Curt McGirt Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Alien is one of the only films that has ever actually scared me. (The other two would be Jacob's Ladder and Altered States. The latter gave me a bit of a panic attack one night but I can still watch it. Jacob's Ladder, I refuse to. It's on the list with a select few films like Monster where it's like "seen it, done it, no need to open that wound up again".) Maybe it's because of familiarity, but this viewing didn't freak me out. Then again, I was waaaaaaaay away from the screen. If it was in IMAX... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Alien is one of the only films that has ever actually scared me. (The other two would be Jacob's Ladder and Altered States. The latter gave me a bit of a panic attack one night but I can still watch it. Jacob's Ladder, I refuse to. It's on the list with a select few films like Monster where it's like "seen it, done it, no need to open that wound up again".) Maybe it's because of familiarity, but this viewing didn't freak me out. Then again, I was waaaaaaaay away from the screen. If it was in IMAX... I feel the same way about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and Dancer in the Dark (2000). Once was (more than) enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 It didn't scare me, but the top movie on my "glad I watched it, I never will again" list is Day of the Women/I Spit on your Grave" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Things I would on that list Cook, Thief, ... Last Year at Marianbad Lots of experimental 70s stuff Berlin Alexanderplatz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I split this out of the Horror thread. Ironically I had been thinking about the topic a bunch recently. Again - we all have movies that we enjoyed but will never ever willing sit through them again I still think the #1 answer for me is Schindler's List 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Are we defining this as films you’ve only seen once? Because I’ll bet I saw Star Wars a dozen times when it was released. No desire to ever see it again. It’s one I feel like I need to see in a theater and Lucas killed all the joy of it anyway. I do not feel the same way about Empire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Irreversible. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, Execproducer said: Are we defining this as films you’ve only seen once? Because I’ll bet I saw Star Wars a dozen times when it was released. No desire to ever see it again. It’s one I feel like I need to see in a theater and Lucas killed all the joy of it anyway. I do not feel the same way about Empire. I would lean to the former but like you noted - there was a specific event that changed your feelings towards it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Gone With the Wind Fuck that movie James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamcdn12 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas/ God damn that movie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Requiem for a Dream 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, J.H. said: Gone With the Wind You will probably get some people who will say that isn't a "great" movie For the record - I will probably never watch GWTW again either but that is entirely due to its length Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 The first movie that came to mind for me is Snowpiercer. I won't deny its quality, but depressing as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Technico Support said: Requiem for a Dream This was the first thing I thought of. It's an amazing movie but I don't know if I'm ever gonna watch it again. Heck, I can still vividly recall most of the ending it's burned into my brain and it's been years, those images just don't fade. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 IDK if it counts as "great" but the twist in MEMENTO made me never want to watch the movie again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Gonna third Requiem. Foxcatcher was something I bought on a lark, and the whole thing is pretty damn solid, but, yeah, also undeniably depressing since it's taken from real life. I bought 127 Hours on the same trip to the record store, and the biggest reason that's not on this list is because I haven't worked up the nerve to watch it the first time. Clearly my interests that day involved "not sleeping for a month". I could probably rewatch Schindler's if I wanted; same with Saving Private Ryan. Just haven't gotten around to either. I own Jacob's Ladder and Altered States, and I don't feel like either of them quite holds a candle to the mind-fuckery of Audition, which I watch every couple of years. Henry was interesting enough stylistically that I'll probably give that a rewatch at some point, as long as it stays on Amazon Prime. But these four are all considerable races between the feelings of "how much Nightmare Fuel am I consuming?" versus "how much am I going to geek out again at the bits that make them great?" I couldn't make it past the first 5 minutes of Irreversible with that nauseous camera work and the two creepy old guys in their fucking underwear talking about their shabby lives. Anything that wastes peoples' time with the opening shot/scene probably isn't that fucking great. Oh. Ding-ding-ding. We have a winner. I feel real anxiety - and more than a shred of self-loathing - every time I pick up my copy of Grave of the Fireflies, consider watching it, and then put it right back on the shelf, because, uh, nope nope nope nope nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 You couldn't pay me to watch Grave of the Fireflies, nor The Day After, nor (DEFINITELY) Threads. Schindler's List is on the list, too. Henry has never bothered me and I've watched it multiple times, but I can see why it's on The List. I Spit On Your Grave is amateur hour IMO. Go watch Men Behind the Sun or its sequel and come back to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Execproducer said: Are we defining this as films you’ve only seen once? Because I’ll bet I saw Star Wars a dozen times when it was released. No desire to ever see it again. It’s one I feel like I need to see in a theater and Lucas killed all the joy of it anyway. I do not feel the same way about Empire. A friend of mine promotes a monthly geeky movie series at a theatre in L.A. For his birthday, he'd do free screenings of the original trilogy in their "original" cut. (Episode 4 is obviously not the original cut which didn't call itself episode 4.) Mine, on the other hand, is the most recent version of The Star is Born, as I felt the Spoiler fairly graphic suicide was triggering. Edited June 10, 2019 by Ace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I've watched both Irreversible and Requiem for a Dream more than once. The films I only want to watch once and never again are usually films I dislike, and wish I'd quit on before the end. Like the Lion King. I thought that was a load of shite. I've only seen Kentucky Fried Movie once, but I'd totally watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) Bubble Ghost. I wish I'd only seen the Toy Story movies one time or fewer. That cosy sentimentality everyone loves? Not for me. It doesn't make me feel all warm inside. It makes me angry and resentful. No, I'm OK. Edited June 10, 2019 by AxB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) That's why I don't watch Disney films. I think the only one I ever enjoyed was Fantasia. EDIT: Oooo, speaking of I rape-revenge movies, Ms. 45 is kind of on The List. I'm glad I watched it, but it isn't as great as its made out to be and honestly just left a bad taste in my mouth. I love Abel Ferrara to death but that one was a miss. I felt the same way about Death Wish the last time I watched it too (after I actually bought it! Go figure). Edited June 10, 2019 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) Up for that fucking opening montage. Grave of the Fireflies and how the main character goes. Night Will Fall is horrific using footage of Nazi concentration camps and deemed too intense for the general populace at the time. Edited June 10, 2019 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 Johnny Got His Gun. Never seen it but the video for "One" is enough. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 11 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Johnny Got His Gun. Never seen it but the video for "One" is enough. That video creeped one of my friends out so badly he would wig out if we even threatened to show it to him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Just reading about Grave of the Fireflies here has my eyes welling up. I'm never watching that EVER. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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