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Old 19-11-2016, 16:51
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I've never seen any of the Star Wars films, any of the Lord of the Rings and none of the Harry Potter series. They just don't interest me one bit.
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Old 20-11-2016, 20:13
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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
That's because the average person watches films differently to professional critics. We watch them and just enjoy them but the critics always think there has to be some 'message' in the film or some deep meaning or whatever.

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.
I agree. Vertigo was a great film but I think Psycho was his best. I also loved The Lady Vanishes, Rear Window and Dial M for Murder more than Vertigo.
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Old 20-11-2016, 23:45
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That's because the average person watches films differently to professional critics. We watch them and just enjoy them but the critics always think there has to be some 'message' in the film or some deep meaning or whatever.
Rubbish.
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Old 22-11-2016, 09:12
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How do you know they are great if you haven't see them?
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Old 25-11-2016, 17:49
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The Battleship Potemkin

Star Wars as I thought it a children's film.
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Old 29-11-2016, 22:15
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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 !!!!
They're aggregate lists, it would be unlikely (and somewhat defeating their purpose) for them to be made up of idiosyncratic choices.
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Old 29-11-2016, 22:18
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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.
Speak for yourself. I think they're worth watching because they're excellent films that still hold up today.

The biggest unseen ones I can think of:

Grease
The Sound of Music
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Life Is Beautiful
Tokyo Story
Any Marx Bros film
Stalker
A Streetcar Named Desire
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
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Old 30-11-2016, 17:40
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Whilst not the best barometer for what’s considered “great”, I will refer to all the Best Picture winners from 1960 onwards (I could go beyond 1960, but thought nearly 60yrs of films is enough to go on).

Of all the winners since 1960, I have not seen the following:

The Apartment
Tom Jones
A Man for All Seasons
In the Heat of the Night
Midnight Cowboy
Patton
The Sting
Annie Hall
Ordinary People
Terms of Endearment
Amadeus
Driving Miss Daisy
12 Years A Slave
Spotlight
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Old 03-12-2016, 11:04
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The godfather.

There's never a bad time to watch it. It's easily the best of the 3, despite the charms of the second.
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Old 03-12-2016, 11:06
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Whilst not the best barometer for what’s considered “great”, I will refer to all the Best Picture winners from 1960 onwards (I could go beyond 1960, but thought nearly 60yrs of films is enough to go on).

Of all the winners since 1960, I have not seen the following:

The Apartment
Tom Jones
A Man for All Seasons
In the Heat of the Night
Midnight Cowboy
Patton
The Sting
Annie Hall
Ordinary People
Terms of Endearment
Amadeus
Driving Miss Daisy
12 Years A Slave
Spotlight
Not seen many myself but these are fsntastic
A man for all seasons
in the heat of the night
Amadeus.
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Old 04-12-2016, 18:26
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How do you know they are great if you haven't see them?
I was wondering that myself. Just because a film is popular, or acclaimed by critics doesn't necessarily mean I would enjoy it so it's pretty much an unanswerable question.

I would say that highly acclaimed or recommended films I have seen recently (eg: in the last year or so) and wish I had seen sooner include:

The Sand Pebbles
Paper Moon
Whiplash
The Bridges of Madison County
The Crucible
The Fearless Vampire Killers
In The Heat Of The Night

There are probably loads more if I really think about it, but I'd recommend these to anybody.
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Old 09-12-2016, 18:51
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I've never seen any of the Star Wars films, any of the Lord of the Rings and none of the Harry Potter series. They just don't interest me one bit.
Yeah I'm pretty much similar..think I caught a bit of some harry potter on TV..

The original star wars I have seen as a kid..but I wasn't fussed about new ones..
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