Movies you found were incredibly hard to watch
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got 40 min into inception before i closed divX. Scott Pilgrim I only made it half an hour through.
The human centipede.....It gives me shivers just talking about it....(which is strange since I have no problem watching any type of gore or horror....but this just took the cake for me)
The Rocky Horror picture Show....Just WTF
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I know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but I just have to say it
Clash of the Titans....(2010).....This was my snoozefest
I don't know why, but even though I understood the plot, I felt like there was still no driving force. (Yeah yeah, I know he had to stop the Kraken and what not).....However I found myself so bored when watching it.
I felt like Perseus had no place there, as if his reasons for being there were just not shown as strongly as they should have, and thats why I found myself wondering numerous times while watching the movie. "Why are you doing this? Just freaking leave". Plus, why do I get the feeling they skipped some scenes? I understand that the film is trying to be fast paced action, however the "sweet" scenes between him and his father were amazingly short and because of the bad dialogue, no believable connection was made between the characters. It led me to have no sympathy towards the parents (when they died) or Perseus (because of his loss). That's probably why I didn't like Perseus, it was all due to his under-developed character (+ under-developed relationships with other characters). He was nothing but a blank slate, with no true emotive force or reason behind what he was doing. Like I said, he had no place there.
I know it was based off an earlier version(made in 1981), but the whole premise of Greek mythology just bores me now. It's been so ridiculously over-used, writers should really add some sort of originality to it, or just stop using it, period.
Overall it was an empty action movie where the main threat (The Kraken, no matter how good the cgi was) didn't seem as chaotic as it appeared in trailers. In fact, the Kraken didn't make much of an impact on screen at all. (Then again, neither did any of the actors) Everything felt strangely stringed together as the crew travelled from place to place, from monster to monster and left me thinking, where's the end? Is it coming up? Or do we still have an hour to go?
The Rocky Horror picture Show....Just WTF
.......................................
I know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but I just have to say it
Clash of the Titans....(2010).....This was my snoozefest
I don't know why, but even though I understood the plot, I felt like there was still no driving force. (Yeah yeah, I know he had to stop the Kraken and what not).....However I found myself so bored when watching it.
I felt like Perseus had no place there, as if his reasons for being there were just not shown as strongly as they should have, and thats why I found myself wondering numerous times while watching the movie. "Why are you doing this? Just freaking leave". Plus, why do I get the feeling they skipped some scenes? I understand that the film is trying to be fast paced action, however the "sweet" scenes between him and his father were amazingly short and because of the bad dialogue, no believable connection was made between the characters. It led me to have no sympathy towards the parents (when they died) or Perseus (because of his loss). That's probably why I didn't like Perseus, it was all due to his under-developed character (+ under-developed relationships with other characters). He was nothing but a blank slate, with no true emotive force or reason behind what he was doing. Like I said, he had no place there.
I know it was based off an earlier version(made in 1981), but the whole premise of Greek mythology just bores me now. It's been so ridiculously over-used, writers should really add some sort of originality to it, or just stop using it, period.
Overall it was an empty action movie where the main threat (The Kraken, no matter how good the cgi was) didn't seem as chaotic as it appeared in trailers. In fact, the Kraken didn't make much of an impact on screen at all. (Then again, neither did any of the actors) Everything felt strangely stringed together as the crew travelled from place to place, from monster to monster and left me thinking, where's the end? Is it coming up? Or do we still have an hour to go?
Mega Shark vs. Crocasaurus. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus was so bad it was good, but Crocasaurus was so bad it was awful. Instead of focusing on the cheesy special effects and the mind-numbingly stupid plot that people wanted to see, it threw a poor man's Billy Bob Thornton on screen with a boring black guy and a model whose emotional range consisted of [trying to be cold; to trying to be hardass; to trying to be a *****] for 90% of the film and had bad, bad dialog.
Laughs were still had at its expense, though I can't recommend watching it alone.
Laughs were still had at its expense, though I can't recommend watching it alone.
That. Seriously, it was like Shamalama didn't even pay attention to the series, pronunciation was all over the place and the martial arts were not the same styles as the show. Airbender was also the movie review where I lost all respect for any of MovieBob's opinions, as he gave it a solid endorsement. It was terrible as a film on its own "merits" and was an even worse adaptation of a phenomenal series.XIII said:
I'm in a similar situation as above.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.
I own the movie Grave of the Fireflies and I've only seen it once.
Not because it's bad, hell no, but it's just so... heavy.
It's an animated movie, from Studio Ghibli, and is rather minimalistic for their doing. It sketches a very lifelike situation of Japan during World War II, better than any live-action movie I've ever seen. You keep thinking things will get better, even more so because it's animation - stuff like that almost always ends on a good note.
No such luck though.
The ending sequence made my stomach turn, even more so because you know it's based on a true story.
Despicable me and the original Transformers movie. I turned both off about half an hour in, but for different reasons. Despicable me because it was boring, I didn't get a single smile out of half an hour, and Transformers because I honestley didn't care anymore.
I found it hard to sit through Clash of the Titans (the remake).
I was sitting there and the only thought that was going through my mind was "I wish I was playing God of War right now".
The same thing now happens whenever I rewatch Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen, just replace "God of War" with "War for Cybertron"
Off Topic- Wish I knew how to send images of Captchas because this? What the fuck.
I was sitting there and the only thought that was going through my mind was "I wish I was playing God of War right now".
The same thing now happens whenever I rewatch Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen, just replace "God of War" with "War for Cybertron"
Off Topic- Wish I knew how to send images of Captchas because this? What the fuck.
Usually if a movie looks like something I would not be interested in I simply avoid it. Especially comedy films. I find them to be horribly formulaic, especially in the last 15 years. I do not avoid them all, but for the most part I can sum them up for myself pretty easily. I also understand that the vast majority of films are formulaic irregardless of genre. I just find it easier to identify in comedies. Or perhaps it might be that I do not want to see the formula in films from different genres.
Regarding individual films: Requiem for a Dream can be hard to watch. In such a way that you feel badly for the characters and wish somebody would just throw them in rehab against their will. (On a related note, how many of you escapists notice the protagonists in Darren Aronofsky films are presented as though they suffer from a mental disorder?) Also, Fargo is the only film where I have walked out of the theatre. I have found, and I hope some of you agree, I either love Coen Brother's films or hate them. No grey area with any of them for me.
Finally, Shrekfan246 makes special mention of television shows. Adult Swim programming in particular. A few days ago I was watching Now and Then, Here and There on hulu. (which at one time did air on Adult Swim) After 4 of 13 episodes I am pretty sure I do not need to see the rest. Besides dragging at times, some of the content is unnecesary. I will probably watch the end of it anyway to see if my opinion will change, but I do not see it happening any time soon.
In parallel to my comments on Now and Then... I suppose this post could have been shorter. Why say in 10 words what you can say in 5?
Regarding individual films: Requiem for a Dream can be hard to watch. In such a way that you feel badly for the characters and wish somebody would just throw them in rehab against their will. (On a related note, how many of you escapists notice the protagonists in Darren Aronofsky films are presented as though they suffer from a mental disorder?) Also, Fargo is the only film where I have walked out of the theatre. I have found, and I hope some of you agree, I either love Coen Brother's films or hate them. No grey area with any of them for me.
Finally, Shrekfan246 makes special mention of television shows. Adult Swim programming in particular. A few days ago I was watching Now and Then, Here and There on hulu. (which at one time did air on Adult Swim) After 4 of 13 episodes I am pretty sure I do not need to see the rest. Besides dragging at times, some of the content is unnecesary. I will probably watch the end of it anyway to see if my opinion will change, but I do not see it happening any time soon.
In parallel to my comments on Now and Then... I suppose this post could have been shorter. Why say in 10 words what you can say in 5?
Valhalla Rising - slow paced,very little speech and a story that's never really explained.The kind of movie where you're just going "WTF was that about?" at the end
Cranked with Jason Statham. It was Jason Statham playing.....Jason Statham once again. I swear to god i've never seen such a unidimentional actor in my life. The movie just can't calm the fuck down and the style is really annoying near the end.
Requiem for a Dream: Such a depressing movie. Im glad that i watched it but i don't think i'll ever watch it again. It was well made and everything but...i just didn't liked it verty much.
Grave of the Fireflies: It was soo heavy..it was a good movie but i mean....oh my god i was glad when it ended.
Requiem for a Dream: Such a depressing movie. Im glad that i watched it but i don't think i'll ever watch it again. It was well made and everything but...i just didn't liked it verty much.
Grave of the Fireflies: It was soo heavy..it was a good movie but i mean....oh my god i was glad when it ended.
I loved it too but what made it a little hard for me to really let if affect me was that they used sound effects for the outside scenes. That really took me out of it.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.
As a film-fan I'm disappointed with myself for this but I've never finished watching 'Let The Right One in.' I've tried more than once but I can't do it.
I don't know what it is, it might be because it's so slow but I'm normally fine with slow-burners - Once Upon A Time In The West and Lawrence Of Arabia are amazing. I might try it again in the future.
I don't know what it is, it might be because it's so slow but I'm normally fine with slow-burners - Once Upon A Time In The West and Lawrence Of Arabia are amazing. I might try it again in the future.
Here's mine separated into two categories of why they're hard to watch (under the spoiler alert since it's a bit long).
Hard to watch because they're bad:
BloodRayne- I had endeavored never to watch that piece of crap, but then decided "why not" when during my lunch break at work (my coworkers liked occasionally having "Bad Movie Lunch"). Truthfully, I dislike Uwe Boll in general (more for his shitty attitude than his reputation of terrible movies) but this is the only one I've actually watched instead of seeing clips/reviews and it was as terrible as everyone lets on. The dungeon sex scene was particularly awkward to sit through and literally came out of nowhere as far as I could tell.
Paul Blart Mall Cop- I really dislike this movie and part of the reason, other than it genuinely not funny, was the marketing. The tone wasn't at all right in the ads. It looked like it would just be a silly romp about a dogged but ineffective mall cop that saves the day (not the best premise, but it could have its moments of comedy), instead it was much less light-hearted story about a mall cop that's a total loser who gets stepped on all the time that admittedly still got to save the day.
Twilight- Another one from "Bad Movie Lunch." It was actually one of the ones later in the series, maybe New Moon but I'm not entirely sure. Either way, I didn't much care for it. All of the characters are so dull, particularly Bella. It would be way too much work to list all of the problems I had with this movie; it's just not a story I'm into.
Hard to watch, but I still like/respect them:
Grave of the Fireflies- Ever want to see a soul-crushingly depressing movie? Here it is. I knew it would be depressing before I even watched it (because of the synopsis) but it was rated 3+ if I remember right (or maybe 7+, it was something for very young ages), which most certainly happened only because it's animated. I can tell you that's definitely the case because it's of two kids that become orphans because of some firebombing on Japan during WWII... and then it got worse.
SPOILER
Both of them die. Setsuko, the younger sister who was 3-5 years old at most, dies of starvation right when Seita, her old brother and the main character, finally brings back food. So then he cremates her remains and gives up on life and dies, too. Also, some time around that cremation scene I mentioned, there's a montage of Setsuko being adorable while the song "Home Sweet Home" plays.
/SPOILER
It's extremely difficult to watch. I still don't have it in me to watch it a second time.
2001: A Space Odyssey- The only part of this film I really enjoyed were the bits with HAL 9000 in it. The rest of the movie was ponderously slow (like the primates with the monolith) and seemed pretentious (the star-child ending).
Pan's Labyrinth- It's just a difficult movie to watch since it has such an oppressive tone (though that seems to be part of the point). The guy getting his face beaten in with a bottle was particularly hard to watch; I tend to dislike scenes of torture or curb-stomp type beatdowns.
Watchmen- It was a good movie, but some of the stuff in it is just unpleasant. I also didn't like Silk Spectre and Nite Owl's awkward sex scene together; I have a dislike for awkward sex scenes in general, but that one was especially painful. Showing them nude while grinding slowly on the wrong spots for practically 5 minutes and playing the song "Hallelujah"? Ew, no thanks. That scene was like, what, 3 panels in the comic? And Alan Moore's certainly not one to shy away from nudity or sex scenes.
I don't even know where to put The Room (which was so bad it's funny). Admittedly, I've only seen the full movie on Adult Swim, since I had never gotten to renting it before then but I seriously doubt I'd find it as easy to watch it otherwise. I don't think the sex scenes were as bad as Adult Swim acted, censoring large chunks of the screen during them (it was April 1st when they played it), but I really don't want to see Tommy Wiseau awkwardly having sex.
Hard to watch because they're bad:
BloodRayne- I had endeavored never to watch that piece of crap, but then decided "why not" when during my lunch break at work (my coworkers liked occasionally having "Bad Movie Lunch"). Truthfully, I dislike Uwe Boll in general (more for his shitty attitude than his reputation of terrible movies) but this is the only one I've actually watched instead of seeing clips/reviews and it was as terrible as everyone lets on. The dungeon sex scene was particularly awkward to sit through and literally came out of nowhere as far as I could tell.
Paul Blart Mall Cop- I really dislike this movie and part of the reason, other than it genuinely not funny, was the marketing. The tone wasn't at all right in the ads. It looked like it would just be a silly romp about a dogged but ineffective mall cop that saves the day (not the best premise, but it could have its moments of comedy), instead it was much less light-hearted story about a mall cop that's a total loser who gets stepped on all the time that admittedly still got to save the day.
Twilight- Another one from "Bad Movie Lunch." It was actually one of the ones later in the series, maybe New Moon but I'm not entirely sure. Either way, I didn't much care for it. All of the characters are so dull, particularly Bella. It would be way too much work to list all of the problems I had with this movie; it's just not a story I'm into.
Hard to watch, but I still like/respect them:
Grave of the Fireflies- Ever want to see a soul-crushingly depressing movie? Here it is. I knew it would be depressing before I even watched it (because of the synopsis) but it was rated 3+ if I remember right (or maybe 7+, it was something for very young ages), which most certainly happened only because it's animated. I can tell you that's definitely the case because it's of two kids that become orphans because of some firebombing on Japan during WWII... and then it got worse.
SPOILER
Both of them die. Setsuko, the younger sister who was 3-5 years old at most, dies of starvation right when Seita, her old brother and the main character, finally brings back food. So then he cremates her remains and gives up on life and dies, too. Also, some time around that cremation scene I mentioned, there's a montage of Setsuko being adorable while the song "Home Sweet Home" plays.
/SPOILER
It's extremely difficult to watch. I still don't have it in me to watch it a second time.
2001: A Space Odyssey- The only part of this film I really enjoyed were the bits with HAL 9000 in it. The rest of the movie was ponderously slow (like the primates with the monolith) and seemed pretentious (the star-child ending).
Pan's Labyrinth- It's just a difficult movie to watch since it has such an oppressive tone (though that seems to be part of the point). The guy getting his face beaten in with a bottle was particularly hard to watch; I tend to dislike scenes of torture or curb-stomp type beatdowns.
Watchmen- It was a good movie, but some of the stuff in it is just unpleasant. I also didn't like Silk Spectre and Nite Owl's awkward sex scene together; I have a dislike for awkward sex scenes in general, but that one was especially painful. Showing them nude while grinding slowly on the wrong spots for practically 5 minutes and playing the song "Hallelujah"? Ew, no thanks. That scene was like, what, 3 panels in the comic? And Alan Moore's certainly not one to shy away from nudity or sex scenes.
I don't even know where to put The Room (which was so bad it's funny). Admittedly, I've only seen the full movie on Adult Swim, since I had never gotten to renting it before then but I seriously doubt I'd find it as easy to watch it otherwise. I don't think the sex scenes were as bad as Adult Swim acted, censoring large chunks of the screen during them (it was April 1st when they played it), but I really don't want to see Tommy Wiseau awkwardly having sex.
*facepalm*Slenn said:
Are you 12? Just askin'.
Anyway, kudos to those who mentioned films you actually need a strong constitution to sit through (Salo and A Serbian Film), but I'm surprised nobody mentioned The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things. I never thought it was that obscure. Anyway, among the topics it covers: physical child abuse, attempted child rape, drug abusing parents, psychological child abuse, prostitution, and sexual abuse of children (in addition to the attempted rape)...
It's a ball of joy. And it stars Marilyn Manson, Peter Fonda, and the twins from the Suite Life of Zack and Cody!
Everyone else... y'all have low levels of tolerance...