Name a 'classic' movie you have NEVER seen

[Zomby Woof]

I have never seen "Casablanca". Never been a big Bogart fan, but I haven't avoided it on purpose. Just never got around to it.

[motely36]

1. I have a ton...

Casablanca
Gone with the Wind
It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street
Never seen a Rocky movie

I could go on and on...

[Zomby Woof]

3. I could add "Gone With The Wind" to mine too

I have seen bits and pieces, and it just rubs me the wrong way. "The Wizard of Oz" was the real classic of 1939.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

2. Jaws

I've seen a bunch (minored in cinema studies in college), but I've never actually seen the grand-daddy of the Hollywood blockbusters.

[motely36]

5. Never seen that one either

[Zomby Woof]

7. It's terribly overrated

It doesn't suck... but I could never rank it as one of the all-time greats. Richard Dreyfus is dependably good, and Roy Scheider gets the best line. But it never did a lot for me.

[SKKY]

4. There are lots I haven't seen...

The Sound of Music
Citizen Kane
Gandhi
Roots
Casablanca

[Zomby Woof]

8. I wish I had never seen "Sound of Music"

And I am glad I am not alone on "Casablanca". :-)

[skygazer]

6. Citizen Kane

The Manchurian Candidate

[Zomby Woof]

9. "Citizen Kane" is great

The well-known spoiler aside, it helps to know what a sonofabitch William Randolph Hearst was, for him to inspire the title character. Film school students will push the importance of its technical advances, but just for the historical/political angle alone, I enjoy the film.

[malta blue]

10. The Sound of Music

There is just something about it that makes me not want to see it.

On Edit - I just sae Casablanca this year, and it is really a great film.

[Zomby Woof]

11. Trivia about "Casablanca"

Did you know that Ronald Reagan was tapped to play Bogey's character? Bogart was never the first choice of WB execs at the time. Even though I haven't seen it beyond clips, I could NOT imagine that brain-dead twit in the fedora, saying goodbye to Ingrid Bergman, lol.

You aren't missing much with "The Sound of Music". I think 1965's best film was "Dr. Zhivago".

[calico1]

15. Some other trivia..

In those days the studios would make a ton of movies. They would just roll off assembly line like. "Casablanca" was just another movie of the many made that year. It just turned out to have everything right with it.

LOL about Reagan. Had he been in it, it would be a forgotten B movie.

[Zomby Woof]

20. Mr. Gorbachev...

Tear down this... bar! :rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

29. Reagan smash! Reagan smash!

[malta blue]

24. Wow - I did not know that.

Thanks for the little fun fact.

And thanks for the tip on Sound of Music.:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. Yet some more trivia

Howard Koch, who wrote the final screenplay (it'd been written and re-written by the time he got it) also wrote "War of the Worlds" for Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre.

[underpants]

12. Casablanca, Beaches, Caged Heat, Sirens, not scratch that

I've seen Sirens

[Zomby Woof]

13. I haven't seen any of those

Was "Sirens" that forgettable? :-)

[underpants]

16. Sirens

features Elle Macpherson and two other actress butt naked for most of the movie.

[huskerlaw]

14. Most of them

I really, really hate black & white movies.



:hide:

[Zomby Woof]

19. &#*# youngster!

Don't you know that is what the world LOOKED LIKE for us geezers back then? :grr:

;-)

[huskerlaw]

21. Well, Jon Stewart

tells me that North Korea is so evil that everything's STILL in black and white.

So maybe I could go visit, and learn what life was like before COLOR. ;)

[Zomby Woof]

25. Now that you live in California

Nebraska WILL be black & white when you visit next time. :P

And they only have one flavor of ice cream: Vanilla. :evilgrin:

[huskerlaw]

28. Hahaha.

Actually, the last time I was in Nebraska, it was decidedly GREY. Literally, everything was the color of cement...the sky, the ground, the cars... :puke:

However, even Nebraska has Cold Stone. :evilgrin:

[tigereye]

26. you are missing some great noir, then, kiddo

[begin_within]

17. I can watch "Casablanca" over and over. Never have seen "The Exoricst"

[Zomby Woof]

23. "The Exorcist" is a tad overrated

In its time, it was quite shocking, but it hasn't aged well. The cheap thrill for most is the head-spinning pea-soup vomiting scene. Besides that, it's just a young Linda Blair in cheesy makeup saying rude things in a croaky voice.

[begin_within]

27. It was first released in theaters when I was 13, and I was too scared to

go to see it, even though most of my friends went to see it. One friend of mine got sick in the theater. I heard descriptions of the shocking scenes, so I feel like I've seen it even though I haven't. I probably will never see it, why bother to give myself nighmares unnecessarily?

[taterguy]

18. Deep Throat

[Shell Beau]

22. Most of them, although I have seen Casablanca and just

thought it was ok. I haven't seen a lot of the older classics. I guess I should watch them sometime. At least some of them.

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. "Looking for Mr. Good Bar" I just realized that after reading the

disturbing movies thread. Not for any reason other than lack of opportunity. I'd like to see it. :hi:

[Zomby Woof]

33. If it were about the candy bar, I would see it

I have never seen it either. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

34. I don't think it is...

...but I could be wrong, never having seen it. :) :hi:

[Zomby Woof]

36. I am looking for M&M's

I think they fell under the couch cushions! Would you mind lifting your butt so I can find them? :P :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

38. Sigh....

I could have just shared some of my Mounds bar with you... but nooooo, have to have the M and M's. Quick! Jessie loves M&M's! :rofl:

[anarch]

31. Birth of a Nation

[Zomby Woof]

35. I have seen it

Back in 1985 it was re-released for its 70th anniversary at a local arthouse theater, complete with a pre-movie lecture about its content and history, and a live piano player provided the music.

It was at once revolting and amazing. Technically ahead of its time, but the story was very, very difficult to absorb. A true artifact of where race relations were in America at the time.

[Rabrrrrrr]

32. Gone With the Wind - it's the one classic I will never see.

There are a number of other ones I haven't seen that are classics, but I can never remember what they are. I know there's a list of a good ten to fifteen truly classics that I've never seen, and keep meaning to see, but always forget.

Casablanca, by the way, I fucking love. I say that as a huge Bogart fan, but also because the movie is simply perfectly done.

[tinfoil tiaras]

37. "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "The Breakfast Club"

basically, all those classic breakfast movies....:P

[Zomby Woof]

39. LOL

No corn flakes for you then! :P

[tinfoil tiaras]

40. rofl

:rofl:

Cereal nazi! :P :P

[Dukkha]

41. a bunch

Gone With the Wind
Citizen Kane
Seven Samurai
Rear Window
12 Angry Men
The Usual Suspects
The Good the Bad & The Ugly
Lawrence of Arabia
Sunset Blvd
Chinatown
Raging Bull
Some Like It Hot
On the Waterfront
All Quiet on the Western Front
Doctor Zhivago

I suppose I should get on this list

[LibraLiz1973]

42. Of your list I highly recommend

Citizen Kane
Rear Window
The Usual Suspects
Sunset Boulevard

I have also not seen:
On The Waterfront
Doctor Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
Seven Samurai

[Zomby Woof]

43. And to distill your list

I highly recommend "Lawrence" and "Zhivago". You and Neo listed some good ones!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

44. Everything of Orson Wells' EXCEPT Citizen Kane

[calico1]

45. "The Fountainhead,"

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

I'm sure there are more. That's what I can think of right now.

[baldguy]

46. Rocky

Saturday Night Fever
Plan 9 From Outer Space

[Iniquitous Bunny]

47. Same movie.

The movie snob in my household is aghast, but then I remind him that he has yet to see almost every quality independent film that came out in the late 90's (and just who the true peasant is). :D

[UTUSN]

48. Mary Poppins. Willy Wonka. ANY Disney deal. n/t

[reyd reid reed]

50. I've never seen "Casablanca" either...

There are others, but I think that one tops the list.

[MiniMandaRuth]

51. I wish I had never seen Sound of Music.

I still want to commit suicide with a cheese grater every time I hear 'These are some of my favorite things'. *Massive eye twitch.*

True story. My mom and I were talking about what movies we hate while listening to commercials on TV. I forget what she said (Some movie I had never heard of), but I said 'Sound of Music'. next commercial on TV was the 50th or 40th or something anniversary DVD set. I ran from the room.

Hmmmm.... I can't think of any great movie I've never seen....

[grannylib]

52. Never seen a lot of Hitchcock's stuff (all the way through, anyway)

I've seen "The Birds" and "Rebecca", but not the rest of them; never seen "The Maltese Falcon" or "Citizen Kane" or "Breakfast at Tiffanys" or many others named here..

[LadyoftheRabbits]

53. ...

Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone With the Wind, etc. I have a lot to see :(