Chef Jim Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 "Raising Arizona' could be the lone gem I have not seen it but I have heard it's good. My question though is it good in spite of his acting or does he actually act well in it? When I was back east a few weeks ago my nephew was watching some Cage movie. Holy crap I thought there was no way I could possible see a move where his acting is worse that what I've seen in the past but it was bad, bad, bad, bad. It had something to do with him being able to see into the future. I can't believe the guy gets paid to do what he does.
Buftex Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 "Raising Arizona' could be the lone gem "Birdy" was awesome too!
Wacka Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 Cage was fine as one of the guys working with Judge Reinhold at the fish & chips place in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
KD in CA Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 I have not seen it but I have heard it's good. My question though is it good in spite of his acting or does he actually act well in it? When I was back east a few weeks ago my nephew was watching some Cage movie. Holy crap I thought there was no way I could possible see a move where his acting is worse that what I've seen in the past but it was bad, bad, bad, bad. It had something to do with him being able to see into the future. I can't believe the guy gets paid to do what he does. RA was hysterical, but also the kind of movie where bad/silly/campy acting actually made it funnier.
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 Yep....along with some of the best acting you'll ever see on film. The one part where Nolte nonchalantly walks back to the house from the burning garage after killing Coburn in there. The music gets a bit eerie and Nolte sits down in the kitchen and pours himself a shot and looks out that big kitchen window at the burning garage, almost in some kind of attitude of self-satisfaction.
PushthePile Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 The Deer Hunter Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby Born on the Fourth of July- The winner for most depressing. Precious Schindlers List
bartshan-83 Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 came in here only to post Requiem for a Dream. there are a lot of other good, depressing movies mentioned in this thread, but Requiem is the movie that makes you feel like someone just kicked your soul in the crotch. I remember not even being able to get up from my chair when it was over. A really messed up, amazing movie. What an excellent description. What's crazy is, I still can't decide which of the 4 of them ends up the most F'd. I'd go with Connolly or Wayans...but there are no winners.
The Dean Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 "Raising Arizona' could be the lone gem He was excellent in Moonstruck.
The Avenger Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 You'd be hard-pressed to find a more outright depressing movie than 2001's "Wit" starring Emma Thompson. In this movie Emma Thompson plays an eglish professor dying of cancer and reflecting on her life - how she's never really had any good strong relationships, how alone she is, how her work has been her life and how few people know or like her. So you follow a lonely woman as she slowly dies a terrible death - hard to get more depressing than that. After I watched it I wondered why I had done that to myself.
GoodBye Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 I agree. I didn't enjoy that movie at all. I also agree on "The Road" being downbeat but I thought it was well done for what it was. I think Charlize Theron is one of the best actresses out there. Put aside that shes beautiful. To add to the most depressing movie list I think "AI" would be a good nomination. Again I thought it was well done but so sad. I have never felt so disgusted watching a movie as I did when I got finished watching Revolutionary Road. It affected my mood for a long time after that.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest At least this one has something of a hopeful ending, even if Randall gets screwed over and bites it.
stuckincincy Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 At least this one has something of a hopeful ending, even if Randall gets screwed over and bites it. The Native American thread starter who hated the Redskins needs to chime in here about the big Indian who liked Juicy Fruit gum and pitched the ceramic thing through the window. How racially insensitive...
boyst Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 The Bridge. A documentary of people jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. It is amazing to watch them back track the lives of people who jumped, talking to their family, their friends, finding their lifes secrets. One guy was the product of his mothers one night stand. She had been planning suicide prior and determined that she would not get the abortion and end her life but instead try to raise him and see if it can help her live. She died when he was in his twenties and not too long after he jumped. It is epic to see the lifes dangle as they fall, to see the one person that someone saved and to see the one who survived. Try it...
stuckincincy Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 The Bridge. A documentary of people jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. It is amazing to watch them back track the lives of people who jumped, talking to their family, their friends, finding their lifes secrets. One guy was the product of his mothers one night stand. She had been planning suicide prior and determined that she would not get the abortion and end her life but instead try to raise him and see if it can help her live. She died when he was in his twenties and not too long after he jumped. It is epic to see the lifes dangle as they fall, to see the one person that someone saved and to see the one who survived. Try it... Here's a classic Bridge movie: the 1959 flick, Die Brücke You won't be all smiles after viewing this sad one... . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052654/
UConn James Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 I distinguish b/w movies that tell a sad story, real-life or not ("Schindler's List") with movies that are nothing more than exercises in wallowing and depressing just to be depressing. My vote in this regard goes to "Far Harbor" with pre-Oscar Jennifer Connelly. Just a bunch of whiny/mopey, self-involved NYC yuppies who you just want to punch in the solar plexi and yell "Cowboy up!" at. I get enough of that in real life that I don't need to go seeking out and paying to watch these same kind of conversations, thank you very much. Seriously, I'd write that whoever wrote that screenplay ought to be shot, but w/o looking it up, I'd say the odds are 9 out of 10 that they've already done that deed themselves. I almost wrote "Rachel Getting Married" too, but there were at least parts of it that I rather enjoyed, with characters who were humans trying to move on with their lives after an event that defined their family.
Pete Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 The Bridge. A documentary of people jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. It is amazing to watch them back track the lives of people who jumped, talking to their family, their friends, finding their lifes secrets. One guy was the product of his mothers one night stand. She had been planning suicide prior and determined that she would not get the abortion and end her life but instead try to raise him and see if it can help her live. She died when he was in his twenties and not too long after he jumped. It is epic to see the lifes dangle as they fall, to see the one person that someone saved and to see the one who survived. Try it... I just watched it. Well done but devastating
Acantha Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 Jennifer Connely movies being mentioned reminded me of another, House of Sand and Fog. Bonus that it has Ben Kingsley who can be one of my favorite actors when he's playing the right roles (unfortunately he's played some really bad ones too).
stuckincincy Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 I distinguish b/w movies that tell a sad story, real-life or not ("Schindler's List") with movies that are nothing more than exercises in wallowing and depressing just to be depressing. My vote in this regard goes to "Far Harbor" with pre-Oscar Jennifer Connelly. Just a bunch of whiny/mopey, self-involved NYC yuppies who you just want to punch in the solar plexi and yell "Cowboy up!" at. I get enough of that in real life that I don't need to go seeking out and paying to watch these same kind of conversations, thank you very much. Seriously, I'd write that whoever wrote that screenplay ought to be shot, but w/o looking it up, I'd say the odds are 9 out of 10 that they've already done that deed themselves. I almost wrote "Rachel Getting Married" too, but there were at least parts of it that I rather enjoyed, with characters who were humans trying to move on with their lives after an event that defined their family. Me and wife enjoy the Indie flicks. Our poster MarkV... that gives us the reviews is a great resource. We only view the PG-13 and down flicks - IMO, if you sit through an Indie R rated or above movie, you will leave the theater with your knuckles dragging on the pavement debating in the mind the best way to do yourself in.
bbb Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 The movie I was most depressed with at the end was No Country for Old Men........I was depressed because such a gripping and excellent movie ended so stupidly.
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