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1. Top Gun
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Eyes Wide Shut (I will never, ever, get that time back. Damn.)

*seriously Rowles, never seen Blade Runner? and yet you allege to be some sort of .....ah ..."critic"? What....ever...

Aaaanyway:

1. Titanic

2. that movie with the: "Rosebuuuud.." ...CITIZEN KANE! nope, not a minute of it.

3. Juno

1)Crossroads
2) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
3)Star Wars: Episodes 1-3

This is a tough one. Lemme see here...

1) The movie you are proud to say you've never seen? Any of the Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie franchise
2) The movie you are embarrassed to say you've never seen? Citizen Kane (I tried, I really did. But I, uh, hated it from the start)
3) The movie you've seen but desperately wish you could undo? Pirates 3. It was just awful

1. Titanic *High-fives Slim*

2. Casablanca

3. Patch Motherfucking Adams (Urge to kill... Rising...)

1) Passion of the Christ- Why anyone saw this is way beyond me.
2) Schindler's List- Is not having seen it worse than making out during it?
3) City of Angels- I'd rather Oedipus my eyes before reliving another frame of it.

1) I've never seen Passion of the Christ and I hope to God I never will. Just the previews offended my athiest ass.

2) I'm embarassed to admit that I haven't seen most of the movies Pajibans liked this year (re: There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men etc), because I'm a cheapskate and I wait until they comes out as rentals.

3) Wolf Creek. I was decieved, my "friend" described it as a "thriller", I say "fuck you man", thrillers don't give me nightmares for three weeks straight.

Diving Bell and the Butterfly
August Rush -(despite Dustan's love gushery over it)
Gigli - everyone kept telling me how bad it was, but I just HAD to see for myself.

1) I've never seen Passion of the Christ and I hope to God I never will. Just the previews offended my athiest ass.

2) I'm embarassed to admit that I haven't seen most of the movies Pajibans liked this year (re: There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men etc), because I'm a cheapskate and I wait until they comes out as rentals.

3) Wolf Creek. I was decieved, my "friend" described it as a "thriller", I say "fuck you man", thrillers don't give me nightmares for three weeks straight.

1. Sleepless in Seattle
2. The Godfather
3. Visitor Q

1. Titanic. Or maybe I'm thinking of The Hunt for Red October...
2. Embarrassed? I don't know that I would be embarrassed to not see a movie. Hmm.
3. Saw 4. My husband's pick on Saturday. Damn him. There are others I would love to unsee, but this is the latest.

oops put that it the wrong order.

I am proud to never have seen August Rush
I am embarrased over never having seen The Diving Jar and the Butterfly
and I am sorry that I saw Gigli.

There...it's been a day.

1) The movie you are proud to say you've never seen? Wild Hogs, Ghost Rider...anything of late that looks like shit and makes my soul vomit all over my shoes.

2) The movie you are embarrassed to say you've never seen? Both Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Strangelove. And I really really want to watch them both, I swear.

3) The movie you've seen but desperately wish you could undo? I Spit on Your Grave. It takes a lot to disturb me, and yep, 50 minutes of brutal gang rape will do it.

1.) CRASH
2.) THE GODFATHER
3.) EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS

Easy Rider, Raging Bull

Oh man Twig...me too, never seen em.

:cringes:

1. Rocky V

2. Goodfellas...never seen it and I'm always ashamed to admit that.

3. Boat Trip...it was a Sunday afternoon, I was bored (so the story goes).

Proud to say I've never seen: Napoleon Dynamite. And I never will.

Embarrassed that I've never seen (God, there are so many, but I'll go with): The Conversation.

Wish I could erase from my consciousness forever: Magnolia. I loved Boogie Nights and had high hopes. And sheeeesh, what a waste of talent.

1) Any torture porn. At all. Ever.

2) Amélie. (I'm a Francophile currently enrolled in a French film course. I've just never seen this one!)

3) From Justin to Kelly (Oh god. Even at fourteen I knew it was absolute shit. It was the first movie I considered walking out on.)

Julie, don't feel too bad; I've tried multiple times to stay awake through both Laurence of Arabia and Dr. Strangelove, and I just can't do it.

1. Beaches.
2. Any Hitchcock film. My parents weren't really "movie people" and I'm trying to catch up on my classics.
3. The Cell. I was too young and couldn't make it through the movie. Honorable mention to Crash.

1. I also haven't seen any of the Scary Movie, Epic Movie, Date Movie business.
2. Casablanca
3. It is a tie between Titanic and Passion of the Christ.

1.TLOTRs trilogy
2. Shawshank Redemption
3.The Color of Night

Proud never to have seen: Passion of the Christ/Apocalypto
Embarassed I've never seen: Any Hitchcock movies (I've seen clips, but never an entire movie.)
Wish I could undo: Ultraviolet

Jerce- You're not missing too too much with the Conversation. See Antonioni's Blow Up before worrying about the Conversation---it's very meh in this day and age (IMO).

1)Spiderman 2&3
2)Goodfellas
3)Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

1)Lord of the Rings trilogy.
2)The Godfather
3)The Number 23, although it was against my will. The friends I was with wanted to see it; that is why I avoid going to the movies with them now, they have awful taste.

Let me just add that, I've avoided EVERYTHING Costner has shat since No Way Out.

1. Smiley Face - My friend tried to make me watch this and I absolutely refused. After watching the trailer on youtube, I felt like i'd lost soo many brain cells. And I have to say FUCK YOU Adam Brody for being in this piece of shit movie!!! Talent wasted.....

2. Requiem For A Dream - Never gotten around to it

3. Norbit - Oh I wish I could get those hours back of my life! I'm sure I could do something more productive with that time like getting a lobodamy.

Proud: Titanic
Embarrassed: Goodfellas
Wish I could undo: first LOTR movie and Star Wars ep. 1. Those two movies just about ruined some favorite places in my imagination.

1. Terminator 3. I loved the first two and new this would suck and ruin the series for me.

2. Traffic. I always wanted to see it but never have.

3. The animal. Worst fucking movie ever, fuck you ex-girlfriend!

1) Napoleon Dynamite and The Heartbreak Kid (though the latter might be thrust upon me by my loving other half soon enough.)
2) Goodfellas. I know, I know, I'll get with the program.
3) As of late, Juno. It raped my ears and my soul, and didn't have the decency to offer me a lollipop or a ride to the park afterwards.

1. 27 dresses. I guiltily love romcoms, but hate the Heigl
2. Doctor Zhivago
3. Good Luck Chuck. I hate myself for it.

proud: shrek movies
embarrassed: schindler's list and saving private ryan
undo: AI, with Vanilla Sky coming in close second. man that was a rough year.

Oh, brenia - The Covenant. I had forgotten about that movie. Or, maybe I blocked it out. So, so, so bad. Although, I must admit, those boys were very pretty. MMMM...Tim Riggins.

Passion of Christ. Watch the "full-length" version every Easter from 1st-8th grade. I see no reason to see Gibson's twisted version.

Boondock Saints. :(

Spiderman III. Toby Maguire + eyeliner + doing the Elaine Bennet does not a good movie make.

1) The movie you are proud to say you've never seen? (I'd like to think I'm a movie snob and only see good movies...hahaha)...but I did miss out on the craptastic Battlefield Earth.

2) The movie you are embarrassed to say you've never seen? The Third Man...I always forget this one when renting movies. Huge CKane fan, so you'd think I'd seen this one.

3) The movie you've seen but desperately wish you could undo? Requiem for a Dream. I'm a sucker for depressing movies but dear god. That ending...must erase from my brain. That or the 2001 movies...other than Full Metal and The Shining, I am just not a fan of the Kubrick.

1. Titanic
2. The Monty Python Movies--which apparently I quote frequently.
3. The Wedding Planner (even if I was sick and drugged, there's no excuse)

Am I the only one who thought Boondock Saints was terrible?

1) The Passion of the Christ - I grew up in South Georgia and have seen my fair share of passion plays, thankyouverymuch.
2) The Godfather - I always wanted to sit down and watch the entire trilogy at the same time, but it never happened. Somehow, I did watch the entire Highlander series in one. sitting...priorities are a funny thing.
3) The Dukes of Hazzard - this movie raped the rusted soul of the General Lee.

1) I come from the school of thought that you really shouldn't take pride in not having seen a film. You should see it and judge for yourself. Also, given my love for great films AND certain bad movies, it's difficult to answer this.

That said, I suppose I'll echo the sentiment above that offers your pick of Date Movie, Not Another Teen Movie, Meet The Spartans, etc. I don't have to see those to know that that pop culture cannibalization bullshit is a blight on our culture.

2) Innumerable possible answers to this: 8 1/2, The Seven Samurai (although I've seen many other Kurosawa films), Sunset Boulevard, Rebecca, Cinema Paradiso, and the granddaddy embarrassment of them all: 2001: A Space Odyssey, even though I'm a huge sci-fi nerd and have seen almost everything else Kubrick. O.k., I have basically seen all of 2001 in bits and pieces, but start-to-finish is the only viewing that counts.

3) TRANSFORMERS!!!

1) Titanic! OH YEAH! (Sorry--to fully understand the awesomeness of this, you have to have gone through high school as a girl in an all-girls school, where adoration for this fucking movie back in 1996 (1997? Can't remember the year) was at an all-time high.

2) The Shawshank Redemption. Just haven't seen it yet. (But seriously, "The Godfather"? I'm surprised. Every guy I've ever dated has made me watch that movie, even though I've already seen it on my own).

3) Meet Joe Black. Oh, the humanity.

1)There's Something About Mary
2)ET (Everyone seems to love this movie, I think he is extremely creepy)
3) A. freakin' I. (honorable mention: NORBIT, OCEANS 12, WAR OF THE WORLDS)

(1) anything with Dane Cook/ Skank Cancer-- but specially 24 dresses or whatever it was called

(2)Dial M for Murder

(3)Super bad-- usually i would have walked out but couldnt as i was with company who was enjoying themselves immensly. found the movie very sexist in its humor and not funny enough.

1) American Pie
2) Pulp Fiction. I still don't know how or why I haven't seen this.
3) Click. There are worse movies I've seen but they were so unmemorable that undoing the experience wouldn't be much of a benefit to me. I, for example, remember virtually nothing about Tailor of Panama.

1. Anything of Tyler Perry's after the Family Reunion flick. I just couldn't take anymore.

2. The Godfather. I just haven't gotten around to it.

3. Party Monster. I love Seth Green, but that movie just makes me uncomfortable. Also...the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Don't laugh, I was a kid!

Vivian, you're not the only one. Personally, I think The Big Lebowski is overrated. It has funny moments sure, but not enough to achieve the "amazing" status it has.

1. The Sound of Music (the hills are alive with the sound of GRISWOLD, dammit!)
2. All of the Godfather movies (never really got into Mob flicks)
3. Prepare for Launch (it was the free movie on a plane trip I took - I actually considered for a brief moment how lucky the people on Oceanic 815 were....)

1.) Swingers
2.) Annie Hall
3.) License to Wed (shudder)

1. Soul Plane.
2. An Inconvenient Truth... I don't want to know how bad it is.
3. (tie) Vanilla Sky/Eyes Wide Shut

4. Movie I'm proud to have seen but embarrassed to admit I LOVED: Death to Smoochy.

Proud: Dance Porn (except for Save the Last Dance)

Embarassed: The Big Labowski (I've started it about 10 times but can't sit through it).

Can't Undo: Requiem for a Dream. That movie depressed the hell out of me. I seriously couldn't get it out of my head for about a month or two. Also Xanadu. I hate everyone who recommended that movie as a guilty pleasure. Guilty, yes. But no pleasure.

1. I am proud to have never seen any of the Harry Potter movies nor have I read any of the books. This girlie just refuses to drink the Kool-Aid.

2. Considering who I am, it is shameful to admit I have never seen Dario Argento's Zombie. Only clips.

3. There's a lot of time I wasted watching crappy movies, but considering I worked at a movie theater for many a summer and didn't pay for my tickets, I will go with a movie that I had to fork over cash to see: Mallrats. I gag just thinking about it.

"et fuckin' c"

BRILLIANT!
I am going to steal this from you and use it as much as I can.

1) The movie you are proud to say you've never seen?

I see I'm not alone here when I say "any and all torture porn." Cheers to that!

2) The movie you are embarrassed to say you've never seen?

Embarassed to admit to THIS crowd in particular? That would have to be "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," which I never did finish.

Also, there are many, many classic films I know full well I ought to watch. I'm just more of a reader than a film buff...is that an acceptable defense at all?

3) The movie you've seen but desperately wish you could undo?

Oh good grief, that would have to be The Passion. Not only did I have to sit through it in the theatre, in all its gory [sic]; I then had to pretend to agree with my dear Catho-holic mother that it was SO moving and touching, and how LOVELY it was of that dear man to die for our sins.

[To all you kind and loveable Christians of Pajiba, that was very flippant and unkind and I do apologize; however, that experience brings out the nasty "damn-my-years-of-forced-churchgoing" streak in me]

Huh, I just realized my #3 pretty much negated my #1. Okay, never *by choice* have I watched torture porn.

Never: Beaches

Embarrassed: 2 Many 2 Count
(Breakfast at Tiffany's, To Kill a Mockingbird (SORRY! I fell asleep!), Citizen Kane, et.al.)

Sorry: Footloose

1) The movie you are proud to say you've never seen?
The Grudge and Most of The Sound of Music (as in flipping through the channels & catch up to about The hills are alive wiiiiiiith [NEXT!]
2) The movie you are embarrassed to say you've never seen?
I'm slowly chipping away at this list thanks to Netflix, but I guess I'd have to say Sunset Boulevard
3) The movie you've seen but desperately wish you could undo?
TITANIC

1. Proud of never seeing: Independence Day
2. Embarrassed of never seeing: Lawrence of Arabia
3. Regret seeing: Eight Heads in a Dufflebag

Skittimus, kisses to you. I was thinking I was completely daft and there was some GREAT MEANING that I just wasn't getting. Also agree with the Godfather--it was . . . meh. And I haven't seen Scarface. Just never had any interest.

Damn stoopid html.

Mella... You actually SAW "Meet the Spartans"?

For real?!

Was it... wait... did you get paid or... I've... I've just never heard from anyone who actually sat through a viewing of... wow. Just wow...

Seriously, this warrants an explanation. What the hell? Was it part of a hostage agreement? Were you or a loved one in danger and the only way to get through it unscathed was to sit through the whole goddamed... Again, just wow.

Saw and sequels.

The Godfather and sequels

Brotherhood of the Wolf (it's been four years and I still make my husband plead for my forgiveness for sitting through that steaming pile of shite)

1)Sound of Music. No. Thanks.

2)Rambo (any of them)

3)Carlito's Way: Rise to Power. I somehow thought this straight-to-dvd movie would at least be a watchable film. It was horrible. It even had Luis Guzman in it, playing a different character than he played in the first movie!

How the fuck can so many (especially males) not have seen The Godfather? Unreal.

Ooohh.. And I am SO embarrased to say that I have never seen Batman Begins. We even OWN it! I am such a loser.

1. Crash
2. Our Man in Havana, but it's really not my fault since there is some distribution/copyright issue that prevents it from being on dvd/video. So unless I find a screening somewhere.....
3. The Last Kiss

insertclevernamehere, get those dvds on your netflix queue pronto!

I too, was late to the whole Buffy, Firefly and BSG party, but holy jiminy xmas - those are some SHOWS.

Mr Stella and I are currently halfway through season 2 of BSG, and I tell you, I need daily status reports from the mailbox texted to me so that I know when the next episode has arrived.
It's sick.

Same with Firefly, I actually got ferklempt when we watched the last episode and I realized there were NO MORE!

ok, that was supposed to be verklempt...

Gah! Not a lot of time, so I'm popping in to throw out my answers and looking forward to reading everyone else's later.

I'm SO proud I've never seen Captivity.

(I'm usually not one to judge people by their work or publicity stunts, but Courtney Solomon= misogynistic, opportunistic, sociopathic, egotistical fuckwit as far as I'm concerned)

I'm deeply ashamed to have never seen The Apartment, Vertigo, All About Eve, Chinatown...

The list continues. I submit myself for flogging and other punishments until my errors are remedied and my sins absolved. Thank Christ for Netflix.

What do I wish I'd never seen? Easy- The Hills Have Eyes II.

Believe it or not, I had to watch it for work. I was drinking very heavily that week.

BTW, sorry about the lack of italics. My computer's weird about them for some reason.

hee hee wsapnin, in my perfect world, I would be waited on hand and foot by Lee Adama, Mal Reynolds, and Bruce Wayne...(sigh, you should really see the movie)...

I am so pleased to know that other folks didn't like/get 2001. I thought it was boring & pointless and have had too many people tell me that there must be something wrong with me since the movie is a "masterpiece." F*ck them in the pants.

1) Grease
2) Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi
3) Princess Diaries 2? ...I must have a better one for this...

Can't guarantee satisfaction, but "Lawrence of Arabia" should be seen as big as possible. And I'm getting another opportunity! http://www.grady.uga.edu/osbornefest/2008.Schedule.php

I forgot my sullen pride over Garden State. That was a damn trifecta year or so of movies that wouldn't leave me alone ("Shaun of the Dead" was kind of amongst those as a hipster hit. I hadn't seen "Spaced" yet, and no one had told me Dylan Moran was in it, so I wasn't grudgefully avoiding it so much as not caring that much for a while. Glad I fixed that). I wouldn't say "NUH UH! DR STRANGELOVE IS GOOD!!!!", but I think it is. But if one more person ever tells me I need to see motherfucking Shawshank.....so, you see, I can't squawk too much.

1) Forrest Gump: I'm perfectly fine with living and never seeing this one.
2) TIE: Gone With The Wind and Lawrence of Arabia: i need to see some more classics!
3) Titanic: I knew it would be bad, I just didn't know HOW bad!

1. Maid in Manhatten
2. Casablanca
3. Bongwater (with Jack Black and Luke Wilson... utterly unwatchable, yet I sat it out.)

1: I can't even think of anything to put into here. I'm a sucker for really crappy movies. I guess I could say that I'm proud I haven't seen The Core more then 10 times (although another viewing or two and I won't be able to say that anymore)

2: The Godfather Any and all of them. I have them on my netflix but they keep getting bumped by my repeated viewings of The Core and Monster Squad

3: Garden State - frikken annoying ass movie. I just don't get the appeal of Zak Braff

[1] The Game Plan
[2] Juno
[3] Napoleon Dynamite -- I can't believe I let myself sit through the whole thing.

oh my gosh katy! Because it was such a powerful movie! I had not been so moved and shaken by a movie in a LONG time.
The dystopia, the paranoia, the freedom fighters, the cinematography! oh, it was good!

And the fact that the original book was written so long ago, and yet, much of the premise of the book is happening right now!

1. PROUD: Passion of the Christ (Christian, married to a PASTOR!) Still didn't feel the need to see it, we almost got excommunicated.
2.Embarrassed: Godfather. My dad is a huge fan, I bought him the VHS set and then the DVD set...still have yet to see it.
3.Wish I could undo:High School Musical 1 & 2. So glad my preteen is soooo over HSM. I will NOT have to see #3, cuz if I did I would've had to take along pocket shots...and a gun.

Boondock Saints. :(

Draya!! Watch it, it's AWESOME

Julie, does it count that I've seen bits of it at random college parties?
Its such a gap in my movie collection. As cliche as it may be some of my favorites are Snatch and Lock, Stock. Boondock should complete the trifecta...maybe over Spring Break I can finally acquire it.

1. Crash - I bought it for $5 used right before it won the Oscar and still haven't watched it.

2. Taxi Driver - I've Netflixed this twice and still haven't seen it. One of these days.

3. Spiderman 3 AND Hostel. F both those flicks. The first for ruining a great franchise with a horrible finale, the second for existing.

proud: The English Patient. This morning two baristas were re-enacting the Seinfeld scene where Elaine admits to hating that movie. The book was incredible, I didn't want to see it turned into some godawful romance.
embarassed: Goodfellas. My sister loves that movie and it is on TV all the time. I have no excuse.
undo: That Howard Stern movie. I am dumber for it.

1) Proud that I haven't seen Hostel I or II

2) Embarrased to say I haven't seen The Lives of Others seeing how I vowed to see ever since last year's Oscars. Even got it on netflix and gave up and sent it back! I feel like I lost a battle of wills within myself.

3) Wish I could get back the minutes I sat through Saw II especially since I hadn't seen the first one. I seriously had no business trying to follow that shitty plot.

1.) Titanic (that's right!)
2.) I haven't seen one blooming second of any of the Godfather movies.
3.) What was the name of the Bring It On: The Gymnast Version? That was awful. So, so awful.

1. any torture porn because i'm old and i think that the fact that these movies get made in the first place--not to mention promoted and widely released--is a sign of the apocalypse.

2. the Godfather movies (maybe?) because everyone in my family LOVEs them, but i haven't been able to make it through the first movie.

3. forrest frakkin' gump. i HATE that stupid frakkin' movie with an irrational red hot passion. back in the day i had a roommate who bought it and watched it all the time--i seriously had to move out and i haven't talked to her since. just thinking about it makes me all twitchy.

proud: "ET"
embarrassed: "The Princess Bride"
oh, oh no: "Passion of the Christ" and "Meet the Spartans." I don't remember which made me want to set myself on fire more.

I am shocked that not a single person has mentioned 'Dumb and Dumberer' (sequel) as the answer to questions 1 or 3. Having seen it I can shamefully attest to the fact that it was undoubtedly one of the worst movies ever made!!!

1. Titanic - Just never got it...seemed like a waste of time.

2. Schindler's List - I will file this one firmly in the "embarrassed" category. I have even, on occasion, lied about seeing this when I haven't.

3. The Mexican - I didn't even pay and still asked for my money back.

Oooh...let me add another to my #3 - Gummo. Another one that made me want to weep for the species

1. Anything by Uwe Bol.
2. "A Clockwork Orange"
3. Oh god. "Skinwalkers"

HO.LEE.SHIT.

Shadowdakaron, "Gummo"...

I take every number three here - EVERY number three, and toss 'em in a steel cage match against "Gummo". There aren't enough words - there aren't enough words in EVERY language, real or made-up, to convey the loathing, sucky, whatthefuck, shitheel of a crapfuck this movie is... I could staple a cheap camera-phone to an epileptic, one-legged chimpanzee's scrotum and the footage I decided NOT TO KEEP would be better than "Gummo". What a huge, huge waste of time, film, electricity, air, et fuckin'c!

In the Bizarro Universe, this is Pajiba's Mostest Underappreciated Gems.

This movie deserves the scathingest review - and every video store/tanning salon in the goddam country would be forced to cover at least one entire wall of their store in multiple copies, thus ensuring that nobody would ever, EVER rent this piece of shit again.

I'd like to collectively gather up all the rage I've ever expressed throughout these threads and fucking... fucking do a Streetfighter blue powerball of angry fire-vomit and cram it ALL into the hate I have for this film.

...(whew)... Ineedadrink ...

1) If only this Diversion happened a month ago! I could totally say "Top Gun". As it is, though, it's a tie between "Ghost" and "E.T".
2) "Trainspotting" - I swear, I've seen almost everything else Danny Boyle directed, but I never get around to this movie. I also feel like I should've seen "War of the Roses" by this point.
3) "The Wedding Date"; "Date Movie"; "Meet the Fockers"; "Underworld 2" --> All on opening weekends; all because my friends had terrible taste in movies. I was also super-close to making it through high school with having seen more than five minutes of "Dirty Dancing", but one of my friends found out and swore up and down I'd love it. I didn't. BUT, the all time hugest waste of time, money, and an afternoon skipping school had to be "Sweet November". You know, that formula where uptight corporate guy meets free spirit girl and she teaches him how to live again. Then she dies. And it starred the Great Emoter, Keanu Reeves. Blurg.

Revision: the first should actually say any Woody Allen movie

1) None of the horrible "parody" movies.
2) Full Metal Jacket
3) It would have to be either Dèmoni or Gor, two of the worst movies I've ever seen. The first one I went to see because of the ad in the paper which quoted Fangoria magazine's rave review of the movie. The second one I went to see with my girlfriend at the time, who liked the books the movie was based on.

1) Dances With Wolves
2) The Godfather
3) Daredevil

1) Dirty Dancing
2) Any of the Godfather Movies
3) Meet the Spartans

Julie - Don't.

Just don't.

Don't even dabble.

Don't Wikipedia, Google, Yahoo or Ask Jeeves it.

What is it about? I can't even BEGIN to tell you. It was THAT BAD.

It's like a... like a friggin' combo-meal consisting of the demonic Rubik's Cube from "Hellraiser", the VHS video from "The Ring" and an extra-large side order of the NIN "Happiness in Slavery" video...

Just let it be and try to forget it was even mentioned on this site.

I still have nightmares from watching that thing. Skittimus doesn't even begin to describe the horror that is that movie. It really does make you wonder at what point someone in the evolutionary chain went wrong, that it was even conceived to create this movie....much less that there might be actual people underneath it.

If there's one movie everyone here should be ecstatic about putting on their #1, it should be that one.

Oh, and Spike of Besonhurst might actually be the worst film I've ever seen, but Last Exit to Brooklyn was by far the most traumatizing.

1. Titanic
2. Godfather II. Particularly because it's on cable every other weekend.
3. Happy Feet. Words cannot fully express what a vile suckfest this movie is. My rancor & enmity STILL BURNS for this movie over a year after I saw it...
...lalala, must return to my happy place, The Office returns in April, lalala...

Oh, part 2. Of course I'm proud I've never seen Passion of the Christ, but then it never occurred to me that I would.

*drumroll* The worst movie you've ever/never sen is:
The Stupids

Not even close. You can at least extract an inkling of something worthwhile out of that one (I chuckled once...it counts).

BSlim, I have the utmost respect for you and your opinion, yet I would rather sit through booze-free 24-hour marathon of "The Stupids" while soaking nude in a venereal hot-tub with Perez Hilton, Nap Vag, Sanjaya and the above-mentioned one-legged chimp than watch the opening credits of "Gummo"...

Today is my 37th birthday. Thank you for the birthday present, Dustin!

My dad LOVED Beaches, and owned the soundtrack... and yet we never knew he was gay until 2002.

Posted by: Bucko at February 27, 2008 3:29 PM

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Is it wrong that my drink came out my nose when I read this?

Well, I think for realistic shots of things in space, albeit slow moving, 2001 does hold up. It's dated as all get out in its wardrobe, though I wouldn't mind looking like Floyd Heywood, but I think the space stands up, particularly what a human body in a vacuum looks and sounds like.

But it's sure a sloooow ass metaphor of some kind or something or other, so being bored to tears is entirely possible, particularly by the "...uh.....so, is it ending?". But Stanley Kubrick was just getting warmed up for "Barry Lyndon" which I forced myself to watch. There it sat in the box set, just waiting. Goddamn is that a slow movie. Pretty involving story though, I thought.

On the other hand, willful ignorance of "Grease" strikes me as verkochte, but then that's just more "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" for me....or something. And dammit, who is gonna karaoke "Summer Nights" with me already???

1. The Passion of the Christ
2. None (i.e. recovering Bittorent addict)
3. One Night in Paris

Don't do it, monkey_b! You have the rest of your life ahead of you! Nothing is worth the sheer pain of knowledge! Ignorance is bliss! Trust us....steer clear away!

1. Proud to say I have not seen any of the "movie" movies (scary movie, epic movie, date movie, etc.)

2.Embarrassed to say I have never seen Seven Samurai.

3.I saw Clive Barker's Night Breed and wished I had that time back. Actually... I am ashamed to say that I saw it three times. The first time was on TNT so I thought that editing it for TV was what ruined it. Then I watched it on Cinemax and realized that it was crappy. But, I thought maybe I had missed something. So, I watched it a third time and now I can finally say, sweet heaven above, that movie is terrible. And I am pretty sure all of Clive Barker's movies are terrible.

1. Proud: Titanic (my friends tried to drag me to it, but alas, the showing was sold out and I convinced them to see Wag the Dog with me instead.)

2. Embarrassed: Casablanca

3. Sorry: Van Helsing. (Quite possible the very worst movie ever. I would have walked out had I not fallen asleep.)

1) The Pursuit of Happiness (Can't have MY tears, Mr. Smith)

2) Casablanca, I suppose. No wait, Taxi Driver.

3) ELEKTRA

1. Proud: Passion of the Christ.
2. Embarrassed: The Godfather(s) and a lot of other good movies. I'm a reader.
3. Wish I could take back: Meet the Fockers.

Skittimus...marry me.

Oh, dear Jayco, I completely agree with your number 3!!

1. Titanic (and I never will)
2. The Virgin Suicides
3. Wild Hogs (the worst movie ever...I will never get those 100 minutes back)

PS...Wild Hogs is closely followed by I (don') Heart Huckabees.....that was actually painful to watch.

Proud: I guess I should be proud to have not seen Pathfinder, but I read the "graphic novel" (read: artistically rendered storyboard.), so I'm not sure how proud I can really be.

Embarrassed: I don't know if embarrassed is the right verb, but I'm disappointed in myself that I haven't seen MirrorMask, Nightwatch, or Daywatch. They are supposed to be pretty cool looking.

Sorry: The Royal Tannebaums. Complete garbage. "OOOO! Dalmation mice! How whimsical!" My girlfriend made me watch it, oh, nigh on a year ago, on our second date. I should have known. I. SHOULD. HAVE. KNOWN.

hey, alabamapink, lucio fulci did Zombie. And anyway, it's not that good. The Beyond is a helluva lot better.

I've never seen anything M. Night Shayamalan has done all the way through except for Sixth Sense.

I've never seen It's a Wonderful Life.

Titanic. I would put Crash here, but I've been using it as a barometer to test whether or not I'll get along with somebody, seeing as I don't know anyone I get along with that liked it.

Proud: Tie between Titanic and Star Wars I, II & III
Embarrased: The Big Lebowski
Sorry: The Matrix: Reloaded

1. Anaconda, Star Wars Ep II, III, Van Helsing
2. Schindler's List, every oscar winner last year
3. Eyes Wide Shut (left me deeply disturbed with an irrational fear of tom cruise), Hostel

1) Mission Impossible III
2) Fantasia
3) Matrix, Reloaded (& Revolutions)

Shadows of Dakaron>> In a very limited capacity, I contributed to the making of Edmond. I thought it turned out pretty well. Sorry it disturbed you so. Of course, you probably were one of about twelve people who saw it.

Matthew>> Given that Tenenbaums is easily one of my 20 most beloved movies, maybe I should go on a date with your old girlfriend. I'll try to find an ex of mine who loves some movie that worked for her that didn't work for me in return. That capitalization is fairly ominous, though. :- )

1. Rambo (all)
2. Citizen Kane
3. The Pacifier

3. Eyes Wide Shut (left me deeply disturbed with an irrational fear of tom cruise)

Posted by: adeline at February 27, 2008 7:50 PM

There is nothing irrational in a fear of Tom Cruise. The man is a hobgoblin. He wants to feast on your soul. That's why he's so toothy.

1. High School Musical 2 ((Niece made me watch the first one...*shudders*))
2. The Godfather series ((Not even a minute of it))
3. Strange Wilderness ((AWFUL!))

I would like to add these things to 2:
Network
The stack of DVDs I have accumulated yet never watch

1. Not a single teenage dance porn flick
2. Star Wars, Schindler's List
3. Freddy Got Fingered (possibly the worst movie ever made)

Proud...toss up between Jackass and Borat

Embarassed...Schindler's List..I keep meaning to, but I do depression so well without cinematic help...

Sorry...Epic Movie...my son begged me to watch it with him, promised I would love it and screamed loudly when I banned him from the Netflix account for life.

Oo good diversion this week!

1. Castaway
2. Any of the Godfather movies
3. Ghost Rider

I'd like to give a dishonorable mention on the third category:

Ecks vs. Sever aka "Ballistic"...I swear, I would have jumped out of that plane except the Air Marshals held me at gunpoint.

All Spielberg edition:

1) Always
2) Schindler's List
3) Hook

1) The movie you are proud to say you've never seen? "Cheaper By The Dozen II" (fool me once...)
2) The movie you are embarrassed to say you've never seen? "Memento" (the one with Guy Pearce) never got to see it because none of my cable suppliers ever showed it, not even IFC, and just haven't had the interest to rent it or buy it.
3) The movie you've seen but desperately wish you could undo? "The Godfather", my first and almost last foray into mob-adoring movies. I liked "Donnie Brasco" and "The Departed" because they were anti-mob but I really don't like movies or tv shows that make the mafia look like lovable family men or respectable businessmen.

1) The movie you are proud to say you've never seen?

Napoleon Dynamite and Torture Porn, but this list could be much longer

2) The movie you are embarrassed to say you've never seen?

Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List. I am a war movie buff.

Full Metal Jacket also applies here as I have never been able to finish it. There is one scene in particular that gets to me.

3) The movie you've seen but desperately wish you could undo?

Titanic. Oh god, I want all the torture that this movie subjected on my soul undone.

I would also add Eyes Wide Shut and The Beach, but I have collectively only made it through a total of 15 minutes combined of each.

Fringecamp

I like your thinking... I shall use it and call it the "Crash" test.

(insert socalled style rim shot here)

Proud - Titanic (Ahhh it's satisfy'n to the soul to know that there are still a few of us out there... we're a dying breed you know...)
Embarrassed - North by North West, Vertigo, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Sorry, just so... so... sorry - Daredevil (a wank stain on my life)

I'm proud to say I've never seen a lot of stuff: Gigli, torture porn, Alexander, Fantastic Four I and II, Ghost Rider, Armageddon, any Lohan movie (except for Mean Girls, which was adapted by Tina Fey, so I hope I don't lose my Pajiba card!), any Rob Schneider movie (except for Deuce Bigalow I, kinda by accident), any Tyler Perry crap, Spice World... But this one in particular: Titanic. And it won't be hard to make it through life without it.

I'm embarassed to say I've never seen... Well, first let's say I'm rather surprised to see many others haven't seen The Godfather trilogy. I always thought I was the only one on Earth or something! And this considering I gave my bro the big box with 5 discs for Christmas...

Now, I wish I could "unsee" many. Let's start with The Day After Tomorrow, then go with Bryan Singer's craptastic Superman. Also, The Devil Wears Prada, The Dreamcatcher, Showgirls (yeah, sorry for this one), Van Helsing, Cube Zero, Cold Mountain... And call it a day by mentioning the one that bored me out of my skull: The Thin Red Line.

Re: Children Of Men...In my defense I rented this movie at the same time I rented V for Vendetta, which I thought was a far superior movie, and a more realistic account of something that could plausibly happen. Maybe there were some comparisons confounding my opinion.

Also, Children Of Men reminded me of those 1970's disaster films that my dad loved and always made me watch with him. I HATED those! Oh no, twenty people are stuck in a room that's slowly filling with water, and one of them will eventually have to swim a long distance through an underwater cave to save everyone (with obligatory scene of people breathing the last inch of air available). Or, oh no, we're trapped on the 50th floor of a building that's on fire, and the only escape route is fraught with peril. In retrospect, that one is kind of sad now. But anyways, Children Of Men had that feel for me, and it brought back uncomfortable memories of watching suspenseful movies that I was probably too young to handle.

Proud: Titanic (Glad to see I'm not the only who hasn't seen it, even if I might be the only member of my age group)
Embarassed: I don't think I have one.
Sorry: Crash

Thanks Jay! I was going to check on her imdb page but couldn't bring myself to do it.

1. Any of the Saw, American Pie or Scary Movie monstrosities... and Titanic
2. The Godfather
3. Tie between Van Helsing and The Golden Compass

*quietly*
we must agree to never. speak. of. Gummo. again.

1) Superman II, Superman III, Superman IV, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Supergirl, any live-action Superman movie that may come out in the future... and hell, Smallville to boot. I'm a huge comic book fan, but seriously, I found the two I did watch to be idiotically plotted and mind-numbingly dull, and they were supposed to be the best two.

2) Godfather II. I need to rewatch #1 again, too, as I believe I was 11 at the time.

3) Well, as much as I loathe The Passion, I enjoy being able to discuss its utter horror with authority, so I'll go with Glitter and the Fantastic Four movies. Good thinking, hiring the Taxi guy...

Is it just me, or has "it's in my netflix queue" become the new "the check's in the mail" or "I'm not prejudiced, I have a black friend"?

i love this diversion! and as usual, i am late to the game.
1) The movie you are proud to say you've never seen: i try to see as many films as i can, but i absolutely refuse to watch torture porn, including that of the mel gibson variety (ie the passion of the christ).
2) The movie you are embarrassed to say you've never seen: an inconvenient truth - i consider myself to be pretty environmentally active, but i tried watching this and fell asleep about 10 minutes in. at 8 o'clock pm. during summer vacation.
3) The movie you've seen but desperately wish you could undo: i have several, but fucking forrest gump tops this list. i absolutely hate everything about that movie, american movie-lovers and critics be damned. seriously, until i saw it mentioned above (in a different category), i was trying to decide between "dude, where's my car?" and "the animal." my hatred for this movie knows no bounds.

Damn there are a lot of you that need to watch The Godfather Parts I and II. I know they are long but I think it pays off. I've watched all of them about 3 times this year alone because they are on tv so much and there is never anything on.

It might be because the first two are so good but III just doesn't do much for me. I try to like it but it just falls short for some reason.

Now get to it! Like Vito says, "...a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." Well a pajiban who doesn't watch part I and II is not a real movie lover.

1) Proud to say I've never seen? The Passion Of The Christ. Never even felt the slightest twinge of curiosity.

2) Embarassed to say I've never seen? 2001: A Space Odyssey. Especially considering how much I loves me some Kubrick.:

3) Movie I've seen that I desperately wish I could undo? White Chicks. How anyone could misfire so badly in making a comedy that they actually end up making the purest distillation of creeping unease in cinematic form beggars belief.

1) Titanic
How the hell is this the highest-grossing movie ever when SO many of us here have never seen it?

2) Seven Samuri
Like someone else here said, it's always rented/stolen from the video store.

3) Tombstone
Urrghhh. And I saw this in the cinema too. Why God, why?

1) The movie you are proud to say you've never seen? Showgirls
2) The movie you are embarrassed to say you've never seen? Lawrence of Arabia
3) The movie you've seen but desperately wish you could undo? Stardust (The movie that "outs" Robert DeNiro as a complete fraud of an actor)

I truly do not understand the hatred of "Titanic". There are far, FAR worse films out there. It strikes me that it's become one of those movies that is hip to say you've never seen or that you "hated". If nothing else the movie is a stunning technical achievement, beautifully shot, and well acted (for the most part). The script is clunky at times but the ship is truly brought to life. Furthermore, it is difficult to adequately mock Billy Zane's performance without haivng seen it.

It's cool, Skittimus...I know you meant that in the best of ways. Honestly, you've logged cool points with me for knowing what I'm talking about and expressing my disgust in creative ways I hadn't thought of. Release the anger (or just drink more, either or)!

Adere. You are a horrible, horrible person.

What can I say, Shadows? I'm in camp dog-people.

It was "something else" than what I had seen before, I was young and impressionable.

I guess it's the sheer audacity presented by Korine just for making such a movie that made me appreciate it.

But let us not be divided over some indie movie, and may alcohol unite us all.

Proud: The Passion of the Christ I mean, Jeezy Creezy, wtf why would you want to watch this?
Embarrassed: Casablanca I'll get to it, I swear!
Can't Undo: High School Musical 2 I love my wife, but why does she subject me to this junk?

Melody - was the scene the soap + beating = sobbing scene? Was it? Yeah I can never watch it again due to that part - I do retain a little tenderness and compassion in my heart...

The scene with the little kid. But, that movie is part of the reason for my love of Gunney from Mail Call on the History Channel.

Rob, if only because it's a searing example of budget over soul. And for the record i'm not remotely hip (and no longer pretend to be).

Proud: Night at the Museum
Embarrassed: Holes
Wish I Could Undo: (Melissa reminded me of this) Blair Witch II. I, too, have falled victim. I'm a sucker, what can I say.

Proud: Anything torture-porn. Ugh.

Embarrassed: Juno or Brick (I really want to see both)

Undo: Fucking Kung Pow. God.

1. Titanic (PROUD)
2. The Godfather (EMBARASSED)
3. Saw 4 (REGRET)

1. Crash
2. Lawrence of Arabia--my father would be so disappointed if he knew...
3. Juraissic Park 2--in the theatre!!! When the movie started & my boyfriend--now husband--sat in front of a woman who started farting & knocking him in the back of his head with her large breasts when she kept getting popcorn refills--special.

1) Shawshank Redemption
2) Yojimbo
3) Being Human

What is up with Shawshank Redemption? I made my list before I looked at the other responses, THEN I started flipping through, and I find that Shawshank Redemption, a film I have avoided like the plague because I despise Stephen King, is on a lot of lists in the "embarrassed I have never seen this" slot.

Don't be embarrassed. If you haven't seen it at this point, you must be getting the same vibes I get from it. I no want to see it. You no want to see it. Just face it. And tell the imdb top 100 list where it can shove The Shawshank Redemption.

1) Gigli
2) The French Connection
3) Anyone starring Steven Segal

Proud: Never seen a Disney animated craptoon, even as a child.

Embarrassed: Don't have one.

Wish I could take it back: PLEASANTVILLE

proud) The Birth of a Nation. This was weird. Most movies that I don't see, I don't attach pride to... just circumstance and taste. But I actually WANTED to see this movie, but chose not to because of, well, the ridiculous bigotry, I guess.

embarrassed) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. This has the distinction of being the movie I have picked up the most times only to be put down in favor of something like.......

sad) Highlander: Endgame

Kay:

Sorry for the lateness of my reply. My company has blocked blogs so I have to wait until I'm home. Bastards.

I don't have a problem with a naked Christian Bale. He should be nude more often! I have a problem with the level of violence. Yes, I understand its all make believe. I just can't watch movies like this. But after today's review of it, I will give it another go and try to appreciate from a more intellectual level.

1.) E.T.
2.) Any Ingmar Bergman film
3.) Tie between Titanic (just sink already!) and Problem Child 2 (not my fault, I was visiting friends and it was their choice.)

Proud I've never seen - anything with anyone in a gender-reversing fatsuit.

Embarassed I've never seen - Easy Rider, Raging Bull, Lawrence of Arabia (i always fall asleep!)

Sorry that I've seen - Island of Dr Moreau. Worst film EVER. and Nacho Libre.

I always get to these parties a little late.

Wow, Marcus, a little angry? I love the indication that Blade Runner is the most important film in the last 30 years. Is there another film that wins "most important film in the last 35 years"? 40? An who decides these things? I've seen Blade Runner and yes I am proud that I have but it's hardly life altering.

(1) Passion of the Christ (no intention to see it in the future). I'm Catholic and ashamed that Gibson considers himself of the same faith as me.

(2) Citizen Kane/Lawrence of Arabia

(3) The Wedding Planner/My Best Friends' Wedding/really anything with Julia Roberts or JLo in it. All I want is rom com to amuse me and be witty enough for me to actually laugh at the mindless jokes when I'm having a fat Saturday in pj's watching movies, eating ice cream and wearing no makeup. Julia has never once amused me. I hate her; she is a pretentious and hideous actress with no skills and average looks. Whew. I feel better now. I'd been needing to say that for a long time.

1) The Hills Have Eyes I & II

2) The Godfather - I know I should see it, but it seems like too much time to commit.

3) Crank - worst movie I have ever seen.

1. Star Wars I, II, and III (the new ones)

2. The Constant Gardener (City of God is one of the best movies ever, IMO, don't know why I haven't seen it).

3. Great Expectations (w/Paltrow and Hawke) really bad movies make me laugh, this was just boring and NOT GOOD. Also, Closer.

1. The Simpsons movie (ten years too late, bitches)
2. Groundhog Day
3. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (goddamn children's film with a giant Stepin-Fetchit-talking iguana -- Thanks, George Lucas)

proud :all of the lord of the rings, all of the star wars, and i wont ever, deal with it nerds
embarassed :citizen kane, sunset boulevard,a streetcar names desire, lawrence of arabia
undo : meet the fockers, avp:requeim, k19-the widowmaker, 2 fast 2 furious, walking tall

i can stress enough my amazement at the amount of people who havent seen the godfather! do so right now and watch part II immediatly after

1: The Saw movies, and any of the others from the Torture porn ilk. When people ask how it is that I haven't yet seen these movies, I just smile, knowing that my brain hasn't been poisoned by such toxic filth.

2: Fargo (there are many other, and I have quite a list going. But for a self-professed Coen-bros. fan, this is my dark secret.)

3: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (this movie scarred me for life, and I'll hate it for as long as I live.)

1. Transformers ( fucking awesome movie) and the harry potter movies. yes.. i know
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Georgia Rule..Lindsay Lohan is just awful, in every way possible