"

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (bullet3) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:42:25 +0000

I really need to grab a copy of Stalker and give it a watch, I really liked Solaris. Similarly I'd like to see Andrei Rublev at some point. Tarkovsky requires the proper mindset/environment/block-of-time though, so it's tough.

Also, to Dave - Don't watch The Graduate, unless purely for historical reasons. I'm baffled that that was a huge thing back in the 60s, because man does that one not work at all nowadays, as well as being pretty unpleasant to watch.

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (paulou) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:15:50 +0000

Kyle Monroe wrote:

Stalker is one of my favorite movies

THIS GUY GETS IT

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (Kyle Monroe) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:50:16 +0000

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - No idea why I haven't seen this one yet
The Godfather - Never got into gangster flicks so yeah
The Road - I own it on DVD yet haven't watched it
Schindler's List - Still no reason I haven't seen this
The Green Mile - Same as above
Solaris 72 - I'm pretty embarrassed that I haven't seen this, considering Tarkovskiy's Stalker is one of my favorite movies
Most David Lynch movies - I've only seen Dune, Inland Empire and Lost Highway
Unforgiven - I have no excuse
Citizen Kane - yep

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (Invid) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:34:47 +0000

I haven't seen a single modern Italian gangster film. No Godfather, no Goodfellas... hell, no Sopranos. No reason, I just haven't. I've watched old ones, from the 30's and 40's. Closest I've come is the Michael Keaton comedy Johnny Dangerously, and maybe New Jack City (where the Black gang is encroaching on traditional Mafia turf).

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (dbngaa) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:47:06 +0000

On this forum, these are the six I am most embarrassed for having not seen:

Lawrence of Arabia - think I keep holding out for seeing it on the big screen
Dr. Stangelove - no reason, just hasn't happened yet.
The French Connection - see above.
Network - actually watched it about 25 years ago on TBS I think, but I can't remember much about it
Duck Soup - I've seen every other Marx Brothers film, but somehow...
The Gold Rush - or any Chaplin, really. But this will soon be remedied as all 3 Criterion Chaplin blu-rays are on their way to me.

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (BigDamnArtist) — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:43:58 +0000

Dave wrote:

Serenity (also Firefly)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand shunned.

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (Dave) — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:50:10 +0000

Looking at the AFI and BFI's top 100, I'm a poor excuse for a film geek. That said there are plenty of films (especially on the AFI list) I've no interest in watching, so we'll agree that quality is pretty fucking subjective, thank you very much.

Six films I haven't seen, but would like to.

The Graduate
Doctor Zhivago
Gandhi
Serenity (also Firefly)
Brazil
Fantasia

I'm frequently embarrassed by most things in life, so it's safe to assume there's a degree of discomfort in the above.

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (Withkittens) — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:14:54 +0000

Titanic

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (fcw) — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:56:14 +0000

I've only seen Star Wars: Episode III on fast-forward; I believe it was no less comprehensible, and no less boring, while being mercifully shorter than if I'd been suckered into seeing it in the cinema, as I was with episodes I and II.

As for six unseen things of filmic/cultural note:

Rocky (any of them)
Grease (despite my wife's encouragement over the decades)
Seven Samurai (or any other Kurosawa picture)
Seventh Seal (or any other Ingmar Bergman picture)
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (not a big South Park fan)
Borat (or any other Baron Cohen picture)

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (Allison) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:21:51 +0000

1. Star Wars Episode V
2. Star Wars Episode VI

No need to expand the list, I think. Those two are embarassing enough.

Re: Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen

null@example.com (bullet3) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:33:14 +0000

- Anything Scorcese pre-Goodfellas. Really need to, but never seem to have them available or feel like watching.
- A whole lot of Hitchcock, which I really need to get around to, because I adore Rear Window, North by Northwest, and Rope.
- Schindler's List
- Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and Gone with the Wind