Movie Marathon (Part 1)

[Spoons]

@mjmlabs

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies

I do not understand this prompt, nor have I seen the example, nor have I ever heard of it. Can you elaborate on what you are looking for?

[mjmlabs]

@Spoons

I do not understand this prompt, nor have I seen the example, nor have I ever heard of it. Can you elaborate on what you are looking for?

Sure. Looking for films that are both A) worth seeing due to historical importance, artistic achievement, weighty/thought-provoking subject matter, and/or any other criteria one posits for “worthiness,” and B) extremely likely, if not absolutely guaranteed to produce a negative emotional reaction in the viewer.

I’m reluctant to offer additional examples, because that’s a bit contrary to the notion of “thread games,” but some possible general notions might be “harrowing documentaries” (of which the initial entry is one), “heartbreaking dramas,” “pessimistic dystopias,” and so on.

Looking for movies that are both “bummers” and worth seeing anyway.

Here’s an IMDb user review of the initial entry, for flavor:

10/10 - The most disturbing film I’ve ever seen.
6 March 2002

I’ve had the good fortune to see TITICUT FOLLIES, which for legal reasons has long been a difficult thing to do. It’s an appalling, unnerving, and deeply important film. It has cut into my mind the way very few films, documentaries or otherwise, have succeeded in doing.

I urge people, documentary fans or no, to seek this out. It casts a terrible reflection on society’s view of the mentally ill, and the treatment thereof. Perhaps the conditions at Titicut have improved, but I’m not sure society’s attitudes have at all.

[mjmlabs]

Missed the edit window … perhaps I should explicitly point out that there are hyperlinks available in both the initial entry (to the IMDb listing) and the explanatory post immediately above (to the Wikipedia page)?

[Bayaker]

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies
2. Million Dollar Baby

[Knowed_Out]

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eraserhead

[DCnDC]

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eraserhead
4. Requiem for a Dream

[Elendil_s_Heir]

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eraserhead
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

[Annie-Xmas]

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eraserhead
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
6. Charley

[Personal]

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eraserhead
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
6. Charley
7. SLC Punk!

[atimnie]

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eraserhead
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
6. Charley
7. SLC Punk!
8. Videodrome

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eraserhead
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
6. Charley
7. SLC Punk!
8. Videodrome
9. The Bridge to Terabithia

[Elendil_s_Heir]

“Feel-BAD” films well worth seeing (but make no mistake, you will feel bad when it’s over)

1. Titicut Follies
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eraserhead
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
6. Charley
7. SLC Punk!
8. Videodrome
9. The Bridge to Terabithia
10. The Sixth Sense

Next up:

Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places
2. The Muppet Movie

[burpo_the_wonder_mutt]

Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places
2. The Muppet Movie
3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

sorry

[Intergalactic_Gladiator]

Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places
2. The Muppet Movie
3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
4. School of Rock

[Annie-Xmas]

Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places
2. The Muppet Movie
3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
4. School of Rock
5. A Hard Day’s Night

[Knowed_Out]

Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places
2. The Muppet Movie
3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
4. School of Rock
5. A Hard Day’s Night
6. The Pineapple Express

[mjmlabs]

Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places
2. The Muppet Movie
3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
4. School of Rock
5. A Hard Day’s Night
6. The Pineapple Express
7. The Blues Brothers

[Spoons]

Thanks, mjmlabs, for the explanation for the previous prompt!

[Typo_Negative]

Movies that always make you happy

1. Trading Places
2. The Muppet Movie
3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
4. School of Rock
5. A Hard Day’s Night
6. The Pineapple Express
7. The Blues Brothers
8. Mr Right