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irisblue

(32,929 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 07:25 AM Nov 2019

What Is the Best Movie You Never Want to See Again

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What Is The Best Film You Never Want To See Again?
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what is the best film that you never want to see again? or at least for a very long time?

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what is the best film that you never want to see again? or at least for a very long time?

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For me, Grave of the FireFlies, Schindler's List, I have the DVDs of them, but I don't think I could watch them again.

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What Is the Best Movie You Never Want to See Again (Original Post) irisblue Nov 2019 OP
Sixth Sense. Once you know the ending it kind of kills it. Lochloosa Nov 2019 #1
We watched it again immediately unblock Nov 2019 #4
I did that with Fruitvale Station, irisblue Nov 2019 #22
The Godfather Cartoonist Nov 2019 #2
I agree, totally... Tikki Nov 2019 #19
Godfather 2 & 3 did, by Copolla's own design, work hard to de-myth the Godfather saga. empedocles Nov 2019 #33
Schindler's List beveeheart Nov 2019 #3
+100 Rhiannon12866 Nov 2019 #8
Yes, I only started to watch it... El Supremo Nov 2019 #36
Sophie's Choice. I was devastated. Guilded Lilly Nov 2019 #5
Yeah. Crushing movie. Nay Nov 2019 #11
Once was too much. I couldn't be in a room with talking about it. IADEMO2004 Nov 2019 #34
Agree Joinfortmill Nov 2019 #41
Same here Canoe52 Nov 2019 #59
I waited 30 years to see that movie again. Still amazing bit of writing. applegrove Nov 2019 #60
Any and all movies where the dog dies... hlthe2b Nov 2019 #6
amen to that. or the cat or the horse yellowdogintexas Nov 2019 #13
Charlottes Web DUgosh Nov 2019 #52
Right on! Wawannabe Nov 2019 #27
I can not bear any sad animal stories no matter how good and wish movies would carry warnings emmaverybo Nov 2019 #30
Terms of Endearment FM123 Nov 2019 #7
Scorsese's Silence Rustynaerduwell Nov 2019 #9
Synecdoche, New York... skypilot Nov 2019 #10
That was a great film Bradshaw3 Nov 2019 #31
I'd kinda like to see it again too... skypilot Nov 2019 #45
I saw Kaufmann at a film festival in which it was featured Bradshaw3 Nov 2019 #47
The Pawnbroker. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #12
Requium for a Dream sarge43 Nov 2019 #14
idk. should be watched once a year. Great pick tho. Kurt V. Nov 2019 #29
Good one ... although ... the soundtrack is real solid ... mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #35
That's my pick. ZZenith Nov 2019 #42
Grave of the Fireflies was just devastating yellowdogintexas Nov 2019 #15
Grave of the Fireflies is absolutely amazing. Dave Starsky Nov 2019 #17
Rosemary's Baby First Speaker Nov 2019 #16
The Zellner Brother's 2012 movie...Kid-Thing. Tikki Nov 2019 #18
Johnny Got His Gun Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2019 #20
Grease jayfish Nov 2019 #21
Every January/February it seems Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2019 #23
Apocalypse Now. Harker Nov 2019 #24
Saving Private Ryan Wawannabe Nov 2019 #25
Me, too. Glorfindel Nov 2019 #37
Yep. That's the one. dchill Nov 2019 #57
easy. Mask Kurt V. Nov 2019 #26
Pan's Labyrinth blm Nov 2019 #28
The Boy in the Striped Pajams. Binkie The Clown Nov 2019 #32
Same sakabatou Nov 2019 #67
E.T. I saw it when I was 5 at the movies, it emotionally gutted dewsgirl Nov 2019 #38
Romeo and Juliet..1968...Once was enough. I cried when I left the theater. Stuart G Nov 2019 #39
Driving Miss Daisy, I can't handle it. Captain Zero Nov 2019 #40
Avatar TlalocW Nov 2019 #43
Exorcist Dan Nov 2019 #44
A solid movie, maybe not one of the best but MuseRider Nov 2019 #46
Seven maxrandb Nov 2019 #48
That was a horrific ending. Very good, but that.,. emmaverybo Nov 2019 #55
The Road Major Nikon Nov 2019 #49
That's a good one! jayfish Nov 2019 #61
Grizzly Man Corgigal Nov 2019 #50
Oh, yes. So painful. emmaverybo Nov 2019 #53
The Dressmaker. I have never been so pissed off at the end of a movie. vsrazdem Nov 2019 #51
My vote: uriel1972 Nov 2019 #54
Silence of the Lambs captain queeg Nov 2019 #56
Several for me: Upthevibe Nov 2019 #58
Love Story ... Yes it is schmaltzy. lpbk2713 Nov 2019 #62
I had a friend who went to Michigan gratuitous Nov 2019 #63
Thanks. lpbk2713 Nov 2019 #64
Pay It Forward Shrek Nov 2019 #65
The Color Purple. NurseJackie Nov 2019 #66

unblock

(52,116 posts)
4. We watched it again immediately
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 07:44 AM
Nov 2019

We wanted to see how they constructed all the scenes so ambiguously.

irisblue

(32,929 posts)
22. I did that with Fruitvale Station,
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 05:35 PM
Nov 2019

on DVD, when Oscar is talking to the young white guy while both are waiting on their girls, and the possibility fluttering around Oscar 😥

Cartoonist

(7,309 posts)
2. The Godfather
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 07:37 AM
Nov 2019

Not best in my opinion, but well regarded by many. The glorification of criminals has no appeal to me.

Joinfortmill

(14,387 posts)
41. Agree
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 10:22 PM
Nov 2019

Great, well made movie, but emotionally devastating. I saw it in the theatre. Could never watch it again.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)
60. I waited 30 years to see that movie again. Still amazing bit of writing.
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 03:14 AM
Nov 2019

And such a metaphor for what psychopaths are all about. Such sadism. I don't think i've read any Styron. I tried to read the diary of Nat Turner but was a historical fiction snob at the time.

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)
6. Any and all movies where the dog dies...
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 08:00 AM
Nov 2019

If I know ahead of time, I won't watch them the first time. Too damned painful.

And yes, of course, Sophie's Choice would be simillarly.

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
30. I can not bear any sad animal stories no matter how good and wish movies would carry warnings
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:29 PM
Nov 2019

of animal cruelty as they do nudity.

Rustynaerduwell

(663 posts)
9. Scorsese's Silence
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 08:42 AM
Nov 2019

The title itself, referring to the silence from God when you need him the most, remains devastating after you've seen the movie.

skypilot

(8,851 posts)
10. Synecdoche, New York...
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:51 AM
Nov 2019

Last edited Wed Nov 20, 2019, 12:47 PM - Edit history (1)

...with Phillip Seymour Hoffman. A devasting movie. I'm sure it would be even more devastating and sad to sit through again now that Hoffman is dead.

Bradshaw3

(7,486 posts)
31. That was a great film
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:29 PM
Nov 2019

It is intense and brilliant from the underappreciated Charlie Kaufmann. I would like to see it at least once more. But I would have to be in the right frame of mind.

skypilot

(8,851 posts)
45. I'd kinda like to see it again too...
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 10:51 PM
Nov 2019

...but I really don't know what the right frame of mind is. Honestly, the older I get, the more afraid I am to watch it again. I probably won't end up doing it. The movie left that much of an impression on me.

Bradshaw3

(7,486 posts)
47. I saw Kaufmann at a film festival in which it was featured
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 11:01 PM
Nov 2019

He is a truly interesting artist. I was impressed by the innovative narrative structure of the film and what it said about human interactions and how we want others to perceive us. I actually wrote an essay on it late that night I was so enthralled by it. I can't remember where it is.

One of the panelists said it made him think of the innovative sociological work "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Presentation_of_Self_in_Everyday_Life

ZZenith

(4,115 posts)
42. That's my pick.
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 10:23 PM
Nov 2019

I watched it four times when I first saw it, so fascinated was I by the skill with which it was made. Felt depressed for a month, though.

yellowdogintexas

(22,231 posts)
15. Grave of the Fireflies was just devastating
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 11:09 AM
Nov 2019

We were binge watching through a complete works of Miyazaki films and it was such a shock after all the other ones.

It took me a couple of weeks to totally shake off the way that film made me feel.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
17. Grave of the Fireflies is absolutely amazing.
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 11:49 AM
Nov 2019

But god damn, did that movie wreck me. I am a "tough guy" who tries not to cry during movies, but I was blubbering like a toddler throughout.

It's easily the greatest movie I never want to see again.

Dagstead Bumwood

(3,595 posts)
23. Every January/February it seems
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 07:55 PM
Nov 2019

I see a few movies that fall into that category as I try and see all of the Best Picture nominees. There have been some rough ones that I swore I would not watch again. Just blanking on them at the moment.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
38. E.T. I saw it when I was 5 at the movies, it emotionally gutted
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:42 PM
Nov 2019

me to my core. Don't get me wrong, it's my favorite ride at Universal, and I have several souveniers. But I have never been able to watch again.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
39. Romeo and Juliet..1968...Once was enough. I cried when I left the theater.
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:46 PM
Nov 2019

I had never read that, or knew how it ended. Someone wrote an outstanding play

Captain Zero

(6,783 posts)
40. Driving Miss Daisy, I can't handle it.
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:57 PM
Nov 2019

I barely got through it once in parts.
It is the biggest combo of angry and sad, I have ever felt.

TlalocW

(15,374 posts)
43. Avatar
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 10:24 PM
Nov 2019

It was a fun film; the animation was top-notch, and while the story was a little derivative in multiple ways, it was decent overall.

That said - even though it's one of the highest - if not the highest - grossing films in history, just thinking of watching it now elicits a, "meh." It's really had no impact on popular culture - there are no well-known quotes from it; I can't remember if there was ever a toy line, and when you think of the two most famous stars in it - Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana - thinking of their being in, "Avatar," probably comes in after a dozen other movies each that they've been in.

TlalocW

MuseRider

(34,095 posts)
46. A solid movie, maybe not one of the best but
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 11:01 PM
Nov 2019

it was devastating and held the book up well.

The Road

I agonized my way through the book. I had to read it, had to finish it and I am not sure why.

The movie about killed me. Viggo did an amazing job as did Kodi Smit-McPhee. There was not one single pleasant thing about the book or the movie and that is what made it perfect, just not pleasant.

I could read the book again but I would not watch it again.

maxrandb

(15,295 posts)
48. Seven
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 11:37 PM
Nov 2019

with Kevin Spacey and Brad Pitt.

Great movie, but it just left me feeling angry and hopeless at the end.

"What's in the box"?

jayfish

(10,037 posts)
61. That's a good one!
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 11:38 AM
Nov 2019

I enjoyed it immensely but I have no desire to see it again. ...ever. It's about as bleak as it gets.

Upthevibe

(8,012 posts)
58. Several for me:
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 02:37 AM
Nov 2019

Sophie's Choice
The Deerhunter
The Pianist
And others that I can't think of right now...

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
63. I had a friend who went to Michigan
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 03:09 PM
Nov 2019

Back in the 1970s, before cable, even before HBO, first run movies would eventually get around to being shown on network television. In the mid 1970s, "Love Story" was on (probably ABC), and my friend was in the dorm lounge with about two dozen other students, watching the movie unspool. All the lights were off so everyone could see the small screen better, and nobody could see anyone else. Very cozy and intimate, like a movie theater, but more comfortable. At the end, as Oliver is visiting Jenny for the last time, she invites him to climb into her hospital bed for one last snuggle. You can hear people sniffling to keep from bawling outright. As Oliver is about to get into bed, a male voice comes out of the darkness:

"Are you contagious?"

Followed by a female sobbing, "Oh, you asshole!"

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