"You've never seen ______? Are you serious?!"

[Drunkenclam]

I've never seen any star wars or lord of the rings movies or the godfather movies or pulp fiction...but I did see fight club

 

[lacktheknack]

I have a friend who has never seen the Wizard of Oz, SERIOUSLY IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE

Well, I've seen PART of it, not the entire thing (due to me being five years old and running from the room crying).

Anyways, I talked to a self-professed gamer who's never heard of Minecraft. I get that it isn't for everyone, but never HEARD of it?! Seriously?

 

[AceAngel]

I have a friend who didn't watch the following movies/stuff:

-Star Wars
-Pulp Fiction
-Fight Club
-LOTR
-Old Boy
-The Godfather
-Princess Bride
-Donnie Darko
-Matrix
-Kill Bill
-Blade Runner
-Fringe
-Monthy Python

The only thing he likes watching is Spartacus series and Supernatural...and Jersey Shore.

 

[Arqus_Zed]

You said something along the lines of your friend being out of touch with modern culture, but were any of these movies made after 1990? Older generations are bound to have seen these movies, and since most of them have either attained cult classic or simply just classic status, a lot of younger movie-goers have as well.

But not everyone has a desire to track down every so-called 'classic' movie made in the last forty years, especially if it came out before they were even conceived. I'm not saying that's a good thing, but it's just the typical mindset of people. They know about recent classics because they were there to see them when they premiered, when they were at the height of their popularity. That leaves way more of an impact then having someone tell you about a movie you've never even heard of.

- Pulp Fiction: 1994

- Fight Club: 1999

- Old Boy: 2003

That's why I only gave The Godfather and Clockwork Orange a little mention at the end - because I know these are 'old' cult classics. But Fight Club, Pulp Fiction and Old Boy are pieces of cult from OUR generation. Although, I admit, Old Boy is maybe a bit too obscure for most people... But Fight Club and Pulp Fiction? I mean, one is directed by David Fincher, the other by Quentin Tarantino, if you've never heard of these names, then I just... don't get it.

Obviously I'm not much of a movie-goer myself. I see the uber-big releases and will occasionally pop in a movie from my rather small DVD collection, though I've at least heard of most of the movies that were listed. Just please, please, please for the love of God do NOT expect me to know every single actor who has ever starred in a movie. I know some movie buffs who, when I ask what a movie is about, start listing off all of the actors in the movie. No, I asked what it was about, even if I was read-up on actors how would that tell me what it's about? I know the super-obvious mega celebrities, but if it's an actor that's only appeared in one or two sleeper hits, then don't act shocked when I don't know who they are.

well, obviously, the content of a movie IS more important than the people who play in it.

 

[kittii-chan 300]

sorry to disapoint but ive never even heard of any of the movies you've stated. i dont really get shocked when people haven't seen movies. but i wish everyone in the world has seen "dusk til dawn" except for the younger generation of course but seriosly any movie that mixes


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mexico, bank robbers, a christian family, a strip club and vampires into one film deserves to be praised the most.

 

[Skarecrow13]

Accidental double post. My bad.

 

[Skarecrow13]

So, she likes to mess with them by showing them things they would not only never see on their own, but also that they probably aren't prepared for in a movie going experience. Like using the 80's as an excuse to talk about foreign film, and then showing them Tetsuo: The Iron Man in class. HA! I love her so.

I cant believe a teacher showed Tetsuo in school. That's irresponsible and... well, it's awesome.

Well it's college, so you can pretty much show them whatever you want. However it makes the fact that they don't know things all the more distressing. I mean, seriously. How can you be in college and get away with being SO naive and uninformed about the world? It's crazy!