# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/41 "2004-11-30T14:55:05Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > 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. I have to agree. I LOVE **2001** , but it can get really boring at times. As can some other Kubrick films (I thought the first part to “Full Metal Jacket” was better than the second part). I thought of another one: **Philidelphia**. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/42 "2004-11-30T16:36:52Z")
Mine’s not depressing, just one that ended pretty dramatically. \*\*\* The Usual Suspects \*\*\* is the movie I loved, but don’t want to see again. I’ve seen enough movies that I loved the first time, and wasn’t so impressed the second time because I know what’s going to happen, that I decided that this is one movie I’m not going to ruin like that. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/43 "2004-11-30T18:29:29Z")
Those that really tug at the heartstrings I’m usually just good for once: **Leaving Las Vegas Last of the Mohicans Braveheart** Some are good but a little too “sappy” for a return engagement, like: **Terms of Endearment Titanic Steel Magnolias Legends of the Fall** Then there are those that I enjoyed but are simply to bizarre to subject myself to a second time: **Eraserhead Barton Fink** ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/44 "2004-11-30T20:36:32Z")
Boys Don’t Cry. Purple Rain. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/45 "2004-11-30T20:38:04Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > 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. Bollywood movies - which I have been watching since I was 3 years old - are at least 3 hours long. And I love 'em, bad as they are. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032/46 "2004-11-30T21:56:28Z")
I agree with “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Grave of the Fireflies”, but totally disagree with “Lawrence of Arabia” and especially “The Usual Suspects”. However, what immediately came to mind when I saw the OP is: “Touching the Void” Amazing movie, but so exhausting (almost physically exhausting to watch) that I can’t even consider getting the DVD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-loved-but-dont-want-to-see-again/277032.md?page=2)