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 srvy:
I lasted 20 minutes watching the new Night Court 2 series. God that was awful.
I saw the trailer and though "oh, cool!"
Then I got to thinking about it - I just don't think it works anymore. I mean how the hell much time can we really spend in a courtroom? Especially for comic effect in an era when anything and everything will be excoriated as 'punching down'... [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
The oldest movie on my list (Arthur) is from 1981. The most recent (Galaxy Quest) is from 1999.
Admittedly, I'm not a huge comedy fan, generally don't go to see comedies at the theater or go out of my way to watch them elsewhere. I don't typically go in for really stupid stuff (didn't care for Dumb and Dumber, for example) but there are exceptions.
You really should check some of these out, though. Particularly Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Ruthless People.
I'd recommend Dirty Rotten Scoundrels over Citizen Kane. Granted, I've never seen Citizen Kane, but there's no way it's as funny as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I'd recommend Dirty Rotten Scoundrels over Citizen Kane. Granted, I've never seen Citizen Kane, but there's no way it's as funny as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Not a lot of belly laughs in Citizen Kane so I've heard. [Reply]