Movies you found were incredibly hard to watch

[Z of the Na'vi]

Gamer. Need I say more?

Yeah, you probably should. Gamer was enjoyable in my eyes, as I am quite the Gerard Butler fan.

Elaborate, if you will.

 

[riverand]

Fargo.

I tried... So many times... I just don't get it. I keep wanting to try to watch it again to gain SOME understanding of how it could be so widely acclaimed, but now my husband won't let me anymore!

Those guys mess with me. I either LOVE their movies or they are COMPLETELY over my head!

 

[rush45]

Norbit

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[riverand]

Oh yeah... I forgot about Exam or The Exam, whatever the hell that was. Sat through the whole damn thing WAITING for something to happen.

 

[Ryu-Kage]

Transformers was incredibly obnoxious, as was its sequel. I am not watching those again without peer supervision. And being tied down.

The Hulk (the Ang Lee one) could not hold me for an hour. Maybe it was because I had some homework to do that night, but it was just so boring.

Once I saw the cross-dressing in Good Burger, I wanted to leave the theater. And did.

Also, When a Stranger Calls took forever to get interesting (as in, it didn't until the last minute).

EDIT: How the hell did I almost forget The Last Airbender? A movie based on my favorite cartoon of the last ten years drained entirely of any life and light the cartoon had and left an empty shell not only of itself but of Shyamalan's career (supposedly; he's got more publicly accepted misses than hits from what I hear).

 

[Candidus]

Rambo 4 and Blood Diamond.

I don't mean *literally* hard to watch.. but the no-holds-barred protrayal of events in R4 in particular were discomforting.

 

[funguy2121]

It's been mentioned a couple times but Requiem for a Dream (damned ninjas!). Talk about a movie that makes you want to shoot yourself. The ending was particularly bad. "Ass to ass!" That was like a scene cut out of the worst porno ever. If you're going to make a "don't do drugs, kids!" movie, isn't it better to present a realistic portrayal of what can go wrong? "Don't do smack, or you'll end up doing the booty dance with some other flake using a 2-way dildo." Of course.

Can't believe I forgot Funny Games. Narcissistic director remade his own film after less than a decade. Sociopathic teens invade homes, fuck with families, torture them, then kill them all. The end. The bad guys aren't likable even in an ironic sort of way - more like an 80's high school villain, the sort you want to punch in the face the whole movie. It also has quite possibly the worst fourth wall breaking ever. I was so disgusted after I sat through that piece of celluloid shit that I looked it up to see if there was something I was missing. There wasn't. Apparently, the point of the film was to get the audience to get up and walk out of the theater.

 

[Vausch]

X-Men Origins Wolverine

Paul Blart Mall Cop (That's the first and only movie I've walked out of thus far)

Amazons and Gladiators (Think a cheap knockoff of Rome and/or Gladiator... Only thing that made me keep watching it was the fact that women went topless every so often and I was 14 when I saw it)

I'm probably going to be burned at the stake for this but... Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. I honestly just didn't find it that entertaining, I really don't see what moviebob fell in love with so much that he proclaimed it would be the one film that defined this generation.

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, and mine is that I hate you now.

I kid, but often times when a person really likes something it makes little sense to them why anybody else wouldn't.

Scott Pilgrim was liked by me (and I assume Moviebob, I won't speak for him) because it was just so different yet familiar. It's the kind of world people like me would love to be in, where video game logic is just an everyday occurrence. Also it was a romantic teen comedy that didn't focus completely on sex and drinking and putting their parts in holes while also being very funny because of the off-handed or direct references to things we enjoy.

I don't think I'd go so far as to say that film alone would define this generation, but I do think it would be in the group.

Basically, you liked it because it was a teen movie without going being Superbad? (This is going off Superbad's previews as I found the movie wayyy to stupid to actually WATCH just from the previews)

Far from it, that was just one major aspect that I liked. Almost every "Teen comedy" is about getting drunk, laid, or putting something in something for an attempt for gross out humour. I hated American Pie to no end and Superbad was actually fine to me, I mean I've seen worse even with the whole compulsively drawing (MANPARTS) scene. Scott Pilgrim was funny from geek culture without attempting the now accepted formula, and as a geek it was just awesome to me. I was insulted when did so badly.

 

[Vandenberg1]

Some documentary about rapes in somalia and third degree countries. ACTUALLLLLL movies?... Uhm X-MEN3 WAS fflawwwwuullll

 

[Vault101]

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.

I guess the Idea of black swan is ninas story is...the story of swan lake more or less, with a little phychological horror thrown in, it makes sense anyway

[spoiler/] girl trapped in the body of a swan= Nina traped by her controlling mother

Prince falls for the wrong girl= Lily and the ballet director

the only way for her to be free was in suicide..and fully accepting her black swan side/madness ok I dont exactally have much of a grasp on the swan lake thing..but yeah there is a reason for all the stuff that happens[/spoiler]

as for requiem...are we talking about

[spoiler/] ass to ass? amazing film anyhow [/spoiler]

 

[funguy2121]

Fargo.

I tried... So many times... I just don't get it. I keep wanting to try to watch it again to gain SOME understanding of how it could be so widely acclaimed, but now my husband won't let me anymore!

Those guys mess with me. I either LOVE their movies or they are COMPLETELY over my head!

...and I s'pose that's your friend over there in the wood chipper?

 

[Phlakes]

2001 A Space Odyssey

So help me I've tried on numerous occasions to make it through that film but I can't, I get too bored and/or fall asleep, just cant do it

Yeah, I always fall asleep when he's in HAL's core. Every time.

 

[captaincabbage]

Either New Moon (watched it with my girlfriend), or Donnie Darko. Donnie Darko just gave me the shits for some reason.

 

[Vault101]

It's been mentioned a couple times but Requiem for a Dream (damned ninjas!). Talk about a movie that makes you want to shoot yourself. The ending was particularly bad. "Ass to ass!" That was like a scene cut out of the worst porno ever. If you're going to make a "don't do drugs, kids!" movie, isn't it better to present a realistic portrayal of what can go wrong? "Don't do smack, or you'll end up doing the booty dance with some other flake using a 2-way dildo." Of course.

Can't believe I forgot Funny Games. Narcissistic director remade his own film after less than a decade. Sociopathic teens invade homes, fuck with families, torture them, then kill them all. The end. The bad guys aren't likable even in an ironic sort of way - more like an 80's high school villain, the sort you want to punch in the face the whole movie. It also has quite possibly the worst fourth wall breaking ever. I was so disgusted after I sat through that piece of celluloid shit that I looked it up to see if there was something I was missing. There wasn't. Apparently, the point of the film was to get the audience to get up and walk out of the theater.

to be fair though I dont think Requiem was ever intended to be an anti-drug PSA

it was just a movie about addiction..and all that (some of the scenes with Sarah in her house kinda hit home for me)

as far as "dont do drugs" goes....I think this one works anyhow

 

[Zero_ctrl]

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.

Care to explain?

Anyway, my family tried to watch Talladega Nights together. We got to the scene where Ricky is with his family at the dinner table. In summary, not exactly a good family movie for a 12-year-old.

EDIT:

Borat was absolutely fucking horrible. That shit is simply not funny. I like, how do you say, CLEVER comedy scripts. Intricate comedy scripts--A.D. being the obvious example.

I want to make fun of Arabs as much as anyone, but ffs Borat was so utterly unfunny. Turned it off after giving it a half hour.

...Borat isn't Arabic.

But I'm glad to hear that you (and apparently, everyone) want to make fun of them.

Reported.

I was being facetious. Good God some of you ponces on this site really get yer panties bunched up easily.

Don't worry, I felt the same way when I saw that.
People here really read between the lines looking for an excuse just to push the report button.
That's why you got to be careful and never give 'em the chance.

 

[Zack84]

Fargo.

I tried... So many times... I just don't get it. I keep wanting to try to watch it again to gain SOME understanding of how it could be so widely acclaimed, but now my husband won't let me anymore!

Those guys mess with me. I either LOVE their movies or they are COMPLETELY over my head!

...and I s'pose that's your friend over there in the wood chipper?

Best line in the movie. I dunno, I just found the characters interesting and the whole thing was darkly humorous.

 

[whtkid6969]

300. I've tried watching this movie several times, but for some reason i always fall asleep during the sex scene. I've even had friends over to try and watch it and make me awake, i went out like a light.

 

[teebeeohh]

Can't believe I forgot Funny Games. Narcissistic director remade his own film after less than a decade. Sociopathic teens invade homes, fuck with families, torture them, then kill them all. The end. The bad guys aren't likable even in an ironic sort of way - more like an 80's high school villain, the sort you want to punch in the face the whole movie. It also has quite possibly the worst fourth wall breaking ever. I was so disgusted after I sat through that piece of celluloid shit that I looked it up to see if there was something I was missing. There wasn't. Apparently, the point of the film was to get the audience to get up and walk out of the theater.

did you watch the horrible american remake or the original?
The original was fucking awesome but the remake was kinda weird. But apparently i did something wrong watching it because apparently normal people are supposed to not sit through this one.


OT: Mama Mia, everyone in my family loves this piece of crap and i had a serious falling out with my parents when i took out my DS in the theater and started playing because i couldn't take it anymore and leaving was not an option.

 

[LawlessSquirrel]

Pulp Fiction. I know, I know, it's meant to be a great movie or something, but I just found it boring and hard to watch. It's not like I'm an action-junkie either - I often enjoy slow movies more than fast ones - but I can't make it half way through without getting up and leaving.

I feel like I'm missing out...but I just can't get through it. Sorry people, it's not for me.

 

[Dagnius]

Watchmen for me... I wanted that movie to end so we could watch something else (was a visiting some friends I hadn't seen in a long time so I didn't say anything XD). I seriously thought that movie was 'ending' 3 or 4 different times and got excited... then let down lol.

Gamer. Need I say more?

I got that movie for free and still never watched it, couldn't be bothered. I don't even know where it is anymore. I probably tossed it.