# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/61 "2009-01-04T13:14:59Z")
> [@Gwyen](#): > > Passion of the Christ. > > No matter what you believe that movie was harsh to sit through. It was indeed. I saw it three times. For me, the answer to the OP is probably BOYS DON’T CRY. I could watch it again, but I prefer not to. Gotta admit that ERASERHEAD and even at times BLUE VELVET … make me laugh. In fact, I’ve sprung ERASERHEAD on people by surprise. Also FREAKS and NAKED LUNCH (there’s more than two things wrong with THAT movie!) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/62 "2009-01-04T13:30:06Z")
I will watch _Saving Private Ryan_ and _Schindler’s List_ again, because I think those are important movies and everyone needs to watch them now again. That said, I read **Sophie’s Choice** , and there’s no way in HELL I will watch the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/63 "2009-01-04T14:31:14Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > [Grave of the Fireflies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies) is the same way. Watched it once and loved it. Got the DVD haven’t been able to watch it again since it’s so damn sad. Amen to that. Also, for me— •_Cast Away_ •Honorable mention, _Black Hawk Down_—I actually _do_ plan to watch this one again, someday. Not anytime _soon,_ but eventually. •_Vatel_. If I ever have to, maybe I’ll just watch the _Scarlett Pimpernel_ series right after, as a pick-me-up. _“To the guillotine/to the guillotine/send them both to the guillotine!”_ ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/64 "2009-01-04T23:59:44Z")
[The Orphanage](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/) Was a roaring good ghost story/mystery and then this sledgehammer swung down and crushed my chest. Christ. I saw it weeks ago and I still have internal bruising. How dare he film that? _How dare he???_ ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/65 "2009-01-05T05:02:24Z")
_Cloverfield_. I think it got mixed reviews here, but I liked it…what I saw of it, anyhow. I’m not easily prone to motion sickness, but I felt really sick and dizzy for a good hour after the movie was over and kept having to look away from the screen to take some deep breaths. I can’t handle that much shaky cam, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/66 "2009-01-05T08:27:58Z")
I saw Wild Things last week after reading someone here mention the big twist at the end (“It completely changes the entire plot!”). Pretty good dialogue, cheesy at times but not unbearably so, and I was truly riveted by the seemingly endless twists and turns and revelations. Not really repeat-viewing material for me, though, and I lost my appetite for watered-down R-rated sex ages ago. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut is on my “pleasantly surprised” list. I think this was the period _just_ before Messrs. Stone and Parker simultaneously bought into their hype and ran out of good ideas (and before Isaac Hayes got catapulted into the next county). It’s irreverent and goofy and funny, and in general it had most of what made the show work in the first place. I wouldn’t want to sit through this level of ugliness a second time, though, and it doesn’t help that I gave up the show in disgust years ago. The Fast and the Furious movies are good brainless popcorn entertainment, as is their wont, but their stories are both thin and pretty silly, and in all I never got the impression that I was watching anything besides cinematic car fantasies that happened to involve speed. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is the rare movie that I not only saw only once, I actually think that’s for the best. Mostly because of the annoying Willie Scott (nb. It’s possible to convincingly protray a spoiled, obnoxious prima donna struggling with horrific culture shock without having her _scream every five minutes_.), but also a number of scenes where you don’t even know what the hell is going on. It does work as a thrilling adventure in an exotic land (actually more so than the other movies, IMO), but it definitely ages the most badly. Titanic…do I even need to explain? Oh, all right. Eye-popping set pieces, real drama with the sinking, sharp dialogue, and a treacly love story I have no desire to EVER see again, thank you very much. And I second Grave of the Fireflies, but for a different reason: It’s such a simple, humble tale, and so easy to understand why these kids are suffering and why it’s such a damn shame, that there’s nothing to be gained from repeated viewings. War is hell, losing a parent is tragic, and even the kindest aunt can be driven to utter bitterness. As plain as it gets. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/67 "2009-01-05T17:40:43Z")
_The Green Mile_ You know the scene. It was on last night and every time I flipped past it, no matter what scene was showing, _that_ scene popped into my head. ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/68 "2009-01-05T18:11:36Z")
This weekend my wife DVR’d _Little Miss Sunshine_. I told her that I loved it the first time we watched it, but would probably never watch it again. The family was so dysfunctional, that I found it depressing. She cued it up to the dance scene at the end. We both watched it and, once again, laughed our asses off. I would not, however, care to watch it all the way through, though. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/69 "2009-01-05T18:24:22Z")
**United 93** Saw it. Thought it was an excellent movie. But this non-violent pacifist wanted to go out and eviscerate someone after it was over. I couldn’t talk for an hour afterwords. Never again. J. ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/70 "2009-01-05T21:33:06Z")
I’d put Rosewood and Hotel Rwanda on my list. I was continuously angry for at least two days after each of them. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/71 "2009-01-05T21:46:50Z")
Oh good lord, how about The Last King of Scotland? I saw this when my husband brought it home and HOLY crap, the scenes that are etched into my brain. Great movie, unspeakable horrors. Wow. Never, ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/72 "2009-01-05T21:53:57Z")
[The Accused](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accused_(1988_film)). From what I’ve read, Jodie Foster didn’t remember details of the rape scene after filming, and ended up comforting the actors who played the rapists. It was damned traumatic to watch. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/73 "2009-01-05T22:27:17Z")
I have to echo _Happiness_. “Dad, would you ever rape _me_?”. Fuck. Can’t handle it. Speaking of Todd Solondz, _Welcome to the Dollhouse_ was really hard for me as well. I’m not sure if I can handle it again. _The Hours_. I started weeping about 5 minutes into it, and just didn’t stop. It wasn’t graphic or anything, but it broke my heart continuously. _Kids_. _Bully_. If you’ve seen them, you understand. Too much “that could have been me”. I have put myself in some really stupid situations in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/74 "2009-01-05T22:34:16Z")
> [@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. So it’s _Memonto_:check 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/75 "2009-01-05T23:19:34Z")
**Tideland** , it was interesting, but I was left with such a icky feeling after watching this movie, that I will never watch it again. **Saving Private Ryan**. Others have mentioned this and I’m sure most were bothered by the battle scenes, but the scene where Adam Goldman gets stabbed in the chest is the one that gave me nightmares. **Teeth** We had a blast watching this, but you can imagine why I would not want to watch a movie about a girl with teeth in her vagina a second time. ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/76 "2009-01-05T23:43:38Z")
To so many already mentioned, add: \*Gummo \* (not even sure this was worth one viewing) _Kids_ _Napoleon Dynamite_ \*City of God \* (good enough that I might watch once more after enough time) ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/77 "2009-01-05T23:50:21Z")
_“The Usual Suspects”_ Brilliant film, but after you get hit upside the head with the twist ending, it kind of loses any re-watch value. ---
**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 6, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/78 "2009-01-06T00:17:21Z")
Here’s one where I actually bought the DVD: _Waking Life_. Loved it in the theater, bought the DVD when it came out, popped it in – and somehow what was engrossing before had become tedious. Or maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/79 "2009-01-06T00:18:14Z")
_The Miracle Mile_ A touching story of a man and a woman who find each other…just before the nuclear holocaust. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724/80 "2009-01-06T00:36:11Z")
I agree with **Schindler’s List** and **Leaving Las Vegas** , especially the latter. At least Schindler’s List had some small glimmer of redemption, for Schindler himself and the people he managed to help. **LLV** was just bleak, and unflinching. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-good-but-you-never-want-to-see-again/479724.md?page=5)