I have seen so disgustingly few movies :-(

Kenneth Harden · 12-31-2003, 12:44 AM

Over the last year, between work and school, I have been getting with more and more people (not 'getting with them') and many conversations end up talking about movies. However, as much as I love movies, compared to most people I deal with - I have seen almost nothing.

If anyone here just grabbed 10 movies off the top of their head, I can assure you that I have probably not seen more that 3 of the 10, probably less, if any at all. Try it, put down 10 good movies and I will tell you what I have not seen.

I do watch movies, go to the theater, etc., but I have certainly not seen the 100's of movies made in the last 20 years that would be considered 'good'

I guess what I am saying is that I need to start seeing some. I have a nice home theater setup, but with school and work, and family always around (leave me the he11 alone!!!

), it is hard to lock myself in my room for a few hours to watch a film. I have been pondering Netflix.com for a while, as I need to start seeing movies like:

-A Clockwork Orange
-Alien (all of them)
-The first 2 Terminator movies
-Indiana Jones (I am sure I have seen them, but no clue what they are even about...)
-Pulp Fiction (saw 20 minuites of it a year ago)
-The Shining

While those are examples of Sci-Fi/Action films, there are many more, probably over 100 films I really should see.

I know with Netflix, I probably won't wait 3 weeks to get 'A Clockwork Orange' - as it is not in high demand.

Steve Tannehill · 12-31-2003, 01:08 AM

We need to broaden the horizons a bit...try these on for size:

1) The Day the Earth Stood Still
2) 2001 - A Space Odyssey
3) Dr. Strangelove
4) Lawrence of Arabia
6) Seven Samurai
7) The Searchers
8) It's a Wonderful Life

(Those last 4 are the movies that Spielberg watches before starting any project.)

9) Casablanca
10) Singin' in the Rain

Note that none of these movies were made in the last 20 years.

- Steve

Kenneth Harden · 12-31-2003, 01:21 AM

None.

I have seen parts of '2001' - but thats about it.

Keep em' coming.

BTW, I listed action/sci-fi films because thats what I really like (but in no way do I not like other stuff)

Nicodemus · 12-31-2003, 01:40 AM

1) Giant
2) Amadeus
3) Rebel Without A Cause
4) Magnolia
5) Vertigo
6) My Fair Lady (better than Sound of Music)
7) Apocalypse Now
8) Chinatown
9) Gone With The Wind
10) Three Colours: Blue
11) The Piano
12) Once Upon A Time In The West

These are among the best movies I've seen - Steve already mentioned some my other favorites.

Kenneth Harden · 12-31-2003, 01:47 AM

None

0\12

And for the record, Apocalypse Now came up yesterday.

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Jonathan Dagmar · 12-31-2003, 04:42 AM

you werent exagerrating. you really havent seen anything.

Dave Corder · 12-31-2003, 04:52 AM

I'm in pretty much the same boat as Kenneth...lots of movies that I haven't seen. I tend to get a "WHAT!?!?!?!" kind of response when some movie comes up in conversation that I've never seen. That's typically followed by an exclamation of "YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!!!!" complete with waving of the arms and other body language indicating the urgency with which I apparently need to view the film in question.

Between school and work, I barely have time to view the movies that I personally own (heck, out of 170 or so DVDs, I've still got 10-15 that I haven't viewed). Kinda hard to find time to view all the old classics and everything (I finally saw Hackers for the first time the other day, which most of my friends thought was weird since I'm a certified computer geek....)

For the record, out of the movies mentioned in this thread so far, I've only seen Dr. Strangelove and the Indiana Jones trilogy.

Dave C.

Werner_R · 12-31-2003, 05:45 AM

Steve and Nico already gave some great choices, how about these:

1. Bladerunner
2. The Usual Suspects
3. The Big Sleep (1946)
4. The Song of Bernadette
5. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
6. Lost Horizon (1937)
7. The Sound of Music (My Fair Lady is also great

)
8. Point Blank (1967)
9. Ghost and Mrs Muir
10. 12 Angry Men

Henry Gale · 12-31-2003, 06:37 AM

Kenneth,

Don't be too impatient, at age 18 you've not had time to see that many films. Also, there are no theaters in Tasmaina (since there is no such place as Tasmaina) so how were you going to go?

george kaplan · 12-31-2003, 07:46 AM

First of all, don't feel too bad about this. Being a film buff is much more about the desire to see movies, than what movies you've seen, especially when you're younger. I'm far older than you, and have still not seen tons of movies. And I seriously doubt that there's anyone here who doesn't have huge gaps in what they've seen.

Here's my 10 recommendations:

THE APARTMENT
REAR WINDOW
THE GODFATHER
CASABLANCA
CITIZEN KANE
STAR WARS
DR. STRANGELOVE
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
SOME LIKE IT HOT

BTW, be absolutely certain to see #5 on Steve's list ASAP!