"Great movie? Wouldn't know - never saw it."

I got to thinking the other day, after I had asked everyone for suggestions in regards to what I should write about, that a friend of mine thought I was from another world because until this recent Christmas season, I had never fully seen "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation". I was told I was "UnAmerican" because I had just FINALLY witnessed the cinematic tour de force that is Chevy Chase at Christmastime. Don't get me wrong - I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, but then I got to thinking about what movies I still have never seen - and on the other end of the spectrum, what movies that no matter how many times I've seen them, I will sit and watch them whenever I see them on.

I also for the first time in my life sat and watched two Alfred Hitchcock classics in their entirety within the last two weeks. I finally saw "The Birds" and "Psycho" and I must say, even though the cinematography and dialogue are extremely dated, they both are very scary still. I was deeply disturbed at the end of "The Birds" because they never explained what made those damn birds so crazy - and ever since then, if I see 2 or more crows sitting together, I get nervous.

Unbelievable to some - I am 40 years old, and have never seen any of the Godfather movies. Janel has tried to get me to see them, but I don't want to be interrupted when I watch them, and until I have the time to sit and watch that way, I won't do it. Perhaps some Tuesday when I'm off.....

I have never seen "Gone With the Wind" - and I really don't have any desire to either. I tried to watch "Titanic" - but I already know the boat sinks, so why bother?

Now, I have seen all the Star Wars movies more times than I can count and oddly enough Janel has only seen half of Episode 3, and has no idea why #3 is actually the 6th movie. I have seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show over 50 times. I will watch "Murder in the First" any time I see it on. I will basically watch ANY Tom Hanks movie whenever they come on, and lately I have watched "Jaws" 5 times in the last 2 weeks. There are so many other ones that escape me right now.

So my friends, what movies have you never seen that would surprise people, and what movies are like a drug - that you just have to see, no matter where they are, in the middle or the beginning? Comments are welcome here or on Facebook. Who knows - maybe I'll have some new ideas to plug into Netflix when I'm done here. Right now, I think "The Shawshank Redemption" is coming on, so I'm outta here!