Floored?

[WinterOrbit]

Mulholland Drive

Vertigo

Children of Men

Se7en

Chinatown

 

[Uber Evil]

So I finally got around to watching No Country For Old Men, and holy shit. I feel like I've been punched in the stomach. I don't think I've ever used those words to compliment a film before.

Anyone else have an experience with a film or game that just... floors you?

[small]I'd give more to discuss but I don't want to ruin it, and my brain is still reeling from all that...[/small]

Have you read the book? I've read the book but not seen the movie. But I had the same effect when I finished the book. Cormac McCarthy is a great author.

 

[Outright Villainy]

So I finally got around to watching No Country For Old Men, and holy shit. I feel like I've been punched in the stomach. I don't think I've ever used those words to compliment a film before.

Anyone else have an experience with a film or game that just... floors you?

[small]I'd give more to discuss but I don't want to ruin it, and my brain is still reeling from all that...[/small]

Have you read the book? I've read the book but not seen the movie. But I had the same effect when I finished the book. Cormac McCarthy is a great author.

I've read the Road; now I want to read No Country For Old Men...
I know one thing for sure, he's very good at

Spoiler

making me really care about characters before killing them. Brilliant bastard.

 

[Wadders]

This isn't from a movie or game. Surprisingly, It's from youtube and it's one of the most gut-wrenching things I've ever watched.

Spoiler: Germans in the Woods

Wow, thats pretty heavy.

 

[Outright Villainy]

This isn't from a movie or game. Surprisingly, It's from youtube and it's one of the most gut-wrenching things I've ever watched.

Spoiler: Germans in the Woods

It's a story from an American soldier who fought at the Battle of the Bulge.​

That was definitely worth watching. Thanks for sharing that.
Now I'm even more sad...

 

[Master_of_Oldskool]

The Stand. I don't know what it was, but when I finished that book, it was just like... "Where am I?" is the best way to describe it.

 

[Dimbo_Sama]

I just got my hands on Farhenheit and the opening of that game. Holy shit it was one of the most intense things I've ever played.

 

[Chancie]

I haven't seen No Country For Old Men but my parents did, and they said it was terrible. But if you say it left you feeling like you were punched in the stomach, I'm guessing it was emotional...makes me want to see it now.

The ending to The Mist. That ending can pretty much go eff itself. There is a limit.

Oh man, I hate this movie. It was at least decent...until the end. I walked around pissed off all day thanks to that movie. Dx

Anyway, movies that left me feeling emotionally drained, huh? I remember Man on Fire and Ladder 49 did it, but those were so long ago that I don't remember them very well.
More recently would be Remember Me. I bawled like a baby during the last five minutes of that movie. The ending comes out of nowhere but it's so brilliant.

 

[ottenni]

Gran Torino. Clint Eastwood you clever bastard.

Also the Inside Man, there is a movie i recommend.

 

[Shadowfaze]

The first time i saw Sin City. That bit, at the end. I just sat there staring. I watched it 5 more times that week before i had to return it to the rental guy.

 

[alzheimers]

I know I'm gonna get killed for this ... but the ending to Remember Me was completely out of left field. You get this sick sort of feeling, like you know what's coming, and then it really hits you and it's not fair that this sort of chick flick gets such a decent ending.

Then again, maybe I liked it for the same reasons I liked Braveheart and Titanic ...

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Slumdog Millionaire was definitely one of the first movies that really affected me after I left the theater. I had to really think about it and it really opened my eyes to how terrible life is for some people... and it really made me appreciate my own life. Pursuit of Happyness was kind of the same except it wasn't as heavy.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and SiCKO by Michael Moore actually helped change my perspective on the health care debate... I know, I know, it's like claiming that an Uwe Boll film got someone into video gaming but SiCKO was really more actual things going on instead of dumb opinions thrown about. And it more or less inspired me to do a bit more research so it wasn't just that film that changed my ideas... but it certainly helped.

 

[photog212]

The film 'Requiem for a Dream' has haunted me ever since I saw it.

If you want a hit in the stomach, this movie: punches you in the gut, throws you down the stairs, drags you into the street, and runs you over with an Oldsmobile.

 

[Hankfuckinjones]

What a descriptive fucking thread title.

 

[photog212]

Taxi Driver

Sunset Boulevard

On the Waterfront

Deer Hunter

Usual Suspects

Snatch

Fargo

 

[Zero-Vash]

Well if you are referring to a punch in the stomach as a strong emotional response, then Up would be the most recent.

As for my head getting rattled most definitely Inception

 

[UnkeptBiscuit]

Pan's Labyrinth. Holy crap, I'm still reeling from that one. It took me a long time to really figure out what I thought of it before I eventually decided it was a beautiful masterpiece of film.

Yes! That's how I kind of feel now, like when I watched Pan's Labyrinth.

I'm not trying to troll or anything like that, but what's that amazing about Pan's Labyrinth? I mean, it was good, but not great like everyone says it is.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

Oh! And, I know this is silly, but the ending of Dr Horrible's Sing-along-blog really shocked me.

Spoiler: Dr Horrible ending spoiler

You know, it was such a short show, that when they killed penny, I was really, really surprised, because it was pretty light up until that point that it was a total rug-pulled-from-under-feet moment.

Dude, I was just as stunned after seeing it. And I actually CRIED.

Persona 3 and 4 were the ones that punched me right in the gut. Just... wow.

 

[ArcaneFyre]

Mutilating Ethan's hand in Heavy Rain. Shit was painful to watch, man.

 

[ICanBreakTheseCuffs]

the objective
so scary it just made me depressed for the entire day especially since it was at night and no lights....alone
yeah it did scare me and barely anything scares me