Movies that it seems EVERYONE has seen except you

[Arete]

Chefzhat's thread about Pee Wee's Big Adventure got me thinking about all the movies that it seems MOST people have seen but that I haven't (Pee Wee's Big Adventure is one of them.)

So it's time to fess up, what are the movies that it seems most people have seen that you have never seen? Especially the "Classics".

For me, it's:
Animal House - Never saw, don't care to. But I think I was the only one at my college that hadn't seen it. (Oh, and I don't really consider it a "Classic")

Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Same as Animal House...

The Godfather (and all the sequels) - I hear references to this movie all the time, so I feel like I've almost seen it because of people doing bad impersonations from it.

Dirty Harry (and all the Clint Eastwood movies of this ilk - Again, have heard the "this gun is a .357 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world" speech so many times from people that I think I could quote it, even though I've never seen it. I must be the only person over 35 that hasn't seen it. "So tell me, punk. Do ya feel lucky? Do ya?"

Citizen Kane - I would like to see this one, but never think to add it to Netflix... maybe I'll do that now.

[Laura]

I just don't see that many movies anymore.

Any Harry Potter movie, and while were at it, I haven't read the books either. :eek: And no, it's not based on any theological reasons, they just don't interest me.

Titanic - not even remotely interested.

There a ton more most likely, but these are the ones that came to mind. I just saw all three Godfather movies about a month ago. I think TNT was having a Memorial Day moviethon. They are quite good (once you get past all the blood and guts thing.) ;)

[CompassRose]

Up till recently it was Pulp Fiction. I bought a discount copy a couple weeks ago, and finally watched it -- when I did, it was a bizarre experience. Much like the time I watched Casablanca, actually -- Pulp-y moments have become such a cultural touchstone, it felt like one long session of deja vu.

[GingerPow]

This is an interesting question. I'm a movie nut, but there are some movie content that I refuse to allow into my brain. I just haven't gotten around to seeing others. Here is a partial list.

Passion of the Christ - even though everyone I know outside of my family have seen it at least one time, taken their children to see it, and consider it mandatory viewing from Lent through Ascension Thursday. No way.

Pulp Fiction,Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill - you get the idea. (I am not a fan of Quentin Tarantino).

Vanilla Sky
American Beauty
American Pie
Se7en
Eyes Wide Shut
Cold Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
From Justin to Kelly :D
Home Alone 3
Gigli
Shanghai Surprise
Swept Away
Karate Kid (for no particular reason, I must be the only person on the planet who has never seen a Karate Kid movie).
King Kong 2005
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Dumb and Dumber 2 (Which means I did see Dumb and Dumber 1) :rolleyes:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
etc...

[Chefzhat]

I've never seen One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

There's a lot of current movies that I won't see - too much crap out there.

[colleency]

I've never seen the Godfather movies.
I tried to watch American Pie, but I just couldn't do it.
Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill seem a little violent for me. I get nightmares.

[Arete]

Debbi - I agree that there are tons of more recent movies that aren't worth seeing (yet my DH still puts them on the Netflix queue... :rolleyes: ).

B][Casablanca[/B] - CompassRose, that's another classic that I haven't seen.

GingerPow - yes, I DO think you are the only person on the planet that hasn't seen The Karate Kid ;) "Wax on, Wax off!"

[BucknellAlum]

The Godfather (and all the sequels) - I hear references to this movie all the time, so I feel like I've almost seen it because of people doing bad impersonations from it.


Last year one of my neighbors confessed that he'd never seen the Godfather. My DH's reaction: "what movie does he quote from?"

Our other neighbors decided that he had to be indoctrinated, so we made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

They all came over and we enjoyed a meal of pasta and red sauce, antipasto, red wine, and of course, cannoli. (no guns though)

[Meganator]

I've never seen Dances with Wolves or Citizen Kane. I have seen a lot of "classics" that I didn't find very memorable.

[Middydd]

Monster's Ball, just sounded too sad.

[Valerie226]

I've never seen Casablanca or any Humphrey Bogart films. I never found him even slightly interesting. I'm not a fan of old "classic" films. Never saw Citizen Kane either. I've seen bits and pieces but never sat down and watched the whole movie.
There are plenty of current popular films that will not cross my doorway either. Sometimes content, sometimes the people.

I'm finding the whole category of 'comedy" movies the worst of all. Somehow what they think is funny is not funny!

[GingerPow]

Last year one of my neighbors confessed that he'd never seen the Godfather. My DH's reaction: "what movie does he quote from?"

Our other neighbors decided that he had to be indoctrinated, so we made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

They all came over and we enjoyed a meal of pasta and red sauce, antipasto, red wine, and of course, cannoli. (no guns though)
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/MurphChessLinus/rotfl.gifThis is funny!

[CompassRose]

Last year one of my neighbors confessed that he'd never seen the Godfather. My DH's reaction: "what movie does he quote from?"
I haven't seen any of the Godfather movies either, although after this (http://tomatonation.com/cannoli.shtml) I'm deeply ambivalent about the possibility anyway. On the one hand, they are apparently things one can watch over and over. On the other.... "It's that a lot of the movie is…not so good. And by "the movie," I mean "the acting," and by "the acting," I mostly mean Talia Shire."

What do I quote? I do bad Monty Python impersonations of course.

[Snickers]

I would be the 2nd person on the planet who has not seen the Karate Kid movies. No interest in them. :)

[beacooker]

Animal House is what I thought of as soon as I saw the thread title. That, and Caddy Shack. Too much pressure to find them funny. And I think I'm a bit old for them at this point.

[oceanjasper]

Star Wars. :o

[Aubergine]

as a Sundance + TCM/older films fanatic, plus our new Indie and Retroplex stations, i would still wager big $$$ that my favorite films aren't even on most persons's radar screens, and i'm taking the opposite tack; i.e., movies i esteem that no one else typically will watch :

in no particular order:

both old versions of Pride & Prejudice, plus the Bollywood Bride and Prejudice

Mrs. Miniver, plus Random Harvest (and anything with Greer Garson)

National Velvet, w/ very young Eliz Taylor and Mickey Rooney

West! Side! Story! if the Leonard Berstein score, plus Lincoln Kirstein's choreography doesn't get you, maybe you're immune to serious cinematic art....

the entire oeuvre of Comden and Greene -- Singing in the Rain, Bells are Ringing, On the Town....

anything with Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly (be still, my beating heart!)

any Thin Man with Wm Powell and Myrna Loy---and someone we all still know, Dean Stockwell as a kiddie actor

ANY film made with Busby Berkley's choreoegraphy, and/or direction

anything by Chaplin and/or Harold Lloyd

Frank Capra, Fritz Lang, and Billy Wilder never disappoint.

anything with Tracy and Hepburn

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford's oeuvres, and no, i don't mean that film.

if you do subtitles, Francois Truffaut is in the pantheon, starting with Jules and Jim (and Oskar Werner speaking passable french) with Jeanne Moreau. but Truffaut's entire oeuvre is a must for a film fan, as is Jean-Luc Godard's, Claude Berry, and Louis Malle... and i know i'm omiting someone...

Italy!!! Federico Fellini, where would the film world be without him?

Akiro Kurosawa, whose "Seven Samurai" became "The Wild Bunch;" many of his films, like "Rashomen," and "Ran," were also stolen.

but i doubt this is what anyone was expecting to find, nor will be renting...'s'okay, 'cause i'd rather watch a 30's or 40's film anyday over the trash--imho--that is churned out now.

[mbrogier]

Pee Wee
Karate Kid
ET

I put them on my Netflix list. I had already added Say Anything and Better Off Dead after reading about them here.

I have watched all the Star Wars and The Godfather movies. They are worth watching.

[mbrogier]

I just finished High Anxiety, Young Frankeinstein, and Blazing Saddles this week. I love Mel Brooks.

"Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!!! " (Blazing Saddles)

I loved High Anxiety the best. The tribute to Hitchcock was hilarious.

[tamawrite]

Karate Kid (for no particular reason, I must be the only person on the planet who has never seen a Karate Kid movie).


Nice try, but no. I'm here to keep you company.

Oh, and what the heck is Shanghai Surprise? Never heard of it.

[tamawrite]

"Wax on, Wax off!"

Is that like "Clap on, Clap off...the Clapper!" ?? ;)

[CompassRose]

Well, I like a 30s or 40s film as much as anyone and better than most, but my tolerance of musicals IS more limited than yours I think, Aubergine!

[LakeMartinGal]

We sure don't watch movies as much as we used to... my list is pretty comparable to GingerPow's, with a couple of exceptions... We have seen the Karate Kid movies (except for #3) -- took the kids, so that was why. I have seen most of the Star Wars movies, except for the last one, but I like Star Trek better -- more about the people, I guess. Loved the Godfather movies when they came out -- we saw the first one on Christmas day (it was the first Christmas we couldn't go home...) but they're too gory, now.

I haven't seen many of the modern movies -- they just don't sound good. I like my comedy more like Bill Cosby, not Dumb and Dummer... just don't think Jim Carrey is particularly funny, more like a class clown!

Oops, didn't mean to sound so negative... I'll go have another cup of coffee, I think! :o ;)

[GingerPow]

i would still wager big $$$ that my favorite films aren't even on most persons's radar screens, and i'm taking the opposite tack; i.e., movies i esteem that no one else typically will watch :
Mrs. Miniver, plus Random Harvest (and anything with Greer Garson)
National Velvet, w/ very young Eliz Taylor and Mickey Rooney
West! Side! Story! if the Leonard Berstein score, plus Lincoln Kirstein's choreography doesn't get you, maybe you're immune to serious cinematic art....
the entire oeuvre of Comden and Greene -- Singing in the Rain, Bells are Ringing, On the Town....
anything with Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly (be still, my beating heart!)
any Thin Man with Wm Powell and Myrna Loy---and someone we all still know, Dean Stockwell as a kiddie actor
Frank Capra, ... and Billy Wilder never disappoint.
anything with Tracy and Hepburn
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford's oeuvres, and no, i don't mean that film.
but i doubt this is what anyone was expecting to find, nor will be renting...'s'okay, 'cause i'd rather watch a 30's or 40's film anyday over the trash--imho--that is churned out now.
Aubergine, pass the popcorn - many on your list are on my favorite's list! :D
I adore Greer Garson - not only in Mrs. Miniver, but have you ever seen "Blossoms in the Dust?" Grab the Kleenex. Also Mrs. Parkington - she and Walter Pidgeon were always perfect together.

Elizabeth Taylor - a favorite, (ever see "Suddenly, Last Summer") - surprisingly, I have watched some old Mickey Rooney films and really do see why he was so famous back then. He was an excellent actor, surprisingly compelling.

The Thin Man movies, classic "grown-up" comedy. Truly timeless. William Powell was smooth, Myrna Loy style was so natural. Loved her in "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House."

Tracy and Hepburn - I have a library of their films. One of my favorites is Desk Set. I refused to see Aston Kutcher's "Guess Who" - "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" should be untouchable to remakes.
And Hepburn - The Lion in Winter, glorious film.

Bette Davis, great as Apple Annie in Pocketful of Miracles, and All About Eve is a true American cinema classic. Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce holds up today. While some of the older story lines don't, there are some that are timeless.

Frank Capra, From his Mr. Deeds/ Mr. Smith/ John Doe movies to Arsenic and Old Lace, Wonderful Life, Hole in the Head, Pocketful of Miracles...
Billy Wilder - his 1995 version of Sabrina is one of my favorite movies. Lush and effortless. Bishop's Wife, Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Seven Year Itch, Sabrina w/ Audrey Hepburn - so much more... These two define classic American cinema and both were born in Europe.

I get on this subject and go on & on!

[GingerPow]

Dumb and Dummer... just don't think Jim Carrey is particularly funny, more like a class clown!
Took DS to see that one - otherwise it would have been on my list! :D

[AndreaU]

DH has never seen Gone with the Wind or ET. He would watch GWTW, but ET is a never for him.

As for me, I've never seen:

Apocolypse Now
Rebel Without a Cause
Finding Nemo
Kramer vs. Kramer
Dr. Zhivago

There are so many more, but those are some of the biggies. Just for kicks, I was checking out the AFI top 100 American movies: http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx

[GingerPow]

Oh, and what the heck is Shanghai Surprise? Never heard of it.
Starring Madonna. She has the acting abilities of a tree stump. Just as rigid as one too. C'mon Madonna - emote!

[hollysmom]

Anything not G or PG rated released in the last 8.5 years.

SSM

[Gecko]

Star Wars. :o

Me too! :D

[Varaile]

I'm also not a real big movie person, plus I enjoy more of the PBS-style/classic movies anyway. I know I've watched the PBS Pride and Prejudice at least 5 times, but I never went to see the most recent version. Gingerpow mentioned Lion in the Winter - I've heard other places that was good; I'll have to see if I can't find a copy.

And I love the old westerns and spagetti westerns. I just watched High Noon a while back and for a really lazy Saturday any of the Clint Eastwoods fit the bill.

Plus I love scifi movies but there haven't been many worth seeing of late. I truly disliked the last three Star Wars movies (I would have walked out of #2 but I was with DH and he was enjoying himself).

And I don't watch anything even remotely related to horror.

So, with that, movies that everyone else has seen and I didn't (most have been mentioned already):

Titanic
Passion of Christ
Resevoir Dogs
Kill Bill
Gone with The Wind
Apocolypse Now
Godfather
most of the comicbook hero movies
anything horror (I've never watched a Stephen King movie)
Grease
Sleepless in Seattle

hmm...actually, most movies now that I think about it. :rolleyes:

[stefania4]

The Sound of Music. Honest.
That Chocolate Factory movie that's a good 30 years old or more
Rebel Without A Cause
Steven (Stephen?) King movies
The Amityville Horror, Halloween, etc.

[ClaraB]

Movies I've never seen and probably never will:

Titanic (honestly!)
The Godfather movies
King Kong (any of them)
X-Men
Matrix movies
Finding Nemo
Austin Powers (yuck!)
Passion of the Christ
Pirates of the Caribbean (any)
Spider-Man(either)
Fargo (yes, I know, I live in ND - still not interested)