# Movies You Loved But Don't Want to See Again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032 "2004-11-28T20:03:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/21 "2004-11-29T19:50:01Z")
The LOTR series. They’re awesome, but they’re just waaaaaay too long for me. I get fidgety and moody if I have to watch a movie for more than 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/22 "2004-11-29T20:15:49Z")
_ **Return of the Jedi** _ It was the first _Star Wars_ movie that **didn’t** improve with each viewing. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/23 "2004-11-29T20:25:30Z")
Yeah, some movies I just really get involved with, love them, can appreciate the art behind them, but they have left me so creeped out that I do not want to subject myself to that ride again. **Blue Velvet** **Barton Fink** **Naked Lunch** ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/24 "2004-11-29T20:54:33Z")
**Jacob’s Ladder** really creeped me out. I enjoyed it, but I won’t watch it again. Too much of a trip. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/25 "2004-11-29T21:14:01Z")
For me it’s **Pay it Forward**. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/26 "2004-11-29T21:24:50Z")
I’ll never watch **Pay It Forward** again either, but not because I loved it… As for movies I loved, I could probably continue to live happily without viewing **Requiem for a Dream** and **American History X**. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/27 "2004-11-29T21:29:41Z")
**American Beauty** and **American History X** are both off limits to me, for entirely different but obvious (I’d imagine) reasons. ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/28 "2004-11-29T23:14:21Z")
Legends of the Fall. Mourning my Dad once was enough. Damn, I thought a movie with horses & cowboys would be safe… ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/29 "2004-11-29T23:16:26Z")
To End All Wars The Pianist Requiem for a Dream Most depressing movies that you’re “supposed” to see, but are difficult to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/30 "2004-11-29T23:43:15Z")
_Schindler’s List_ and _The Pianist_. These are not movies to enjoy, but to endure. And I mean that in a good way. _The Exorcist_. The only movie I’ve ever seen that _really_ scared me. Haven’t sat through it again but just thinking about it scares me. (Why yes, I was raised Catholic. How did you know?) _Citizen Kane_. I was conscious of how much of a breakthrough it was and able to appreciate a lot of its virtues, but I just found it _boring_. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/31 "2004-11-30T00:01:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Grave of the Fireflies Oh, God, yes. Wonderful film. But never again. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/32 "2004-11-30T01:53:14Z")
_Affliction_. Great performance by Nick Nolte, and James Coburn finally won a well-deserved Oscar. But it’s just too painful. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/33 "2004-11-30T02:33:02Z")
2001: A Space Odyssey. Or, as I like to call it, “the most boring movie I’ve ever liked”. Excellent movie, brilliantly crafted, masterfully executed, and yet excruciating to watch at length. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend that you do. If you have seen it, I highly recommend that you avoid doing so again, except in cases of severe insomnia. ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/34 "2004-11-30T05:03:51Z")
I’d like to third _Boys Don’t Cry_ and add _Mystic River_. The ending just got to me too much and left me depressed for days afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![aurelian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@aurelian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurelian)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/35 "2004-11-30T05:52:13Z")
Memento. An emphatic second to Dancer in the Dark. Pi. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/36 "2004-11-30T06:26:52Z")
1. Breaking the Waves 2. In the Company of Men …OK, shortcut time. Anything by Lars von Trier or Neil LaBute. In theory, Todd Solondz and Harmony Korine could also be on this list, but I don’t love their movies. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/37 "2004-11-30T06:39:13Z")
> [@aurelian](#): > > Memento. I wouldn’t mind getting the DVD so I could see it in regular time instead of the start-at-the-end-and-work-backwards style it uses. ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/38 "2004-11-30T07:12:34Z")
**Grave of the Fireflies** seems to be the most consistently quoted answer to questions like this. The one movie that you will get a near unanimous answer of “great movie, never want to see it again” from people when asked if they’ve seen it. I’m a cronic re-watcher and there aren’t many movies I liked that I wouldn’t watch again. Hell, I even rewatch some movies that I don’t particularly care for sometimes. I guess I’d have to go with Equus. I haven’t seen the movie but I saw the play. Really well done. I’ve actually tried to watch the movie version since and just can’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/39 "2004-11-30T13:48:23Z")
Schindler’s List. I sobbed uncontrollably for 3 hours after that film. If I watch it again I will surely have a nervous breakdown. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/40 "2004-11-30T14:12:19Z")
The Grifters. I don’t think I could take the orange scene again. But what performances! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032.md?page=3)