But is it one of those movies that aged well? 'cause some old movies do, and a hell of a lot of them didn't.Samtemdo8 said:
Famous movies you have never seen, but want to?
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If you are referring to the Superman movies eh not that much. Its Silver Age Superman at his most crudest and don't get me started on Lex in this movie.Silentpony said:
A much better aged Superman is the animated series of the 90s. Also I found the 40s animated cartoons better then the first Superman movie.
I'm going to divide this into two parts - movies I want to see that people have listed (because I can't be arsed to list every single movie I ever want to see), and my 2 cents on what I think of movies that I've seen that people might want to consider). So, on that note:
Part 1
-Schindler's List
-Full Metal Jacket (I've seen some of this film, wouldn't mind seeing the rest)
-Dune (I actually have this on DVD, just haven't found time to watch it. Also helps that I love the novel it's based on, though I haven't read all of said novel)
-Gone with the Wind
-Superman (original) (in that I liked MoS, so I might as well see how great this version is)
-Godfather Trilogy (might as well see all three)
-The Thing
Part 2
-Spirited Away
See this. Please see this. The amount of creativity it displays in its visuals alone is worth the price of admission
-Citizen Kane
I reccomend this film. It's a bit slow compared to modern films, but I feel it's a movie that people should see if only to get a greater appreciation of the medium, how it incorporates elements of both theatre and film into its cinamatography. I actually saw it for the first time when I tutored a student in English, and I loved it)
-2001: A Space Odyssey
I really don't like this film. It's not that I don't "get it" - I do. But while I absolutely adore the novel version, the film is just too slow for me. I can enjoy slow films (Citizen Kane, to recently seeing Rams), but this film takes the cake. But that said, I think it's worth seeing this film, if only because of its historical context in the medium, how it's perhaps the first "serious" sci-fi film. Also, as slow as it is, it's a very intelligent film, how it tells (by my interpretation) the story of human evolution, with its protagonist being an abstract (humanity itself). Just be prepared for a film where dialogue doesn't occur for about 25 mintutes. Controversy time, but I actually enjoy the film "2010" more.
-GoldenEye
My third favorite Bond movie, my favorite Bronsan Bond movie, and actually the first Bond movie I saw. Give this one a watch.
-Grand Budapest Hotel
This is a mixed bag for me, but I'd reccomend it. It's got a quirky, off-beat style that works, but I have to say, this movie feels exhausting at times, like it uses that style so much it loses impact. But there's still fun to be had.
-Casablanca
This is actually my aunt's favorite movie of all time. As for myself...it's okay. It's good, but I don't really see why it's considered a cinematic masterpiece. There's still fun to be had.
-To Kill a Mockingbird
One of the rare film adaptations that surpasses the book it was based on. The court sequence is easily the highest point in the film, but the rest of it does a good job of highlighting life in the 1930s of the "Deep South," and it follows the themes of the book excellently (e.g. the 'innocence of childhood'). If anything, listen to Atticus's closing speech on YouTube. It outright deserves it.
-Galaxy Quest
If you like comedies, you'll like this movie. If you're invested in nerd culture, you'll love this movie. If you like Star Trek, you'll either adore this movie, or go on a rampage by being 'insulted.'
-Lawrence of Arabia
It's been ages since I've seen this film, and I saw it over a number of sessions due to how long it is. But yes, I reccomend it.
-Apocalypse Now
This is a mixed one for me. On one hand, I do think it's a good film. However, it's not a film I particuarly enjoy watching due to how long it is. Also, in the edition I saw, there's a lot I felt was superfluous, such as the French plantation sequence. It also didn't help that I watched and studied this film alongside Heart of Darkness, which I loathed. I do reccomend watching it, but no promises as to whether you'll like it. But at the least, I do consider it better than the book that inspired it.
-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Not a fan. I just didn't laugh that much, found the use of the real-life setting (e.g. the historian) out of place, the animated sequences too weird, and...yeah. I prefer Life of Brian, and even that I don't consider to be all that great. Intelligent in some ways, but not "great," per se. If anything, I enjoyed Holy Flying Circus more.
-The Lord of the Rings
Favorite movies of all time, love the extended additions, see it see it SEE ITTTT!
(But yeah, see it.)
Part 1
-Schindler's List
-Full Metal Jacket (I've seen some of this film, wouldn't mind seeing the rest)
-Dune (I actually have this on DVD, just haven't found time to watch it. Also helps that I love the novel it's based on, though I haven't read all of said novel)
-Gone with the Wind
-Superman (original) (in that I liked MoS, so I might as well see how great this version is)
-Godfather Trilogy (might as well see all three)
-The Thing
Part 2
-Spirited Away
See this. Please see this. The amount of creativity it displays in its visuals alone is worth the price of admission
-Citizen Kane
I reccomend this film. It's a bit slow compared to modern films, but I feel it's a movie that people should see if only to get a greater appreciation of the medium, how it incorporates elements of both theatre and film into its cinamatography. I actually saw it for the first time when I tutored a student in English, and I loved it)
-2001: A Space Odyssey
I really don't like this film. It's not that I don't "get it" - I do. But while I absolutely adore the novel version, the film is just too slow for me. I can enjoy slow films (Citizen Kane, to recently seeing Rams), but this film takes the cake. But that said, I think it's worth seeing this film, if only because of its historical context in the medium, how it's perhaps the first "serious" sci-fi film. Also, as slow as it is, it's a very intelligent film, how it tells (by my interpretation) the story of human evolution, with its protagonist being an abstract (humanity itself). Just be prepared for a film where dialogue doesn't occur for about 25 mintutes. Controversy time, but I actually enjoy the film "2010" more.
-GoldenEye
My third favorite Bond movie, my favorite Bronsan Bond movie, and actually the first Bond movie I saw. Give this one a watch.
-Grand Budapest Hotel
This is a mixed bag for me, but I'd reccomend it. It's got a quirky, off-beat style that works, but I have to say, this movie feels exhausting at times, like it uses that style so much it loses impact. But there's still fun to be had.
-Casablanca
This is actually my aunt's favorite movie of all time. As for myself...it's okay. It's good, but I don't really see why it's considered a cinematic masterpiece. There's still fun to be had.
-To Kill a Mockingbird
One of the rare film adaptations that surpasses the book it was based on. The court sequence is easily the highest point in the film, but the rest of it does a good job of highlighting life in the 1930s of the "Deep South," and it follows the themes of the book excellently (e.g. the 'innocence of childhood'). If anything, listen to Atticus's closing speech on YouTube. It outright deserves it.
-Galaxy Quest
If you like comedies, you'll like this movie. If you're invested in nerd culture, you'll love this movie. If you like Star Trek, you'll either adore this movie, or go on a rampage by being 'insulted.'
-Lawrence of Arabia
It's been ages since I've seen this film, and I saw it over a number of sessions due to how long it is. But yes, I reccomend it.
-Apocalypse Now
This is a mixed one for me. On one hand, I do think it's a good film. However, it's not a film I particuarly enjoy watching due to how long it is. Also, in the edition I saw, there's a lot I felt was superfluous, such as the French plantation sequence. It also didn't help that I watched and studied this film alongside Heart of Darkness, which I loathed. I do reccomend watching it, but no promises as to whether you'll like it. But at the least, I do consider it better than the book that inspired it.
-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Not a fan. I just didn't laugh that much, found the use of the real-life setting (e.g. the historian) out of place, the animated sequences too weird, and...yeah. I prefer Life of Brian, and even that I don't consider to be all that great. Intelligent in some ways, but not "great," per se. If anything, I enjoyed Holy Flying Circus more.
-The Lord of the Rings
Favorite movies of all time, love the extended additions, see it see it SEE ITTTT!
(But yeah, see it.)
OH! I thought of another franchise. The Planet of the Apes movies. All of them. The originals, the Burton-Kevin Smith one, and the remakes.
Tron come to think of it. Haven't seen any of them
Also Back to the Future III. That one I actually have some interest in.
Tron come to think of it. Haven't seen any of them
Also Back to the Future III. That one I actually have some interest in.
Tron is a weird one for me. It doesn't help that there's essentially two continuities. The original film is in both of them, but in one continuity we have the likes of Tron 2.0, while the other includes Uprising and Tron: Legacy (plus EU material in both branches).Silentpony said:
As for the two films I've seen, I find them both to be "okay." The first Tron is more creative in its world, but it's soured by acting issues and that the film has aged terribly (though this isn't perhaps too bad in that it's arguably a showcase of how technology itself has progressed within the setting as well). Legacy, I feel has better characters and storytelling, but it isn't as creative in its ideas. In essence, one film has better conception, while the other has better execution. It's because of this that I prefer Legacy, but most people seem to prefer the original.
Also, I can add Back to the Future to my list of films I want to see, as I haven't seen any of them. But isn't the third usually regarded as the weakest of the three?
There are a good number of movies that I want to watch, but the problem is that I either don't have the time or wish to spend the time doing something else. It also doesn't help that I have some unexplainable dislike of things like Netflix so I'd have to track down a physical copy of most of them in order to see them.
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*sighs* I guess if I had to choose a famous movie to re-watch now because I saw it when I was less than average elementary school age, I guess it would be either... uh... fucking... Song of the South or The Birth of a Nation... I think one of my friends has one of them on DVD somehow...
Oh another question. Have you ever watched the movie True Romance? Is it of the same quality as Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs?Ezekiel said:
Two of John Woo's early works: Heroes Shed No Tears and Just Heroes. Also, his one and only anime, Appleseed Ex Machina.
Seven Samurai
Schindler's List
It Follows - Though horror films rarely grab my attention anymore.
The Never Ending Story 2
Seven Samurai
Schindler's List
It Follows - Though horror films rarely grab my attention anymore.
The Never Ending Story 2
I don't like watching films or TV series(es?) on my own. So i usually have to go bother someone else if i want to see anything. I blame handheld computers for being distracting. Unfortunately, my current abode means much much isolation, Yippee! So there are quite a few DVDs i find myself buying but not watching until some door to door mormons come knocking to ask if i seen J-dude lately, to which i retort "why yes, my fellow mormon chumbuddies! He's right in here, through the hallway and on the first left...that's right, just there. He wanted to use my bathroom too!" Then i kidnap and trap them for a film session. It doesn't always work out that smoothly as some are wrigglers and others have some long term memory powers. Still have yet to watch the last two seasons of Breaking Bad and Hannibal.
Oh right...films. Err, Godfather. The Martian. Beetlejuice. Blade Runner. Apocalypse Now. Prometheus 2. Oops, too far.
The wytch...or witch?
Moon.
2001 A space odyssee.
Inside Out.
Zootopia. (Or zootroplis if you're a dirty European like me).
At one point i desired to watch Stephen King's IT, but it's too dated, i'm too jaded and clowns just aren't that scary. As long as they have a restraining order and are on the register, also docile and chained, they're fine.
Oh right...films. Err, Godfather. The Martian. Beetlejuice. Blade Runner. Apocalypse Now. Prometheus 2. Oops, too far.
The wytch...or witch?
Moon.
2001 A space odyssee.
Inside Out.
Zootopia. (Or zootroplis if you're a dirty European like me).
At one point i desired to watch Stephen King's IT, but it's too dated, i'm too jaded and clowns just aren't that scary. As long as they have a restraining order and are on the register, also docile and chained, they're fine.
I find that, whatever anybody infers from the finale, it's always "pretty clear" to them.Ezekiel said:
No one here ever watched the Godfather it seems.Bob_McMillan said:
Screw it I am gonna just show 25 greatest quotes from Michael Corleone (played by Al Pacinio)
I like to ask someone's recommendation on this and this may come as a surprise but:
I have never seen the Evil Dead movies.
Are all 3 movies worth of watch?
I have never seen the Evil Dead movies.
Are all 3 movies worth of watch?