# Movies you know you ought to see but probably never will - and why **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421 "2010-02-10T14:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/21 "2010-02-11T00:49:01Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > All of the _The Godfather_ movies. > > Yeah, I know… it’s a friggin’ masterpiece of late 20th century cinema. Since there’s something about gangster movies that bores me to tears, I have zero interest in watching it. > > Same goes for Westerns, which means I’ll probably never get around to watching _Unforgiven_ despite the fact that everyone says it’s super-awesome. I also have not seen the _Godfather_ films, or anything mafia/gangster/underbelly related. Not interested. Don’t care if it’s a masterpiece. I have seen _Unforgiven_. It’s bollocks. The ending negates the rest of the movie, which was a self-pitying misery-fest anyway. I have also actively avoided most of Stanley Kubrick’s oeuvre. Long, slow, and boring is not my idea of entertainment. And of course I will never watch anything by Tarantino for the rest of my life, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/22 "2010-02-11T01:49:29Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > “Titanic” seen and read several things on it. Also, I’d have to hear that song again. ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/23 "2010-02-11T01:57:04Z")
> [@](#): > > But I HATE country music. With a passion. To the point where it makes me physically uncomfortable to be around when it’s playing. I know that probably sounds like I’m exaggerating, but I’m really not. I have to walk away when country music is playing. Sadly, there’s no way I could sit through this film. If it helps, I dislike country with its faux-cowboy appeal and celebration of southern culture, but the music in this movie is much more like blues-based early country than thick-accented 1970s and 1980s country. Id say most of his songs sound like Lynard Skynnard or Bob Seger songs. You will probably hate his protege who sings in the vein of Garth Brooks type country (which is more pop based), but its pretty short and he only really sings a cover of Bad Blake’s song. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/24 "2010-02-11T02:23:43Z")
> [@smaje1](#): > > I cry at sad movies - like, I _bawl_. I remember seeing Backdraft in the theater and crying so hard in the bathroom afterward that a nice lady asked my friend if I was ok: “Did a friend of hers die or something?” Same thing after seeing The Doctor with William Hurt. I jsut can’t force myself to see movies I know will make me depressed, no matter how damn good they are. ☹ You act as if being deeply affected by a film in this manner is a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/25 "2010-02-11T02:28:24Z")
> [@HorseloverFat](#): > > If it helps, I dislike country with its faux-cowboy appeal and celebration of southern culture, but the music in this movie is much more like blues-based early country than thick-accented 1970s and 1980s country. Id say most of his songs sound like Lynard Skynnard or Bob Seger songs. > > You will probably hate his protege who sings in the vein of Garth Brooks type country (which is more pop based), but its pretty short and he only really sings a cover of Bad Blake’s song. That actually does help my expectations some. I do love blues. Thanks, maybe I will reconsider! ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/26 "2010-02-11T02:38:46Z")
Mine would these days be graphically violent films. I did see Pulp Fiction (and regretted it to some degree) but I won’t see Reservoir Dogs, Se7en, No Country for Old Men, or anything else along that line. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ve never seen _Schindler’s List_, even though everyone tells me I should. Just sounds like too much of a downer. Erm, what? It’s anything but that. After all he basically wins out in the end, both he and most of his charges escape alive. Similarly for The Pianist, in case you’ve filed that in the same “holocaust therefore depressing” category. Ironically A Beautiful Life, a comedy in the same settings, is something of a downer - in a way. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/27 "2010-02-11T03:09:52Z")
Fight Club. I tried, but quickly lost interest. Maybe it’s a guy movie. I’ve tried for about 8 years now, and always lose interest. I barely made it through Trainspotting; in fact, I’m not sure I ever did finish Trainspotting. I swore I’d never watch Steel Magnolias, but I got sucked in when it was on TV a few months ago. Big mistake. It was all I was afraid it would be, and more. Plucky women, cute accents, laughter and tears…as Lou Grant said, “I hate plucky.” Or at least, I think he said that. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/28 "2010-02-11T03:58:28Z")
I am friends with a 40 something woman who has NEVER in her whole life ever seen a good movie. She rents movies every week and they are all utter crap. It’s like she deliberately seeks out the bottom of the barrel and has no clue there are such things as good movies, or classic movies, or thought provoking movies. Need I add she is a big romantic comedy fan? Or that Lifetime for Womenz is the only thing she watches on TV? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/29 "2010-02-11T03:59:04Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Erm, what? It’s anything but that. After all he basically wins out in the end, both he and most of his charges escape alive. Well, the ending might be up but the rest of the movie is pretty much down. The relief that people survive at the end doesn’t necessarily cancel the memory of the hundreds you see gunned down in cold blood along the way. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/30 "2010-02-11T04:17:43Z")
Passion of the Christ. I even own the damn thing; just…can’t watch it. I’m not even religious, ffs. I do love Jesus Christ, Superstar 😃 Just…yah. No thanks on the torture obsession. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/31 "2010-02-11T04:25:25Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > All of the _The Godfather_ movies. They insist upon themselves. I will never see Pan’s Labyrith. It’s been on my DVR for over a year taking up space and I have yet to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blut_Aus_Nord)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/32 "2010-02-11T05:26:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ve never seen _Pulp Fiction_, even though everyone tells me I should. It’s been parodied so much since that I’m not sure I could even take it seriously. Well it’s not meant to be taken very seriously. It’s a comedy if anything, dark as it is. ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/33 "2010-02-11T05:48:40Z")
If they count, any Disney movie that is released from now until I die. The characters have been getting increasingly abrasive and obnoxious, if previews are any indication, and I don’t need more of those two in my life. I haven’t seen the Lord of the Rings movies. The first one started out okay, but the story and characters just didn’t grab me. I don’t see that changing. Apocalypse Now–I haven’t seen it all the way through, but I did catch the end of it (where the cow or donkey or whatever) is butchered alive. I can’t stomach senseless violence against animals. Avatar: Story has 0 appeal to me, and I prize story over visuals. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/34 "2010-02-11T12:17:37Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Fight Club. I tried, but quickly lost interest. Maybe it’s a guy movie. I’ve tried for about 8 years now, and always lose interest. I barely made it through Trainspotting; in fact, I’m not sure I ever did finish Trainspotting. > > I swore I’d never watch Steel Magnolias, but I got sucked in when it was on TV a few months ago. Big mistake. It was all I was afraid it would be, and more. Plucky women, cute accents, laughter and tears…as Lou Grant said, “I hate plucky.” Or at least, I think he said that. “You’re spunky, aren’t you? I hate spunk!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/35 "2010-02-11T12:43:52Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Passion of the Christ. I even own the damn thing; just…can’t watch it. I’m not even religious, ffs. I do love Jesus Christ, Superstar :D. I’m never going to watch PotC either. But now you’ve got me thinking about The Passion Of The Jesus Christ Superstar. I’d watch that. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/36 "2010-02-11T12:44:58Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > They insist upon themselves. > . So how do you feel about Robot Chicken? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/37 "2010-02-11T17:01:28Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > It looks as though I won’t be seeing “Avatar”. I have absolutely no interest in the story but feel like I should see it because of the visual spectacle. I definitely won’t bother seeing it if I can’t catch it at the theater and at this point I don’t see that happening. I’ve also not seen most of this year’s Oscar nominees except “Up in the Air” (which wasn’t very good, to be honest) and don’t have much interest in any of them. I know I’ll be bummed on Oscar night but I can’t seem to motivate myself to check them out. A friend of mine is on my case because I didn’t express enthusiasm about going to see **Avatar**. I tried telling her that going to movie theatres is pretty low on my list of priorities anymore, but she thinks I’m “missing out.” Well…what if I never go hang-gliding, or visit Africa, or get married, or try escargot? Am I missing out? How would I know? Anyway, back to the movies: No way am I going to watch **Precious** –it would upset me too much. I barely made it through **Pan’s Labyrinth** (which is beautiful, by the way, though certainly a downer) or **Grave of the Fireflies**. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/38 "2010-02-11T17:08:11Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > fight club. I tried, but quickly lost interest. Maybe it’s a guy movie. I’ve tried for about 8 years now, and always lose interest. I barely made it through trainspotting; in fact, i’m not sure i ever did finish trainspotting. > > I swore i’d never watch steel magnolias, but i got sucked in when it was on tv a few months ago. Big mistake. It was all i was afraid it would be, and more. Plucky women, cute accents, laughter and tears…as lou grant said, “i hate plucky.” or at least, i think he said that. I hate spunk! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/39 "2010-02-11T17:20:43Z")
I am onboard with the ultra violent movies - I won’t watch _No Country For Old Men_, or \* Pan’s Labyrinth\* - I did watch \* Reservoir Dogs\* and it really, really bothered me. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421/40 "2010-02-11T18:00:13Z")
I don’t like suburban-angst movies: _Ordinary People, American Beauty, The Ice Storm_, etc. Gosh, you’re in a racial majority, well-fed, have a house, at least a little money, and live in the U.S.? How terrible for you. You’re already better off than mebbe 95% of the people in the world. Grow up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-know-you-ought-to-see-but-probably-never-will-and-why/528421.md?page=3)