Painful/Difficult Movies to Watch

**Tsukasa** · 04-23-2009, 06:49 PM

The Passion of the Christ - hard to watch someone getting beaten and whipped for an entire movie

The Grave of the Fireflies - painful on many levels. I cried; I never want to have more than is necessary for myself. There are people who are really in need.

**darynthe** · 04-23-2009, 07:01 PM

I went through twenty excrutiating minutes of Caligula. I still have nightmares.

**spiritdetectivegirl** · 04-23-2009, 07:56 PM

Last of The Mohicans. If I watch the whole movie through, I'll tear up at the end.

**Prunesquallor** · 04-23-2009, 08:28 PM

Twilight....wanted to gouge my brain out with a spoon...
or does that not count?

**Nemesis** · 04-23-2009, 09:01 PM

August Underground... didn't make it past the first 15 min and don't plan to ever try again.

**runoverazebra** · 04-23-2009, 09:06 PM

I find Amistad really painful to watch. I also find Gigli to be very painful to sit through, but for a completely different reason.

**Brittle** · 04-23-2009, 09:41 PM

	Originally Posted by Tsukasa To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	The Passion of the Christ - hard to watch someone getting beaten and whipped for an entire movie.

I found it immensely difficult to watch because I thought it to be the most self-indulgent piece of crap I ever had the misfortune of sitting through.

.... but that's just me
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Can't think of any emotionally difficult films off the top of my head though.

**jakeordie** · 04-23-2009, 09:55 PM

Once Were Warriors

**PeterIMC** · 04-23-2009, 09:57 PM

	Originally Posted by Tsukasa To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	The Passion of the Christ - hard to watch someone getting beaten and whipped for an entire movie

That movie irritated the hell out of me, but not because of what was shown or the story, but because it's the hidden agenda of the producer/director that bothers me a lot.

Besides that:

I hate Horror Movies.

That's just because I always know what's going to happen next, but horror movies are specifically made for you not to know what's going to happen next. Literally horrible.

**DanteFalling** · 04-23-2009, 09:58 PM

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	Twilight....wanted to gouge my brain out with a spoon... or does that not count?

I adore you.

An evil ESTJ? forced me to watch it with her.

I used to romanticize the idea of vampires.

Now all I can see is repetitive emo bone structure screaming "LOOK! I SPARKLE. OH, THE INHUMANITY!!!!"

**PeterIMC** · 04-23-2009, 09:58 PM

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	I found it immensely difficult to watch because I thought it to be the most self-indulgent piece of crap I ever had the misfortune of sitting through. .... but that's just me To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

Exactly, you said it much better than I did..
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**DanteFalling** · 04-23-2009, 10:01 PM

The War Zone with Tilda Swinton was traumatic.

**Samoan Corleone** · 04-23-2009, 10:12 PM

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	Once Were Warriors

Yes, in my opinion it is the best movie to come out of NZ. I haven't seen The Passion of The Christ. The Nicolas Cage remake of The Wicker Man was, at best, painful to watch. I had to be excused when Nic was wearing the bear suit. I think the most difficult movie I've ever found to watch is Schindler's List. I've only seen it once, many years ago, but I still rate it as one of my favourite films. It's too bad Liam Neeson was nominated for Best Actor the same year as Tom Hanks' Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia. The Green Mile is hard to watch as well, it's depressing.

**BlackOp** · 04-23-2009, 11:36 PM

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	Last of The Mohicans. If I watch the whole movie through, I'll tear up at the end.

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I watched that last week..actually like Michael Mann's direction style. It sucked on a tragic level...think I'm going to jump through a waterfall now.

Waiting for this opinion to magically disappear...

**spiritdetectivegirl** · 04-23-2009, 11:39 PM

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	I adore you. An evil ESTJ? forced me to watch it with her. I used to romanticize the idea of vampires. Now all I can see is repetitive emo bone structure screaming "LOOK! I SPARKLE. OH, THE INHUMANITY!!!!"

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!! *can't brethe*

**dalidaisy** · 04-24-2009, 12:12 AM

Ha! Marley & Me. That stupid ass movie had me crying so hard I had to wipe tears away to watch it & even my shirt was wet from tears. Pisses me off, really. I don't understand why that movie was even made...

Faces of Death, no problem. Apocolypse Now, cake. 8MM, no emotions. Marley & Me, turned me to a pile of mush. Something is wrong with me...

**BlackOp** · 04-24-2009, 12:24 AM

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	Ha! Marley & Me. That stupid ass movie had me crying so hard I had to wipe tears away to watch it & even my shirt was wet from tears. Pisses me off, really. I don't understand why that movie was even made... Faces of Death, no problem. Apocolypse Now, cake. 8MM, no emotions. Marley & Me, turned me to a pile of mush. Something is wrong with me...

Apocalypse Now was amazing...are you sure you saw the same movie?

**dalidaisy** · 04-24-2009, 12:41 AM

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	Apocalypse Now was amazing...are you sure you saw the same movie?

I was saying that it wasn't hard to watch...

**CaseBlue** · 04-24-2009, 01:02 AM

I agree with OP's Grave of the Fireflies. It made me cry. Aside from that, I can not think of any other movie that I would describe as painful to watch.

**Lolie** · 04-24-2009, 02:49 AM

Once Were Warriors. I was incredibly disappointed that its sequel What Becomes of the Brokenhearted was so much less gut-wrenching.

I also found Monster extremely difficult to watch. There wasn't a single character in that film for whom I could feel the slightest sympathy or compassion.

Lolie added to this post, 5 minutes and 1 seconds later...

Oh, and Rabbit Proof Fence because it could have been Australia's Once Were Warriors and failed miserably.

**charolastra** · 04-24-2009, 03:13 AM

Grave of the Fireflies made me cry so hard that I threw up.

After going to Krakow last week and seeing the Krakow ghetto and Schindler's Factory, I finally sucked it up and watched Schindler's List. I went to meet some friends for dinner afterwards and they asked me if I had broken up with my boyfriend because my eyes were so red and swollen.

Holocaust and Spanish Civil War movies really get me more than most things. Life is Beautiful has me preemptively crying from the beginning because I know what's going to happen, as does Au Revoir Les Enfants. La lengua de las mariposas is based on one of my favorite short stories and is about an atheist teacher during the Spanish Civil War in a small town in northern Spain. The ending is absolutely gut wrenching- reminiscent of the Dead Poets Society (which also makes me cry :P) but about 20 times worse.

I'm academically invested in quite a few topics that are "difficult" and so films that touch on these issues effect me as well. In particular films about immigration (El Norte), HIV/AIDS (Angels in America, Philadelphia), Latin American dictatorships (In the time of the Butterflies, Imagining Argentina, Missing, Rojo Amanacer- which is a must see for any Spanish speaker IMO, and The Year My Parents Went on Vacation), and in general political activity/genocide/poverty in the 3rd world (Hotel Rwanda).

Ever since I was little, I might not be able to verbalize what is upsetting me but I cry at the drop of a hat. Particularly with films, I get so wrapped up in it that I don't know how to handle it and just cry. :P

**Lolie** · 04-24-2009, 03:24 AM

I really wanted to like Schindler's List but I found it a crappy, whitebread movie which lacked the emotional impact of the book. I'd like to think it will be remade one day into a far more powerful film than the original.

**Valielen** · 04-24-2009, 03:36 AM

I'll go with the OP and agree on Graveyard of the Fireflies. I think an IV serum is required to avoid dehydration on that movie.

**zibber** · 04-24-2009, 03:38 AM

Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Moulin Rouge..

(Can you guess the odd one out?)

	Originally Posted by Tsukasa To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	The Grave of the Fireflies - painful on many levels. I cried; I never want to have more than is necessary for myself. There are people who are really in need.

Amen.

**Samoan Corleone** · 04-24-2009, 03:52 AM

The Power of One is another film that's hard to watch. I saw it when I was six (1996) in a hotel room and I'll never forget the other boys pissing on PK in the bathroom.

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	Oh, and Rabbit Proof Fence because it could have been Australia's Once Were Warriors and failed miserably.

I thought it was a good movie. Like Schindler's List it's another film I've only seen once, because once was all I needed.

04-23-2009, 06:49 PM	#1
Tsukasa Member [05%] MBTI: INXX Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 200	The Passion of the Christ - hard to watch someone getting beaten and whipped for an entire movie The Grave of the Fireflies - painful on many levels. I cried; I never want to have more than is necessary for myself. There are people who are really in need.
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04-23-2009, 07:01 PM	#2
darynthe Member [45%] MBTI: INFP Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,824	I went through twenty excrutiating minutes of Caligula. I still have nightmares.
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04-23-2009, 07:56 PM	#3
spiritdetectivegirl Member [08%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 352	Last of The Mohicans. If I watch the whole movie through, I'll tear up at the end.
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04-23-2009, 08:28 PM	#4
Prunesquallor Veteran Member [66%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,647	Twilight....wanted to gouge my brain out with a spoon... or does that not count?
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04-23-2009, 09:01 PM	#5
Nemesis Core Member [307%] MBTI: XXXX Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 12,281	August Underground... didn't make it past the first 15 min and don't plan to ever try again.
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04-23-2009, 09:06 PM	#6
runoverazebra Core Member [372%] MBTI: INxJ Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 14,911	I find Amistad really painful to watch. I also find Gigli to be very painful to sit through, but for a completely different reason.
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04-23-2009, 09:55 PM	#8
jakeordie Member [02%] MBTI: XXXX Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 97	Once Were Warriors
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DanteFalling Member [28%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,132	The War Zone with Tilda Swinton was traumatic.
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04-24-2009, 12:12 AM	#16
dalidaisy Core Member [136%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,479	Ha! Marley & Me. That stupid ass movie had me crying so hard I had to wipe tears away to watch it & even my shirt was wet from tears. Pisses me off, really. I don't understand why that movie was even made... Faces of Death, no problem. Apocolypse Now, cake. 8MM, no emotions. Marley & Me, turned me to a pile of mush. Something is wrong with me...
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04-24-2009, 01:02 AM	#19
CaseBlue New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 54	I agree with OP's Grave of the Fireflies. It made me cry. Aside from that, I can not think of any other movie that I would describe as painful to watch.
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04-24-2009, 02:49 AM	#20
Lolie Member [05%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 206	Once Were Warriors. I was incredibly disappointed that its sequel What Becomes of the Brokenhearted was so much less gut-wrenching. I also found Monster extremely difficult to watch. There wasn't a single character in that film for whom I could feel the slightest sympathy or compassion. Lolie added to this post, 5 minutes and 1 seconds later... Oh, and Rabbit Proof Fence because it could have been Australia's Once Were Warriors and failed miserably.
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04-24-2009, 03:13 AM	#21
charolastra Member [07%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 281	Grave of the Fireflies made me cry so hard that I threw up. After going to Krakow last week and seeing the Krakow ghetto and Schindler's Factory, I finally sucked it up and watched Schindler's List. I went to meet some friends for dinner afterwards and they asked me if I had broken up with my boyfriend because my eyes were so red and swollen. Holocaust and Spanish Civil War movies really get me more than most things. Life is Beautiful has me preemptively crying from the beginning because I know what's going to happen, as does Au Revoir Les Enfants. La lengua de las mariposas is based on one of my favorite short stories and is about an atheist teacher during the Spanish Civil War in a small town in northern Spain. The ending is absolutely gut wrenching- reminiscent of the Dead Poets Society (which also makes me cry :P) but about 20 times worse. I'm academically invested in quite a few topics that are "difficult" and so films that touch on these issues effect me as well. In particular films about immigration (El Norte), HIV/AIDS (Angels in America, Philadelphia), Latin American dictatorships (In the time of the Butterflies, Imagining Argentina, Missing, Rojo Amanacer- which is a must see for any Spanish speaker IMO, and The Year My Parents Went on Vacation), and in general political activity/genocide/poverty in the 3rd world (Hotel Rwanda). Ever since I was little, I might not be able to verbalize what is upsetting me but I cry at the drop of a hat. Particularly with films, I get so wrapped up in it that I don't know how to handle it and just cry. :P
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04-24-2009, 03:24 AM	#22
Lolie Member [05%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 206	I really wanted to like Schindler's List but I found it a crappy, whitebread movie which lacked the emotional impact of the book. I'd like to think it will be remade one day into a far more powerful film than the original.
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04-24-2009, 03:36 AM	#23
Valielen Member [13%] MBTI: InTj Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 539	I'll go with the OP and agree on Graveyard of the Fireflies. I think an IV serum is required to avoid dehydration on that movie.
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