Movies you didn't see

[Reno]

Right. The Goonies. Not only have I never seen it, I don't remember it from the era either. I don't remember it being advertised or hyped or promoted, and I don't remember any word of mouth about it.

What gives with the alleged cult status of this one?

I've never made it all the way through as it's about a bunch of extremely annoying children screaming their heads off for two hours. I didn't see it at the cinema back then because I already was an adult and it got terrible reviews. Unlike E.T., which also worked for adults because it was a well made film with themes of childhood loneliness and loss, The Goonies only appealed to children of a generation for whom childhood nostalgia is sacred. It doesn't work on people who are/were over 12 when they were first introduced to it, so this is for nostalgia-drunk 30/40-somethings only.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

The Sound of Music
Forrest Gump

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Until very recently, I hadn't seen The Matrix and I wish I'd left it that way.

I think you probably had to be there at the time because if you're not impressed by the special effects - which we've now seen over and over and over - there really seems little else.

 

[seeformiles]

Right. The Goonies. Not only have I never seen it, I don't remember it from the era either. I don't remember it being advertised or hyped or promoted, and I don't remember any word of mouth about it.

What gives with the alleged cult status of this one?

It was on yesterday afternoon and, once again, completely failed to engage me and I switched over. It’s probably because I was completely the wrong age group they were aiming at when it originally came out. Instead of identifying with the kids in the film, I’d quite happily have drowned the annoying little twats in a bucket one by one.

 

[marty21]

Never seen the Harry Potters

 

[seeformiles]

Our local cinema closed down in the early 80s (due largely to the home video boom) so I missed a lot of the big releases. I’ve never seen ET and only saw Back to the Future after I met Mrs SFM who had taped it off the telly one Xmas. I saw BTTF 3 in a cinema in Southport in 1990 but had to wait until Xmas ‘93 to see BTTF 2.

 

[paul mckenna]

I'd put The Witch as one of the best horrors of the 21st century TBH (Robert Eggers hasn't put a foot wrong yet IMHO). Midsommar was decent but overrated, a by-the-numbers attempt at The Wicker Man elevated by yet another thoroughly excellent performance from Florence Pugh.

Northman was really disappointing i found though

Love his other movies also

 

[Epona]

What are some Halloweeny films that people haven't seen? I definitely haven't seen the Babadook, Hereditary, Midsommar, The Witch, or Us. Or Peele's new one that I can't remember the name of. I think I've never seen a Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street film either, unless I have and forgot. I reckon I may have seen Scary Movie 2, though?

I don't like gory slasher stuff, so I haven't seen the classics of that genre such as Nightmare on Elm Street, the Halloween franchise, Friday the 13th, Chucky franchise etc. Also stuff like Saw.

I do like supernatural and folk horror type stuff though, so I have seen most of those you mention, except Us (which is on my list to watch).

So not being into really violent/gory stuff I also haven't watched any of the Predator films (except Prey which OH put on while I was here and I concentrated on my game instead as it was a bit much) and Mad Max is also a bit too violent for my tastes so I haven't seen most of those. I should add I have seen bits of all those I mention - enough to know they are not for me.

I have mirror touch synaesthesia and find this sort of thing actually physically painful btw, it's not just that I am a bit of a wimp or something.

Also not really into gangster and mob type stuff (probably again due to occasional realistic depictions of physical harm that cause me pain). Just not my bag.

 

[Orang Utan]

The framed thread made me realise that other people are well fussy/restrictive about films, especially genres. I just like watching good (and some bad) films, regardless of genre or cast, just as long as it’s not one I’ve seen before.

 

[Knotted]

It's only fairly recently that I've watched a David Lynch film for the first time. Which is odd because it's exactly the sort of nonsense I like. Seen Blue Velvet, Dune, Erasorhead, Wild at Heart and Mulholand Drive now (and that short one he did with the monkey). As an aside, I've never seen Twin Peaks.

 

[stavros]

I don't think I've seen Jaws, or Jaws 2 for that matter*.

*It's a different fillum, it's a very different fillum; it's a different shark.

 

[Reno]

I don't think I've seen Jaws, or Jaws 2 for that matter*.

*It's a different fillum, it's a very different fillum; it's a different shark.

Not seeing the first one is nothing to be proud of as it's one of the best films of its kind ever made, not seeing the sequels is irrelevant.

 

[Santino]

Never seen the Harry Potters

Harries Potter, please.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

The framed thread made me realise that other people are well fussy/restrictive about films, especially genres. I just like watching good (and some bad) films, regardless of genre or cast, just as long as it’s not one I’ve seen before.

That's all very well but for me, having tried to watch a good few superhero movies, I have found every single one of them boring as shit so I don't bother any more. Why would I?
Same for anything that is just fighting and car chases. They just bore the crap out of me.

 

[Orang Utan]

That's all very well but for me, having tried to watch a good few superhero movies, I have found every single one of them boring as shit so I don't bother any more. Why would I?
Same for anything that is just fighting and car chases. They just bore the crap out of me.

They mostly bore the shit out of me too tbh. But I still remain curious about what other people seem to like too

 

[DotCommunist]

Never seen the Harry Potters

I've never seen any of those but I did read the first three books just to be a book wanker about it. Havn't seen any of the 'harry potter in magical ivy league american academia' either.

 

[belboid]

Any Sylvester Stallone movie.

Well, I've seen Bananas which he's in, bit in too small a role to count. I've seen most of F.I.S.T. but not the beginning and quite possibly the end. Copland is that only one that has almost made me break my habit.

 

[stdP]

The framed thread made me realise that other people are well fussy/restrictive about films, especially genres. I just like watching good (and some bad) films, regardless of genre or cast, just as long as it’s not one I’ve seen before.

I'll also play the Mrs. Miggins defence here - I almost never watch anything passively (i.e. I'll only choose what to watch if I think it might be up my street - including very bad films). My leisure time's very limited, and I've still got a backlog of hundreds of films and TV shows that I want to watch, so it takes a lot to drag me near to any genre that's had a consistently low hit rate in the past. Superheroes and musicals are probably the two prime examples for me that I'm almost never able to enjoy.

Regarding superhero movies, I could never really get in to any of the comics (except the ones that were arguably deconstructions or flat-out piss-takes of the superhero archetype) and almost every film I've seen with the same superhero-with-a-straight-face elements is the same; I just can't suspend my disbelief in these for some reason (even though I like plenty of other stuff that's also patently ridiculous). Especially the modern ones all just seem to blend (bland?) together in to one dreary bunch of the same lame costumes and effects.

Novelty I've never really given much of a toss about - there's plenty of films in my collection I've watched at least 20 times (and I'll often have one I've already in the background or on another monitor when I'm doing something else).

I don't like gory slasher stuff, so I haven't seen the classics of that genre such as Nightmare on Elm Street, the Halloween franchise, Friday the 13th, Chucky franchise etc. Also stuff like Saw.

I do like supernatural and folk horror type stuff though, so I have seen most of those you mention, except Us (which is on my list to watch).

I'm in the same bag with horror films and can't really get in to anything that veers in to torture porn territory (unless it's done purely comedically/tongue in cheek) and also haven't seen almost any of the ones you mention above. I had the hardest time to convince my partner to try watching horror classics like Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives because their sole notion of horror was nothing but a) lots of blood and screaming and b) monsters and/or deformed humans jumping out and going "boo!".

 

[Orang Utan]

Will never get why anyone would want to watch a film more than a handful of times. That would do my head in. Couldn’t watch owt again unless I thought I’d missed something

 

[seeformiles]

That's all very well but for me, having tried to watch a good few superhero movies, I have found every single one of them boring as shit so I don't bother any more. Why would I?
Same for anything that is just fighting and car chases. They just bore the crap out of me.

The exception to the usual superhero dross is Deadpool (& its equally decent sequel). The rest are snoresville - and I really wanted to like them too.

 

[May Kasahara]

Loads of modern horror films that I would like to watch, because I understand they are very good, but don't because I can't cope with being scared these days.

Also Hereditary, which my husband and son are watching downstairs, but which I'm not bothering with because it's too depressing. There is only a finite number of Saturday nights left in my life, too few to spend one watching awful people have a crap time.

 

[Elpenor]

I have dwelled on this too - a tragedy underlined by the fact that I’ve seen American Pie 3: The Wedding at least four times.

That dance off scene though, I can see you come back to it each time

I've never made it all the way through as it's about a bunch of extremely annoying children screaming their heads off for two hours. I didn't see it at the cinema back then because I already was an adult and it got terrible reviews. Unlike E.T., which also worked for adults because it was a well made film with themes of childhood loneliness and loss, The Goonies only appealed to children of a generation for whom childhood nostalgia is sacred. It doesn't work on people who are/were over 12 when they were first introduced to it, so this is for nostalgia-drunk 30/40-somethings only.

Also never seen it, and as you say, no point now as it won’t have a nostalgic flicker for me given I haven’t seen it as a nipper

Odd though as my Nanna had taped it at her house and my brother watched it loads but I must have read a book or something

 

[Idris2002]

Here's one: Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This was a bit of schoolyard folklore when I was growing up. The story was of some guy who'd brought a chainsaw engine into a cinema showing TCM, sat behind two women, and revved the engine at a crucial moment.

Anyway, years later my cousin Stephen said to me, "have you seen the Texas Chainsaw Massacre?" I told him no: he told me, "don't bother, it's shit".

 

[Mrs Miggins]

The exception to the usual superhero dross is Deadpool (& its equally decent sequel). The rest are snoresville - and I really wanted to like them too.

What's different about Deadpool?

 

[seeformiles]

What's different about Deadpool?

It’s played completely for laughs - and is aimed at an adult audience. I view it as a comedy - rather than a SH film.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

It’s played completely for laughs - and is aimed at an adult audience. I view it as a comedy - rather than a SH film.

OK.....is there a lot of running around and fighting though? Because that's where I totally switch off....

 

[killer b]

in bruges was so shit i think i stopped watching after about 10 minutes

I thought this the first time I tried watching it, and gave up after 10 minutes too - I gave it another try recently because some people who's opinion I trust love it, and really enjoyed it this time. Must be the first 10 minutes are particularly unengaging for some reason...

 

[seeformiles]

OK.....is there a lot of running around and fighting though? Because that's where I totally switch off....

Yep - but it’s over-the-top splatter gore accompanied by hilarious one-liners. I was surprised at how much I liked it.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Yep - but it’s over-the-top splatter gore accompanied by hilarious one-liners. I was surprised at how much I liked it.

Maybe I'll give it a shot one day

 

[seeformiles]

I thought this the first time I tried watching it, and gave up after 10 minutes too - I gave it another try recently because some people who's opinion I trust love it, and really enjoyed it this time. Must be the first 10 minutes are particularly unengaging for some reason...

Mrs SFM was like this with Withnail & I. We saw it in the late 80s and she hated it but when we saw it again some years later in a cinema that sold booze she loved it and these days can quote every line. I reckon your mood dictates how you receive a film so I try to give ones I hated second chances.