Famous and popular movies you haven't seen
I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp
The last CGI movie I saw was Toy Story 1 (besides Incredibles which
doesn't really count). Never seen Ice Age, Finding Nemo, Shrek, etc and
don't intend to.
The last Tom Hanks movie I watched was Forrest Gump. The last Jim
Carrey movie I watched was Dumb and Dumber. The last Michael Bay movie
I watched was Independence Day. The last Will Smith movie I watched was
Indepence Day. The last Duane "the Rock" Johnson movie I saw was the
Mummy Returns.
I only watched the Mission Impossible movies recently and still haven't
watched Vanilla Sky or Magnolia. I only watched the Bourne movies
recently.
I haven't seen hardly any movies Harrison Ford made in the 1990s, Air
Force One and those Jack Ryan movies looked boring. I hate Tom Clancy
and political suspense movies.
I haven't seen any movies Spielberg has made since the 1980s with the
exception of Saving Private Ryan. Haven't seen Schindler's list,
Admistad, AI, Hook, the ones he did with Tom Hanks, or any of those
movies. I hate Steven Spielberg.
Never seen Meet the Parents or Meet the Fockers. The only Ben Stiller
movies I've seen are Something About Mary and Dodgeball.
C The Shocker
> doesn't really count).
This is non-sequitor. How does "The Incredibles" not "count" as a CGI movie?
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Apathetic Member of the Cult of Meh
You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp
Calvin Rice
because I don't like boxing, or boxing movies. Never could stand
them, and quit seeing them in the 1950s after Somebody Up There
Likes Me. I'm not sure whether I saw that one or not, but I remember
dreading the thought of sitting through it.
-cr
cloud dreamer
I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp wrote:
>Haven't seen Schindler's list,
Your loss.
..
rms
> doesn't really count). Never seen Ice Age, Finding Nemo, Shrek, etc and
> don't intend to.
I tried to watch The Lion King awhile back, had to eject it after 20
seconds. Every single disney cliche was evident, it was simply unwatchable.
> The last Jim
> Carrey movie I watched was Dumb and Dumber.
Eternal Sunshine... was excellent.
>The last Duane "the Rock" Johnson movie I saw was the
> Mummy Returns.
The Rundown was an enjoyable action movie.
> I only watched the Mission Impossible movies recently and still haven't
> watched Vanilla Sky or Magnolia.
VS was good, Magnolia is a very memorable film.
> Never seen Meet the Parents or Meet the Fockers.
MtP was genuinely humorous, MtF didn't add anything new, and the
additional starpower was a distraction.
rms
The Real Parakeet
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Pulp Fiction, I've tried I just don't get what the fuss is about.
Abed
lauracap
probably never will.
Laura
Quiet Desperation
a djinn, wanna rub my lamp <imagenie...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I've never watched...
I still have not seen Titanic.
I'm going for the record.
Captain Infinity
>I've never watched a
<snip>
I've never seen "Casablanca". I own the special edition DVD set, but
have never watched it. I will someday, though.
A couple of years ago I finally broke down and watched "Gone With The
Wind". It didn't suck, but I doubt I'll ever sit through it again.
On the flipside, I think I've seen "Groundhog Day" and "Let It Ride"
about 50 times each, and they never grow tiring.
Now ask me how many times I've seen the Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoon
"Rabbit Seasoning". Go ahead, ask. Nevermind, you don't want to know.
SO SHOOT ME NOW!
**
Captain Infinity
Captain Infinity
>I've never seen "It's A Wonderful Life"
You're lucky, it's horrible.
>or "Forrest Gump"
You're unlucky, it great.
>and I probably never will.
Your choice.
**
Captain Infinity
Rockboy
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Everything is automatic
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"I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp" <imagenie...@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> I've never watched a Harry Potter movie.
I saw the first film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, that was
enough for me. I have no interest in seeing the other two films.
Richard
the Bede
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> I've never seen "It's A Wonderful Life" or "Forrest Gump" and I
> probably never will.
>
Chris
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>
Steven L.
Thank you. I always wondered if I was the only one who wasn't awed by
that movie.
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I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp wrote:
> I've never watched a Harry Potter movie.
Neither have I.
>
> The last CGI movie I saw was Toy Story 1 (besides Incredibles which
> doesn't really count). Never seen Ice Age, Finding Nemo, Shrek, etc and
> don't intend to.
I haven't seen any of these.
Here are some older famous movies I have NOT seen:
The Battleship Potemkin
The Shawshank Redemption
American Beauty
Sunset Boulevard
Raging Bull
Brazil
Red Schism
Captain Infinity wrote:
> Once Upon A Time lauracap wrote:
> >or "Forrest Gump"
>
> You're unlucky, it great.
I'd like it... if I were gay.
Red Schism
Star Wars was cool 25 years ago, George "(I hate)America is an Empire"
Lucas should have left it there.
zaryza...@yahoo.com
I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp wrote:
> I haven't seen any movies Spielberg has made since the 1980s with the
> exception of Saving Private Ryan. Haven't seen Schindler's list,
> Admistad, AI, Hook, the ones he did with Tom Hanks, or any of those
> movies. I hate Steven Spielberg.
Do you mean, you hate him personally? Because if you hate his movies, I
wonder on what basis you're making that judgment, considering you
basically haven't seen any of his movies (or rather, haven't seen
anything he's made in a long long time).
noydb
<imagenie...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I haven't seen any movies Spielberg has made since the 1980s with the
>exception of Saving Private Ryan. Haven't seen Schindler's list,
>Admistad, AI, Hook, the ones he did with Tom Hanks, or any of those
>movies. I hate Steven Spielberg.
You hate Speilberg ? How do you know ?
Do yourself a favor.
Find a copy of Schindler's List.
Sit down in a darkened room and watch it...pay attention to every
little detail. Then come back here and tell us you don't think it is
the greatest movie ever made..
Go ahead; I dare you.
It's a truly extraordinary movie.
An amazing work of art.
As for the rest of the crap on your list (including most of those
Speilberg movies) ...you didn't miss much.
Cheers, -N
atomic fireball
<imagenie...@hotmail.com> wrote:
To paraphrase Chris Rock - "Poseurs love to not know shit!"
David E. Powell
as hell, and the homages to other films are perfect (watch him riff on
"Jaws" in the opener, and there is a scene where Dan Ackroyd rallies
the people from a tank which is lifted from a famous photo of Lenin in
Red Square during the revolution.)
Plus it features Toshiro Mifune having fun with his own serious image,
which is huge.
Rockboy
Some of us don't feel the need to watch movies that glorify being a
fucking retard.
Krusty
Easily one of my top favorite movies of all time.
--
Krusty
RSP-W Poster of the Year, 2004
Get a fucking opinion. Post it, or don't waste our time.
dgates
I felt the same way after seeing the first one -- like it must have
been a movie made for someone else, 'cause it sure wasn't doing
anything for me!
Then I somehow saw the second one and said, "Oh! I see..." Somehow,
from the beginning of the second one, already knowing who the
characters were, I was able to get quickly into the movie and was glad
I had seen it.
I'd recommend the extended DVD of the second one -- maybe some
afternoon when you don't have anything else to do, or broken up over a
couple of evenings.
trotsky
> I've never seen "It's A Wonderful Life" or "Forrest Gump" and I
> probably never will.
I don't think there's a Frank Capra movie that isn't worth seeing.
apkies...@hotmail.com
Andrew Kieswetter (not a movie)
lauracap
If you are like me about avoiding Tom Hanks movies, you might still
like Road To Perdition. I didn't see it in the theater but I saw it on
HBO (or some othe pay channel) and it was very very good. I'm guessing
it didn't do as well at the box office as his other movies because it
is so unlike his other movies...which is probably why I liked it.
Laura
Calvin Rice
> ... "1941." Very underrated, funny as hell, ......
Not even faintly amusing. I never cracked a smile.
-cr
James Neibaur
on 6/4/05 5:43 AM:
> I don't think there's a Frank Capra movie that isn't worth seeing.
I agree on theory, but suddenly thought of Pocketful of Miracles.
JN
Nick Macpherson
And then there's those of us who find some of Capra's films disturbing
and really enjoyed what David Thomson did to It's a Wonderful Life in
Suspects.
Jorabi
I had never seen Casablanca until a few months ago after
being ragged-on in RAT in a similar thread for not having
seen it. It was interesting, but after it was over I
said "That's it?". Maybe my expectations were too high.
hipechik34
> Once Upon A Time lauracap wrote:
>
> >I've never seen "It's A Wonderful Life"
>
> You're lucky, it's horrible.
Oh, thank God! And I thought I was the only one who really despises
this film.
Okay, not really despises this film, but despises the undeserved
acclaim it's gotten. Anyone else besides me noticed that the film
totally pulled a fast one on the audience? The first 2/3 of the film is
a beautifully done, well scripted drama along the likes of "Death of a
Saleseman." Then the moment George Bailey decides to commit suicide, it
becomes a trite pile of pap about how "life is worth living if you have
friends" that doesn't even begin to address why he's decided to kill
himself. Bailey contemplates suicide because at every stage of his life
when he wanted to pursue a dream, something came up to thwart it. His
uncle *losing* the money, which threatened to completely destroy his
reputation through scandal, was the last, humiliating slap in the face
in a long line of slaps, because for all his sacrifices he made for
that town, this was how he was going to be rewarded. Too bad the
writers didn't have the balls to really carry out the themes of the
first 2/3 of the film into an equally mature and gritty ending; then
It's a Wonderful Life would've really been absolutely incredible and a
true American classic.
</rant over>
I never, ever saw the original Star Wars trilogy until Episode I came
out.
Movies I have yet to see:
I haven't seen any Spielberg film after Shindler's List and just plain
refuse to. His films strike me as too cutesy, pretentious, and
sentimental. So no, I've never seen any of the Jurassic Park films, nor
will I be seeing War of the Worlds.
With the exception of Gladiator and Virtuosity, none of Russell Crowe's
films.
I've never seen Dances with Wolves, and I've yet to see any of Mel
Gibson's directed pics.
With the exception of Titanic, any major Oscar winners of the mid-late
90s to the present, like Shakespeare in Love, American Beauty,
Braveheart, etc. These are the movies I keep wanting to rent, but just
never do.
Any summer blockblusters of the past couple of years, like Spidermans I
and II, Mission Impossible, The Incredible Hulk, Charlie's Angels,
X-Men 2.
Moulin Rouge
White Men Can't Jump
Not one Spike Lee movie
With the exception of Anaconda, not one J-Lo pic.
Matrix II and III. Loved the first one, though.
Neither of the Tomb Raider movies, which is odd, considering that I
love the game and like both Angelina Jolie and Chris Barrie.
I loved Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill: Volume I, but I've never seen
Reservoir Dogs or Foxy Brown.
I've never seen any of the Harry Potter films or Lord of the Rings
trilogy.
dgates
Ahh, the "fuss" again! :-)
Much better to go into Casablanca worrying that it might be one of
those old, stale movies that people are unfairly pumping up simply
because it's old, and then say "Oh, wow, I wasn't expecting it to
start like *that*," and "Hey, that was a really good scene," and "That
guy is awesome," and, maybe most importantly, "*That* guy too!"
Yes, I saw it with low expectations and really liked it.
hipechik34
> To paraphrase Chris Rock - "Poseurs love to not know shit!"
Someone is a little confused. I thought the point of this thread was
for people to post movies that they HAVEN'T seen. If the person you're
responding to is doing just that, then how does that make him a poseur?
John Harkness
wrote:
He's talking about people hating filmmakers and actors whose work he
admits he hasn't seen anything they've done in more than a decade.
Hating something you haven't seen is the stance of, well, a poseur.
"I'm too cool to even entertain the idea of seeing Steven Spielberg
movie"
John Harkness
Nick Macpherson
Anti-Spielberg poseurs who have managed to see one or two of his movies
are usually fond of the "he hasn't done anything good since Duel" line.
George Peatty
>I haven't seen Million Dollar Baby or Cinderella Man, and never will,
>because I don't like boxing, or boxing movies. Never could stand
>them, and quit seeing them in the 1950s after Somebody Up There
>Likes Me. I'm not sure whether I saw that one or not, but I remember
>dreading the thought of sitting through it.
It wasn't bad. It helps if you knew Graziano a little bit. He was a staple
on the talk show circuit of the 60's and 70's: A lovable airhead, heavy on
charm, light on substance. You listen to him schmoose for awhile, and it's
hard not to like the movie. Not Newman's best known or best liked role, but
he was very good in it IMO ..
George Peatty
>>I saw the first film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, that was
>>enough for me. I have no interest in seeing the other two films.
[snip]
>I'd recommend the extended DVD of the second one -- maybe some
>afternoon when you don't have anything else to do, or broken up over a
>couple of evenings.
The movies stand alone, but they can be better appreciated and better
understood when one has read Tolkien's story.
Mike V.
And a different type of movie that was good and he was good in was the
Coen Brothers remake of "Lady Killers".
Not their best outting (that would be Big Lebowski, one of the
greatest movies ever made) but it's still really good.
They pretty much have batted .1000, but there are certainly standouts.
The two above are, as are Fargo, Raising Arizona, O' Brother Where Art
Thou and Millers Crossing. The latter is fucking awesome.
Mike V.
>
>"I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp" <imagenie...@hotmail.com> wrote in
>message news:1117836088.7...@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> I've never watched a Harry Potter movie.
>
>I saw the first film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, that was
>enough for me. I have no interest in seeing the other two films.
They're just OK. Same for the written work.
It's just a glorified fairy tale.
Mike V.
<sdli...@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> posted :
>
>
>I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp wrote:
>
>> I've never watched a Harry Potter movie.
>
>Neither have I.
>
>>
>> The last CGI movie I saw was Toy Story 1 (besides Incredibles which
>> doesn't really count). Never seen Ice Age, Finding Nemo, Shrek, etc and
>> don't intend to.
>
>I haven't seen any of these.
>
>Here are some older famous movies I have NOT seen:
>
>The Battleship Potemkin
>The Shawshank Redemption
You really should. It's one of the greatest American movies ever
made.
>American Beauty
Pretty good. Kevin Spacey and Chris Cooper are both great.
>Sunset Boulevard
>Raging Bull
Another great American film.
The fight scenes are some of the most brutal movie boxing scenes ever.
>Brazil
This is a ground breaking movie that is not for everyone.
It's surreal and dark and darkly funny.
Mike V.
Better Bogart movie that will not disappoint:
Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
Dark Passage (awesome!)
Bill Becker
"Mike V." <mich...@SPAMcox.net> wrote in message
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Tom Zielinski
"Mike V." <mich...@SPAMcox.net> wrote in message
They've made six good movies and 54 bad ones?! No way. Their batting
average is much closer to .800, which are Hall of Fame statistics.
John Harkness
wrote:
back up.
He thinks Dark Passage is better than Casablanca?
John Harkness
"Granting that there's several Bogarts better than Casablanca, but
Dark Passage ain't one of 'em."
Mike V.
posted :
I put the decimal in the wrong place!
Turk
Add Pulp Fiction (really almost anything Tarantino - too in love with
violence)
Schindler's List (too depressing)
Most of Mel Gibson's flicks in last ten years - Braveheart, Passion and
the like (too in love with gore)
Anything directed by Michael Bay (the guy is a hack)
Gladiator (hmmm, probably should see that one)
The list could go on
Turk
John Harkness
Good catch.
John Harkness
Mike V.
<jhXaYr...@sympatico.ca> posted :
>On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:20:37 -0600, "Bill Becker" <bb...@rmisp.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Mike V." <mich...@SPAMcox.net> wrote in message
>>news:avr3a1pkplnj5more...@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:21:58 GMT, "Jorabi" <jor...@pobox.com> posted :
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I had never seen Casablanca until a few months ago after
>>>>being ragged-on in RAT in a similar thread for not having
>>>>seen it. It was interesting, but after it was over I
>>>>said "That's it?". Maybe my expectations were too high.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Better Bogart movie that will not disappoint:
>>>
>>> Maltese Falcon
>>> The Big Sleep
>>> Dark Passage (awesome!)
>>>
>>You didn't like African Queen?
I liked the above better.
>>
>
>back up.
>
>He thinks Dark Passage is better than Casablanca?
They are more my type of movie.
Little darker and more funny (except for Dark Passage)
trotsky
That's a bunch of shit, if you ask me. The Coen Bros. are exactly what
you described Jim Jarmusch to be.
trotsky
I'll see your "Pocketful of Miracles" and raise you one "Lost Horizon".
trotsky
Which one is "the latter" when you've listed four titles?
trotsky
I'm hard pressed to come up with a single Spielberg title that doesn't
fall under the heading of "overwrought" or "manipulative" or both.
Rockboy
>>American Beauty
>
> Pretty good. Kevin Spacey and Chris Cooper are both great.
Kevin Spacey is not great. I need to avoid more movies with him in it.
--
Rockboy
Everybody's all right
Everything is automatic
Tom Zielinski
"Mike V." <mich...@SPAMcox.net> wrote in message
I had considered that, actually...
>
Rockboy
>>Nearly every single Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise movie ever.
>
> If you are like me about avoiding Tom Hanks movies, you might still
> like Road To Perdition. I didn't see it in the theater but I saw it on
> HBO (or some othe pay channel) and it was very very good.
Rented it once with an old girlfriend because she'd heard it was good.
We both fell asleep fifteen minutes in to the movie. That fifteen
minutes was the most boring fifteen minutes of my life.
Mike V.
John Harkness
>lauracap wrote:
>>>Nearly every single Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise movie ever.
>>
>> If you are like me about avoiding Tom Hanks movies, you might still
>> like Road To Perdition. I didn't see it in the theater but I saw it on
>> HBO (or some othe pay channel) and it was very very good.
>
>Rented it once with an old girlfriend because she'd heard it was good.
>We both fell asleep fifteen minutes in to the movie. That fifteen
>minutes was the most boring fifteen minutes of my life.
You really need to track down Bela Tarr's Satantango if you think Road
to Perdition is dull.
John Harkness
Calvin Rice
> I'm hard pressed to come up with a single Spielberg title that
> doesn't fall under the heading of "overwrought" or "manipulative"
> or both.
What's wrong with 'manipulative'? (In movies, that is, not people.)
Then your favorite director isn't manipulative, I suppose.
(Nor overwrought, for that matter.)
-cr
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>Nearly every single Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise movie ever.
Why do you hate Bachelor Party?
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by the end, he has some. Yet, in the next cartoon, he's friendless again?
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Thumper
>
>I had never seen Casablanca until a few months ago after
>being ragged-on in RAT in a similar thread for not having
>seen it. It was interesting, but after it was over I
>said "That's it?". Maybe my expectations were too high.
>
>
My favorite movie of all time. I guess I'm just a big softee. I can
really relate to Rick. His anguish over a dame was heartbreaking.
Thumper
Thumper
I tried to read it in the 60's when everybody else did but I was too
stoned to keep track of the characters.
As far as the movies are concerned, I got bored by the end of the
second. I thought that they were really beautiful though.
Thumper
Thumper
wrote:
Bored me. I loved o' brother where art though it had great music to
carry it.
Thumper
Thumper
wrote:
>On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:32:58 GMT, "Steven L."
><sdli...@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> posted :
>
>>
>>
>>I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp wrote:
>>
>>> I've never watched a Harry Potter movie.
>>
>>Neither have I.
>>
>>>
>>> The last CGI movie I saw was Toy Story 1 (besides Incredibles which
>>> doesn't really count). Never seen Ice Age, Finding Nemo, Shrek, etc and
>>> don't intend to.
>>
>>I haven't seen any of these.
>>
>>Here are some older famous movies I have NOT seen:
>>
>>The Battleship Potemkin
>>The Shawshank Redemption
>
>You really should. It's one of the greatest American movies ever
>made.
>
>>American Beauty
>
>Pretty good. Kevin Spacey and Chris Cooper are both great.
>
>>Sunset Boulevard
>>Raging Bull
>
>Another great American film.
>The fight scenes are some of the most brutal movie boxing scenes ever.
>
Joe Pesci stole the show.
Thumper
Thumper
>On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:20:37 -0600, "Bill Becker" <bb...@rmisp.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Mike V." <mich...@SPAMcox.net> wrote in message
>>news:avr3a1pkplnj5more...@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:21:58 GMT, "Jorabi" <jor...@pobox.com> posted :
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I had never seen Casablanca until a few months ago after
>>>>being ragged-on in RAT in a similar thread for not having
>>>>seen it. It was interesting, but after it was over I
>>>>said "That's it?". Maybe my expectations were too high.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Better Bogart movie that will not disappoint:
>>>
>>> Maltese Falcon
>>> The Big Sleep
>>> Dark Passage (awesome!)
>>>
>>You didn't like African Queen?
>>
>
>back up.
>
>He thinks Dark Passage is better than Casablanca?
>
Nice catch. Guess it's the love story he doesn't like.
Thumper
Thumper
I might be alone but thought "Gladiator" was only average.
Thumper
trotsky
Are you trying to lead up to a diatribe for "The Passion of the Christ"?
jmc
"I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp" <imagenie...@hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:1117836088.7...@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I've never watched a Harry Potter movie.
>
> doesn't really count). Never seen Ice Age, Finding Nemo, Shrek, etc and
> don't intend to.
>
> Carrey movie I watched was Dumb and Dumber. The last Michael Bay movie
> I watched was Independence Day. The last Will Smith movie I watched was
> Indepence Day. The last Duane "the Rock" Johnson movie I saw was the
> Mummy Returns.
>
> I only watched the Mission Impossible movies recently and still haven't
> watched Vanilla Sky or Magnolia. I only watched the Bourne movies
> recently.
>
> I haven't seen hardly any movies Harrison Ford made in the 1990s, Air
> Force One and those Jack Ryan movies looked boring. I hate Tom Clancy
> and political suspense movies.
>
> I haven't seen any movies Spielberg has made since the 1980s with the
> exception of Saving Private Ryan. Haven't seen Schindler's list,
> Admistad, AI, Hook, the ones he did with Tom Hanks, or any of those
> movies. I hate Steven Spielberg.
>
> Never seen Meet the Parents or Meet the Fockers. The only Ben Stiller
> movies I've seen are Something About Mary and Dodgeball.
>
Why would anyone want to see any of the rubbishy movies you mentioned?
Commercial Hollywood crap, and a waste of anyone's time.
James Neibaur
wrote on 6/4/05 3:14 PM:
>> I agree on theory, but suddenly thought of Pocketful of Miracles.
>
>
> I'll see your "Pocketful of Miracles" and raise you one "Lost Horizon".
I remember not liking Lost Horizon, but it has been so many years since I
have seen it, I thought perhaps I could have missed something.
JN
James Neibaur
chica...@gmail.com wrote on 6/4/05 2:27 PM:
> Haven't seen Titanic either. I COULD but not really interested.
>
> Add Pulp Fiction (really almost anything Tarantino - too in love with
> violence)
I am one who actually likes all of the Tarantino films.
> Schindler's List (too depressing)
saw that
> Most of Mel Gibson's flicks in last ten years - Braveheart, Passion and
> the like (too in love with gore)
I didn't see Braveheart or Passion
> Gladiator (hmmm, probably should see that one)
I saw the 1938 one with Joe E. Brown. I love that one. Didn't see the one
with Russell Crowe. Yes I know it isn't a remake.
JN
how...@brazee.net
_Jaws_.
Captain Infinity
>> If you are like me about avoiding Tom Hanks movies, you might still
>> like Road To Perdition. I didn't see it in the theater but I saw it on
>> HBO (or some othe pay channel) and it was very very good.
>
>Rented it once with an old girlfriend because she'd heard it was good.
>We both fell asleep fifteen minutes in to the movie. That fifteen
>minutes was the most boring fifteen minutes of my life.
Man, that must have been one damn crappy girlfriend.
**
Captain Infinity
Nick Macpherson
Spielberg's a crazily gifted director with crazily obvious flaws. But
most everything he does is fifty percent of good film (And fifty
percent the manipulative, schmaltzy, indulgent, overlong, how many
endings does this film have?, wrecks his critics accuse him of) so I'm
always there on opening day. It does get frustrating, though, enjoying
the first hour of a Spielberg movie and knowing it's going to go to
shit as you sit there.
Captain Infinity
>Spielberg's a crazily gifted director with crazily obvious flaws. But
>most everything he does is fifty percent of good film (And fifty
>percent the manipulative, schmaltzy, indulgent, overlong, how many
>endings does this film have?, wrecks his critics accuse him of) so I'm
>always there on opening day. It does get frustrating, though, enjoying
>the first hour of a Spielberg movie and knowing it's going to go to
>shit as you sit there.
Theater exit doors are clearly marked.
**
Captain Infinity
Calvin Rice
> Are you trying to lead up to a diatribe for
> "The Passion of the Christ"?
Nope. Not leading up to anything. Just pointing out your
shifting standards as you apply them to different directors.
Actually, anything addressed to you unfortunately is
leading up to something: an explanation of what anyone
else would have understood upon first reading.
-cr
Rockboy
In retrospect, yes.
deering24
lauracap wrote:
> I've never seen "It's A Wonderful Life" or "Forrest Gump" and I
> probably never will.
A shame you missed the first one. It's a good thing you missed the second.
C.
**
deering24
Calvin Rice wrote:
> David E. Powell wrote:
>
>>... "1941." Very underrated, funny as hell, ......
>
>
> Not even faintly amusing. I never cracked a smile.
A truly lousy movie. A Spielberg movie for people looking for a good
reason to hate him.
C.
**
trotsky
But ultimately, to me, all the you end up with is a guy with tremendous
technical prowess that can't make a good movie to save his life. It's
kind of the opposite of the auteur theory: Spielberg wields tremendous
power in Hollywood, co-owns his own production company, etc.--and yet if
he was forced to work with a producer that kicked him in the ass
repeatedly and told him to make good movies I think you would see
different results. (And no, George Lucas doesn't count.)
I did see "The Terminal" recently and thought it was quite good, but it
also struck me as one of the least Spielberg of the Spielberg movies. I
half expected Hanks' character to go looking for his mommy by the end.
trotsky
> trotsky, struggling to comprehend the obvious:
>
>>Are you trying to lead up to a diatribe for
>>"The Passion of the Christ"?
>
>
> Nope. Not leading up to anything. Just pointing out your
> shifting standards as you apply them to different directors.
This is interesting, and rather hallucinogenic: which different
directors have you imagined my applying different standards too? And
what are these standards?
> Actually, anything addressed to you unfortunately is
> leading up to something: an explanation of what anyone
> else would have understood upon first reading.
Why Calvin, I posted a rather innocent at "The Passion", as some of the
more sheep like movie goers like to call it, and you post this crap like
you're hoping for a flame fest. Either you have the guts to discuss the
topic or you don't--you pick.
ANIM8Rfsk
wrote on 6/3/05 4:19 PM:
>
> "The Real Parakeet" <sp...@uce.gov> wrote in message
> news:3gc5e9F...@individual.net...
>>
>> "cloud dreamer" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:11a1nid...@corp.supernews.com...
>> |
>> |
>> | I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp wrote:
>> | >Haven't seen Schindler's list,
>> |
>> |
>> | Your loss.
>> |
>> | ..
>> |
>>
>> Pulp Fiction, I've tried I just don't get what the fuss is about.
>>
> Ditto
>
>
I made a 'linear' version of PF and gave it to a friend who loves the movie.
He HATED it in linear form and wiped the tape!
ANIM8Rfsk
rsqu...@flashREMOVE.net wrote on 6/3/05 3:48 PM:
>> The last CGI movie I saw was Toy Story 1 (besides Incredibles which
>> doesn't really count). Never seen Ice Age, Finding Nemo, Shrek, etc and
>> don't intend to.
>
> I tried to watch The Lion King awhile back, had to eject it after 20
> seconds. Every single disney cliche was evident, it was simply unwatchable.
I've never sat all the way through it, although it was sure better than
Pocahontas or Tarzan.
ANIM8Rfsk
at laur...@erols.com wrote on 6/3/05 4:26 PM:
> I've never seen "It's A Wonderful Life" or "Forrest Gump" and I
> probably never will.
>
> Laura
>
I've never sat down and watched IaWL but I've seen enough snips and homages
I think I know the whole thing.
FG was fun at the time, but I can't imagine it held up well.
ANIM8Rfsk
nos...@nospam.com wrote on 6/3/05 4:39 PM:
> In article <1117836088.7...@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, I'm
> a djinn, wanna rub my lamp <imagenie...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've never watched...
>
> I still have not seen Titanic.
>
> I'm going for the record.
It didn't call to me at all, but my folks wanted to see it, so I got it for
them.
They didn't think much of it, but I liked it.
<icy spoilers>
Despite some really unconvincing CGI stuff on the ship. And Kate Winslet's
character making me wish somebody had tossed her off the bow. And Leo not
being the grandfather. And the 'Friday the 13th' pop up out of the water
(would have been better to leave his fate unknown). And the 'wtf are you
throwing that into the water for' end.
It still works.
ANIM8Rfsk
Infi...@captaininfinity.us wrote on 6/3/05 4:42 PM:
> Once Upon A Time I'm a djinn, wanna rub my lamp wrote:
>
>> I've never watched a
> <snip>
>
> I've never seen "Casablanca".
Love it. Saw it for the first time in a revival theater with Play It Again
Sam.
I own the special edition DVD set, but
> have never watched it.
Me too.
I will someday, though.
Me too.
>
> A couple of years ago I finally broke down and watched "Gone With The
> Wind". It didn't suck, but I doubt I'll ever sit through it again.
got the DVD. Still haven't made it all the way through. Same notation for
Cleopatra.
>
> On the flipside, I think I've seen "Groundhog Day"
YES!
and "Let It Ride"
> about 50 times each, and they never grow tiring.
Now wait. You can watch Groundhog Day 50 times in a single day. That's not
much of an accomplishment. Never seen LiR.
>
> Now ask me how many times I've seen the Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoon
> "Rabbit Seasoning". Go ahead, ask. Nevermind, you don't want to know.
hee hee
>
> SO SHOOT ME NOW!
>
>
> **
> Captain Infinity
Stephen Cooke
On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Quiet Desperation wrote:
> In article <1117836088.7...@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, I'm
> a djinn, wanna rub my lamp <imagenie...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've never watched...
>
> I still have not seen Titanic.
>
> I'm going for the record.
I haven't seen it either, and I live in the town where the modern-day bits
were filmed!
swac
Not to mention where the wrap party chowder was spiked with PCP.
ANIM8Rfsk
chri...@comcast.FUCKOFFSPAMMERS.com wrote on 6/3/05 3:04 PM:
>> The last CGI movie I saw was Toy Story 1 (besides Incredibles which
>> doesn't really count).
>
> This is non-sequitor. How does "The Incredibles" not "count" as a CGI movie?
Maybe it doesn't count because they haven't seen it?
ANIM8Rfsk
wrote on 6/3/05 4:47 PM:
> Nearly every single Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise movie ever.
Best Hanks movie is still Joe VS the Volcano.
Stephen Cooke
On 4 Jun 2005, Nick Macpherson wrote:
> James Neibaur wrote:
> > in article uBfoe.11153$_o.3980@attbi_s71, trotsky at gms...@email.com wrote
> > on 6/4/05 5:43 AM:
> >
> > > I don't think there's a Frank Capra movie that isn't worth seeing.
> >
> > I agree on theory, but suddenly thought of Pocketful of Miracles.
> >
> and really enjoyed what David Thomson did to It's a Wonderful Life in
> Suspects.
Cripes I need to find a copy of this...I read it years ago, and have a
hankering to read it again.
I heard he also did something similar with characters in Westerns, but
haven't come across it anywhere.
swac
Stephen Cooke
On 4 Jun 2005, Nick Macpherson wrote:
> > On 4 Jun 2005 08:44:26 -0700, "hipechik34" <hipec...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >atomic fireball wrote:
> > >
> > >> To paraphrase Chris Rock - "Poseurs love to not know shit!"
> > >
> > >Someone is a little confused. I thought the point of this thread was
> > >for people to post movies that they HAVEN'T seen. If the person you're
> > >responding to is doing just that, then how does that make him a poseur?
> >
> > He's talking about people hating filmmakers and actors whose work he
> > admits he hasn't seen anything they've done in more than a decade.
> >
> > Hating something you haven't seen is the stance of, well, a poseur.
> > "I'm too cool to even entertain the idea of seeing Steven Spielberg
> > movie"
> >
> Anti-Spielberg poseurs who have managed to see one or two of his movies
> are usually fond of the "he hasn't done anything good since Duel" line.
I usually grant him Sugarland Express...
swac
Okay, Close Encounters.
how...@brazee.net
On 5-Jun-2005, ANIM8Rfsk <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> >> The last CGI movie I saw was Toy Story 1 (besides Incredibles which
> >> doesn't really count).
> >
> > This is non-sequitor. How does "The Incredibles" not "count" as a CGI
> > movie?
>
> Maybe it doesn't count because they haven't seen it?
That doesn't fit in to the first quote above.
The word "really" must mean something. It virtually counts as a CGI movie?
Thumper
Duel sucked.
Thumper
ANIM8Rfsk
how...@brazee.net at how...@brazee.net wrote on 6/5/05 10:44 AM:
I agree it doesn't fit really well, but maybe Incredibles didn't count
because they only saw 20 minutes of it and had to leave or something. I
realize that's a stretch, but not nearly as much of a one as it takes to say
TI isn't CGI.
ANIM8Rfsk
at deer...@mindspring.com wrote on 6/4/05 11:29 PM:
That's a pretty big catalog 1941 is a part of then.
That's like saying Jade is a Caruso movie for people looking to hate him.
It doesn't make his other work watchable.
ANIM8Rfsk
wrote on 6/4/05 1:57 PM:
> Mike V. wrote:
>
>>> American Beauty
>>
>> Pretty good. Kevin Spacey and Chris Cooper are both great.
>
> Kevin Spacey is not great. I need to avoid more movies with him in it.
American Beauty was like 'wtf'???
It was like it just ended with another 20 or 30 minutes left to go, which
would have been the interesting part.