great films you never want to watch again
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Mysterious Skin
winston9109 — 16 years ago(November 16, 2009 08:07 PM)
mysterious skin
requiem for a dream
life of david gale - more f_d up than i expected
basketball diarees
snow angels - great acting but otherwise now watching again anyways
butterfly effect - creative, but otherwise now worth the disturbingness
my friend sais american history x, but i could watch that a few times, the performance was so exilerating, and anger to me is easier to watch than depression
candy is another disturbing film that carried enough poetic beauty to watch again
havn't seen united or irreversable yet -
Badwolf57 — 16 years ago(November 16, 2009 10:30 PM)
I can see your point, but I just saw
Skin
and own
Requiem
on DVD, and I have to say while disturbing, and hard to watch without emotional overflow, they're very important as cinematic experiences, in that they force the viewer to actively watch (ie: feel, think, respond) rather than passively consume like your typical Hollywood flick would do. Other, less unsettling films do this too, but these, at least personally, work as a reality check, grounding my frame of mind, and alerting me to what a jewel my life really is, and that my little problems really do pale in comparison. So, regular viewing isn't necessary, but one movie like these, maybe once a year is a good idea to remind a person how f_cked up life is, but at the same time, can and do contain glimmers of light in the darkness. -
winston9109 — 16 years ago(November 20, 2009 04:32 PM)
i totally agree. my own life moves quick enough that i actually often only see films i'd only watch once or twice. movies like these i absorb, or rather let them absorb me, for everything theyre worth, and that affects me enough that i don't actually NEED to watch it again, for many of these films are so graphic and intense, necessarily so, that to view continuously would be irresponsable
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ihategorgonzola — 16 years ago(December 10, 2009 09:50 PM)
I definitely agree with Mysterious Skin, and after Requiem I was crying for at least half an hour after.
Candy, while it was depressing, I wouldn't mind seeing it again just because it was beautiful and Heath is in it.
For me its The Pianist or actually any Holocaust movie for that matter. Anytime we talk about it in classes, I get extremely depressed for the rest of the week. -
jetairliner — 16 years ago(January 20, 2010 03:35 PM)
arpalermo: "Aw man. I cried like a baby." (about Hotaru no haka).
Indeed. Me, too but I'm too proud to admit it. But this movie devastated me for a week after. Never thought a movie could do that for me. However beautiful and touching it might be, I am not sure I want to watch it again. -
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princesstikia — 16 years ago(December 04, 2009 05:18 AM)
it would probably have to be mysterious skin and kids.
i saw mysterious skin once and i decided once was enough. the movie was too disturbing for me.
kids, i saw it online and the whole movie i was cringing. -
Ccarrie-Aanne — 16 years ago(January 01, 2010 04:41 PM)
has anyone seen L.I.E?
I'm not the sort of person who says 'i'll only watch that once' i'm too into films to ever say that (unless its a 'i'll only watch it once because it is so aweful' like that piece of crap hostel)
Anyway,even so, i feel this movie would probably be one that you guys would see as a single viewing kinda film
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