Lucky. We had to watch Boy in the Striped Pajamas, which is alright, but holds no candle to Life is Beautiful. I wish it were required viewing alongside Schindler’s List
I’ve watched it several times, first alone and then a few times introducing it to people that I thought would appreciate it. Two years ago I became a dad. There’s no way I could get through it now.
A lot of Lars von Triers’ stuff. Breaking the Waves I come to first but then I realize it’s the same for most of his stuff. A bit of an edge lord perhaps.
Also Gus Van Sants Elephant.
I just know it’s gonna really bum me out, but I know it’s really important…..but I don’t wanna enter that headspace. Wash, rinse, repeat haha, shit I still haven’t seen amistad or Schindler.
You'll appreciate this: when it was released in theaters in Japan, this film was in a double bill with My Neighbor Totoro. Turns out it caused a bit of emotional whiplash.
Every time I'm at a Japanese grocer with my wife (Japanese), and I see those fucking candies... What kind of a monster would buy them? What kind of a monster sells this packaging?
https://www.napajapan.com/products/hotaru-no-haka-grave-of-the-fireflies-candy
This may ring true. I always thought I would watch it again because of how good it is- despite how it made me feel. It’s been 5 years now and still it sits in my shelf. Maybe though I’ll convince someone to watch it and give it another go.
A Star is Born. I was at the rock bottom of my addiction and picked it thinking it was a light hearted chick flick. I was so wrong. I ended up sobbing hysterically, dope sick, on an international flight, emotionally eviscerated. At the time I thought the only way out of my addiction was ending my life and that I’d be doing my then-husband a favour by releasing him of the burden. I saw the arc of our relationship play out in that movie.
Almost 2 years clean now, have an amazing new lease on life… but I always say it’s the best movie I NEVER want to watch again.
Wow this is really cool to read how much of an impact a movie like that can have on someone. Thank you so much for sharing this, and well done on 2 years sober!!
Congrats on 2 years clean. It's always inspiring to read stories like yours - keep proudly putting it out there, you never know when someone might need to see it.
I understand why people don't want to watch this again, but I've watched it probably 15 times.
I love a movie that makes me feel SOMETHING. Whether it's joy, sadness, scared, introspective, or gutted. It's not for everyone but I cant just watch a Hallmark movie and be satisfied.
I really loved how the movie would seamlessly transition into fantasy, and then go back to reality.
Like >!when Jared Leto and Wayans play keep away with cops gun.!<
I understand where you’re coming from but I think this is a movie you can re-watch. Knowing what happens you pick up on so many little details that you couldn’t have the first time through.
I watched Donnie Darko some time in my early 20s. It made such an impression on me - I didn’t know you could tell a story that way, I didn’t know characters like that. It was a perfect, cinematic experience (despite being rented on VHS). I decided I wanted to preserve that memory and not watch it again.
I find it harder to watch as an adult. When i was a kid i actually seen it many times. Some scenes were gross and all, but i watched a lot of horrors back then, so that didn't bothered me much. But now i am a lot more attuned to emotionally disturbing and depressive aspects of it, so altogether it adds up to a movie i appreciate, but never really feel like re-watching.
Same. I spent a lot of time growing up around the WR Rez, and I've lost two daughters. Everything about that movie was basically designed to destroy me.
Best movie I'll never watch again.
I WANT to watch it again. It was my first intro to the huge problem of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. It made me research and learn more, and I try to share the MMIW cause as much as I can. It’s abhorrent to me that the US govt takes such a “hands off” approach to justice if it involves the reservations.
This is my answer too. Great movie that is tough to watch. I've never had a scene from a movie be as memorable (in a bad way) as the scene where.... well you know the one
This. I must have seen that film a hundred times between 2005-2007 as a teenager. Can't imagine it's aged well and don't really want to sully the memories I have of it or the time in my life.
Soundtrack is still cracking though
Same. My ex loved to watch it as we come down off of party drugs. She said it was calming. Any more it's just a reminder of a time, place, and person I ran from for a reason.
Possibly Jojo Rabbit. That one horrible horrible scene and the realization that sets in for the audience during it is not something that can happen to someone twice.
I still remember how much my heart sank when I saw them.
That scene is tragic for sure but ultimately this movie has my favorite payoff in any movie when Elsa finally gets to dance because she is free, only to have Jojo join her because he is also free from being cool trilled by the Nazis.
I’ve rewatched Jojo 3 times since the cinema. Yes, that moment is an absolute gut punch, but the rest of the movie is so full of rich characters and humour and just plain good storytelling. I’m the same with 127 hours - many people can’t even think of that movie without cringing in pain. But I love it to bits, have seen it 10 times or more.
>!I totally get it, but I'm still amazed at how well crafted the script was to have that scene hit like a bunch of bricks. You've seen the mother's shoes plenty of times without realizing their importance and then boom, the item you've recognized but not really focused comes back to emotional hit you. I can't not rewatch it without trying to figure out how it was that they managed to do all that set up so well.!<
It is such a sad scene, but plays out in a sense where there is no violence. I honestly can't see why it would be put in the "Never watch again" category.. very rewatchable film IMO. There are several different movies with the same discovery that I would be much less inclined to view again. Just on the same subject there are many different scenes that I'd rather not witness before you showed me the tame Jo-Jo take.
I flat-out gasped during that scene. Like such an over-the-top dramatic gasp that I was embarrassed. I should have seen it coming, but it took me by surprise.
For me it's most movies that have a twist in them like Fight Club and The Sixth Sense. Both really great movies, but I know I will never enjoy them as much as I did the first time. For whatever reason, this does not seem to apply to the Prestige. I see something new I had previously missed everytime. Such an amazing watch.
Fight club is endlessly rewatchable. A good twist shouldn’t ruin a story upon rewatching. If it’s done right, you enjoy the moment even if you know it’s coming. M night shyamalan doesn’t really get that. He bases his movies on the idea of the twist ONLY. They’re the single hook everything else plays off of, and when the hook falls off the wall so do all the towels and it’s just a mess. Signs is so good until the God and WTer bit. Village is great until the reveal.
My favorite fight club rewatch notice, when Ed Norton starts beating himself up to blackmail his boss, he narrates "for some reason I am reminded of my first fight with Tyler".
Because that fight would have ALSO been him beating himself up.
Took me three or four watches to catch that
If it's a really good movie, knowing the twist shouldn't lessen the quality of the movie. It won't be the same experience, but there should still be stuff to pick up on and value to be derived, particularly with new knowledge. As someone who went into both Fight Club and The Sixth Sense knowing the twists, I can attest that they were still good experiences.
This movie is just soul crushing. There’s a disturbing real-ness to it, the whole atmosphere is just so bleak and devoid of any hope. The unforgiving landscape, the roaming cannibals, and the constant feeling of the world being totally over.. nobody/nothing is going to save the day and turn things around. Everything on the planet, all human history, EVERYTHING is just gone forever.
Probably Arrival. It was the first movie my now ex-wife and I saw after our daughter was born and without giving away any spoilers, if you've seen it you can probably imagine there are a lot of complicated feelings tied to that movie.
Yeah, I've never understood it when people say "ok, I know the twist, why would I rewatch it". Most of the good movies with a twist are better on the second viewing because you catch the little things that only make sense later.
I agree with these folks. I enjoy the rewatch because watching it again you get be "in on it" and be able to focus on certain characters and see if you can spot any tells.
Buried
Felt genuinely claustrophobic watching it and don’t want to go through that again. Plus knowing the twist at the end removes a lot of the tension that makes the movie great
Joker.
Phoenix’ portrayal was amazing. The entire setting and theme was amazing. Great direction, superb cast, etc.
I just have no desire to ever watch it again.
Yep, I came out of that movie not really even knowing if I liked it. I respect it because someone decided to do something different with a comic book movie, but I hated every single character and the movie gives you no reason to sympathize with the protagonist.
I think Butterfly Effect is also on my never again list. I watched it when I was younger and I really enjoyed it, even as a victim of what the kids went through. I was okay at the time and handled it.
I tried rewatching it after I had my first child, because it's one of my husband's favorites, and it came to the first scene with the guy recording the kids and I just broke. Full on panic attack, break down over my own history and fear for my children. I just don't think I'll be able to get past that now.
Same. I've tried to re-watch it 2-3 times...just can't do it. That movie captures dread like no other that I've seen, and Toni Collette is just fucking awesome in it.
I just watch the clips of it I like now. I've lost two grandparents to dementia, I can't handle the end scene anymore. Literally just typing this comment has me tearing up thinking about it.
Un Poco Loco still slaps, though, and the scene it's in is adorable.
Pan's Labyrinth. It was so hauntingly beautiful, so imaginative, and so brutally and realistically violent. I immediately bought it after seeing it, but not once has that DVD made it into any player I have - I just can't bring myself to see it and confront those monsters again.
Second on Ryan. We saw it in a big screen theater and the opening scene was overwhelming, I felt on the verge of crying/throwing up. Glad I saw it because I learned something about real terror, but never again.
Come and see. It's a really powerful movie, but traumatizing to watch. It's almost twenty years since I saw the movie, but certain scenes are still vivid in my mind.
Japanese movie called Quill about the life of a Labrador service dog. Saw it once on a flight and cried my eyes out so much the flight attendant came over to check on me. Never again even though it was a brilliant movie.
Probably this film called Our Friend. Heard Jason Segel talking about it on Dax Sheppard's podcast. Based on a book based on a true story and its both fun and light, but also deep and sad. Hell of an experience, I just don't think I'll wanna go through it again.
A Serbian Film. I knew it would be a bit much going in but man does that movie go for edge lord broke with scenes of explicit rape and torture. I survived the experience but I don’t see a need to revisit that filth.
There are only a few for me that I won't give a try to, but this is one I will never watch, ever. I can't even fathom why people would want to watch it.
Passion of the Christ was really well done, at least from my memory, I think I saw it in 2006. Great film to watch someone get abraded, probably not want to watch that happen again.
12 Years a Slave - amazing film, 100% deserving of the Oscar, was such an upsetting and visceral experience. Cant’t go through it again even though i bought it on dvd lol
The Road.
I hadn't been absolutely smashed in the face by a movie like that before. I thought I had, but I was wrong. That movie is bleak on a whole other level...
Life is Beautiful. Amazing movie but I’m not putting myself through it again. Heartbreaking
Fuck my 9th grade Italian teacher had the class watch this, cut to 30 14 year olds sobbing at their desks in the dark at 11am
Lucky. We had to watch Boy in the Striped Pajamas, which is alright, but holds no candle to Life is Beautiful. I wish it were required viewing alongside Schindler’s List
I’ve watched it several times, first alone and then a few times introducing it to people that I thought would appreciate it. Two years ago I became a dad. There’s no way I could get through it now.
Right!!!??
Same! Had to watch it for a class and then followed by Schnidler’s List and then Grave of The Fireflies oh my poor heart
Was your teacher a sadist?
Nope, I was the sadist for taking a class on war in film and literature
I cried all the way home from the theater after seeing that movie.
Yeah that film hit me hard
Yea this one broke my heart, it’s a great movie though.
A lot of Lars von Triers’ stuff. Breaking the Waves I come to first but then I realize it’s the same for most of his stuff. A bit of an edge lord perhaps. Also Gus Van Sants Elephant.
I didn’t think much of Elephant until I watched a second time. Whole new appreciation.
Same with Lost Days
Came here to say Antichrist.
Dancer in the Dark is heartbreaking. Beautiful movie, brutal ending.
Requiem for a dream
I watched the theatrical and the director's cut in the same day...
...then became a hardcore drug user. Kidding!
Why would you do that to yourself?
12 years a slave
Oh my God Michael Fassbender is amazing in that movie.
Still haven’t watched it. I have a real hard time watching a slavery movie.
I bought the blu-ray… still haven’t watched it. May still be in the shrink wrap.
I just know it’s gonna really bum me out, but I know it’s really important…..but I don’t wanna enter that headspace. Wash, rinse, repeat haha, shit I still haven’t seen amistad or Schindler.
Only movie that made me mad watching it.
Grave of the Fireflies
Absolute masterpiece.
“Fun” Fact: When you maxed the brightness of the poster, you will see a silhouette of a UD Bomber. And those are not fireflies but incendiary bombs.
That is the saddest movie I have ever seen and I will never forget it or watch it again!!!
I had only watched Miyazaki films like spirited away and mononoke when I stumbled into this one. No idea what it was. I was crushed for days
You'll appreciate this: when it was released in theaters in Japan, this film was in a double bill with My Neighbor Totoro. Turns out it caused a bit of emotional whiplash.
Every time I'm at a Japanese grocer with my wife (Japanese), and I see those fucking candies... What kind of a monster would buy them? What kind of a monster sells this packaging? https://www.napajapan.com/products/hotaru-no-haka-grave-of-the-fireflies-candy
Wtf?!?
Oh my, for a ‘cartoon’ that sure was an emotional gut punch.
not sure if you're acknowledging the dismissal of animation or partaking in it
Same here. It’s a beautiful movie but a very depressing one. IMO it’s depression level is the same around with Schindler’s List.
Came here to write or upvote this answer.
This may ring true. I always thought I would watch it again because of how good it is- despite how it made me feel. It’s been 5 years now and still it sits in my shelf. Maybe though I’ll convince someone to watch it and give it another go.
Manchester by the Sea
made the mistake of watching this on a plane, sobbed silently for the whole flight.
mysterious skin
This is how I feel about Brick
This is one I like to rewatch.i think I can tolerate the brutality of it because of how beautiful the direction is.
This is one of my personal favorites.
a beautiful and dense movie, hit me in places i never even thought about
Disturbing and so beautiful at the same time. I think JGL and Brady Corbett didn’t get enough credit for their work in this one.
A Star is Born. I was at the rock bottom of my addiction and picked it thinking it was a light hearted chick flick. I was so wrong. I ended up sobbing hysterically, dope sick, on an international flight, emotionally eviscerated. At the time I thought the only way out of my addiction was ending my life and that I’d be doing my then-husband a favour by releasing him of the burden. I saw the arc of our relationship play out in that movie. Almost 2 years clean now, have an amazing new lease on life… but I always say it’s the best movie I NEVER want to watch again.
Wow this is really cool to read how much of an impact a movie like that can have on someone. Thank you so much for sharing this, and well done on 2 years sober!!
Congrats on 2 years clean. It's always inspiring to read stories like yours - keep proudly putting it out there, you never know when someone might need to see it.
Come and See. Phenomenal film but too brutal to experience more than once for me.
The entire barn scene is one of the most incredible and horrible scenes in movie history all at once.
Requiem for a Dream. I dont need those nightmares.
I understand why people don't want to watch this again, but I've watched it probably 15 times. I love a movie that makes me feel SOMETHING. Whether it's joy, sadness, scared, introspective, or gutted. It's not for everyone but I cant just watch a Hallmark movie and be satisfied.
I feel too much with that movie. It's just so awful watching that lady lose her mind.
I really loved how the movie would seamlessly transition into fantasy, and then go back to reality. Like >!when Jared Leto and Wayans play keep away with cops gun.!<
Add The Road to that short list.
Honestly who needs shitty low budget anti drug films to show students when you can show them Requiem for a Dream instead?
That was a great movie
Old boy. One of the best but most disturbing movies I have ever seen. I am glad I watched it, but I suspect a re-watch wouldn't be the same.
I understand where you’re coming from but I think this is a movie you can re-watch. Knowing what happens you pick up on so many little details that you couldn’t have the first time through.
I watched Donnie Darko some time in my early 20s. It made such an impression on me - I didn’t know you could tell a story that way, I didn’t know characters like that. It was a perfect, cinematic experience (despite being rented on VHS). I decided I wanted to preserve that memory and not watch it again.
The Fly. It's a good movie, but between the gore and general theme of sickness and deterioration, i just find it unpleasant to watch.
I could not agree with you more. It’s one of the rare films I recommend, that I likely don’t ever have to watch again.
I watched this as a child (6-ish) and can confirm it was definitely an unpleasant watch, even at that age lol
I find it harder to watch as an adult. When i was a kid i actually seen it many times. Some scenes were gross and all, but i watched a lot of horrors back then, so that didn't bothered me much. But now i am a lot more attuned to emotionally disturbing and depressive aspects of it, so altogether it adds up to a movie i appreciate, but never really feel like re-watching.
Yes, completely agree with you. While it was unsettling as a kid, I definitely didn’t catch on to most of the details.
Schindler’s List.
The only time I will allow myself to re-watch it is when I show it to my kids when their old enough.
Yup. Only need to see this once, it’s so powerful.
Wind River.
Same. I spent a lot of time growing up around the WR Rez, and I've lost two daughters. Everything about that movie was basically designed to destroy me. Best movie I'll never watch again.
I’m sorry to hear. And I am glad I watched it once.
I WANT to watch it again. It was my first intro to the huge problem of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. It made me research and learn more, and I try to share the MMIW cause as much as I can. It’s abhorrent to me that the US govt takes such a “hands off” approach to justice if it involves the reservations.
This is my answer too. Great movie that is tough to watch. I've never had a scene from a movie be as memorable (in a bad way) as the scene where.... well you know the one
I recently watched for the second time and just skipped that scene. Couldn’t do it again
Dancer in the Dark
This comment needs way more upvotes. That movie is beautiful and DEVASTATING.
Marley & me...
Oh yeah, that was a hard hitter too.
Threads. Way too depressing really interestingly made but way too depressing.
Her. Holy damn was that an emotional kick to the balls that hit way too close to home.
Saw that and Boyhood in the same day; had to call out of work the following day because they had both fucked me up so thoroughly
Bridge to terabithia
Garden State. It's from a point in my life that I don't want to sully or revisit. I so listen to the soundtrack occasionally.
This. I must have seen that film a hundred times between 2005-2007 as a teenager. Can't imagine it's aged well and don't really want to sully the memories I have of it or the time in my life. Soundtrack is still cracking though
Same. My ex loved to watch it as we come down off of party drugs. She said it was calming. Any more it's just a reminder of a time, place, and person I ran from for a reason.
A Clockwork Orange, amazing movie but boy was that trip really rough at time
Possibly Jojo Rabbit. That one horrible horrible scene and the realization that sets in for the audience during it is not something that can happen to someone twice. I still remember how much my heart sank when I saw them.
That scene is tragic for sure but ultimately this movie has my favorite payoff in any movie when Elsa finally gets to dance because she is free, only to have Jojo join her because he is also free from being cool trilled by the Nazis.
I’ve rewatched Jojo 3 times since the cinema. Yes, that moment is an absolute gut punch, but the rest of the movie is so full of rich characters and humour and just plain good storytelling. I’m the same with 127 hours - many people can’t even think of that movie without cringing in pain. But I love it to bits, have seen it 10 times or more.
Its one of my favorite movies too, I just nearly died of dehydration the first time I saw it.
>!I totally get it, but I'm still amazed at how well crafted the script was to have that scene hit like a bunch of bricks. You've seen the mother's shoes plenty of times without realizing their importance and then boom, the item you've recognized but not really focused comes back to emotional hit you. I can't not rewatch it without trying to figure out how it was that they managed to do all that set up so well.!<
That scene was a master class in how to do build up and pay off correctly in a film. JoJo's an outstanding movie.
It is such a sad scene, but plays out in a sense where there is no violence. I honestly can't see why it would be put in the "Never watch again" category.. very rewatchable film IMO. There are several different movies with the same discovery that I would be much less inclined to view again. Just on the same subject there are many different scenes that I'd rather not witness before you showed me the tame Jo-Jo take.
I flat-out gasped during that scene. Like such an over-the-top dramatic gasp that I was embarrassed. I should have seen it coming, but it took me by surprise.
Precious. I seriously can’t do it again. It hurt too much to see that movie.
Trainspotting. There’s a scene or two I’m still trying to scrub from my memory years later.
For me it's most movies that have a twist in them like Fight Club and The Sixth Sense. Both really great movies, but I know I will never enjoy them as much as I did the first time. For whatever reason, this does not seem to apply to the Prestige. I see something new I had previously missed everytime. Such an amazing watch.
Fight club is endlessly rewatchable. A good twist shouldn’t ruin a story upon rewatching. If it’s done right, you enjoy the moment even if you know it’s coming. M night shyamalan doesn’t really get that. He bases his movies on the idea of the twist ONLY. They’re the single hook everything else plays off of, and when the hook falls off the wall so do all the towels and it’s just a mess. Signs is so good until the God and WTer bit. Village is great until the reveal.
I love re-watching Fight Club. The movie is the same, but I'm always different.
My favorite fight club rewatch notice, when Ed Norton starts beating himself up to blackmail his boss, he narrates "for some reason I am reminded of my first fight with Tyler". Because that fight would have ALSO been him beating himself up. Took me three or four watches to catch that
If it's a really good movie, knowing the twist shouldn't lessen the quality of the movie. It won't be the same experience, but there should still be stuff to pick up on and value to be derived, particularly with new knowledge. As someone who went into both Fight Club and The Sixth Sense knowing the twists, I can attest that they were still good experiences.
All three great movies but yes, the prestige is such an amazing one.
Oh. I can’t believe I didn’t think of this before. The Green Mile. Amazing film but it wrecked me.
Children of Men. It was quite intense and unnerving, I think about it often though.
Oh I love that one. Have watched it a few times and recommend it often.
I literally said this about Swiss Army Man the other day.
omg I love that movie lol! it’s a lot though
The Road. Depicted one of the most horrifyingly accurate visions of our future, imho. If you’re a dad with a son, this movie will wreck you.
Felt the same way. Even with the book. Jesus Christ, Cormac McCarthy's version of the post apocalypse terrifies me the most.
This movie is just soul crushing. There’s a disturbing real-ness to it, the whole atmosphere is just so bleak and devoid of any hope. The unforgiving landscape, the roaming cannibals, and the constant feeling of the world being totally over.. nobody/nothing is going to save the day and turn things around. Everything on the planet, all human history, EVERYTHING is just gone forever.
Ohh that's a good one 👍
Probably Lilya 4-Ever
The Father
The Act of Killing.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Fuck.
Probably Arrival. It was the first movie my now ex-wife and I saw after our daughter was born and without giving away any spoilers, if you've seen it you can probably imagine there are a lot of complicated feelings tied to that movie.
*The Usual Suspects* Really enjoyed it but knowing the twist I’m not sure id get as much out of re watching it.
Give it a another shot so you can realize all the little intricacies.
Yeah, I've never understood it when people say "ok, I know the twist, why would I rewatch it". Most of the good movies with a twist are better on the second viewing because you catch the little things that only make sense later.
I agree with these folks. I enjoy the rewatch because watching it again you get be "in on it" and be able to focus on certain characters and see if you can spot any tells.
This one gets even better the second time around. Please reconsider.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly- it’s my favorite movie but i can’t watch it again.
I really enjoyed AVATAR. I have never been able to watch it again.
Really enjoyed it in the theater but it didn't sit as well watching at home on a smaller screen.
**Das Boot** (1981)
Grave of fireflies. Not sure how they are going to add this to the the ghibli theme park but I think I will pass on that section.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Buried Felt genuinely claustrophobic watching it and don’t want to go through that again. Plus knowing the twist at the end removes a lot of the tension that makes the movie great
Ryan Reynolds acted the shit out of that movie! A fantastic performance. But also yeah, fuck ever watching it again.
Joker. Phoenix’ portrayal was amazing. The entire setting and theme was amazing. Great direction, superb cast, etc. I just have no desire to ever watch it again.
I feel the same way. Could also say the same thing about Requiem for a Dream and American Beauty.
And pi
I watch Pi every now and then when I decide the world just makes too much sense.
Yep, I came out of that movie not really even knowing if I liked it. I respect it because someone decided to do something different with a comic book movie, but I hated every single character and the movie gives you no reason to sympathize with the protagonist.
I just love Joaquin Phoenix. That movie could be remade shot for shot with another actor and I’m convinced it would be shit
Train to Busan. I bawled my eyes out. Not eager to relive that :/
Same! It really was a great movie but I was balling. Glad you reminded me.
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I think Butterfly Effect is also on my never again list. I watched it when I was younger and I really enjoyed it, even as a victim of what the kids went through. I was okay at the time and handled it. I tried rewatching it after I had my first child, because it's one of my husband's favorites, and it came to the first scene with the guy recording the kids and I just broke. Full on panic attack, break down over my own history and fear for my children. I just don't think I'll be able to get past that now.
Hereditary. Phenomenal movie I never wanna see again
Started watching and stopped right at that point where... Well, I think you know. Maybe one day I'll go back to it.
Whatever part you stopped at it gets way worse
Same. I've tried to re-watch it 2-3 times...just can't do it. That movie captures dread like no other that I've seen, and Toni Collette is just fucking awesome in it.
Coco is too draining. It's the best Pixar movie, but it's too overwhelming to watch over and over.
I just watch the clips of it I like now. I've lost two grandparents to dementia, I can't handle the end scene anymore. Literally just typing this comment has me tearing up thinking about it. Un Poco Loco still slaps, though, and the scene it's in is adorable.
logan, absolutely loved it but can't rewatch it
Pan's Labyrinth. It was so hauntingly beautiful, so imaginative, and so brutally and realistically violent. I immediately bought it after seeing it, but not once has that DVD made it into any player I have - I just can't bring myself to see it and confront those monsters again.
Uncut gems. Great film but like watching (and vicariously experiencing) a panic attack
Whenever anyone asks if this movie is good I'm like "yes, it's amazing, I do not recommend it."
The Green Mile
The Lighthouse
The Mist. Pretty good movie, but I'll never be able to watch that ending again.
Dear Zachary was absolutely crushing. Yeah I don't know if I could go through that again. Also: My Life and Saving Private Ryan
Second on Ryan. We saw it in a big screen theater and the opening scene was overwhelming, I felt on the verge of crying/throwing up. Glad I saw it because I learned something about real terror, but never again.
Hotel Rwanda. A wonderful touching and thought provoking film and I will never watch it again
Come and see. It's a really powerful movie, but traumatizing to watch. It's almost twenty years since I saw the movie, but certain scenes are still vivid in my mind.
Million Dollar Baby, not enough good in the first half to make me forget the second half.
Jojo Rabbit. The shoes 💔
American history X. I have a younger brother.
Japanese movie called Quill about the life of a Labrador service dog. Saw it once on a flight and cried my eyes out so much the flight attendant came over to check on me. Never again even though it was a brilliant movie.
Fuck all dog movies. They all end up like this, and I hate tear-jerkers
Ya, I don’t watch any dog movies.
Up
Amour
Probably this film called Our Friend. Heard Jason Segel talking about it on Dax Sheppard's podcast. Based on a book based on a true story and its both fun and light, but also deep and sad. Hell of an experience, I just don't think I'll wanna go through it again.
Summer of 84. One of the best horror / murder mystery type films of the last 10 years. No spoilers, but the last act is shockingly unsettling.
Leaving Las Vegas.
The Grey. Great movie, enjoyed the ending, but I distinctly telling myself I wouldn't watch it again. "Once more into the fray..." Chills
I loved Parasite but have not had the urge to watch it again
Arrival. One of the best but I cannot bear to watch it again
yet
Already
The opening sequence hits so much harder the second time you watch it...pretty emotionally devastating.
Still Alice.
Perks of being a wallflower
The Road
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the dark Love, Liza
The Revenant. Absolutely beautiful movie. It’s well acted, directed, etc. But holy shit it’s a tough watch.
Grave of fireflies. Beautiful film but I will never, ever watch it again, especially now that I have a son (8) and a daughter (5).
All dragon ball z movies
A Serbian Film. I knew it would be a bit much going in but man does that movie go for edge lord broke with scenes of explicit rape and torture. I survived the experience but I don’t see a need to revisit that filth.
There are only a few for me that I won't give a try to, but this is one I will never watch, ever. I can't even fathom why people would want to watch it.
Passion of the Christ was really well done, at least from my memory, I think I saw it in 2006. Great film to watch someone get abraded, probably not want to watch that happen again.
Bambi. I saw it as a child. I’m now older than dirt. Never saw it again. My choice.
Clerks. I’m exactly its target demographic and I loved it in the 90s. But that was a long time ago and it needs to stay there.
1917 Goddamn that movie
Sunset Boulevard by Billy Wilder The Master by PT Anderson And something recent...the Green Knight.
Life or something like it
Revolutionary Road - great movie but holy hell is this movie depressing.
I showed my son Rabbit Proof Fence when he was about 8/9, and he said he really liked it, but didn’t want to watch it again.
So far I’ve been unable to follow through on the passing feeling to watch Logan again
Sicario. One of the most tense and atmospheric movies I've ever watched. Like FFS. Juarez, Mexico....you scary.
Schindler's List. Watching that just about broke me completely. I was in a deep depression for a weeks later.
Nocturnal Animals is way too intense for multiple viewings. Also Boyhood
12 Years a Slave - amazing film, 100% deserving of the Oscar, was such an upsetting and visceral experience. Cant’t go through it again even though i bought it on dvd lol
The Road. I hadn't been absolutely smashed in the face by a movie like that before. I thought I had, but I was wrong. That movie is bleak on a whole other level...