Classic films / TV you have never seen?
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Manhunter is also worth a watch too.
Thanks, I'm assuming you mean 1986 Manhunter?
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yeah good film that, its a prequel iirc.
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ET !!
Haven't watched Game of Thrones. Read the first 3 books but never read any more and have no desire to watch the TV series. I did flick through S1 and bits of S2 after reading the books just too see what it was like on screen vs what I imagined in my head.
Up until recently I hadn't seen any of the original Star Wars
Boardwalk Empire
Only Season 1 of Mad Men
Up until recently I hadn't seen any of the original Star Wars
Boardwalk Empire
Only Season 1 of Mad Men
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ET.
I have no interest in any of the Harry Potter films.
I have no interest in any of the Harry Potter films.
No interest in breaking bad myself either
Soldato
Another ET here.
E: I have no intention of watching it either
E: I have no intention of watching it either
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Shawshank Redemption and Jaws are sublime and I cannot think of a film made in the last 20 years that holds a candle to these two giants of cinematic history.
Jaws, forget the 50 year old effects, just immerse yourself in the story. Jaws is one of the greatest Hollywood horror films ever.
Shawshank, one of those truly rare captivating films, lost count how many times I've watched! The Green Mile was a great follow up. Although took me a couple of watches to truly get the story.
Shawshank Redemption and Jaws are sublime and I cannot think of a film made in the last 20 years that holds a candle to these two giants of cinematic history.
Jaws, forget the 50 year old effects, just immerse yourself in the story. Jaws is one of the greatest Hollywood horror films ever.
Shawshank, one of those truly rare captivating films, lost count how many times I've watched! The Green Mile was a great follow up. Although took me a couple of watches to truly get the story.
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There are loads of "classics" I don't remember ever seeing, although I have been making a bit of an effort to watch more of the really old stuff, either on streaming, setting the Tivo to record when they're shown on BBC4, or picking up the DVD/Blu-ray cheap*. Every now and then I'll go through a phase of trying to watch as much stuff by a particular actor or director as I can, or films from a specific era and genre so for example watching British Sci-fi and horror from the 60's and 70's or American Slasher flicks of the 80's.
One problem I do keep running into is I keep getting diverted by the extras on a lot of the older films, as I'll be listening to a commentary or feature on the director and suddenly find myself looking through IMDB for other films they mention or some of the actors and what they were in.
Something I have also realised is how many actors and actresses that seemed to be huge were only ever really in a handful of films or active over a fairly short space of time, for example Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair were only ever together in something like 10 films including the first one they were paired in where they were only in it for about 5 minutes, but they became so iconic it felt like they were in loads.
I really need to watch amongst others:
It's a Wonderful Life
The Godfather Part 3
A Clockwork Orange (I've had that as part of a Blu-ray set for years, never managed to sit down to it)
One Flew over the Cuckoos nest
Various of the old Hepburn/Monroe/Jack Lemmon/Bogart films/Sophia Loren (picked up a BD set of some of her films cheap recently).
The hundred or so films I've somehow managed to buy but not get round to...
On a general note, for some of the classic/older films the BFI player can be a bit of a gold mine, as they've got a bunch of stuff that doesn't seem to be on Prime or Netflix and they have it listed so you can see their catalogue before you sub, and they do them in collections with a number having an introduction. The downside is that it's a browser based player and it feels quite basic
It was good, quite a different feel to it compared to anything modern, and a twist I somehow had managed to avoid seeing coming/spoilers of.
The hollywood classic horrors are great, very much a thing of their time in the limitations but you can see exactly how so many later films not just copied the basic story but the structure and they're not really scary, if anything they're really tame by modern standards. IIRC the "Universal classic monsters" set has the original standalone Universal monster movies and is quite cheap (about £20 for the 8 films, with a host of extras including the Spanish version of Dracula which was filmed on the same sets at the same time).
*I keep a load in my "for later" and "wish list" baskets on various sites and typically have a rough idea at what point they get bought if I've got the spare cash.
One problem I do keep running into is I keep getting diverted by the extras on a lot of the older films, as I'll be listening to a commentary or feature on the director and suddenly find myself looking through IMDB for other films they mention or some of the actors and what they were in.
Something I have also realised is how many actors and actresses that seemed to be huge were only ever really in a handful of films or active over a fairly short space of time, for example Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair were only ever together in something like 10 films including the first one they were paired in where they were only in it for about 5 minutes, but they became so iconic it felt like they were in loads.
I really need to watch amongst others:
It's a Wonderful Life
The Godfather Part 3
A Clockwork Orange (I've had that as part of a Blu-ray set for years, never managed to sit down to it)
One Flew over the Cuckoos nest
Various of the old Hepburn/Monroe/Jack Lemmon/Bogart films/Sophia Loren (picked up a BD set of some of her films cheap recently).
The hundred or so films I've somehow managed to buy but not get round to...
On a general note, for some of the classic/older films the BFI player can be a bit of a gold mine, as they've got a bunch of stuff that doesn't seem to be on Prime or Netflix and they have it listed so you can see their catalogue before you sub, and they do them in collections with a number having an introduction. The downside is that it's a browser based player and it feels quite basic
I finally got round to watching that the other week, I'd had it on the tivo for about a year.
It was good, quite a different feel to it compared to anything modern, and a twist I somehow had managed to avoid seeing coming/spoilers of.
The Wire is excellent if you haven't seen it yet, as is Twin Peaks (in a weird way) make sure you watch the third season and IIRC film.TV:
Game of Thrones - I was never sure on this, everyone I know raved about the series at the time!
The Wire - Heard good things and next on the list.
The Sopranos - Started but didn't grab, might need to revisit.
Twin Peaks - Going back a few years but this series always intrigued me.
Film:
The original Hollywood blockbuster horrors starring Boris Karloff / Bela Lugosi! Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, Wolfman - always put off as I'm too chicken
The hollywood classic horrors are great, very much a thing of their time in the limitations but you can see exactly how so many later films not just copied the basic story but the structure and they're not really scary, if anything they're really tame by modern standards. IIRC the "Universal classic monsters" set has the original standalone Universal monster movies and is quite cheap (about £20 for the 8 films, with a host of extras including the Spanish version of Dracula which was filmed on the same sets at the same time).
*I keep a load in my "for later" and "wish list" baskets on various sites and typically have a rough idea at what point they get bought if I've got the spare cash.
Soldato
One classic film i have never watched is "The Shining". I have seen clips from the film, but have never sat down and watched it from start to finish.
That will change tomorrow night, just ordered the 4K HDR version and am looking forward to a very dark room and being scared.
That will change tomorrow night, just ordered the 4K HDR version and am looking forward to a very dark room and being scared.
The one that really stands out for me is Schindlers List - although that's mostly by choice due of course to the subject matter. I've watched much worse based on real life horrors but for some reason, i've always struggled to actually commit time to this.
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Did you do itOne classic film i have never watched is "The Shining". I have seen clips from the film, but have never sat down and watched it from start to finish.
That will change tomorrow night, just ordered the 4K HDR version and am looking forward to a very dark room and being scared.
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Consider myself a bit of a movie buff and I attended film studies at College, but I've never once seen Rocky... not one. No idea why.
Twin Peaks is definitely something you should make time for. There really is nothing else quite like it.
TV:
Game of Thrones - I was never sure on this, everyone I know raved about the series at the time!
The Wire - Heard good things and next on the list.
The Sopranos - Started but didn't grab, might need to revisit.
Twin Peaks - Going back a few years but this series always intrigued me.
Film:
The original Hollywood blockbuster horrors starring Boris Karloff / Bela Lugosi! Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, Wolfman - always put off as I'm too chicken
Twin Peaks is definitely something you should make time for. There really is nothing else quite like it.
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