#1
Posted: 10/6/05 at 10:04am
I am ashamed to say that I have not seen The Shawshank Redemption. And that's even more shameful considering that Thomas Newman did the score...
Classic Movies You Haven't Seen
#2
Posted: 10/6/05 at 10:06am
I haven't seen It's a Wonderful Life.
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#3
Posted: 10/6/05 at 10:17am
Where do I begin? There are a ton I haven't seen:
Animal House
Caddyshack
American Grafitti
The Deer Hunter
Deliverance
To Kill A Mockingbird
Any of the Bond movies
The list goes on and on....
Animal House
Caddyshack
American Grafitti
The Deer Hunter
Deliverance
To Kill A Mockingbird
Any of the Bond movies
The list goes on and on....
#4
Posted: 10/6/05 at 10:28am
I haven't seen any John Wayne movies---not a huge fan!
"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"
#5
Posted: 10/6/05 at 10:40am
SG, for the longest time I had only seen the end of Its a Wonderful Life, except for the very end. Now that 20 minutes is a great dark movie.
Until the Bond and Wayne movies I had seen all of them on this thread.
I have never seen The Sound of Music, or West Side Story
considering my love of musicals I'd say I'm ashamed of that. (In my defence I saw most classics as a kid, and my parents HATED musicals.)
Until the Bond and Wayne movies I had seen all of them on this thread.
I have never seen The Sound of Music, or West Side Story
considering my love of musicals I'd say I'm ashamed of that. (In my defence I saw most classics as a kid, and my parents HATED musicals.)
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#6
Posted: 10/6/05 at 10:48am
penguin, do you want to be BFFs?
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#7
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:03am
Sounds like fun SG, we can play Sondheim on a constant loop.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#8
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:04am
I find very few of the ones listed so far to be "classic", except for it's a wonderful life......
sorry, caddyshack is not classic.........Gone with the Wind, Now, Voyager, The Women, Sunset Blvd, A Raisin in the Sun.....ALL classics
sorry, caddyshack is not classic.........Gone with the Wind, Now, Voyager, The Women, Sunset Blvd, A Raisin in the Sun.....ALL classics
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#9
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:11am
All the ones you listed are certainly classics Elphaba, but To Kill A Mockingbird is definitely on most people's classic list as well.
There is an arguement to be made for modern films, such as Shawshank Redemption to be considered classics. Besides we are listing movies we haven't seen, somehow other than quality they have entered our conciousness as classics.
(Not that I actually consider Animal House, Bond movies or Deliverance classics, I just think an arguement can be made.)
There is an arguement to be made for modern films, such as Shawshank Redemption to be considered classics. Besides we are listing movies we haven't seen, somehow other than quality they have entered our conciousness as classics.
(Not that I actually consider Animal House, Bond movies or Deliverance classics, I just think an arguement can be made.)
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#10
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:15am
I think that Caddyshack is a classic in the comedy realm, as is Animal House, but not in the overall classic film realm. I think we need to define "classic" in order to answer this question more fully. Sandwich, would you care to define? We're getting bogged down in rhetoric over here.
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#11
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:17am
I listed the John Wayne movies, because his fans are a rabid group, and usually are appalled that I haven't seen any (and I think "The Quiet Man" would fit into the classic category---IMHO, of course!)
"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"
#12
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:23am
And now the arguements have been made, Classic is subjective. I agree SG that Caddyshack and Animal House are modern comedy "classics" as with favorites, "the best ever" and any other distinction it is in the mind of the beholder.
If Dance of the Vampires was the only show I ever saw it would be the best I ever saw, even if I hated it.
Especially for those of us under 30, movies from the 70's and 80's can easily attain classic status, as they have been in our conciousness for the entire cognizant portion of our lives.
(I'm having fun bogged down in rhetoric.
)
If Dance of the Vampires was the only show I ever saw it would be the best I ever saw, even if I hated it.
Especially for those of us under 30, movies from the 70's and 80's can easily attain classic status, as they have been in our conciousness for the entire cognizant portion of our lives.
(I'm having fun bogged down in rhetoric.
)
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#13
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:30am
If this is true, penguin, can we count Legend as a classic? (But we'd need to forget that Tom Cruise is in it first.) I grew up with that movie. Oh! And maybe The Last Unicorn?
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#14
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:33am
I must say the presence of Tom Cruise immediately and objectively eliminates any film from classic consideration.
The Last Unicorn could make it.
The Last Unicorn could make it.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#15
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:35am
I guess for me, in the case of films....classic denotes a passage of time, where the film is considered by most to be a classic. Things like Animal House and Caddyshack just don't seem to have been around long enough to do that, in my opinion.
That doesn't mean one day they couldn't be classics........
That doesn't mean one day they couldn't be classics........
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
Updated On: 10/6/05 at 11:35 AM
#16
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:39am
Here is the thing though, films from the fifties and sixties were considered classics by the eighties. Films from the 80's have now had that same amount of time to acquire "classic" status.
I'm still not saying you are wrong Elphaba, just giving a different opinion.
I'm still not saying you are wrong Elphaba, just giving a different opinion.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#17
Posted: 10/6/05 at 11:40am
OK, I agree with you on that one. I think age has a lot to do with it. It's hard for me to see anthing made after '75 as a classic per se. But give movies time and see if they are still both vital and relevant in twenty years; those that are can be deemed "classics."
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#18
Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:01pm
My name is Yoda and I have never seen Casablanca.
#19
Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:02pm
Beaver, Boobs, DG...if you read this.
I assume you'll have a comment.
I assume you'll have a comment.
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#20
Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:07pm
Shawshank Redemption is a must-see film. It is simply perfect from beginning to end. Ditto To Kill A Mockingbird (one of the great film scores of all time), and the performances are awesome.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#21
Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:32pm
Godfather series
Scarface
Citizen Kane
Gone with the Wind
way too many to name
Scarface
Citizen Kane
Gone with the Wind
way too many to name
#22
Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:59pm
Never seen Casablanca
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
#23
Posted: 10/6/05 at 1:23pm
never saw gone with the wind.... :s
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#24
Posted: 10/6/05 at 1:44pm
Man, there's a lot that I haven't seen but the one that comes to mind right now is Casablanca
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#25
Posted: 10/6/05 at 1:47pm
You people need to get to your video stores -- and skip the New Release section and go to the classics. You'll be glad you did.
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