I'm not sure if this topic has been done before on here, almost certainly I guess, but I can't remember it. It was a Radio 4 show for a while and the Guardian are currently doing it.
So, well, () it's one film acknowledged as a classic that you haven't seen. And maybe explain whether that's on purpose or just you've never got round to it.
Mine is 'The Shawshank Redemption'. I don't want to watch it. Obviously I am prejudging but it sounds twee and when I have seen a clip on one of those 'Ten Million Best Films Ever' shows, it feels a bit twee.
I also am ambivalent about Tim Robbins. I feel like I should like him but I struggle to warm to him. And Morgan Freeman always feels ike you are watching him play Morgan Freeman
I know it is a very well-liked film for a lot of people and I respect that. For me it is a classic that I haven't seen and wouldn't try to.
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05-05-2020 07:04 PM #1
ONE classic film you have never seen
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05-05-2020 07:11 PM #2
The Wizard of Oz
Just never watched it and never had any interest in watching it.
And the rest:
Star Wars Films
The Hobbit and all related films
Most of the Disney classics
Gone with the Wind
CasablancaLast edited by Scouse Hibee; 05-05-2020 at 07:28 PM.
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05-05-2020 07:17 PM #3
Mary Poppins. Would have had the Godfather trilogy on this but watched then fairly recently.
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05-05-2020 07:20 PM #4
Hmmm, there's a few. Never seen a star wars film in my life. As Scouse said the wizard of oz just looks boring to me. Having had my daughter here then I have seen Mary Poppins too often in the space of two months
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05-05-2020 07:25 PM #5
I've never seen Scarface all the way through. I watched about 40 minutes and thought it was over the top and over acted. Never had any inclination to revisit it.
From the 'golden age' I've never seen the likes of Casablanca, Gone With The Wind, The Third Man etc
More recently Inglorious *******s. I find Tarantino a bit hit and miss, I often can't decide if he's making a film or a showreel for himself, and that's one I have just never really been in the mood to give a chance.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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05-05-2020 07:28 PM #6
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon.
Seems like it should be right up my street but I've never got round to watching it.
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05-05-2020 08:05 PM #7
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Apocalypse Now, started to watch it when in my early 20s and just found it really boring and gave up, now that I'm a bit older I might appreciate it but did not get the appeal of it
Also 12 Angry Men is one that i have not seen at all, thing is I love a good courtroom drama whether it be on film or a documentary, hopefully it lives up to the hype
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05-05-2020 08:15 PM #8
The Matrix.
A friend recently made a cryptic remark online about a "red pill" and I had to google it.
It meant nothing to me.
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05-05-2020 08:22 PM #9
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Any of the Star Wars films, don’t excite me at all.
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05-05-2020 08:30 PM #10
Harry Potter. Never read the books and only made it through the first 10 minutes of the first film when the letters start shooting though the door and thought it wasn’t for me.
On the same lines, not sure I ever made it to the end of the first episode of Game Of Thrones before giving up. Used to switch off when everyone was talking about it.
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I tried to watch once upon a time in Hollywood a few months back but fell asleep (had a few whisky's) and never got round to finishing it. Finally watched it again last night and it's just as boring as I remember. One of the most disappointed I've been in a film..the end was ok, but the plot is so thin it's only barley saved by Leo and Brad Pitt being great actors.
I've never seen top gun, and have no Intention to.
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05-05-2020 08:55 PM #12
Titanic
Schindlers list(I'm obsessed with WW2 but the more people try and make me watch it the more I won't)
Avatar
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05-05-2020 09:00 PM #13
This thread has me on an emotional roller coaster.
One second I'm incredulous, the next I'm sad, the next, angry.
You should all watch all those films.
I've never seen Titanic, but I'm not sure that qualifies as a classic.
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Never seen Fight Club either.
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It doesn't take much to set me off when watching a film. From ET to Happy Feet to Toy Story 3 I'll shed a tear bit Schindler List always leaves me feeling uncomfortable for a while afterwards. I think that's the genius of it.
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05-05-2020 09:26 PM #17
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Some people cant read an OP very well. I'm sure it said 1 film
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05-05-2020 09:36 PM #18
Casablanca. I may have seen it when I was wee but I can't remember it.
I've tried watching it since but Bogie annoyed me more than anything else so I gave up.
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Lawrence of Arabia is probably the one for me, but it is on my DVR.
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Forrest Gump, Castaway, Philadelphia. Basically most Tom Hanks films between Big and Bridge of Spies.
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05-05-2020 10:30 PM #22
Some briĺliant films named so far. Apocalypse Now is one I've not seen but feel I should.
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06-05-2020 08:43 AM #28
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Not seen lots of films deemed as classic so the one i will select is:
Scarface.
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06-05-2020 11:02 AM #29
Wizard of Oz
Any Godfather movie
Scarface
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
Any of the older classics like Gone With The Wind
Schindler's List
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06-05-2020 11:40 AM #30
I could name dozens. Never seen a Rocky film just for starters, or a Marvel movie - are these even deemed to be classics? I hope not.
But my named one has to be Escape to Victory. It just looks awful. Puerile concept. Sylvester Stallone. Everyone looks too old. Actual footballers shoehorned into the script. Sylvester Stallone. Wrong hairstyles. Did I mention Sylvester Stallone? I would turn off the telly and stare a blank screen for two hours rather than watch that.
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