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BelleGirl wrote:I 'get' it alright. It just isn't my taste. Not everybody has to like mr. Tarantino's style.

What is your taste?

BelleGirl wrote:I 'get' it alright. It just isn't my taste. Not everybody has to like mr. Tarantino's style.

Nobody ever said you had to. Geez, I was only making a joke; that's why I place a behind my reply. Keep your rolling eyes to yourself, please.

I finally got to watch a few of the movies on my list, but I'm not talking about which yet. I did add onto it however if anyone's interested to check out my post.

It's been about a year since I made my list, and I'm curious to see how many of the films I posted on my list that I got to see.

Avaitor wrote: Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau)

Saw it, and really enjoyed Cocteau's take on the classic story, about as much as Disney's.

Avaitor wrote: Breathless

Also got to see this one. It's a classic of cinema, so full of style and simple coolness. I'm sadly ignorant to the rest of Godard's filmography though.

Avaitor wrote: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

This is a really creepy flick, but great fun! You gotta love Joan Crawford and Bette Davis' performances.

Avaitor wrote: My Fair Lady

This was a bit better than I was expecting, but I still think that Mary Poppins was robbed at the Oscars. Don't regret the viewing, though.

Avaitor wrote: The Battle of Algiers

Wow, this is such a powerful film. One of the handful of movies I'd recommend for everyone to see.

Avaitor wrote: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

I only saw this a few weeks ago. It's a good movie, but the ending rubs me the wrong way.

Avaitor wrote: Harold and Maude

Hah, this is a fun cult classic, although the Cat Stevens soundtrack really annoyed the hell out of me.

Avaitor wrote: Paper Moon

Really enjoyed this flick. Tatum O'Neal's performance was great.

Avaitor wrote: Enter the Dragon

Pretty freaking awesome kung-fu flick.

Avaitor wrote: Jesus Christ Superstar

Wow, I've really succeeded on catching up with this list, huh? Too bad this one sucked HARD.

Avaitor wrote: Badlands

My first Terrence Malick movie, and I really really enjoyed it. The scenery is to die for.

Avaitor wrote: The Last Detail

Another good movie, with some really sharp dialogue.

Avaitor wrote: Amarcord

It's Fellini, you either get it or you don't. I dug it, but it's not one of my favorites of his that I've seen.

Avaitor wrote: The Conversation

This one has a depressing story, with a happy ending. I rented it from Netflix a few months ago and was getting into it, but about 45-50 minutes in, the DVD crapped out on me, and no matter how much I wiped the disc with a towel cloth, I couldn't get it to continue.

My plan was to wait a little to try renting it again on Netflix, but about a month ago, I saw that it was streaming on instant queue. I immediately caught up with where I left off, and finished the film. Good stuff.

Avaitor wrote: The Man Who Would Be King

Good stuff. Kipling's material made for some great adaptations.

Avaitor wrote: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I saw the original 1977 flick, and dug it. I'm not sure if I'm interested in the director's cuts though.

Avaitor wrote: The Deer Hunter

Meh, this one doesn't really hold up to me. It felt too long for it's own good.

Avaitor wrote: Kramer vs. Kramer

This was pretty decent. I don't think it's Best Picture material myself, but it does fit the Academy's criteria, so whatever.

Avaitor wrote: Being There

"I like to watch"

'nuff said.

Avaitor wrote: Ordinary People

Okay, this is the first one on here that I haven't seen yet. Netflix only just recently had it available to rent, so it's on my queue, but there's still a really long wait. I can handle the wait, though.

Avaitor wrote: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

I caught this on AMC a while ago, Badass flick

Avaitor wrote: Fitzcarraldo

This is actually next on my queue, so hopefully I'll see it soon!

Avaitor wrote: The King of Comedy

Oooh, I did something badddd with this one.

So my friends and I used to have a bad movie night, before the guy who hosted it left for school a few months ago. Normally I would bring a movie over, but I didn't really have anything appropriate for the night, but I did have this from Netflix, so I snuck it in. Not a bad movie at all, but hey, we had some fun with it anyway.

Avaitor wrote: Scarface

A little overlong, but there's some good stuff. Is it just me though, or is Tony Montana the biggest idiot in all of film?

Avaitor wrote: The Breakfast Club

I remember the first time I watched The Breakfast Club. It was an April night at 2 am, during spring break, and I couldn't sleep, so I put it on.

And... I don't get it. Am I too old to have any attachment to the characters and dialogue if I saw the movie for the first time as a sophomore in college? Because I thought it was actually kind of annoying.

Avaitor wrote: Tampopo

This isn't able to rent on Netflix. :/ I'll try to find another way to see it eventually, since it really does interests me.

Avaitor wrote: Coming to America

Ooh, I really liked this one. Eddie Murphy and Keith David gave me a lot of laughs here.

Avaitor wrote: The Last Temptation of Christ

I had a lot to say when I first saw this film, but it's been a few months, and I have a lot of other movies to go through.

But I definitely liked it better than Jesus Christ Superstar, that's for sure.

Avaitor wrote: Kiki's Delivery Service

Nope, haven't seen this yet, and watching JesuOtaku's Ghibli video retrospectives, it doesn't seem like the type of movie that I'd like, Miyazaki or not.

Avaitor wrote: JFK

I really liked this one, ya happy, Goliath?

Avaitor wrote: 12 Monkeys

Kick-ass flick!

Avaitor wrote: Boogie Nights

When I saw this movie, I briefly wanted to get into the porn industry. That initiative has died out, but I just felt like mentioning that.

Avaitor wrote: The Celebration

Haven't got around to it yet, but it'll make it to my queue eventually.

Avaitor wrote: Rushmore

I liked this, but it isn't one of my favorite Wes Anderson films. In fact, it kind of feels like, there's no meaning to the movie at all, in a bad way.

Avaitor wrote: In the Mood for Love

What an amazing movie!

Avaitor wrote: Punch-Drunk Love

This is the best Adam Sandler film I've ever seen. That isn't saying much.

Avaitor wrote: The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Y'no what, I think I'm going to wait to see The Hobbit movies before I go through LOTR. Sounds crazy, but it might be the best method.

Avaitor wrote: Dead Man's Shoes

I liked this one, but not really loved. It's a decent modern horror film though.

Avaitor wrote: 127 Hours

I actually have this rented from Netflix right now! I'll be watching it soon hopefully.

Avaitor wrote: Tarzan, the Ape Man

I tried to watch this on TCM a few days after making this post, but I gave up around 20 minutes in. Didn't really keep my interest.

Avaitor wrote: Rocco and His Brothers

I actually have this on my DVR, again, from TCM, but I haven't seen it yet. I should change that soon.

Avaitor wrote: Blow-Up

This is a really weird, but cool, film. I don't think I get the ending, but at the same time, I really liked it.

Avaitor wrote: The Last Picture Show

I love the black and white cinematography on here a lot, and this helped to get me interested in watching Red River. So yeah, I like it.

Avaitor wrote: Eraserhead

Nope, not yet. I'll try to eventually.

Avaitor wrote: The Blues Brothers

Another kick-ass movie.

Avaitor wrote: The Color Purple

I liked it, although I don't think that Spielberg was the right director for the story. It isn't anywhere near as personal as Schindler's List, and is it just me, or is the movie too polished for it's own good?

Avaitor wrote: Peggy Sue Got Married

I saw a few minutes of the movie, but not the whole thing. Some day I'll try to.

Avaitor wrote: Matador
Law of Desire

Nope and nope. I am totally ignorant to Pedro Almodovar.

Avaitor wrote: Heavenly Creatures

Had to fix my blatant typo, lol.

But nope, haven't seen it yet.

Avaitor wrote: Braveheart

A lot better than I was expecting. Mel Gibson really pulled this one off, IMO.

Avaitor wrote: Requiem for a Dream

Haven't seen it yet, unfortunately.

And here's my new list of movies to watch by around this time next year.

Ordinary People
Fitzcarraldo
Tampopo
The Celebration
Rocco and His Brothers
Eraserhead
Peggy Sue Got Married
Matador
Law of Desire
Heavenly Creatures
Requiem for a Dream
War and Peace (60's version)
The Tenant
Play It Again, Sam
Smokey and the Bandit
The English Patient
Queen Margo
Harvey
Easy Rider
The Shop Around the Corner
Matewan
Raising Arizona
A Matter of Life and Death
The Last of the Mohicans
Tokyo Story
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

^the fact I havent even heard of most of those probably says a lot about how famous they are.

ajmrowland wrote:^the fact I havent even heard of most of those probably says a lot about how famous they are.

Well, maybe most of these are not famous in a mainstream way, but are well-received by those who have seen them. I can't really think of too many big movies that I haven't seen, besides stuff from the past few years that weren't a blip on my radar at all.

I could go on and on, but these are the ones that immediately come to mind that I haven't seen yet...

Seven Days in May (John Frankenheimer) (though I recently borrowed the dvd from a friend)
From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann)
Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau)
The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford)
8 1/2 (Federico Fellini)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Mike Nichols)
The Sting (George Roy Hill)
West Side Story (Robert Wise)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher)
Titanic (James Cameron) (Yeah, I know)
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)
The Last Samurai (Edward Zwick)
Every Robert Altman that isn't Popeye (Tried watching The Player, was bored to death, so I turned it off)

There's a pretty good selection in there. The Master's up in my Netflix queue, and as much as I love Larsson's novels, there are just some things that I don't want to see on film, but a lot of these are highly recommended. Nashville, 8 1/2 and Liberty Valance in particular.

Finally saw Dark Knight Rises, and have updated my list to include Last Samurai which I do own, but haven't seen yet.

Another year, another time for me to see what I've seen from my list from the last year.

Ordinary People

Yep, I got around to watching this just before Netflix put it up on instant. I can see good in it, but Best Picture of 1980? I dunno.

Fitzcarraldo

Man, what a fascinating watch. I really need to see Burden of Dreams, too.

Tampopo

Since this DVD still isn't in print, I looked it up online when reading some more about it. It's good.

The Celebration

Got around to this one too. Yikes, there's some really strong character study here, but the handheld camerawork was a little much for me at times.

Rocco and His Brothers

I think this is still on my DVR, haha. I'll get to it soon.

Eraserhead

This is at the top of my Netflix queue, actually. But it's taking its sweet time to come here.

Peggy Sue Got Married
Matador
Law of Desire
Heavenly Creatures
Requiem for a Dream
War and Peace (60's version)
The Tenant
Play It Again, Sam

Nope to any of these. It's hard since some aren't on Netflix, and one of them is INSANELY long, but we'll see.

Smokey and the Bandit

God, I love this movie. Just a hoot. RIP Hal Needham

The English Patient

It had strengths, but I can't say it was a true Best Picture.

Queen Margot

Not yet, no.

Harvey

Ooh, I like this one. Jimmy Stewart knocked it out of the park, as usual.

Easy Rider

I've actually seen this a couple of times since last year, which should say what I thought about it. Killer music, nan.

The Shop Around the Corner

I caught this around Christmas time last year on TCM. It's another good one with Jimmy.

Matewan

Nope.

Raising Arizona

I'm not much of a Coen brothers fan, but this one made me laugh a few times. John Goodman was one of my highlights, like in The Big Lebowski, the one movie of theirs that I really like.

A Matter of Life and Death

I've really grown to like the Archers in the past year. Their use of color is to die for, and this is easily one of their finest.

The Last of the Mohicans

Good Daniel-Day Lewis performance! I haven't read the book so I don't know how it compares, but I liked it.

Tokyo Story

Best movie ever? I'm not so sure. But I recommend it.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

It's actually pretty depressing, but wow is this a well-made movie that instantly borders on lovely.

Another year, another list of films to watch by the next.

Rocco and His Brothers
Eraserhead
Peggy Sue Got Married
Matador
Law of Desire
Heavenly Creatures
Requiem for a Dream
War and Peace (60's version)
The Tenant
Play It Again, Sam
Queen Margot
Matewan
A Prophet
Bullhead
Hannah and Her Sisters
Midnight Run
American Graffiti
Grey Gardens
Hud

There are many famous films that I've never seen (at least from start to finish), but I'll try and narrow it down to films I really want to see.

The Godfather Part I
The Godfather Part II
Harvey
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
It's a Wonderful Life
Ben Hur
The Big Sleep
The African Queen
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Psycho
Vertigo
North by Northwest
From Here to Eternity
Duck Soup
The Gold Rush
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Persepolis
Grave of the Fireflies
My Neighbour Totoro
Waltz with Bashir
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Darjeeling Express
Der Untergang (Downfall)
Metropolis (20s German expressionist sci-fi film)

There are also a lot of foreign films I'd like to see (as in films from non-English speaking countries), mainly because I feel I don't watch enough foreign cinema. And now for some Disney titles I've never seen (or never seen all the way through) but feel I ought to:

Wreck-it Ralph
Cars 2 (mainly just to say that I've seen every Pixar film - don't have much motivation to watch it though, to be fair)
Frankenweenie (re-make)
Treasure Island
The Story of Robin Hood
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Old Yeller

UmbrellaFish wrote:Of course, I’m sure there’s hundreds of more films I haven’t seen, but…

Really Want to See-
Casablanca
Schindler's List
The Exorcist
A Streetcar Named Desire
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ed Wood
Metropolis
Wait Until Dark
The Sword and the Rose
The Song of the South
Watership Down
Slumdog Millionaire
Gladiator
Camelot
The L-Shaped Room

Want to See-
The Godfather Trilogy
Citizen Kane
Brokeback Mountain
The Graduate
Psycho
North by Northwest
Poltergeist
Clue
The Producers (musical)
A Little Night Music
The Importance of Being Earnest
Seven Samurai
Inglorious Basterds
Vertigo
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
The Bridge on the River Kwai
All About Eve
The Maltese Falcon
The Great Escape
Strangers on a Train
The Manchurian Candidate (both versions)
Princess Monoke
It Happened One Night
8 1/2
Nine
V for Vendetta
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A Star is Born (Streisand)
Passion of the Christ
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Gulliver's Travels

I Can Wait to See-
Lord of the Rings series
Alien
Oklahoma
Shawshank Redemption
Lawrence of Arabia
The Music Man
South Pacific
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Oliver!
High Noon
Duck Soup
The Nun's Story
Sabrina
The Rocketeer
Rebecca
2001: A Space Odyssey
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Braveheart
Great Expectations
Arsenic and Old Lace
Laura
Nosferatu
Bringing Up Baby
My Friend Flicka
A Star is Born (Gaynor)
King of Kings

Not So Sure What This is About, But I Think I Might Like it-
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Romeo + Juliet
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
How the West Was Won
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Chinatown
Pan's Labyrinth

Not So Sure What This is About, So…-
Clockwork Orange
Requiem for a Dream
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Life of Brian
Full Metal Jacket
Die Hard

I Don‘t Really Care-
Harry Potter series
Back to the Future Trilogy
Rocky
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

And, as a bonus-

Julie’s Movies I Haven‘t Seen-
The Singing Princess
The Tamarind Seed
10
Little Miss Marker
The Trail of the Pink Panther
The Man Who Loved Women
A Fine Romance
Unconditional Love

The list today...

The Exorcist
The Song of the South
Watership Down
The L-Shaped Room
The Graduate
Poltergeist
The Producers (musical)
A Little Night Music
The Importance of Being Earnest
Seven Samurai
Inglorious Basterds
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Great Escape
Strangers on a Train
Princess Monoke
8 1/2
Nine
V for Vendetta
A Star is Born (Streisand)
Passion of the Christ
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Gulliver's Travels
Lord of the Rings series
Alien
Shawshank Redemption
The Music Man
Oliver!
Duck Soup
Sabrina
The Rocketeer
2001: A Space Odyssey
Great Expectations
Laura
Nosferatu
My Friend Flicka
A Star is Born (Gaynor)
King of Kings
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
How the West Was Won
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Pan's Labyrinth
Clockwork Orange
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Life of Brian
Full Metal Jacket
Die Hard
Harry Potter series
Back to the Future Trilogy
Rocky

And...

Julie’s Movies I Haven‘t Seen-
Little Miss Marker
The Trail of the Pink Panther
The Man Who Loved Women
A Fine Romance
Unconditional Love

The Big Sleep
Duck Soup
The Gold Rush
The Great Dictator
In the Heat of the Night
The Pink Panther Series
Vertigo

Gone with the Wind (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
Ben-Hur (1956)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Shawshank Redemption(1994)

Mine is an extremely long list, as I've had a methodically slow start escaping that genre comfort zone I've been in most of my life. Despite only recently turning 20, I do realize I have some catching up to do.

Amongst the ever-changing list, in chronological order:
The Birth of a Nation
Safety Last!
Wings
The Jazz Singer
Gold Diggers of Broadway
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Hell's Angels
Animal Crackers
Mata Hari
City Lights
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Shanghai Express
Grand Hotel
A Farewell to Arms
King Kong (1933)
42nd Street
Duck Soup
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
The Great Ziegfeld
Reefer Madness (1936)
Freaks
Swing Time
The Life of Emile Zola
Lost Horizon
Captains Courageous
Boys Town
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Angels with Dirty Faces
Gone with the Wind
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Gunga Din
The Philadelphia Story
Babes on Broadway
Mrs. Miniver
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Casablanca
Holiday Inn
Meet Me in St. Louis
National Velvet
Gaslight
Anchors Aweigh
The Bishop's Wife
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Adam's Rib
Sunset Boulevard
Annie Get Your Gun
A Streetcar Named Desire
The African Queen
The Greatest Show on Earth
Singin' in the Rain
Moulin Rouge (1952)
From Here to Eternity
House of Wax
Roman Holiday
Stalag 17
On the Waterfront
Sabrina (1954 and 1995)
Dial M for Murder
A Star is Born (1954)
Guys and Dolls
The Seven Year Itch
Rebel Without a Cause
Oklahoma
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
The King and I (1956)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Jailhouse Rock (And the rest of all of Elvis's filmography excl. Viva Las Vegas)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Gigi
Tom Thumb
Ben-Hur (1959)
North by Northwest
Some Like it Hot
Spartacus
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Splendor in the Grass
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Lawrence of Arabia
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Cleopatra (1963)
How the West Was Won
Tom Jones
Zorba the Greek
My Fair Lady (certain scenes viewed for high school English class)
Doctor Zhivago
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Bible (1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Sand Pebbles
Bonnie and Clyde
Camelot
Funny Girl
The Producers (1968)
The Odd Couple
Cactus Flower
Easy Rider
Love Story
Patton
MASH
Fiddler on the Roof
The French Connection
Cabaret
The Sting
The Exorcist
American Graffiti
Jesus Christ Superstar
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Smokey and the Bandit
Rocky (I-VI)
The Great Escape
Network
Kramer vs. Kramer
Apocalypse Now
Airplane!
Arthur
Stripes
Chariots of Fire
48 HRS.
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
Flashdance
Beverly Hills Cop
The Goonies
Top Gun
Crocodile Dundee
Broadcast News
Dirty Dancing
Wall Street
Rain Man
Big
The Princess Bride
Caddyshack
Back to the Future (II and III)
Field of Dreams
Goodfellas
Pretty Woman
Dances with Wolves
The Terminator (I and II)
Hook
Silence of the Lambs
JFK
My Cousin Vinny
Basic Instinct
The Bodyguard
Cliffhanger
Schindler's List
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Legends of the Fall
Twister
Jerry Maguire
Scream
The English Patient
Good Will Hunting
As Good as it Gets
Saving Private Ryan
The Truman Show
There's Something About Mary
American Beauty
Gladiator
Catch Me if You Can
The Passion of the Christ
Brokeback Mountain
The Queen
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Inglorious Basterds
Up in the Air
The Artist
Django Unchained
Particular Directors/Franchises: Lord of the Rings, Chris Nolan's Batman trilogy, James Bond (save for Dr. No and the Daniel Craigs), Woody Allen (his full collection), Alfred Hitchcock (all except Rear Window)

On the Disney front, about 80-85% of their live action back catalogue remain unexplored, particularly any non-animated film between the 50s-90s (20,000 Leagues, Treasure Island, Shaggy Dog, Pollyanna, Darby O'Gill, Parent Trap, Apple Dumpling Gang, Condorman, etc.) and most of the Touchstone/Hollywood library.

Let me know if I'm missing any essentials.

Kramer vs, Kramer
MirrorMask
Willow
The Dark Crystal
Go
Run, Lola, Run!

1000 others I'm sure.

About to cross off "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!" Today.