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Arpig -> Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 5:13:56 PM)

Here they are, in ascending order as they are presented in the link with my opinion of them in parentheses.

10. The Great Escape (Good)
9. The Blade Runner (Really good)
8. Good Fellas (Never seen it, started to once but fell asleep)
7. Apocalypse Now (Good, but kind of boring)
6. This is Spinal Tap (Excellent stuff, funny as hell)
5. Reservoir Dogs (Superb! One of my all time favourite films)
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (Boring as Hell)
3. Taxi Driver (Excellent!)
2. Casablanca (Superb film making!!)
1. The Godfather (Hated it, one of the worst films ever, overly long, boring, and  inept...it just sucks - except the music).

How many have you seen, and what did you think of them?

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LinnaeaBorealis -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 5:54:30 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Arpig

Here they are, in ascending order as they are presented in the link with my opinion of them in parentheses.

10. The Great Escape (Good)
9. The Blade Runner (Really good)
8. Good Fellas (Never seen it, started to once but fell asleep)
7. Apocalypse Now (Good, but kind of boring)
6. This is Spinal Tap (Excellent stuff, funny as hell)
5. Reservoir Dogs (Superb! One of my all time favourite films)
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (Boring as Hell)
3. Taxi Driver (Excellent!)
2. Casablanca (Superb film making!!)
1. The Godfather (Hated it, one of the worst films ever, overly long, boring, and  inept...it just sucks - except the music).

How many have you seen, and what did you think of them?

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Good Fellas--loved it!!

This is Spinal Tap--saw it several times so far. A classic!!

2001 A Space Odyssey--saw it when it was first released in whatever they called that really spectacular theater with speakers everywhere, sound bouncing around the room. I had taken a quad- hit blue flat, so I'm sure that's why I didn't find it boring.

Taxi Driver--I concur

Casablanca--seen it over & over & over. Superb indeed

The Godfather--don't really remember how I felt about it

I don't think I've seen any of the others, but I have black holes in my memory, so who knows? The other thing is that if I only see a movie once, unless there's something in it that really draws me in, I won't remember much of it. I'm fascinated by people who remember whole scenes line by line. Although when they insist on relating a scene to me, I find it incredibly boring & wish they'd just stfu & I'll go rent the movie. [8D]

I want the manpig back.



gungadin09 -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 6:01:10 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Arpig

The Blade Runner - Saw it in college. Wanted to think it was cool, but was too sleep deprived to get much out of it. I generally have to see movies like that a couple times before I really get the plot. It's on my list to see again. Incidently, that movie was the reason i was leaving paper cranes in random places for a while.

Reservoir Dogs- Like all Quentin Tarantino movies, i thought the story was good, but the violence made me want to throw up.

2001 A Space Odyssey- i saw parts of it, and the parts i saw were enough to convince me it wasn't worth seeing the whole thing.Thought it was mind numbingly boring.

Casablanca- saw parts of it, and the parts i saw were enough to make me realise that it would be worth seeing the whole thing, but you really have to be in the mood for that black and white stuff.


pam



GreedyTop -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 6:05:51 PM)

My comments in red (or some other not BLACK color..lol)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Arpig

Here they are, in ascending order as they are presented in the link with my opinion of them in parentheses.

10. The Great Escape (I think I've seen it, not sure)
9. The Blade Runner (Really good)
8. Good Fellas (Never seen it)
7. Apocalypse Now (Good, but kind of boring)
6. This is Spinal Tap (Excellent stuff, funny as hell,  and funny to watch as an industry insider..lots of jokes there that will only be caught by folks in the industry)
5. Reservoir Dogs (Superb! One of my all time favourite films)
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (Boring as Hell  I like it, but mainly for teh HAL scenes)
3. Taxi Driver (never seen all the way through)
2. Casablanca (never seen it)
1. The Godfather (the only bit of I remember is the horsehead)
How many have you seen, and what did you think of them?

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ParappaTheDapper -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 6:12:01 PM)

Great topic man. I'm going to take these out of order, because that's how I roll and also because I want to pay special attention to Blade Runner.

I think Blade Runner is one of the clearest and most distinct examples of a film that is deeply dependent on the set and setting in which it is viewed. I dig the movie, no doubt. Like, if I sat down to watch the film with you, I'm pretty sure that would be an awesome time because we are both awesome dudes! But it's also a film where if you get sucked into watching it with either people who just don't get the film at all or who do "get" the film in a kind of creepy "Oh dear Lord this dude is going to try to lure me into his UFO cult isn't he?" way then sitting through this very good movie can feel like an eternity. There is an entire class of film like this, in my opinion (see: Every Python film) where the section of the fan base you happen to encounter while you're trying to watch it can make or break the experience.

I've yet to see The Great Escape, though I should, and though I did enjoy the completely unrelated Blur album of the same name.

Apocalypse Now was like fifteen kinds of awesome. When I was a kid Heart of Darkness was one of my favorite books and I think that when Coppola and John Milius (the inspiration for Walter from The Big Lebowski, apropos of nothing and everything all at once) worked incredibly well together on the adaptation. And of course Brando, oh God Brando. It's also so much fun to see such a young and callow Fishburne in the mix.

Spinal Tap is hilarious on its own merits. Come to think of it, it's another one of those "set and setting" films like Blade Runner.

I have a serious boner for Reservoir Dogs. It's like Blue Velvet's slightly friendlier cousin, and I have an even bigger boner for Blue Velvet.

Casablanca is just beautiful.

I honestly did not like Good Fellas or The Godfather. I know that's heresy, but there you have it.

I did enjoy 2001. I was uh...you know. I was 17 and it was summer break and it was a hot July night and we were all....uh you know. That's really the only way that film can be enjoyed, I think.

And of course Taxi Driver was aces.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Arpig

Here they are, in ascending order as they are presented in the link with my opinion of them in parentheses.

10. The Great Escape (Good)
9. The Blade Runner (Really good)
8. Good Fellas (Never seen it, started to once but fell asleep)
7. Apocalypse Now (Good, but kind of boring)
6. This is Spinal Tap (Excellent stuff, funny as hell)
5. Reservoir Dogs (Superb! One of my all time favourite films)
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (Boring as Hell)
3. Taxi Driver (Excellent!)
2. Casablanca (Superb film making!!)
1. The Godfather (Hated it, one of the worst films ever, overly long, boring, and  inept...it just sucks - except the music).

How many have you seen, and what did you think of them?

http://inmovies.ca/Galleries/Articles/Gallery_moviespeoplepretendtheyveseen.htm?feedname=photo_gallery_movies_people_pretend_theyve_seen&pos=1&nolookup=true





MaxsBoy -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 6:58:26 PM)

The only ones I've seen of those are Blade Runner and 2001.  Blade Runner I adore.   2001...not so much.



LaTigresse -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 7:36:36 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Arpig

Here they are, in ascending order as they are presented in the link with my opinion of them in parentheses.

10. The Great Escape- I know I've seen it but don't remember it well.

9. The Blade Runner- Again....kinda remember seeing it but nothing really stands out.

8. Good Fellas- Watched it just this last month yet again, have the DVD. Love it.

7. Apocalypse Now- Parts are boring but parts are fantastic. Own the DVD.

6. This is Spinal Tap - I've not seen it.

5. Reservoir Dogs- Good movie...think we have the DVD

4. 2001 A Space Odyssey - I agree......didn't bother watching it all.

3. Taxi Driver - I have to admit I just saw the entire movie this last winter. It was okay...I struggle to love many movies of that era.

2. Casablanca - One of my favs. Have the DVD

1. The Godfather - We have the entire DVD set. Love them. Except James Cann was horribly miscast. He didn't belong at all.

How many have you seen, and what did you think of them? I've seen them all multiple times. Have the deluxe boxed set.

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willbeurdaddy -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 7:39:36 PM)

I dont get it...why would anyone pretend to have seen a movie?

Other than totally jumbling up your comments on 3 of the last 4, the analysis is pretty good though.



LaTigresse -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 7:43:35 PM)

I don't understand pretending to have seen a movie. I love movies, G.D. and I share that.........though not always do we share a love for the same movies. Right now he is all engrossed in 'Patton'. We've seen it multiple times. I do not love it. No big hate, but definitely no love. I have to assume it is his previous 20some years in the military that causes him to love it so.

If I haven't seen a movie, I tend to ask about it, if the person/s I am talking to liked it and why.



SylvereApLeanan -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 7:43:42 PM)

Blade Runner - good, but nothing like the book it's based on.  Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was dozens of times better.
 
Good Fellas - not bad, I'd watch it again if it came on but wouldn't rent it.
 
The Godfather - I endured it for the sake of being able to say I've seen it.  It was pretty boring, but Al Pacino made it bearable.
 
2001 - I've seen parts of this but not the whole thing.  I've read the book and it wasn't very good so I have no great desire to see the movie.
 
Casablanca - Again, I've seen parts but not the whole thing.  I'll get around to watching it one of these years.



FelineFae -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 7:48:45 PM)

my folks had me watch #4... the "what are you doing, Dave?" part was okay.
But please no more manpig... i want to see an avatar looking over an AD&D screen from days of yore.



BamaD -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 8:16:59 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Arpig

Here they are, in ascending order as they are presented in the link with my opinion of them in parentheses.

10. The Great Escape (Good)
9. The Blade Runner (Really good)
8. Good Fellas (Never seen it, started to once but fell asleep)
7. Apocalypse Now (Good, but kind of boring)
6. This is Spinal Tap (Excellent stuff, funny as hell)
5. Reservoir Dogs (Superb! One of my all time favourite films)
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (Boring as Hell)
3. Taxi Driver (Excellent!)
2. Casablanca (Superb film making!!)
1. The Godfather (Hated it, one of the worst films ever, overly long, boring, and  inept...it just sucks - except the music).

How many have you seen, and what did you think of them?

http://inmovies.ca/Galleries/Articles/Gallery_moviespeoplepretendtheyveseen.htm?feedname=photo_gallery_movies_people_pretend_theyve_seen&pos=1&nolookup=true
Great Escape  excellent  particularly McQueen and Garner
Blade Runner   not bad but a little slow
Goodfellows   didn't like at all
Apocolypes Now other than I love the smell of napalm in the morning both boring and offensive
Spinal tap  never seen
Reservoir Dogs same
2001  read the book saw the movie cause it had to be better it wasn't
Taxi driver  fell asleep
Casablanca overrated  
Godfather  best Brando film

Tombstone  how could anyone leave this out



ParappaTheDapper -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 8:23:49 PM)

quote:

Blade Runner - good, but nothing like the book it's based on. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was dozens of times better.


Agreed, though I do think it was the best PKD adaptation to date. I had high hopes for A Scanner Darkly but it just fell dreadfully flat. I think that as 20th century writers of deeply paranoid, surreal black comedy go, PKD may be the hardest of all to adapt. The only real response to trying to film one of his books seems to be to follow Scott's lead in Blade Runner and accept from the outset that your project will be inspired by, but bear only a limited relation to, the source material.

Honestly, of all the 20th century writers I love, I don't think any would be much more vexing to try to film than Dick. Lem, I suppose, and of course until recently Lem was around (and quite eager) to explain in hilarious, bombastic detail just how much he hated adaptations of his work.



Aynne88 -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 10:02:08 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Arpig

Here they are, in ascending order as they are presented in the link with my opinion of them in parentheses.

10. The Great Escape (Good)
9. The Blade Runner (Really good)
8. Good Fellas (Never seen it, started to once but fell asleep)
7. Apocalypse Now (Good, but kind of boring)
6. This is Spinal Tap (Excellent stuff, funny as hell)
5. Reservoir Dogs (Superb! One of my all time favourite films)
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (Boring as Hell)
3. Taxi Driver (Excellent!)
2. Casablanca (Superb film making!!)
1. The Godfather (Hated it, one of the worst films ever, overly long, boring, and  inept...it just sucks - except the music).

How many have you seen, and what did you think of them?

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Saw them all, the only one I didn't love was 2001 Space Odyssey. 

Godfather  LOVE!! Have seen it at least 20 times.

Reservoir Dogs  see above except maybe 10 times

Taxi Driver. One of my top 5 movies ever. Fucking love it.

Arpig...how can you *not* love The Godfather?

Anyway, most people I know have seen all of these movies. What I think most people do is pretend to read classic literature. All the time. 



Tantriqu -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/27/2011 11:03:31 PM)

I'll revise the title to US movies people pretend to have seen:

10. The Great Escape (yankee BS: go watch The 49th Parallel or Morning Departure)
9. The Blade Runner (Excellent, and in love with Rutger Hauer ever since; sadly the director's cut isn't)
8. Good Fellas (Started to watch, stopped)
7. Apocalypse Now (Quite good, but needs more editing and less Brando)
6. This is Spinal Tap (I'll give it an 11. Smell the glove!)
5. Reservoir Dogs (truly dreadful and unleashed the anti-human that is quentar)
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (Boring and wankerish in a sci-fi way, unlike Eyes Wide Shut which was just wankish)
3. Taxi Driver (would only make 44 minutes on a CSI episode now)
2. Casablanca (Dated, but a touching classic, and worth watching over and over again: although imagining Ronnie Reagan as Rick gives me the heebiejeebies; if remade now, Rick and Ilsa would use the letters of transit for themselves and abandon her husband to his fate)
1. The Godfather (Hated all of them, three of the worst films ever and progressively bad, overly long, boring, and inept...even worse than the book).
So when someone says they 'loved' GFIII including Sofia Coppola, I know they haven't actually watched it.

For the International list, I would add: (first three in my top 25 of all time)

M [Truly chilling, and stands the test of time]
Metropolis [same: chilling and stands the test of time]
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 [what Private Ryan should have been]
Rashomon [never saw, always intend to]
The Bicycle Thief [have never been able to finish]
Pan's Labyrinth [vastly overrated]
Life is Beautiful [vastly overrated]
Brief Encounters [sniff: also if remade now would end with the doctor and heroine running away]
The 400 Blows/Jules et Jim, or any French new wave [so wankerish now with all the spoilt bourgeousie]
Any Fellini or Italian neorealism: SCTV did it better

The Seventh Seal [More a cheap student film, although again introduced me to a lifelong crush of Max von Sydow: I prefer Wild Strawberries]



DesFIP -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/28/2011 4:44:37 AM)

Saw 10, 4, 3, 2 and 1. I liked them at the time. I don't think I would have like Godfather if I hadn't been with a really hot date.

However Taxi Driver came on tv a couple of weeks ago and my teen watched it, I felt no desire to see it again 30 years later. And at this time of my life, I'm sure I would dislike it.



littlewonder -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/28/2011 5:21:50 AM)

10. The Great Escape (Never watched it)
9. The Blade Runner (Good movie. Some parts bored me, others were great)
8. Good Fellas (Watched it. It was ok, so-so)
7. Apocalypse Now (Never watched it)
6. This is Spinal Tap (It was funny but I didn't think it was hilarious)
5. Reservoir Dogs (I always seem to watch it in bits and pieces. Never seem to watch the entire movie so maybe I just don't get the full affect)
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (So-so)
3. Taxi Driver (I love this movie!)
2. Casablanca (Never watched it the whole way through. Wasn't impressed)
1. The Godfather (didn't like it.).

Many of these movies are mob/violent type movies and I just don't get into those types of movies. I find them rather boring or at most blase most of the time. There are some great quotes from them but otherwise they just don't do much for me.



myotherself -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/28/2011 5:35:31 AM)




10. The Great Escape (Have seen in multiple times. A tad long, but great movie)
9. The Blade Runner (Rutger Hauer at his semi-naked peak - GROWLLLL!!)
8. Good Fellas (Never seen it)
7. Apocalypse Now (Never seen it)
6. This is Spinal Tap (Seen it dozens of times - makes me laugh every time)
5. Reservoir Dogs (Never seen it)
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (Never seen it)
3. Taxi Driver (Never seen it)
2. Casablanca (Never seen it)
1. The Godfather (Watched it once, was gutted when I realised it was nowhere near the quality of the book).





ChatteParfaitt -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/28/2011 5:45:37 AM)

  • The Great Escape -- Who doesn't like Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw rolling around in the trash bin? She's so sub to his dom, the movie is worth it just for that.
  • The Blade Runner -- Another great movie, but I'm a Harrison Ford fan.
  • Good Fellas -- Some great actors, but not my style of movie.
  • Apocalypse Now -- Great movie if you lived through the war in Vietnam. Youngsters might not get the significance. Fantastic sound track.
  • This is Spinal Tap (Excellent stuff, funny as hell) -- Agreed, only more so.
  • Reservoir Dogs (Superb! One of my all time favourite films) -- Agreed, but then I am a Tarentino fan.
  • 2001 A Space Odyssey -- Depends on how stoned you were at the time.
  • Taxi Driver -- Wonderful vintage DeNiro.
  • Casablanca -- I've probably wanted this film a hundred times, and I get sucked into it (and get a lil misty eyed at the end) every time.
  • The Godfather -- I'm not a fan of the Godfather movies, although there was a great group of actors in the first film, and I like Pacino in anything.




JstAnotherSub -> RE: Movies people love to pretend they've seen (5/28/2011 6:25:56 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Arpig

Here they are, in ascending order as they are presented in the link with my opinion of them in parentheses.

10. The Great Escape (Good)nope

9. The Blade Runner (Really good)nope

8. Good Fellas (Never seen it, started to once but fell asleep)nope

7. Apocalypse Now (Good, but kind of boring)have never seen the entire thing all the way through. I have tried several times, but I always end up exhausted, feeling like I just finished a trip on acid or something. I still have it and, one day, I will finish it!

6. This is Spinal Tap (Excellent stuff, funny as hell)nope

5. Reservoir Dogs (Superb! One of my all time favourite films)nope

4. 2001 A Space Odyssey (Boring as Hell)nope

3. Taxi Driver (Excellent!)sadly, nope

2. Casablanca (Superb film making!!)nope

1. The Godfather (Hated it, one of the worst films ever, overly long, boring, and  inept...it just sucks - except the music).yes, but was tripping on acid for real, and it is all a colorful, happy blur

How many have you seen, and what did you think of them?

http://inmovies.ca/Galleries/Articles/Gallery_moviespeoplepretendtheyveseen.htm?feedname=photo_gallery_movies_people_pretend_theyve_seen&pos=1&nolookup=true

There are a few on this list that I am going to watch this summer while I am off work.....thanks for the thread!




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