I’ve Never Seen “The Sound of Music.” Really.
Welcome! So glad you found your way here! Have a seat, make yourself comfy.
Hey you! Don’t put your drink down in my sidebars! You’ll leave a ring.
********
I read this post by kellyo75 last week and she admitted to having never seen Say Anything.
I’ll pause for a moment while you regain your composure. Breathe deeply. Deeeeeply. In. And out. In. And out. Atta girl. I’m not certain how that’s possible either to not have seen Say Anything.
Feeling better now? Good.
While I can’t imagine life not knowing the quirkiness that is Lloyd Dobler, I can appreciate that not all people have seen the movies that I find to be quite enjoyable. With that said, I hope that I won’t cause more hyperventilation when I confess that I’ve never seen The Sound of Music. Really. In fact, I have very little desire to see it. I’m just not that into musicals.
“The hills are alive with the sound of music….” blah, blah, blah.
Also, I’ve never seen Braveheart. You know, the bloody painted faces and Mel Gibson flick. I assume that this won’t cause you to lose sleep, but I just thought I’d mention it since my husband finds it unbelievable that this is a movie I’ve never seen.
Thinking about these movies I haven’t seen made me start reflecting on overrated movies. *stares inquisitively while tapping chin with index finger* Here is my pick for the most overrated movie ever…and the award goes to….
There’s Something About Mary.
*uses index finger to fake gagging*
“There’s something about paying hard earned money to sit and watch that turd of a movie” is more like it.
*more gagging*
I remember sitting in the theatre, after having heard that it was THE FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER!, and thinking to myself that I wanted to leave or gouge my eyes out. But since I’d paid, I stayed (and left my eyes alone), hoping against hope that the movie would improve. It didn’t.
I feel the same way about those Meet the Parents movie.
*barforama*
I guess I’m just not that into Ben Stiller.
So let’s get to the discussion, what movies haven’t you seen that everyone else in the entire world (including Lichtenstein) has seen? OR!!! Even better…what movies have you seen and wish that you hadn’t? (I hear Knocked Up is as good as There’s Something About Mary…anyone? Anyone??)
Discuss.
Never seen Sound of Music? I made my parents take me to Salzburg from Vienna (6 hour drive) just to go on the official Sound of Music tour.
Braveheart? I did my senior thesis in college on William Wallace.
I’m having a hard time loving you like I do right now, J. But, you’ve forgiven my son’s longalls, so I will cope.
I so agree on Something…never seen it…don’t want to. Don’t like crude comedy.
I have never seen Fast Times at Ridgemont High. That amazes pepole from time to time. I also haven’t seen any of the Bourne films.
And whenever I hear that someone hasn’t seen Braveheart, it DOES make my jaw drop. That is my favorite movie ever! Every time I watch it, and I’ve seen it A LOT, I hope and hope and hope that William Wallace arrives in time to save his lovely bride from getting her throat slit. And every time, he’s too late. I guess if he would have saved her, he wouldn’t have gone on his rampage and that would have made for a very short movie, but every time I watch it, I still have hope. You MUST watch it.
Cool new digs, Babe! Looks great.
How DID you know I sat my drink down? ~scary~
Now, in the interest of full-disclosure, I’ve never seen Say Anything either.
However, my homegirl BOSSY’S obsession with Cusack makes me want to see it.
Yay for the new digs! I’ll even forgive you for all of the eye references (I have a bit of an eye phobia (?).
Hated There’s Something About Mary and just about every other Ben Stiller film. I’m not a fan.
I’ve met 4 people that had never seen Star Wars before we met. I remedied that. 3 of ‘em even liked it. I thought it incredibly strange that they had not been exposed to it.
Overrated films? The English Patient. Yawn-Fest. I also do not like It’s a Wonderful Life. I know, stop booing. I find it depressing and hokey.
I too have never seen Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I figure I’ve gone this long, it is too late now.
I too have never seen Braveheart and…. and I never will!!!! An overrated movie, IMHO, is Austin Powers. I saw about 45 minutes of the first one, wanted to tear out my eyelashes and turned it off. I have no desire to ever watch it all the way through or any of its sequels. I do heart The Sound of Music though. I tried to get my husband to agree to name one of the girls Leisl, it was shot down.
I hate Something about Mary! Definately wasted money - Meet the Parents as well. Knocked Up just irritated the hell out of me.
I suggest watching Sound of Music when Ella is old enough to enjoy the music and the children dancing. The first half is worth it - I’ll watch the second half depending on my mood. It slows quite a bit after the intermission.
Sorry… never seen (or even heard of) Say Anything… does that make me bad?
But then again I bet you could name 10 movies and I wouldn’t have seen any of them…
Sound of Music on the other hand… lets just say I grew up in a town called the Bavarian Village and they do that play every summer… I played in the pit orchestra for it for two summers. If I never hear that music again it will be too soon!!!
I would have to agree with MH on the Austin Powers stuff too. We were supposedly watching it at a youth group event… and I made the leader turn it off. It was so crude.
I haven’t seen Titanic.
LOVE LOVE LOVE Say Anything. You are now dear to my heart for posting of Lloyd Dobler, the best fictional boyfriend a girl could ever yearn for.
I’ve never seen The Godfather, which I’m pretty sure will get me shot in 5 states, and I fell asleep during The Matrix at the theater (I was pregnant at the time, so maybe it was just me). And the movie I wish I’d never seen but was exposed to at the ripe old age of eight? A Clockwork Orange.
I agree with you on the Ben Stiller movies. I can’t stand them. The only one I really liked was Meet the Fockers and that’s just cause of Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand. As for Knocked Up, I actually liked it, but that was mostly for the bits between Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd.
I love your new diggs! I could get really comfortable here.
Movie I’ve never seen……..
It’s a Wonderful Life. Think it will be on TV soon?
My husband has never seen The Sound of Music. His sister worships the movie, I’m not sure how he avoided watching it.
I love the new place! Very shiny and pretty.
Ugh, I hated the Meet the parents movies too. Very over-rated and very sucky.
congrats on the move!!
OK — don’t scream … I haven’t seen “It’s a wonderful life.”
I know. Am I dead last on this one?
But, give me a chick flick and I’ve seen nearly all of them. : )
Oh my gosh! The Sound of Music is one of my favorite movies of all time - but if you don’t like musicals, then you would probably hate my list of favorites - Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Beauty and the Beast - the singing! the dancing! I love it!
We were told by many people that Old School was THE BEST movie EVER - so we added it to our Netflix list, waited for it to arrive, and then settled down for a “family style date night” (You know, kids are in bed, we’re in PJs). The movie started and I kept waiting for it to get funny. Waiting…waiting…waiting…Nothing. I hated that movie. My brother-in-law was so surprised when we complained, “but it’s so funny!” Uh, no, it wasn’t. Not at all.
I haven’t seen Titanic.
I also have not seen Braveheart.
Matrix - nup. I didn’t love it.
Have to say, I do love Sound of Music.
Nice place you have here. Will have to change my blogroll…
I’ve never seen Star Wars. To be honest, I’m surprised my husband married me when he found this out.
Also never seen Say Anything, Braveheart, Rambo, Gone with the Wind, Footloose, or any Mob movies.
While I can’t agree with you on the musicals…I can’t believe there is someone out there who hasn’t fallen in love with John Cusak in Say Anything…
Nice New Diggs. Ya you.
We’re so alike! I’ve never seen Sound of Music, Braveheart, It’s a Wonderful Life, the Matrix movies or Titanic. I don’t feel like I’m missing anything either.
This blog loads much, much faster! Don’t know if that was blogger, or just stuff that you haven’t put on here yet - but just lettin’ ya know
I haven’t seen any of the Lord of the Rings movies - I have no interest in seeing them either - but I’d love to watch Sound of Music right now!
Ooooooh, new digs! Me likey! It loads super-fast (your other place used to take awhile to load the white post area).
I feel the same way about “Mary.”
But ya gotta watch “Sound Of Music” at least once.
I’ve never seen Caddyshack…and have no desire too but my husband swears it is the BEST movie. Whatever.
Great topic, and great new digs!
And I also just tagged you…
“Lloyd, Lloyd, all null and void . . . ” I love that movie! Meet the parents makes me cringe, and not in a good way. And I thought Knocked Up was definitely overrated. I never saw Schindler’s List.
HI! I also like your new home. Vurry purdy. Purdy indeed.
I must join the “never seen Sound of Music” mob. But I LOVE the Meet the Parents movies. Ben Stiller is a comedic king in our house.
Now, with that said, I can say that there are few movies that I haven’t seen. We don’t watch a lot of “TV”, just movies on FX, pay-per-view, etc.
I haven’t seen Napoleon Dynamite.
Say Anything can probably be my best EXCUSE for losing my virginity. Ione Skye and I were sooo much alike. We just couldn’t come up with a reason NOT to.
What’s that you say? “waiting till marriage?” “sin in God’s eyes?” “breaking my mom’s heart?” nope, didn’t win out over “I just did it anyway.”
I suppose I should be embarassed, but I’m actually kinda proud of myself for bringing up pre-marital sex here in your new home. And I didn’t even bring a house-warming gift. Sheesh! What a crappy friend I am!
I’ve never seen There’s Something About Mary either. It was on, free, for a few weeks a bit ago and I TRIED! I tried REALLY, REALLY HARRRD. But couldn’t do it. GAH! And I’m a Ben Stiller fan, too (Night At The Museum is pretty funny).
Have you ever seen Sliding Doors? It’s one of my favourites that I recommend to everyone.
I agree completely on There’s Something about Mary and Meet the Parents. I didn’t care for either. I also feel the same way about Ace Ventura, the Cable Guy, Dumb and Dumber, etc. I do love Braveheart though. You should watch it. I was the only person I knew at one time who hadn’t seen Saving Private Ryan until I finally broke down and watched it last year. It was pretty good. I’m sad as I read the other people’s comments on all the movies they haven’t seen. How can you not watch Its a Wonderful Life at Christmas? Gack!
Yeah!! I can read you again….it used to take days to load your page, so I resorted to reading it though Bloglines!
Like the new place! Sweet!
My husband references “Every Which Way But Loose” sometimes and I just always stare at him blankly.
Also have never seen Napoleon Dynamite.
I liked Knocked Up but sometimes I feel the burning need to break away from Blue’s Clues and Max and Ruby and watch some really raunchy humor.
Love the new digs!!
I haven’t seen Braveheart either, if it makes you feel better. But then again, there are LOTS of movies that I have never seen.
I have seen Say Anything though (meh) and There’s Something About Mary (also meh, though there were parts I did find pretty funny.)
And lots of people haven’t seen It’s a Wonderful Life, I see? Good for them. I HATE that movie.
Not with the kids though!
I reread that and realized it might sound like I sit down with the kids and say “No Elmo today, guys! Today’s it’s 40 Year Old Virgin!” ;-p
Love the new digs…
I think the award for me would have to go to “The English Patient”
Oh My God! The most booorrriinnngg movie I have EVER had to sit through.
Sucktasktic.
-HH
Love the absolutely styling new you!
I cannot make it through any of the Star Wars. Even the allure of Ewan who I adore did not help.
Yeay! Welcome.
Ok, I just put your new site in my reader and it says (title unknown). I know you are under construction, so this is just fyi.
Say Anything is my all time favorite movie. I found Something About Mary to be funny but not the funniest movie of all time. There aren’t many I haven’t seen since I used to work at a video store and the whole movie thing is sort of our thing. However, when I met my husband I don’t think I had seen Star Wars or The Godfather which did make his jaw drop for sure. I have remedied that well over a dozen times now.
I thought Knocked Up was hysterical, but it could have been that it came at a time that I could really relate to the story. Now for movies that were totally overrated. Titanic for sure and I thought Napoleon Dynamite was beyond boring. I didn’t even finish it. I was like “this isn’t even about anything.” I know I’m in the minority there but I thought it was awful.
Nice digs.
And Sound of Music - seriously.
I don’t even know what to say.
Congrats on the new site!
Steve likes to make fun of me for never having seen Apocalypse Now, and while I enjoyed Knocked Up, it wasn’t really anything to write home about. I do love dumb-ass comedy however, Blades of Glory? Awesome.
Oh the many times I’ve heard, “You haven’t seen that? Do you live on Earth?” Gah there are so many overrated movies out there I just don’t have the time.
Something About Mary, totally skipped it too. The Sound of Music however, once you’ve seen those adorable kids singing So Long Farewell…. well you’ll just never be the same ; )
Let’s see … I’ve never seen “Castaway” or “Forrest Gump” - neither one.
Never have. Never will.
That’s probably not as bad as the fact that I have never seen an episode of “Friends” or “Seinfeld” in my life - but it’s close.
I love the Sound of Music
I have never seen the Matrix or Gladiator…my husband can’t believe that!
Never seen Titanic, Mystic River, Meet the Parents, Meet the Frockers, or Casablanca.
Never seen “Say Anything” That is the saddest thing I have ever heard. That is almost as bad as never seeing 16 Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and St Elmo’s Fire.
Yay! I’m getting my own domain, too. How long did it take you to set up? I’m not sure what to do or how to even get into my hosted account.
Love the new digs, though!
I have never seen Gone With the Wind. I started to watch it a few months ago (right after my surgery) but I think my pain meds kicked in and I fell asleep. On the other hand, Braveheart is a definite must see.
Fancy new place - very nice! I have not seen all sorts of ‘must see’ movies. Not having seen The Godfather tends to get a lot of jaw dropping. But name any children’s movie and I’ve probably seen it enough times to recite it for you!
LOVE the new place. I’ll try not to spill anything while I’m here. Braveheart? You aint missing a damn thing. That movie was stupid. Knocked up? You are missing out, that movie was GREAT. I cant think of anything “popular” that I haven’t seen… Ooh I thought of one. Reality Bites. And I love Ben Stiller. LOL.
Congrats on the new home on the web. I’ll probably be commenting more now - I alwayws read your posts, but for some reason the Blogger page took forever to load.
Ummm, I’ve never seen Say Anything. But to have not seen The Sound of Music?!? WHAT?! I think I’d seen that a milliion times by the time I was 10.
Most overrated movie in my mind - Castaway. I remember hearing all these rave reviews and then we went and saw it and about went crazy with boredom.
Um. Um.
Will someone clear my calendar so I can have time to think? Gack.
I’ve never seen Say Anything either.
Sound of Music….heh. That’s the music I was voice trained on. hahahaha!
I cannot believe all you people who have never seen Braveheart. GAWK! Love that movie. The music really gets to me.
As for movies that were highly overrated, The Wedding Crashers, anyone? I so want my money and time back from that waste of film reel.
how bout i didn’t LIKE say anything.
never seen all of Christmas Story in one setting
never seen casablanca or gone w/ the wind all the way through.
also never saw (nor care to see) braveheart. ditto on english patient, or quite a few of the movies in these comments.
like your new home. hope it works well for you.
I’ve never seen any of the Indiana Jones movies. And never Casablanca or Gone With The Wind. How uncultured am I?
I love Lloyd. He is my 80’s boyfriend.
I’ve never seen all of Say Anything. I’ve seen the bits that are in those compilation lists of the Best Movies or Best whatever. I really like John Cusak, too. Just haven’t been able to catch all of it.
My husband seems to think Blazing Saddles is great, but I couldn’t make it through the first 20 minutes. It just annoyed me. I also didn’t like Knocked up. She was just way too pretty for him, and he didn’t really have that many redeeming characteristics to make it believable at all.
Yay! Your site loads so much faster now! Looks so nice and neat, too! I only recently made myself watch Say Anything and thought it was okay. Most of the movies mentioned, (like 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Something About Mary, Meet the Fockers, Old School, Wedding Crashers, etc) I would not have found so enjoyable had my husband not been hunched over laughing so hard with tears streaming down his face. I call it frat boy humor and it rubs off on me, I guess?
So you finally moved! Congrats. It looks fabulous.
And it sounds like we have very similar taste in movies. I loved Say Anything, don’t like musicals (although I did enjoy the campiness of Sound of Music). I too have never seen Braveheart - I don’t really do the over the top Hollywood epic movies. Oh, and I had high, high hopes for Knocked Up. I don’t think I laughed once. They just don’t make decent comedies anymore - well, except for Borat. I nearly peed myself during that one.
I HATE Jerry MacGuire. Everytime I hear someone yell show me the money I want to karate kick them in the face.
I love (LOVE) what you’ve done with the place (especially the load time). I feel like I should take my shoes off or something it’s so clean….
Shhhh, I think Knocked Up was stupid. And I know that’s wildly unpopular to say, but, tis true!
I forgot how I got here but that’s no surprise given my inherent lack of direction.
Anywhoooo…I’ve never seen: any of the Rockies, most of the Jim Carrey movies (I chose to watch Cable Guy for my first one and it sucked so bad I could never watch another one), oh crap…I can’t even think of all of them…name one and I’m sure I haven’t seen it. I have kids…I vaguely remember there being popcorn and sound at the theaters.
OK, Napoleon Dynamite…everyone raved, we thought it was stupid…unless, perhaps, you were under the direct influences of illegal substances. I can see how it *might* be funny the more times you watch it but I haven’t commited to that yet.
I never saw War Games. It was huge when I was 12 or so.
I never want to see movies after I hear how “it was the BEST movie EVAH.” It usually sucks.
I may be the only person in America who can’t sit through Raising Arizona. It just annoys me.
I’ve never seen Fast Times at Ridgement High, or the Matrix movies, or Napoleon Dynamite.
Actually, there’s not much that I HAVE seen.
Found you through perfect post…like your blog..
My vote is for Napolean Dynamite…I hated hated hated that movie….
I love Ben Stiller, but I don’t love Something about Mary. My dh though, he adores it.
I do love the meet the parents movies, they crack me up.
I liked Knocked Up, but if you didn’t like the movies above you may not like it that much. It definitely wasn’t as funny as the hype.
Also, it’s the only movie I’ve seen in the theater in the last 3 years so that might have clouded my judgement.
Oh, and Napolean Dynamite - STUPID! Dumb and Dumber, Cable Guy, all movies my dh loves.
And I don’t.
i’ve never seen Braveheart either…
and The English Patient gets me vote for being the more overrated movie. ever.
I hated Knocked Up. HATED. Not only am I guilty of that sin, but I have yet to see a single Jim Carey movie that I thought was even remotely funny.
Hey! Love your new pad. Luff it. Welcome to NotBlogspot. Farking blogspot anyway.
I admit to not only not seeing movies, I hardly even know what movies are out there ot be seen. Bob is ALWAYS saying, “OMG! YOu’ve never seen [fill in social movie of the years 1875-2003]!!”
Yea. I’m awesome like that.
[...] I’ve Never Seen “The Sound of Music.” Really. [...]
[...] wiedersehen (whatever, just try to admit you’ve never seen the Sound of Music, unless you are Jennifer, of [...]
Oh, wow. I can’t believe I just made it over here and You MENTIONED me in your post! How exciting. Well, you already know my secret…
There are many I wished I hadn’t seen. My sister called me to tell me how HILARIOUS ‘ Home for the Holidays” was. I think it had Robert Downey, Jr. in it. I hated it. It was so flippin’ stupid.
I have never seen “The Exorcist”. I went to the theatre to see it and was so freaked out just a few minutes into it, I had to leave the theatre. Never seen it.
And to the person above who mentioned “Sliding Doors” - that is one of my favorite movies of all time!!
You know i have never seen Braveheart either and people always act like its some sort of crime (being Scottish and that) , but im just not into historical movies.
DH has never seen The Wizard Of Oz which shocked me as i just assumed every kid grew up on it, mind you i also assume everyone would of seen Rocky Horror Picture Show and could’t belive he had’t
I had never seen SOM either (much to the hubby’s disbelief) until earlier this year when it was sent to us as a baby present. We watched it during our Dr. ordered 6 month seclusion (preemie thing), and I really enjoyed it.
I’m not a musical *fan* but I don’t dislike them either.
I thought Knocked Up was funny, but I like stoner (light) comedies (ahem).
VDog’s last blog post..Haiku Ouch! That Hurts Mama!
Ok, a million years later. But thank you. Truly, I hated both SOmething about Mary and Meet the Parents. HATED. I can’t stand Ben Stiller. But I pretend that I liked it, so I don’t have to listen to people rant about how I should just try watching it again.
Now Sound of Music, I do love it. I don’t really like any other musicals, so maybe you’d like it.
Phoenix’s last blog post..Shrug