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Post by Al on Aug 12, 2008 12:50:30 GMT -5
Hi, my name is Al...
(Hi, Al.)
...and I've never seen The Deer Hunter.
Or Gone With the Wind. Or Casablanca. Or 2001: A Space Odyssey. I... I meant to. I know they're good movies and I'm sure I would like them. It's just that there's only so many hours in the day and I never quite got around to it.
I know, I know, I'm a movie reviewer and I should have these things memorized, analyzed, and resting comfortably on my DVD rack. It just never happened. But I will! Yes! I firmly intend, with your help, that I'll one day see these movies and turn my life around! Starting tomorrow, in fact!
No, wait, I'm busy tomorrow... Thursday! ... No, not Thursday, either. And I'm going away this weekend. Next week? Hmm...
Anyway, I just wanted to get that off my chest. Anyone else feel like laying themselves bare and throwing the gaps in their cinematic education into the court of public opinion?
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Post by blinkfan on Aug 12, 2008 14:27:18 GMT -5
I hate 2001: A Space Odessey.
I prefer some of the newer National Lampoon over some of the older.
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Post by PoolMan on Aug 12, 2008 14:32:58 GMT -5
I've seen 2001, but otherwise you get a big "me too" on the others in your list, Al.
Also, I've never seen any of the Godfather movies, or The Wizard of Oz (in one go, that is).
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Aug 12, 2008 15:16:27 GMT -5
Ditto to Deer Hunter, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, and the Godfather (2 and 3, to be exact). Also, Annie Hall, Spartacus, and It's a Wonderful Life.
Meanwhile, I have seen stuff like the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the Great Train Robbery, Birth of a Nation, and Metropolis. Talk about an uneven movie education...
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ThatGuy
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Post by ThatGuy on Aug 14, 2008 9:07:46 GMT -5
LOL...at least you don't own them. I've bought Casablanca, Raging Bull, The Great Escape, On the Waterfront, Citizen Kane, and Schindler's List over the years.
Haven't watched a single one of them yet. And sadly, The Deer Hunter is also one I've been meaning to purchase, which would probably wind up in the same list.
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Post by sarahbot on Aug 14, 2008 12:28:45 GMT -5
I've never seen Dr. Strangelove, or Breathless, or The Deer Hunter, or Raging Bull, or Godfather Part II, or Duck Soup, or Rebel Without a Cause. Most of the agreed-upon classics I meant to see for ages but only got around to watching them in class, like On the Waterfront and Annie Hall.
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eatmyshorts
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Post by eatmyshorts on Aug 18, 2008 0:37:29 GMT -5
I used to be a lot like that, but over time I've seen most of the extremely acclaimed movies, except I still haven't seen Deer Hunter or Godfather, Part 2. I've actually never been disappointed in any of the "classics", they've all lived up to the hype.
Oh wait, I HATED Mr Smith Goes to Washington, but that's probably because I qualify as a "youngin' ".
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Post by sirgallahad2 on Aug 18, 2008 14:31:14 GMT -5
Let's see.... I have not seen.........
Deer Hunter
bridge on the river kwai
the great escape
the dirty dozen
friday the 13th
the rest escape me at the moment
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Post by yellowjacket on Aug 21, 2008 13:34:17 GMT -5
I haven't seen:
The Deer Hunter
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Strangelove
Godfather part II and III
Scarface (1983)
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Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Sept 2, 2008 20:15:12 GMT -5
I'm VERY bad. So bad that if you just name a movie I more than likely haven't seen it. Doesn't make sense, but I'm a movie geek that really hasn't seen a lot of movies. At least not the "classics".
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Post by StarOpal on Sept 2, 2008 21:09:08 GMT -5
I look at it not as "These are movies I haven't seen." but as "These are movies I haven't seen yet." It changes your outlook.
BTW I've seen almost (almost) all the movies listed so far. Nanner.
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Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Sept 2, 2008 22:59:05 GMT -5
I look at it not as "These are movies I haven't seen." but as "These are movies I haven't seen yet." It changes your outlook. BTW I've seen almost (almost) all the movies listed so far. Nanner.I look at it as "These are movies my rock of a brain won't remember to watch, ever. And it's only going to get worse as I get older." Pessimism wins. Nanner.   |
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dex
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Post by dex on Sept 3, 2008 15:37:05 GMT -5
Sorry to add to your sorrow, but you have made your situation even worse in this thread. You see, the movies you listed here -- at least you are aware of their importance and your according ignorance.
But what about the Great Movies you have not yet seen and have forgotten to list here? Hmm? Is that not the height of ignorance?
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Post by Al on Sept 3, 2008 18:12:33 GMT -5
Too true. But if I start thinking too hard about it (Fargo. The Sound of Music. Beauty and the Beast. Lawrence of Arabia.) you'll find me collapsed in the gutter mumbling the words to "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me."
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Post by orangejesus on Sept 3, 2008 18:54:38 GMT -5
Hmmm. This is a wierd thread for me because, well if I want to see it I usually find a way. . .
I guess. . . I have never seen National Lampoon's European Vacation all the way through. . . and I know I watched Barton Fink at one point but I cannot remember anything about it at all.
Also I hate A Clockwork Orange with every fiber of my heart.
And the Spider-Man movies.
And the everything I've ever seen from Peter Jackson.
But that's probably a bit for a different thread at a different time.
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