Thread: Popular movies you've never seen...

Originally Posted by Superfly;1060581722I wasn't a fan of the [i

Matrix[/i] movies at all. To me, they were more fluff than substance - more "look what we can do with CGI and slow motion!"

That's true of the last two, but the first Matrix movie is fantastic for substance. But only if you're knowledgeable on about 500 different philosophical and religious ideas from all over the world. You'll need knowledge of everything from Plato's Allegory of the Cave to Gnostic Christianity to really appreciate the movie.

Shawshank Redemption

Almost any "horror" flick that didn't come out between 2005 and 2008. They just don't do anything for me. Most of the scares come from the loud noises or "pop up" scenes, not the context of the film itself.

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Originally Posted by Aunt Spiker

Ah - I finally thought of one; Good Will Hunting.

I think everyone talked about that - I never cared at all to see it. My husband even rented it once and I just sent it back - complete lack of interest.

I never saw it either.

Originally Posted by roguenuke

I'm not into mob movies, history movies, or gory movies though. The only "mob movie" I really like is Oscar. I like comedy and action and musicals and adventures.

Yeah. Well, I never really was into mob movies either, and Hubs and I rented them one long, snowy weekend, and I fell in love with them. More than Godfather, though, is Schindler's List. It's more than a history movie. It's just a really good movie. There's a strong storyline that goes along with it.

Originally Posted by spud_meister

That's true of the last two, but the first Matrix movie is fantastic for substance. But only if you're knowledgeable on about 500 different philosophical and religious ideas from all over the world. You'll need knowledge of everything from Plato's Allegory of the Cave to Gnostic Christianity to really appreciate the movie.

Well that explains it. I'm not a philosopy major, and I know very little about other religions.

Originally Posted by Josie

Oooooh, so many for me. I'll start with movies from the 80s...

Beaches
Caddyshack
Labyrinth
Lethal Weapon
Mommie Dearest
Platoon
Scarface
St. Elmo's Fire
Steel Magnolias
Terms of Endearment
Top Gun
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Originally Posted by L0neW0lf

Saving Private Ryan
The English Patient
The LOTR series.
Star Wars, recently watched the first two, but then looked up the plot on a fan wiki and hated it so I stopped there.
I only watched the last Star Trek movie.

Can't think of anything else.

I've highlighted the ones worth seeing.
LOTRs is a must see.

Originally Posted by Infinite Chaos

Never watched:

Grease
Saturday Night Fever
American Pie (1-whatever)
Any of the Twilight movies
Fightclub
Gone in 60 seconds
Fast and the Furious
Goodfellas
Usual Suspects
Memento
American History X

Some I never will (musicals from my teenage years) and some I just never got round to.

Fightclub is awesome. In the end, they take down the entire credit system. Sheer brilliance.

Originally Posted by CaptainCourtesy

Probably be easier to list the popular movies I HAVE seen. I took a look at a listing of the most popular movies of all time... based on box office gross, adjusted to 2012 dollars. Of the top 21, I have not seen 8, including:

E.T
Doctor Zhivago
Mary Poppins
The Jungle Book
The Sting
Bambi
Titanic
Ben Hur
Jurassic Park

Other popular films I have not seen are Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, and the LOTR series.

Damn, those are classics.

Originally Posted by Aunt Spiker

Ah - I finally thought of one; Good Will Hunting.

I think everyone talked about that - I never cared at all to see it. My husband even rented it once and I just sent it back - complete lack of interest.

Good Will Hunting is actually decent.

Originally Posted by Superfly

You love movies but have never seen Godfather or Schindler's List? Do yourself a favor and watch them. Also, Godfather 2 is every bit as good as the first one. The third one? Watchable but not on the caliber of the first two. I wasn't a fan of the Matrix movies at all. To me, they were more fluff than substance - more "look what we can do with CGI and slow motion!"

No substance? Holy crap! I wrote an entire paper on The Matrix in Philosophy class. There are so many concepts. I'm not terribly surprised by your opinion, however.

My Girl:



It's a classic. A bit of a chick flick tho...

Originally Posted by evanescence

No substance? Holy crap! I wrote an entire paper on The Matrix in Philosophy class. There are so many concepts. I'm not terribly surprised by your opinion, however.

Key words: Philosophy class. I'm not interested in philosophy.

The little boy, Thomas J. dies in this clip.

Macaulay Culkin is way underrated as an actor. Which reminds me: The Good Son is another great movie.