My choice is The Revenant. That movie was incredible but fuck me it was way too long.
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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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All movies over 2.5 hours EXCEPT Wolf of Wall Street.
there is some sort of wormhole that opens when that moviesplaying that makes it feel like 2 hours instead of 3.
there is some sort of wormhole that opens when that moviesplaying that makes it feel like 2 hours instead of 3.
I actually felt that way after seeing Saving Private Ryan for the first time.
But probably Schindlers List.
But probably Schindlers List.
Schindler's List for me. It's a damn great film but that movie was hard enough for me to watch once that I can't see myself watching it again.
Kinda felt that way about Joker because it was so uncomfortable. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is an excellent movie, but I don't think I can bring myself to watch it again because I found it too disturbing and sad. Downfall is probably one of my favorite war movies, but I won't watch it because it's so damn long.
Anything directed by Gaspar Noe (Enter the Void, Irreversible, etc).
Those films are a work of genius, brilliantly executed. But also extremely disturbing. They pushed me way out of my comfort zone, and I felt psychologically scarred after watching them. Mind-bending, psychedelic films are usually a one-and-done experience.
Richard Linklater (Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, etc) makes trippy films that are quite enjoyable on repeated viewings, though, because they don't take you down such a dark and unsettling path.
Those films are a work of genius, brilliantly executed. But also extremely disturbing. They pushed me way out of my comfort zone, and I felt psychologically scarred after watching them. Mind-bending, psychedelic films are usually a one-and-done experience.
Richard Linklater (Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, etc) makes trippy films that are quite enjoyable on repeated viewings, though, because they don't take you down such a dark and unsettling path.
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The Joker and The Revenant are really good choices for this. Both great movies but they both made me very uncomfortable watching. So no desire to watch again.
Otherwise movies that rely on a major plottwist simply because that feeling of surprise can never come back by rewatching.
Otherwise movies that rely on a major plottwist simply because that feeling of surprise can never come back by rewatching.
Great choice -- I think about this movie often but never want to watch it again.
Midsommar is a recent film I quite enjoyed and there is a crazy amount of imagery I'd like to look for on a rewatch. But it was a pretty uncomfortable film.
Silence. And not just because of the length. It's a beautiful, arduous, miserable, amazing, challenging film that I came out of thinking I'd seen a genuine masterpiece. I don't want to see it again, because my experience the first time around was so profound that I doubt I'd like it anywhere near as much on a rewatch.
Also it's three hours long.
Also it's three hours long.
Yep this. I recommend it to everyone when I can, but I don't want to watch it with them.
Lion.
Enjoyed every moment of it and sobbed in the cinema, yet I don't know if I want to sit through 2 and a half hours of it again.
That last scene though...
Enjoyed every moment of it and sobbed in the cinema, yet I don't know if I want to sit through 2 and a half hours of it again.
That last scene though...
Melancholia is a very good call.
For me it's probably Threads.
I watched Threads as a double bill with Come and See one weekend.
There is something wrong with me.
For me it's probably Threads.
I watched Threads as a double bill with Come and See one weekend.
There is something wrong with me.
Grave of the Fireflies and that Christian Bale movie where he plays as guy that protects Chinese girls from Japanese soldiers.
The former is so sad, the latter is horrific to the point that I never want to see them again even though they are good movies.
The former is so sad, the latter is horrific to the point that I never want to see them again even though they are good movies.
Beavis and Butthead Do America. I liked it so much that I don't want to overwatch it the way I did so many of my other favorites.
Loving Vincent was gorgeous and I really enjoyed it since I didn't know much about Vincent van Gogh, but some of the themes hit too close to home.
Loving Vincent was gorgeous and I really enjoyed it since I didn't know much about Vincent van Gogh, but some of the themes hit too close to home.
This is 100% the first film I thought of.
If I had to give another one Three Identical Strangers was a great Documentary but there is stuff in there that would just make me upset/mad that I don't really want to experience again anytime soon.
Edit: just thought of another one very similar to Grave of the Fireflies called In This Corner of the World that also fucked me up immensely so that's another one.
Kill List.
Incredible film. Tension through the roof. Acting impeccable. Phenomenal direction. And it is absolutely harrowing. I don't think I can manage it a second time.
Incredible film. Tension through the roof. Acting impeccable. Phenomenal direction. And it is absolutely harrowing. I don't think I can manage it a second time.
Dancer in the Dark. Very good film, very powerful, but holy shit was it depressing and sad. It stayed with me for weeks after I saw it years ago, and I haven't watched it since and never want to watch it again.
I recommend the Dollop on the guy it was based on. Hugh Glass.
I think mine would be Requiem for a Dream.
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Aftermath
It's a short film about necrofilia. It is fucked up and disgusting and one of the more amazing pieces of cinema i've ever seen.
It's a short film about necrofilia. It is fucked up and disgusting and one of the more amazing pieces of cinema i've ever seen.