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Title: Depressing Movies
Post by: on April 11, 2007, 08:57:00 am
One Per Poast!
 
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 Jacob's Ladder
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Post by: sonickteam2 on April 11, 2007, 09:03:00 am
The Green Mile
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Post by: renton007 on April 11, 2007, 09:03:00 am
Interiors
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Post by: bearman🐻 on April 11, 2007, 09:06:00 am
The Hours
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Post by: sonickteam2 on April 11, 2007, 09:08:00 am
whats the heroin movie with ben stiller in it? that one was a real bummer.
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Post by: Relaxer on April 11, 2007, 09:11:00 am
Happiness
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Post by: alex on April 11, 2007, 09:13:00 am
Requium for a Dream
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Post by: beetsnotbeats on April 11, 2007, 09:16:00 am
The Decalogue 1
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 09:19:00 am
Brazil
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Post by: thirsty moore on April 11, 2007, 09:22:00 am
His movie No End is pretty depressing as well, but very good!
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
  The Decalogue 1
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 09:23:00 am
Sophie's Choice
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Post by: nkotb on April 11, 2007, 09:33:00 am
Deep Impact
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Post by: K8teebug on April 11, 2007, 09:40:00 am
Dancer in the Dark
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 11, 2007, 09:52:00 am
Oldboy
 Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 11, 2007, 09:55:00 am
hell, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance too
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Post by: ratioci nation on April 11, 2007, 09:59:00 am
phantom menace
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 10:00:00 am
The Thin Red Line
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Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on April 11, 2007, 10:00:00 am
Leaving Las Vegas
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 10:01:00 am
Hamburger Hill
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Post by: Vas Deferens on April 11, 2007, 10:12:00 am
Touching the Void
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Post by: nkotb on April 11, 2007, 10:12:00 am
Gleaming the Cube
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Post by: terry on April 11, 2007, 10:28:00 am
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Originally posted by K8teebug:
  Dancer in the Dark
I was just going to post that. Bjork is pretty amazing in that film.
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Post by: sweetcell on April 11, 2007, 10:31:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by Relaxer:
  Happiness
most depressing movie ever... a descent into depravity.  it's a movie i wish i had never seen, i don't need to know there are people who are that sick and f*cked up (this bboard not withstanding, yuck yuck yuck).
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Post by: Bags on April 11, 2007, 10:47:00 am
My college roommate always cried at the end of "When Harry Met Sally" -- it infuriated her as 'life never works out like that!'
 
 - Ordinary People, because it's so true to life, all of us are screwed up inside in some way.
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 10:51:00 am
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 10:52:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by nkotb:
  Gleaming the Cube
Cube
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Post by: ratioci nation on April 11, 2007, 10:55:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by sweetcell:
  most depressing movie ever... a descent into depravity.  it's a movie i wish i had never seen, i don't need to know there are people who are that sick and f*cked up (this bboard not withstanding, yuck yuck yuck).
such a great movie, how could you wish you had never seen it, I am sure you stuck some postcards to the wall afterwards
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Post by: Relaxer on April 11, 2007, 10:58:00 am
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
   
Quote
Originally posted by Relaxer:
  Happiness
i don't need to know there are people who are that sick and f*cked up (this bboard not withstanding, yuck yuck yuck). [/b]
Ahhh, but aren't all people sick and fucked up in some way? I mean, c'mon, who here hasn't drugged his son's friends in order to have sex with them at least once or twice?
 
 I hear ya though, and I don't know why I like this movie so much. I guess it just hurts so good.
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Post by: K8teebug on April 11, 2007, 11:00:00 am
I haven't been able to bring myself to watch Happiness.  After Welcome to the Dollhouse, I didn't think his movies could get any more depressing.  Apparently, they did...
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Post by: crevers on April 11, 2007, 11:08:00 am
Neon Genesis Evangelion (yes, it's a series, but "The End of Evangelion" was released as a movie, I believe).
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Post by: xcanuck on April 11, 2007, 11:11:00 am
Scratch my previous one. The Sweet Hereafter. Any movie that starts with a busload of kids dying and has a father abusing his daughter can't leave you in a happy place. Love Sarah Polly's cover of "Courage" at the very end.
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Post by: grotty on April 11, 2007, 11:32:00 am
Apocalypse Now
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Post by: Sir HC on April 11, 2007, 11:45:00 am
A Scanner Darkly, though it is Keanu...
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Post by: Venerable Bede on April 11, 2007, 12:20:00 pm
since someone already mentioned what i was going to say (welcome to the dollhouse), i'll say-
 
 the ice storm
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Post by: MaLo on April 11, 2007, 12:36:00 pm
Love Liza
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 12:58:00 pm
Soylent Green
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Post by: eddie on April 11, 2007, 01:25:00 pm
House of Sand and Fog
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 01:39:00 pm
The Deer Hunter
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Post by: thirsty moore on April 11, 2007, 01:40:00 pm
Jules and Jim.
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Post by: jitterthug on April 11, 2007, 02:03:00 pm
Little Odessa
 The Rapture
 A Time for Drunken Horses
 
 A Time for Drunken Horses is by far the most depressing movie I have ever seen.
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Post by: Reod Dai on April 11, 2007, 02:39:00 pm
American Beauty
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Post by: Sir HC on April 11, 2007, 03:08:00 pm
2LDK
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Post by: Vas Deferens on April 11, 2007, 03:18:00 pm
The Straight Story
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Post by: aglanixp on April 11, 2007, 03:38:00 pm
Moonlight Mile
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Post by: lagas on April 11, 2007, 03:53:00 pm
any movie made by Solondz, Fassbinder or Von Trier
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 03:54:00 pm
The Story of Ricky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1rHQ4m_fdo)
 
 I love the scene where the dying guy, who has just had his belly sliced open by Ricky strangles Ricky with his intestines...while they're still attached.  That takes real guts!
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Post by: smakawhat on April 11, 2007, 05:03:00 pm
Brilliant film-making is never depressing.
 
 However anything by Lars Von Trier is just pleh.. shocker that.
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Post by: PigIron on April 11, 2007, 06:57:00 pm
House of Sand and Fog.  A girlfriend forced me to rent this and I thought it would be the most boring movie.  Holy sweet Christ, it was so friggin depressing.
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Post by: on April 11, 2007, 07:11:00 pm
The Omega Man
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Post by: grotty on April 11, 2007, 11:04:00 pm
I Am Legend
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Post by: thirsty moore on April 11, 2007, 11:39:00 pm
The Flower That Drank The Moon.
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Post by: thatguy on April 11, 2007, 11:53:00 pm
the pianist
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Post by: on April 12, 2007, 10:20:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by Reod Dai:
  American Beauty
I beg to differ.  American Beauty was ridiculous.  How does a non-menacing teen get access to all of that dope?  Did he talk video tech with the smugglers?
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Post by: Sir HC on April 12, 2007, 10:55:00 am
Biggest dope dealers I have met were very non-menacing.  One was a pound plus guy.
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Post by: lily1 on April 12, 2007, 11:22:00 pm
breaking the waves.
 
 though that could also qualify as the world's most fucked up movie.
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Post by: lily1 on April 12, 2007, 11:23:00 pm
one of those movies where i could not see what was so great about it. i thought it was ordinary.
 
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by Reod Dai:
  American Beauty
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Post by: Staralfur25 on April 13, 2007, 03:53:00 am
pan's labyrinth
 and
 dancer in the dark...completely depressing
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Post by: Mobius on April 13, 2007, 07:37:00 am
Gallipoli
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Post by: Frank Gallagher on April 13, 2007, 07:48:00 am
Dead man walking
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Post by: K8teebug on April 13, 2007, 08:02:00 am
If you didn't think American Beauty was one of the best films ever, you weren't paying attention to it.  The character development is unlike any other...ever.
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Post by: Reod Dai on April 13, 2007, 09:05:00 am
Agreed.  Kevin Spacey tells us not to feel sorry for him at the end, but I just can't help it.  :(
 
 
 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 Closer
 A Walk to Remember
 House of Flying Daggers
 The Warrior
 Curse of the Golden Flower
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Post by: Venerable Bede on April 13, 2007, 02:22:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by K8teebug:
  If you didn't think American Beauty was one of the best films ever, you weren't paying attention to it.  The character development is unlike any other...ever.
and boring.
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Post by: renton007 on April 13, 2007, 02:30:00 pm
I ranked American Beauty really high on my all time list for several years.  It's slipped a bit. For instance, **SPOILER** I never realized how cliche it is to have your closet gay as a tough marine.
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Post by: RatBastard on April 13, 2007, 03:52:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by lily1:
  breaking the waves.
 
 though that could also qualify as the world's most fucked up movie.
Most fucked up movie is Seven...
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Post by: xneverwherex on April 13, 2007, 03:58:00 pm
Little Children is pretty damn depressing. that last scene gives me chills.
 
 and happiness is beyond f-ed up. its hard to watch phillip seymour hoffman and not think of that film.
 
 crash is very disturbing too. i still cant sit through that movie. i walked out of it in theaters when it was first released. (and no, not the oscar movie) the cronenberg film with holly hunter
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Post by: Jaguar on April 13, 2007, 04:04:00 pm
Schindler's List
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Post by: RatBastard on April 13, 2007, 04:15:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Jaguar:
  Schindler's List
Spekaing of which, if you have not yet gone to the holocaust museum then by all means go.  'Nuff said.
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Post by: Naldo on April 13, 2007, 04:56:00 pm
Requium for a Dream..X2
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Post by: on April 13, 2007, 07:50:00 pm
Brian's Song
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Post by: Dr. Anton Phibes on April 13, 2007, 10:26:00 pm
"They Shoot Horses,Don't They"?
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Post by: steak and cheese fan on April 13, 2007, 10:46:00 pm
Dude, I saw this masterpiece in the theatre, completly depressing..  The Legend of Nigger Charley
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Nigger_Charley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Nigger_Charley)  :eek:    Where all the white women at?
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Post by: sweetcell on April 13, 2007, 10:47:00 pm
has anyone mentioned "Leaving Las Vegas"?
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Post by: beetsnotbeats on April 13, 2007, 11:19:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by sweetcell:
  has anyone mentioned "Leaving Las Vegas"?
People think Sheryl Crow has a good voice. That's depressing.
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Post by: on April 14, 2007, 09:00:00 am
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
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Post by: Jaguar on April 14, 2007, 10:43:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by sweetcell:
  has anyone mentioned "Leaving Las Vegas"?
I think someone mentioned this on page 1 but I agree that it sure belongs on this list.
 
 Kind of in the same vein (haha, no pun intended):
 
 Drugstore Cowboy
 
 Also...
 
 Casino
 Barfly
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Post by: on April 14, 2007, 01:18:00 pm
Barfly was uplifting, not depressing.
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Post by: Jaguar on April 14, 2007, 01:29:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Dupek Chakra:
  Barfly was uplifting, not depressing.
Well, yeah, in it's own decadent kind of way.
 
 (To be honest, I saw it so many years ago that I don't remember it all that well.)
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Post by: twangirl on April 14, 2007, 02:38:00 pm
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
 
 Just saw this. It's very well done although a real downer.
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Post by: Jaguar on April 14, 2007, 03:08:00 pm
To watch the documentary for free, please visit:
 Freedom To Fascism (http://www.myspace.com/freedomtofascism)
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Post by: Frank Gallagher on April 14, 2007, 03:16:00 pm
Old Yeller
 
 (made me cry when Yeller died)
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Post by: Jaguar on April 14, 2007, 03:31:00 pm
Yeap. Very sad.
 
 To some degree,
 Breakfast At Tiffany's
 The cat scene made me cry.
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Post by: eltee on April 14, 2007, 04:24:00 pm
Basketball Diaries
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Post by: eltee on April 14, 2007, 04:25:00 pm
Boy's Don't Cry (I was out of it for about three hours after that wrenching movie)
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Post by: eltee on April 14, 2007, 04:26:00 pm
As a kid - Bambi or Snoopy Come Home (well, it was sad when he got lost!)
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Post by: Frank Gallagher on April 14, 2007, 04:51:00 pm
What about Dumbo when is mum dies?
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Post by: eros on April 14, 2007, 09:53:00 pm
Just got done watching United 93.
 
 Wow.
 
 Depressing because you keep hoping and hoping the ending will be different.
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Post by: RatBastard on April 14, 2007, 10:32:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Dupek Chakra:
  One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
One of the best movies ever made.
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Post by: Reod Dai on April 15, 2007, 12:35:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  Old Yeller
 
 (made me cry when Yeller died)
How in the hell did I forget this one?  It was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid, but damn, was it ever sad.   :(  
 
 That actually just made me think of another one, though, a movie adaptation that only just came out of a book I read probably over fifteen years ago.
 
 Bridge to Terebithia
 
 That book actually made me cry (I was in fifth grade or so at the time, to be fair), and the movie certainly did it justice.
 
 Also, the first time I saw Armageddon, I thought the part where Bruce Willis says goodbye to his daughter near the end was ridiculously sad.  Hell, I've thought that every time I've seen it, but the first time was still the worst.
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Post by: Random Citizen on April 15, 2007, 12:42:00 am
Definitely agree with the Solondz mentions as well as Requiem for a Dream...those are films that I have seen that I never want to see again.
 
 To add to the list: Kids, Bully, Brokeback Mountain
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Post by: Frank Gallagher on April 15, 2007, 03:01:00 pm
The Crying Game.
 
 I know I'b be depressed if I thought I was getting my hole only to find out there's a tallywacker down there!!  :(
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Post by: on April 16, 2007, 08:08:00 am
On Her Majesty's Secret Service ...a sad ending for a Bond flick.
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Post by: RonniStar on April 16, 2007, 06:10:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by le sonick:
  whats the heroin movie with ben stiller in it? that one was a real bummer.
It's called  Permanent Midnight (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120788/)
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Post by: on April 16, 2007, 07:28:00 pm
1984
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Post by: on April 20, 2007, 01:31:00 pm
John Carpenter's In The Mouth Of Madness
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Post by: terry on April 20, 2007, 01:50:00 pm
Bang the Drum Slowly
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Post by: Shiverintheshadows on April 20, 2007, 01:51:00 pm
High Art
 Far From Heaven
 The Hours
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Post by: on April 20, 2007, 01:58:00 pm
John Carpenter's Prince Of Darkness
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Post by: Frank Gallagher on April 20, 2007, 02:41:00 pm
Rushmore - I hated myself after that movie...what a waste of a perfectly good free rental voucher.
 
 The Big Lebowski - Needed counselling after spending hard earned money on that one
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Post by: hijinksandsue on April 20, 2007, 07:06:00 pm
Just because we were talking about this at dinner the other night, I have to echo those who said:
 
 Dancer in the Dark
 
 For whatever reason, I wasn't expecting that ending ... and I think that (glasses) scene may be the single most heart-wrenching (heart-rending?) scene I can recall in many years ...
 
 Why does it strike me as so odd that David Morse has gone from the nice-guy roles like Boomer in "St. E" and the daddy-alien in "Contact" to the odious villains of "Ditd," "Hounddog" and "Disturbia"?
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Post by: walkonby on April 20, 2007, 08:13:00 pm
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Post by: beetsnotbeats on April 20, 2007, 11:05:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by hijinksandsue:
  Why does it strike me as so odd that David Morse has gone from the nice-guy roles like Boomer in "St. E" and the daddy-alien in "Contact" to the odious villains of "Ditd," "Hounddog" and "Disturbia"?
He also played an, um, asshole cop in a "House" story arc over several episodes.
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Post by: on April 21, 2007, 09:59:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by hijinksandsue:
  Just because we were talking about this at dinner the other night, I have to echo those who said:
 
 Dancer in the Dark
 
 
What a bore-a-thon that film was.  Makes me not wanna see Dogtown.