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Great movies you have/had never seen
Last night I watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for the first time. Wow...
It's just an amazing film. It is also one that is pretty much assumed that everyone has seen it. When I finally got around to watching Citizen Kane a few months ago, a friend even said "You never saw it?" who then had to admit meekly that she had never seen it. What films have you always meant to check out, but never got to it yet? |
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09-03-2008, 10:12 AM | #2 |
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i have never seen schindlers list or the passion...they are the most recent examples...i have also never seen either of the movies you mentioned
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09-03-2008, 10:14 AM | #3 |
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I finally watched "Bullitt" last week. Steve McQueen is the man and the famous car chase scene was awesome.
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09-03-2008, 10:26 AM | #4 |
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If I have ever seen the film, how can I know it is great?
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09-03-2008, 10:47 AM | #5 |
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I've never seen a Woody Allen movie, nor have I seen Gone With The Wind, Chinatown, Wizard of Oz and most Hitchcock movies. As far as recent movies, I've seen 1 of the Pirate of the Caribbean movies, none of the "Ocean's" movies, Terminator movies, or Die Hard movies.
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09-03-2008, 10:51 AM | #6 |
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I watched Chinatown for the first time recently. Bullitt too.
Two movies I feel I probably should watch but haven't would be Citizen Kane and Schindler's List. I've also never seen a Woody Allen movie or any Hitchcock movies.
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09-03-2008, 11:07 AM | #7 |
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Go for Take the Money and Run. Early Woody Allen is easily accessible and funny as hell. This one is a faux documentary of inept criminal Virgil Starkwell and is just hilarious all the way through. He has made better films (Annie Hall, Crimes and Misdemeanors) but none funnier IMHO. What's Up, Tigerlily is also a good one. Precursor to MST3K. |
09-03-2008, 11:09 AM | #8 |
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98% of the movies most people say are great I've never seen, nor do I plan to.
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09-03-2008, 11:24 AM | #9 |
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I have never seen Casablanca.
I'm sure there are others.
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09-03-2008, 11:24 AM | #10 |
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If you're looking for Woody, you've got to go Annie Hall
Of IMDb's top 10, I have never seen The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly |
09-03-2008, 11:27 AM | #11 |
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09-03-2008, 11:28 AM | #12 | |
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Yeah, I have a few of these movies in my Netflix queue. I'll probably end up getting them from the library since most of the movies I've seen have been thru there. |
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09-03-2008, 11:32 AM | #13 |
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I don't know Lorena, I'm not a big western fan at all.
Speaking back to Woody though, I kind of want to see his newest movie that is out right now. |
09-03-2008, 11:48 AM | #14 |
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+1 If I'm going to trust someone's list, just to give me a way to pick out an answer, the highest rated films on the AFI 100 I haven't seen all the way through would be The Graduate, Schindler's List, and from the revised list The General. Those look like the only ones in the top 30 I haven't seen at some point.
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09-03-2008, 11:56 AM | #15 |
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Classic American westerns and 'spaghetti' westerns are two completely different animals, for whatever it's worth. There's no good guy in a white hat, trying to right an ultimate wrong in most spaghetti westerns, just a lot grimier people doing grimier things. |
09-03-2008, 12:28 PM | #17 |
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I've never understood the appeal of Woody Allen. With the exception of Everything you Wanted to know about Sex but Was Afraid to Ask.
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09-03-2008, 12:49 PM | #18 | |
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It's very funny and also "accessible" for someone who doesn't know if they'd be into Allen's schtick, whatever it is. It has the classic Woody Allen great dialogue, but is also just seems so much "younger" than you'd expect. |
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09-03-2008, 01:08 PM | #19 |
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Crimes and Misdemeanors The Bicycle Thief The Sting That movie where they carry the ship over the mountain There Will Be Blood The French Connection By the way, if you're looking for a slapstick funny Woody film, try The Sleeper. Bananas is also good. And if you like Russian novels, then you have to see Love and Death.
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09-03-2008, 02:00 PM | #20 |
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"Citizen Kane", and I'm not sure I've seen "12 angry men".
"On the waterfront" is another one... have it on DVD though.
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Freddy Got Fingered
Edit: Sorry, I was looking at the wrong list.
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09-03-2008, 03:42 PM | #24 |
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I hope those were sausages.
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09-03-2008, 03:50 PM | #25 |
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He does get a weird pleasure face... what did you do Pumpy.
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09-03-2008, 04:08 PM | #26 |
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I was out of town when that shit happened.
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09-03-2008, 04:40 PM | #27 |
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Fitzcarraldo. I love that movie, and "Burden of Dreams" the documentary about the 'making of' is equally, if not more, fascinating. Last edited by thesloppy : 09-03-2008 at 04:40 PM. |
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Do yourself a massive favor and rent The Sting as soon as possible. As for me....without question it's Gone With the Wind. Even if I don't like it, I know I need to see it. |
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A teacher ruined this movie for me in high school by telling our entire class what happens at the end. I just know I would LOVE this movie, but knowing what happens has made it hard for me to rent it. One day. There are a lot of American "classics" I haven't seen, like Casablanca, Gone With The Wind in particular. There's also quite a few Hitchcock movies I've never seen that I really should.
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anyone looking for a good scare the shit out of you flick, for my money, nothing is better than the original Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"
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09-03-2008, 08:04 PM | #31 |
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Dog Day Afternoon
Full Metal Jacket Apocalypse Now Murder in the First A Soldier's Story to name a few
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+1 An incredibly intense film which remains just as powerful today, no special effects or explosions (Jerry Bruckheimer, I'm looking at you) needed.
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09-04-2008, 02:39 AM | #33 |
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I have never seen Ghandi, and something tells me this is not going to change any time soon.
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As for classics I've recently seen, I finally got around to My Left Foot. Although the movie itself isn't that amazing, the performance by Daniel Day Lewis is off the charts.
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