Yep 12 Angry Men is a really easy watch and gripping throughout. I made my wife watch it last year and she really enjoyed it. Dunno if you have seen any of the old Twilight Zone episodes, but it almost plays out like an episode of that.
Classic flicks you've yet to see...
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Yep 12 Angry Men is a really easy watch and gripping throughout. I made my wife watch it last year and she really enjoyed it. Dunno if you have seen any of the old Twilight Zone episodes, but it almost plays out like an episode of that.
Aha how ironic. Fargo was absolutely one of those films for me. Been a Coens fan ever since and love everything they've ever done (yes, that includes Serious Man).
I really need to check it out. People quote lines and scenes at me all the time.
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City Lights is pretty good, Casablanca is good. I didn't get the fuss with Kife is Beautiful.
I'm only missing City of God from the top 50, and as it happens lovefilm have just sent it to me. It gets pretty patchy after that, another 81 missing as I go down to 250.
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The moment when Val Kilmer is walking out of the bank smiling and then spots the cops and you get 15 minutes of carnage... It's incredible.
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The bank heist is the best action scene I've ever watched.
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Would you like to spoiler that?
Aha yep, that's the one. I've got a bit of time off this week so I think I'll pick up the Bluey, crack a shiraz and check it out.
Couple more:
Predator
Terminator
Eraserhead (massive Lynch fan but the anticipation of watching his most beloved and surreal piece scares me a little...)
Not one single Woody Allen Movie
The Hustler
Persona
Probably hundreds world cinema flicks that have slipped my mind to.
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Predator and Terminator are pretty much unforgivable, Dr.. Sort it out!
I know right? Seen every other Terminator movie plus both AvP's... makes it even more shameful seeing as there's only 1 good movie amongst that lot xD
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I'm going to call statute of limitations on a 20 year old film. I don't think anyone watches Heat without knowing it's got a bank job followed by a big gunfight in the middle of it. It's one of the key sellling points of the film. The film posters show the characters with guns and the trailer includes lots of footage from that very scene. It's not like spoiling The Sixth Sense or The Usual Suspects, is it?
But hey, sorry if I spoiled it for you...
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If you watch one Woody Allen film it should be Annie Hall.
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So is Midnight Cowboy. Doesn't make the ending less of a stab in the heart.
Usual Suspects, Se7en. The list is endless. But it is a thread discussing films we have not seen
Usual Suspects, Se7en. The list is endless. But it is a thread discussing films we have not seen
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Mentioning the mid-film gunfight in Heat isn't the same as spoiling the ending to Midnight Cowboy.
It's a pretty different thing.
It's a pretty different thing.
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But it's not a spoiler to know that Heat has a bank job and a gunfight. That's not a plot twist, there's no surprise there.
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Do as you will.
I'll add Ben Hur and Spartacus
I'll add Ben Hur and Spartacus
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I'll add Midnight Cowboy, so thanks for not spoiling it 
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The twilight series 
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The Godfather, never had the inclination to sit down for 3 hours to watch it. yet loved the likes of Goodfellas, Casino etc
more seriously
The Godfather, never had the inclination to sit down for 3 hours to watch it. yet loved the likes of Goodfellas, Casino etc
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LOTR trilogy is probably my most obvious I've still yet to watch. I have read the books though (as 1 single large book). I also haven't seen the much more recent Hobbit 3-parter either, but again have read the book.
I was the right age for the Lion King as a child too, but just wasn't keen on Disney back then. So I missed out on Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas etc. Love Disney now though and caught up with the old classics and newer stuff.
I was the right age for the Lion King as a child too, but just wasn't keen on Disney back then. So I missed out on Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas etc. Love Disney now though and caught up with the old classics and newer stuff.
The twilight series
more seriously
The Godfather, never had the inclination to sit down for 3 hours to watch it. yet loved the likes of Goodfellas, Casino etc
It's great and all, but I don't think it's aged quite so well as most would have you believe. There are moments when it really slows down to a crawl and looses a lot of it's momentum. Part 2 is far better imo.