Movies that f'd you up

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:13 am

We already did the horror movie thread a few months ago and my netflix queue is dwindling down to crap I either don't want to see or I don't remember even putting there. So I thought we could start a list of movies that messed up your head. No, that's not just horror movies. It could be some documentary that opened your eyes. It could even be a movie that lifted your spirits and made you think (realize) you might be gay. I'm not gay bashing! ...oh, just list some movies.

A few from me.

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Irreversible

Audition

Enron: The Smartest Guys In the Room

Duh post: The Exorcist

Smartass post: Spice World (First!)

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:19 am

cube

see it!

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:24 am

"The Killing of America" - A documentary I saw in my late teens. Up until then I had been a horror-movie fan (as teens are). After it, I realised how de-sensitised to [real] violence I had become.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157894/

It's old now - 1982 - and "reality" footage of death is much more common these days, but it was a wake up call for me.

STRATEGY_510 · Post by **STRATEGY_510** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:41 am

beats me wrote:We already did the horror movie thread a few months ago and my netflix queue is dwindling down to crap I either don't want to see or I don't remember even putting there. So I thought we could start a list of movies that messed up your head. No, that's not just horror movies. It could be some documentary that opened your eyes. It could even be a movie that lifted your spirits and made you think (realize) you might be gay. I'm not gay bashing! ...oh, just list some movies.

A few from me.

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Irreversible

Audition

Enron: The Smartest Guys In the Room

Duh post: The Exorcist

Smartass post: Spice World (First!)

Taxi Driver
12 Monkeys
Oldboy

STRATEGY

ilynx · Post by **ilynx** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:42 am

movies or documentaries that either messed me up, opened up my mind or twisted it around:

Seven aka "Se7en" (1995)- of course, it didn't help that my brother and i decided to watch this instead of going to midnight mass with the rest of the family on christmas eve.

The Fountain (2006) - i really had to pay attention to keep up with this one. also, as a MAJOR plus, this one is visually STUNNING!!!

What the Bleep Do We Know? (2004) - or the "Down the Rabbit Hole" edition from 2006. also one you have to keep paying attention to, some really deep stuff.

would love to hear anyone's opinion on these, and yours once you see them. enjoy!

i'll probably come up with more in a bit...

Sleep Tyght · Post by **Sleep Tyght** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:42 am

The Mist...yup. Thanks to the trailer I kinda saw the ending coming though...

Sleepaway Camp...

Superhead's Vs. Mr. Marcus video. If you've got a girlfriend you NEED TO MAKE HER WATCH THIS VIDEO.

Primal Fear...and speaking of Edward Norton...

American History X.

Goodbye Uncle Tom...damn and I thought Roots was bad.

White people were pretty fucked up...feel free to argue with "were".

Ms. .45 Someone needs to remake this shit FAST...The Brave One had NOTHING on this flick.

X.

The last 20 or so minutes of "Seven". I don't think I've ever experienced that much suspense in a film.

ilynx · Post by **ilynx** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:46 am

Sleep Tyght wrote:
The last 20 or so minutes of "Seven". I don't think I've ever experienced that much suspense in a film.

nice timing!

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:50 am

"Kids",
by Larry Clarke and Harmonie Korine

brought back bad memories from my youth,
I had to go and sit on a beach for a bit

not an uplifting film

ilynx · Post by **ilynx** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:56 am

Angstrom wrote:"Kids",
by Larry Clarke and Harmonie Korine

brought back bad memories from my youth,
I had to go and sit on a beach for a bit

not an uplifting film

can't believe i forgot about this one! excellent call angstrom. man this one really messed me up, made me not want to ever have kids!

dave dominey · Post by **dave dominey** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:06 am

stroszek

greatest film ever made

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0075276/

thehuman · Post by **thehuman** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:09 am

Requiem For A Dream
The Butterfly Effect (I'm ashamed on that one, but not alone.)
Anything by David Lynch.
Waking Life.

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:14 am

+1 for Oldboy, truly twisted. I'm still waiting for Hollywood to fuck that one up...and they will.

Se7en. can't believe I forgot that one either.

Kids really pissed me off, like I was mad at them for even making that movie because it really disturbed me and it makes you feel powerless.

EnemyofSilence · Post by **EnemyofSilence** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:24 am

Sleep Tyght wrote: Sleepaway Camp...

lol, I've been friends with "Ricky"s older brothers since grade school.

Off the top of my head, my list would include...

The Wages of Fear

Jacob's Ladder (though the end REALLY pissed me off)

Eraserhead

lola · Post by **lola** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:25 am

Memento

Hard candy

C.S. · Post by **C.S.** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:31 am

"Kids", by Larry Clarke and Harmonie Korine brought back bad memories from my youth, I had to go and sit on a beach for a bit not an uplifting film

"Bully" by Larry Clark had that same effect on me. It takes place in South Florida (where I grew up), and the way he portrayed those kids in the movie was so accurate it was scary.

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