More fun with Criticker. You can search for movies based on popularity. The most often ranked movies on Criticker are The Matrix, Fight Club, and Kill Bill, which probably says a lot about the kind of people that use Criticker. Anyway, I decided to use it to find the 10 most popular movies that I haven't seen.
1. The Sixth Sense - Didn't have much interest in seeing this movie when it first came out, and now that I know the twist ending, I don't have much incentive to see it.
2. Seven - The concept of Seven always seemed interesting, but I can never bring myself to watch it.
3. Memento - This movie falls into the category of movies everyone assumes I've already seen, so they never think to invite me to watch it.
4. Back to the Future - I've never had a chance to watch it all the way through. Speaking of which, I saw the third one multiple times when I was a kid, but I have yet to have viewed a single scene from the second one.
5. Titanic - I've seen bits and pieces, enough to know I don't care to see the whole thing.
6. The 40-Year-Old Virgin - I'm surprised so many people have seen it. I thought it sounded dumb, but apparently it's pretty good.
7. The Silence of the Lambs - I'm not a fan of horror movies, but I liked Red Dragon, so maybe.
8. Reservoir Dogs - They played this movie once when I was on the bus riding back to Asheville from NCSSM, but I don't remember any of it other than we didn't finish it.
9. A Clockwork Orange - Another movie everyone assumes I have seen.
10. A Beautiful Mind - The only movie about an economist and I haven't seen it.
3 comments:
So, I've seen 2 of these. And Jessi's brother David disagrees. He thinks the 40yr old virgin is "sick, he's a pervert." So now he doesn't watch any movie or show with Steve Carell.
I have seen three of these. I love that you have a well-defined enough (and well-recognized enough) personality to warrant a category of movies that people assume you have seen already. That can't be said of everybody.
Oh. My. God. How did you avoid having Kimi corral you into watching Clockwork Orange in Robert's room sophomore year? I actually left the room on a silly pretext in order to avoid a scene I thought was forthcoming, only to find that she'd paused it. D:
Ever after, Robert and I have been leery of movies that she claims are "amazing" (I don't think she's had as bad of a miss since that one, but...).
I'm pretty sure I saw Back to the Future as a kid all the way through even if I haven't seen it all the way through since, so it still counts.
The 40-Year Old Virgin was on at a friend's house, but after the first twenty minutes or so I had to get up and do something else (as in, did not want to watch any more).
And I've watched Reservoir Dogs. Everything else on your list, same here. Down to the "everyone assumes I've already seen it" bit.
(Tom: I think that might be more a function of how people who have similar tastes assume everyone is just like them and has experienced everything they have, rather than necessarily a sign of particular individuals having a defined and recognizable personality type ^^)
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