I’ve got a bit of a confession to make. As much as I know and love movies, there is a tremendous gap in my experience when it comes to classic films. I can’t really pinpoint why, but for some reason or another, I haven’t seen a few movies that many consider to be among the all time greats.
Naturally, this results in a lot of balking and the “What?! You’ve never seen (movie that everyone claims is mind-blowing) before?! And you call yourself a movie buff?!” line of questioning that just makes me want to hammer punch people in the throat before they can finish the sentence. I think some day, some poor soul’s utterance of these words will finally make me snap, and then things will get very real.
As a result of this, my good friend Chris inspired me with something that he’s been attempting recently. You see, he dove headfirst into Flickchart’s 100 Greatest Movies of all Time List. He is now watching all of the movies he hasn’t seen in order to get caught up.
I believe the challenge has been accepted, good sirs. It’s a bit daunting, but here are the movies I have yet to watch from that list. Do not mock my shame too much. Because of the aforementioned hammer punches.
Goodfellas
The Godfather Part II
Black Swan
Drive
Fargo
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Rear Window
Let the Right One in
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
American History X
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
City of God
North by Northwest
Casablanca
Chinatown
Yojimbo
Clockwork Orange
Oldboy
Citizen Kane
Raging Bull
So I guess that can be a pretty good goal for me in 2012. Where should I start? Which of the movies on the list have you not seen?
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