Great Movies You Never Want to See Again

Cafe Society
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I was thinking about what were the best movies that I have ever seen, and I noticed that there were a couple films at the top of my list that I never wanted to see again. The biggest one i can think of is Schindler’s List. I probably wouldn’t have seen that movie if my high school hadn’t made everyone watch it together in the theatre. You’ve never heard such a hush fall on over 100 high school kids as after that movie.

This got me wondering, does anyone else have a movie that they thought was tremendous, but had such an effect on them that they didn’t want to watch it ever again?

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For me, that would be Sling Blade

The little kid, Frank, reminded me of my nephew. I couldn’t stop bawling for 30 minutes after we left the theatre. I can’t sit through it again.

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The Thin Red Line.

And The Accused.

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Gone With the Wind. Scarlett O’Hara really irritates me.

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I agree with ‘Schindler’s List’. Just too much. EVERYONE should see it though.

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I have quite a few movies on my “best ever” list that I have only seen once and have no desire to see again:

Platoon
Schindler’s List
Gandhi
Good Will Hunting
The Deer Hunter
Saving Private Ryan

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Leaving Las Vegas and …crap, I totally blanked on the title - the Mel Gibson William Wallace one with the blue face paint.

Glad I saw 'em both. Never want to put myself through that again.

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Braveheart. Ugh. Mel Gibson should NOT be allowed to make historical films!

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Gandhi
Mean Streets

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Seven (merciful God)
Beloved (actually I just read the book, but the harrowing subject matter kept me out of the theatre)
Pink Flamingoes (sorry, fans)
…and just about anything that has a really graphic rape scene in it. Somewhere around "98 I suddenly became burnt out on graphic portrayals of violence against women. I mean, more than usual.

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A.I. I know it’s not really classic or anything, but I thought it was really well done, I just never want to see it again, ever.

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Kids

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A Clockwork Orange.

I saw it for the first time while I was in high school, then read a copy of the screenplay, then saw it again when I was in college, and I remember sitting there and thinking, “Okay, I KNOW this movie backwards and forwards now, and I don’t EVER have to see this movie again, if I don’t wanna.”

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Oh, and I listened to the soundtrack, too. Didn’t Wendy Carlos do the musical arrangements?

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Ooh, Ike, good one - I saw A Clockwork Orange in a double feature with Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Never again, for either.

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American Beauty – I loved it, but Spacey dead on that table and the detritus of his death is more than I can see again.

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Whoa! Some spoiler warnings if you’re going to give away the end of the movie, please! :slight_smile:

For me, I’d have to go with The Piano. Great film, loved it, can never bear to see it again. Ditto Saving Private Ryan. I can never ever ever stand to sit through that opening sequence again, no way, no how.

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Lawrence of Arabia. My favorite part was the one with the giant sucking mouth under the hovercraft.

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There are a few that everyone ELSE thinks is great, but I don’t want to see again. Seven Samuri is one…

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. A masterpiece of psychological horror and a most unwanted glimpse into the banality of evil.

Hodge