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What Are Some Films That You Absolutely Refuse To Watch, And Why?
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WWII movies because I can't stand them.
Anything done by M. Night Shyamalan because all of his movies suck. The biggest twist be ever made was convincing people that Sixth Sense and Unbreakable were good movies.
Anything done by M. Night Shyamalan because all of his movies suck. The biggest twist be ever made was convincing people that Sixth Sense and Unbreakable were good movies.
It's not that I would refuse to watch a film but if I am not interested in it I just wouldn't as there are too many things you can watch instead. Rather like some others here I have watched films and thought 'I don't know that I'll ever watch that again' but for good holy fuck, I was devastated afterwards - such as - Requiem For A Dream, mother! and Ilya 4 Ever - there being 2 Darren Aronofsky movies in there is why I look forward to his movies. That said I've haven't watched Black Swan again either.....dude makes films that leave a mark on me.
Men of Steel. I watched it until the scene that Superman drowns in a sea of skull. Never watch again. Hate pretentious shit.
I wish that I could unwatch Man Of Steel.
It's actually the movie that made me start going cold turkey on entire franchises that I'd previously enjoyed.
I don't think there's really anything I absolutely refuse to watch, off the top of my head. There's stuff I have no desire to see (not a huge fan of gorefests, as some other people have said), but that's kind of different. Like I would still watch them if you paid me or something.
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No you are not. It's on my list of movies I never want to see again.
Pretty much, looks like we are all on the same page here.
Can't really say that there's really anything out there that I will absolutely refuse to watch as I've seen a lot of bad movies, but there are quite a few that I won't watch out of sheer lack of interest.
Wait. You know what? Yeah. I'll make an exception for that. Any of those Christian propaganda movies usually done by Kirk Cameron or anything done by that hack Dinesh D'Souza. Those people do not deserve money.
It's a genuinely good movie and not just trying to be extreme or shocking. It's uncomfortable but fascinating.
I'd say the ones you listed are on my list as well OP. I love horror but I don't get making a movie just to be controversial and shocking.
I'm likely never going to watch Fantastic Four. There are plenty of movies like that that I know are just bad or dull, but that's not really in the spirit of the discussion lol
I'm likely never going to watch Fantastic Four. There are plenty of movies like that that I know are just bad or dull, but that's not really in the spirit of the discussion lol
Disney live-action remakes. I'm very passionate about classic Disney animation and 2D animation in general and am very bitter that it's dead. These films are a travesty in my eyes.
I only saw one (The Jungle Book) because I had heard that it was supposedly really good. It was not.
Also, Transformers movies. Because I thought the first one was the worst big budget movie I've ever seen. And that's supposed to be the good one.
I only saw one (The Jungle Book) because I had heard that it was supposedly really good. It was not.
Also, Transformers movies. Because I thought the first one was the worst big budget movie I've ever seen. And that's supposed to be the good one.
Passion of the Christ
I still remember the local news interviewing audience members who actually broke down in tears on camera describing their experience watching the movie. They were obviously Christian. But that just turned me off from ever wanting to watch it. The fact that local Christians used that movie as a recruiting tool by setting up in front of libraries and grocery stores, handing out free tickets to the movie along with pamphlets about their church, I found rather shameless.
I still remember the local news interviewing audience members who actually broke down in tears on camera describing their experience watching the movie. They were obviously Christian. But that just turned me off from ever wanting to watch it. The fact that local Christians used that movie as a recruiting tool by setting up in front of libraries and grocery stores, handing out free tickets to the movie along with pamphlets about their church, I found rather shameless.
I really like movies that give me a visceral reaction, but I swear sometimes I'll think about it and the song will pop into my head, happiness where are you? and I'll just cringe. It's a movie you can never forget you saw haha
I can barely watch straight romcoms anymore, which sucks since that was what me and my dad watched a lot as a kid and gay romcoms are rarely good. I avoid Adam Sandler and Jack Black like the plague.
Anything with a lot of unchecked racism is hard for me, alternative history movies make my skin crawl.
General end of the world stuff sticks in my head for too long, I hated Wally
I actually find over the top grossout interesting, Salo didn't really bother me except for a couple scenes. Ironically torture+gore+screaming I usually get squeamish at. My BA thesis is going to be about Pasolini so I guess it isn't bad enough for me.
Anything with a lot of unchecked racism is hard for me, alternative history movies make my skin crawl.
General end of the world stuff sticks in my head for too long, I hated Wally
I actually find over the top grossout interesting, Salo didn't really bother me except for a couple scenes. Ironically torture+gore+screaming I usually get squeamish at. My BA thesis is going to be about Pasolini so I guess it isn't bad enough for me.
Yeah, I can't handle that kind of thing any more.
Even violence can be too much anymore. It becomes oppressive and depressing.
I knew someone would say John Wick lol
The dog dying in that movie is not the main plot point, it's the instigator that makes the actual plot (dude who has nothing left to lose goes on a rampage) happen. The protagonist would make the exact same thing if they had just wrecked his car. Killing the dog is just making it more personal.
Dog dying plots are stuff like Marley and Me and that Richard Gere movie where everything that is shown is meant to make you leave the cinema feeling like shit when the dog dies in the last 10 minutes.
Juno.
Here is a quote from Juno. I saw it, and it happened early in the film. I immediately popped it out, packed the DVD in the little Netflix sleeve to send it back
"Gas Attendant: "Thata ain't no etch-a-sketch. Thats one doodle that can't be un-did home skillet."
Here is a quote from Juno. I saw it, and it happened early in the film. I immediately popped it out, packed the DVD in the little Netflix sleeve to send it back
"Gas Attendant: "Thata ain't no etch-a-sketch. Thats one doodle that can't be un-did home skillet."
I refuse to watch superhero movies. I never cared about them or about American comic books. I enjoyed old Superman films, but I was 10 at the time.
Also, Star Wars. Sure, the first 3 were fun when I was a kid, but the 4th one was complete crap, watched half of it and that was enough.
Also, Star Wars. Sure, the first 3 were fun when I was a kid, but the 4th one was complete crap, watched half of it and that was enough.
Same.
I heard several people say "It has no story or characters, but..." and it went straight onto my never-watch list.
Then I heard about how they depicted the Germans and I laughed pretty hard, so I guess it still technically entertained me.
Crash.
Well, I saw the first 10 min of it and turned it off.
Felt waaay better.
Edit: Also, the last time I heard the "old movies are boring" line was probably in high school. Perhaps you guys need to get
good and high to start appreciating old film or something.
Well, I saw the first 10 min of it and turned it off.
Felt waaay better.
Edit: Also, the last time I heard the "old movies are boring" line was probably in high school. Perhaps you guys need to get
good and high to start appreciating old film or something.
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Dog movies, sad movies, musicals, romantic movies, romantic-comedies.
The first two because I don't understand why people want to feel like that. The latter three because I have zero interest in stories like that and can't stand when the plot is interrupted by a song.
The first two because I don't understand why people want to feel like that. The latter three because I have zero interest in stories like that and can't stand when the plot is interrupted by a song.
Green Inferno. Evil brown natives torturing poor innocent white folk... Yeah, I picture that on a shelf next to Birth of a Nation. GTFO with that basura.
Just Christian movies like Left Behind or God's Not Dead or whatever other dumb shit.
I love horror and action movies so I will watch any no matter how gory or brutal. My sense of humor is pretty dark so I'll gladly watch something most would consider offensive.
I love horror and action movies so I will watch any no matter how gory or brutal. My sense of humor is pretty dark so I'll gladly watch something most would consider offensive.
This is fucking hilarious ........ because as someone who fucking HATES facebook with a passion, i have no desire to ever see this movie, thinking about watching it makes me angry, Everyone says its a good movie and I'm like NOOOOOOOOPPPPPE
Scarface - I know the plot, I know what its actually about unlike half the dumb asses in the world who think its some kind of life motto, I hate any of the movies that glorify gangsters and the mob in general. I had an ex who worshiped movie's like Goodfella's, Scarface, and Wolf of Wall street because she wanted money like them; she was the most miserable person I've ever met.
Anything that is straight violence porn, I saw the first Saw, I went and watched Saw 2, I've seen Hostel, but cmon none of those movies are really "great" and they aren't really interesting, so I'm pretty much done with it including things like Passion of the Christ.
Horror Movies in general - I have 0 desire to see the "Violence" aspect of them, and really I'm not "scared" by most shit in horror movies so unless they legitimately have a good plot/story they are kind of worthless to me, and its just me sitting there for 2 hours almost laughing at the absurd shit that is happening on screen.
I've been dragged to enough romantic comedies and seen too many Lifetime movies to really want to go see any ....... which leads to probably my most controversial choice....
The Before Trilogy ........ I keep seeing people say "the best love story ever" or "the best trilogy of all time" or "some of the best movies of all time" and I read the premise, and it sounds exactly like the shit you would see on lifetime, and I really have no desire to go watch a 3 film marathon about people falling in love. This might just be my jaded ass, but I've had too many failed relationships, and shit doesn't seem to be getting better recently in that area for me to want to watch people in "true" love over time. I don't need to see that relationships are hard, and god they just sound so boring that I can't help but think of movies like Titanic, and Notting Hill and not put it in the same vein.
Also ....... There are horrible comedies out there, most of Adam Sandlers Stuff, some of the kid's movies that clearly have no budget and are a cheap cash in, and anything that is all about the dog dying at the end. I'm also out on War movies that portray war as some kickass thing, and Ra ra look at this bad ass hero who saved 'Merica, I'll watch shit that actually looks at the real truth about war, and genocides but pure patriotic bullshit isn't really my thing. Deer Hunter - I absolutely Loved, American Sniper - Garbage tier shit i couldn't last 10 minutes watching.
I don't want to watch The 120 Days of Sodom, although I've read most of the Marquis de Sade's original book.
Generally I stay away from anything that fetishizes hardcore mutilation and cruelty. I don't like excessive and drawn out gore or torture. I'll read about it but I don't need to be as close to it as the most tasteless cinema can take me.
I'll tolerate a lot for quality cinema though. It's stuff like Brightburn that wants to show you some guy's split open jaw hanging off his head for a full minute with ushy gushy sounds -- that's what I'm not so much into.
Oh, also, I don't watch braindead maudlin religious propaganda like Breakthrough, or any "documentary" by mendacious fools like Dinesh D'Suza.
Generally I stay away from anything that fetishizes hardcore mutilation and cruelty. I don't like excessive and drawn out gore or torture. I'll read about it but I don't need to be as close to it as the most tasteless cinema can take me.
I'll tolerate a lot for quality cinema though. It's stuff like Brightburn that wants to show you some guy's split open jaw hanging off his head for a full minute with ushy gushy sounds -- that's what I'm not so much into.
Oh, also, I don't watch braindead maudlin religious propaganda like Breakthrough, or any "documentary" by mendacious fools like Dinesh D'Suza.
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Not necessarily. That movie has pretty much made me cry every time I've seen it cuz it's heart wrenching with the editing, music, and content. The torture stuff isn't what makes it so hard to watch for me but the general tone of it all.
Breaking down on camera is a bit much but some people are just more sensitive, it's not exactly an easy watch.
The Before Trilogy is something you'd see on Lifetime? Holy shit, now I've seen everything.
You didn't even watch a trailer for it.
You didn't even watch a trailer for it.
Requiem for a dream
I can only watch it once every few years.
The film is fantastic and that's why I come back to it... but it drains the life out of me. I lose faith in humanity and our entire existence when I watch it.
Once I had a panic attack while watching it.
Last time I've seen it, I only agreed to it because we watched Wall-E afterwards.
I can only watch it once every few years.
The film is fantastic and that's why I come back to it... but it drains the life out of me. I lose faith in humanity and our entire existence when I watch it.
Once I had a panic attack while watching it.
Last time I've seen it, I only agreed to it because we watched Wall-E afterwards.
