Films that are hard to watch..

igCorcaigh · 07-05-2021 2:10am

dalyboy wrote: »

I can’t watch chitty chitty bang bang.
That child catcher still has a huge effect on me 40 years later.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory still has me in tears... All of those dead children

flasher0030 · 07-05-2021 8:49am

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory still has me in tears... All of those dead children

Eh??? Was it not clarified that the children were reunited with their parents. Haven't seen it for a number of years, so I could be mistaken.

RobbingBandit · 07-05-2021 8:58am

No kid dies in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory they all suffer ironic fates inspired by their flaws but all survive and come out learning a lesson.

RobbingBandit · 07-05-2021 9:03am

Inside I'm dancing is a heart wrenching watch James McAvoy would win an Oscar for this performance if the film was released now Tom Hickey is great as McAvoys dad.

igCorcaigh · 07-05-2021 9:10am

flasher0030 wrote: »

Eh??? Was it not clarified that the children were reunited with their parents. Haven't seen it for a number of years, so I could be mistaken.

Just kidding.

I don't remember that ending, just lucky Charlie inheriting the chocolate empire from Mr. Wonka.

Man Vs ManUre · 07-05-2021 9:32am

Elephant is a pretty good film but a tough watch.

sporina · 07-05-2021 11:41pm

Just finished Another Round - found it v hard to watch... have a mixed opinion of it as a movie but one thing for sure, Mads Mikkelsen was great in it..

dreamers75 · 07-05-2021 11:44pm

Woodsman.

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BabysCoffee · 08-05-2021 7:30pm

Loved "A Star is Born" but by god I found the Bradley Cooper drunk at the awards ceremony scene so hard to watch.

Then the scene in rehab killed me. The raw emotion as he cried to Ally.

I think Bradley Cooper should have got the Oscar for best actor for this film.

AndrewJRenko · 16-05-2021 5:42pm

dalyboy wrote: »

I can’t watch chitty chitty bang bang.
That child catcher still has a huge effect on me 40 years later.

I recall it every time Simon Harris appears on the news.

redmgar · 16-05-2021 5:49pm

Mother is a movie that you can only watch once, I think someone had a panic attack during it at the cinema when we were watching it.

igCorcaigh · 16-05-2021 5:56pm

redmgar wrote: »

Mother is a movie that you can only watch once, I think someone had a panic attack during it at the cinema when we were watching it.

Is this the one?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5109784/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

branie2 · 16-05-2021 5:59pm

A Clockwork Orange

redmgar · 16-05-2021 6:01pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Is this the one?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5109784/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Yep, it's worth a watch, you will have opinions either way

igCorcaigh · 16-05-2021 6:02pm

redmgar wrote: »

Yep, it's worth a watch, you will have opinions either way

Sure, going by the reviews, it seems to be that way.

the purple tin · 16-05-2021 6:03pm

Day of the Dead from 1985. Quite a claustrophobic and oppressive feel to it.

Man Vs ManUre · 16-05-2021 6:07pm

The Green Inferno. Some of the cannibal/torture scenes are hard to watch. Although the film is a good bit of fun.

El Gato De Negocios · 16-05-2021 6:09pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Day of the Dead from 1985. Quite a claustrophobic and oppressive feel to it.

Rewatched this Friday night funnily enough, probably my favourite zombie movie. The effects work, considering the movie is almost 40 years old, is still jaw dropping to this day.

Tony EH · 16-05-2021 6:37pm

'Day of the Dead' is possibly my favourite horror movie. In fact, it could be my favourite movie if I had to pick a "favourite". It's Romero's masterpiece, but for some reason is always overshadowed by 'Dawn of the Dead', a film that looks positively quaint in comparison. The atmosphere of it is incredibly grim and for a story about zombies, it's all taken very seriously indeed, which helps it no end.

It's easily George Romero's best film and it's my top Desert Island movie. A picture that I'll be watching until I'm dead myself.

KurtVon · 16-05-2021 6:41pm

Good thread with some interesting selections. I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this one already, but “Precious “ (2009) is a good film, but harrowing to watch.

the purple tin · 24-05-2021 10:24pm

Tyrannosaur. Written and directed by Paddy Considine, excellent film but grim AF. It makes Nil By Mouth look like Summer Holiday.

Whatsisname · 29-05-2021 8:05pm

Seen it mentioned a few times already but I'd agree with Manchester By The Sea. The acting is so incredibly good that it just feels like you're watching real life at times. The emotion on show from pretty much every character is so raw.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is another film that gives me a similar feeling of emptiness.

While these films left me feeling hollow, the ending of Marley & Me made me crumble. I balled like a baby watching that, I'll never watch it again.

igCorcaigh · 29-05-2021 8:24pm

KurtVon wrote: »

Good thread with some interesting selections. I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this one already, but “Precious “ (2009) is a good film, but harrowing to watch.

One of my favourites, the acting by that kid was unreal, and the mother... Is there any other social realist film from the US?

igCorcaigh · 29-05-2021 8:26pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Tyrannosaur. Written and directed by Paddy Considine, excellent film but grim AF. It makes Nil By Mouth look like Summer Holiday.

I love it. There is lightness in there too, but the way it unexpectedly descends is astounding.

Amazing debut at direction from one of my favourite actors.

Acosta · 30-05-2021 9:12am

Wake In Fright

TaSeThat · 03-06-2021 8:13pm

Probably already mentioned but:

The Woodsman - especially that park bench scene with the girl

Irreversible - even the constant noise in it is supposed to make you feel uncomfortable

These are the only two films I've watched that I just could not look away but felt uncomfortable watching. There are plenty of movies that made you feel sad or had uncomfortable scenes but these two movies I was constantly fidgeting/squirming in my seat when watching them.

igCorcaigh · 03-06-2021 8:42pm

TaSeThat wrote: »

The Woodsman - especially that park bench scene with the girl

This one, from 2014?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361127/

Got good reviews, will add it to the list, thanks.

Must watch Irreversible again, only half watched it years ago, but it didn't leave much of an impression on me.

The one thing I must say though, is that the gratuitous, made to be "hard to watch" films, such as A Serbian Film, The Human Centipede 2, etc. leave me cold and unimpressed. I don't even experience much of an emotional reaction to them, they are too contrived and alien for me.

I find the likes of Tyrannosaur, Precious, We Need to Talk About Kevin and Still Alice far more affecting, and "hard to watch".

wfdrun · 03-06-2021 9:04pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Kes.
It's tough up north.

Is it

Grim up north

sporina · 03-06-2021 10:37pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Tyrannosaur. Written and directed by Paddy Considine, excellent film but grim AF. It makes Nil By Mouth look like Summer Holiday.

Must try watch this sometime.. love Olivia Coleman

Tony EH · 03-06-2021 10:52pm

sporina wrote: »

Must try watch this sometime.. love Olivia Coleman

It's a very good film and when I watched it Coleman was a bit of a revelation, as I never saw her as anything but a comedienne.

I don't know whether I would consider it hard to watch though.

sporina · 03-06-2021 11:52pm

Just finished Sound of Metal.. I found is v hard to watch in way.. but wow - fantastic piece of work.. the lead actor was A1.. I highly recommend it as a movie

the purple tin · 04-06-2021 1:44pm

sporina wrote: »

Must try watch this sometime.. love Olivia Coleman

She is excellent in it. If there is any justice in the world they would have been throwing awards at her for her role.

the purple tin · 04-06-2021 6:24pm

sporina wrote: »

Must try watch this sometime.. love Olivia Coleman

I meant to say- Tyrannosaur is available to watch on All4 atm but they will be taking it down in 7 days time.

sporina · 04-06-2021 8:54pm

the purple tin wrote: »

I meant to say- Tyrannosaur is available to watch on All4 atm but they will be taking it down in 7 days time.

thanks a mil - i'll try give it a go before its gone.. (hope its not too ekk for me)

rdhma · 04-06-2021 11:31pm

Ran

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Biutiful

The Wrestler

Gaza

A Separation

For Sama

The Blue Kite

Breaking the Waves

22 July

Ratcatcher

Ace in the Hole

5 Broken Cameras

Lilya_4_Ever

rdhma · 05-06-2021 12:11am

Nanjing

Back to 1942

The Wind that shakes the Barley

Peeping Tom

The Whisperers

Dogtooth

Still Life

The Elephant Man

Larbre34 · 05-06-2021 12:17am

12 Years a Slave.

I also find the original 'Alfie' a difficult watch, a thread a deep sadness and despair in it. But a superb bit of cinema.

Midnight Cowboy for the same reason.

W0LFMAN · 05-06-2021 1:26am

Grave of the Fireflies

purifol0 · 05-06-2021 2:27am

I'm pretty sure I've got you all beat

Scum 1983

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scum_(film)

A brilliant, brilliant film. Utterly compelling, so so tragic, based of course on true events. And some scenes still haunt me. Mary Whitehouse sued against its release, the BBC decided against broadcasting it. Critics...praised it.

Probably the only movie I'd recommend even if I knew people would rather have never seen it.

Unlike other films listed on thread, this one has no Hollywood sheen ( ala Leaving Las Vegas) and is not unrelentingly grim (Layla 4 ever) just to lay it on thick. But say if you find The Wrestler a tough watch then it really isn't for you.

Unicorn Milk Latte · 05-06-2021 3:23am

Eraserhead

Un Chien Andalou

Quantum Erasure · 05-06-2021 3:25am

Anything with Adam Sandler in it

spookwoman · 05-06-2021 4:07am

Splice
The Visit. That scene under the house playing hide and seek is messed up.
Naked Lunch
Human Centipede
Last Exit to Brooklyn

thehairygrape · 05-06-2021 8:54am

purifol0 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure I've got you all beat

Scum 1983

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scum_(film)

A brilliant, brilliant film. Utterly compelling, so so tragic, based of course on true events. And some scenes still haunt me. Mary Whitehouse sued against its release, the BBC decided against broadcasting it. Critics...praised it.

Probably the only movie I'd recommend even if I knew people would rather have never seen it.

Unlike other films listed on thread, this one has no Hollywood sheen ( ala Leaving Las Vegas) and is not unrelentingly grim (Layla 4 ever) just to lay it on thick. But say if you find The Wrestler a tough watch then it really isn't for you.

Good call. Saw it in the cinema when it came out. Tough watch. Great film.

Capt'n Midnight · 05-06-2021 12:31pm

rdhma wrote: »

Ran

Most of the non-action scenes would make nice paintings. If like me you are tired of modern films with realistic muddy colouring making it difficult to distinguish people and groups then this is the exact opposite. Beautifully coloured costumes.

And if you stop the film a little while before the end you could have just said "and they all lived happily ever after" . But it's King Lear set in the Warring States Period of Japan directed by the guy who brought you Throne Of Blood.

igCorcaigh · 05-06-2021 9:57pm

rdhma wrote: »

Breaking the Waves

Loved it.
Amazing debut from Lars von Trier.

Hard to watch?
I suppose.

Fantastic acting, as goes for all of von Trier.

Nymphomaniac; would that be considered hard to watch?

igCorcaigh · 05-06-2021 10:02pm

rdhma wrote: »

Ran

Is this difficult to watch, not in an emotional sense, but is it comprehensible to someone like me who's not familiar at all with that type of film?
It does seem fairly obscure. I'm not even familiar with the story of King Lear.

Tony EH · 05-06-2021 10:45pm

'Ran' isn't difficult to watch at all. In fact it's a beautifully made film, with a fantastic central battle sequence. It's certainly not a film that I would place on a "difficult to watch" list.

o1s1n · 05-06-2021 10:49pm

purifol0 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure I've got you all beat

Scum 1983

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scum_(film)

A brilliant, brilliant film. Utterly compelling, so so tragic, based of course on true events. And some scenes still haunt me. Mary Whitehouse sued against its release, the BBC decided against broadcasting it. Critics...praised it.

Probably the only movie I'd recommend even if I knew people would rather have never seen it.

Unlike other films listed on thread, this one has no Hollywood sheen ( ala Leaving Las Vegas) and is not unrelentingly grim (Layla 4 ever) just to lay it on thick. But say if you find The Wrestler a tough watch then it really isn't for you.

I've an even harder one to watch for you which also has Ray Winstone in it, The War Zone.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Zone

spookwoman · 05-06-2021 11:26pm

Ichi The Killer. Japanese movie banned in a few countries for over the top gore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichi_the_Killer_(film)

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2021 12:07am

o1s1n wrote: »

I've an even harder one to watch for you which also has Ray Winstone in it, The War Zone.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Zone

How have I not heard of this? I love Ray Winstone.

*added* Thank you!

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