Movies that you can't bring yourself to watch.

[Chino]

Rubber is a movie that's so bad it's good.

[KevShmev]

As for The Notebook; that's the exception to the rule.  I LOVE that movie. I've seen it like five times and I'd watch it again if it was on.  It's sappy, but I like it.

Agreed.  I avoided it for the longest time because of the rep it had, but I think it was maybe a year ago (maybe less) when I was flipping around the dial and it was just starting and I kept it on and watched it.  I am pretty sure being mesmerized by Rachel McAdams is the main reason why I stopped cold when I landed on it (pretty sure that if you look up drop dead gorgeous in the dictionary, a picture of her from the mid 00's is next to the definition  ), but I ended up enjoying it a lot.  Sappy, for sure, but very well done.

[jingle.boy]

Misery is great but I always turn off for the infamous hobbling scene. It's up there with Quint being eaten alive for scenes I cant watch / listen to.

I read Misery before seeing the film. When Annie went to hobble Paul, I thought "wait, that's all she is going to do?"

Same... what she did in the novel was far more horrific than what was done on screen.

[Stadler]

I don't think of The Godfather films as "mafia films" any more than I think of Million Dollar Baby as a boxing film. It's just the backdrop. It is so much more than that.

I've been saying that to my wife and daughter for going on three years now. 

[Stadler]

I've watched "Saving Private Ryan" in the theater; I was on a date and the first 45 minutes or so was so intense I sweat through my shirt (embarrassing! Thankfully she was no better).  I've put off watching it again, even though it was excellent, just because it was that intense.

That's how I am with The Boy in Striped Pajamas. I'm content never seeing that again, despite it being good.

I came here to say the same thing. That is a movie that is important to see…once. But I don’t know that anyone needs to watch it twice. Nor could I imagine wanting to. But it was an excellent film.

See, I go both ways on this.   Like with music, I think there ARE films that are important to see, because we don't live in a box.  I think you need to see some of the films of the '50s, '60s and '70s that influenced the things we're seeing today.   Just like if you're going to claim "x" band is the greatest band of all time, you need to listen to the bands that infuenced that band, at least once.  You need to see The Godfather for the same reason you need to hear Sgt. Pepper.   

I've done both with my kids.   We had a "Top 100 Movies" poster that we went through when COVID hit, and we watched 2001, and The Shining, and Close Encounters, and a bunch others.  I had her listen to Zofo, Sgt. Pepper, Yellow Brick Road, Rumors, and a couple others.  It's about expanding horizons and being aware of what's around you.

But I stay away from forcing movies "that have something to say" on my kids.

[Chino]

I've watched "Saving Private Ryan" in the theater; I was on a date and the first 45 minutes or so was so intense I sweat through my shirt (embarrassing! Thankfully she was no better).  I've put off watching it again, even though it was excellent, just because it was that intense.

That's how I am with The Boy in Striped Pajamas. I'm content never seeing that again, despite it being good.

I came here to say the same thing. That is a movie that is important to see…once. But I don’t know that anyone needs to watch it twice. Nor could I imagine wanting to. But it was an excellent film.

See, I go both ways on this.   Like with music, I think there ARE films that are important to see, because we don't live in a box.  I think you need to see some of the films of the '50s, '60s and '70s that influenced the things we're seeing today.   Just like if you're going to claim "x" band is the greatest band of all time, you need to listen to the bands that infuenced that band, at least once.  You need to see The Godfather for the same reason you need to hear Sgt. Pepper.   

I've done both with my kids.   We had a "Top 100 Movies" poster that we went through when COVID hit, and we watched 2001, and The Shining, and Close Encounters, and a bunch others.  I had her listen to Zofo, Sgt. Pepper, Yellow Brick Road, Rumors, and a couple others.  It's about expanding horizons and being aware of what's around you.

But I stay away from forcing movies "that have something to say" on my kids.

Was Contact on there?

[hefdaddy42]

I sincerely doubt it.

[jammindude]

I’ll never forget Contact.

20 minutes into the film, I leaned over to my wife (well…date with woman who would later be my wife) and said “if the alien is her dad I’m leaving”

And then it was, and neither one of us could stop laughing.

[Stadler]

I've watched "Saving Private Ryan" in the theater; I was on a date and the first 45 minutes or so was so intense I sweat through my shirt (embarrassing! Thankfully she was no better).  I've put off watching it again, even though it was excellent, just because it was that intense.

That's how I am with The Boy in Striped Pajamas. I'm content never seeing that again, despite it being good.

I came here to say the same thing. That is a movie that is important to see…once. But I don’t know that anyone needs to watch it twice. Nor could I imagine wanting to. But it was an excellent film.

See, I go both ways on this.   Like with music, I think there ARE films that are important to see, because we don't live in a box.  I think you need to see some of the films of the '50s, '60s and '70s that influenced the things we're seeing today.   Just like if you're going to claim "x" band is the greatest band of all time, you need to listen to the bands that infuenced that band, at least once.  You need to see The Godfather for the same reason you need to hear Sgt. Pepper.   

I've done both with my kids.   We had a "Top 100 Movies" poster that we went through when COVID hit, and we watched 2001, and The Shining, and Close Encounters, and a bunch others.  I had her listen to Zofo, Sgt. Pepper, Yellow Brick Road, Rumors, and a couple others.  It's about expanding horizons and being aware of what's around you.

But I stay away from forcing movies "that have something to say" on my kids.

Was Contact on there?

I don't believe it was.  I'll have to look (it got rolled up when we moved).

[jammindude]

Stads….you need to watch To Kill a Mockingbird. If nothing else, just because it’s an amazing hypothetical legal case.

[Stadler]

Stads….you need to watch To Kill a Mockingbird. If nothing else, just because it’s an amazing hypothetical legal case.

I read the book, I've never seen the movie.

[jammindude]

Stads….you need to watch To Kill a Mockingbird. If nothing else, just because it’s an amazing hypothetical legal case.

I read the book, I've never seen the movie.

Gregory Peck ….OWNS that film.

[pg1067]

Stads….you need to watch To Kill a Mockingbird. If nothing else, just because it’s an amazing hypothetical legal case.

I read the book, I've never seen the movie.

I'm not sure the case itself is terribly meaningful.  Pretty typical stuff for the Jim Crow-era south.  A white woman accusing a black man of rape was pretty much a death sentence.  For me, what made the book and the movie was everything else (back when I was in my band, I wrote a song based on the Boo Radley aspect of the story).  And, while I don't generally gush over an actor's performance, Ben is right that Peck was incredible.

By the way, Ben, I'm curious if you'd agree with me that the lyrics to the Fates Warning song Giant's Lore bears at least something of a resemblance to the story of Boo Radley.

[jammindude]

Never heard of the connection. Now I’m going to have to reread the lyrics and ponder.

Is it just your take? Or did Arch say something to imply that it was the case?

[pg1067]

Never heard of the connection. Now I’m going to have to reread the lyrics and ponder.

Is it just your take? Or did Arch say something to imply that it was the case?

It's completely my interpretation.

[jammindude]

Never heard of the connection. Now I’m going to have to reread the lyrics and ponder.

Is it just your take? Or did Arch say something to imply that it was the case?

It's completely my interpretation.

It’s an interesting take, with some correlations, but I don’t see the initial sin of Boo Radley that puts him under the curse in the first place like what happened with the giant.

I do see much more similarities with the redemption story though.

[pg1067]

Never heard of the connection. Now I’m going to have to reread the lyrics and ponder.

Is it just your take? Or did Arch say something to imply that it was the case?

It's completely my interpretation.

It’s an interesting take, with some correlations, but I don’t see the initial sin of Boo Radley that puts him under the curse in the first place like what happened with the giant.

I do see much more similarities with the redemption story though.

That's exactly it.

[Kotowboy]

Rubber is a movie that's so bad it's good.

It looked good but then I watched it and it was too muddled. It didn't know if it was trying too hard to be a cult movie or be so-bad-it's-good on purpose.

Plus it had some bizarre half-arsed attempt at fourth wall breaking, self-referential narrative going on too.

I didn't like it. I was hoping it was just gonna be a murdering tyre comedy. Kinda the same vibe as Tremors. But it failed on every level.

[El Barto]

Stads….you need to watch To Kill a Mockingbird. If nothing else, just because it’s an amazing hypothetical legal case.

I read the book, I've never seen the movie.

I'm not sure the case itself is terribly meaningful.  Pretty typical stuff for the Jim Crow-era south.  A white woman accusing a black man of rape was pretty much a death sentence.  For me, what made the book and the movie was everything else (back when I was in my band, I wrote a song based on the Boo Radley aspect of the story).  And, while I don't generally gush over an actor's performance, Ben is right that Peck was incredible.

Yeah, the case was mostly just a plot device. It's one of the things that gives Atticus an excuse to be Atticus. As for Peck, by all accounts he was essentially just playing himself. He really couldn't help but nail the character. To me it says a lot that not only did the gal who played Scout call him Atticus until the day he died (and they remained in regular contact), but Brock Peters, who played the man he defended, delivered Peck's eulogy after decades of friendship.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Yes. I will never watch anything like Hostel or SAW. The only ones I did enjoy were CUBE but they were more puzzle based and they weren't JUST gore.

Oh wow that's a movie I haven't heard about in years but I loved it though, cool concept. Sadly the sequels were aweful.

[Cool Chris]

I was thinking the same thing about Peck as Atticus. You don't see him striking a pose to portray that character. He just instilled it with life by virtue of his own presence.

I knew Scout called him Atticus. I did not know that about Brock Peters.

[pg1067]

Yeah, the case was mostly just a plot device. It's one of the things that gives Atticus an excuse to be Atticus. As for Peck, by all accounts he was essentially just playing himself. He really couldn't help but nail the character. To me it says a lot that not only did the gal who played Scout call him Atticus until the day he died (and they remained in regular contact), but Brock Peters, who played the man he defended, delivered Peck's eulogy after decades of friendship.

In his eulogy, Peters specifically said, "Atticus Finch gave him an opportunity to play himself."  Harper Lee said that, upon learning that Peck would play Finch, she was "delighted," and later learned "his secret.  When he played Atticus Finch, he had played himself."  Interestingly, Peck winning the Best Actor Oscar was criticized for that very reason.

[El Barto]

Yeah, the case was mostly just a plot device. It's one of the things that gives Atticus an excuse to be Atticus. As for Peck, by all accounts he was essentially just playing himself. He really couldn't help but nail the character. To me it says a lot that not only did the gal who played Scout call him Atticus until the day he died (and they remained in regular contact), but Brock Peters, who played the man he defended, delivered Peck's eulogy after decades of friendship.

In his eulogy, Peters specifically said, "Atticus Finch gave him an opportunity to play himself."  Harper Lee said that, upon learning that Peck would play Finch, she was "delighted," and later learned "his secret.  When he played Atticus Finch, he had played himself."  Interestingly, Peck winning the Best Actor Oscar was criticized for that very reason.

Well, he did change his voice just a little bit.