A couple of weeks ago I went on a lunch date with a new guy. I told him that the night before I had watched The Silence of the Lambs and he sincerely asked "what's that about?" Seriously! He had no idea! He didn't even emphasize the word "about" which would imply that he'd been wondering for some time. No, he didn't emphasize any word, he was just calmly quizzical. I was shocked. He said he'd heard of it of course but he had no idea what the story was. So I gracefully recovered and I told him the basic story, and that it was a very good movie. I could understand never having seen it, but how could you not know what it was about?? Think of all the jokes and references that have gone over his ignorant head. Hoo boy.

List your most recent, or most startling encounter with movie ignorance.

That happens all the time between me and my friends. Can't quote "Rocky" around them cause they have never seen any of them! I told them it's simply un-American.

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Just tell your friends that they better stay down, 'cause they ain't nothin' but a bum.

I haven't seen any of them. I mean I've seen pieces parts of them but not more than 5 minutes of any of them. I just didn't see the point in watching them.

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Great, he's probably saying, "Holy sh!t, it's Maverick and Goose."

and may I repeat

Wow, maybe there are more people than I though who havn't seen them... and I'm a chick! They really are good, they were a lot better than I thought they would be first time I watched em.

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yea, i'm with aj on this one... just never was something that appealed to me enough to watch...

I liked the first Rocky but then they started to go down hill...for me it was if you've seen one you've seen them all..

But the real ignorance issue is unbelieveable..like at work at coffee break..I could mention a gozillion movies I love and people would just stare at me with a blank look on their face...

The Wicker Man
The Third Man
Wings of Desire
Beauty and the Beast...Cocteaus's of course
The Red Shoes

I'm sure I could keep listing movies until the cows came home and I'm know you other cineophiles must encounter this all the time too...

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I once shouted "Don't do drugs!" at someone and they looked at me like I was insane.

God, that was embarassing.

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You speak for both of us....I have seen a few minutes of probably all of them, but just couldnt force myself to continue watching....I say they're boring as all hell.

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Yeah, I've never been able to allow myself to watch the Rocky films... i can see nothing in them which I may find remotly entertaining. Also, when it comes to ignorance, I am fairly forgiving. None of my friends know jack about movies which is precisley why I joined this forum... however; I have seen some unforgivable examples during my stay on the forum, originating from Miss Kitty. She had never heard of Gandhi...
Also, non-movie related, after being given a talk from a guy at NASA, someone asked the question: "How did you know that space was actually there?"

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