Excellent Movies that you know you can never watch again.

[Bertha Venation]

Sophie's Choice

Powder

[ceile]

1. Trainspotting

Too disturbing...

[LynneSin]

13. Only way I can watch that movie is with subtitles

I mean, I know they speak English and I speak English. But damn, those accents were so fricking heavy that it wasn't until I put the subtitles on that I realized that Sick Boy had some weird fascination with James Bond and Sean Connery.

[Inchworm]

14. I still have a few images that pop into my mind's eye from this one

:scared:

[Nickster]

48. Love it! I'm all about the dark humour.

[GreenPartyVoter]

52. My lil bro talked me out of it back when ElderGreenKid was just a wee tot. Said

it would freak me out to no end.

[myrna minx]

59. That film still haunts me as does Last Exit to Brooklyn. n/t

[BarenakedLady]

74. Good choice

I read the book only once too.

[Mad_Dem_X]

2. Edward Scissorhands

The ending was just too heartbreaking for me. :(

[Bertha Venation]

6. actually, that one's on my list too

It's horrible when he says "I'm not finished" and you know that Vincent Price has died mid-creation. So sad.

[Symarip]

3. W.

It was good. I just don't need to see it again.

[LynneSin]

18. I wont' even see it the first time - I'm too close to the subject matter

:scared:

[midnight armadillo]

70. Why see it when we've lived it?

Maybe in 50 years I'll watch it. Probably not.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Blood Diamond

Well done, but depressing as hell.

[blueraven95]

5. probably Schindler's List

that's the one that has been hardest for me.

Also, (damn, I don't know how to find the correct symbol), Pie (the number, not the food). I don't know if I'd call it excellent, but it was interesting and worth the watch, but never again.

[Whoa_Nelly]

77. Schindler's List was hard for me to watch, too

And here's your pi ;)

[kentauros]

7. Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka)

Although I do torture myself every few years and watch as it's compelling for the animation quality alone.

[tigereye]

27. wow, that looks heart-breaking, and powerful

:cry:

[kentauros]

29. It is very powerful!

It will make even the manliest of men cry...

I get emotional with movies anyway, even with just a good soundtrack. I am easily manipulated

[tigereye]

30. I'm a big softie.... my husband and I sniffled our way though the

Bishop's WIfe the other night - and that's fairly light, if somewhat philosophical fare.... My son (12) just shakes his head at us....

[mia]

72. Thank you. Watching it on YouTube now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHzcFUDPpgA

[kentauros]

75. You're welcome :)

So what did you think?
I didn't know it had been uploaded to youtube and the subtitled one at that.

That quality of the upload is good, though I would still recommend seeing it on at least your home set. If your local art houses ever show it, go see it on a big screen (I know I'd like to.)

Takahata has directed some wonderful films ("Only Yesterday" comes to mind) and his attention to detail seems even finer than his friend Myazaki.

[BeachBaby]

8. Schindler's List.

I was an absolutely bawling baby through much of it.

I will never forget it - but I can't bring myself to watch it again. :(

[GOPisEvil]

10. Yep. That's the one.

Not only can I not watch it again, I do not really want to. I felt as though I was beaten up emotionally by that movie, excellent though it was. I'm glad I saw it, but I don't need to see it again.

[Maine-ah]

33. that's top of my list too.

I don't think I could bring myself to watch it again either. :cry:

[TZ]

37. I've watched it several times.

Its a gut wrenching movie, yes, but the story is SOOO uplifting in the end..

[easttexaslefty]

9. Leaving Las Vegas n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. The Killing Fields n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

56. That's mine. A great movie, but hard to watch.

[NewJeffCT]

58. That would be mine as well

I don't think I've ever left a movie theater so drained emotionally.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. 'Schindler's List' and 'Born on the Fourth of July'.

[Lyric]

15. The Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan

[kentauros]

16. All the deaths in Saving Private Ryan

were too "real" for me. Not that I've ever been in such a situation, only that it was disturbingly real (another reason why I don't like movies where masses of people die.) I don't feel a need to watch it again.

Excellent movie, though :)

[SteppingRazor]

21. The only death scene there that really made me wince was...

when Adam Goldberg took a knife to the chest after a long struggle with that German soldier. That was brutal.

[GreenPartyVoter]

53. I'm saving those realistic war movies for when my boys get a little older. If they

start worshiping war, those movies are coming out of storage.

For now, they get M*A*S*H.

[MrCoffee]

17. Requiem for a Dream. Apocalypse Now.

[SteppingRazor]

20. I'd like to second Requiem for a Dream.

Great movie, but oh my fucking god, I am never going to watch another minute of that thing.

[Mollis]

35. I third Requiem for a Dream

Great movie...but hard to watch.

[Iggo]

38. Requiem For A Dream

Ohdeargodneverneverneverneverneverneverneveragain.

[nickgutierrez]

49. 5th for Requiem for a Dream.

I loved it the first time around, but there's no way in hell I'm putting myself through that again. It's exhausting.

[Pale Blue Dot]

19. The Ice Storm nt

[AlCzervik]

22. Pan's Labyrinth and Schindler's list.

[Paladin]

78. "Pan's Labyrinth" Is Mine

I have a pretty high tolerance for violence and cruelty in movies, but nothing prepared me for the stuff in that flick. Expertly done? Without a doubt. Enjoyable to watch? Yeah, about as much fun as root canal work.....

[Marrah_G]

23. Schindlers List

[derby378]

24. Taxi Driver

Wonderful, powerful, depressing film. Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle needs a hug and a plateful of cookies.

A cinematic masterpiece - but I can't see myself buying the DVD.

[edbermac]

31. Oh yeah, used to love that film years ago.

I see it now and get very freaked out, especially the "you talkin' to me?" scene.

[Iggo]

41. I know, huh!

He gets crazier and scarier looking the older I get.

[JCMach1]

25. Hotel Rwanda....

Damn good film, but ouch...

[MrCoffee]

26. If you thought that was bad, check out Sometimes In April

A much more faithful (and consequently painful) telling of the genocide.

[Broken_Hero]

28. I honestly can't think of any....

:shrug:

[Orsino]

32. The Accused

Vivid rape scene. Couldn't finish it.

[Mad_Dem_X]

36. Yes.

Excellent movie, but there's no way I would ever watch that again, especially the rape scene.

[timtom]

That's how I felt about

"I Spit on your Grave"

Had to stop the movie. Can't watch it.

[applegrove]

34. I would say Sophie's Choice as well.

[darkstar]

39. Deer Hunter.... lots more of mione already listed

[AwakeAtLast]

40. The Killing Fields

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

42. Funny Games

It was remade this year in America, shot-for-shot, by the original director and although I'm curious to see how that works, I just can't go back there.

[calico1]

43. Schindler's List.

And I have a copy of it too. Just can't bring myself to see it again.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

44. Double Happiness

...probably Sandra Oh's greatest single performance, and yes, I've seen "Sideways"...



http://www.amazon.com/Double-Happiness-Sandra-Oh/dp/B000MRAAIS/

I can't even talk about this one without giving up spoilers, but it's a 5-star movie that I will probably never watch again.

:toast:

[riverdeep]

45. There's quite a few.

'Playing For Time' with Vanessna Redgrave. Women in the holocaust who have to play classical music to appease the Nazis to let them live. Agonizing to watch.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081344/usercomments

'The Exorcist'. It's just unpleasant.But an amazing film.

[MorningGlow]

46. Breaking the Waves

:scared:

Leaving Las Vegas and Trainspotting are also on my "never again" list.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

47. American History X.

[sakabatou]

50. The Dark Knight

[alphafemale]

51. Audition.

goodgooglymoogly

I was absolutely riveted by the last 15 minutes or so.

Wanted to look away...but couldn't.

[Lil Missy]

54. Ironweed.

[Alexander]

55. Lone Star

A highly disturbing plot twist takes place at the end, among other plot twists.

If you've seen it, you will know exactly which plot twist I'm referring to.

Overall the movie was very good, if you can deal with the ending.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

57. Most of the ones already mentioned

:scared:

[Danger Mouse]

60. It'll be awhile before I can watch "No Country for Old Men" again, I think.

[RevolutionaryActs]

62. Because it was so stupid and pointless?

:P

[Danger Mouse]

63. ...

:spank:

[RevolutionaryActs]

65. Explain to me what was so great about it?

Because I seriously Did.Not.Get.It.

[Danger Mouse]

66. You're a girl. Maybe that's the problem.

[RevolutionaryActs]

67. Could be.

Javier Bardem was badass, but other than that the movie sucked. omg so boring. :boring:

[Danger Mouse]

68. BORING???

I found it tense and suspenseful.

[midnight armadillo]

71. The movie was awesome

It's not about Bardem playing a badass. It has nothing to do with money either.

[RevolutionaryActs]

73. Like I said, I just didn't get it.

:shrug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

61. Brokeback Mountain.

When I first saw it, I knew it would be a while before I watched it again, but since Heath died I don't think I'll ever be able to watch it again. :cry:

[Stuart G]

64. Night and Fog..1955 - French Subtitles- Nuit et brouillard (1955)

[nomorenomore08]

69. I dunno... I've already re-watched "Last House on the Left," and "Cannibal Holocaust" is probably

due for a repeat viewing someday soon. So I guess there aren't any... :shrug:

[Roon]

76. Philadelphia eom

[amitten]

79. Boys Don't Cry. n/t