The classic movies you’ve never seen thread.

[Zonda_]

The Godfather.

[Rich B]

I only watched the godfather recently. I liked it, but 30 years of hype meant I didn't think it was amazing or anything.

[Zonda_]

I only watched the godfather recently. I liked it, but 30 years of hype meant I didn't think it was amazing or anything.

I think that’s what’s stopping me, probably like someone watching Star Wars for the first time today.

[nuttinnew]

This year is a good time to see it, 24th August is the fiftieth anniversary of its release.

[dinny_g]

I only watched the godfather recently. I liked it, but 30 years of hype meant I didn't think it was amazing or anything.

Part II Is better

I’ve never watched Citizen Kane, On the Waterfront, Raging Bull

[ZedLeg]

I checked the IMDb top 100 and there are 15 I haven’t seen. The Pianist is the highest on the list but I’m not likely to watch it as Polanski can get to fuck.

[RobYob]

Specifically car related I've never seen Smokey and the Bandit or Vanishing Point.

Or Days of Thunder

[Zonda_]

Specifically car related I've never seen Smokey and the Bandit or Vanishing Point.

Or Days of Thunder

I did say classic, Days of Thunder resides in the utter shit category.

[ZedLeg]

That’s an outrageous comment. It’s better than Top Gun.

[DeskJockey]

That’s an outrageous comment. It’s a gnat's whisker's breadth slightly less awful than Top Gun.

FTFY.

[tim]

Haven't seen a single one of those WarsTrek films.

[speedingfine]

Never seen any of The Lord of the Rings movies. Dungeons and dragons ballix not my thing. Am I missing out?

[Zonda_]

Never seen any of The Lord of the Rings movies. Dungeons and dragons ballix not my thing. Am I missing out?

Yes, greatly.

[integrale_evo]

I’ve only watched 13 of the IMDb top 100 apparently

None of the godfathers, none of the star wars all the way through that I can remember, one of the lord of the rings things.

[Rich B]

I’ve only watched 13 of the IMDb top 100 apparently

None of the godfathers, none of the star wars all the way through that I can remember, one of the lord of the rings things.

i think I've seen pretty much all the films from 1980 onwards top 100 list - I struggle a bit with 60/70s films and older - they have a very different pace (that's not to say that there aren't some absolute belters like the 60s bond films.)

[nuttinnew]

Never seen any of The Lord of the Rings movies.

Me neither, nor any Harry Potterage.

[drcarlos]

I fell asleep in the first LoTR film after that the rest and the hobbit films I never bothered with.

Never seen the godfather films or Scarface all the way through either despite really liking Casino, The Irishman and Goodfellas. I will get around to them but it will be on my own as the wife hates the genre.

[Rich B]

I still don’t get why people seem smug that they’ve not seen particular sets of films.

I’ll give anything a chance - even Marvel/ twilight/ divergent/ whatever - sure, 9 times out of 10 they’ll be as you expect, but you get the odd surprise and experience a good/great film.

[ZedLeg]

It’s like when people do it with sport “oh you like the kickball do you?” Just let people enjoy things.

I watched all the Hunger Games just because they were on Netflix and they’re excellent imo.

[drcarlos]

Only 36/100 (IMDB top 100), that's pretty poor. There's plenty I'd like just never got around to watching.

I did remember trying a hobbit film recently but it just didn't grab me to stay up to watch it so I recorded it and then never finished it. Not sure I can go back and retry the LoTR series based on that.

I'm going to make an effort to watch some other from that list though.