Films you won't be watching again.

abouttobebanned

Not because they were bad but for other reasons.

Some films may just be a tough watch - a great film - but tough to sit through. The green mile would fall under this category. Other films may just have no more to offer, nothing gets after further viewing.

There may be other reasons but essentially what I'm asking is what film did you enjoy but don't ever care to watch again?

ziedth

Hmmmm,

I'd go for Jesus Camp. It was a great documentary But Jesus I got so Angry looking at it, I was actually surprised how pissed off I was after it.

Having said that, if you haven't seen it give it a look I just def wouldn't look at it again.

funnights74

Nice thread 2 flicks that spring to mind Avatar, yawn yawn and the thin red line, jeeze fell asleep and was dreamin about grass for a month lol

paulosham

Dancer In The Dark, it was good but Jesus it was painful.

JohnK

It'd be Song for a Raggy Boy for me - great movie but I was so ****ing angry at the end of it I just dont think I could sit through it again.

DrumSteve

Marley and Me...


God Dammit:(

CiDeRmAn

DrumSteve wrote: »

Marley and Me...


God Dammit:(

You blubbed, didn't you!

muppetkiller

The Way Back...painful enough the first time

Cantona's Collars

DrumSteve wrote: »

Marley and Me...


God Dammit:(

Awful rubbish,Haitchi knocks into the ha'penny place.

Won't be watching Skyline again.

DrumSteve

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

You blubbed, didn't you!

I ain't sayin nothin

irishash

For a whole bunch of different reasons, here are a few great films I would not watch again if I had the choice.

American Beauty - Great movie, comic melodrama at its best, but I got everything I needed out of it in one viewing.

Crash (Paul Haggis, not David Cronenberg) - again a fantastic drama, but loses a lot of its appeal and shock value after the first viewing.

The Sixth Sense - Seeing as I got the "twist" 5 mins into the movie when I first saw it at the cinema, I have yet to rewatch this, and have no desire to do so.

Heat - Yes it's got Pacino and De Niro, but what it has not got is my patience to watch it again. Great movie, could somebody re-edit to a hour long version........

Duggy747

The Day After Tomorrow - *vomits* I like my brain-dead movies but this was just too far, coating itself with an enviornmental message. Pure garbage.

Requiem For A Dream - Why is it that people in Galway insist that I must always watch this whenever the discussion of what to watch comes on (It's anti-drug message is apparantley powerful to these people who haven't taken anything stronger than a puff of a joint). It's a case of a film I've seen far, far, far too many times. Enough, already!!

Others include because my friends have forced me to watch them repeatedly as if they are what embodies comedy.

Pineapple Express
Sex Drive
Superbad
Forgetting Sarah Marshell
40 Year Old Virgin
The Hangover
Role Models
I love you, man (I died a little when I was forced to go watch this in the cinema and I had to say the name of the movie when buying a ticket )
Anchorman
Step-Brothers

^^^
All of the above seem to have a pattern of having the same "comic" actors, writers, etc. People constantly slapping them on might explain why I hate these types of comedies, especially Forgetting Sarah Marshell which I saw 4 times last year and didn't even like it the 1st time.

The Hangover was the best of bunch but I don't need to fùckin' see it all the time!

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Marley and Me
127 Hours
Phonebooth
Terminator (any of them)

All for different reasons. There's probably more but don't wanna be boring ye.

bonerm

The Pursuit of Happyness.

I actually really liked this one first time around (it must have caught me on a good day?) but upon rewatch this week struck me how basically the guy is an asshole who likes to preach at everyone he percieves to be beneath him and conversely play sycophant to anyone he percives can give him a leg up. There's a clear message of "do whatever it takes" (and that includes stiffing taxi drivers and not paying your rent or taxes because it doesn't quite suit you at the present time). Yet they wrap this all up as a testiment to the American Dream fulfilled and that any bad behavior you perform day-to-day can be excused so long as it's because of finacial or job prediciments.

Also I reckon it's quite racist as well. Whilst they paint nearly everyone in his firm as decent (tho clearly not as efficent and brilliant as the protagonist) it cannot be a coincidence that nearly every time he has a run in with some randomer in the street it's a white guy. For example he's standing in line to get a room at the shelter with a queue who I reckon were 90% black yet they use a white guy to be the character that cuts in line in front of him causing trouble. Also both people who steal his Bone Density machines are white. There's other instances as well. They actually throw in one token black guy who merely owes him 14 dollars to avoid being accused of bias I reckon.

I've read up a bit on the actual story of Chris Gardner and a lot of what's portrayed in this movie is just BS. That's not the problem tho. My problem is with the movie itself and the message it portrays. It came as no surprise to me to see that Smith himself was a producer. Sugar coated vehicle bollox that annoys me more and more just thinking about it.

Evac105

Falling into the 'wonderful film but just a tad harrowing to watch' category for me would be Leaving Las Vegas and Bringing out the Dead - two great films but not ones I would watch after the first time around.

Cantona's Collars

Titanic-we all know what happens in the end.
The Sixth Sense-the twist works once.

krudler

Irreversible, brilliantly made but not something I need to sit through again

dark crystal

Agree with Irreversible - that was a horrendeous experience in many ways. First and only film where I felt the need to purge myself afterwards. Horrific.

I'd also say Sophie's Choice. the film itself was largely uneventful and dull, but the 'choice' part I found so heartbreaking, I honestly couldn't put myself through it again.

For different reasons, I'd also say the moronic 'documentary' Supersize Me. Some guy surmises eating McDonald's food three times a day for a month is bad for him. Well, blow me down, that's a stunning revelation alright. The fact he was nominated for an Oscar for this patronising tripe makes it even worse...

Magic Eight Ball

As amazing movie as it is, I doubt I'd be up for sitting through the directors cut (all 293 minutes/4+ hours) of 'Das Boot' again anytime soon.

Kashkai

Duggy747 wrote: »

Pineapple Express
Sex Drive
Superbad
Forgetting Sarah Marshell
40 Year Old Virgin
The Hangover
Role Models
I love you, man (I died a little when I was forced to go watch this in the cinema and I had to say the name of the movie when buying a ticket )
Anchorman
Step-Brothers

+1 on all of the above. At this point in time, I hate Seth Rogen as he just can't fcuking act and he's the same gobsh1te character in every movie.

Nolanger

Heimat, for obvious reasons.

Up-n-atom!

Haven't seen it yet but the brother seen 127 Minutes last night and was looking a bit green at the gills...wouldn't say he'd be running out to see it anytime soon.

As for me, won't be watching Avatar or Titanic again. Both are best enjoyed on a gigantic cinema screen - it's all about the visuals when the plot is paper thin.

G-Money

Probably the Miami Vice re-make. I got about 10-15 minutes into it and had to switch it off. Couldn't hear or understand a word they were saying.

Should have renamed it as "Say it Twice?"

tricky D

Wolf Creek - once is enough

-Kenny-

Rendition - God Jake Gyllenhaal was never so bad in a film .. i remember i forced myself to the pub after the seeing it in the cinema !

The Human Centipede - Anyone who's seen this film surely agrees with me ?

tunguska

A lot of folks are missing the point of what the OP was saying: He was asking for people to list films that they would'nt watch again not becuase they were bad, but because they were harrowing experiences, exhausting, hard work. For me:

Deliverence
127 hours
United 93
Full metal jacket
Goodfellas(for the stabbing scene alone)
Avatar
A prophet
Winters bone
Dont look now

Warper

Avatar stands out, grand once but never again.

don ramo

The Passion of the Christ, nobody has ever watched it twice:D

duploelabs

The expendables made me want to smoke crack

Harrocks

The Road great moving story but left me rather depressed so one i wont be goin back to.

phelixoflaherty

Anything With Daniel Day Lewis

marienbad

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

indough

the deer hunter

Goldstein

Requiem for a Dream - Don't do drugs. Got it. Really got it.
Schindler's List, Harry Brown - Depressing
Metropolis - Fantastic, but would find it tough to go the distance again.
The Book of Eli - obvious reasons
Quarantine & Let Me In - Just watched them to compare with predecessors and verify that Rec & Let the Right One In were superior.
All the Saw sequels/prequels/whatever. Granted I haven't seen them all but I think I get the only idea.
A Clockwork Orange - Glad I watched it, can't say for sure I'll do it again.
Brazil - Supposed sci-fi classic but way too zaney and dated to take seriously enough for a repeat performance.
Open Water - Sorry, forgotno completely stupid, endlesslessly drawn out, tedious movies.

gandalf

21 grams. Excellent cast, brilliant acting, great script but depressed the hell out of me.

sealgaire

2012

enough said

LittleBook

paulosham wrote: »

Dancer In The Dark, it was good but Jesus it was painful.

I couldn't sit through anything by Lars Von Trier twice.

The Accused
Deliverance
Sleepers
Mysterious Skin

VW 1

Not many films out there I couldnt stomach a second time around but for me I wouldnt be watching,

I Am Legend
Avatar
Godfathers
Miami Vice remake
Hot Fuzz

for a second time..

Sad Professor

List threads are against the charter. I gave this one a chance, but it's clearly going nowhere.

Locked.