There are some films know I should watch, but don't have the courage. This is mainly because, despite all the tough talk, I am actually a wimp. So anything above a 12 certificate is usually not the film for me. Ignorance is bliss in my book. So here is my list of films that I have never seen, but should.
Schindlers List
Gandhi
The Deerhunter
Midnight Express
The Blair Witch Project
Gladiator
The Passion of the Christ
Blood Diamond
Gangs of New York
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Well, Gandhi was the last film I saw in a cinema and that's when it first came out. I can't take violent films at all and I don't particularly remember this as a violent film ..... or have the years blurred my memory ? I know he was assassinated but as far as I recall, it only took one bullet.
Quite tame by today's standards.
I'm wimpy about films too. The only ones I've seen on that list are Schindler's List and The Deerhunter.
I didn't find Schindler's List disturbing, but maybe I've read so many WWII novels that it's desensitized me.
The Deerhunter is disturbing in bits but I don't remember its being traumatic.
I would not in any way feel I "should" watch The Passion of the Christ. I've had too many people tell me that most of the violence (flogging, etc.) in it seemed gratuitous.
I have no idea why I thought Gandhi would be violent.
Is there a beheading or amputation in the film? That's my worst fear.
Why don't you go to the pictures Mrs Trout?
...I will then post a list of films that "I'm ashamed to say I love"
The Blair witch prtoject just gave me motion sickness and then I dfell asleep.I haven;t seen shcindlers list which is suprising since I am usually drawn to men in leather b oots and n azi uniforms I should watch.The deer hunters not overly violent either its more psychological. The Omen has a good beheading
i have seen quite a few on your list. however i have not been able to watch Saving Private Ryan. i tried a few times but cannot get past the opening scenes of the slaughter of the soldiers on the beach. Midnight Express was quite disturbing. I don't know if it would bother me as much now. 1978 was a long time ago and i am probably much more calloused now. Looking for Mr Goodbar creeped my out. Schindlers List was hard to watch but I have seen quite a few WWII movies and am drawn to holocaust documentaries so I was okay seeing it. Blair Witch Project was pretty creepy.
Had to Google Looking for Mr Godbar. I wouldn't have even attempted the Omen or Saving Private Ryan.
I am, however, watching Bugsy Malone :oD
'...I will then post a list of films that "I'm ashamed to say I love"'
Wow, you're braver than I am. You'd all fall over yourselves laughing if I did that. (This does not require a comment from you, Alex.)
and I meant to say "fall all over yourselves laughing".
sixty six isd out on dvd this week you should rent it you'll like it a lot
I will rent that, and I would like to go and see the Illusionist too. And that Jane austen thing.
The Passion of the Christ is the most violent and upsetting film I've ever seen
I don't really know why I stopped going to cinemas. Maybe because videos and dvds were invented. Also, I don't like sitting in the dark cos you never know what's crawling around on the floor.
I rarely go to the pictures because I can never find anyone who wants to see the same films as me(Miss Potter, good example). Alex goes on her own, but she's brave. I'm a wuss.
you don't need to be brave to go to the cinema alone , you'd be suprised how many people do it , particulaly in the early shows
>"Also, I don't like sitting in the dark cos you never know what's crawling around on the floor."
That got a snort from me.
Clanky,
I'm with you--I haven't seen any of those films either
The biblical description of the Passion is pretty darn harsh, too.
Welcome, Clank!
R
I quite fancy Miss Potter too. Oooh.... I'd better re-phrase that. I'd like to see the film, 'Miss Potter'. The reveiws said that a lot of it is wrong but I'd like to see it anyway. I'll wait for the DVD.
I hear that cinemas are really expensive now. I can actually remember when it cost 1/6 to get in and an old ninepence for children! God, how depressing.
Truoty, I used to go to Saturday morning pictures with tenpence. Three pence to get in then seven pence for Rainbow Drops, fruit salads and Bazooka Bubblegum.
...gladiator is an amazing film, i think you'd actually quite like it if u came to eventually watch it!! :D when i come back perhaps we should watch it... and invite sally along too!! :D dunno if lizzie would like it tho :( x x x
Can't I just watch Chitty Chitty Bsng Bang again?!
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