What / who is 'S+S?'
The original three Star Wars are quite good. The rest are absolute shit.It's a hassle to watch films that haven't aged well for various reasons. Some you have to watch as a kid to fully enjoy and some have been spoofed to death. I can't imagine a functioning adult putting on a Star Wars film for the first time and having a blast.
Here's a list of big titles that either haven't watched or can't remember much from.
Can only remember a few scenes:
- The Godfather
- The Godfather 2
- Schindler's List
- Taxi Driver
- Back To The Future
Not seen:
- Blade Runner
- Robocop
- Goonies
- Lawrence Of Arabia
- Casablanca
- Some Like It Hot
- Sunset Boulevard
- Seven Samurai
I'm actually embarrassed you haven't seen Blade Runner @Scandi Red
The original three Star Wars are quite good.
They are. I first saw them in my youth & have rewatched them a couple of times in my adulthood.Are they, though? Cool universe, soundtrack and Leia in the gold bikini aside?
Shawshank Redemption has been on my to watch list for the last 20 odd years
They are. I first saw them in my youth & have rewatched them a couple of times in my adulthood.
That said, I've walked out of the two Star Wars I tried to see as an adult in a theater (can't remember which ones) & the only Marvel movie I went to see (Avengers: End whatever, I think). Awful, awful drek.
Are you saving it for a Drainy day?
LOTR is not at all comparable to those, in terms of quality. It’s widely recognized as a landmark in filmmaking.Not one Harry Potter film
Not one Lord of the Rings film
Not one Marvel film
Why? Because I’m an adult.
LOTR is not at all comparable to those, in terms of quality. It’s widely recognized as a landmark in filmmaking.
I thought that Rutger Hauer was a great actor. He played some brilliant roles. Pair him with a legend like Harrison Ford and what's not to like.I was super close a few weeks ago but my wife vetoed it.
Grounds for divorce?
I was super close a few weeks ago but my wife vetoed it.
Grounds for divorce?
it's slow and moody
I'm an adult. Will never watch.LOTR is not at all comparable to those, in terms of quality. It’s widely recognized as a landmark in filmmaking.
I'm an adult. Will never watch.
I like the OG Star Wars, not the 'modern' ones.But you like Star Wars, which is practically just a long toy commercial with dialogue that sounds like it was written by a 10 year old.
But you like Star Wars, which is practically just a long toy commercial with dialogue that sounds like it was written by a 10 year old.
Going by S+S's recent top 100 list:
Bold are the only ones I'd consider watching.
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
- Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- Shoah (1985)
- Daisies (1966)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (L.O.L)
- Panther Panchali (1955)
- City Lights (1931)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Killer of Sheep (1978)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- Wanda (1970)
- The Piano (1993)
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- News From Home (1977)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- Daughters of the Dust (1991)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- The Gleaners and I (2000)
- Journey to Italy (1954)
- Imitation of Life (1959)
- Sátántangó (1994)
- Modern Times (1936)
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
- The Leopard (1963)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- Tropical Malady (2004)
- Black Girl (1966)
- The General (1926)
- Get Out (2017)
That statement gives off a rather petulant vibe, ironically.I'm an adult. Will never watch.
Not even if it's the only thing I have to do while trapped in a flight.First one is very good. Definitely worth a watch
Now some of these I can get behind.That statement gives off a rather petulant vibe, ironically.
I think it's a mistake, but I won't try to convince you.
To answer the thread, here's the top 10 of my IMDB Watchlist*, sorted by rating:
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Life is Beautiful
- City of God
- Seven Samurai
- Psycho
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Rear Window
*I've omitted some Bulgarian films, as they likely won't be of interest to anybody here.
Excellent movie. That’s tonight sorted. Thanks!Close encounters of the Third kind. That's next on my list
LOTR is far less for kids than Star Wars.
All the Harry Potters
Lord of the Rings except 2nd one - talking trees in the 2nd one was enough to put me off.
Hunger Games
Twilight Series
Goodfellas (seen bits never start to finish)
First one is very good. Definitely worth a watch.
The Thin Red Line definitely isn't a war movie in the traditional sense. It's a drama movie about the dualities of man set in the midst of the battle of Guadalcanal.
How good that sounds will probably tell you how much you'll enjoy it.
Never seen any James bond, star wars or lord of the rings and no intention of sitting through any of them really.