morningsong said:

lazycrockett said:

I disagree bout Insurrection. It would have made an great episode, but the story wasn't really movie material. Insurrection just plain sucked.

Hey, I kind of liked the concept of Nemesis, now whether it would have been a better episode than movie, I don't know, I just liked it best out of all the TNG movies. Seems like most sci-fi tv shows to movies don't do well in the transition.

I messed up I meant that Nemesis just plain sucked. My bad.

PurpleJedi said:

I'm not going to say "Iconic"...but being a big sci-fi geek, it's strange that I never saw;

"Star Trek - Nemesis"

or

"Star Trek - Insurrection"

For a Trekkie fan, I've never seen these movies either. I just stuck to the episodes.

deebee said:

Apocalypse Now

All but the first of the Godfather movies

Raging Bull

Mean Streets

2001: A Space Odyssey

Dr Strangelove

Casablanca

On The Waterfront - and, in fact, any of those early Brando movies

The Three Colours trilogy

The vast majority of Woody Allen's films, except for Annie Hall, Manhattan, Mighty Aphrodite, and Play It Again, Sam
Just about everything from the 'golden age' of Hollywood.


I'm reminded of a great Onion article....

http://www.theonion.com/a...-now,1504/

That's the reason I'm perusing this thread, to get titles of classic movies. I'm not a movie buff of classics but I always hear people quoting them like they had such impact on their lives. That makes me curious to want to see some of them.

wildgoldenhoney said:

PurpleJedi said:

I'm not going to say "Iconic"...but being a big sci-fi geek, it's strange that I never saw;

"Star Trek - Nemesis"

or

"Star Trek - Insurrection"

For a Trekkie fan, I've never seen these movies either. I just stuck to the episodes.

Have you seen first Contact?

kpowers said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

For a Trekkie fan, I've never seen these movies either. I just stuck to the episodes.

Have you seen first Contact?

I don't believe I did. If I did I don't remember.

wildgoldenhoney said:

kpowers said:

Have you seen first Contact?

I don't believe I did. If I did I don't remember.

Has the borg in it, pretty good action pack movie.

I first saw 'Purple Rain' nearly 15 years after I became a Prince fan.

I claim to be a Kubrick fan, but have never seen The Shining .

Also have not seen any of the Rocky movies, Mary Poppins, or that movie with Patrick Swayze dancing (too uninterested to google it's name)

The first one that cam to mind was "Casablanca". I tried to watch it one day and only got through the first half hour.

I'm pretty proud that I'm the only person that I know that hasn't seen

Avatar or Titanic....

JediNation said:

I'm pretty proud that I'm the only person that I know that hasn't seen

Avatar or Titanic....

Ditto.

chocolate1 said:

The first one that cam to mind was "Casablanca". I tried to watch it one day and only got through the first half hour.

Was it boring?
I want to watch some of those classics but sometimes I think they look boring compared to the movies now. I'm hoping I'm wrong on some of them at least.

wildgoldenhoney said:

chocolate1 said:

The first one that cam to mind was "Casablanca". I tried to watch it one day and only got through the first half hour.

Was it boring?
I want to watch some of those classics but sometimes I think they look boring compared to the movies now. I'm hoping I'm wrong on some of them at least.

They are generally a slow pace compared to today's movies. So, if you can get passed that (and some sexiest and racist crap-because of the times) you can enjoy the movies.

^Some are just boring though and I think Casablanca is one of them. Heck I have tried my damnest to get through Doctor Zhivago numerous times and just cant do it same with Lawrence of Arabia.

lazycrockett said:

^Some are just boring though and I think Casablanca is one of them. Heck I have tried my damnest to get through Doctor Zhivago numerous times and just cant do it same with Lawrence of Arabia.

DZ and LOA are both extremely slow paced films. But, I love "The Balcony", although slow paced, it fits the story. Yet in that film we get a early 1960's lesbian kiss in a film that essentially takes place in a whore house.

To be proud of not seeing a movie, I find an odd concept.

sexton said:

To be proud of not seeing a movie, I find an odd concept.

We all have a bars of accomplishment some just might be highers than others. And anyone who hasn't seen Graffiti Bridge needs to keep being in that league.

It's a Wonderful Life

dseann said:

It's a Wonderful Life

Good news, you can watch the whole movie on youtube!

^Hate it.

wildgoldenhoney said:

dseann said:

It's a Wonderful Life

Good news, you can watch the whole movie on youtube!

Thanks but no thanks.

kewlschool said:

NDRU said:

LOL actually, that's on my list!

The Color Purple is a great movie and it's like watching a book on film.

black person here...HATED IT (*cue men on film voice*). a few years back, my cousin and aunt had tix for the play and they ask me to come. i told them to ask my other aunt, and only if she said no, i would grit my teeth and come. fortunately for me, she went. a few months ago i came across it on cable during the dinner scene and i laughed b/c my dear friend (who is a gay latino from miami) loves this movie and that scene in particular. i laughed b/c i could hear him quoting whoopi, mannerisms and all.

wildgoldenhoney said:

chocolate1 said:

The first one that cam to mind was "Casablanca". I tried to watch it one day and only got through the first half hour.

Was it boring?
I want to watch some of those classics but sometimes I think they look boring compared to the movies now. I'm hoping I'm wrong on some of them at least.

for what's worth, i love casablanca. i don't think it's boring, though i guess compared to today's standards it would be considered "slow". at least three common expressions people use every day come from that film. also, the maltese falcon is one of my favorites and that's much faster paced than casablanca. lots of witty dialogue, and peter lorre as the gay crook is very good. i would encourage you to get past the "boring" aspect of some classic films. i used to feel that way about westerns, but i broaded my horizons and was pleasantly surprised. i love "the searchers" and "the man who shot liberty valance".

kibbles said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

Was it boring?
I want to watch some of those classics but sometimes I think they look boring compared to the movies now. I'm hoping I'm wrong on some of them at least.

for what's worth, i love casablanca. i don't think it's boring, though i guess compared to today's standards it would be considered "slow". at least three common expressions people use every day come from that film. also, the maltese falcon is one of my favorites and that's much faster paced than casablanca. lots of witty dialogue, and peter lorre as the gay crook is very good. i would encourage you to get past the "boring" aspect of some classic films. i used to feel that way about westerns, but i broaded my horizons and was pleasantly surprised. i love "the searchers" and "the man who shot liberty valance".

Really? What?

"Play it again Sam?" is perhaps one of them, but I've never seen the film so I couldn't tell you for sure! Mind you I can't recall anyone saying that to me.

1. the sound of music
2. pulp fiction
3. natural born killers
4. sixth sense
5. all the star wars movies except the first one.
6. vertigo
7. citizen kane
8. psycho
9. to kill a mockingbird
10. taxi driver
11. apocalypse now
12. a streetcar named desire
13. annie hall
14. who's afraid of virgina woolf

wildgoldenhoney said:

kibbles said:

for what's worth, i love casablanca. i don't think it's boring, though i guess compared to today's standards it would be considered "slow". at least three common expressions people use every day come from that film. also, the maltese falcon is one of my favorites and that's much faster paced than casablanca. lots of witty dialogue, and peter lorre as the gay crook is very good. i would encourage you to get past the "boring" aspect of some classic films. i used to feel that way about westerns, but i broaded my horizons and was pleasantly surprised. i love "the searchers" and "the man who shot liberty valance".

Really? What?

1. play it again, sam (actually a misquote, but people say it all the time).

2. i'm shocked, shocked to find.... (or some variation of that, meant as a mocking expression when you're not really shocked. in the film, the corrupt louie closes down rick's gambling joint, saying that he is "shocked to find gambling going on in this establishment". within seconds, an employee comes up to him to hand him his winnings.)

3. this looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

4. here's looking at you, kid.

okay, maybe not common expressions, but certainly quotables that people use in conversations all the time.

Fight Club comes to mind.

kibbles said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

Really? What?

1. play it again, sam (actually a misquote, but people say it all the time).

2. i'm shocked, shocked to find.... (or some variation of that, meant as a mocking expression when you're not really shocked. in the film, the corrupt louie closes down rick's gambling joint, saying that he is "shocked to find gambling going on in this establishment". within seconds, an employee comes up to him to hand him his winnings.)

3. this looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

4. here's looking at you, kid.

okay, maybe not common expressions, but certainly quotables that people use in conversations all the time.

Hey that's cool. I've heard of those.