I've never seen Rocky or Jaws...
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Essential/Classic movies you've never got around to watching, add on...People look at me strange when I say I haven't seen these movies...
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I've never seen Apocalypse Now, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or Casablanca.
Gone With The Wind: No real desire to see it, though.
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Forbidden Planet: In my Netflix Q right now
Topkapi: Rented it recently since it is considered a 4-star movie. I fell asleep halfway through it from just being tired at midnight. I could have done without the scene with the oily men wrestling, though. Good character actors in this.
The last 2 Indiana Jones movies
All of the new Star Wars
NOBODY!
I've never seen Ben-Hur all the way through. Other than that, I'm all caught up.
Jaws and Rocky I still love very much. I don't care how much of a "blockbuster" mentality Jaws started, that movie still stands up for me, not quite as raw (aside, of course, from all the shark bites) as some of the other '70s flicks but still great.
We had a Christmas party about 12 yrs ago and made pot cookies and brownies for everyone.* One of the guests did not realize and no one thought to specify (bad move) and as it happens he did not do drugs. So, he had more than one helping and apparently got so high that as his girlfrind was putting him in bed, he was quoting from Ben Hur.
It's a pretty entertaining movie - you should check it out some time.
*I've been hearing from people about their Christmas cookie/brownie adventures over the years, one as recently as two years ago! Bascially, my roomate's friend found a box full of the stuff by the train tracks and gave out ziploc bags of it. It was mostly shake, but full of surprises; one joint could just make you sleepy while the next one out the same bag could paralyze you. That was a fun year!
Well, there's the Film Geeks' Greatest Hits--stuff like Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and the like.
Most people look at me funny when I tell them I haven't seen any of the so-called "Brat Pack" movies except The Breakfast Club, which doesn't really count. In fact, I haven't seen a lot of the landmark '80s films...I was too into cheesy horror flicks at the time (still am, I guess).
And the ultimate hip-hop sin: I've never actually watched Scarface. I've seen a bit here and a bit there to the point where I'm pretty sure I've seen the whole movie in composite form, but I've never actually sat down and watched the thing from beginning to end.
Jaws
Rocky
Top Gun
Dirty Dancing, well I have a sister so I've seen this. But does anyone seriously recomend you should watch this?!
I've never seen The Lost Boys, but always meant to.
I've never seen Chud
Never seen History of the World, Young Frankenstein or Blazing Saddles (all the way through) even though I like Mel Brooks.
The fight is ridiculous, but the movie is classic!
And the soundtrack is brillant.
Jaws is good... but Rocky I could never get in to. I've seen it, but it didn't do much for me. Rambo on the other hand was dope.
Casablanca is actually a really good movie. I rented it on a whim once just to see a "classic" and expected to be bored, but I loved it, and have since seen it a few times. I always recomend it to people who want to see a classic that isn't boring. I think its aged pretty well. Humphrey Bogart is just cool.
The good the bad and the ugly is a love it or hate it movie. I obviously love it, seeing as how there have been pics posted here of me dressed as Blondie on halloween. That shit actually changed my life, if you can beleive that.
I finally watched citizen cane and actually really enjoyed that one too. I was prepared to be pretty let down since people always call it the best film ever made and shit. I don't know about that, but I do know I enjoyed watching it, and at least I know what people mean when they say "rosebud".
Re: the last 2 indiana jones films. the second one is pretty trashy, but the 3rd one is definitely as good as the first, and some people think its better. I love those movies.
Dirty Dancing is fucking dumb.
I've never sat through Top Gun either, but that piano bar is right here in San Diego, so now I kinda want to watch it and then go there.
I have no desire to see gone with the wind.
+ the ultimate scarface sin: not watching the howard hawks OG from 32, which was the most violent film around at the time of its release. Palma used many ideas from the OG in his remake.
There's 2 more I've never seen.
"Cocaine Cowboys" is worth watching too.
One classic that I have yet to see is The Bridge Over the River Kwai (sp?).
I love this movie! If possible, watch it on the big screen, it will be 100x more satisfying. One of the best opening credits to a film, too.
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just out of curiosity, what do you consider a good movie? I mean those 3 you "never cared for much" are pretty much the closest you are going to get to perfect movies...
I'm starting to wonder what movies I have seen.
hahaha... Me too!
The first rambo movie is suprisingly un-corny, considering what people now consider the image of rambo. The first was actually an interesting psychological look at the effects of ptsd on a vietnam vet who was trained to kill and then released back in to society. I didn't expect the movie to be so serious. the sequeals are corny (but totally fun), but the first rambo is actually a really good film. If somebody disagrees with that then I'd love to know why.
Dirty Harry was so fucking awesome. I was floored when I saw it. I told my wife "YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS" and she was like "yawn, whatever, ok" and then at the end she was like "Damn, that was pretty cool!" Its just a badass film.
I might be the only person on earth who just doesn't 'get' army of darkness. I've tried and I've tried, and I just don't get it. Bubbha Ho Tep on the other hand... That shit had me rolling.
Major cosine on Cocaine Cowboys, fucking awesome.
I never saw Titanic or Silence Of The Lambs. Scarface, the Godfather series, the original Star Wars movies, Jaws, I saw all those when I was young and don't remember them at all. I only saw one of the newer three Star Wars films, the first one. Didn't see any of the Lord Of The Rings.
Haha, that's awesome.
Oh, I'll go ahead and add almost every 80's horror movie to the list.
Word. I actually saw the second one before I saw the first one, so I kind of expected it to just be a dumb action flick and was surprised that it was actually a fairly serious and psychological movie.
Well, there's really not much to get about Army of Darkness. It's a splatstick comedy masquerading as a not-scary horror movie. I definitely dig it. Bubba Ho-Tep was great, though. I think Roger Ebert's review nailed it perfectly, particularly this part:
b/w as long as we're talking about Bruce Campbell, his Old Spice ad where he's playing a piano lounge version of "Hungry Like the Wolf" is