What movie are you ashamed to admit you've never seen?
I’m ashamed to admit I’ve never seen The Godfather.
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I’m too ashame to admit anything ~
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OK, I confess. I have never seen Forrest Gump, Star Wars and Harry Potter, so most of the references about them fall flat to me.
Citizen Cane, supposedly a classic of cinema.
There’s a lot of movies that most people have seen and love that I have either not seen, or don’t like. It’s no matter to me.
Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
@Mimishu1995—you don’t watch Harry Potter, you read it! (I spend a large portion of energy pretending most book-to-movie adaptations don’t exist, and the Harry Potter series is at least partly to blame for that…) I do recommend Fantastic Beasts, though—it was written for the big screen by the magnificent Rowling herself, and is (consequently) a more successful film.
I haven’t seen many iconic movies. Pulp Fiction, Dirty Dancing, and Fight Club come to mind to me right now… I recently saw Saturday Night Fever—I knew nothing about it other than the Bee Gees songs and that Travolta danced disco, and so I had always assumed the whole movie was basically a jolly disco dance party…. And then I saw it!
I don’t feel ashamed. After all, I’m not dead yet so there’s time for me to read or watch anything I feel I should engage with.
Films I’d like to see include:
Reservoir Dogs
Midnight Cowboy
Taxi Driver
Precious
The Artist
Last Tango in Paris
Rebel without a Cause
And so, so many more. However, that’s a good thing. Just think of all the film joy I have to look forward to!
I’m not ashamed to say I’ve never seen Harry Potter, the first movie, all the way through, and I’ve never seen the sequels.
I’m “ashamed” to say I’ve never seen It’s a Wonderful Life, except for the last 20 minutes, and I’ve seen that part probably 8 times. I don’t know why that has happened so often.
Casablanca
Some Like it Hot (I’ve seen the most famous scenes).
Citizen Cane
I finally saw Gone With The Wind about 7 years ago. I saw The Sound of Music several years ago also. Both were a little boring in my opinion.
@Mimishu1995 Forrest Gump is so good, but one thing that makes it so good is the many references to American history that I’m not sure is as effective for an audience that isn’t American? It’s a great story no matter what. Maybe the American history it references is so televised that people around the world are familiar with the scenes they cut into the movie.
I rarely watch movies. I’m not ashamed to admit it.
There are a lot of movies I haven’t seen. None that I’m ashamed to say I haven’t seen, I just haven’t seen them for whatever reason.
Shhh….. I have not seen Schindler’s List. Please don’t tell my relatives.
I just can’t get into sitting for 3+ hours to see something so depressing. Besides, I already know how it ends.
By the way, the name is spelt “Kane”
I haven’t seen The Godfather, either. I really prefer TV or miniseries to movies – 2 hours isn’t really enough time to care about the characters – so I don’t generally go out of my way to watch a lot of films.
I have yet to see gone with the wind. The Godfather is a little overrated to be honest.
I am not ashamed of this, but I have never seen The Shining all the way through, just bits and pieces of it.
The russian version of War And Peace. I’ve had the DVD for years, but I haven’t gotten around to it.
The Sound of Music.
But I’m not ashamed.
Might have missed many but don’t think I should be ashamed for that.
Ashamed is a strange notion, but hey, i’m going to translate that as something you really should have but somehow never got round to.
I have never seen a single second of It’s a Wonderful Life, but will at some point…probably.
Okay, the word “ashamed” is a bit tongue-in-cheek. This is why it’s in social.
What I mean by it is if you mention it in public that you haven’t seen X movie, someone will say, “What? You haven’t seen X?”
My father used to teach cinema history and movie making. He used to teach the “perfect movie” which is a movie where every shot, every word, every camera angle adds to the story. Citizen Kane was one. Maltese Falcon was another. Witness was another.
I love some of those old movies, always have since a young teen & think The Third Man is a far, far better piece of filmmaking than Kane.
I’m trying to think. I can’t think of any that I feel I should have seen but didn’t. I’ve not seen the Harry Potter movies, or any of the Lord of the Rings, but I read Lord of the Rings in the 70’s and it was awesome.
I am not ashamed of not seeing any movie.
I tend to see them long after everyone else, sometimes even years after they were released.
Any of the SAW movies. and the Hobbit.
Why would anyone feel ashamed for not having seen any film? Weird.
He did concede that “ashamed” was not the best choice of words, @Zaku. I imagine he meant something you haven’t seen that is a cultural icon in most minds. Kind of like, “You have never eaten at McDonalds??? EVER???_
@Dutchess_III He probably didn’t read the whole thread. That’s okay, I often don’t read the whole thread eithe.r
The whole “ashamed” notion, and the casual acceptance of it, strikes me as disturbing. I was raised a fervent trend-skeptic. As such, I’ve also not watched many “big” films partly because their “bigness” and accompanying hype put me off more than they seem appealing, and/or I’ve seen/overheard parts and wasn’t inspired to watch the rest e.g.:
Titanic
Grease
Twilight
Rocky
Chariots of Fire
Back to the Future
Yentil
Schindler’s List
The Hobbit II & III
Forrest Gump
There are others I expect are worth seeing but I haven’t gotten around to. e.g.:
The Shawshank Redemption
Chinatown
A Clockwork Orange
@Zaku: Please read the three posts directly above yours.
I have never seen A Clockwork Orange. I started to last year, but quickly lost interest.
Eye roll. It was a tongue-in-cheek figure of speech. I don’t really mean “you are shamed”.
Make up your mind, either your eyes rolled or your tongue was in your cheek.
You must look like The Elephant Man…#seamlesslink
Not so much ashamed, more Hurt.
Anybody see The Graduate when it came out? I didn’t. But it was a good song.
Well, “play” may be going a little far.
I’ve also not seen Schindler’s List, There never seems to be a “right time” to sit down and watch thousands of Jews suffer. Elie Wiesel’s “Night” was one of the best books I’ve ever read, but I’ve never been able to pick it back up for a second read for the same reason.
Also, I’ve never seen many classic 80’s horror movies. My dad showed me Gremlins WAY too early and I’ve hated horror movies ever since. So I never saw Nightmare on Elm Steet, Jason, and all of those other classics.
@gorillapaws I tend to avoid Holacaust movies, I feel like we Jews don’t need to watch more and more of it, but Schindler’s List is really so very good, and it’s a story mostly about “Shindler’s Jews” surviving. I do recommend it.
Have you ever wondered what a young adult today, who somehow never even heard of the holocast, would react to a movie like Schindler’s list?
If someone asks that question before tomorrow please tag me. I’m maybe going to bed. After SNL.
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