Great Movies You Have NEVER Seen For Some Reason

**Mels_Smileys45** · April 6th, 2009, 08:44 AM

It always seems there are great movies that people, even movie buffs, just never get around to watching for one reason or another. Lets hear about your Unicorn.

For some reason that I can't explain I have never watched Escape From New York.

I actually saw a small portion of it once but for some reason I did not watch it. I plan on fixing this soon but this movie seems to always slip away from me no matter what I do or plan. I know it must be good and I know a great deal about the film but have never seen it.

I will let you guys know when I do watch it...hopefully late tonight!

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**mfgbypooter** · April 6th, 2009, 09:17 AM

Wow, it's hard to believe you haven't seen Snake "I heard you were dead" Plisken hang out with the Duke, Cabbie, Maggie (Brain's squeeze) or the President.

Don't get Munsoned from watching this.

It's one of the classics of classics.

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**Mels_Smileys45** · April 6th, 2009, 10:09 AM

Crazy aint it! Its one of the must see of my generation and here I am like a social retard, missing out. Check this out...I also have never watched all of Blade Runner! I think I should watch both of these back to back. I have a Hi Def version of Blade Runner too. Sounds like a most excellent night at the movies. To think, today kids get Fast and Furious and jizz in their pants. Back in the day we might not of had fancy smacy CGI but we sure as Hell had some killer fucking movies! ( I HOPE!)

WHats a movie you have missed Pooter? I know there has to be one!

**mfgbypooter** · April 6th, 2009, 10:35 AM

I can't think of one I haven't seen but there are several I have put on only to wind up passing out and sleeping through...

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**RACKnRAIL** · April 6th, 2009, 11:01 AM

I've never seen Thelma & Louise.

**Mels_Smileys45** · April 6th, 2009, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by RACKnRAIL

I've never seen Thelma & Louise.

I liked that one. One of the best endings I know of. Don't read about it just watch it. Its very good. Nothing like a road trip movie with girls gone bad!:yeah::ok:

**fleecy** · April 6th, 2009, 01:31 PM

that one was good- young geena davis for the guys, even younger brad pitt for the girls. yum.

i have never seen taxi driver. one of these days i'm gonna rent a bunch of classics.

**1cooldude** · April 6th, 2009, 02:40 PM

Saving Private Ryan. Heard a lot about it.

**Mels_Smileys45** · April 6th, 2009, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by 1cooldude

Saving Private Ryan. Heard a lot about it.

:pat:That was on cable (FX I think ) last night and I watched about an hour of it. Ive seen it before. Really good movie with a lot of people that went on to be stars. I had forgot it has Vin Diesel in it though. :pat:

I don't care for too many war movies but this is one I like. I wonder how great the new Quintin Tarantino War movie will be. In has one section in the middle that I heard described as a mini Reservoir Dogs set in a World War 2 bar. Its like 23 minutes long I think. The entire movie is going to be long as Hell. Not sure how long but unless they divided the script up into more than one movie or cut a lot out it will be well over 3 hours long. QT has been working on this film for about 10 years so my hopes are high.

The script has been handed around the QT fan site for a long time now but I refused to read it. I even told everyone there that I wasn't coming back until the movie was released because they talk about it too much. Ive made one post there in the last 4 months. To me reading a QT script spoils the surprises you know he is gonna pull and I want to go in without any expectations. I can't wait. Jews kicking ass? Cool! Adam Sandler was gonna be in as he is friends with the QT but I don't know what happened. ACtually I think QT did well with this cast. He went back to hiring many almost unknown actors mixed in with a few who need a comeback ( Mike Myers) and at least one super star ( Brad Pitt). Me is excited!!! :notworthy:

**Mels_Smileys45** · April 6th, 2009, 04:19 PM

BTW, while I am talking about this movie (Inglourious Basterds) The title is sorta misleading, as is the preview. From what I do know about the film. The men on a mission part is just one segment. While it is connected to the rest of the film its not what the film is totally about. The previews mostly only show shots from the one chapter with very quick snips of the other parts. People either will be very surprised when they see it or very pissed off. I think the former is more likely.

**mountain_rage** · April 6th, 2009, 04:39 PM

Not sure that they were really that great, I have my doubts but here is my list.
Passion of Christ
Broke Back Mountain
Notebook
An Inconvenient Truth (Although for some odd reason I've been called an Al Gore soldier on occasion, strange considering I've never followed any of his work on the climate change debate)
Spiderman 2
Spiderman 3
New Godzilla
Shawshank redemption
Godfather 1
Godfather 2
Starwars 2
Starwars 3
Shindlers List
2nd LOTR and most of the 3rd movies
Matrix 2 and Matrix 3
A ton of horror movies I've never seen, probably a bunch of others. Just don't seem all that much into movies.

**El Comandante** · April 6th, 2009, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by mfgbypooter

Wow, it's hard to believe you haven't seen Snake "I heard you were dead" Plisken hang out with the Duke, Cabbie, Maggie (Brain's squeeze) or the President.

Don't get Munsoned from watching this.

It's one of the classics of classics.

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Definitely. You haven't lived till you've seen Ernest Borgnine throw Molotov cocktails out the window of a cab.

I haven't seen Donnie Darko. I hear it's a must see.

**Mels_Smileys45** · April 6th, 2009, 06:09 PM

I love Donnie Darko but its a love or hate type movie. If you like movies about time travel you will like it. Some people have a hard time making sense of it and that is why they don't like it. You have to think and people HATE to think.

**Signa** · April 6th, 2009, 06:32 PM

holy shit MR, you are missing some classics! Spiderman 2 was one of my favorite superhero movies.

There are some movies that I can't think of off the top of my head that are embarassing that I've never seen. Godfather is some of them.

I know I've not seen Predator. Until this last year, I had not seen Die Hard or Aliens. I finally got to watch Soylent Green a month or so back. Damn, I can only think of the ones that I hadn't watched, and now have.