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MrZoom
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TV-movies and short films count, too.
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Zaccheus
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When I watched it with Jamie, he kept telling me how good it was, and trying to point out it’s virtues. To this day more than a decade later I still can’t see why he thought it was worth watching.Autumn-Smoke:
I still have family members trying to convince me that it’s a great movie. Some of the music is good. That’s about it.
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Peaceable
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I saw this as a three-year-old. It traumatized me…
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7_Sorrows
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Or Old Yeller!
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Zaccheus
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I promise you, by the age of seven years most kids have had enough grief in their lives that they don’t need sad stories about dead pets to tell them it exists.VonDerTann:
Thank you!
Just off the top of my head, the list of tragically-dead-animal books and movies includes The Red Pony, Old Yeller, JT, A Girl Named Sooner, Sounder, A Day No Pigs Would Die, Kes, The Yearling, It’s Like This Cat (the titular cat lives but a kitten gets crushed to death). I’m sure I’m forgetting about 50 more.
There’s even one novel for tweens called “No More Dead Dogs” where the young narrator observes that if you pick up any book with a dog and an award sticker on the cover, the dog is going to die before the end of the book.
Even if one believes that subjective view of the world (joyous Christians don’t, and wouldn’t teach their kids that lesson), resorting to killing off a beloved animal is a cliched deus ex machina way of getting that across.
Death by Newbery Medal - TV Tropes
A movie meant for small children, about talking forest animals, had an ending that was meant to be a shock.
This. Is. Not. A Good. Style. Choice.
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TheLittleLady
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I don’t finish movies if I don’t like them.
I walked out of the theatre after 20 minutes of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Waterworld and Field of Dreams are the two I’ve forced myself to watch. Never get that time back.
Hard for me.ro keep track of the movies I’ve shut off in my own home. Life is too short to watch bad movies.
I walked out of the theatre after 20 minutes of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Waterworld and Field of Dreams are the two I’ve forced myself to watch. Never get that time back.
Hard for me.ro keep track of the movies I’ve shut off in my own home. Life is too short to watch bad movies.
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Dr_Meinheimer
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That’s where I am.
I’d also include moe modern ones like The Grudge, The Ring, and the like. I enjoyed the chills at the time, but weary from all the darkness in the world, and choose not to wallow in it as fantasy. I prefer to be uplifted; the real valley of tears is dark enough.
I’d also include Caligula. In high school we thought we were clever being able to rent a rated X movie from the local mom and pop movie store. Talk about disgusting trash that shouldn’t exist.
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EricF
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I’ll catch flak for this, but Star Wars. I thought it was so stupid I never saw another in the series.
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Irishmom2
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I saw Star Wars two years after it came out, just to see what the hoopla was about. It had its moments, but I have never seen another one and don’t plan on it.
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Irishmom2
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Okay, probably the worst waste of time ever for me was this.
My now husband and I watched it when we had just started dating. We watched it all the way through to the end, thinking it would all make sense then.
It didn’t. It is probably my pick for most memorable because it is so bad movie of all time.
My now husband and I watched it when we had just started dating. We watched it all the way through to the end, thinking it would all make sense then.
It didn’t. It is probably my pick for most memorable because it is so bad movie of all time.
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LeonardoArruda
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-Guardians is one of the worst, the movie is so bad that i literally could write a better script, and i am terrible at writting, the story is being shoved down the viewer throat, 50% of the scenes are useless, the villan looks like sloth from The Goonies and one of the heroes turns into a bear, that’s his super power he just turns into a bullet proof bear, it feels like that kinda of story a 8 year old would make while playing with his toys or something.
-History Channel documentary on war of Paraguay, they lied countless times, give historically inaccurate info and dont get me started on the “reconstruction” of the events, one boy was holding a WW2 weapon on a 1800’s war.
-“oque é isso companheiro?” it means “what’s that comrade?”, the movie is set on the brazilian dictatorship of 1964, and the protagonists are part of the communist resistence, the movie is a stupid propaganda, in real life the communists robbed banks and killed innocent people for the “greater good”, but the movie makes murderers look like badasses.
-Season of the Witch, they make the Catholic Church look like bad people who randomly kill woman, the movie has blasphemy, lies and a cringe story.
-Assasin’s Creed the movie, before i was a catholic i was a fan of the series and i went to see the movie, as a fan i felt robbed, they messed the whole “animus” thing up, as a catholic now i see that the movie was even worst becuse they use the stereotype of "uurr duur science bad lets burn that woman " kinda of Church
-History Channel documentary on war of Paraguay, they lied countless times, give historically inaccurate info and dont get me started on the “reconstruction” of the events, one boy was holding a WW2 weapon on a 1800’s war.
-“oque é isso companheiro?” it means “what’s that comrade?”, the movie is set on the brazilian dictatorship of 1964, and the protagonists are part of the communist resistence, the movie is a stupid propaganda, in real life the communists robbed banks and killed innocent people for the “greater good”, but the movie makes murderers look like badasses.
-Season of the Witch, they make the Catholic Church look like bad people who randomly kill woman, the movie has blasphemy, lies and a cringe story.
-Assasin’s Creed the movie, before i was a catholic i was a fan of the series and i went to see the movie, as a fan i felt robbed, they messed the whole “animus” thing up, as a catholic now i see that the movie was even worst becuse they use the stereotype of "uurr duur science bad lets burn that woman " kinda of Church
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JanR
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I haven’t seen enough films to list five, but here are two that I thought were a waste of time and money:
Z or ZEE – some political thing that I couldn’t understand and was so boring I fell asleep during much of it.
ACCIDENTAL TOURIST – Never could understand the plot line or the point of it.
Z or ZEE – some political thing that I couldn’t understand and was so boring I fell asleep during much of it.
ACCIDENTAL TOURIST – Never could understand the plot line or the point of it.
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Peeps
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Well, I read through the entire thread, but I didn’t see mine listed.
I regret seeing The Prestige.
My husband and daughters were raving about it, so we rented it (back in the old days about a decade ago!) so I could see it.
I had no clue what was going on in the film. I got lost about every two minutes, and they had to stop the film and explain what was happening and who the different people were, and why I should be amazed or worried…and I just sat there with a confused look on my face.
I actually asked if we had to watch the whole movie, I was so bored and confused.
I have a very very hard time with most movies and as a rule, I don’t see them very often. I listed five favorites in that thread, and I watch them over and over and over again. But I really dislike seeing a new movie.
A movie is made up of around 80-120 “scenes”, and it’s up to the viewer to connect all the scenes.
It’s not a like book, where generally there is plenty of exposition between the action sequences, and the motives of the characters are often made clear in the writing. I like books.
But I have such a hard time connecting the 80-120 scenes into a coherent story, and remembering who is who, especially nowadays as all the actresses look alike, including the character actresses, and so many of them seem to be named “Emma,” and so many of the actors look alike and so many of them seemed to be named “Chris.”
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I’m one of those awful people who, during the movie, asks my husband, “Hey, I thought that was the guy that got killed by the alien!” And my husband says, “No, that was Chris, this is Tom, the guy who’s pretending to be a cop but he’s really an alien, but he’s a good alien who’s trying to stop the invasion and help the people of Venus.” And I say, “Venice? I thought this was happening in Dallas?” And…
…at this point, the few other people in the theater (no one goes to movies anymore) say, “Hey, shaddup!”
So I really am bad at “getting” movies. Oh, well.
I regret seeing The Prestige.
My husband and daughters were raving about it, so we rented it (back in the old days about a decade ago!) so I could see it.
I had no clue what was going on in the film. I got lost about every two minutes, and they had to stop the film and explain what was happening and who the different people were, and why I should be amazed or worried…and I just sat there with a confused look on my face.
I actually asked if we had to watch the whole movie, I was so bored and confused.
I have a very very hard time with most movies and as a rule, I don’t see them very often. I listed five favorites in that thread, and I watch them over and over and over again. But I really dislike seeing a new movie.
A movie is made up of around 80-120 “scenes”, and it’s up to the viewer to connect all the scenes.
It’s not a like book, where generally there is plenty of exposition between the action sequences, and the motives of the characters are often made clear in the writing. I like books.
But I have such a hard time connecting the 80-120 scenes into a coherent story, and remembering who is who, especially nowadays as all the actresses look alike, including the character actresses, and so many of them seem to be named “Emma,” and so many of the actors look alike and so many of them seemed to be named “Chris.”
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I’m one of those awful people who, during the movie, asks my husband, “Hey, I thought that was the guy that got killed by the alien!” And my husband says, “No, that was Chris, this is Tom, the guy who’s pretending to be a cop but he’s really an alien, but he’s a good alien who’s trying to stop the invasion and help the people of Venus.” And I say, “Venice? I thought this was happening in Dallas?” And…
…at this point, the few other people in the theater (no one goes to movies anymore) say, “Hey, shaddup!”
So I really am bad at “getting” movies. Oh, well.
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CelticWarlord
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I’ve seen some movies that were real losers but got a laugh out of them anyway. Others I have left in the middle of so don’t feel I’ve “seen” them. I guess I have only one that might qualify, Deliverance, which I found very distasteful. At the same time I was watching it at a friend’s house with a cute girl who insisted I cuddle her while watching, so I really didn’t want it to end. 
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Titivillus
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The Dark Knight Rises
It may have been filmed in Pittsburgh, but it ain’t no Sudden Death, Striking Distance, or Flashdance n’at.
“Save me an aisle seat, and pass the pierogi”
It may have been filmed in Pittsburgh, but it ain’t no Sudden Death, Striking Distance, or Flashdance n’at.
“Save me an aisle seat, and pass the pierogi”
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pnewton
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Mulholland Drive
The Deer Hunter
Deliverance
Those are the only ones that stand out for me.
The Deer Hunter
Deliverance
Those are the only ones that stand out for me.
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JanR
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I prefer books over movies, too.Well, I read through the entire thread, but I didn’t see mine listed.
I regret seeing The Prestige.
My husband and daughters were raving about it, so we rented it (back in the old days about a decade ago!) so I could see it.
I had no clue what was going on in the film. I got lost about every two minutes, and they had to stop the film and explain what was happening and who the different people were, and why I should be amazed or worried…and I just sat there with a confused look on my face.
I actually asked if we had to watch the whole movie, I was so bored and confused.
I have a very very hard time with most movies and as a rule, I don’t see them very often. I listed five favorites in that thread, and I watch them over and over and over again. But I really dislike seeing a new movie.
A movie is made up of around 80-120 “scenes”, and it’s up to the viewer to connect all the scenes.
It’s not a like book, where generally there is plenty of exposition between the action sequences, and the motives of the characters are often made clear in the writing. I like books.
But I have such a hard time connecting the 80-120 scenes into a coherent story, and remembering who is who, especially nowadays as all the actresses look alike, including the character actresses, and so many of them seem to be named “Emma,” and so many of the actors look alike and so many of them seemed to be named “Chris.”
:crazy_face:
I’m one of those awful people who, during the movie, asks my husband, “Hey, I thought that was the guy that got killed by the alien!” And my husband says, “No, that was Chris, this is Tom, the guy who’s pretending to be a cop but he’s really an alien, but he’s a good alien who’s trying to stop the invasion and help the people of Venus.” And I say, “Venice? I thought this was happening in Dallas?” And…
…at this point, the few other people in the theater (no one goes to movies anymore) say, “Hey, shaddup!”
So I really am bad at “getting” movies. Oh, well.
I read VALLEY OF THE DOLLS by Jacqueline Susaan, and enjoyed that book. I also saw the movie, and of course, they changed some things around, including a different ending. Whenever a movie is made from a book, the story always gets changed in certain places.
Not, I’m not a film buff.
To add to the list of movies I regret having seen, I can include SHAMPOO, which was absolutely pointless and shallow.
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Dlee
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Good Will Hunting
Raising Arizona
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Raising Arizona
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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tuscany
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Good call Dlee, I will move Mama Mia! to second place. The only real memory I have of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf was the need to jump into the shower and try to wash my brain out as well as the rest of my body. The ugliness/nastiness/contempt/hate just oozed from that movie and seemed to touch everything. I just wanted to somehow wash it all off of me.
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Peeps
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We had to watch Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in one of my college classes (a required elective in which we watched movies–ahh, public schools! But it was interesting, especially for someone like me who doesn’t really like movies.).
I think what makes the movie riveting and significant is the tumultous real-life relationship between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor–at times we weren’t sure if we were watching a movie or real-life.
They had to be one of the most fascinating couples, in a negative/positive way, in entertainment history. Both of them were majorly-talented actors–a shame they couldn’t get their personal lives together, and a shame they couldn’t control their sinful appetites. A good lesson for all of us about how unbridled passions can destroy our lives and souls.
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