Films You Are Embarrassed to Admit You Haven't Seen

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  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    Psycho & To Kill a Mockingbird.
    Plenty of other so called 'classics' I haven't seen such as Casablanca and The Graduate, but I don't consider these essential viewing like the 1st two.
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    The Avengers and I don't want to either. Just doesn't interest me in the slightest, which means soon I'll be embarrassed to say I haven't seen Age of Ultron haha.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    The Avengers
    The spy movie based on the show or the Marvel Superhero Ensemble movie?
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    The Avengers

    The one with Sean Connery? ;)

  • The Avengers
    The spy movie based on the show or the Marvel Superhero Ensemble movie?

    The supehero ensemble. I edited my post to make more sense but too late haha.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    The Avengers
    The spy movie based on the show or the Marvel Superhero Ensemble movie?

    The former is one I am ashamed to have seen.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
    edited April 2015 Posts: 1,727
    Oh, and I saw that there are a few here who haven't seen Chinatown - watch is. Asap. More essential viewing than any of the Godfather trilogy, imo.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    It's a popcorn movie, like F&F series. However, I've got to admit, I truly loved Captain America: The Winter Soldier, probably because it had a true spy vibe to it. And I see it far more superior to Marvel's The Avengers.
    The Avengers
    The spy movie based on the show or the Marvel Superhero Ensemble movie?

    The former is one I am ashamed to have seen.

    I really don't understand why is it so much hated by the fans of show, though.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I meant I am ashamed to have seen the film where Sean Connery has the power to manipulate the weather, yet he's bored out of his mind as if he had nothing to do.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I meant I am ashamed to have seen the film where Sean Connery has the power to manipulate the weather, yet he's bored out of his mind as if he had nothing to do.
    Well, it was an Avengers plot. None of the episodes since Emma Peel's appearance truly made sense yet they were watchable. That is only my opinion, however. The first two seasons did make sense, and were in tandem with Danger Man, The Saint and some others in terms of realism and all that. Then, the Goldfinger effect changed the whole thing of the spy mania.
  • AceHole wrote: »
    Psycho & To Kill a Mockingbird.
    Plenty of other so called 'classics' I haven't seen such as Casablanca and The Graduate, but I don't consider these essential viewing like the 1st two.

    Psycho you should go watch right now! The first half especially is extremely engaging. (:

    I never got why The Graduate is considered a classic. The protagonist is the least likable character in the movie.
  • edited April 2015 Posts: 2,081
    The Avengers and I don't want to either. Just doesn't interest me in the slightest, which means soon I'll be embarrassed to say I haven't seen Age of Ultron haha.

    Why would you be embarrassed about not seeing something that you have no interest in seeing? I honestly don't understand this at all.
    I never got why The Graduate is considered a classic. The protagonist is the least likable character in the movie.

    Do those sentences have something to do with one another in your opinion, or did you just add the second one as a random thought?

  • edited April 2015 Posts: 372
    Tuulia wrote: »
    I never got why The Graduate is considered a classic. The protagonist is the least likable character in the movie.

    Do those sentences have something to do with one another in your opinion, or did you just add the second one as a random thought?

    A random thought. I first meant to say there's not a likable character in the movie. But then I realized Elaine is rather bland and Mrs. Robinson is a likable but inconsistent character. It is one of the reasons I don't like the movie I suppose. That, the awful music and the insipid storyline.

    Sorry, whenever I type in English, my sentences are very unclear. :(
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    Tuulia wrote: »
    I never got why The Graduate is considered a classic. The protagonist is the least likable character in the movie.

    Do those sentences have something to do with one another in your opinion, or did you just add the second one as a random thought?

    A random thought. I first meant to say there's not a likable character in the movie. But then I realized Elaine is rather bland and Mrs. Robinson is a likable but inconsistent character. It is one of the reasons I don't like the movie I suppose. That, the awful music and the insipid storyline.

    Sorry, whenever I type in English, my sentences are very unclear. :(

    Ah, ok then. No worries. The sentences were clear, I just wasn't sure if they were meant to be connected o not. :)

    I don't remember particularly liking the movie, either, and it didn't make any big impression, but I don't think I've seen it this millenium, and don't remember it that well, so can't really comment on it.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    AceHole wrote: »
    Oh, and I saw that there are a few here who haven't seen Chinatown - watch is. Asap. More essential viewing than any of the Godfather trilogy, imo.

    As a noir fan, Chinatown is high on my list. I think it's still on Netflix, so when my college semester is over I'll be watching a lot of the content on there, including that film.
    AceHole wrote: »
    Psycho & To Kill a Mockingbird.
    Plenty of other so called 'classics' I haven't seen such as Casablanca and The Graduate, but I don't consider these essential viewing like the 1st two.

    Psycho you should go watch right now! The first half especially is extremely engaging. (:

    I never got why The Graduate is considered a classic. The protagonist is the least likable character in the movie.

    Yeah, Psycho is brilliant on every level, especially in the areas of cinematography and score, as well as how groundbreaking it was at the time. You see a woman in a bra-GASP! Also, a toilet is seen flushing on screen for the first time ever in cinema! Those two things alone make it essential viewing. ;)

    Mockingbird is self-explanatory; watch it if you want to see the best father in cinema. Can't get much better than Atticus.

    @AceHole, Casablanca is the definition of essential viewing. The cinematography, score, story, all of it is brilliant. It is very different from the movies of the time as well, often grim and sombre to reflect the raging era of WWII that was suffocating the world at the time. It is set the week before Pearl Harbor and US involvement in the war, after all.

    The Graduate from what I remember is worth seeing too. Not a film that blew my mind, but on the whole it isn't time wasted. Watch it for the last two minutes-some of the greatest subtle acting I've ever seen-and a brilliant soundtrack that reflects the time the film was made in. If you don't like Simon and Garfunkel now, you will after seeing this film.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Lawrence Of Arabia
    Citizen Kane
    North By Northwest
    On The Waterfront
    A Streetcar Named Desire
    West Side Story
    .....and like The Wizard Of Ice I've never seen a Clint Eastwood Spaghetti western!

    But some of you on here have got a lot of catching up to do!

    Young people today eh?!!!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    North By Northwest
    It's imperative that you remedy this offense immediately!
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited July 2016 Posts: 28,694
    bondjames wrote: »
    North By Northwest
    It's imperative that you remedy this offense immediately!

    And be on the look out for one of the most famous gaffes in filmmaking as a child extra stuffs his fingers in his ears before...something important and unexpected happens.

    In all seriousness, NbNW is a must-see for all fans of early Bond, as you can see the influence in so many places.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    ..... and the cop, having to be pushed by Cary Grant on the back seat as
    the police car makes a turn. ;)
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    bondjames wrote: »
    North By Northwest
    It's imperative that you remedy this offense immediately!

    Will try to see ASAP!

  • edited July 2016 Posts: 4,325
    To Have and Have Not
    The Maltese Falcon
    A Band Apart
    On the Waterfront
    Rear Window
    Double Indemnity
    Metropolis
    Battleship Potemkin
    Raging Bull
    Cool Hand Luke
    Barry Lyndon
    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    Carve Her Name with Pride
    Ice Cold In Alex
    Frenzy
    Strangers on a Train
    Funny Games
    Mystic River
    The Apartment
    La Dolce Vita
    Modern Times
    The Great Dictator
    La Regle Du Jeu
    The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
    Ben Hur (all versions)
    The Man Who Knew Too Much (the original version)
    The Cruel Sea
    Mad Max
    Mad Max: Fury Road
    Boyhood
    Room
    The Great Gatsby (DiCaprio version)
    The Departed
    Blue Jasmine
    Gone Girl
    12 Years a Slave
    The Theory of Everything
    The Imitation Game
    Victoria
    Annie Hall
    Manhattan
    Hannah and Her Sisters
    Casino Royale (1967 - not seen from start to end - I tried!)
    Much Ado About Nothing (1993 Kenneth Branagh and 2012 Joss Wheadon)
    Macbeth (2015 with Fassbender)
    Her
    American Sniper
    The Revenant
    Shutter Island
    True Romance
    A Single Man
    The Big Lebowski
    Casino
    Ryan's Daughter
    The Social Network
    Nowhere Boy
    The Merchant of Venice (2004 with Al Pacino)
    The Big Sleep
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I'd say the biggest "embarrassment" is one that I feel just about everyone has seen but me, and that is 'The Wizard of Oz.'
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    I'd say the biggest "embarrassment" is one that I feel just about everyone has seen but me, and that is 'The Wizard of Oz.'

    You're missing nothing, don't worry about it.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Except that you are.
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    The Wizard of Oz is a fantastic film.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    I suppose the younger you are the more great films you're gonna have to catch up with!
  • edited July 2016 Posts: 4,813
    I'd actually be curious to hear an adults opinion of Wizard of Oz, having gone his whole life without seeing it.
    We've all seen that movie as little kids-- probably hundreds of times growing up.

    Nostalgia's a bitch sometimes- he may find it boring as hell!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    If I haven't seen it in 25 years, I doubt I will. I feel like I may be "too old" at this rate to enjoy it to the same degree as I would being a young kid. Maybe one day.
  • edited July 2016 Posts: 6,432
    Never watched any of the Hunger Games or Twilight films, never watched a film that has Kevin Hart or Melissa McCarthy in it.

    Never watched...

    Gone with the Wind
    English Patient
    The Artist
    The Piano
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    :)) apart from "Spy" ( with Melissa McCarthy) we are the same.
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