What is the best movie you've never seen?

deefstes · 2011-03-02T08:21:35+00:00

My colleague and I just had an interesting discussion and I thought I'd put it out to you guys. What is the best movie you've NEVER seen? Amongst many other...

What is the best movie you've never seen?

Jack-Flash-Jr

Can't wait to see Drive Angry... Nick Cage, fast cars, trip to the underworld, bad hair, cool soundtrack. Hell yes.

:-[

dee

Warren wrote:
BMU wrote: I haven't seen The Hurt Locker yet. I've been told I need to. It's not that I doubt it's good, just that it doesn't seem like much fun.
Actually a great movie! I didn't know what to expect, but it's a thrilling war movie for sure.

Good movie? Sure. But way over-hyped.

Squonk

Jack Flash Jr wrote: Can't wait to see Drive Angry... Nick Cage, fast cars, trip to the underworld, bad hair, cool soundtrack. Hell yes.

:-[

Forget Nick Cage, there is Amber Heard 8)

strataxe

Keira WitherKay wrote: i see tons of movies. i been a movie addict since i was 5 and we lived 2 blocks down from a cinema
and for all my hippy traits and a philosophy of peace and light ...... surprisingly my favourites are anything by tarrintino or rodriguez .......... something about their way of making cult movies that can be OTT violent but so funny at same time........ and the violence is gross yet does not seem offensive....prob cos it is so OTT one sees the violence as almost a spoof of violent movies........ ... a very clever genre ......

and of course any guitarists would love "once upon a time in mexico" and "desparado" both made by rodriguez but has a cameo appearance by tarrintino ? with fabulous soundtracks

slightly off topic, but since you mentioned soundtracks, the Natural Born Killers is one good sounddtrack...

IceCreamMan

MIKA the better one wrote: Ice Cream Man, I didnt know you liked that movie, it was so intense.......... wow, I would not have expected that from you... 10 points ?

I see Keira makes mention of living close to movies as a kid. When i was a kid an we just emigrated here i could not speak the languge ,was an outsider at school but found solace at the Tria and rialto in the somerset west/strand area and spent many a saturday in the flea pits....its where my love of B grade movies originates... also loved Machete ....

movies there to entertain .... i like to be entertained by schlok ...barry ronge likes his kinda movies an i like mine ?

lindsmuse

chris77 wrote: It might sound weird, but the older movies like Gone with the wind, Casablanca and the other TCM stable, seem a bit overacted to me. I think modern directing and acting techniques tell a far more convincing tale. I also watched all the Pink Panther comedies last month (recovering post-op so a lot of idle time!), and at most I grinned a few times. Apart from Mancini's theme, I honestly don't get what made them classics.

I agree. They are dated. 'Gone with the wind' is one of the best books I ever read (listened to a an audiobook). The movie was terrible by comparison! Peter Sellers seems a bit dated in these movies, but not as Bluebottle in the Goons. And I'm wondering whether Woody Allen is going to become dated.

lindsmuse

chris77 wrote: It might sound weird, but the older movies like Gone with the wind, Casablanca and the other TCM stable, seem a bit overacted to me. I think modern directing and acting techniques tell a far more convincing tale. I also watched all the Pink Panther comedies last month (recovering post-op so a lot of idle time!), and at most I grinned a few times. Apart from Mancini's theme, I honestly don't get what made them classics.

surprisingly my favourites are anything by tarrintino or rodriguez .......... something about their way of making cult movies that can be OTT violent but so funny at same time........ and the violence is gross yet does not seem offensive....prob cos it is so OTT one sees the violence as almost a spoof of violent movies........ ... a very clever genre ......

Agree with Keira. Love these movies too. Didin't like the Barstards one tho'.

The worst movie I ever saw was the young Tom Hanks in 'Mazes and Monsters' I think it was the last video left we hadn't seen in Gansbaai and it was raining.
I think my best movie was 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest'

And the best movie I never saw - well you got me. I have no idea ???

philicon

I just watched "Into The Wild" and it is definitely one of the best most inspiring movies I have ever seen... you have to watch it!

IceCreamMan

philicon wrote: I just watched "Into The Wild" and it is definitely one of the best most inspiring movies I have ever seen... you have to watch it!

True story that , excellent movie ..alex whats his face...

i guess we all sometimes just get to the point where we wish we could do that same

Keira-WitherKay

IceCreamMan wrote:
philicon wrote: I just watched "Into The Wild" and it is definitely one of the best most inspiring movies I have ever seen... you have to watch it!

True story that , excellent movie ..alex whats his face...

i guess we all sometimes just get to the point where we wish we could do that same

but he died and alone ......damn i don't wanna die alone ........i don't mind dying but if i can i want someone whispering in my ear and holding my hand when i pass ,

i was definitely not inspired by that movie ,

intruiged for sure and quite impressed and inspired that the guy had an out of the box approach to choosing how to live his life and escape the "rat race" but he definitely didn't think it thru enough .

some hippy commune in the woods somewhere woulda been my choice.... he could wander off alone if he needed solitude but also have the support of a community..

we humans are not solitary creatures we need a community and human contact physically and emotionally

philicon

I 100% agree with you Keira that we are not solitary creatures, but that is what the whole point was in the end... towards his death he wrote down how lonely he was and that he was trapped in the wild... and what i recall from the movie just before he died he wrote down "Happiness is only real when shared" And That is what inspired me most... He was extremely intelligent and brought happiness to everyone he encountered, but his biggest lesson in life learnt was that we do need other people... and for that he died with a smile on his face...

Tonedef

That hippy commune in "The Beach" seemed very appealing.... and mountains of weed all over the place, if that's your thing!

Keira-WitherKay

philicon wrote: I 100% agree with you Keira that we are not solitary creatures, but that is what the whole point was in the end... towards his death he wrote down how lonely he was and that he was trapped in the wild... and what i recall from the movie just before he died he wrote down "Happiness is only real when shared" And That is what inspired me most... He was extremely intelligent and brought happiness to everyone he encountered, but his biggest lesson in life learnt was that we do need other people... and for that he died with a smile on his face...

ahhh ok i slightly misunderstood yu.thoght you were inspired to learn how to skin a bear and wander off alone into the wilderness ? phew thanks for setting me staright ..... yeah i agree that line " happiness s only real when shared" is words to live by .....so yes we both on the same page......

Tonedef wrote: That hippy commune in "The Beach" seemed very appealing.... and mountains of weed all over the place, if that's your thing!

but hows that any different to living in muizenberg ?
(and yes i lived there for over a year once )

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Bob-Dubery

Stratisfear wrote:
Tonedef wrote: That hippy commune in "The Beach" seemed very appealing.... and mountains of weed all over the place, if that's your thing!
I thought what was being shown was that even if you escape to a 'hippy commune' like that beach, you're going to encounter problematic social hierarchies and systems just like the ones you were running away from. It didn't appeal much to me at all. Better the devil you know, I suppose. I'd take Muizenberg any day. ?

The moment you have more than one person a hierarchy is inevitable.

As Loudon Wainwright III sang

Loneliness is happiness
It takes less than two