# Movies that were good but you never want to see again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724 "2009-01-03T19:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/41 "2009-01-04T01:24:34Z")
> [@Gwyen](#): > > Passion of the Christ. > > No matter what you believe that movie was harsh to sit through. Was I the only one who laughed my ass off all the way through this? [Violent Cop](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098360/) and [Boiling Point](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098967/). They were playing in Brattle Square as a double feature in '99, and we went to see it thinking we were in for a night of John Woo-type action. Takeshi Kitano is _ **not** _ John Woo. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/42 "2009-01-04T01:33:33Z")
I’ll echo others about Schindler’s List, and Saving Private Ryan. To carry on with the World War II theme, I plan never to see Sophie’s Choice again. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/43 "2009-01-04T01:45:54Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > _Bridge to Terabithia_. I didn’t know what was going to happen in the movie, as it was deceptively advertised. I really enjoyed most of it… then, THAT happens. > > I’m forty years old, and I still insist that movie destroyed my childhood. We didn’t know what we were watching either. We thought it was a _Narnia_ knockoff. It made my husband cry. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/44 "2009-01-04T02:06:41Z")
Along with _Schindler’s List_ and _Saving Private Ryan_, I’ll add _A Simple Plan_. I saw it the day after I saw _Saving Private Ryan_. It was a downer of a week. ---
**Author:** ![Winkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Winkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winkie)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/45 "2009-01-04T02:07:08Z")
**Leaving Las Vegas.** Went to see this with a friend one evening, not really knowing what it was about. Great performances, amazing movie - but the rape scene stayed with me for a really long time, and as the daughter of an alcoholic I just can’t deal with the subject matter. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/46 "2009-01-04T02:16:17Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > Was I the only one who laughed my ass off all the way through this? Um…Yeah most likely. Even if you aren’t a Christian, from a “oh my God they did that to human beings and _didn’t care_??” standpoint it’s a pretty freakin brutal film. **Crash** is my movie. Saw it, thought it was good, don’t really need to see again. ---
**Author:** ![Omgalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@Omgalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omgalion)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/47 "2009-01-04T02:40:44Z")
Once Were Warriors. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/48 "2009-01-04T03:32:18Z")
Three movies that I understand are ‘good movies’, but all the huzzahs over their brilliance make me feel that I am all alone… I Am Legend - had a bad feeling about this one from the first 5 minutes. Pulp Fiction. Appalling scenes. Fargo. Appalling scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/49 "2009-01-04T03:37:49Z")
I agree with **Pan’s Labyrinth**. I would like to add **Dancer in the Dark**. When I saw it, over half of the theater was sobbing at the end. ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/50 "2009-01-04T03:51:29Z")
**Chinatown** ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/51 "2009-01-04T03:53:00Z")
Sixth Sense and Momento. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/52 "2009-01-04T03:55:42Z")
The Pianist, although I did end up sitting through about half of it a second time. I second Dancer in the Dark, and I think I’d add Pi. It’s probably a better movie than Requiem for a Dream anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/53 "2009-01-04T03:56:43Z")
Lord of the Rings. All three of them. Saw them only once in the theater and will NEVER see them again. I liked the films but can never do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/54 "2009-01-04T05:37:38Z")
> **[Happiness (1998) ⭐ 7.7 | Comedy, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/)** > > 2h 14m | NC-17 Happiness ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/55 "2009-01-04T06:04:13Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/) > > Happiness Excellent choice. I wish I hadn’t seen it the first time. Philip Seymour Hoffman will always be that guy to me, no matter how many Oscars he wins and how nice of a person he may be in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/56 "2009-01-04T07:09:46Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > Sixth Sense and Momento. _Memento_. An easy way to _remember_ the spelling of _Memento_ is that it has to do with _memory_. There’s no such word as “momento”; don’t know why I keep seeing that misspelling. I came in to add _Affliction_. Wonderful performances, including James Coburn finally winning an Oscar. But the tragedy is just too raw and pathetic and believable. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/57 "2009-01-04T08:37:44Z")
_American Me_. I have nothing more to add. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/58 "2009-01-04T08:41:19Z")
[quote=“Baldwin, post:56, topic:479724”] _Memento_. An easy way to _remember_ the spelling of _Memento_ is that it has to do with _memory_. There’s no such word as “momento”; don’t know why I keep seeing that misspelling. I came in to add _Affliction_. Wonderful performances, including James Coburn finally winning an Oscar. But the tragedy is just too raw and pathetic and believable.[/QU I think that there is actually a movie called “Momento,” but I don’t know if that’s what he’s talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/59 "2009-01-04T08:42:25Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > _Memento_. An easy way to _remember_ the spelling of _Memento_ is that it has to do with _memory_. There’s no such word as “momento”; don’t know why I keep seeing that misspelling. > > I came in to add _Affliction_. Wonderful performances, including James Coburn finally winning an Oscar. But the tragedy is just too raw and pathetic and believable. I think that there actually is a movie called, “Momento,” but I don’t know if that’s what he’s actually talking about. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/60 "2009-01-04T12:19:52Z")
I’ll add my vote for _Life is Beautiful._ Fabulous movie. I cried for a week. And it’s why I will never watch _Schindler’s List_, _Saving Private Ryan_ or _Old Yeller_. I know the stories. I simply do not want to have scenes that I know exist indelibly etched in my memory. And I probably could have blithely lived my whole life in ignorant bliss of _Pan’s Labyrinth_, _Sophie’s Choice_ and _We Were Soldiers_. Now, where did I put my rose-colored glasses? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724.md?page=4)