What's the most depressing movie etc. ever
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I don't quite understand how you can't find it depressing.Jonluw said:
Two of the primary themes of the book is death and unmet ideals (there's also corruption and a ton of other stuff, but I've wrote too many essays on this book to want to delve into those.)
Gatsby for one changed everything about him, his identity, what he was brought up to believe, and ultimately he gave up his life for a woman who really didn't care at all about him. If you've read the book you'll see that there's more to it than that, but the top and bottom of it is that a great guy gave up his life willingly for something he believed in for the majority of his life. The guy is the American Dream personified-
You know what? I just recommend reading it again. I never did enjoying writing those essays I mentioned, but I can see why you really didn't find it tragic if you didn't care for the characters. A large part of me wonders how you managed to actually finish the book if you didn't care about what happened to the characters, actually.
Simply,
Gatsbys death = tragic
The other characters deaths = the catalyst to Gatsbys death
I haven't read it in a year, though.
Gatsby for one changed everything about him, his identity, what he was brought up to believe, and ultimately he gave up his life for a woman who really didn't care at all about him. If you've read the book you'll see that there's more to it than that, but the top and bottom of it is that a great guy gave up his life willingly for something he believed in for the majority of his life. The guy is the American Dream personified-
You know what? I just recommend reading it again. I never did enjoying writing those essays I mentioned, but I can see why you really didn't find it tragic if you didn't care for the characters. A large part of me wonders how you managed to actually finish the book if you didn't care about what happened to the characters, actually.
Simply,
Gatsbys death = tragic
The other characters deaths = the catalyst to Gatsbys death
I haven't read it in a year, though.
Platti said:
I think it's just that the way the book was written wasn't very immersive to me. I never cared about Gatsby, he was merely a word on a page to me. In Clannad on the other hand, I had followed the characters through ups and downs in their everyday lives, and they became real people; people that I cared about. Watching Clannad, I actually shed a tear. Reading The great Gatsby I was less than excited the whole way through.
I don't know. Somehow, The great Gatsby didn't manage to provoke an emotional response from me.
As for how I managed to finish the book? One: I was intereted in having read one of the great literary works of our time. Two: The book was rather short. Three: It was a school project. (I was actually planning to read Moby Dick, but when I saw the size of that brick, and The great Gatsby standing next to it, I thought to myself 'fuck it, I'll go for Gatsby'.
I don't know. Somehow, The great Gatsby didn't manage to provoke an emotional response from me.
As for how I managed to finish the book? One: I was intereted in having read one of the great literary works of our time. Two: The book was rather short. Three: It was a school project. (I was actually planning to read Moby Dick, but when I saw the size of that brick, and The great Gatsby standing next to it, I thought to myself 'fuck it, I'll go for Gatsby'.
The original Gears of War and Fallout 3 are both very depressing games.
Surprisingly, I found the majority of the film Gladiator reasonably dspressing.
All the shit Russell Crowe's character has to go through can be hard to watch.
Surprisingly, I found the majority of the film Gladiator reasonably dspressing.
All the shit Russell Crowe's character has to go through can be hard to watch.
That was such, such a good movie.Red Right Hand said:
The most depressing movies I can think of are Being John Malkovich and 1984 (Book and movie). Both end with pretty much everyone you could be rooting for losing, and Being John Malkovich has no likable characters at all.
The most depressing movie I've ever seen was the documentary Shoah. Look it up on imdb.
You've probably never heard of it. You see, it's a documentary about the Holocaust. It consists entirely of interviews with survivors, bystanders, and ex-Nazi's. The kicker, and I'm not kidding about this, THE FILM IS NINE AND A HALF HOURS LONG!
That's right. You have to sit through nine and a half hours of real people talking about real events, in real time. No music, sparse visuals, just people. Real people.
The film left me in a near-catatonic state for days.
You've probably never heard of it. You see, it's a documentary about the Holocaust. It consists entirely of interviews with survivors, bystanders, and ex-Nazi's. The kicker, and I'm not kidding about this, THE FILM IS NINE AND A HALF HOURS LONG!
That's right. You have to sit through nine and a half hours of real people talking about real events, in real time. No music, sparse visuals, just people. Real people.
The film left me in a near-catatonic state for days.
A Scanner Darkly, now I haven't seen much of the depressing sort however. But It was bleak as hell.
Red Dead Redemption makes me feel depressed, which is strange considering that it isn't all that dark. Something about it just makes me feel like life is pointless.
Movies? Bladerunner. For the same reason as red dead.
Movies? Bladerunner. For the same reason as red dead.