arch_8ngel | 1,597 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 23 minutes ago, Californication said: Was Pi depressing? It basically said that god is real, but you are not physically capable of understanding him. And the main character lost his super powers. The way it flows it falls into a similar "fever dream" category as Jacob's Ladder, and ends with the guy lobotomizing himself with a screwdriver.... whether you find that depressing or not, is up to you I suppose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Jacob's Ladder! That's definitely a good one as well, I'm glad you guys talking about it reminded me of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,794 Administrator · Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 I love Jacob's Ladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,516 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Would You Rather with Brittany Snow and Jeffrey Combs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arch_8ngel | 1,597 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, Gloves said: I love Jacob's Ladder. I don't dislike it. I think the movie captures what it is going for really well. I just happened to watch it for the first time in college while I was sick with the flu and had a fever of 104...as a result it was a bit "too real" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Hell or Highwater and The Assassination of Jessie James... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,197 Moderator · Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Californication said: Hell or Highwater and The Assassination of Jessie James... Both great films, but that last scene of Hell or Highwater is incredible and not a downer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,516 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, arch_8ngel said: I just happened to watch it for the first time in college while I was sick with the flu and had a fever of 104...as a result it was a bit "too real" That must have been trippy. Especially when the demonic images started appearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arch_8ngel | 1,597 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, Tulpa said: That must have been trippy. Especially when the demonic images started appearing. The dance floor demon rape was something else... that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,413 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 56 minutes ago, Jfreakofkorn said: Human Centipede ( ifc film , its of 1 of 3 . But dont quote on it . Its been a while since i have seen them ) This is quite a trilogy. I thought the first one was kind of boring, more interesting in concept than execution. The Tom Six made 2 as a fuck you to people who thought the first movie wasn’t graphic enough, and it’s almost a masterpiece of excessive sleazy gore. And then 3 just all around might be the worst movie ever made! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abelardo | 154 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Nice suggestions so far, some of them have been on my bucket list for quite some time, unfortunately my wife doesn't take well the really bleak ones, I might be able to convince her to watch some of these like Mother (we both like Aronofsky and we haven't seen it) or something like The Road. A bit surprised Eraserhead was brought up, but Lynch is super popular so it makes sense, saw it once and that was enough lol. I've wanted to watch Irréversible for a long time, in fact most of Gaspar Noé films seem interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acromite53 | 338 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Inside Llewyn Davis That is a depressing movie. I love it though. Great music. It's just such a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kguillemette | 1,545 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Jfreakofkorn said: Human Centipede Oh you just HAD to... *Vomits* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,806 Events Team · Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 The ending of the Mist is pretty great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 14 minutes ago, JamesRobot said: The ending of the Mist is pretty great. I don't think The Mist is a bad movie, but I always felt like it never really earned its ending. It just kind of pulled the rug out from under the viewer for no good reason. Definitely bleak though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,548 Editorials Team · Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 I like The Mist a lot. I'm ambivalent towards the ending. I don't look for happy endings in horror films, but also don't feel it really adds anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,449 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,806 Events Team · Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Jfreakofkorn said: Human Centipede @Korckle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,806 Events Team · Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Brazil 8 hours ago, twiztor said: the only movie that ever bummed me out and fucked with my head, for days after watching, was A Scanner Darkly. I watch Brazil and A Scanner Darkly once or twice a year. Probably give em both a 9 or 10. While I appreciate the bleak themes of a 1984 imperial state rule, my take is that both movies are similarly uplifting. Because of the brainwashing (or in spite of), both protagonists are finally content in the end. Edited February 4, 2021 by JamesRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,806 Events Team · Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Speaking of which, I'll throw 1984 out there. Another one that's not nearly as good as the book but what movie is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1nz | 613 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Here are my current 25 favorites that fit the description either throughout or where it matters: Eraserhead (1977) Incendies (2010) Threads (1984) Mulholland Drive (2001) Enter the Void (2009) Prisoners (2013) Love (2015) Mother! (2017) Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) Eden Lake (2008) Hereditary (2018) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) I Stand Alone (1998) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) In a Glass Cage (1986) El infierno (2010) Requiem for a Dream (2000) Martyrs (2008) Taxidermia (2006) I Saw the Devil (2010) Scum (1979) The Snowtown Murders (2011) Melancholia (2011) Possum (2018) Edited February 4, 2021 by sp1nz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,707 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 I recently watched ‘3022’ on an airplane ride back from Europe. Totally depressing, By the end of the movie I felt sick. Wish I could unwatch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,324 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 5 hours ago, JamesRobot said: Speaking of which, I'll throw 1984 out there. Another one that's not nearly as good as the book but what movie is? If you haven't seen it the 1956 version of 1984 is really good - being shot in black and white drives home the bleakness even more. A little cranky with age but still pretty poignant. There were also British (1954) and US (1953) tv productions but I haven't seen those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller | 495 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Kids Requiem for a Dream I'll see if I can think of any of my other "one watch" films that are good, but I don't need to see again. Edited February 4, 2021 by Ferris Bueller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,967 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Wow, it's surprisingly hard for me to think of any titles off the top of my head, even though I do recall watching a lot of movies that I loved despite being left immensely depressed. I guess more recently, I'm Thinking of Ending Things is definitely one. It has an absurdly depressing theme, and I think it's perfectly possible to watch the entire movie without even picking up on it, so it might not feel that way to everyone. But to me, it definitely made me sad in a way few movies have. 14 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: ...or Mother. Or Black Swan. Or anything he ever made Jacob's Ladder is an amazing movie, and I'm pretty sure Darren Aronofsky had nothing to do with it. I don't know what it is that makes people like his movies so much, but all of the ones I've seen have been pretty bad. They pretty much hit you over the head with their message in a way that feels almost insulting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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