Just for fun, and perhaps for some feedback and recommendations...
I'm sure every one of us has many movies we've always felt like we should watch, but for some reason have never seemed to get around to doing so.
What are they?
I have many, but I'll kick off with the Jason Bourne series - I'm just in the process of completing the last one and have thoroughly enjoyed them.
So clever my foot fell off.
Metropolis - We actually have a copy on DVD (was a freebie with the Daily Mail decades ago, I think - I hasten to add, my wife buys the 'Daily Fascist' once a week for the TV guide - I reached the point of even refusing to hide it in a copy of "Obsese Reader's Grannies" for her some years ago), but we've never watched it.
M
Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
It's worth the effort! The plot is silly, but the sets, special effects, and the way it's shot are spectacular.Originally Posted by snowman
If you've got a decent home theatre system it's worth it for the soundtrack alone
Depending on which version you're watching!
4k Blu-Ray
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
I watched the beginning, was interrupted with something that was obviously more urgent and important as SWMBO needed my help (I can't, for the life of me, remember what it was) and never had the opportunity to watch it again. I am sure there are many more, though.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Citizen Kane - apparently there's no point as the life of Donald Trump follows the plot closely
Never seen Citizen Kane. I might be disappointed. Took me ages to watch 'One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest', thought subject matter strange for a film. Bloody brilliant piece of work. God! I hated that nurse.
I think you possibly would be - it is an extremely impressive piece of film-making at the time, and broke new ground in cinamatography and technique, but personally I've always found it rather ponderous and self-indulgent.
As an aside, my personal view is that it isn't quite as good as the hype that has been heaped on it over the years.
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So clever my foot fell off.
That actually made me think.
I was a real film buff in my Uni days, and while films like Citizen Kane were already old, they were seen as "classics", in the same way as an old car: Not with the bells and whistles that modern cinematography can offer, but those movies were relevant because they were the reason modern movies were made the way they were, and I am not just talking about technology, but also about scenario, acting, direction...
Fast forward 40 years:
There has been as much time between Rebecca, Fantasia and the Grapes of Wrath and The Empire Strikes Back as there has been since SW2.
During that time, the film production has grown almost exponentially, powered by increased markets and increased diffusion media. I believe it makes it impossible for the normal cinema aficionado to keep up with modern film production AND have good knowledge of what was classic movies in 1980 and what has become classic movies since. And it also means that classic films are judged on their modern merits, rather than on the cultural context of the time they were produced, and the new grounds they broke.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Great film.
I spent lockdown catching up on films I'd previously missed. Really enjoyed some whilst others were poor.
The one's I'd previously missed but really enjoyed:
Django Unchained
Strange Days
True Romance
One that stands out as having a high RT score but utterly bored me:
Syriana. In the noughties, it was really popular to have those films that had multiple parallel storylines...Traffic, Babel etc...I find them all really tedious to watch. Syriana is another one of those.
Somebody gave us one of those scratch-off "100 must see movies" posters last year and it's now almost completely finished (link; https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=...gQIARBE&adurl= )
The ones on my "to do" list tend to be the oldies. For example I've never sat through a Charlie Chaplin or Laurel and Hardy film.
On that note, Stan and Ollie is on my list (the 2018 film), but Casablanca and Gone with the Wind are both obvious gaps in my library.
EDIT;
I have also got a few classic (80's) Arnie movies on my list. I must have seen a few over the last 40 years but the only ones I can recall are Predator, Running Man and some of the more recent ones. Red Sonya and Commando will at some point make the cut.
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Titanic, Blade Runner 2049, The Hobbit Trilogy, A Beautiful Mind, La La Land, ... TBH I rarely watch films.
Shawshank Redemption, Mad Max.
Bladerunner 2049 - don't bother - visually stunning but boring as hell
It's a good movie. Well worth it
DON
So in that case (pedantic switch to ON) the Bourne series are not movies that you’ve never seemed to get around to watching because you’ve just finished watching them so you have,in fact,managed to get around to watching them!
(And breathe.....pedantic switch OFF)
Star Wars
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Oh loads. Some that come to mind - mainly as my wife has typically bought me the DVD to encourage me to watch:
- Scarface
- Trainspotting
- Full Metal Jacket
Trainspotting- the book is a masterpiece, the film a monstrosity.
How many of the films people are posting are actually 'films I have no desire or intention of watching'?
From some of the comments it seems people are listing films they don't want to watch...
M
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Quite a few classics I’ve still not seen:
The Third Man
12 Angry Men
The Grapes of Wrath
Rear Window
The 39 Steps
Vertigo
Gone with the Wind
It’s a Wonderful Life
Bicycle Thieves
His Girl Friday
Battleship Potemkin
The Maltese Falcon
And shamed to admit I’ve never seen anything by Kurosawa, Fellini or Truffaut...
I've just watched the first ten minutes of Air Force One and have absolutely no desire to watch the rest of it.
Nothing I can think of.
I work out of the house and if I want to watch a movie. I can just stop work and do so.
There's nothing I can think of that I want to watch
DON
I'm a big fan of Hitchcock and Vertigo is simply one of his very best. Rear Window is also great, but expect slow pacing by any modern standards.
Do yourself a favour and watch Vertigo though.
So clever my foot fell off.
The 1935 Hitchcock version of the 39 Steps is the best one imo, great film. I'm always disappointed if I see the 39 Steps in the Freeview guide and see its not the Hitchcock one being shown..
I also haven't watched The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, or The Hobbit.
I know they are probably wonderful films, but I have just never remotely been a fan of Tolkien, having always preferred sci-fi to pixies and elves.
Should I really make the effort?
So clever my foot fell off.
I’ve watched one of them. It was rubbish!
If you've never been interested enough in the genre to read LoTR then you'll likely not enjoy the movies, I would think so don't bother.
The revenant.
I’d recommend LOTR but fell asleep in the hobbit and I never do that.
Rear Window and 39 Steps I thought both brilliant and easy watching.
Gone With The Wind - was my grandpas favourite, so forced myself through it while on a 12 hour flight. Never again.
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I’ve failed to watch Citizen Kane, embarrassingly. I know I ‘should’ but it never seems like the moment.
BTW I didn’t think much of the Marvel films in the cinema (with a couple of exceptions), but they made complete sense watched one a night in story order, not release order, with a pint or two of wine during the deepest darkest days of the first lockdown. Like a very high budget box set binge, instead of stand-alone films where you can’t remember the overarching plot of films made years ago… much better.
Hobbits work the same way, and should be seen on a big 3D video projector. Every now and again they pull out a pipe and smoke something. I think it’s a hint of some kind…
I recently watched this in 4K HDR and it looked (and sounded) so good that its slightly slow pace made perfect sense, you wanted more time to drink it in. It benefits from a rewatch or two that one.
Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather Series
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