After reading Beezer's thread on remote-dropping movies, it reminded me that I still haven't seen Shawshank Redemption. Everyone that mentions it says I have to watch it, but I just haven't gotten around to it.
What are some of the highly regarded movies that you have never seen?
My wife and kids love Harry Potter... books and movies. I don't get it. I saw parts of one of the movies and I was like ehh.
The movies (mostly) do a good job of bringing the books to life. If you're haven't read and aren't a fan of the books, most adults probably won't enjoy them much.
Some of the later movies have more adult appeal, but without the context of the earlier ones would be hard to watch on their own.
The topic was great movies.
-It's A Wonderful Life
-Sound of Music
I think I've seen Godfather at least 5 times in recent years only because I was flipping channels and came across the movie already in progress.
I never saw LA Confidential or Chinatown. Kind of know the ending of Chinatown so why bother.
Just recently watched Mulholland drive for the first time. It annoyed me.
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any of the Hobbit movies.
The topic was great movies.
I thought I was the only one except I havent seen any of it.
-It's A Wonderful Life
-Sound of Music
Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, he was an English guy, came to fight the Turkish.
that's about all I know about that movie and it was made up and came from another movie (Hollywood Knights - an underrated 80's movie).
Neither have I.
Gone With the Wind
Lord of the Rings/Harry Potter
Titanic
My Left Foot
Brando, Pacino, Caan, and my favorite actor Duvall just fucking slay it. It's acting at its absolute pinnacle.
(Note: don't watch if you like horses).
The 2nd one, while not as good, made Robert Deniro. He was a nobody til that film which was pre Travis Bickle.
Just very strange people. Next you'll tell us that you'll "get around" to trying blowjobs to see what all the fuss is about.
He said great films. That isn't even a good one.
Brando, Pacino, Caan, and my favorite actor Duvall just fucking slay it. It's acting at its absolute pinnacle.
(Note: don't watch if you like horses).
The 2nd one, while not as good, made Robert Deniro. He was a nobody til that film which was pre Travis Bickle.
You're the first person I've ever seen to say that Godfather II wasn't as good as the first one.
I wouldn't go so far as to say Deniro was a nobody before that. He had been in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets the year before.
I loved the LOTR trilogy, but the Hobbit films were awful, IMO.
But the first features basically THE iconic movie role. As well as Pacino at his best...long long before he became a caricature. To me that gives it the edge, although fully understandable to prefer the sequel.
I always considered Mean Streets a film that people appreciate in hindsight (knowing who Scorsese/DeNiro/Keitel became). Unsure if it had any hype when it was released.
If it wins the best picture Oscar I automatically avoid it.
There are way too many popular movies that I did not see. Too many to list
If it wins the best picture Oscar I automatically avoid it.
Holy overreaction Batman..
I stick to comedies, historical / period films, foreign films
So I haven't seen doodley squat, unless they were pre '75
Last movie I saw in a theater was Borat
- "Schindler's List" (not sure I could handle it)
- "Gone With the Wind" (looks awful)
- "A Clockwork Orange" (looked too weird)
I've not seen:
- most Woody Allen movies (seen one, you've seen them all)
- most Mel Brooks movies (I admit "Blazing Saddles" was a classic and I have watched that more than once)
- most of the Star War movies - seen bits and pieces of a couple of them and they just seemed stupid to me
- Pretty much every single movie that wins an Academy Award for "Best Picture". I travel in different circles than those judges that find what is considered "good". I just looked up the winners and I watched "The Departed" and "No Country for Old Men" that won "Best Picture" a decade ago, but that's about it.
10. Lawrence of Arabia
15. Sunset Boulevard
17. Sound of Music (as mentioned previously)
Eric, Godfather I is listed as the No. 1 film all-time, Godfather II as the 13th-best.
Shawshank is listed here as No. 2.
FWIW, Goodfellas is listed at No. 63. The List - ( New Window )
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - I don't think I have ever seen it all the way through. I've seen a lot of it, but not all of it.
18. 12 Angry Men
36. From Here to Eternity
More I haven't seen in the next 50.
Any top 100 movies list that doesn't include "Seven Samurai" is already suspect as far as I'm concerned. That movie's at least in the conversation for greatest film ever made.
Yeah, it's a big 'ol melodrama with exaggerated characters and corny dialogue. If it was great in those areas we'd be talking about whether it was the greatest movie ever made.
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If it wins the best picture Oscar I automatically avoid it.
Holy overreaction Batman..
Sorry, I don't live up to your high standards, your highness.
My comment had nothing to do with standards. It was a comment on your attitude of "anything elite snobs think is good is automatically bad."
So I guess you've never watched The Godfather, Rocky, Unfirgiven, Gladiator, Braveheart, Argo, The Depatted, Rain Man or Silence of the Lambs. Good for you - that'll teach'em.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a nice film. Vintage Nicholson and a great performance from Louise Fletcher. It will, however, fall quite short if you read the utterly brilliant Kesey book first.
In Cuckoo, the personality of the Nicholson figure was considerably different, and in my view, much better, in the book and a version I saw off-Broadway. In the Shining, Kubrick eliminated the magical talent of the young son, which I loved in the book.
Movies I didn't see: only a few. Green Mile was one. On the AFI top 100 list, the highest ranked ones I haven't seen are old ones ranked in the 70's or below: Modern Times, City Lights, A place in the Sun. Also Fargo, for no particular reason.
By the way, for people who don't know, there is a guy named Tim Dirks who has done a detailed analysis of every movie in the top 200, and many others. I have learned something in every single analysis. Linked here.
Link - ( New Window )
Good Movie without the love story line.
But to you Old Dirty. You have to watch Shawshank. You will not be disappointed. It's one of those movies you can watch over and over and over again and it never gets old. I think it's the premise and the twists it takes and story within the story that emerges.
The ending is brilliant. I would have to say it's probably my favorite movie of all time and I have a lot of favorites.
Good Movie without the love story line.
I'm another who never bothered to watch "Titanic", although I've seen bits and pieces of it while others watched on TV and I was curious how well they were able to use special effects for shooting the sinking.
True story: I worked at a high tech company for years before retiring. I was early to a meeting so a half dozen of us were sitting around BS'ing waiting for the VP to get there and get the meeting started. One of the guys in the conference room asked if anyone had gone to see Titanic yet, as it was on at the theaters. Our operations director spoke up and said, "I don't watch movies that I know how they end." A rather air-headed administrative assistant (cute as hell, dumb as a box of rocks) was there to take notes and looked shocked. She said dumbfoundedly, "why, does it end badly?" We tried not to laugh for her sake, but it wasn't easy.
A worse story that is also true, the LA Lakers were all invited for a pre-release chance to watch "Lincoln". Kobe was asked how he liked the film and he said, "it was pretty good, but I can't believe they killed him at the end."
The state of our education system is in ruins!
I watched Casablanca a few years ago, and the thing that struck me was how much of the movie is a part of everyday pop-culture. Not just the "famous" lines and scenes, but really a massive chunk of it is a huge inspiration to this day.
Almost every line and every scene has been quoted or copied either directly or indirectly again and again down the decades.
Finally, it's interesting since the movie dates from 1942, when the dark cloud was still very much hanging over all of Europe and Africa. You really have to put yourself in the shoes of the actors on screen and the audience in the theaters, who probably had a real trepidation of fascism and the adored Hitlers overseas as well as the secret ones at home.
HIGHLY recommended.
Oddly enough I watched this film for the 2nd time about 3 days ago. Fantastic movie with so much influence on pop-culture as you pointed out. "Here's lookin' at you, kid."
I've lost too many hours of my life watching movies that I wish I could get the time back. Not again. I'll walk out or turn the TV off if the story line isn't great.
It was horrifically bad. Could never get over how it took what seemed like 5 hours to sink and they were able to run though frigid water for those same 5 hours
I've lost too many hours of my life watching movies that I wish I could get the time back. Not again. I'll walk out or turn the TV off if the story line isn't great.
I've lost too many hours of my life watching movies that I wish I could get the time back. Not again. I'll walk out or turn the TV off if the story line isn't great.
Jaws wasn't that bad. Rocky was actually very good. IIRC Siskel and Ebert originally panned it, then it won the Oscar..
(And "Rocky", I don't even have to see it to know that it's an underdog boxer who gets the crap beat out of him, yet comes back to win.) - you thought wrong.
I'd give Rocky a chance. Hokey? yes. But worthy of about 2hrs on a boring day.
I've lost too many hours of my life watching movies that I wish I could get the time back. Not again. I'll walk out or turn the TV off if the story line isn't great.
No offense, but this is one of the dumbest takes I've ever heard as a reason not to see a movie: because the title tells you sort of what the movie is about.
There are quite literally hundreds if not thousands of awesome classic movies where you can guess a little bit of the plot from the title. Did you see the Godfather? you had to know from the title it was about a mob boss. Taxi Driver? I have some idea what that one is about. Back to the Future? Can you be more obvious?
Also, hate to spoil things for you, but Rocky doesn't win in Rocky and it was a fantastic movie, made even more fantastic if you know the background.