"Classic" films that you have never seen.

[Jairzinho]

Everything Sci-fi/Fantasy - Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, etc.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

14 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

I'd rather listen to Michael Jackson than Mozart, music experts could explain to me at length the mechanics of why I'm wrong, quavers and all that business, but it doesn't change the fact that that's simply what I prefer. 

 

Rocky films (after the first one) are pop music. I like pop music. 

If you don't like Quavers, you're a wrong'un.

[Harry Squatter]

15 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Not in to horror or 'psychological' films so never seen stuff like The Exorcist or the Hellraiser films, Freddy Kruger and all that bollocks. 

Watched Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time the other night. Had no interest in the story, just watched it for a few locations that I've been to.  Then just turned it off. Also never watched the Excorcist or Halloween.

 

They always seem to use the same couple of streets for films in Pasadena such as Back to the Future etc. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

There are plenty of classic films that I'd like to see, but never have (going back to stuff like M, Metropolis, Modern Times, etc) and plenty - like the aforementioned Top Gun - that just don't appeal to me in any way.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

"Raging Bull is no Rocky" is the truest statement ever on the GF.

[Stickman]

20 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

If you don't like Quavers, you're a wrong'un.

 

 

Usually I would agree

 

 

 

[Tony Moanero]

17 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

"Raging Bull is no Rocky" is the truest statement ever on the GF.

The boxing theme aside, Rocky and Raging Bull are quite different films. Rocky is an inspirational, rags-to-riches story, Raging Bull is anything but.

[Bjornebye]

Imagine never seeing Jaws. I thought Top Gun was a bad shout but Jaws?! Fuck this place 

[Captain Willard]

Probably not a classic but I have never seen a single Harry Potter film or read a sentence of the books. I'm proud to be in a tiny minority on this. 

[YorkshireRed]

Alien

Aliens

Terminator

Terminator 2

None of the Matrix films

 

Debbie Does Dallas

[AngryOfTuebrook]

31 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

The boxing theme aside, Rocky and Raging Bull are quite different films. Rocky is an inspirational, rags-to-riches story, Raging Bull is anything but.

I wouldn't sneer at people who enjoy Rocky, the same way I wouldn't sneer at people who get joy from the crayon drawing on their fridge that their three year-old did; if they try to argue that it's superior to, say, Las Meninas, then I'd have questions.

[Mook]

3 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I wouldn't sneer at people who enjoy Rocky, the same way I wouldn't sneer at people who get joy from the crayon drawing on their fridge that their three year-old did; if they try to argue that it's superior to, say, Las Meninas, then I'd have questions.

The first Rocky film is a widely acclaimed classic. The crayon drawing analogy doesn't really stand up.

 

The sequels are daft popcorn stuff however & don't really belong in the same conversation.

 

Personally I enjoy Rocky & Raging Bull greatly but Tony is correct, they are hugely different films. Also, Section should really just watch Raging Bull.

[Total Longo]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Imagine never seeing Jaws. I thought Top Gun was a bad shout but Jaws?! Fuck this place 

You just like watching men with no tops on playing volleyball.

[Bjornebye]

10 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

You just like watching men with no tops on playing volleyball.

I fail to see the problem here 

[Total Longo]

Just now, Bjornebye said:

I fail to see the problem here 

Fair tackle. Play on. 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Total Longo said:

Fair tackle. Play on. 

Top Guns brilliant mate it’s a lot more than baby oil and the beach 

[Total Longo]

3 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Top Guns brilliant mate it’s a lot more than baby oil and the beach 

I'll take your word for it mate. Like i said earlier, the Tom Cruise element puts me off. 

 

Having looked through his filmography on wikipedia, there are so many that i haven't seen. 

 

There are three on the list that i genuinely enjoyed. Minority Report, War of the Worlds and Edge of Tomorrow. 

 

American Made wasn't awful either, but i can barely recall a thing about it. Surprising just how many of his 80's and 90's efforts that i didn't bother with, though.

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

I'll take your word for it mate. Like i said earlier, the Tom Cruise element puts me off. 

 

Having looked through his filmography on wikipedia, there are so many that i haven't seen. 

 

There are three on the list that i genuinely enjoyed. Minority Report, War of the Worlds and Edge of Tomorrow. 

 

American Made wasn't awful either, but i can barely recall a thing about it. Surprising just how many of his 80's and 90's efforts that i didn't bother with, though.

You’ll be telling me you haven’t seen Cocktail next 

[Carvalho Diablo]

I wish I'd never seen any of the Star Wars garbage.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Anything black and white.

[Bjornebye]

Just now, Ezekiel 25:17 said:

Anything black and white.

Schindler’s List??

[KMD7]

2 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

Probably not a classic but I have never seen a single Harry Potter film or read a sentence of the books. I'm proud to be in a tiny minority on this. 

Me neither. Just can't be arsed.

[KMD7]

4 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Jaws, seen clips but that's about it.

Ragin Bull - can't be arsed and I can tell it's no Rocky. 

You need to get onto them both brother, you'll love them.  

[Ezekiel 25:17]

17 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Schindler’s List??

I think I might have seen it a long time ago, but don't remember anything about it.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Mook said:

The first Rocky film is a widely acclaimed classic. The crayon drawing analogy doesn't really stand up.

 

The sequels are daft popcorn stuff however & don't really belong in the same conversation.

 

Personally I enjoy Rocky & Raging Bull greatly but Tony is correct, they are hugely different films. Also, Section should really just watch Raging Bull.

Even the first Rocky is a formulaic fairy tale with nothing but the soundtrack to distinguish it from a hundred other competent, enjoyable films. It's reputation is almost entirely down to the way it caught the mood of an America that was desperate to return to the country's founding myths after the mess of Vietnam and Watergate and the unforgiving light shone on American culture by the Civil Rights movement.