Just my two bits -
Animal House ------------- yes
Saturday Night Fever----- yes
The Sound of Music ------- yes
Shrek ----------------------- yes
Saw bits of a few different Seinfelds, but basically, no to the rest. Never seen Casablanca.
Also never watched The Sopranos (absolutely not paying for HBO); never seen one episode of American Idol nor Survivor.
The Simpsons...watched it for the first season or two and then got bored and never went back. Bonus points to anyone who remembers where the Simpsons appeared before they had their own show.
QuoteThe Simpsons...watched it for the first season or two and then got bored and never went back. Bonus points to anyone who remembers where the Simpsons appeared before they had their own show.
one Ding
British comedienne had a weekend variety show in the mid 80s and as a tag at the end
of the show a short clip of Homer and crew would be played. Ah dunna remember er name.
Very good. It was Tracey Ullman on the first or second season that Fox was a network.
QuoteVery good. It was Tracey Ullman on the first or second season that Fox was a network.
Thanks...I could picture her face but couldn't recall the name.
Wasn't Tyrone Powers a queer?
Wasn't Tyrone Powers a queer?
I tried, but I just CAN'T do musicals..........except the original Blues Brothers.
Speaking of movies we haven't seen; what other movies have people NOT seen that were really popular?
Like Trap I did see Urban Cowboy.Just to clarify...I have not seen Urban Cowboy.
Caddyshack even?
Caddyshack even?
Wow, another I haven't seen.
Caddyshack even?
Wow, another I haven't seen.
Chevy Chase was seriously un-funny in his role...
QuoteChevy Chase was seriously un-funny in his role...
I thought he was playing himself. ;D
Milt reminded me...
Does the phrase, "It's only a flesh wound" do anything for ya, IDP? ::stirpot::
I've never seen a Woodie Allen movie.
Like Trap I did see Urban Cowboy.Just to clarify...I have not seen Urban Cowboy.
I've never seen Brokeback Mountain.
I've never seen a Woodie Allen movie.
I've never seen Brokeback Mountain.
And I never will.
I've never seen Brokeback Mountain.
And I never will.
That is one I have not seen and will not see. Here's another: "The Crying Game" for similar reasons.
I've never seen Brokeback Mountain.
And I never will.
I have never seen anything by Roman Polanski, either. Started to watch "Chinatown" but fell asleep ten minutes into it so I don't count that.
I have never seen anything by Roman Polanski, either. Started to watch "Chinatown" but fell asleep ten minutes into it so I don't count that.
I saw "The Fearless Vampire Killers", it wouldn't make the recommended movie list.
Actually, Most actors back then, I thought, were terrible. The only actors I liked back then were Spenser Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Henry Fonda. Most of the actors seem to over act back then.
Cagney wasn't bad, Flynn was terrible. He was just a handsome man in tights. I hate to say it but Clark Gable was not that good. I seen most of Gone With the Wind. I was not impressed at all, yet Gable earned an Oscar nomination. John Wayne was not a good actor either. He may have won an Oscar, but I feel he received it mostly for his age and that the role was written for him. Didn't look like an acting stretch. I do like watching his movies, but I don't think he is a great actor. I don't think Bruce Willis is a great actor but I love watching his movies like: The 5th Element. I have to disagree about Brad Pitt. He is a really good actor. He seem natural in front of the camera. I thought he did a super job in Legends of the Fall. He also pairs quite well with George Clooney.Actually, Most actors back then, I thought, were terrible. The only actors I liked back then were Spenser Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Henry Fonda. Most of the actors seem to over act back then.
I have no problem with the actors you listed but you left out some of the greats . I'd say , with out equivocation , that actors like Brad Pitt couldn't hold Gable's athletic supporter . Ditto regarding Cagney , Cooper and Flynn . Also who were the actors who "over-acted" and in which films ?
Maurice Chevallier,
Vincent Price,
Rod Cameron,
Jeff Chandler,
Broderick Crawford.
Which films? Pick one.
Vincent Price did find his niche character.
How about Broderick Crawford ( The others aren't on my list ) ... say ... " Born Yesterday " ( comedy ) or " All The King's Men " ( drama for which he won the Academy Award ) .
QuoteHow about Broderick Crawford ( The others aren't on my list ) ... say ... " Born Yesterday " ( comedy ) or " All The King's Men " ( drama for which he won the Academy Award ) .
Forgot about "All The King's Men" , don't remember "Born Yesterday", how far he fell;
I was thinking of "Highway Patrol".
Filed under "Movies I Wish I Had Never Seen" is the film adaptation of the Broadway (actually worldwide) musical, "Mamma Mia!"
Wasn't Tyrone Powers a queer?
In 1980, author Charles Higham published a controversial biography, Errol Flynn: The Untold Story, in which he alleged that Flynn was a fascist sympathiser who spied for the Nazis before and during World War II. The book also alleged he was bisexual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glmdhH3aOug (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glmdhH3aOug)
I want to buy the 6 Thin Man movies with William Powell and Myrna Loy. That'll keep me happy for weeks.
Wasn't Tyrone Powers a queer?
I never heard about Tyrone Power being gay, but I did read about Errol Flynn being a bi-sexual spy.
From the always reliable Wiki:QuoteIn 1980, author Charles Higham published a controversial biography, Errol Flynn: The Untold Story, in which he alleged that Flynn was a fascist sympathiser who spied for the Nazis before and during World War II. The book also alleged he was bisexual.
If you like B&B try "The Big Sleep", I'm assuming you've seen "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre".Quotehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glmdhH3aOug (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glmdhH3aOug)
The Thin Man series was smooooth.
( Cirrhosis By The Sea they called it ) was particularly insensed by the accusations . So were Flynn's ex-wives .
Quote( Cirrhosis By The Sea they called it ) was particularly insensed by the accusations . So were Flynn's ex-wives .
The popular saying "in like Flynn" didn't occur because of his associations with men.
A friend of mine played one of the crewmen in "Forbidden Planet" .
I never saw Metroplis, Brazil or Moon.
17 out of 25, but ....
I've only seen the original "Thing".
And what's up with "Serenity" not being on that list either?! ('Course the list is from 2010; when was "Serenity" made?)
I am 24 out of 25, and that is because I refuse to see Avatar.
A friend of mine played one of the crewmen in "Forbidden Planet" .
For me it is the ultimate in escapism - and with the world turned sick & sour I think that's where I'll go hide.
[Burt Gummer, with his wife Heather at his side, berates the dead monster fought off with their "family arsinal"]
Burt Gummer: "Broke into the wrong God damn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!"
...
[Burt Gummer looks at his bomb shelter for perhaps the last time]
Burt Gummer: "Food for five years, a thousand gallons of gas, air filtration, water filtration, Geiger counter. Bomb shelter! Underground... God damn monsters."
I loved the ending...
I would put "Dark City" on the list of my favorite scifi films.
From a story telling point of view, "Heavy Metal" was a mess.
Good Lord. I just had a post almost ready of my personal list of top 25 - I had compiled it and was thoughtfully placing it in order - and something happened to the page. Blew it away. Save often, save often, save often...And explain what is wrong with 5th element while you are at it.
::falldownshocked::
I loved the ending...
Hey, thats not the real ending...
Army of Darkness Alternate Ending (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLEFkDbzsSU#noexternalembed)
And explain what is wrong with 5th element while you are at it.
Well, color me "perplexed" that you could not find "The Fifth Element" appealing and yet you included the horrid David Lynch abortion, "Dune" on your list.
"Dune" was an absolute disaster and is about as good an example in how not to adapt a book to the screen as Peter Jackson's LOTR is. IMO, that is.
One more that you left off your list, IDP...
"I Am Legend" is a remake of "The Omega Man" which is a remake of "The Last Man On Earth." (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/)
All three based on the 1954 novel by Richard Matheson, "I Am Legend."
You did not say whether you have read "Dune." Did you? I probably would have hated it less if I had not read the book. Peter Jackson is not hated for LOTR because he held to the details of the original story about as well as the film media would allow. Another movie series that I would place in the contempt category for straying from the story are the recent Narnia films. It is the height of arrogance for a director and/or screenwriter to "improve" upon C.S. Lewis.
You did not say whether you have read "Dune." Did you? I probably would have hated it less if I had not read the book. Peter Jackson is not hated for LOTR because he held to the details of the original story about as well as the film media would allow. Another movie series that I would place in the contempt category for straying from the story are the recent Narnia films. It is the height of arrogance for a director and/or screenwriter to "improve" upon C.S. Lewis.
BTW, it is a rather sad commentary on state of the Republican primary campaign and candidates that this thread is so much more appealing to work on than current events.
BTW, it is a rather sad commentary on state of the Republican primary campaign and candidates that this thread is so much more appealing to work on than current events.
I mentioned escapism upstream. That's my new address ;)
1) Planet of the Apes
2) The Thing
3) The Andromeda Strain
4) Dark City
5) 28 Days Later (Viral-Zombie flick firmly presented as a sci-fi crossover)
6) Priest
7) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
8) Blade Runner
9) Dune
10) Twelve Monkeys
11) Alien
12) Reign of Fire
13) Contact
14) Pitch Black / Chronicles of Riddick (I include both because I always watch them together)
15) The Matrix
16) They Live
17) T2 Judgment Day
18) I Am Legend / Omega Man (Since they tell essentially the same story and I love them both, they share a spot)
19) Predator
20) Star Trek (2009)
21) 1984
22) Jurassic Park
23) Altered States
24) Stargate
25) Frankenstein (It really WAS a sci-fi film)
Some honorable mentions:
King Kong (Jeff Bridges/Jessica Lange version)
Godzilla (and several subsequent follow-ups)
Minority Report
Rollerball
AI Artificial Intelligence
Soldier (w/Kurt Russel, NOT Universal Soldier)
...The original Alien hooked me because it was the first movie I'd ever seen where the "heroine" didn't jump OVER the gun on her screeching way out of the room...
Loved all the Alien movies; if any of them are on, I'm sucked in. The original Alien hooked me because it was the first movie I'd ever seen where the "heroine" didn't jump OVER the gun on her screeching way out of the room.
Both Riddick movies, both Ironman (s) and both Transformer (s). Sorry, Don; teenage boy saves world.
Terminator, Matrix, Armageddon, Red Planet, Space Cowboys, Mission to Mars* -- speaking of *Gary Sinese, really liked Imposters; not sci-fi though, futuristic (although IMDB classifies it as sci-fi).
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Pan, I love the transformers movies. I guess there is the exception to every rule......lol.....
Love the transformer movies? Really? I couldn't even figure out which robots were the good guys till my son informed be to look at the color of their eyes.
CGI is great until it goes past what my brain can actually process, and transformers certainly hit that mark. And yes, I am sick of teenager saves the world, but that is pretty much every Sci Fi film ( hey they know the target audience) - even Star Wars.
I you cannot get me to admit there was another Alien film bast Aliens. They didn't happen. Alien IV was one of the 2 films in my entire life that I just turned off and didn't finish ( I have a high tolerance for crap - I even watched all of Sphere) Aliens III/IV were just awful.
Couldn't follow the robots? The decepticons carried a different emblem......similar to the volt.
I you cannot get me to admit there was another Alien film bast Aliens. They didn't happen. Alien IV was one of the 2 films in my entire life that I just turned off and didn't finish ( I have a high tolerance for crap - I even watched all of Sphere) Aliens III/IV were just awful.