I come to the conclusion of late that Bob isn't a real critic, that he will praise whatever tickles his inner nerd. Haven't seen SP, though.Witty Name Here said:
Movies you found were incredibly hard to watch
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Watchmen, I almost walked out 3 times in the first 30 min and 2 more afterwards.
Before you flame me, I didn't read any of the comics and yes, I know this film is more for the fans. But that doesn't mean the film has to completely shitty to everyone else.
Before you flame me, I didn't read any of the comics and yes, I know this film is more for the fans. But that doesn't mean the film has to completely shitty to everyone else.
Schindler's List. Fantastic movie, but it...takes some effort to get into it and try and sit through all the depression.
Fear Dot Com. That movie was just god awful. But if we are talking about a movie that was hard to watch emotionally I would have to put 127 Hours, an incredible movie but simply hard to watch.
World's Greatest Dad. I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan of black comedies, but when they're done right I adore them. This made my skin crawl, and it was off within half an hour.
I'm not a nitpicky person, and it was kind of entertaing, but Resident Evil 4 had me howling at the screen. The silliness, the slow-mo, and the way it blatantly rips off any cool action scene from the past half decade.
There were quite a few parts in the Watchmen that I felt pretty uneasy watching.
The ending of Toy Story 3 left me in an emotional daze. (It wasn't helped by the fact that I saw the film on the eve of my 18th bithday)
I'm not a nitpicky person, and it was kind of entertaing, but Resident Evil 4 had me howling at the screen. The silliness, the slow-mo, and the way it blatantly rips off any cool action scene from the past half decade.
There were quite a few parts in the Watchmen that I felt pretty uneasy watching.
The ending of Toy Story 3 left me in an emotional daze. (It wasn't helped by the fact that I saw the film on the eve of my 18th bithday)
I also walked out on this movie. I even left before he felt up Jessica Beal, knowing that the scene was coming up from the previews. Making a movie about a group of people you don't understand or respect? That's Amos & Andy territory. I'm sure it wasn't intended as such, which means that the filmmakers were just fuckin' stupid.Z of the Na said:
I haven't enjoyed a Happy Madison film since The Wedding Singer, but this has definitely been the worst.
Oh my gosh. OH MY GOSH! I once took a class on Korean cinema and so many of the films drove me nuts, but by far the worst were The Housemaid (1960) and Madame Freedom (1956). Yeah, I know there's a historical gap involved as well as a cultural one, but DEAR LORD! In those two movies, it's like the only sane people were the kids! In Madame Freedom, it felt like everyone was having an affair except the 8 year old! And in The Housemaid, aside from the kids, I found the only sympathetic character to be the antagonist! I mean the other characters had their moment, but then they all descended into such levels of stupidity, I had to resort to writing rants in my notebook to keep myself for yelling at the screen. At least it felt like the antagonist had a good excuse for going nuts, and she struck me as adorably eccentric from the beginning anyway.
There's also Save the Green Planet, but I couldn't really call that one "bad" so much as "really really painful to watch". Y'know, like how people say Old Boy is good but in the same breath tell you not to watch it. (I haven't yet, but considering how I started feeling physically ill during Save the Green Planet I can safely assume I'll have a similar reaction.)
There's also Save the Green Planet, but I couldn't really call that one "bad" so much as "really really painful to watch". Y'know, like how people say Old Boy is good but in the same breath tell you not to watch it. (I haven't yet, but considering how I started feeling physically ill during Save the Green Planet I can safely assume I'll have a similar reaction.)
The Dark Knight.
The minute I saw that poor excuse of Joker, I left the cinema. I later got the bluRay and watched the whole thing.
I still think the movie is a mess and a disgrace to the Batman comics and its characters AND the previous batman movies. It lies right next to Batman and Robin for me.
The minute I saw that poor excuse of Joker, I left the cinema. I later got the bluRay and watched the whole thing.
I still think the movie is a mess and a disgrace to the Batman comics and its characters AND the previous batman movies. It lies right next to Batman and Robin for me.
***SPOILERS TO ALL WHO HAVE NOT YET WATCHED THIS FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC MOVIE***Just_A_Glitch said:
Never before has a movie emotionally destroyed quite like Moon did. I've never cried during a film, until Moon.
I can't watch it again. I own it. I loved it. I look at the case every now and then, wondering to myself, "is today the day I watch it again?". I don't think that day will ever come though. I just can't.
Why, because, um, guy #2 died? Or because of what happened to the family? I rather liked the ending, personally, even the tragic parts.
The absolute best part of the movie, though, was how they dealt with the human reaction to one of the most worn-out sci-fi tropes. Sam Rockwell, future Academy Award recipient.
Philadelphia. I had to watch this in my health class during a week we had a sub. The movie we had watched before was on how the American medical system is eeeevvvviiiilll and that the Europeans have a much better system. I thought nothing could be worse. I was wrong. This movie was just bad. I didn?t enjoy watching it at all. I also don?t like that the teacher used this for a lecture on her socio-political beliefs. I also got booed by my class mates for pointing out that the verdict was a bit high, citing a problem with runaway juries, or the fact that despite the portrayal in the movie, the evidence was circumstantial, or at least I thought so. The sub even rebuked me, and said that that aditude was not welcome in class. Why ask what we think if you don't want to hear the answer?
...Borat isn't Arabic.Zack84 said:
But I'm glad to hear that you (and apparently, everyone) want to make fun of them.
Reported.
@Aku_San True. Aside from just being creepy, Gamer flat out executes any appeal in the Playstation home, Second Life types of interaction.
From a "whuh?" angle, Black Swan was hard to watch. So much of the movie I found myself asking, "What's the point of this?" Also, there's more than enough WTF? factor to screw with your head, but unlike movies like FIGHT CLUB (which have you in WTF? mode for the majority, but then everything clicks together in the end), by the end of Black Swan I was still asking, "What was the point?"
From a "wincing 'oh I didn't need to see that...'" angle, Requiem for a Dream. Those of you who've seen it know what I'm talking about. I spent the rest of the night feeling as though my mind had been violated. No movie has disturbed me more.
From a "this is just...bad..." angle, I have two that come to mind. The first is Rush Hour 3. I liked the first two Rush Hour movies, but I stopped watching the third about 10 minutes in. The acting and the writing just seemed so forced...like they shot the whole thing over a weekend and everyone was allowed only one successful take before they moved on the next scene.
The second is Tristan and Isolde. As a married man, I've watched more than my share of chick flicks, but this one was just bottom-of-the-barrel bad. It was a bastardization of Shakespeare obviously designed to appeal to 13-year-old girls who like bad romance drama. We were, no joke, 20 minutes away from the ending when my wife said, "Do you even care how this ends?" This stands as the only movie that I have turned off after watching more than half of the way through.
From a "wincing 'oh I didn't need to see that...'" angle, Requiem for a Dream. Those of you who've seen it know what I'm talking about. I spent the rest of the night feeling as though my mind had been violated. No movie has disturbed me more.
From a "this is just...bad..." angle, I have two that come to mind. The first is Rush Hour 3. I liked the first two Rush Hour movies, but I stopped watching the third about 10 minutes in. The acting and the writing just seemed so forced...like they shot the whole thing over a weekend and everyone was allowed only one successful take before they moved on the next scene.
The second is Tristan and Isolde. As a married man, I've watched more than my share of chick flicks, but this one was just bottom-of-the-barrel bad. It was a bastardization of Shakespeare obviously designed to appeal to 13-year-old girls who like bad romance drama. We were, no joke, 20 minutes away from the ending when my wife said, "Do you even care how this ends?" This stands as the only movie that I have turned off after watching more than half of the way through.
