You Haven't Seen WHAT?!

[Alex]

If you only go out of your way for one of those it should be On the Waterfront. Most of those others are great movies (I wouldn't really put Birth of a Nation, Close Encounters, or The Jazz Singer on the list, they are more valuable as oddities advancing cinema than as films themselves). But On the Waterfront is truly a great one.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

I'll see that and raise you: we have a SPARE copy on DVD. Who'll borrow it? Hmm? Hmm? HMMMMM?

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

*waves hand in air while bouncing in seat*

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Close Encounters ... more valuable as oddities advancing cinema than as films themselves.

WTF

[Motorboat Cruiser]

"Unforgiven" is a pretty wonderful film as well, IMHO.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Unbreakable is my favorite. Signs and The Sixth Sense are both roughly equal.

I love Unbreakable. It's by far my favorite. Signs is a close second, and my favorite alien movie ever. I loved The Village, and wasn't aware that most people don't. I will never watch Sixth Sense again. It was scary, and has made all the imaginary friends tromping around the house seem rather menacing to me. In fact, I'm halfway convinced that a certain cow and the girl who owns the cow that showed up six months later might not have been imaginary at all. Which is probably bollocks, but Sixth Sense got into my brain.

I've never seen Close Encounters, nor did I have the desire to until this thread. It does piss me off that I can't see the real movie.

Here's what I haven't seen from AFI:


1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992) 100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

So I haven't seen 75 on the list. Quite honestly, I hadn't even heard of some of them.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

WTF

Just to be clear, I like Close Encounters a lot! I just don't think it really goes on the list of the 100 greatest films of all time.

[Mousey Girl]

Since I can't remember what movies I haven't seen, I am going to copy the idea of others:

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)

2. CASABLANCA (1942)

3. THE GODFATHER (1972)

4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

7. THE GRADUATE (1967)

8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)

9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)

11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

15. STAR WARS (1977)

17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)

18. PSYCHO (1960)

22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

24. RAGING BULL (1980)

27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

31. ANNIE HALL (1977)

32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)

33. HIGH NOON (1952)

34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)

35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)

38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

43. KING KONG (1933)

45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)

47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)

50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)

59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

63. STAGECOACH (1939)

64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)

69. SHANE (1953)

70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

72. BEN-HUR (1959)

73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)

78. ROCKY (1976)

79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

81. MODERN TIMES (1936)

82. GIANT (1956)

84. FARGO (1996)

85. DUCK SOUP (1933)

86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)

90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)

91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)

92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)

93. THE APARTMENT (1960)

94. PULP FICTION (1994)

96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)

97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)

100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

Some of the above I have seen parts of, but never the full movie. Other recent movies I have not seen are Titanic, Brokeback Mountain and the majority of Oscar nominated films.

If I know ahead of time that a movie will make me cry I will not watch it. If just the tv commercials make me cry, and they aren't even the full trailer, I will not watch. The new Sept 11th movie is one I will be avoiding at all costs.

[tracilicious]

I've just had the brilliant idea to add a separate netflix queue with the top 100 and get one disk out of three every time. I wonder how long it will take to see everything?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

"Unforgiven" is a pretty wonderful film as well, IMHO.

Great movie.

"Hell of a thing killing a man... you take away all he has and all he's gonna have."

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

As for any in utero viewings of Close Encounters ... all I can say is that I have not been able to monitor every single TV airing of this film ... but I have sat longingly through more television viewings than is healthy, and I have never seen those missing scenes aired on TV.

Now I am completely confused about which version of 'Close Encounters' is the real version. Is there anything close to a real version out on DVD? I'm confused.

Ya know, there's a reason why they call the final version of the film the locked version. It should stay locked. All this tweaking is confusing.