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Everyone seen it....except you

Post by Achtung Englander » Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:41 am

On YouTube creators are getting seriously lazy now and posting first time seeing (I mean zero effort here - recording yourself watching something on TV), which can be interesting to see someone's reaction to something you know well, but as pointed out by Maturin, a lot of it is bullshit.

However it got me thinking what classics have I not seen. From the top of my head here are some:

Nightmare in Elm Street
Schindler's List
Dirty Harry
Mary Poppins
The Jungle Book (animation)
Aladdin (animation)

Last Halloween I finally got to see Halloween, I actually followed that up by seeing the 2 direct sequels.

What are yours?
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Post by Wrathbone » Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:19 am

I've got a few that spring to mind:

Raging Bull
Sunset Boulevard
Mulholland Drive
Vertigo
Memento
Oldboy
Amadeus
Citizen Kane
Most major horror films (including Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and Saw)

Horror just isn't my thing.

Schindler's List... I'd make a point of watching it once. It's one of the most difficult films I've ever watched, but it's a stark depiction of something which should not be forgotten. At the same time, it has a remarkable and devastating true story to tell. Maybe pencil in Aladdin for afterwards as a pick-me-up. :)

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Post by Lenny Solidus » Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:02 am

Scarface
Omen
The Shining
Rear Window
The Exorcist
Lawrence of Arabia
Taxi Driver
Rosemary's Baby

As a more recent addition I never stop hearing about -

Hereditary
Midsommar
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Post by Sly Boots » Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:27 am

The pain of people not seeing some of your favourite films :lol:

Two that stick out for me are:

Deer Hunter - started it once, wasn't really in the mood and never went back to it (though I keep meaning to)
Apocalypse Now - (just never been in the mood for it)

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Post by Wrathbone » Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:30 am

Sly Boots wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:27 am
Deer Hunter - started it once, wasn't really in the mood and never went back to it (though I keep meaning to)
Apocalypse Now - (just never been in the mood for it)
They’re both highly overrated.

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Post by Achtung Englander » Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:43 am

Wrathbone wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:19 am
I've got a few that spring to mind:

Raging Bull
Sunset Boulevard
Mulholland Drive
Vertigo
Memento
Oldboy
Amadeus
Citizen Kane
Most major horror films (including Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and Saw)

Horror just isn't my thing.

Schindler's List... I'd make a point of watching it once. It's one of the most difficult films I've ever watched, but it's a stark depiction of something which should not be forgotten. At the same time, it has a remarkable and devastating true story to tell. Maybe pencil in Aladdin for afterwards as a pick-me-up. :)
definitely see Vertigo and Amadeus
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Post by Achtung Englander » Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:44 am

Lennyquantum wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:02 am
Scarface
Omen
The Shining
Rear Window
The Exorcist
Lawrence of Arabia
Taxi Driver
Rosemary's Baby

As a more recent addition I never stop hearing about -

Hereditary
Midsommar
oh my god - I thought I was bad :lol:
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Post by Animalmother » Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:07 pm

Citizen Kane
The Lion King, Frozen
Any of the Saw movies
Black Panther, Infinity War, End Game (actually anything after Thor Ragnarok I think)
Mulholland Drive
The Fast and the Furious (I've seen 2 and 7 unfortunately)
Good Will Hunting

I've probably seen bits of some of the above but never the full movies.

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Post by Achtung Englander » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:10 pm

oh yeah I have not seen The Lion King either

I am the wrong age. All these 90s animations did not interest me as a teenager and I never watched them as an adult. I might do so now being a dad.
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Post by Alan » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:16 pm

Classic war movies like Dambusters and classic westerns like the Clint movies are probably my weak spots.
Wrathbone wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:30 am
Sly Boots wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:27 am
Deer Hunter - started it once, wasn't really in the mood and never went back to it (though I keep meaning to)
Apocalypse Now - (just never been in the mood for it)
They’re both highly overrated.

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100%

Deer Hunter especially is shite.
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Post by Sly Boots » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:22 pm

I haven't seen a Spiderman film since Tobey Maguire.
I haven't seen a Superman film since Christopher Reeve :shock:

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Post by Wrathbone » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:23 pm

Alan wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:16 pm
Classic war movies like Dambusters and classic westerns like the Clint movies are probably my weak spots.
Dambusters is great! Well worth a watch.

The Man with No Name trilogy is hit and miss for me. The first 20 minutes of A Fistful of Dollars are superb - the iconic scene where Clint demands an apology to his mule is one of my favourite scenes of any film, ever. And there are too many great moments in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly to mention. The problem is that in between all these highlights are long stretches of mediocrity where not much happens.

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Post by Raid » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:40 pm

I think the biggest omissions in my film history would be the Godfather films and Scarface. There are a few other cult films that I think I ought to have seen, such as Bruce Campbell's zombie films.

Other than that there're a bunch of films that were ancient even by the time I was born; Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon and the like, and a few that were so of the age they were made in that I suspect connecting with them would be difficult, such as The Breakfast Club.

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Post by Achtung Englander » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:45 pm

Alan wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:16 pm
Deer Hunter especially is shite.
:lol:

Michael Cimino said he wanted a 3 hour movie of which 90 min will set during a Wedding....

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Post by Medicine Man » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:52 pm

Not seen a superhero movie since the first Iron Man.

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