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Good films you only really need to see once.

Started by Brundle-Fly, June 16, 2022, 06:02:24 PM

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Brundle-Fly

Ten for you:

The Sting
Irreversible
Jagged Edge
Baise Moi
The Sixth Sense
Solaris
Buried
What Lies Beneath
Salo
The Human Centipede 1 & 2

Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth


dontpaintyourteeth

Come and See
They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Twelve Monkeys
Nil by Mouth
The Turin Horse
Satantango

willbo

Dogville

funnily enough there are films I've seen in the past ten years I remember barely anything about, yet I remember almost the entire plot of "Dogville".

Twit 2

Quote from: Brundle-Fly on June 16, 2022, 06:02:24 PMSolaris

The first time I saw it, in an audio-visual booth at uni, I watched it immediately again.

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Quote from: Brundle-Fly on June 16, 2022, 06:02:24 PMTen for you:

The Sting
Irreversible
Jagged Edge
Baise Moi
The Sixth Sense
Solaris
Buried
What Lies Beneath
Salo
The Human Centipede 1 & 2

The third Human Centipede film you really need to watch at least 50 times.

phantom_power

Quote from: Brundle-Fly on June 16, 2022, 06:02:24 PMThe Sting

Really? I think this eminently rewatchable, for the general atmosphere and chemistry between the leads. The twists might be ruined but I don't think that is the whole film by a long shot

gmoney

Agreed, The Sting is an incredibly rewatchable film for me. So much fun.


The Mollusk

Quote from: Brundle-Fly on June 16, 2022, 06:02:24 PMSolaris

I'm really itching to watch it again, I just haven't found the time or right mental space to accommodate it yet. First time I saw it I was fucking aghast at the final scene, totally blew me away, yet I am ashamed to say I only watched it on a 2012 laptop screen. Got a Criterion blu-ray copy ready and waiting to be pumped out my super nice telly now, gonna be a blast.

dr beat

I went to see Solaris a few years ago.  It was going on a bit and we had to leave. I believe its still going.

Anyway one from me: The Artist.  Saw it, loved it, but no desire to see it again.

phantom_power

Quote from: The Mollusk on June 17, 2022, 11:10:35 AMDead Man's Shoes

That has such great music and central performance that I have rewatched it a few times. Need a good gap in between though

Requiem for a Dream. Not sure how great a film it is but I will never rewatch it to find out


The Mollusk

Quote from: phantom_power on June 17, 2022, 11:29:12 AMThat has such great music and central performance that I have rewatched it a few times. Need a good gap in between though

Requiem for a Dream. Not sure how great a film it is but I will never rewatch it to find out



I think DMS just bleaked me out so much the first time I don't think I can put myself through it again. I've not been able to revisit Grave of the Fireflies yet for similar reasons, I'm an emotional wreck.

Requiem I thought was a load of rubbish however so that's deffo a one-and-out film for me!

Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth

Requiem For a Dream is a total melodrama, but I thought it worked on those terms. As OTT as it gets, I never found it ridiculous. It's a very effective gruelling gauntlet of misery. Same with Mother.

Bizarrely, the friend that recommended it to me is squeamish as anything, but lists it as their favourite film.

Sebastian Cobb

Really long ones, like the directors cut of Until the End of the World or the Japanese film Happy Hour (318 minutes).

checkoutgirl

Quote from: Brundle-Fly on June 16, 2022, 06:02:24 PMIrreversible

This one immediately jumped to mind. Thought it was great but never again.

If I can suggest a film I've never seen as I haven't got around to it yet I'm guessing Come and See might be one.

Martin Van Buren Stan

Maybe Eraserhead. I loved it aesthetically speaking but I accepted that I'd never understand it so why bother trying.

Angst in my Pants

I still haven't been able to re-watch Dancer in the Dark, much as I'd like to - I just don't think I'm emotionally strong enough to go through that again!

Brundle-Fly

City Of Light And Death
Sea Of Love
Shutter Island
Lilya 4 Ever
Mum and Dad
The Five Obstructions
The Amusement Park

the ouch cube

The Fly (Cronenberg)
Enter The Void
Barry Lyndon

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: the ouch cube on June 17, 2022, 09:31:02 PMThe Fly (Cronenberg)

I respectfully disagree on that one, that era of Cronenberg is fantastically rewatchable imo.

13 schoolyards

When I first saw Unforgiven I came away thinking "that was amazing but I'll never watch it again, there's no way it could have the same impact". And then I watched it again maybe a decade later and realised I was once again an idiot, and have seen it a bunch of times since.

Miller's Crossing, on the other hand, I came out of the cinema, went downstairs, bought a ticket for the next showing and went right back in

Lisa Jesusandmarychain

Agree about Salo.

Baise-Moi is little more than a grubby little porno flick with pretentions though, and I regret seeing it even once. One of the film's main actresses went on to commit suicide.

dontpaintyourteeth


Rev+

Quote from: willbo on June 17, 2022, 06:50:37 AMfunnily enough there are films I've seen in the past ten years I remember barely anything about, yet I remember almost the entire plot of "Dogville".

Same - and part of that must be down to the stripped-down execution.  There's nothing to distract you from the story, and also no particular flourishes or moments that you really feel the need to see again.

I'll nominate a couple of grim true crime ones:

Snowtown (the most horrible film I've ever seen, which is saying something given the some of the nasty shite I've sat through)

Compliance (a very soft approach to the subject, almost soapish, but what's happening is so horrible it was maybe the best tactic).

Blue Jam

Quote from: dr beat on June 17, 2022, 11:23:51 AMI went to see Solaris a few years ago.  It was going on a bit and we had to leave. I believe its still going.

Admitting I don't like Solaris is making me feel like Elaine in that episode of Seinfeld where she's the only person who didn't like The English Patient.

I'd like to nominate All My Friends Hate Me. Cracking little film but also the most stress-inducing film I've ever seen. I'm not sure I could watch it again.

paddy72

#26
Quote from: The Mollusk on June 17, 2022, 11:10:35 AMDead Man's Shoes

I watched this every day for about a week when it first came out on DVD. I still rate it as Meadows' absolute zenith.

QuoteSnowtown (the most horrible film I've ever seen, which is saying something given the some of the nasty shite I've sat through)

I also thought this was great, though I agree it is horrible. Still watched it a couple of times.

Sebastian Cobb

I reckon Man Bites Dog could happily fall into this category although I have seen it more than once, as the first time I saw it was as a teenager looking for shock value, the rewatch did add to it in my case.

paddy72

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on June 17, 2022, 10:39:21 PMI respectfully disagree on that one, that era of Cronenberg is fantastically rewatchable imo.

Definitely. The Fly is one of Cronenberg's most rewatchable films.

neveragain

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on June 19, 2022, 07:38:52 PMI reckon Man Bites Dog could happily fall into this category...

Yeah, and also the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.