# Embarrassing Gaps in your Movie Viewing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689 "2009-04-02T05:34:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/21 "2009-04-02T18:28:19Z")
Doctor Strangelove, The Seven Samurai, The Godfather & The Godfather II (I’ve seen portions of the first one, but never the entire film), almost all of Woody Allen’s movies, almost all of the ‘great’ European films… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/22 "2009-04-02T18:35:43Z")
I still haven’t seen \*Goodfellas \*(though I did catch the last fifteen minutes on Lifetime–of all places–a few moths ago). ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/23 "2009-04-02T18:35:53Z")
All godfathers, scareface, dog day afternoon…casablanca…so…pretty much all the classics less Wizard of Oz, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/24 "2009-04-02T18:45:24Z")
As far as the “great films” go, I’ve either seen or plan to see most of them, so I’m not too embarrassed by any gaps. I get a little embarrassed when I end up on the fringes of a conversation about some of the pop-culture milestones of the '80s, not because they’re great films that would have inspired me and changed my life but because they were apparently perfectly enjoyable movies that people still remember fondly and that I was apparently too much of an elitist to condescend to seeing. That was a hell of a sentence but hopefully some glimmer of meaning comes through. Of course I could rent or download most of them now, but it wouldn’t be the same experience as watching them in situ, as it were. Anyway, it’s fine not to care about popular movies but I think it’s a little perverse to be proud of not seeing them. > [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > Then Leo shows four Aces to win the hand. “Whuh?” Even in movies where one of the guys is cheating, they have the sense to make is something believeable. Four aces is unbelievable? > [@](#): > > To add to my first post, I’ve never seen any of the classic Westerns. They bore me to tears. How do you know? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/25 "2009-04-02T18:45:56Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > You may still have the edge on me because I did see one scene. It was on TV and it was the poker game scene. “Oooh, a poker movie I haven’t seen!” I thought excitedly. Then Leo shows four Aces to win the hand. “Whuh?” Even in movies where one of the guys is cheating, they have the sense to make is something believeable. If someone shows four aces in a movie, there had better be a good reason for it! It was only after I changed the channel that I realized it was Titanic. > > To add to my first post, I’ve never seen any of the classic Westerns. They bore me to tears. Let’s call it even then, since I’ve somehow seen the “King of the World”-scene. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/26 "2009-04-02T19:25:52Z")
Never seen _The Matrix_ or any of its sequels. Never seen _Reservoir Dogs_ despite having owned a (pirated) VHS copy for years. Never seen (or read) _Fight Club_. Never seen _E.T._ Never seen _Casablanca_, ditto _Gone With the Wind_. Only saw _The Godfather_ a couple of months ago, and haven’t seen parts II or III. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/27 "2009-04-02T19:30:57Z")
Take any list of the Top 100 Movies of All Time; I’ve seen maybe ten of them, and probably none of the top five (including _Citizen Kane_ and _The Maltese Falcon_). Next, take the 50 Best Picture nominees of the past 10 years. Ive seen maybe ten of them. Next, take any movie ever made by Quentin Tarantino or Akira Kurosawa. I’ve seen exactly none of them. Finally, take every James Bond movie ever made. I’ve seen exactly none of them. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/28 "2009-04-05T17:12:05Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Never seen _The Matrix_ or any of its sequels. > > . Oh, you should watch The Matrix, but skip the sequels and pretend they didn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/29 "2009-04-05T17:39:53Z")
I feel neither embarassment nor pride for gaps in my movie-viewing. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/30 "2009-04-05T23:25:26Z")
I’ve never seen “The Godfather” or “The Godfather II” from start to finish. I’ve seen good chunks of both on HBO over the years, but never complete. I’ve also never seen “Schindler’s List.” ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/31 "2009-04-05T23:40:18Z")
> [@Emily\_Litella](#): > > I recently saw _Quantum of Solace_ and I didn’t see _Casino Royale_ first, so I’ll have to go back and see that too. Casino Royale is roughly three bajillion times better than QoS. Go see it. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/32 "2009-04-05T23:44:05Z")
There are a lot of movies mentioned above that I haven’t seen, but the only movie made since the 1930s that I am astonished I haven’t seen yet is _It’s A Wonderful Life._ I don’t know how I lived through the 40s, 50s, and 60s without seeing it at least once; it was on TV a dozen times every Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/33 "2009-04-05T23:45:44Z")
Still missing _The Wizard Of Oz_ here, and I may never see it- it’s become a point of pride. It’s so endemic in our culture, though, that I can still correct people when they misquote from it. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/34 "2009-04-06T02:14:27Z")
Casablanca ANY Tarantino movie, save for the “Kill Bills” None of the Godfathers Scarface Citizen Kane About 90% of “classic” Disney movies (Seen and own Lion King and Aladdin, but that’s about it) Lotta others, but don’t wanna think that much. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/35 "2009-04-06T04:23:34Z")
I’ve seen over 2,000 features, but I haven’t seen: _Beauty and the Beast_ (1991), _Boyz n the Hood_ (1991), _Dances With Wolves_ (1990), _Platoon_ (1986), _The Last Emperor_ (1987), _Rain Man_ (1988), _The Silence of the Lambs_ (1991), _Unforgiven_ (1992), _Braveheart_ (1995), _The English Patient_ (1996), _Gladiator_ (2000), _A Beautiful Mind_ (2001), _Chicago_ (2002), _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King_ (2003), _Million Dollar Baby_ (2004), _Crash_ (2005), _The Departed_ (2006), _No Country for Old Men_ (2007), _The Matrix_ (1999), _Enter the Dragon_ (1973), _A Face in the Crowd_ (1957), _Fargo_ (1996), _Goodfellas_ (1990), _Hoop Dreams_ (1994), _The Nutty Professor_ (1963), _Stranger Than Paradise_ (1984), _The Terminator_ (1984), _Toy Story_ (1995), _The Scarlet Empress_ (1934), _Life of Oharu_ (1952), _Senso_ (1954), _Ordet_ (1955), _L’Avventura_ (1960), _La Dolce Vita_ (1960), _When a Woman Ascends the Stairs_ (1960), _Accattone_ (1961), _El Cid_ (1961), _Lola_ (1961), _Cleo From 5 to 7_ (1962), _The Trial_ (1962), _Autumn Afternoon_ (1962), _My Life to Live_ (1962), _Contempt_ (1963), _The Silence_ (1963), _Band of Outsiders_ (1964), _Red Desert_ (1964), _I Am Cuba_ (1964), _Alphaville_ (1965), many others. Long, long Netflix queue. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/36 "2009-04-06T04:39:06Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > In [Yahoo!'s Top 100 Movies – how many have you missed?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511433) which links to [100 movies to see before you die](http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/100-movies-to-see-before-you-die.html) (link still active as of this post), I had [this to say.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10965701&postcount=2) Huh. I’ve seen 85/100. I seemed to have missed the French New Wave. I have no plans to see Goldfinger or any other Bond movie, however. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689/37 "2009-04-06T14:54:38Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I feel neither embarassment nor pride for gaps in my movie-viewing. Maybe I should have entitled this thread **Shocking Gaps in Your Movie Viewing** instead. Embarrassing was poorly chosen. There are a lot of gaps in my movie viewing, as my Netflix queue is maxed out at the 500 limit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-gaps-in-your-movie-viewing/491689.md?page=1)