What movie(s) have you never seen that
We own The Passion of the Christ, and neither of us have seen it yet. We started it one night and then I got food poisoning and spent the evening hugging the toilet. After that, we just never got around to watching it. Church aired it several times too and even if I was there, I was never "there" watching it. Mr J has never seen Sound of Music, Miracle on 34th street, and many other classics that I don't see how anyone grew up not seeing. |
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| Ditto Passion of Christ......I don't need that. Nor Miracle on 34th, just sections. Ditto El Sid.....I keep coming in at the same place! I'm not sure about Ben Hur, I've seen the chariot race a few times, but can't think about the other parts. Actually I'm not real good on any of the religious movies.....I guess Edward G Robinson as Herod is too much.
Actually I've probably missed most big movies as they don't really interest me, I mean my DH. Now ask about Westerns, yeah, we've got them covered! The older ones. Haven't been inside a theater to see a movie in YEARS! Caught many on Netflix since theaters aren't close to us. Now we don't even do Netflix. Movie studios aren't making money on us! |
| I never saw It's a Wonderful Life until I was about 35. |
| See now I want to run out and see it. I love movies like that (and miracle on 34th st, all shirley temple films, etc).
Most people are surprised when mr. j says he's never seen a star trek, harry potter, rocky horror, clockwork orange, pulp fiction, or twilight movie. |
ditto on "Wonderful Life"...I had only ever seen fragments of it (due to flipping channels during X-mas season) and finally sat through all of it just a couple of years ago. I was so surprised to discover that it actually made some sense, seen that way!  
As for ones I still have never seen...Titanic (not likely ever to, either)...Citizen Kane...Gone With the Wind...tons more, Im sure, but those are the 1st few to come to mind as "everyone has seen" films. Actually, Im a bit wierd, in that if a movie (or book) is "too" popular, I tend to lose interest in it  "Avatar" is kinda losing me because of that, right now  |
| Never seen Its a Wonderful Life, but people are always surprised when the BF and I say we've never seen the Godfather films. Any of them. |
| Yeah, I was around 35-40 before I saw It's a Wonderful Life. Imagine my surprise when the little girl was called SueSue......that was one of my nicknames. Now I know where Thia Tula got that name!
Did see Clockwork Orange on a date.....soured me (no pun) on that guy for future dates. Never Rocky Horror Pic Show, Titanic, etc. I've always tried to run away from the crowds.....what's popular, I avoid. I try not to be a lemming. |
| My Hubby bought me a wonderful life on dvd about 2 years ago and I still haven't watched it.
I haven't seen lots of movies but I think the one that suprises people the most is ET. I have just never wanted to watch it. |
| I've not seen 'It's a Wonderful Life' I really felt like watching it at Christmas but didn't get to see it in the end.
We started watching all these movies everyone says we must see. Then we realised we haven't seen them because they look rubbish- and guess what- those are the ones we only get halfway through! I've been avoiding Pulp Fiction & Clockwork Orange because frankly they look rubbish. Worst films that people recommended are Resident Evil (actually refused to waste time watching more than 10 minutes of that) and 'The Assassin'. I've not seen most of the animated ones like Lion King, but I have seen the Shrek movies. |
| I just saw It's a Wonderful Life for the first time this past Christmas. I'd seen bits and pieces, but I figured I might as well see what all the fuss is about. I'm glad that I watched it, but I don't think I need to see it again.
Hmmm, my brother has never seen Star Wars, which is pretty amazing since we grew up in the 80s. Let's see...I've never seen any of the Godfather movies. Haven't seen Scarface. Haven't seen Rocky. Haven't seen Rocky Horror Picture Show. Haven't seen Clockwork Orange. And the list goes on! |
| The first time I ever saw The Sound of Music was a couple of months ago. |
| I have never seen any of the Star Wars movies. I have never seen an episode of Star Trek. There are a lot of movies I haven't seen, particularly new movies. I go to the show maybe two or three times a year and I never rent DVDs.
My undergraduate degree is in film studies, so I've seen all classics. |
| Not a movie person at all. The only movie I remember seeing as a kid is "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". We never went to theatres and occasionally to driveins.
I did see lots of movies on TV growing up on the Disney show (Sunday evenings) after watching Lawrence Welk. That was the Sunday routine as a kid - baths, watch the 2 shows and go to bed! Now I never seem to sit through one. The last movie I saw in a theatre was National Treasure - and I did love that one. Last night we watched most of "Anchorman" at our belated family Christmas (odd choice for sure!) as Lisa has never seen it. Son in law Keith is a movie junkie - he can talk whole conversations using nothing but movie lines  !! My son Travis is almost as bad - although his taste runs the likes of Kill Bill, Super Troopers and Adam Sandler......
I did see Citizen Kane as part of a college class, and Titanic although it depressed the heck out of me.  And I have seen Ben Hur and other classics, although like many have said - I see many in just parts.... |
got sheep wrote: I did see lots of movies on TV growing up on the Disney show (Sunday evenings) after watching Lawrence Welk. That was the Sunday routine as a kid - baths, watch the 2 shows and go to bed!
Holy Crow what a childhood flashback for me! Same routine for us. I think thats why I can't tolorate accordian music.
I was astounded when dear friends told me they had never seen Christmas Vacation, a classic in our house. It's just not the holiday's without Cousin Eddie. |
SheepieBoss wrote: Yeah, I was around 35-40 before I saw It's a Wonderful Life. Imagine my surprise when the little girl was called SueSue......that was one of my nicknames. Now I know where Thia Tula got that name!
Did see Clockwork Orange on a date.....soured me (no pun) on that guy for future dates. Never Rocky Horror Pic Show, Titanic, etc. I've always tried to run away from the crowds.....what's popular, I avoid. I try not to be a lemming. I've never seen Titanic or Clockwork Orange either! Regarding Titanic; the ship goes down, right? So I know how it ends. Why waste 3 hours of my life and a box of tissues? |
| I don't think Mr. J has seen Titantic either, but 90% of movies can be told just by watching the previews.
I think many classics are amazing to those who watched them back in the day, but it's hard to watch some of them now ...and enjoy them. Movies have made so many great leaps (stunts, filming) that a lot of classics seem crappy now to new viewers. |
Joahaeyo wrote: I think many classics are amazing to those who watched them back in the day, but it's hard to watch some of them now ...and enjoy them. Movies have made so many great leaps (stunts, filming) that a lot of classics seem crappy now to new viewers. I think it depends on the movie, or the genre of movie. Sure, action movies aren't necessarily going to hold up well, but other movies with great dialogue are still fun to watch. I love seeing the pop culture of like the 40s and stuff, how the women acted and what they wore. |
Joahaeyo wrote: I think many classics are amazing to those who watched them back in the day, but it's hard to watch some of them now ...and enjoy them. Movies have made so many great leaps (stunts, filming) that a lot of classics seem crappy now to new viewers.
And if it wasn't for the classics, current movies wouldn't be what they are today. Citizen Kane introduced rack focusing (have the entire scene, front to back, all in focus) which still isn't used much today because of its complexity. Today everything is created via computer, not technical skill of the cameraman. And movies are more than stunts--the classics are classics because of their stories and dialogue. |
| I don't think you can get the Christmas Spirit till you see It's a Wonderful Life...........All of the Jimmy Stewart movies are great because of the actor he was....... I enjoy movie stories about musicians, NOT musicals, but a very good story .......see Jimmy in The Glenn Miller Story, then the Monty Stratton Story, you'll see a range of ability.
I believe in given a movie a chance or the fear of missing a good one, I'm not sure which it is. |
Paula O. wrote: Joahaeyo wrote: I think many classics are amazing to those who watched them back in the day, but it's hard to watch some of them now ...and enjoy them. Movies have made so many great leaps (stunts, filming) that a lot of classics seem crappy now to new viewers. And if it wasn't for the classics, current movies wouldn't be what they are today. Citizen Kane introduced rack focusing (have the entire scene, front to back, all in focus) which still isn't used much today because of its complexity. Today everything is created via computer, not technical skill of the cameraman. And movies are more than stunts--the classics are classics because of their stories and dialogue. Don't forget film noir, too. All those shadows in Citizen Kane weren't just there to create that effect though, Wells creatively used the shadows to cover up parts of the set that he couldn't afford to expand. The shadows hid that. Smart, huh? Even Alfred Hitchcock created so many of his stories from behind the camera, through shot composition and techniques that no one had done before. Rope was one of the first films ever shot in real time and was filmed like one continuous shot because they did these really long takes. To cover up editing, they'd make it seem like someone was walking in front of the camera to make the cut seamless. It's amazing that it even worked (although the timeline in that movie ended up a little off!). I have a bachelor's degree in Film Studies. I've seen a lot of films. A lot. |
| I have not seen:
Titanic Any Harry Potter (or the books) Citizen Kane (from end to end) Any Godfather past the first and most of the first On The Waterfront Most of anything done by Oliver Stone or Michael Moore (most not exactly classics?) Any Charlie Chaplin silent film Fatty Arbuckle or Laurel and Hardy Any of these vampire things (not exactly classics?) The Birds Psycho I guess my list could go on for ever. Maybe I have some catching up to do! |
| I confess. I HATE Citizen Kane. I've seen it about 10 times, and every time I hate it more. I feel I should like it simply because it's been voted the Best Movie Ever Made for about 60 years. But I really can't stand it.
Butters, 2 of us with undergrad degrees in Film Studies? Whoda thunk. Such a useless degree, but it sure was fun getting it! |
Paula O. wrote: I confess. I HATE Citizen Kane. I've seen it about 10 times, and every time I hate it more. I feel I should like it simply because it's been voted the Best Movie Ever Made for about 60 years. But I really can't stand it.
Butters, 2 of us with undergrad degrees in Film Studies? Whoda thunk. Such a useless degree, but it sure was fun getting it! LOL. You, too? I double majored in journalism with it because I wanted to be a film critic. Then I worked for some newspapers and didn't want any part of that! I don't think anyone likes Citizen Kane as an actual story. It's miserable. It's just one of those movies that us film snobs can look at for all the other critical aspects. The first time I saw it was an early film class that I took and I couldn't believe that Endora from Bewitched was actually in something other than Bewitched. Until that moment, I never knew she was a "real" actress! |
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