The big one a can think of is all the Star Wars. I'm sure there's many more too 📽
Mary Poppins - Julie Andrews gives me the heebie-jeebies.
The Sound of Music - See above.
Forrest Gump - Just no.
Titanic - Any film where the leading man is prettier than the leading lady has got problems.
Why no to Forrest Gump? It sounds a bit random but it's good 👍
shareBut Kate gets naked in Titanic. And it's pretty great. So is Forrest Gump! But good call skipping the first two.
shareI've never seen Gone With the Wind. I don't know why, but it just hasn't happened.
I haven't ever completed any of the Star Wars or Godfather films, but I've at least tried, so I'm not sure if these count.
I haven't seen:
(not sure if these are all still considered popular or not:)
any of the Divergent movies.
The Hangover Part 3 (2013)
Incendies (2010)
Bumblebee (2018)
The Lovely Bones (2009)
Just Go with It (2011)
Jack Reacher (2012)
Warrior (2011)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
warrior was added to netflix on the 1st of this month, at least in canada. i'm planning on revisiting it soon.
i never ever would have thought a movie about mma would become one of my favourite films, but it did and it is. i absolutely love it - it's a male weepie of the highest order, a modern rocky imo. it sports some cliches & contrivances, but what sports movie doesn't?
highly recommended.
I have Warrior on blu ray, but every time I think about watching it, I just can't get into the idea of it. I'll get around to it eventually.
shareBorat, dude.
shareNone of the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter or newer Star Wars films. Most of the DC and Marvel films I haven't seen.
I'm not completely anti-hero film, but I can't stand the fad that seems targeted to keep everyone in perpetual adolescence - with a taste for fantasy strong-men and individualist, black and white, good versus evil thinking. With hyperbole; I see it as part of our own cultural degradation and intellectual brain-drain. Yes, I sound like a snob but I don't care...
I loved Joker though...
Citizen Kane
Clockwork Orange
Scarface
Star Wars Episode II, III, IX and Solo
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
The Shining
The Exorcist
Christine
Those are some great films there except for those Star Wars films.
shareThat I've never seen.
shareWhy is that?
shareIdk. Just happens like that. I love mafia movies. And Italian / Sicillian themed movies in general. I've watched all the Godfather movies, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, Casino, The Departed, American Gangster, Public Enemies, The Untouchables, Road to Perdition, etc. I just haven't seen Scarface.
shareYou've probably heard it a million times before, but nevertheless, if you love gangster films you'll love Scarface.
shareYeah, citizen kane I've not seen. Or it's a wonderful life. (Did see the muppet version though 🤭)
sharehttps://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2019
from this list of inflation adjusted highest grossing films, limiting myself to the top 50, i have not seen:
gone with the wind
the ten commandments (might have caught most of it on tv a few decades ago...)
dr zhivago
snow white & the seven dwarfs
101 dalmations
ben-hur
jurassic park 1993
the lion king 1994
the sting
fantasia
forrest gump
jurassic world 2015
the jungle book 1967
sleeping beauty
shrek 2
butch cassidy & the sundance kid
love story
independence day
home alone
pinocchio
cleopatra
beverly hills cop
incredibles 2
airport
You haven't seen my two favourite films of all time (Gone With the Wind and Ben Hur)! Both are masterpieces and essential films. If we are going to continue being BFFs, you have to see both the next chance you get!
sharethey're both verging on 4 hours long for heaven's sake!.
well, ben hur is 3.5 hrs. but still...i see those running times and all the life drains out of me.
i know that they're essential & that one can't claim to be cinematically literate if you haven't seen them.
but there's nothing in the world i like so much that i want to spend 4 hours doing it.
however, publicly shaming me is a very good strategy. i can definitely be embarrassed into doing things. that's worked before, and it will work again.
and there is a stream of gone with the wind on netflix right now.
so...well, don't take this as a legally binding agreement...but i might try spreading it out over two evenings this week.
if i do, i will report back.
The jurassic park one surprises me. They are always on! ITV2 in the UK at least anyway 🙄
shareLove Story was a box office hit?
shareit was massive. according to the wiki page, it was the 6th biggest box office hit of all time at the time of release. i guess it seems surprising now, since it's a film that's fallen out of public consciousness in a lot of ways, i think. people still know the title, might be vaguely aware that it was a part of 70s pop culture, but otherwise i think it's faded away from view.
it certainly doesn't have the staying power of the other 70s films on that list. most people, even if they haven't seen it, know what the exorcist & grease & the sting are about, have a notion of the impact those films made. i don't think that's the case with love story.
i remember my sisters having the novelization on their bookshelf as a kid for whatever that's worth.
I was shocked to find out that Love Story won the most Golden Globes in history, and now this. This movie is now completely off the radar. Even the score on IMDb isn't even that high. I never hear this being brought up as a box office hit.
shareCitizen Kane
Gone With The Wind