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25 Jul 11 - 01:08 PM (#3195055) Subject: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: John MacKenzie Rocky, (any) Jaws, either Pirates of the Carribean Cars Superman, any Toy Story Saving Private Ryan Good Morning Vietnam Armegeddon Independance Day Groundhog Day Sleepless in Seattle etc etc have I missed anything? |
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25 Jul 11 - 01:14 PM (#3195060) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Crowhugger Can I join your club even if I'm pretty sure I was in the same room with Jaws when my husband watched it on TV? |
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25 Jul 11 - 01:37 PM (#3195078) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: GUEST,leeneia Me either. Why would I pay money to see bad things? I also walked out on Shakespeare in Love and Star Ways. I did see Toy Story. Am I the only person in the world who worries about the effect on real children of watching the cruel boy Sid in that movie? But I did see The Secret of Roan Inish three times. (It was my husband's idea.) It was funny that the newspaper critic didn't mention it was one of the best movies of the year until it was too late to go see it. |
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25 Jul 11 - 02:23 PM (#3195114) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Acorn4 I haven't watched any of them; I think perhaps Private Ryan might be worth a watch somwhen . I think I managed about 5 minutes of Good Morning Vietnam before being irritated by Robin Williams. The trouble is a film takes a couple of hours and its got to be really worth it to fit in a pressing schedule. |
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25 Jul 11 - 02:29 PM (#3195117) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: David C. Carter You are not alone John. Haven't seen any of those films either. I haven't even seen Star Wars,Rocky 1-27 etc. David |
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25 Jul 11 - 02:32 PM (#3195119) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: katlaughing Good Morning Vietnam was brilliant and based on a real character. It's an icon of sorts, imo. Pirates of the Caribbean is just plain fun. NOT to be taken seriously! |
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25 Jul 11 - 02:43 PM (#3195129) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Wesley S I never saw "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". From what my friends say I'm one of the few that did. |
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25 Jul 11 - 02:55 PM (#3195135) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Crowhugger By posting I'm not suggesting there's anything bad about them--I didn't see them so I don't have an opinion. There are lots of good and not-so-good storytellers out there in movie-land, but I rarely see their work. When I'm not on the computer a lot of my time goes into practising, rehearsing (lately mostly voice & handbell ringing but the stringed instruments still come out periodically) or I'm out with the dogs. And there's Mudcat. Tangent: I'm thoroughly baffled by the common type of media coverage of movies, as to which one made the most millions last weekend at the box office. Is that supposed to be a meaningful measure of the stories of a culture? I wouldn't know if that is movie makers' own press releases or if it's just another example of what passes these days for journalism. |
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25 Jul 11 - 02:59 PM (#3195141) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: gnu I have seen Groundhog Day & Sleepless in Seattle and would recommend them. However, I would not recommend Sleepless in Seattle for you John, ya crusty old bugger. Hmmmm... "bugger"... I hope that doesn't have a translation "over there" that is derogatory. Crusty suits, I believe. >;-) |
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25 Jul 11 - 03:09 PM (#3195144) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: fat B****rd I've never seen 'Star Wars''2001'or 'Saving Private Ryan' but I did walk out of 'The Misfits' |
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25 Jul 11 - 03:11 PM (#3195147) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Stilly River Sage I've seen some of them, but don't regret not seeing all of them. Some subjects don't interest me. I've never seen Forrest Gump or Schindler's List, but one of these days I'll probably see those two. Not necessarily on the same day. SRS |
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25 Jul 11 - 03:28 PM (#3195160) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: gnu Forrest Gump... see it today. |
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25 Jul 11 - 03:39 PM (#3195172) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk Oh, I get it! This is where we prove how cool, mature, and totally perceptive we are on the basis of the very popular stuff we didn't fall for! ;-) Yeah, man. It feels good to be way above the unwashed ignorant rabble out there, doesn't it? I can relate. ;-) okay, lemme think about this. Hmmm. Okay, I never saw Jaws at the theatre. Did eventually see it on video. As for the others...ummm...I've seen all of them except "Sleepless in Seattle". I didn't deliberately plan not to see S-I-S, though, it just slipped under my radar, so I'm really not that cool after all...I just lucked out! ;-D I can pretend I'm that cool and maybe get away with it, and people won't realize... The fact that I have seen all the others on your list definitely endangers my coolness rating, though, John. (fret! fret!) I would like to say, however, that I WISH to GOD I'd never spent my money to see either Independence Day or Armageddon. They were both godawful stupid terribly bad movies, and I swore never again to watch any movie directed by whoever the hell made them (Roland Emmerich?). So my coolness factor may not be as endangered as I thought. ;-) But have you missed anything, John? Yup! You sure have. Ahem! Groundhog Day - Absolutely brilliant, delightful, unique film. A masterpiece, in fact. Pirates of the Caribbean - Very good entertainment, and worth seeing just for Johnny Depp alone. He is the ultimate pirate captain. Cars - Quite good, in my opinion. Toy Story - Beyond "good...absolutely superb! "Saving Private Ryan" - Pretty good war film...but it's marred by the fact that the German army are depicted as pretty lousy strategists, squandering their lives foolishly in the bitter fighting around Normandy and using dumb tactics. This does not, in my opinion, accurately depict the German army who were mostly very good at the art of war. It could accurately depict some of the green units of novices that were mixed amongst the veteran German troops...but certainly not the veterans themselves. Other than that, it's a darned good war movie. Rocky (I) is a very good movie...but you might not be interested in a movie about an inarticulate and uneducated American-Italian boxer. If so, John, I understand. leeneia - "Am I the only person in the world who worries about the effect on real children of watching the cruel boy Sid in that movie?" You may well be. ;-) Hell, I KNEW several rotten little bastards just like Syd when I was a kid. There are some like that in every school, sadistic, vicious little creeps who live to cause pain and discomfort to all around them, and who delight in destroying things. EVERY kid can see something he already knows about intimately in the character "Sid", and it couldn't possibly hurt real children. It just gives them some satisfaction in seeing the little bully get his eventual comeuppance. Very satisfying, I assure you! ;-) |
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25 Jul 11 - 03:42 PM (#3195176) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: McGrath of Harlow Only one in that list John gave that I'd advise him to make an effort to see is Groundhog Day. |
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25 Jul 11 - 03:46 PM (#3195180) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk You're clearly WAYYYY cooler than me, McGrath. But at least we agree on Groundhog Day. |
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25 Jul 11 - 03:48 PM (#3195185) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: gnu Ahhhh... LH... so, if we don't like what you like we are "cool, mature, and totally perceptive... way above the unwashed ignorant rabble...". That doesn't sound like the LH I know. Quite the opposite. Are you upset by a movie you just watched? Couldn't get yer money back? Didn't like the popcorn? Lighten up eh? |
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25 Jul 11 - 04:01 PM (#3195200) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: John MacKenzie Oh and re walking out. I walked out of Bonnie and Clyde, and Straw Dogs. On different days :-) |
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25 Jul 11 - 04:11 PM (#3195212) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk What the hell ya talkin' about, gnu? Are you bein' funny? You talkin' to ME? ;-) I really liked Bonnie and Clyde, John, but I have no interest in the basic premise of Straw Dogs. True, they both had some graphic violence onscreen...but that's about where the comparisons ended for me. Bonnie and Clyde is a really interesting depiction of 2 restless young people with no foreseeable good future in a society that is suffering financial depression...and they more or less haphazardly fall into a spiral of crime that starts out as a lark or a dare and becomes an inescapable road to self-destruction. It's like a Shakespearian tragedy set in the Depression years. It was handled very well, I think, and the secondary characters were all played brilliantly, as were the main characters. Straw Dogs, on the other hand, is standard Sam Peckinpah fare....macho bullshit about "becoming a man" by taking violent revenge upon and killing a whole bunch of nasty people. HO HUM! Seen that before, and not impressed. |
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25 Jul 11 - 04:48 PM (#3195238) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Stilly River Sage The best "dark horse" little film I saw years ago, after avoiding it, was Trip to Bountiful. It's not about Mormons or Utah or anything beyond trying to go home again. I told my mother she should watch this film and she put it off for ages, and when she finally saw it she called to tell me how much she loved it. Horton Foote turned his teleplay into a Broadway play and then into a film script. He was the playwright on such films as To Kill A Mockingbird, Hurry Sundown, and Tender Mercies. |
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25 Jul 11 - 06:28 PM (#3195324) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: ranger1 Well, I watch movies to be entertained, and as I am easily entertained, I've seen most of the movies on your list John. I have no coolness rating, and I'm ok with that. |
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25 Jul 11 - 07:36 PM (#3195354) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: gnu LH... "Well... I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?" You Tube is a great resource innit? |
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25 Jul 11 - 11:04 PM (#3195453) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Mrrzy I haven't seen Saving Private Ryan either. I have seen clips and previews. Movies I waited waaaaaaaaaayyy too long to see for the first time: ***The Wizard of Oz - I'd have loved it as a child ***King of Hearts - played all the time at the vintage theaters the decade or so I lived in Boston, didn't see it till a couple of years ago, what a treat ***2001 - didn't see it till 2001, hated it, might have liked it as a teenager (Kinda like I didn't read 1984 till 1984, but that one, I loved.) But I digress. |
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25 Jul 11 - 11:10 PM (#3195461) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk Yup! ;-D Sure is. ***** This thing about not liking the mainstream popular stuff that almost everyone else apparently likes is a very tempting thing to the ego in many people. It sets you apart when you don't like mainstream stuff, but you like oddball, rare, and unusual stuff instead. It suggests that you're way cooler and smarter than most of the people around you, and what could be more gratifying to the ego than that? I know I've fallen into that very conceit at various times in my own life, and a lot of other people have too. I recently had a young friend, for example, who had a passion for music that NO ONE else his age was listening to. In short, he loved Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen. Now, there's no reason not to love those guys' music, admittedly, but I can't help feeling that it was his natural desire to set himself well apart from his peers that led him into picking that music in the first place when all his buddies were listening to more modern stuff. It's that heady feeling that only YOU and a very few others are "in the know", and you're surrounded by dummies who aren't. What could be more fun than that? ;-) I can remember any number of times I've felt that way. It can have some justification too...but it usually involves a sort of self-absorbed ego trip at the same time. If we can detect how our own ego is leading us into such attitudes, we can laugh at it a bit, I figure. No reason to feel bad or guilty about it, just see the funny side. |
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26 Jul 11 - 07:21 AM (#3195672) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: McGrath of Harlow I just get irritated when the sound is too loud and the words are hard to make out because of all the background, and the special effects overload everything. Nothing to do with not wanting to be entertained - in fact quite the reverse - I don't like being bored, and I find those things very boring. |
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26 Jul 11 - 07:34 AM (#3195681) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: GUEST,Raggytash The last film I watched was American Werewolf in London went it was first released in the UK, before that it was Fritz the Cat, if this makes me cool, well Wow, I've never considered myself to be cool before. |
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26 Jul 11 - 07:47 AM (#3195692) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: John MacKenzie I loved Fritz the Cat My biggest disappointment was Tommy. The film was great, but the pokey little multiscreen cinema I saw it in, had a crap sound system, and that's one film that really needs a good sound system! |
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26 Jul 11 - 08:27 AM (#3195713) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: GUEST,Patsy I walked out of 'Lost Horizon' a musical version of Shangrila most of the people in the cinema did that night too so I wasn't alone. Fritz the Cat was good but I tried to find the 'ladiesroom' (loo) half way through couldn't find it so made my way to the pub next door. Then I discovered I hadn't taken my ticket with me to get back inside. So went back to the pub for a lemonade or two (it was early days and didn't feel right buying alcohol back then) and waited outside for my beloved who wondered where the heck I'd been. So I still don't know how it ended. John MacKenzie I remember the first of the multiscreen cimemas. The sound system was so rubbish you could hear the movie playing in the next room, one in Bristol was like that and to add to that the noise from the traffic outside could be heard drowning the film being watched. At the time I wasn't too happy about the prospect of all the cinemas being turned into multiscreened cinemas luckily they have solved that problem. |
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26 Jul 11 - 09:35 AM (#3195763) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Becca72 I absolutely loved Armageddon. It's not a brilliant story line. The acting isn't top-notch. It's loud and brash. But I've seen it a half dozen times and still love it. Bruce Willis is perhaps the sexiest man to ever walk the face of this earth...or any other. :-) I have seen all of the movies on the OP's list. Some I enjoyed, some I didn't. I'm OK with not being very cool. Like ranger1, I watch movies to be entertained. Same reason I read fiction. It's brain candy. Oh, BTW, I have seen Star Wars upwards of 100 times. I collect anything and everything Darth Vader. Am I a geek? Yes. But I'm fine with that. |
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26 Jul 11 - 02:33 PM (#3195995) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: PoppaGator Wow, I thought I was a fairly sophisticated guy, but I must really be an asshole; I've seen most of the films hated by the OP and enjoyed most of them. Disclaimer: saw more of them on TV than in theaters. I suppose that helps enhance one's enjoyment when there's no possibility of regretting having spent way-too-much on a ticket. Well, each to his own, no accounting for taste, etc., etc. Far be it for me to criticize anyone's else's aesthetic taste...BUT: Someone went out of their way to tell us how much he/she HATED "The Misfits"!!?!?!? One of the greatest films ever to come out of Hollywood!!: ~ Shot in black and white in 1960-61, many years after virtually ALL non-documentary films used color exclusively; ~ Directed by the great John Huston; ~ Screenplay by the even greater dramatist Arthur Miller (not enough snob appeal for you there?); ~ Final screen appearance before his death by the great Clark Gable; ~ Final screen appearance before her death by the great Marilyn Monroe ~ Terrific supporting performances by Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach, and Thelma Ritter... Gable was very ill, missed some days during filming (although you really can't tell by his performance ~ musta taken some guts), so it was no surprise thast he passed away soon after wrapping the project. Marilyn's passing, on the other hand, was much more untimely and came as a shock to millions. What's not to like??!?!!? I watch this movie every time I get a chance, which is several times a year since Turner Classic Movies keeps it in "heavy rotation." |
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26 Jul 11 - 02:55 PM (#3196011) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Will Fly Haven't seen: Rocky (any) Saving Private Ryan Armageddon Independence Day Gone With The Wind Mary Poppins The Sound Of Music Straw Dogs Forrest Gump Schindler's List But am continually entranced by: The Battle Of Algiers Un Homme Condamné a Mort Est Echappé The Day Of The Jackal The Third Man A Matter Of Life And Death Dead Of Night |
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26 Jul 11 - 02:55 PM (#3196012) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: John MacKenzie You say you've seen them on TV not in a cinema. I haven't been inside a cinema for about 25 years, and like you, any films I've seen have been on TV, except for a couple I watched on planes. Apropos of which, on my flight to Australia, and my return, the 2 main films on offer were, Legally Blonde, and Notting Hill. I read a lot that trip! |
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26 Jul 11 - 03:09 PM (#3196023) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: McGrath of Harlow "I've seen most of the films hated by the OP" He didn't say he hated them, just that he'd never seen them and wondered if he'd missed anything. I've never been to Australia. That doesn't mean I've anything against it. |
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26 Jul 11 - 04:48 PM (#3196117) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp I've seen "Bedtime for Bonzo". Terrible specist crap! The one saving grace is that the chimp outacts everyone else in the film, and no surprises there! Chimps generally get poor roles in Hollywood films, but Bonzo blew Ronnie Reagan right off the screen in that one. As for... Rocky, (any) Jaws, either Pirates of the Carribean Cars Superman, any Toy Story Saving Private Ryan Good Morning Vietnam Armageddon Independence Day Groundhog Day Sleepless in Seattle Seen 'em all. Loved 'em all, except for Good Morning Vietnam which I was sorta neutral on. Are you missin' anything, John? Yeah! Yer missin' a life. I suggest you go out and get one while there's still time. Ook! Ook! ;-D - Chongo |
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26 Jul 11 - 05:08 PM (#3196130) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: gnu I went to a Star Trek movie in one of the new theatres here about a dozen years ago. I had to leave after a few minutes because the sound was deafening. I asked for my money back (2PM) and the young girl said I would have to speak to the manager but he wasn't in and I would have to come back after 6PM. I said, "No, I don't have to come back. You have to call the police and tell them my name is Gary Owens and I live at 64 Crown Crescent." She looked rather perplexed. I repeated what I said and then took a half dozen large pizza slices from the display and walked out with them. Had the police shown up I could have offered them a slice because it wasn't very good pizza but better than having my ears assulted. I have never been tempted to go back. |
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26 Jul 11 - 05:14 PM (#3196133) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk Yeah, it's ridiculous how they have the sound cranked in modern movie theatres. And the sad thing is, a whole generation of young people are becoming accustomed to expect that level of sound inside a theatre, so they'll take it for granted from here on in. One could wear earplugs when at the movies, I suppose... ;-) |
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26 Jul 11 - 06:17 PM (#3196164) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: autolycus While people can be quite comfortable to write off most or all of classical music, I am equally happy to write off a lot of unseen popular films, and with greater reason. There's so much good stuff in the way of music, films, plays, works of artand books [if nothing else, like new people to meet, relations to see and places to visit] that I think I may not have time to get around to. So not finding the time for stuff that may be popular but one believes isn't worth the time seems reasonable. From the original list, I've seen Toy Story Saving Private Ryan Good Morning Vietnam Groundhog Day Sleepless in Seattle All were pretty good. I just don't feel I'm missing anything with the rest, especially given what I wrote at the beginning. |
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26 Jul 11 - 06:50 PM (#3196181) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: JennieG Well....I have to say I have never seen any of the Star Wars movies, or any of the Lord of the Rings series, or any Harry Potter movies. I'm not precious, but science fiction and fantasy just don't do it for me. Loud blokey action movies aren't my style either. On the other hand, give me a good musical and some comedy and I am a happy little vegemite...... The world would be a dull place if we all liked the same things, wouldn't it? Cheers JennieG |
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26 Jul 11 - 08:39 PM (#3196216) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: GUEST,number 6 "The Misfits" I'm with PoppaGator in regards that movie .... certainly is IMO, one of the greatest films ever to come out of Hollywood!! biLL |
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27 Jul 11 - 02:21 AM (#3196340) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk Hmm. I've never seen it. Well, maybe it's on Youtube? |
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27 Jul 11 - 02:47 AM (#3196345) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: autolycus There is a prog on the Beeb called "I've never Seen Star Wars", in which celebrities are invited to try 5 things, different from one guest to another, that they have never tried before. They then give the resulting experience a mark out of ten. |
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27 Jul 11 - 06:17 AM (#3196430) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Max Johnson Had the police shown up I could have offered them a slice because it wasn't very good pizza but better than having my ears assulted. I have never been tempted to go back. That's not fair, gnu. The poor bloke who actually lived at 64 Crown Crescent is probably doing time. |
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27 Jul 11 - 11:53 AM (#3196608) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk LOL!!! |
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27 Jul 11 - 01:05 PM (#3196649) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Stilly River Sage Fritz the Cat - bleh. I saw it years and years ago and hated it. Independence Day is silly and funny (possibly unintentionally) but I think the story, like one we discussed in another thread, the newest King Kong, has aspects that bear consideration. In ID there was a great riff on the popular culture UFA literature as far as Area 51, in particular. SRS |
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27 Jul 11 - 01:10 PM (#3196656) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk I didn't think much of Fritz the Cat. I didn't like Independence Day because I don't want my science fiction films to be silly or funny...unless they were made in the 1950s or they feature an 800 foot tall lizard that is clearly a man in a lizard suit. ;-) |
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27 Jul 11 - 01:35 PM (#3196679) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: John MacKenzie Whadya mean, a man in a lizard suit? They were real monsters! |
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27 Jul 11 - 03:49 PM (#3196782) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk I like to see that kind of faith, John. ;-) It's people like you who have prevented the world from drowning in a sea of unromantic boredom and mundane practicality. |
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28 Jul 11 - 12:45 PM (#3197348) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: McGrath of Harlow "any films I've seen have been on TV" In which case you haven't actually seen the films. In common with most of us. Any number of great films I'd love a chance to see the way they are supposed to be seen. Six screens at our local cinema, and hardly ever a film worth seeing between them. |
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28 Jul 11 - 12:52 PM (#3197356) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Jack the Sailor "supposed to be seen?" From whose point of view? We have a large TV and a 5.1 surround sound system. I think films are supposed to be seen from the comfort of my sofa eating my own popcorn, with no one I do not love talking through it and with the ability to pause it when I want to pee. |
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28 Jul 11 - 12:53 PM (#3197357) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk "hardly ever a film worth seeing" Ain't that the sad truth. |
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29 Jul 11 - 06:14 AM (#3197795) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: GUEST,Shimrod 'Last of the Mohicans' has been No.1 on my list of favourite films for several years now. I'm amazed at the way it re-creates the violent world of 18th century North America (a world I am certainly glad I never had to live in!). |
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29 Jul 11 - 07:04 AM (#3197811) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: GUEST,Patsy These days hardly anything. If I did I would be more inclined to visit the cinema mid-week when it is cheaper and not in the school holidays. How parents manage with a family trip to the cinema I don't know, the popcorn alone is about £4.00 per carton maybe more? It would work out cheaper to take a family out to the country or beach. |
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29 Jul 11 - 07:38 AM (#3197827) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: John MacKenzie Perhaps if the celebration, and/or glorification of violence, and the graphic portrayal of the end result of said violence, ceased to be regarded as entertainment, there would be more films that I wanted to watch! |
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29 Jul 11 - 10:17 AM (#3197900) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Jack the Sailor >>Perhaps if the celebration, and/or glorification of violence, and the graphic portrayal of the end result of said violence, ceased to be regarded as entertainment, there would be more films that I wanted to watch! << There are plenty of films without all that. But don't expect to see them opening on thousands of screens on a holiday weekend. Avoid the films aims at immature males and you will avoid most of that. |
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02 Aug 11 - 11:06 AM (#3200147) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Mrrzy The movie with Soylent Green in it. It may have been called Soylent Green. |
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02 Aug 11 - 12:49 PM (#3200236) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk I never saw that one with Ryan O'Neal...something to do with "love is never having to say you're sorry"? Love Story? |
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02 Aug 11 - 08:58 PM (#3200592) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Stilly River Sage One I was tempted to walk out of until I "got it" was Zardoz with Sean Connery. It's a farce, but you have to remember the opening credits to make sense of it. Another one I almost walked out of was Rollerball. Again, by sticking around it made a lot of sense. I should have walked out of A Walk in the Clouds. Stupidest damn premise and most idiotic ending of a story, with (if I remember correctly) a bunch of Mexican-American actors portraying second-generation Italians in the California wine region. SRS |
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02 Aug 11 - 10:59 PM (#3200665) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Eiseley I agree with you about A Walk in the Clouds. So stupid! But I really liked a little known Canadian film, Strangers in Good Company about a group of old women who are on a tour bus and it breaks down. Lovely people in that group, and they played themselves, mainly. Eiseley |
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03 Aug 11 - 04:44 AM (#3200763) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: John MacKenzie Butch Casserole and the Suntan Kid |
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03 Aug 11 - 04:54 AM (#3200769) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: fat B****rd I just recalled. I've never seen Planet of the Apes. |
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03 Aug 11 - 07:00 AM (#3200810) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: GUEST,Patsy Any of the 70s porn films complete with polyester shirts and 'Jason King' type moustaches. |
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03 Aug 11 - 08:15 AM (#3200846) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: John MacKenzie You sound wistful Patsy ;-) |
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03 Aug 11 - 11:13 PM (#3201399) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: ollaimh your really not watching enough midnight cable tv!! i've seen parts of several of these. i often loose interest and go back to reading or playing with my new dulcimer, especially harry potter. do any of those movies make sense? they seem to all revolved around deus ex machina endings basd on MAGIC. on the other hand i think avatar is the most revolutionary movie to come out of holiwood in decades, maybe ever. |
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04 Aug 11 - 02:48 PM (#3201787) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: lefthanded guitar I've never seen nor WANTED to see any Godfather movie. Why celebrate the lifestyles of moral- trash? |
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04 Aug 11 - 02:54 PM (#3201794) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Jack the Sailor Wow LG doesn't that rule out at least half of all movies? |
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04 Aug 11 - 02:55 PM (#3201798) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: John MacKenzie Indeed it does. Another reason I don't go |
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04 Aug 11 - 04:43 PM (#3201885) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk Wow! I didn't think of that one. I haven't seen any of the Godfather film series either. I watched about half of "Goodfellas" and it made me fill ill, so I turned it off. On the other hand, I really liked "Miller's Crossing". That was a gangster flick with style. |
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04 Aug 11 - 04:58 PM (#3201894) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: RangerSteve I never saw "Rocky", but saw another in the series and thought it was pretty dumb. I don't like Stallone anyway. As for Forest Gump, I read the book, and apparently it was really different from the movie, and I liked the book, so I'll skip the film Schindler's List - I've been told (here at Mudcat) that it's not as depressing as it sounds, and the ending is kind of hopeful, but I can't bring myself to see it. Nazis make my blood pressure rise. I didn't see Casablanca or the Maltese Falcon until sometime in the 1970's. I was in my 20's when I finally saw the Wizard of Oz. |
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04 Aug 11 - 05:06 PM (#3201899) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Jack the Sailor As for Forest Gump The movie and the book were completely different stories, the character names and the settings (Alabama and USA and Viet Nam) were the same but only a few of the incidents of the book and none of the funny ones, which there were many, made it on to the screen. The movie, imho stands on its own and is pretty good. But it is not comedic as the book was and has a completely different point of view. The book is a celebration of the humor of stupidity. The movie is a fantasy that says that good people triumph because they are lucky no matter how dumb they are. |
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04 Aug 11 - 06:11 PM (#3201949) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk Good people triumph within themselves, but not necessarily in the outer world of society....where not so good people often appear to do very well...at least for quite a while...they sometimes end up very badly, though. Good people can also end up very badly in outer terms...what society sees...but that ain't all there is. |
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04 Aug 11 - 06:28 PM (#3201967) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Jack the Sailor And profoundly stupid people start million dollar fishing business because they are too dumb to check the hurricane forecast before they go out. That is the main theme in Forrest Gump. It allows him to take care of Jenny and Lt Dan and Bubba's family and to take care of little Forrest later in the movie. Its a pretty movie. but not a smart one. |
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04 Aug 11 - 06:29 PM (#3201970) Subject: RE: Films I alone haven't seen{apparently} From: Little Hawk Yup. I agree totally with your assessment of "Forrest Gump". A pretty movie, but not a smart one. |