A short time ago someone was asking about watching shows and when I told them, "no I've never watched that", they were apoplectic as if I had just killed their kid. It stunned them.
The movie was "It's a Wonderful Life." I have nothing against it and I watch plenty of black and white movies but I have never had a desire.
It made me think of others and what blockbusters people have assumed you watched. ( I can say 99% of the people who never saw the Godfather are women)
It's probably grown a lot since of all the streaming shows now for people who don't have certain subscriptions.
Some others that quickly come to mind:
1. Game of Thrones
2. The Walking Dead
3. All the Harry Potter franchise
4. Citizen Kane except small parts-didn't interest me
5. Gone with the Wind
6. Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul (However I plan to eventually binge both)
7. Vampire related movies after "The Lost Boys"
8. Schindler's List
9. Saving Private Ryan [Reply]
Originally Posted by Jenson71:
Found on wikipedia, the highest grossing movies of all time, adjusted for inflation, are:
1 Gone with the Wind $3,922,000,000 1939
2 Avatar $3,505,000,000 2009
3 Titanic $3,260,000,000 1997
4 Star Wars $3,221,000,000 1977
5 Avengers: Endgame $2,960,000,000 2019
6 The Sound of Music $2,697,000,000 1965
7 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $2,634,000,000 1982
8 The Ten Commandments $2,493,000,000 1956
9 Doctor Zhivago $2,363,000,000 1965
10 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $2,330,000,000 2015
I've seen 1, 3, 6-9.
I hate being told current movies had these HUGE incomes. That is because a ticket is massive.
When the first star wars came out, tickets were 5 or less. I remember when a movie was 2 for adult and 1 for kids. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Just Passin' By:
Since the end of Person of Interest, I've only watched two new television series, the Jack Reacher series on Amazon, and All Creatures Great and Small on PBS. I'm also still watching the Doc Martin series as it comes along.
Outside of that, any post-2016 TV series has gone unseen by me.
I highly recommend Reacher. It fits your ethos. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Jenson71:
Found on wikipedia, the highest grossing movies of all time, adjusted for inflation, are:
1 Gone with the Wind $3,922,000,000 1939
2 Avatar $3,505,000,000 2009
3 Titanic $3,260,000,000 1997
4 Star Wars $3,221,000,000 1977
5 Avengers: Endgame $2,960,000,000 2019
6 The Sound of Music $2,697,000,000 1965
7 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $2,634,000,000 1982
8 The Ten Commandments $2,493,000,000 1956
9 Doctor Zhivago $2,363,000,000 1965
10 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $2,330,000,000 2015
I've seen 1, 3, 6-9.
I've seen all of them except for Sound of Music. My favorites are Star Wars and Doctor Zhivago. Actively despise Gone With The Wind and Avatar. The rest range from excellent to overrated to meh.
Surprised that Jaws isn't on the list. It's gotta be right up there. [Reply]