# Movies You Like, But Have No Desire To See More Than Once **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514 "2003-03-02T03:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/21 "2003-03-02T18:42:02Z")
**Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer** - This is a great movie. It is also profoundly disgusting, disturbing and downright aweful. It portrays the serial killer mindset to a tee (as far as I know and I don’t want to know more), and is extremely graphic. I will never be able to wash some of the imagery out of my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Azael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@Azael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azael)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/22 "2003-03-02T19:02:42Z")
You know what? This could apply to every movie I have ever seen. Not that I don’t like movies, just that if I’ve seen it once before I really don’t care to watch it time and time again. Maybe that’s why I don’t buy movies; I rent them. Books, however, are another thing entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/23 "2003-03-02T19:46:14Z")
_Dancer in the Dark_ made me fell utterly violated when I saw it. It was a wonderful movie, but it was so painful and sad to watch, that I felt like I was in physical pain by the time it was over. I’ll never watch that one again. ---
**Author:** ![Omorka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Omorka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omorka)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/24 "2003-03-02T20:36:07Z")
**Rushmore** was a great film, but I can’t watch it again in its entirety. I knew too many people like that . . . . I’m never watching **City of Lost Children** again, and I think it’s a great film, but I’m not sure if it fits the topic, since I can’t honestly say I _enjoyed_ it the first time. ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/25 "2003-03-02T21:50:45Z")
Also, I don’t think I want to see **The Man Who Wasn’t There** again, though it was quite good, and I loved the cinematography. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/26 "2003-03-02T23:04:08Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first to suggest _ **Requiem for a Dream** _. When I saw the thread title, it was the first to come to mind, followed by _ **Dancer in the Dark** _. Both brilliant, both depressing. Ironically enough, I saw them back to back over two nights. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/27 "2003-03-02T23:07:27Z")
Robocop. I still haven’t watched it again…too damned brutal and sadistic. Fight Club. Now that I know the twist, it seems pointless to re-watch it for some reason (although I don’t feel that way about The Usual Suspects). Impostor. I enjoyed this mildly at the theater, but again once I know the twist, rewatching it seems pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Canadagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Canadagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/28 "2003-03-03T00:16:53Z")
**The Matrix** - I thought it was horrible until the end when I finally got what it was about. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/29 "2003-03-03T00:44:20Z")
Another vote for DANCER IN THE DARK here. I sobbed like a baby. I can’t watch that movie again, knowing what’s going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/30 "2003-03-03T00:47:32Z")
**Saving Private Ryan** I thought this movie was great. Very moving, especially to me, a fairly young man, who for the next week had the quote “There but for the grace of God go I” stuck in my head. But I refuse to see it more than once. I don’t want the effect it had on me to be lessened by repeated viewings. I don’t want to become jaded to the feelings in inspired. ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514/31 "2003-03-03T00:55:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spudo \* > \*\*A.I. > > Saw it once and thought it was fairly well made (until the ending)…\*\* Which ending? * * * **Black Hawk Down** **American History X** **Leaving Las Vegas** **Welcome to the Dollhouse** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-like-but-have-no-desire-to-see-more-than-once/158514.md?page=1)