We all discuss movies we've seen...what about popular movies you haven't seen like everyone else, for whatever reason, you weirdo?
I've yet to see ET. Not really sure why. Maybe my impression is that it is formulaic Steven Spielberg. So not fair to judge a film like that without actually having seen it.
I also never saw ET. Nor The Color Purple, Sicko, W., Bridges of Madison County, The Butler, An Inconvenient Truth or Black Panther. Probably a host of other 'must see' movies I never saw.
I envy Balze' as I have seen Avatar but not at the theater fortunately.
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April 02, 2018, 07:06 PM
oddball
As far as popular movies, I have never seen ET, Forrest Gump, Shankshaw Redemption, The Lord of the Ring series, The Fast & Furious series, and any superhero movie since the 3rd Batman film by Chris Nolan.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
April 02, 2018, 07:37 PM
egregore
Because of this Seinfeld episode ...
... I make fun of The English Patient a lot, but I've never seen it.
April 02, 2018, 07:41 PM
MikeGLI
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Originally posted by oddball: As far as popular movies, I have never seen ET, Forrest Gump, Shankshaw Redemption, The Lord of the Ring series, The Fast & Furious series, and any superhero movie since the 3rd Batman film by Chris Nolan.
I'm with you on LOTR, but Forrest GUMP? Shawshank?! Dang.
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April 02, 2018, 07:47 PM
RogueJSK
I've never seen any of the Rocky films.
April 02, 2018, 07:52 PM
kkina
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Originally posted by RogueJSK: I've never seen any of the Rocky films.
Btw, whoever hasn’t seen The Godfather. Just shut up. You’re dead to me.
April 02, 2018, 08:10 PM
Bigboreshooter
None of the LORD OF THE RINGS series Inconvenient Truth No Fast & Furious flicks after the first one. Gone With The Wind Citizen Kane
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April 02, 2018, 08:51 PM
smschulz
Don't think I've seen any of the Starwars films except for bits here and there. Never interested in them. I also don't think one should pass judgment on a film with out seeing it. Still you know when something is not for you and you avoid it.
April 02, 2018, 08:54 PM
kkina
I was going to ask about Star Wars, but I didn't think it could be true.
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé: Avatar. Never seen it; have no desire to see it.
If you saw Dances with Wolves, you saw Avatar. If you didn’t, then consider yourself lucky.
April 02, 2018, 08:59 PM
parabellum
Well, I don't waste my time with crap, which means that I have not seen better than 99% of all Hollywood films made in the last 20 years.
On older films, though, I am a living encyclopedia.
April 02, 2018, 09:39 PM
Vgex
If the English Patient is sooo good, why isn't there an English Patient 2? Checkmate.
April 02, 2018, 09:45 PM
oddball
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Originally posted by MikeGLI:
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Originally posted by oddball: As far as popular movies, I have never seen ET, Forrest Gump, Shankshaw Redemption, The Lord of the Ring series, The Fast & Furious series, and any superhero movie since the 3rd Batman film by Chris Nolan.
I'm with you on LOTR, but Forrest GUMP? Shawshank?! Dang.
Yeah, just never had a burr under my ass to make the time. Not knocking them, hell I have the LOTR discs at home, purchased when my son was young, and I never watched them (I actually have a lot of discs unwatched).
Like Para, I'm partial to older films. For example, I have seen almost all of the AFI's top 100 films, except for a few, including ET, Gump, and Dances With Wolves and Tootsie
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
April 02, 2018, 09:47 PM
Hound Dog
I've never seen Citizen Kane. I need to, though. . . It is one of the undisputed classics.
Never seen Gone With the Wind, nor Wizard of Oz (seen parts of it but not in entirety).
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April 02, 2018, 09:56 PM
sigcrazy7
The Big Lebowski.
No real reason. I just never got around to it.
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