Cinematic Scars
Monday, November 2, 2009 - CHALLENGES
[LIFE’S BIG LISTS]
It’s cheesy but true: We go to the movies to escape, to laugh, to love, to cry. And there are plenty of movies that smack you with all those feelings simultaneously. But for every Shawshank Redemption and Little Miss Sunshine, there are just as many films that you wish had never played at your local cineplex. Maybe it was far too sick and twisted. Maybe it was unbearably pointless. Maybe it’s the hysteria left in its wake (we're looking at you, High School Musical). Whatever the case may be, what film do you wish you had never personally encountered?
List 3 movies you wish you’d never seen.
1. Gone With the Wind. Convinced me that a screwed-up relationship is a prerequisite for passion.
2. The Shining. I’ve never been able to look at hotel bathtubs the same way since.
3. American Psycho. So disturbing it made sense. And that was the most unsettling part.
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1. Final Destination 2- I was twelve, and only actually watched the first ten minutes or so before squeezing my eyes shut and plugging my ears. To this day I still tense up when I pass logging trucks on the highway.
2. Independence Day- Also saw this very young. Have been paranoid of alien invasion ever since.
3. Step Brothers- My two friends, who look a surprising amount like the characters from the movie, memorized nearly every line and quoted it (occasionally accompanied by actions as well) incessantly for about two months afterward.
1. Requiem for a Dream (I get nauseated every time I see it)
2. Pi
3. Spooked
1) Drowning Mona
2) E.T. (I'm afraid of him, no matter how nice he is)
3) The Butterfly Effect
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.
Confessions of a Shopaholic. The woman is sooo annoying. i like shopping and i thought it would be a cute movie, but it's AWFUL!
Sabrina remake (with Harrison Ford). maybe because i saw the original first and i'm in love with audrey, but these two have NO chemistry at all!! :/
1. Orange County ( worst movie ever)
2. Magic ( This movie gave me nightmares as a kid)
3. Cool World ( first movie I walked out on)
I Know Who Killed Me - Don't know what I was thinking even renting this one.
The Beach - Leo, what were you thinking?
My Blueberry Nights - Absolutely ridiculous.
1. One missed call (the american version) - waste of time, i saw it at the cinemar, it was so boring, just awful
2. the cell - so disturbing, I was aloud to watch it at age 8 thanks to an apathetic babysitter. Haunted me for a whole damn year.
3. the truman show - that film was the begining of my paranoia filled days
1. Mr Brooks- I must now remain constantly vigilant.
2. Miss March + Electric Mist = One full movie because I only got 1/2 way through each.
3. Burn After Reading- Much too boring, do better Brad, you could do better, you can be better.
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1. Mysterious Skin- Did not know this was an NC-17 movie. very graphic and gory.
2. Party Monster- a truly creepy movie.
3. The Rescuers Down Under- to this day i cannot watch this film without cringing.