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Thread: "Great" films I've never seen
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Oscar the Grouch
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In the spirit of the "Great books" thread, I invite you to tell everyone about the "great" films that you've never got round to watching. Then everyone else can mock you and tell you what you've missed.
To start with, I will admit I have never seen "Gone with the Wind". I'm a big movie buff - especially older movies. But for some reason I have never watched, nor wanted to watch, GwtW.
There! I've admitted it and I feel much better.
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Kelly Alves
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Meh. You'll live.
People tell me I have to turn in my film nerd card because I have never seen Dr. Strangelove. Or worse-- I keep starting to watch it, my mind wanders and I turn it off.
And. Um. I have never seen Avatar nor really want to. (ducks.)
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Oscar the Grouch
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
And. Um. I have never seen Avatar nor really want to. (ducks.)
Man - you missed absolutely nothing! So over-rated.
Also - I have never watched a Harry Potter film all the way through. I think I've seen the start of the first couple a few times but always walked out of the room after 20 minutes and done something more constructive with my life, like watching paint dry.
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
And. Um. I have never seen Avatar nor really want to. (ducks.)
I saw two minutes of it! Seriously. Where's my Medal of Honor?
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Another vote for GwtW and Avatar. No interest in ever seeing either one.
Not sure if they qualify as great films, but I would add Atonement and The Black Swan. Lasted 20 minutes with the first one, and five with the second. I can normally sit through anything on a plane, but not those.
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(Stands up)
Hi. I'm Adeodatus. And I've never seen It's a Wonderful Life. I'm sure it's a great film. I have friends who go all misty-eyed at its mere mention. But I've never seen it. In the past, I've never really gone out of my way to avoid it. But I've now reached a point in my life where I know that, with a bit of concentration and good luck, I may never actually see it. I'd call that an achievement.
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ChastMastr
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Most of the big-name famous classics that are not science fiction, fantasy, or animated.
Oh, I've seen some, don't get me wrong, and I want to see the various Kurosawa ones, and Cubby is trying to entice me to try more of the old classics, but my natural inclination when faced with, say, Gone With The Wind, or Maltese Falcon, or any of the romantic whatsits, is, well, eh.
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RuthW
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I fell asleep trying to watch "Apocalypse Now" and "The Conversation." I've never seen "ET," and don't plan to change that.
I have seen "Avatar" -- three hours of my life I'll never get back, sadly. "It's a Wonderful Life" is horribly over-rated, and "Gone with the Wind" is interesting only from an historical perspective.
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
... And. Um. I have never seen Avatar nor really want to. (ducks.)
No need to duck, Kelly - D. watched it when we were crossing the Pond a few years ago (he enjoyed it), and what I saw over his shoulder was enough to put me right off.
I've never seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Gandhi or any of the Hitchcock horror films like Psycho or The Birds.
I will confess to having seen Gone with the Wind, once. Once too many - that's four hours of my life I'm never going to get back ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Sorry for double-post - my apologies to Ruth for "borrowing" her phrase - I hadn't read the whole way down the page when I posted.
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AngloCatholicGirl
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I've never seen Titantic (and don't intend too either) and I've only ever managed the first 10 minutes of Lawrence of Arabia.
GwtW sucked up 4 hours of my life too - time NOT well spent in my opinion.
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Kelly Alves
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In defense of GWTW, it's a lot more worthwhile ( at least visually) on a theater screen.
Ruth, The Conversation is another one of those that is supposed to be a litmus test for a cineaste, but I don't get it, either.
I think I have groused before about My Dinner With Andre. the SF Chronicle gave it the "little man jumping about in chair" rating, so I eagerly turned it on when I found it on IFC. Ten minutes of Andre Gregory talking about how fantastic and insightful he was while Wallace Shawn dribbled into his appetizer with moonstruck envy made me seek entertainment elsewhere. Reminded me of too many dates I went on in my youth.
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Oscar the Grouch
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Originally posted by AngloCatholicGirl:
I've never seen Titantic (and don't intend too either) and I've only ever managed the first 10 minutes of Lawrence of Arabia.
Titanic is one I have deliberately missed.
I can't remember seeing Lawrence of Arabia, funnily enough. I wouldn't mind watching it, though. But not enough to actively seek it out.
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Timothy the Obscure
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I have seen GWTW. It was a waste of God knows how many minutes. I have never seen "Citizen Kane." I keep meaning to, but nothing I have ever read about it gives me much reason to believe it would be that interesting. May be it's the spoiler effect--I know what Rosebud is.
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Stetson
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Kelly wrote:
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People tell me I have to turn in my film nerd card because I have never seen Dr. Strangelove. Or worse-- I keep starting to watch it, my mind wanders and I turn it off.
I've seen it twice, and in my opinion it is probably Kubrick's weakest effort.
Kubrick was a pretty unsubtle director, visually speaking; he pretty much smashes his imagery right into your face(*). Which, I would argue, was one of his strenths, in an idiosyncratic, only-he-could-make-that-work sorta way.
But Terry Southern's hamfisted script just pushes Strangelove right over the edge into stark raving pathos. I mean, implying that the character is a Nazi by having him do reflex salutes? I think a junior-high kid coulda come up with that joke.
(*) I know the standard line on Kubrick was that his style was ice-cold, but think that his approach was was best summed up by the critic who wrote that he filmed his backgrounds in ice and his foregrounds in fire, or something to that effect.
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Stetson
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As to the topic of the thread, there is a lot I haven't seen, especially pre-1960s. For older films, I tend to search out the big, remebered classics(eg. Despite disliking period pieces, I did watch GWTW, just because, well, it's GWTW), and things that hold genre interest for me(eg. British-era Hitchcock), but not to pursue things too in-depth.
A few years ago I mentioned to a table of expats from various English-speaking countries that I had never seen any of the Back To The Future films. A few of them indicated, half-seriously, that they considered this to be a pretty severe deficiency in my cinematic education.
And I've never seen This Is Spinal Tap, despite having some pretty in-depth familiarity with some its "adjacent" cultural properties(eg. National Lampoon). I will say that that movie was probably the last time Rob Reiner was associated with anything remotely hip.
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Kelly Alves
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Originally posted by Stetson:
A few years ago I mentioned to a table of expats from various English-speaking countries that I had never seen any of the Back To The Future films. A few of them indicated, half-seriously, that they considered this to be a pretty severe deficiency in my cinematic education.
Only in terms of missing out on dumb jokes about flux capacitors.
I have never seen Say Anything. People tell me this is an indication that I have no soul.
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I've never seen the second half of either Avatar or Easy Rider as I saw them on television and so could switch them off. They were pretentious but dull. I also went to sleep in Death in Venice and woke up just as it was finishing. I wish I'd never seen The Piano or Distant Voices, Still Lives. Both I found overblown nonsense but was stuck in the cinema with others and couldn't get away.
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Sipech
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Another one here who's never seen Gone With The Wind. I only saw Casablanca for the first time when I was in my mid-20s.
If there's anything I feel I've missed out on, it might well be Raging Bull.
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I've never even heard of Say Anything . Not sure what that says about the state of [existence of] my soul.
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Paul.
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I spent some time in my 20s catching up on all the teen romcoms I'd missed when they were out in the 80s. So I saw a lot of stuff that really didn't fare well by even my immature adult eyes. Say Anything was one of the better ones but its still targeted firmly at its demographic, so if you're older it may not work for you. Its central character is built around an idea - optimism as a deliberate choice - which will either work or grate. Also its very earnest.
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Enoch
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Tow I've never seen and suspect I don't miss are Toy Story and Love Story.
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jedijudy
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I've never seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
Don't judge!
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Sherwood
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I've tried to watch 2001 six times, and each time I've ended up falling asleep about ten minutes in. Waking up to a tripy psychedelic space baby is kinda confusing.
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Originally posted by Enoch:
Tow I've never seen and suspect I don't miss are Toy Story and Love Story.
/tangent
You could get a lot of fun from a composite of those two. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Jane R
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Now, I actually like Toy Story - although the second one is better. This is just as well, because my daughter likes them, and when she likes a film she watches it over.and.over.again. Thank God she doesn't like Frozen.
I tried to watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon once, but after the first twenty minutes or so nothing exciting had happened and I gave up on it (it was obvious to anyone who has ever read an Agatha Christie who the "mysterious" ninja was).
I've never watched It's a Wonderful Life all the way through - it's like drowning in treacle.
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Sipech
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Originally posted by Jane R:
I tried to watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon once, but after the first twenty minutes or so nothing exciting had happened and I gave up on it (it was obvious to anyone who has ever read an Agatha Christie who the "mysterious" ninja was).
I've fallen asleep to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Plot a couple of times.
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Stetson
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quote:
Originally posted by Sipech:
[QB] Another one here who's never seen Gone With The Wind. I only saw Casablanca for the first time when I was in my mid-20s.
I was in my late 20s or early 30s when I finally saw Casablanca. I went through the whole "wow, so that's where that quote comes from" thing, which was interesting, and I guess I thought the plot was engraging enough. I haven't been in any hurry to give it a second screeing, though.
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Stetson
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
I've never seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
Don't judge!
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I'm one of those pretentious types who accrues a "square hip" vibe for himself by telling people that, yes, I have seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but only alone, and on video.
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Schroedinger's cat
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Well, I have watched most of these. GwtW is far too long. Avatar I enjoyed - watching it in 3D did help - you get immersed in it. I enjoy SF too, so that probably helps.
Wonderful life - tick. Wouldn't bother again. I watch Hitchock when I spot them being on - Psycho, rear window and the Birds I have seen.
It is relatively recently that I have watched Star Wars, despite seeing most of the others out of order. And every Harry Potter. I think seeing them at the cinema means that you have had an evening out, and the kids enjoyed them, so even if the film is less than stellar, it has been a fun evening.
However, I have never seen any of the new batman films, not want to. Nor any of those Tarantino movies (although I have seen Inglourious Basterds).
I yawned my way through The Godfather, and couldn't be bothered with part 2.
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Callan
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Years ago a friend's birthday presented us with a choice between Wings Of The Dove and Titanic. We decided that an hour and forty minutes followed by dinner was infinitely preferable to three hours and going hungry. I never did find out what happened to the ship. Parenthetically, dinner included a most surreal conversation where I explained, patiently I hope, that a film based on a novel by Henry James and featuring Helena Bonham Carter might not be exclusively aimed at a female demographic.
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Stetson
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I yawned my way through The Godfather, and couldn't be bothered with part 2.
I quite liked the original Godfather. But I part company with a lot of fans in thinking that Part II was kind of a mess.
First off, I find the back-and-forth between the early 1900s and the late 1950s kind of off-putting. It's a little awkward having two plotlines that aren't connected to one another.
Secondly, I didn't really buy the quasi-feminist prologue, which has his mother as this gun-toting matriarch back in Sicily, taking out the family's enemies. It seemed almost tacked on as a reply to people who complained about the absence of strong female characters in the first movie.
SPOILER
And don't get me started on the killing in the boat. That just did NOT bring any credibility to the table.
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Paul.
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Originally posted by Sherwood:
I've tried to watch 2001 six times, and each time I've ended up falling asleep about ten minutes in. Waking up to a tripy psychedelic space baby is kinda confusing.
It's no less confusing it you watch the whole thing.
Back to It's a Wonderful Life, now that I'm at a proper keyboard. I do like the movie but it does have it's problems. It's pretty dark before the end which is both a strength and a weakness. It's got a kind of creepy attitude toward women which seems more than just the period when it was made. My biggest gripe with it though is that its core message - that we all matter and would leave a big hole if we weren't here - is facile and a bit disingenuous. I mean George Bailey has prevented a poisoning and saved a life by the time he's barely out of short pants. By his early twenties he's saved half the town from a run on the bank and is responsible for an organisation that's providing homes for many of the working class who would otherwise be the working poor. Of course this guy's life matters!
Anyway. I can totally understand someone giving it a miss. But in the right mood I'll still enjoy it and shed a tear at the end.
There are lots of great movies I've never seen. I've never seen any of the Godfather films. I've never seen Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket. I've never seen Vertigo or Raging Bull. It's not that I think they'll be bad but there's just so much to see. And I do struggle to find the motivation to invest two hours or more in a story that's going to depress me so I watch fewer 'serious' movies than I once did.
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I've never seen Vertigo
I'm a huge Hitchcock fan, but that is one film of his that just does not stay with me. I've seen it twice, and still can't really recall any of the scenes besides the climax, and even that is sketchy.
I did see that on one of those "critics' favorites" film lists a couple of years back, Vertigo knocked Citizen Kane off the top perch. Some specualtion about this being related to their being more women voting, and Vertigo supposedly being a more female-friendly film.
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Any Bond films. I get bored and start scratching my knackers or putting the kettle on after about five minutes. I once complained that I couldn't understand the plot; all that seemed to be happening was getting off with girls and shooting people. Apparently that was the plot.
Pile of shite, the lot of them.
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Will people please cease mentioning Avatar on this thread?
Seriously, not because I think it is rubbish, but that it appears on no Great Cinema lists.
Apocolypse Now I've been in enough discussions, seen enough clips and parodies that I can speak as if I have, but I haven't.
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Kelly Alves
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
I've never seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
Don't judge!
[Added a '.']
I'm one of those pretentious types who accrues a "square hip" vibe for himself by telling people that, yes, I have seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but only alone, and on video.
Same here.
It doesn't count.
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Paul.
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Will people please cease mentioning Avatar on this thread?
Seriously, not because I think it is rubbish, but that it appears on no Great Cinema lists.
Ahem (though I agree it's not a "great" movie merely a popular one)
Browsing that list reminded me of Downfall. Tried to watch it twice. First time fell asleep shortly after that scene. Second time didn't make it that far.
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
Any Bond films. I get bored and start scratching my knackers or putting the kettle on after about five minutes. I once complained that I couldn't understand the plot; all that seemed to be happening was getting off with girls and shooting people. Apparently that was the plot.
Pile of shite, the lot of them.
How do you not understand the plot of a Bond Movie? Specifically, how does Karl 'brain the size of a planet' liberal backslider not understand the plot of a Bond movie? All we need now is Alan Cresswell to turn up and announce that he was totally flummoxed by 'The Goonies' or IngoB to tell us all that 'Beverley Hills Ninja' was totally lost on him and he only watched it for the hot chicks and my world will be in ruins! Ruins, I tell you!
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Kelly Alves
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Oh, that's cheating. "Flash" has made it onto many "worst film" lists.
Here, I will offer myself as sacrificial lamb-- I have never made it all the way through "Princess Bride." I think I had too many people quote it at me before I finally saw it.
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Never seen Star Wars . Missed it for some reason when it came out (and I was 10) and never got round to seeing it afterwards. I suppose I might watch it if it were on the telly and I had nothing else to do, but wouldn't go out of my way to do so. Never seen any of the others in the series either.
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
Any Bond films. <snip> all that seemed to be happening was getting off with girls and shooting people. Apparently that was the plot.
I am very much on the same page as you there Karl, I have sat through Goldfinger, Live & Let Die and one of the Timothy Dalton ones (only because we both grew up in Belper) with teeth so gritted the council stockpiled them for winter. Everyone tells me how brilliant all the rest are but I just can't generate any enthusiasm for them.
I too have never seen Its a Wonderful Life. I grew up with the first name "Clarence" so I have been told the entire plot by just about anyone to whom I have ever been introduced. Fortunately my parents decided to give me a normal second name and there are no major films with a memorable "Bob" in them.
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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I've never seen Vertigo
I'm a huge Hitchcock fan, but that is one film of his that just does not stay with me. I've seen it twice, and still can't really recall any of the scenes besides the climax, and even that is sketchy.
I did see that on one of those "critics' favorites" film lists a couple of years back, Vertigo knocked Citizen Kane off the top perch. Some specualtion about this being related to their being more women voting, and Vertigo supposedly being a more female-friendly film.
I've never seen Psycho, or any other Hitchcock film apart from The Birds; (despite the family legend that my grandfather, a taxi driver, had a bit part in a very early Hitchcock).
Neither the previously mentioned Citizen Kane, or The Third Man.
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"Titanic". And have no desire to, either.
Maybe we need a thread on films we wish we hadn't seen - I could put a few into that.
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I've never seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
Don't judge!
Hidden under the once daring transvestitism and sex is an affectionate parody of 1950's science fiction films. Watch it at home without the cult audience.
I've never seen Kill Bill or Love Story or most 80's teen romances. I've missed most Bergman films and a whole bunch of classic Italian films that "My Voyage to Italy" made me realize I should go back and see.
Very few Hong Kong Martial Arts films and only a dozen Bollywood extravaganzas. Only a couple of Truffaut films and a handful of John Ford westerns.
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Originally posted by Albertus:
Never seen Star Wars . Missed it for some reason when it came out (and I was 10) and never got round to seeing it afterwards. I suppose I might watch it if it were on the telly and I had nothing else to do, but wouldn't go out of my way to do so. Never seen any of the others in the series either.
To watch Star Wars on the telly for your first viewing is to never have seen the movie. Part of that film's essence is the cinema experience.
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I'm one of those pretentious types who accrues a "square hip" vibe for himself by telling people that, yes, I have seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but only alone, and on video.
Same here.
It doesn't count.
I'll just say I not only have seen the film, also only on video, but also the original stage show at the Kings Road Theatre with Tim Curry and Richard O'Brien. Haven't wanted to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show in the cinema for some reason.
My uncle thought that 2001: a Space Odyssey was a suitable film to take me to when he was babysitting me for the weekend. I think I was 8 at the time. No, I didn't understand it. I do remember him telling me that Kubrick wanted people to watch the film, read the book and watch the film again to understand it. I did eventually - but it took a few years.
The first Star Wars I managed to see three times at the cinema as it came out with different friends - which was overkill .... rather put me off seeing the rest of the series.
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Never got to the end of 'Fanny and Alexander', despite studying Swedish. ZZZzzzzzz....
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I have seen GWTW. It was a waste of God knows how many minutes. I have never seen "Citizen Kane." I keep meaning to, but nothing I have ever read about it gives me much reason to believe it would be that interesting. May be it's the spoiler effect--I know what Rosebud is.
I will second this. I have seen GWTW and cannot fathom what admirers see in it; and I have failed to make it through Citizen Kane, despite repeated attempts.
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