Everyone should see The Godfather
Even the third one, it's not as bad as people make out. I'm actually surprised you've managed to avoid Rocky; the first two are excellent, the third is decent and the fourth is fun (but a bit shit). Five is shocking and the most recent one is good, but only in a nostalgic way.

The Rambo films are crap aftr First Blood, if I'm honest
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:17, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

it just hasn't come up
I only saw the Usual Suspects in 2004 or thereabouts.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:19, Reply)

that's another one I haven't seen
I now can't watch that, fight club, se7en or the crying game. Or watch the mousetrap.

Too many surprise twists given away.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:21, Reply)

fight club and seven are worth watching because they are good films

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:22, Reply)

Liar.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:23, Reply)

you're a nice boy but you've got no brains
so shut your fucking face

edit: I can't remember what film ^this is from
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:25, Reply)

Hang about, Baron Wrongness
Are you actually saying Se7en and Fight Club aren't decent films? Cos that would make you an absolute fucktard
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:31, Reply)

I'm firmly of the opinion that anything David Fincher makes is absolutely required viewing
Se7en is an absolute masterpiece, even if you know how it ends
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:22, Reply)

to be homest, I don't really have the required patience to sit through a whole film
especially when I know how it ends.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:29, Reply)

I find that quite an odd attitude
the enjoyment for me is from watching the story unfold, not from seeing how it ends.

same with books, which is why I can reread stuff over and over.

I enjoy the use of language or direction or whatever, not just the end result of the story.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:32, Reply)

As much as I'm aware that agreeing with Vippers is an unhealthy habit for me to keep up
as usual I am in absolute accord with him here. Se7en is a director's masterclass, all the more amazing considering it was Fincher's second film, and Alien3 hardly counts as he wasn't given editorial control and washed his hands of the whole affair later.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:34, Reply)

I watched most of Alien 3 the other day
I still maintain it is a great film, but just doesn't quite hold up against the first two
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:35, Reply)

It is a decent film
and it's hard to imagine that anything could have reached the ridiculously high standards set previously. I think the revisionist opinion of it is that this is where the downward spiral towards easy-money sequels began
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:44, Reply)

I remember thinking it looked good when it first came out
and it *does* have MoreThan Freeman in it. I may have to look into this.

I can't go to the cinema though, as crippling arthritis means that I have to get up and stretch my legs after about half an hour, and some people don't like that.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:39, Reply)

I'm quite an odd person
and having suffered through a million lit classes at university, I have realised that looking at the mechanics of a story completely spoils it for me. It's like knowing how the rabbit gets in the hat. Takes the shine off.

Now when I watch films, I generally check my brain at the door.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:36, Reply)

I object to that sort of study of literature and stuff
partly because I have a strong belief that an awful lot of stuff is written with very little underlying meaning and that it is ascribed later by wankers who are trying to be intellectual.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:38, Reply)

Ref. everything Shakespeare ever wrote
(this may be bollocks, I developed a lasting distaste for Shakespeare after being repeatedly told about the multiple subtexts of Henry IV part I during GCSE English)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Feb 2011, 9:42, Reply)