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Old 10-11-2016, 00:27
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Just watching Film 2016 and they had a piece on Taxi Driver. Hate to admit that I've never seen it. What "great" films have you never seen.
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Old 10-11-2016, 01:42
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Don't know if they are considered great but there are always gasps of shock when I say I haven't seen them...
Ghost
Dirty dancing
Fight club
Rain man
Castaway
Stand by me
Sleepless in seattle

And the one that gets the most gasps - the godfather
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Old 13-11-2016, 19:57
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Don't know if they are considered great but there are always gasps of shock when I say I haven't seen them...
Ghost
Dirty dancing
Fight club
Rain man
Castaway
Stand by me
Sleepless in seattle

And the one that gets the most gasps - the godfather
I have never seen any of the Godfather films. I bought the Blu-ray boxset a year ago and will watch it....someday!
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Old 13-11-2016, 20:52
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Gone With The Wind. I've got it on DVD - but never gotten around to watching it.
Birth of the Nation. I understand that it's a bit controversial - what with the subject matter.
Whiskey Galore. Got it on DVD, but haven't gotten around to viewing it.
Leon The Professional. I love Gary Oldman, but have never seen this. It never seems to be on TV.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Got it on DVD, but haven't gotten around to viewing it.
Bambi. Same again.
Duck Soup. Missed out on its limited cinema re-release this year.
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Old 13-11-2016, 21:00
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The godfather films
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Old 13-11-2016, 21:18
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The recentish animated one with a princes, and there's a snowman I think, and a song.
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Old 13-11-2016, 22:30
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The Sixth Sense
The Others
Blade Runner
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Old 13-11-2016, 23:39
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Trainspotting
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Old 13-11-2016, 23:47
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thousands of films
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Old 14-11-2016, 06:30
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Me neither. I have all 3 recorded off Sky Movies - just waiting for the right time to watch them.
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Old 14-11-2016, 06:31
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But how many of those are "great"?

If greatness can be defined by general consensus.
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Old 14-11-2016, 11:34
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I have never seen any of the Godfather films. I bought the Blu-ray boxset a year ago and will watch it....someday!
I was very late to the Godfather trilogy. I didn't watch them until early 2000s and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed them.

I haven't seen Taxi Driver either...
I've only ever seen bits of Blade Runner and not the whole way through.
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Old 14-11-2016, 13:41
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Forrest Gump
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Old 14-11-2016, 14:11
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Forrest Gump is a load of overly sentimental, right wing fantasy, hogwash.

Duck Soup is certainly worth seeing.

Taxi Driver maybe a bit marmite actually, it's undoubtably brilliant, but it's very bleak and the ending is a complete "what the ****" moment.
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Old 14-11-2016, 15:49
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Using IMDB's top 250 list (from 1-100 only) I have not seen the following:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top


The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (not in one sitting at least)
City of God
Life is Beautiful
Leon (seen parts)
Once Upon a Time in the West
American History X
Interstella
City lights
Untouchable
Modern Times
Whiplash
Memento
The Prestige
Sunset Boulevard
The Great Dictator
The Lives of Others
Cinema Paradiso
Paths of Glory
American Beauty
Once Upon a Time in America
Witness for the Prosecution
North by Northwest
Vertigo
M
Amelie
Requiem for a Dream
Like Stars on Earth
My Father and my Son
Double Indemnity
Lawrence of Arabia
Amadeus (only parts)
The Sting
Bicycle Thieves
Singing in the Rain
The Kid
Andaz Apna Apna
L.A Confidential
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Old 17-11-2016, 10:11
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Using IMDB's top 250 list (from 1-100 only) I have not seen the following:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
Amazing how the top rated films on IMDB (obviously rated by viewers) and the Top 50 films rated by the British Film Institute are so very different http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time

ETA: Have to say, I disagree with the verdict that Vertigo is the best film of all time! I don't even think it was Hitchcock's best film. Then again, I was never much enamoured of Citizen Kane, which was at the top spot for many years.
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Old 17-11-2016, 10:17
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I've never been able to sit through Gone With The Wind, as I find it tedious. Same with Lawrence of Arabia.

I've never seen The Great Dictator, although I've been thinking of watching it recently. I was never a Chaplin fan although this is a different kettle of fish.

I've never seen Seven Samurai, Touch of Evil all the way through, Battleship Potemkin, I avoid any Bogart film, Dr. Strangelove.
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Old 17-11-2016, 15:15
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Amazing how the top rated films on IMDB (obviously rated by viewers) and the Top 50 films rated by the British Film Institute are so very different http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time

ETA: Have to say, I disagree with the verdict that Vertigo is the best film of all time! I don't even think it was Hitchcock's best film. Then again, I was never much enamoured of Citizen Kane, which was at the top spot for many years.
The likes of Passion of Joan of Arc, Sunrise & Man With a Movie Camera are only really worth watching if you're interested in the history of cinema.

The Great Dictator is a bit of a strange beast, on one hand you could argue it's the most brave film ever made and has the best monologue in cinema history, but on the other you could argue Chaplin's broad slapstick sits awkwardly with scenes of Jews being beaten up & as such the film doesn't work.
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Old 17-11-2016, 17:27
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Ran and the Seven Samurai. No idea why as used to have both on DVD but it never happened.
The Battleship Potemkin.
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Old 18-11-2016, 09:45
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Don't know if they are considered great but there are always gasps of shock when I say I haven't seen them...
Ghost
Dirty dancing
Fight club
Rain man
Castaway
Stand by me
Sleepless in seattle

And the one that gets the most gasps - the godfather
You're doing fine. The only ones worth investing your precious life on are The Godfather & perhaps Stand By Me. Trust! The rest in this list are mindless hollywood drivel.
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Old 18-11-2016, 10:03
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Amazing how the top rated films on IMDB (obviously rated by viewers) and the Top 50 films rated by the British Film Institute are so very different http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time

ETA: Have to say, I disagree with the verdict that Vertigo is the best film of all time! I don't even think it was Hitchcock's best film. Then again, I was never much enamoured of Citizen Kane, which was at the top spot for many years.
Well, it's no surprise that the public vote differs from highbrow critics lists! There's some gems in both lists, but generally the populist votes depress me with their obviousness whilst the critics list depresses me with the same obvious choices. Both run in a pack. Better to pluck choices from BOTH lists! Hey I LOVE me some Tarkovsky, but, sometimes I feel the need to watch trash thats SO BAD its good - yes Verhoeven i'm looking at you - Showgirls !!!!
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Old 18-11-2016, 12:18
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Well, it's no surprise that the public vote differs from highbrow critics lists! There's some gems in both lists, but generally the populist votes depress me with their obviousness whilst the critics list depresses me with the same obvious choices. Both run in a pack. Better to pluck choices from BOTH lists! Hey I LOVE me some Tarkovsky, but, sometimes I feel the need to watch trash thats SO BAD its good - yes Verhoeven i'm looking at you - Showgirls !!!!
Poor you.

In all fairness, the IMDB top 250 is nowhere near the write-off you fear. It's actually pretty good and very useful as a barometer for populism. And while an obvious academics delight, vast swathes of the BFI top 250 are far more accessible than some might think. Sure, your Aunt Nelly might be baffled by all 15 mins of Meshes of the Afternoon, but other newcomers might see where David Lynch was coming from.

You're doing fine. The only ones worth investing your precious life on are The Godfather & perhaps Stand By Me. Trust! The rest in this list are mindless hollywood drivel.
I'd be wary to label too many films as such (and certainly not Fight Club or Rain Man). There's often more going on under their glossy surface than might first be apparent - something those highbrow critics are most keen to point out.
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Old 19-11-2016, 05:37
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Using IMDB's top 250 list (from 1-100 only) I have not seen the following:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top


The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (not in one sitting at least)
City of God
Life is Beautiful
Leon (seen parts)
Once Upon a Time in the West
American History X
Interstella
City lights
Untouchable
Modern Times
Whiplash
Memento
The Prestige
Sunset Boulevard
The Great Dictator
The Lives of Others
Cinema Paradiso
Paths of Glory
American Beauty
Once Upon a Time in America
Witness for the Prosecution
North by Northwest
Vertigo
M
Amelie
Requiem for a Dream
Like Stars on Earth
My Father and my Son
Double Indemnity
Lawrence of Arabia
Amadeus (only parts)
The Sting
Bicycle Thieves
Singing in the Rain
The Kid
Andaz Apna Apna
L.A Confidential
Out of them i'd highly recommend City of God, absolutley brilliant film one of the best of all time for sure. 10/10 nothing they could have changed to make it better, acting, setting, filming, story all brilliant.

Only others i've seen are The Prestige, Memento and American History X which are good films well worth watching too all very good films. Id put them in the company of movies like Inception, Gangs of New York, Oldboy, The Machinist, Fight Club.
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Old 19-11-2016, 12:25
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Out of them i'd highly recommend City of God, absolutley brilliant film one of the best of all time for sure. 10/10 nothing they could have changed to make it better, acting, setting, filming, story all brilliant.

Only others i've seen are The Prestige, Memento and American History X which are good films well worth watching too all very good films. Id put them in the company of movies like Inception, Gangs of New York, Oldboy, The Machinist, Fight Club.
I love The Prestige but I also love The Illusionist with Ed Norton, which I consider to be a similar type of film. I watched them both together last year, a fun evening
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Old 19-11-2016, 13:19
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most of the imdb 250 films only seen about 25 on its list.
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