Goliath wrote:I'm surprised at how many members haven't seen any of the Godfather-films (and some have never seen a Hitchcock film). I think it says a lot about the general taste on UD. The Godfather doesn't go well with the whole Disney/Hannah Montana/Jonas/High School Musical cycle of films, and it doesn't mix well with light-hearted comedies and musicals.
It's 3 hours of intense drama, heavy and shocking action scenes, violent deaths, family matters, beautiful long scenes where its all about the atmosphere, a lot of deep conversation ("it's too talky") and above all it's 3 hours of enjoying the best actors of all time giving their very best.
I personally love the
The Godfather (first one). I watched it for the first time driving across state, as the van we took had a TV, and we picked the The Godfather trilogy to watch because of the film's lengths. They were all good films but I really love the first one. The music, the actors, the tension, drama, story, character development, all of it. Some movies have trouble with their endings but this one is just classic, with Michael taking care of the family business. It's really one of the few on IMDB that earns it's place.
It does annoy me that it, along with
Scareface (which
is overrated), are more recognized as fashion symbols then for the film's artistic merits. I have a feeling the majority of those wearing the shirts and misquoting the movies have never actually seen them.
07. 8.8 12 Angry Men (1957)
19. 8.7 Fight Club (1999)
22. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995)
36. 8.6 Léon (1994)
68. 8.4 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
79. 8.4 Modern Times (1936)
85. 8.3 The Apartment (1960)
92. 8.3 The Great Dictator (1940)
133. 8.2 It Happened One Night (1934)
146. 8.2 Platoon (1986)
156. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979)
162. 8.1 Stand by Me (1986)
168. 8.1 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
201. 8.0 Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
214. 8.0 His Girl Friday (1940)
The only movie on that list I haven't seen was
Life of Brian. After a quick google search, I found out why, as it's Monty Python (which I don't much care for).
Requiem for a Dream and
Fight Club I find fairly overrated for sure, but the rest of those movies are great.
Goliath wrote:'Famous' movies I've never seen:
- any of the 'Lord of the Rings' movies
- any 'Star Wars' except the original 1977 film, which I thought was ridiculous
- most of the Coen Brothers' films, since I find them boring (*gasp*!)
- Nolan's The Dark Knight (not yet; planning on seeing it!)
- There will be blood
- Avatar
- The curious case of Benjamin Button
- West Side Story
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf
- Fellini's 8 1/2
- Ford's Stagecoach
- Murnau's Nosferatu
- Zinneman's From here to eternity, with Frank Sinatra
- the original Manchurian Candidate (though I have it on dvd now)
I've seen all of those movies except
8 1/2. Half of those films I don't like (anyone care to take a guess as to which ones?). As for finding the Coen Brothers' films boring, I can definitely see why, since I've now seen them all. They're really hit or miss for me. I either like them or I HATE them (I don't really love any of them).
pap64 wrote:I am still working my way through many of these movies, but here's a few I haven't seen yet:
Patton
The Godfather 1 and 2
Apocalypse Now
An Officer and a Gentleman
A Star is Born
Rear Window
The Birds
Tarzan
The Son of Kong
Tarzan and
A Star is Born, which ones? I personally didn't care for either of the
A Star is Born movies. As for
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), it's really a dreadful movie that just reuses animal footage from
Trader Horn (another dreadful movie), but it's fun enough that I enjoyed it (not to mention it's classic). It's the sequel,
Tarzan and His Mate, that gets all the attention for it's nudity. I've never seen
An Officer and a Gentleman, so I can't comment on it one way or the other, but the rest are good movies (although,
Apocalypse Now I'm not sure how I felt about, as it was a long time ago I saw it).
Duckburger wrote:Have not seen, if everything goes well, it'll stay that way:
- Avatar
- Titanic
- The Lord of the Rings (for the most part, I have not seen these)
- Passion of the Christ
- Harry Potter 3 --> onwards
- Twilight (+ sequels)
- 2012
- Transformers
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
I love
The Lord of the Rings, give it a try. You should know within the first 30 minutes whether you buy into these movies, so you don't have to watch the whole thing. If you buy into it, you're in for some fantastic storytelling. I can also somewhat recommend
Titanic, just to see what all the fuss was about in '96 and while I personally like the first
Transformers (this isn't exactly a recommendation), you need to know that you'll loose as many brain cells watching it as a one night drinking binge.
Duckburger wrote:Have not seen, (may) want to see in the future:
- China Town
- Pulp Fiction
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Gone With the Wind
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (yeah, don't know about this one, but I saw the first two, so I may want to see this someday)
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Life of Brian
- Apocalypse Now
Mutiny on the Bounty, which one? I liked the original 30s version with Charles Laughton (very evil) and Clark Gable but I found the 60s remake with Marlon Brando quite underwhelming. I've never seen the second remake from the 80s called
The Bounty, which starred Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day-Lewis and Liam Neeson. I personally recommend
Pulp Fiction, it's my favorite Tarantino and a damn fine film.
Lawrence of Arabia and
Gone With the Wind are good films (both have some of the greatest scores ever written) but not really on my favorites list. You'll definitely need to clear your schedule for those two.
It's just too bad that 'musical' and 'interesting' seem to rarely go together (outside Disney). I remember West Side Story was a real chore to get through.