PeteBills4ever Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 Was checking out movies to watch online yesterday and I stumbled onto this one: The Road, since Viggo Mortensen was in that movie and I really liked what he did in Eastern Promises directed by Cronenberg, I figured I'd give hit a shot without really knowing what it was... I can't even tell you if with was really good or bad since it left me with such a depressing feeling, what a depressing movie! And I guess the fact that my only child is a boy a bit younger than the boy in the movie got me going pretty good , anyway you have to see it for yourselves to know what I mean... What's your most depressing movie ever and if you've seen The Road, I'd like to know what you think.. ***Football games don't count as most depressing movie, I know many of you would be tempted to list Friday's game vs the Skins or last year Browns game or any Super Bowl lost.......
Arkady Renko Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 I thought the Road was more uplifting than than No Country For Old Men. At least there's arguably a happy ending in the Road.
/dev/null Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 You know what's a depressing movie? March of the Penguins So many targets So little time
PeteBills4ever Posted August 17, 2010 Author Posted August 17, 2010 I thought the Road was more uplifting than than No Country For Old Men. At least there's arguably a happy ending in the Road. The good thing at the end is that the boy won't be alone, but you know there is no hope afterwards.... Johnny Got His Gun was fairly depressing. Forgot about this one, that was good, I liked what Metallica did with the video for the song One featuring scenes from the movie.
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 I'm really not a huge movie watcher. I prefer documentaries and true crime stories, but here are a few... -The Wrestler - Monster - 8MM - No Country For Old Men - American Beauty - There Will Be Blood And don't forget Bambi and Old Yeller!
ajzepp Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 I thought The Road was pretty well done. I agree it wasn't the "blue skies" type of movie you may have been in the mood for, but then again, when you read the description beforehand what did you think "post-apocalyptic" mean, exactly? lol
Chef Jim Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 The Buffalo Bills: The Super Bowl Years. They did make that into a movie didn't they?
Pete Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 The Buffalo Bills: The Super Bowl Years. They did make that into a movie didn't they? beat me to it. Although I would say the last 10 Bills year in review's is slit your wrists type depressing
Chef Jim Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 beat me to it. Although I would say the last 10 Bills year in review's is slit your wrists type depressing No actually the last 10 years freed me. My Sunday's are pretty much wide open now.
stuckincincy Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 2001: A Space Odyssey. It droned on and on and on for eons...to deliver the same, old, shop-worn, piece of movie pap - mankind is F*ked.
Arkady Renko Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 I also found Mystic River to be terribly depressing.
The Dean Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 I'm only really thinking of good movies, so... Days of Wine and Roses La Strada EDIT: The Bad Lieutenant is depressing and disturbing.
PromoTheRobot Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 District 9 Silent Running Children of Men. Actually if you like anime, "Grave of the Fireflies" is about an orphaned brother and sister in late WWII Japan. If you're not bawling by the end you have no soul. PTR
KD in CA Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 Days of Wine and Roses Good choice there. The dark side of alcohol is very dark indeed. A few other good ones that left me pretty down/empty: Shindler's List Million Dollar Baby The Deer Hunter Most depressing book: Angela's Ashes Most depressing play: Caberet
PeteBills4ever Posted August 17, 2010 Author Posted August 17, 2010 I'm only really thinking of good movies, so... Days of Wine and Roses La Strada EDIT: The Bad Lieutenant is depressing and disturbing. I'm guessing the one with Harvey Keitel, I'll admit this one was pretty f...ked up!, not the latest one with Nicolas Cage, that was pretty good actually.
Just Jack Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 Requiem for a Dream The last 5-10 minutes was one of the most f-ed up endings I've ever seen.
The Dean Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 I'm guessing the one with Harvey Keitel, I'll admit this one was pretty f...ked up!, not the latest one with Nicolas Cage, that was pretty good actually. Yes, I meant the one with Keitel. And I really mean the unrated version of that movie. I think the movie is well done, just twisted and sick. I haven't seen the Cage version. Are you suggesting it is better than the original?
Pete Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 Requiem for a Dream The last 5-10 minutes was one of the most f-ed up endings I've ever seen. Most depressing film I have ever seen. There is another which I can't remember the name- but it is about a women dying from cancer. Butterfly Effect was depressing too. And the most disturbing, etched in my memory ending to a film is Being John Malkovich (with Cusack in the babys body leering at this mother)
PeteBills4ever Posted August 17, 2010 Author Posted August 17, 2010 Yes, I meant the one with Keitel. And I really mean the unrated version of that movie. I think the movie is well done, just twisted and sick. I haven't seen the Cage version. Are you suggesting it is better than the original? They are two very different movies IMO , the one with Keitel is much darker style while the one with Cage that takes place in post-Katrina New-Orleans, while still twisted has a funny side to it with the play of Cage. Cage can be either really good or really bad sometimes, but he's really good in that movie, not a classic but worth seeing...
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