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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,279 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've never understood the concern over whether or not somebody has seen a 'classic'. Just because a particular film is seen as a classic by people, doesn't mean it has to appeal or be enjoyed by everybody. I think it's called personal taste. | | | | IVS Registered: January 2, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,005 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,279 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TomGaines: Quote:
I agree. And also, what is a so-called classic coming from Hollywood may not be as highly regarded outside of the US. I wonder how many non-US classics have been seen by the average American audience  Well to be fair non US films don't seem to feature for most people that have posted film titles in this thread so far  | | | | IVS Registered: January 2, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,005 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 291 |
| | Posted: | | | | i'll admit it. the only bergman film i've seen is smiles of a summer night...because a little night music (the musical, not the horrendous movie adaptation) was based on it. i haven't seen most of kurosawa's films either...i have seen 1 or 2, but i can't remember the titles...  as for u.s. (or remove the periods if you will...  ) films: taxi driver rocky anything woody allen except annie hall and manhattan--which is why i stopped watching woody allen films...prophetic... and my mind just went blank...it happens more and more often... and by the bye...get out the really big rocks... i despise gone with the wind...barf-orama... krik  | | | | "Vampirism is still not a disease, Julia. Vampires are the living dead...dead...dead..." |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | The genre "Classic" is all a matter of one's opinion. Some people think s classic film has be produced before the fifties, others sixties and so on. Like the man once said about music their only two the good and the bad. And it all depends on what you like.
I have a set of genres I prefer, but also a lot of people/list say film is good, I'll try it, I just might learn something. That is why I have such a varied collection. Sure I pick some duds in my opinion, but I just have to try and see what others see them.
Oh, I have most of the so called Classics on DVD and I have them on Laser and I'm old enough that I have seen many of them in the theaters. Sure jacking with computers for over 48 years, I like computer graphics, I like to see how the stunts were done, but in my opinion regardless of black/white or color or format, the story has come first, then character development and acting if a film is a classic. I also like something left to the imagination. I don't care for obligatory nude/sex scenes (as one director called them in the comments to on his film as to why one was there) in films. Sex to me is a participation sport not spectators sport. | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 94 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm just starting starting to delve into the "classics". I just watched Gone With The Wind over the holidays. I've recently bought Amadeus and Unforgiven. And I'm sure I've see some movies (Wizard of Oz and the Sound of Music) when I was younger and have forgotten them and/or killed those brain cells. I've seen Citizen Kane once, and really didn't like it. I much preferred Casablanca and On The Waterfront.
These days, I suffer from judging a movie by preview and reviews. There is no way I'm going to watch Titanic.
Some biggies I've never seen are Rocky (although I've seen bits and pieces here and there), It's a Wonderful Life, Schindler's List, and the Shawshank Redemption. Maybe I'll get there someday.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Oh, the humanity. Skip  | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: May 25, 2007 |  Posts: 263 |
| | Posted: | | | | Gone With The Wind
Sound Of Music
Jaws
Crocadile Dundee |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,136 |
| | Posted: | | | | Citizen Kane Though.. have just got the DVD  Now... need to find some time to watch it | | | Signature? We don't need no stinking... hang on, this has been done... blast [oooh now in Widescreen]
Ah... well you see.... I thought I'd say something more interesting... but cannot think of anything..... oh well
And to those of you who have disabled viewing of these signature files "hello" (or not) Registered: July 27, 2004 | | | | Last edited: by FunkyLA |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | I own it, but I have never watched it...
Forrest Gump | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | I checked out the AFI's one hundred best movies list (well, actually I only went through #1 to #33). Here is the ones I haven't seen
5. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
6. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
9. Schindler's List (1993)
10. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
16. All About Eve (1950)
17. The African Queen (1951)
19. Chinatown (1974)
21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
23. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
24. Raging Bull (1980)
27. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
29. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
30. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)
33. High Noon (1952) | | | | -- Enry |
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| Registered: March 17, 2007 | | Posts: 125 |
| | Posted: | | | | From AFI's 2007 list, I've done pretty well. Seen 98 of the top 100, missing only:
Cabaret
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Sunrise |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,491 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting EnryWiki: Quote:
I checked out the AFI's one hundred best movies list (well, actually I only went through #1 to #33). Here is the ones I haven't seen
5. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
6. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
9. Schindler's List (1993)
10. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
16. All About Eve (1950)
17. The African Queen (1951)
19. Chinatown (1974)
21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
23. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
24. Raging Bull (1980)
27. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
29. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
30. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)
33. High Noon (1952) Better fill out that Bucket List ... | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: December 24, 2007 | | Posts: 26 |
| | Posted: | | | | From IMdB's top 250 films as voted by users. I've just clipped the first 50. Stats to follow. * = owned
Rank Rating Title
1. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) -nope
2. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) -yup*
3. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974) -nope
4. 8.9 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) -nope
5. 8.8 Pulp Fiction (1994) -yup*
6. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993) -nope*
7. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) -yup*
8. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) -yup*
9. 8.8 Casablanca (1942) -nope
10. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) -yup*
11. 8.8 Star Wars (1977) -yup*
12. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) -yup*
13. 8.7 12 Angry Men (1957) -nope, but I saw the remake...
14. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) -nope
15. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990) -yup*
16. 8.7 Cidade de Deus (2002) -yup*
17. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) -yup*
18. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) -yup*
19. 8.7 C'era una volta il West (1968) -nope
20. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995) -yup*
21. 8.6 Psycho (1960) -yup
22. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) -nope*
23. 8.6 Citizen Kane (1941) -nope* (but I've seen a good chunk, hence buying it)
24. 8.6 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) -yup*
25. 8.6 There Will Be Blood (2007) -nope
26. 8.6 No Country for Old Men (2007) -yup
27. 8.6 Fight Club (1999) -yup*
28. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959) -nope
29. 8.6 Memento (2000) -yup*
30. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) -yup*
31. 8.6 Sunset Blvd. (1950) -nope
32. 8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) -nope
33. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -nope
34. 8.5 The Matrix (1999) -yup*
35. 8.5 Apocalypse Now (1979) -yup*
36. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) -nope* (another I saw a good chunk of)
37. 8.5 Se7en (1995) -yup*
38. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) -yup*
39. 8.5 Léon (1994) -yup*
40. 8.5 Vertigo (1958) -nope
41. 8.5 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) -nope
42. 8.5 American History X (1998) -yup*
43. 8.5 The Departed (2006) -yup
44. 8.5 Paths of Glory (1957) -nope
45. 8.5 M (1931) -nope
46. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) -nope
47. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) -nope
48. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) -nope
49. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) -yup*
50. 8.4 A Clockwork Orange (1971) -yup*
Seen= 27
Seen/owned= 24
Unseen= 23
Unseen/owned= 4 |
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