Name movies that are brilliant but you will NEVER watch again

[Will Clegg]

The thread about films that you can watch over and over got me thinking - what movies have you seen that are amazing but too devastating to watch again?

The Deer Hunter
City of God
Requiem for a Dream (have tried to watch this again, but can't make it all the way through)

[Batutta]

Schindler's List. I saw it once and it so thoroughly wrecked me I didn't want to watch it again and sully the first, pure experience.

[USLatin]

Seven should have been one of those but I watched it again... it really is that good. :)

[Billy Pilgrim]

I must be a masochist, because I can watch really painful films over and over. But there are ones that I own, and have watched repeatedly, but not often: Au Revoir Les Enfants, Pan's Labrynth, The Motorcycle Diaries. I would actually say one of the most depressing movies I've seen that I can't watch again is Osama. It's only marginally less depressing than Schindler's List.

[Will Clegg]

Schindler's List. I saw it once and it so thoroughly wrecked me I didn't want to watch it again and sully the first, pure experience.

I actually still haven't watched this because I know it will ruin me for the day. Poor excuse for not having seen it, I know.

[TheMacB]

Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel.

They're too darn depressing with no release. But they're great.

[Hans Moleman]

saving private ryan. gah!

[Richard J. Johnson]

Requiem for a dream. (messes with my mind)
The Passion of the Christ (My eyballs will never, ever watch it again)
The Sphere. (it's not brilliant, or scary, but for some reason this movie gives me intense nightmares)
American Beauty

[TheMacB]

American Beauty I could watch over and over and over again.

[YaBoyTopher]

I have watched American Beauty over and over, Kevin Spacey is a genius.

I dont know what movie I will never watch again because i watch almost every movie i think is good over and over...but two pop into mind.

The Lord of The rings trilogy, I loved them, own them on DVD, but will never watch them again unless a friend forces me too (which i dont see happening)...

And a 2nd choice would be Titanic, good film but i just dont see myself ever watching it again.

[J.R. Hudson]

Brilliant and not watching ever again aren't in my vocab.

[GaryinCalifornia]

Brilliant and not watching ever again aren't in my vocab.

My thoughts exactly... when I saw the thread title.

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

Every M. Night movie... because now I know the twists!!! The first time is truly the best on those types.

[mjjason]

If I consider a movie Brilliant than I am 100% likely to watch it again.

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

There are some brilliant old flicks which I'll never watch again... like the one where Charlie Chaplin 'speaks'... Modern Times.

[John C Lyons]

i own requiem and LotR:extendeds, but i dont pop them on often.

top of my head:
schindler's list
gerry
citizen kane

on yeah, and gerry

[abraham]

Dancer in the Dark.

Goddamn...so sad. But I would watch it again, yunno...just not every day.

[Luis Caffesse]

There are some brilliant old flicks which I'll never watch again... like the one where Charlie Chaplin 'speaks'... Modern Times.




Not to nit pick - but if I'm not mistaken he doesn't actually speak in Modern Times.
It was his first film to have sound, and some dialogue, but the lines are from other characters - Chaplin didn't speak in any of his movies until 'The Great Dictator' (which was just after 'modern times').

[/threadjack]

And in an effort to add to the thread topic.....
Requiem is at the top of my "great movie I'll never see again" list.
I still can't wrap my head around the motivations behind making that film (but that's clearly a subjective thing) - but I cannot deny that it is incredibly well made.


EDITED TO ADD:
Just checked it out - and you were kind of right...Modern Times was the first film where Chaplin's voice was heard,
in the song at the end that he performed. But he didn't have any dialogue in the film.

[davide]

The Human Condition, although I haven't even finished seeing it yet. I was only able to get through the first 3 hour segment. Getting through the other six hours will be rough enough, let alone watching all 9 hours back to back.

Still, it's a great movie.

On another note, what about movies that you don't want to watch again because you're afraid that they won't be as good the second time? Sin City is at the top of that list for me. I absolutely loved it when I saw it in theaters, but haven't watched it since. I want to hold onto that memory of being completely blown away by it. I figure that watching it again on a small screen will make me see all the problems that I didn't notice the first time because I was so amazed by the style.

davide

[Jason Miller]

oh this ones easy for me, I saw it at the theater with my friend Brandy, She cried so hard durring the film, the day it came out on Dvd I bought it, still haven't watched the Dvd,

Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"

[Jason Miller]

Davide I watch sin city on my ipod video, 60gb

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

Not to nit pick - but if I'm not mistaken he doesn't actually speak in Modern Times.
It was his first film to have sound, and some dialogue, but the lines are from other characters - Chaplin didn't speak in any of his movies until 'The Great Dictator' (which was just after 'modern times').

[/threadjack]

And in an effort to add to the thread topic.....
Requiem is at the top of my "great movie I'll never see again" list.
I still can't wrap my head around the motivations behind making that film (but that's clearly a subjective thing) - but I cannot deny that it is incredibly well made.


EDITED TO ADD:
Just checked it out - and you were kind of right...Modern Times was the first film where Chaplin's voice was heard,
in the song at the end that he performed. But he didn't have any dialogue in the film.


Yeah, the studio FORCED Chaplin to speak... to spite them he refused to speak a word and the song was jibberish. Plus all speaking roles were politically driven being that they all come from electronics and machines.

Gotta love the rebels!

Of course the studio, being bested, advertised that "Chaplin speaks"!

[Nathyn]

I'll go with "American Beauty". I loved the film but the ending is too real. "Secret Lies" nor "The Painted Veil" again. All extremely good and thought provoking movies but once did it for me.

-Nate

[Luis Caffesse]

Gotta love the rebels!

Then he follows it up with 'Great Dictator'... just awesome.

Didn't know the backstory on the studio forcing his hand (or his voice I should say).
Glad to see I'm not the only Chaplin fan on these boards.

Okay - seriously... ending the threadjack now.
Otherwise I'll have to ban myself.