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#63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 1:52 pm
by Katya
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/63196/
Anyone else care to contribute? (I was actually spurred to ask this question by realizing—as I occasionally do—that I still haven't seen
Casablanca.)
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 2:02 pm
by bobtheenchantedone
"Let's shock everyone by naming movies bob hasn't seen" is one of Marduk's favorite games. So we know there's a whole list of movies that I haven't seen and, as a result, have cheated myself out of a proper childhood and continue to deprive myself as an adult.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 2:32 pm
by Dragon Lady
Mary Poppins.
Go ahead, pick your jaw back up off the floor. Except that doesn't really answer Katya's question, because I don't feel I ought to have seen it. Heck, I own it. But I won't watch it until Dragon Baby is old enough to appreciate it so I can appreciate it through her eyes.
To really answer the question…
Harry Potter 7.1. I really should have seen it by now, but I have not.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 4:03 pm
by mic0
I have seen so many movies... The only one other people tell me I should see is the rest of "Lord of the Rings," but since I didn't like the first one, why should I watch the rest?
As an aside, "Casablanca" is great! I just saw it a few weeks ago and quite enjoyed it.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 4:13 pm
by melbabi
I haven't seen 'The Sandlot.'
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 4:14 pm
by bobtheenchantedone
I remember the one movie I am the most unhappy with myself for not seeing: the old Alice in Wonderland.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 4:19 pm
by Digit
I want to see the Star Wars Christmas Special, but George Lucas is so ashamed of it you can't buy it anywhere.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:17 pm
by Democritus
I've seen the SW Holiday Special. YOU ARE NOT MISSING ANYTHING. Please, please don't try to see it.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:37 pm
by Katya
Democritus wrote:I've seen the SW Holiday Special. YOU ARE NOT MISSING ANYTHING. Please, please don't try to see it.
http://xkcd.com/653/ (The alt text is particularly applicable.)
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:38 pm
by Katya
Also, the Board clearly needs to have a Casablanca / Dark Knight party.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 7:12 pm
by Yarjka
I've never made it through any of The Godfather movies.
I've never seen Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi.
It Happened One Night is one that people reference so much I almost think I've seen it, but I know I haven't.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 7:28 pm
by thebigcheese
bobtheenchantedone wrote:"Let's shock everyone by naming movies bob hasn't seen" is one of Marduk's favorite games. So we know there's a whole list of movies that I haven't seen and, as a result, have cheated myself out of a proper childhood and continue to deprive myself as an adult.
Heh heh, that sounds just like me. Basically take all of the movies mentioned thus far and count me in for all of them. I have not seen the following:
Star Wars (uh...like 4 of them?)
Harry Potter (all of them)
Batman: The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones (2nd thru 4th movies)
The Sandlot
Alice in Wonderland (both versions)
Pride & Prejudice (any version filmed prior to the last decade)
Casablanca
Gone With the Wind
Citizen Kane
Titanic
Gladiator
The Patriot
Inception
Which brings me to my next point: it seems like there exists a certain class of people who believe it's their right and duty to force others to watch these movies. I don't understand this. Trust me, if I was really interested in watching these movies, I would have rented them or something. But guess what? I don't care. I know that's hard for you to wrap your brain around, but this is
easily the lowest thing on my list of priorities.
"We're going to strap you to a chair and MAKE YOU watch Star Wars!"
Uggh...I've gotten that so many times that it makes me want to hit somebody.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 7:37 pm
by Katya
thebigcheese wrote:Pride & Prejudice (any version filmed prior to the last decade)
So, does this mean there's a version of Pride & Prejudice that you
have seen?
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 7:39 pm
by Katya
Also, to be clear, I deliberately phrased this question to read ask if there are movies that YOU think you should have seen, not that everyone else thinks you should have seen. If you truly don't want to see [pivotal movie of the century], it's no skin off my nose.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 8:00 pm
by Digit
I've read 1984 and seen the older film version (which, incidentally, starred Peter Cushing, who played Grand Moff Tarkin, the guy in Star Wars who said "Vader, release him!", as Winston Smith) but I want to see the version with John Hurt which I think actually came out in 1984.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 8:02 pm
by Dead Cat
Megamind, Spirited Away, How to Train Your Dragon, Pirates 3, Dark Knight, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Nacho Libre, Inception, and many more.
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:43 pm
by Dragon Lady
Katya wrote:thebigcheese wrote:Pride & Prejudice (any version filmed prior to the last decade)
So, does this mean there's a version of Pride & Prejudice that you
have seen?
The classic A&E version was filmed in 1995 which actually was more than a decade ago. Specifically, it was 16 years ago. So it's quite possible she's seen that. And if she hasn't, I'm going to strap her to a chair and
make her watch it.

Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:45 pm
by Dragon Lady
Oh wait. I read that wrong. She hasn't seen any version filmed before 2001. That is so sad. That means she's probably seen the Kiera Knightly version, and not the Collin Firth version. [sigh] I think I'm going to have to have a marathon tomorrow. Maybe I'll actually get my cross-stitch worked on!

Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 10:24 pm
by bobtheenchantedone
I would like to say that I do want to see most of these movies that I haven't seen, but I just don't have the motivation. Also I must admit that I now take a little bit of pride in being able to say "Nope, haven't seen that one."
Re: #63196 - Movies you haven't seen
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:53 pm
by thebigcheese
Dragon Lady wrote:That means she's probably seen the Kiera Knightly version, and not the Collin Firth version.
Bingo. But don't forget the pink LDS version
