re: What&#39;s the greatest movie you&#39;ve seen that you&#39;ll never watch again.

Posted by TrapperJohn

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 4:28 pm to Green Chili Tiger

The Butterfly effect wouldn't have been my pick except for the last 20 minutes. Tough ending.

Posted by Esquire

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 4:32 pm to GurleyGirl

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The Sixth Sense and other similar movies in which there is a major reveal at the end of the movie.

I have to disagree. These are the best movies to rewatch. Watching movies like The Prestige and Sixth Sense and while knowing the twists are like watching different movies. I understand where you are coming from though because I would love some selective amnesia to watch them for the first time again.

Posted by UnluckyTiger

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 5:20 pm to TrapperJohn

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The Butterfly effect wouldn't have been my pick except for the last 20 minutes. Tough ending.

Ever seen the directors cut?

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Posted by cuddlefish

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 6:35 pm to ouflak

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Terms of Endearment. Way far from being the kind of movie I'd normally even glimpse, but somehow stumbled across it not long after it made it to cable and actually really enjoyed it.

Written by Larry McMurtry, who also wrote "Lonesome Dove". He was a very prolific author, and several of his books made it onto the screen, including "Horseman, Pass By" (as "Hud") and "The Last Picture Show".

Posted by TrapperJohn

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 6:57 pm to UnluckyTiger

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Ever seen the directors cut?

Nope. Is it much different than the original?

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 7:02 pm to UnluckyTiger

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Ever seen the directors cut?

I think it was going to get an X rating so they had to change it.

Posted by Raoul Stimulato

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 7:02 pm to Green Chili Tiger

Irreversible

Posted by Bham4Tide

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 7:40 pm to Green Chili Tiger

Posted by OK Roughneck

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 8:36 pm to Green Chili Tiger

Sound of Music

Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 8:45 pm to Green Chili Tiger

Spirited Away

Posted by TrapperJohn

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 9:28 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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think it was going to get an X rating so they had to change it.

The version I saw was Kutcher hanging himself with his own umbilical cord in the womb. Was that the directors cut?

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Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 9:47 pm to TrapperJohn

Yeah....

I had read you can't show abortion in movies, even a mythical self-inflicted one. The MPAA would have none of that.

Posted by OMLandshark

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 9:47 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

The OP has me covered.

Posted by Shingo

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Posted on 6/9/24 at 9:58 pm to BRich

The Road was the single worst book I’ve ever read. I can’t imagine how horrible the film must be

Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 6/10/24 at 6:35 am to Green Chili Tiger

Requeim for a Dream

Posted by madmaxvol

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Posted on 6/10/24 at 1:56 pm to Green Chili Tiger

Probably the 1984 version of The Razor's Edge. I thought that they did a great job of bringing Somerset Maugham's novel, and Bill Murray was exceptional. But the story is such a depressing one that it is hard to watch again. It didn't get great reviews...but I still hold that they were wrong because they weren't expecting a serious role from Murray.