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Ever regret watching a film because it just made you feel so shit?

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sliceofsoup · 09/10/2015 20:34

Just finished watching Philomena. Bawling. DH looking at me funny.

I wish I hadn't watched it at all, because now I am sad, and angry at the injustice of it all.

Felt similar after watching The Help.

Any one else get like this?

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zippey · 10/10/2015 23:07

I love a good torture film or a weenie with a sad ending. All these are brilliant sad films

Advantageous
Never Let Me Go
Martyrs
Pans Labyrinth
The Elephant Man
Tyranasour

WhataRacquet · 10/10/2015 23:08

Just thought of another one, Me, Myself & Irene. There was an awful scene that I wasn't expecting at all. Made me feel sick.

TheSwallowingHandmaiden · 10/10/2015 23:31

Racquet, was it Jim Carrey bf-ing?

Tyrannosour is such a brilliant fim.

Baconyum · 11/10/2015 03:04

I only regret watching films that were crap. Not ones that were disturbing.
I actually when in the right mood choose to watch weepies and I love horror films but good well crafted ones not over gory or torture porn purely as I find them boring.

I actually generally find myself on these threads thinking some people are far more sensitive than I'm used to adults being, but hey maybe I'm an insensitive cow!

I don't really think so though as there are films that are difficult to watch and scenes I find very difficult to watch, but when that's rape/murder/loss isn't that the film makers doing their job?

AbbyCadabra · 11/10/2015 04:07

I was interested to read a pp's comments on Grizzly Man. The film's director, Werner Herzog, is shown listening (on headphones) to the audio recording of the bear attack who then decides not to use it in his film. He has given several interviews regarding this decision. The tape was then handed to a friend of Timothy Treadwell (the Grizzly Man) who said she would never listen to it or release it. Herzog recommended that the tape be destroyed. There are some tapes on Youtube that purport to be the audio tape, these are widely regarded to be fake. (There were certainly no audio sounds in the version of Grizzly Man I saw. Thank God).

Senpai · 11/10/2015 04:30

I just watched Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (on Netflix, totally recommend it). I will add that to films that left me feeling bummed.

On the other hand the music was awesome and I think that's the first time I've ever seen an animated rock opera.

Redglitter · 11/10/2015 04:36

I felt shot after watching Lost In Translation at the cinema. Partly because I'd spent good money to watch that crap and partly cos it was 2 hours of my life gone forever

boilingkettle · 11/10/2015 08:14

I avoid traditional horror movies because I hate feeling scared or panicked - as a young teen though, I watched Nightmare on Elm Street at my friend's house and was SO freaked out by Freddie Kreuger. Couldn't sleep because I was convinced he'd get me in my dreams... Supernatural films and anything with ouija boards also freak me out.
Sometimes I put on a weepie because I want a good cry - it can be so cathartic and therapeutic. Tried and tested for this are:
Terms of Endearment
Steel Magnolias
ET
La Vita e Bella
God, they all just END me. I'm a snivelling mess during all of them.

I also think Marley and Me should come with a warning - watched it on a Monday after miscarrying on the Friday night. Blindsided isn't the word. I've not been fit to watch it since.

stopfaffing · 11/10/2015 08:36

TrionicLettuce ah, Plague Dogs. saw it at the cinema thirty odd years ago and was sobbing my heart out at the end. I have since recently watched the end scene again on youtube. Oh the power of friendship Sad. Oh those poor dogs.

Wobblystraddle · 11/10/2015 08:47

Has anyone said American Psycho yet?

The film was bad, the book gave me nightmares. I read it when I was 26.

LittleFishBigOcean · 11/10/2015 09:38

I read the books of The Lovely Bones and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas before watching the films and the books affected me far more. In fact after finishing the boy in the striped pyjamas I just lay there staring at the book in disbelief.

I've since tried to read Philomena but can't get into it al all.

TSSDNCOP · 11/10/2015 10:05

Blood Diamond
Magdalene Laundrey

notheroldie · 11/10/2015 15:54

Wobblystraddle I mentioned American Psycho and I barely got into it before getting freaked out.
I cant abide gore/torture etc, so thanks for all the recommendations on ones to avoid :)
But I do like a true story even if its sad and harrowing.

MissEeerie · 11/10/2015 17:04

Precious.

MissEeerie · 11/10/2015 17:05

wobblystraddle The book of American Psycho traumatised me!

FixItUpChappie · 11/10/2015 17:27

I was really upset watching "A Beautiful Life" - it's the only film I've ever watched where people just sat there and sniffled after the lights came on.

50feetandfalling · 11/10/2015 18:04

Leaving Las Vegas. Just horrific.

twoboystwogirls · 11/10/2015 21:51

Slade of course, duh of course it was the remake you were on about! I'm so dumb sometimes! It didn't even click when you mentioned going to see it on a date. If it was 1974 a few years ago it would have made sense!!! Grin

The remake was ok, but can't compare to the original.

Cruikshank yes there was next to no gore....apparently the head of the BBFC at the time was massively against horror and just banned movies from the title alone. Driller Killer is an example. Again another so called video nasty with little gore.

HippyChickMama · 12/10/2015 07:48

twoboys Driller Killer! What a strange film that was. Watched it some years ago with dh and all the way through we were just looking at each other going 'wtf?!'. Very odd.

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KatherineMumsnet · 12/10/2015 10:46

Just to let you all know - going to shimmy this rather excellent thread over to Films in a mo.

Thanks!

twoboystwogirls · 12/10/2015 10:49

HippyChick yes I remember watching it with my sister and her friends...one of them turned her back to the TV during the whole film as she was sure it would be gory and gross. She turned round at one point and screamed as she thought there was gore but it was just a pizza haha. It was just rubbish.

momb · 12/10/2015 11:33

I still have nightmares about the kerb scene in American History X. The scene was cut before issue on DVD. It just knocked the breath out of me, though I have to say the film is the poorer for its loss; the psyche of his character was so clear from that one scene.

More recently: Inside Out. I have 5 teen/preteen girls and that film just brought me into sharp focus as a Joy character: desperately trying to keep everyone happy/all the plates spinning in the face of increasing/never ending signs that it just isn't possible. Just too close to home for me. I had to stop the car on the way home to sob. Scared the girls a lot, and still fill up just thinking about the film. I'll watch it again in a couple of years and wonder what I was thinking, I'm sure.

runlulurun · 12/10/2015 12:34

No longer watch any sort of horror film as just not good for me at all.

Watched Essex Boys with DP and absolutely hated it. Since then now refuse to watch violent gang-y films too. I used to like Sean Bean but there is a rape scene in the film that means I can't look at him the same now.

I don't watch chick flicks either so my choice of viewing is narrowing somewhat!

OliviaM91 · 12/10/2015 12:48

Grave of the Fireflies and The Magdalene Sisters, I was an absolute wreck after both films. Also, Any Day Now, I only saw the ending but almost whacked my brother for not warning me, it was so sad.

angemorange · 12/10/2015 12:50

Watched the original Funny Games and wish I hadn't - really horrible (Belgian?) film about two young men torturing a family - apparently there's a remake with Tim Roth but will avoid that one like the plague!! Still have nightmares about it.....