Films that you have never seen despite really wanting to watch them

Casino

Shawshank Redemption - i think I may be one of the few people left in the world that hasn't watched this - heard ot's quite good

Godfather.

It sounds right up my street. But i dont ever seem to want to commit such a chunk of time to watching it. Even tho i could do it in a few chunks. Bit strange really.

Shawshank Redemption – i think I may be one of the few people left in the world that hasn’t watched this

A friend of mine watched it for the first time on Weds after meaning to for years. She managed to stay awake during the whole film which means it must be pretty good.

I really fancied watching Ex-Machina when it came out 8 years ago. Still not got round to it.

Dead Man's Shoes
Vertigo
Blade Runner - I watched the sequel the other day, which probably ruins it for me..
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Deliverance

There's also a list of 'great' films I've never managed to make it all the way through, including:

Apocalypse Now
2001: A Space Odyssey
Pretty much anything Woody Allen.

Godfather.

It sounds right up my street. But i dont ever seem to want to commit such a chunk of time to watching it. Even tho i could do it in a few chunks. Bit strange really.

Weirdly, went into that thinking it would be heavy-going. Time just flew by. The third one can be omitted without losing anything much, though.

Shawshank Redemption – i think I may be one of the few people left in the world that hasn’t watched this – heard ot’s quite good

It's pretty overrated, IMO.

Dead Man’s Shoes

One of the few films I have watched and would highly recommend it.

I've never seen Pulp Fiction but not sure I want to. Not sure it can live up to the hype and no-one like disappointment.

Apocalypse Now, 2001 and Blade Runner are the "this is meant to be an absolute classic" films that I've watched where I've subsequently realised that I'm never going to get that time back again.

I’ve never seen Pulp Fiction but not sure I want to. Not sure it can live up to the hype and no-one like disappointment.

It’s pretty overrated, IMO.

I should probably dip out of this thread 🙂

My worry about Pulp Fiction is that its style has been copied, both in other films, and in memes so much that its novelty value and impact have been diminished over the years.

Could be wrong though, give it a go!

Downfall

Pretty sure that's on telly next week.

Nil By Mouth - was just reading about that yesterday - Gary Oldman's only directed film. Wonder why he didn't do any more. I've never watched it cos it just looked a rather miserable (domestic violence isn't my idea of entertainment tbh)

My 20 year old son watched Pulp Fiction - thought it was great and went on a Tarantino binge after. Good lad 🙂

Withnail and I.

I've caught up with a few of the movies mentioned above over the last 18 months or so due to my daughter getting a Netflix sub.

Pretty sure that’s on telly next week.

I've actually got it on DVD and I still haven't seen it! (it's the trying to commit to watching a foreign language film with sub-titles that keeps stopping me - we don't get to watch much stuff and when we do, I want to sit back and be entertained (daft I know).

Withnail and I.

I knew this would come up. It is absolute, utter, complete, inexplicably-revered, gash.

Downfall

Pretty sure that’s on telly next week

Ooh, I'll keep an eye out for that! Which channel is it on please?

Schindlers List, Alien, 2001, Nil by Mouth, Scum are all on my list of things to watch and have been for, well decades!

Not the cheeriest list of films to watch with MrsReady to be fair..

Scum

Now I have seen that and love it (so I assume I will love the equally bleak Nil By Mouth)

Rocky.
I believe it's quite decent.

Shawshank Redemption – i think I may be one of the few people left in the world that hasn’t watched this – heard ot’s quite good

He's guilty, btw. 🙂

Schindlers List

I'm not sure ho wmuch I wanted to watch this but I was definitely intrigued - watched it earlier this week on the BBC - Blimey, I wasn't expecting that.

I followed it up last night with All Quiet On The Western Front just to round off my week of feelgood films!

Another one for the Godfather Triology.

Withnail and I.

I knew this would come up. It is absolute, utter, complete, inexplicably-revered, gash.

+1

Never seen the Godfather trilogy...

Another one I have seen (well half of) and will never get the time back was Citizen Kane - so utterly boring.

Is the Producers any good (Mel Brooks)? Think films that you know the outline story of, without ever having seen them, must be classics of some sort.

So IHN doesn't like Shawshank, Apocalypse Now, 2001, Blade Runner, Withnail and I and Pulp Fiction. Those are films from widely separated genres and mostly quite rightly described as classics. I need to know what IHN rates as a great film. 😀

( I watched 2001 a year or two ago. It hasn't aged well, imo, especially the Reggie Perrin section. 😀 )

I have to admit that I've never seen a single Rocky Film. I feel like I should have, but they just don't appeal to me.
About 20 years ago I went through a phase of watching so-called "classic" films I'd never seen before (Resv Dogs, Godfather etc) and was mostly disappointed. So, be careful what you wish for. Sometimes the hype around a film just leads to disappointment.
Did enjoy Pulp Fiction though.

Is the Producers any good (Mel Brooks)?

Ah, one of my catch-up classics. It had it's moments, but the constant overwrought screeching and shouting dialogue really got on my tits.

heard it’s quite good

Yeah, that about sums Shawshank up - quite good.

Ooh, I’ll keep an eye out for that! Which channel is it on please?

Ah sorry! looks like I was mistaken. Sure I saw it listed somewhere!
https://www.tvguide.co.uk/search.asp?title=downfall&submit.x=12&submit.y=18

So IHN doesn’t like Shawshank, Apocalypse Now, 2001, Blade Runner, Withnail and I and Pulp Fiction. Those are films from widely separated genres and mostly quite rightly described as classics.

What can I say, I'm a maverick 🙂

To be fair, Shawshank and Pulp Fiction are okay, just not the 'greats' that their reputation suggests.

Withnail is, however, possibly the worst film I've ever seen.

I need to know what IHN rates as a great film.

Fair enough. From ones mentioned here - Rocky, Downfall, Dead Mans Shoes, Godfathers 1 and 2 (not seen 3).

As for others films that I think are genuinely brilliant (for different reasons, as I'd think was obvious)

- Local Hero
- Jurassic Park
- Goodfellas

Casino

I’ve never seen Pulp Fiction but not sure I want to. Not sure it can live up to the hype and no-one like disappointment.

It’s pretty overrated, IMO.

Fair enough. From ones mentioned here – Rocky, Downfall, Dead Mans Shoes, Godfathers 1 and 2 (not seen 3).

As for others films that I think are genuinely brilliant (for different reasons, as I’d think was obvious)

– Local Hero
– Jurassic Park
– Goodfellas

I'd agree with most of them (esp Local Hero) but I was hoping you'd come out with a Confessions film or similar. 😀

never been available for streaming or purchase (in the UK) AFAIK. Don’t know why! I had to torrent it recently when I fancied watching it

Yeah, it occasionally appears on YouTube.

My worry about Pulp Fiction is that its style has been copied, both in other films, and in memes so much that its novelty value and impact have been diminished over the years.

Which is ironic, because pretty much everything good about Pulp Fiction is copied from other films.

I haven't seen half the films mentioned in this thread and probably won't. Everybody should watch Godfather 1 and 2 though. Nobody should watch 3.

Debbie does Dallas

I finally got around to watching Natural Born Killers on Prime Video a few weeks ago, even for Tarantino, I found it a bit out there... But then it's been years since watching the likes of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs etc.

One I'm aware of wanting to get around to watching which I missed at the time, is another available now on Prime Video, namely Starship Troopers.

Probably millions of others, but can't think of any others off the bat!

One I’m aware of wanting to get around to watching which I missed at the time, is another available now on Prime Video, namely Starship Troopers.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri.
I'm sure IHN will be along in a minute to tell me it's crap.

He better hadn't 🤬👊

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri.

Yeah, s'good that.

I finally got around to watching Natural Born Killers on Prime Video a few weeks ago, even for Tarantino, I found it a bit out there

Oh man, not seen that since it came out at the cinema! Been dying to watch it again…Prime eh? excellent 😀

vlad_the_invader

Debbie does Dallas

Bit torrent 😀

Joker, I bought it on itunes downloaded it, I am sure it is great, but every time I sit down to watch it decide I don't want to be depressed tonight and watch something more entertaining instead.

I think as a work of satire it’s better than Robocop although obviously not as iconic, but similar in that at first glance it’s just at action movie but of course in reality it’s much cleverer than that.

Yeah, I remember saying something similar to my girlfriend when we saw it at the cinema. In reality the main attraction was Denise Richards.

Once Upon a Time in America. Loved the Godfather so should like it.

I finally got around to watching Natural Born Killers on Prime Video a few weeks ago, even for Tarantino, I found it a bit out there

Not a true Tarantino film - he only wrote it, directed by Oliver Stone.

Probably ended up more restrained than if he did the whole thing himself!

Not a true Tarantino film – he only wrote it, directed by Oliver Stone.

Probably ended up more restrained than if he did the whole thing himself!

Yes, I think it would have been a very different film if Tarantino had directed it.
Probably much better.

I did like it when it first came out, kind of fell for the hype really.

But rewatching it, it felt like it was just trying far to hard to be clever and had a pretence of being a comment on violence in society and the MTV generation, when in reality it was desperately trying to cash in on that culture by being as violent as possible because that's what people wanted at the time.

I don't have a problem with violence in films. Far from it. I like most of the stuff Tarantino has directed because at least there's not pretence about his work. It is what it is.

Once Upon a Time in America. Loved the Godfather so should like it.

From memory, and it's been a long time, I thought the same, but it was actually a fairly dull 3+ hours

Pan's Labyrinth (big Del Toro fan - I even like Pacific Rim - and bought it on DVD as soon as it came out, just never found the right headspace to sit sown and watch it).

Straw Dogs / The Wild Bunch

Interstellar

2001

Probably loads of others too, but these spring straight to mind.

Until this evening I had never seen “Singin’ in the Rain”. On a whim, Mrs dhague and I decided to watch it, even though we both hate musicals. It’s absolutely bloody brilliant and a fantastic feel-good music, dance & romcom tonic for the times we’re in.

Blade Runner #notseen

Nil By Mouth #seen is fantastic but not in uplifting way. Very much like Tyrannosaur #seen..

Also We need to talk about Kevin. Not seen that but the main protagonists v much appeal.

I know what you mean. Often the very critically acclaimed films are kinda hard work. The really good ones manage to be very watchable as well as deep, though, and most of the films mentioned in this thread are pretty easy to watch.

I haven’t seen any bad films mentioned here, though I must admit I gave up on Withnail and I (before it got good?).

I’ve been meaning to watch Platoon / Full Metal Jacket / The Deer Hunter but never seem to get around to them.

Schindler's List - I've had it recorded for over a year and am never in quite the right move to watch it knowing that it's likely to be a tough watch.

I think you need to watch these films when they come out and avoid the hype.

I remember watching Citizen Kane and thinking I was a bit dull.

Caught up with some uni mates at the weekend and they all said the new top gun was amazing... Need to get that watched asap then.

I think the thing with Citizen Kane is that, when it came out, it was completely groundbreaking. Many of the camera, editing, storytelling and direction techniques had never been used before and people were blown away. But, as is always the way, stuff that was groundbreaking once soon becomes the norm, and then passé, so the original impact is lost.

I've been meaning for ages to watch Interstellar. Is it as good as they say, or over-hyped and up its own backside?

I still haven't seen Goncharov.

I found Interstellar pretty shit and hyped and just didn't enjoy it but others like it.

I say everything is worth watching the once other than the film Happening, just don't go anywhere near it.

Caught up with some uni mates at the weekend and they all said the new top gun was amazing… Need to get that watched asap then.

No, you need to find a better friend group.
It Was awful. Not in the good awful way, just plane awful. Thankfully the Mrs had a free Paramount+ trial to use, so it didn’t cost us any actual money.

My problem with most critically acclaimed films is that I just don’t find them entertaining.
Three Billboards was well written and acted etc, but I didn’t enjoy it as such. Older groundbreaking films are the same, probably because I’ve seen too many more enjoyable films that have copied their traits but done it better.

Not seen lots of the films listed above, but can’t say there’s any I really want to.

just plane awful.

Well, it is Top Gun.

Blade Runner – I watched the sequel the other day, which probably ruins it for me..

I wouldn't worry, I'd say blade runner 2049 is a better film than the original.

I never watched schindler's list for a long time because I knew it would be a tough watch. Watched it the other night and I was right. A masterpiece of a film though.

Another one that wants to watch Schindlers list, though it'd be just the once I'm sure, Like 12 years a slave was. Great film but bloody grim.

Jackie Brown too. I'm a Tarantino fan but never seen that one.

If you've never been able to quite bring yourself to watch Schindler's List, wait until you can't summon the fortitude to watch Shoah.

Watching Shoah very nearly got me into physical violence against an Holocaust denier when it was broadcast in the 80's on Channel 4.

I encourage all to watch either or both if you have seen neither - some things need to be known, and on a visceral level that both offer.

Blues brothers

One to watch and avoid as some of the scenes are quite frankly sickening is The Captain

Given it's a German made film the scenes in the prison camp with ww2 wermacht deserters is harrowing and shocking.

Mainly the 1950/60’s classics like ‘It’s a wonderful life’. There must be a couple of Hitchcock and Cohen brothers films outstanding. I can recommend’LA Confidential’ and ‘Dr Strangelove’ though.