Most Difficult Movie to Watch?

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Thanks for saving me a post. I saw that comment, went through some movies in my head (including Scarface and Goodfellas) and couldn't understand the glorification thing either. Sure, there's glorification at some point but that's not the message. The message tends to be 'this lifestyle sucks on many levels'.

So do the movies. Seriously, they're not interesting. I just don't care about the characters. I don't care what the do. I don't care if they live or die. I just care about where my TV remote is, so I can change the channel to something good.

By the way, Goodfellas and Casino have only one good scene. When Joe Pesci gets killed. The rest is boring. I don't know if there is any good scenes in Scarface, as I've never been able to stay awake through the entire movie. The movie was doomed to be terrible from the start. An Italian guy pretending to be a Cuban in a Movie pretending to take place in Miami filmed in L.A. Epic derp.

 

[Jhaelen]

People gather souvenirs of the bloody clothes and even pulled out hunks of Bonnie hair.

The life attracts people because like most people they don't believe that they will badly or they don't care as long as they life in the fast lane until the very end.

You are starting to generalize pretty wildly here. 'People' do all kinds of things. That doesn't mean it's representative of a majority.

I'd also like to point out that there are reasons besides 'entertainment' to watch movies. Many of the movies I consider difficult to watch are in that category. Often my motive is my wish to learn something, e.g. I wanted to see Melancholia because it gave me some insight into the mind of a person suffering from depressions. I didn't feel 'entertained' by the movie, but I still felt it was time well spent and the movie is definitely worth watching. Basically, my motivation to watch such movies is similar to why I watch documentaries. A movie with a strong narrative and believable characters can work better to understand many topics than the best documentary could.

 

[Lwaxy]

Titanic. Too much drama and romance, and hey we all knew the ending beforehand. I didn't finish it.

The new Star Trek movies. Not counting that I hate reboots and think this particulat one messed up badly anyway - what's with the lightning? I felt like getting seizures watching it. I never wanna watch the first again and I'm not gonna bother with the others.

Misery. I fell asleep twice, not sure if because of the bad directing or the bad acting.

Gone with the Wind - see Titanic, save the knowing the end.

Alien - really, it just lives off of boobs and scenes wanting to make you jump, the story is so lame it makes my neighbor's donkey seem like a racehorse. Of course you still jump at every little thing if you are me so... yeah, bad.

Flatliners - The story in itself was disturbing to me, but boring interludes and not-so-good acting made it worse.


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[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Titanic. Too much drama and romance, and hey we all knew the ending beforehand. I didn't finish it.

The new Star Trek movies. Not counting that I hate reboots and think this particulat one messed up badly anyway - what's with the lightning? I felt like getting seizures watching it. I never wanna watch the first again and I'm not gonna bother with the others.

Misery. I fell asleep twice, not sure if because of the bad directing or the bad acting.

Gone with the Wind - see Titanic, save the knowing the end.

Alien - really, it just lives off of boobs and scenes wanting to make you jump, the story is so lame it makes my neighbor's donkey seem like a racehorse. Of course you still jump at every little thing if you are me so... yeah, bad.

Flatliners - The story in itself was disturbing to me, but boring interludes and not-so-good acting made it worse.

Wait, why does your neighbor have a donkey?

 

[trappedslider]

Before this topic goes wildly off topic....

Gone with the Wind - see Titanic, save the knowing the end.

I actually enjoy this movie, I also enjoyed reading the book back in middle school as well. So if it's on the TV and jsut starting then i'll sit down and watch it, but if it's like haly-way in then i'll give it a pass. I like the dynamic between some of the characters.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

So do the movies. Seriously, they're not interesting. I just don't care about the characters. I don't care what the do. I don't care if they live or die. I just care about where my TV remote is, so I can change the channel to something good.

By the way, Goodfellas and Casino have only one good scene. When Joe Pesci gets killed. The rest is boring. I don't know if there is any good scenes in Scarface, as I've never been able to stay awake through the entire movie. The movie was doomed to be terrible from the start. An Italian guy pretending to be a Cuban in a Movie pretending to take place in Miami filmed in L.A. Epic derp.

I'll admit Scarface is pretty dated but that's the fun in it now. At any rate, I only mentioned it cuz it doesn't glorify cartel life in any way.

Casino and Goodfellas, though? dood, the dialogue is awesome. Well written, well acted stuff.

 

[sabrinathecat]

You are starting to generalize pretty wildly here. 'People' do all kinds of things. That doesn't mean it's representative of a majority.

I'd also like to point out that there are reasons besides 'entertainment' to watch movies. Many of the movies I consider difficult to watch are in that category. Often my motive is my wish to learn something, e.g. I wanted to see Melancholia because it gave me some insight into the mind of a person suffering from depressions. I didn't feel 'entertained' by the movie, but I still felt it was time well spent and the movie is definitely worth watching. Basically, my motivation to watch such movies is similar to why I watch documentaries. A movie with a strong narrative and believable characters can work better to understand many topics than the best documentary could.

In the years following the publishing of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," the publisher was bombarded with letters from people wanting to know where they could get tickets, or just go to watch the fun. Not just 4 or 5, but hundreds.
The Human Race is sick. Sick, sick, sick. Hence another topic I started recently...

 

[Grumpy RPG Reviews]

Wait, why does your neighbor have a donkey?

Maybe the guy just needs to haul ass sometimes, explaining the racehorse thing.

Anyway, for me Schindler's List. An excellent film I will not watch a second time.

Also, Passion of Christ.

 

[Lwaxy]

Wait, why does your neighbor have a donkey?

He also has fowl, geese, chicken, ducks, a dog, a bunch of sheep, 2 llamas, a very annoying goat and 3 children. Some people keep those things

Happens where subburb meets country, or rather intermingles with it.

 

[Kramodlog]

Why would anyone want to live in the suburbs or country? A chalet in the country I can understand, to mingle with our primate ancestors, but more than a few days is just icky. So far away from civilized food and culture.