So, I just watched Taxi Driver for the first time...

[WaysideMaze]

Yeah it bursts my hump when people pretend to find horrid shit funny so people think they're edgy or whatever. I actually thought A Serbian Film was quite good despite the more gruesome moments but I refuse to watch Human Centipede because it just sounds like gore for gores sake like Texas Chainsaw was.

There are more gross out moments in serbian film than human centipede. human centipede literally features 3 people crawling around with nappies on screaming a lot whilst a madman laughs. That's really it. The idea is more gruesome than the execution itself.

 

[217not237]

A Clockwork Orange, definitely. I'm a bit worried about how accurately Alex portrays me...

 

[Instant K4rma]

I'd say a toss up between Clockwork Orange and Taxi Driver. Both phenomenal films, both very dark and disturbed at their core, and both left me feeling rather bleak by the time the end credits rolled.

 

[BiggyShackleton]

Dead Man's Shoes. It's Shane Meadows, bleak as fuck. Top film though.

 

[rob_simple]

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THE CAKE WILL BE BURNED

Seriously, screw nuclear war.

That scene always reminds me of this weird Russian cartoon of an old Ray Bradbury story...


I don't think it'd be nearly as effective if it weren't in Russian, for some reason.

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

I'm gonna say End of Evangelion as well. It's probably the only anime that made me feel uneasy, but at the same time I found it to be strangely beautiful. Also, School Days, when I first saw it. Now I find it funny for some reason. Maybe because of the fact that it's such a poorly made anime made solely for shock value, yet it sticks with you long after you see it, and can conjure up some serious discussions.

Other than that, I'd say Irreversible. Definitely not a film I'll be seeing a second time.

 

[upgray3dd]

OT: A Serbian Film made me feel really uncomfortable, (bitching soundtrack, though,)

I know a guy who said he found the film 'hilarious.' Though to be fair he's odd, and probably attention seeking.
I had the same reaction to it as I did to 'The Human Centipede.' It was fucking boring.

Yeah it bursts my hump when people pretend to find horrid shit funny so people think they're edgy or whatever. I actually thought A Serbian Film was quite good despite the more gruesome moments but I refuse to watch Human Centipede because it just sounds like gore for gores sake like Texas Chainsaw was.

Well, to be fair, Human Centipede was so boring and badly done you basically had to entertain yourself while watching it. I recall the EXPERIENCE of watching the film to be humorous, but only because me and my buddies watched it together and poked fun at how bad it was.

 

[Klumpfot]

One of the most emotionally devastating movies I've ever seen is The Girl Next Door. It's a dramatization of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens. It left me incredibly disturbed, especially after reading up on the case and seeing that the movie actually toned down several aspects of the events.

I would not suggest watching it unless you feel a little too happy and content with humanity, and want to remedy it in under two hours.

 

[Ignatz_Zwakh]

"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer". I don't think any movie has ever bothered me as much. While not particularly over-the-top in terms of gore (Especially by today's standards) the tone and performances make for a sickening descent into Hell. Highly recommended though not for the faint of heart.

 

[Zing]

Melancholia. It's overall a pretty depressing movie anyway, and it's objective is pretty much to create unease and dread, but I also found it way to nihilistic in it's message.

 

[Zing]

Melancholia. It's overall a pretty depressing movie anyway, and it's objective is pretty much to create unease and dread, but I also found it way to nihilistic in it's message.

I also found Sleepers and Mystic River pretty disturbing. Mystic River not so much, the book made me feel like that, the movie not as much(although it was really good).

 

[neversleep]

Naked by Mike Leigh, where a nihilistic man just walks around, tries to rape a woman, talks about philosophies and destroys lives. Holy fucking shit that was depressing.

I also remember watching this film when I was about 13/14 about this father going through every little pornshop/show/brothel. One disgusting piece of nightlife after the other to look for his daughter who had apparently turned to drugs and prostitution. Only for her to tell him to fuck off when he finds her. If any one knows the name please post it.

then of course there's all of Darren Aronofskies films. Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream and PI(like in math) are probably the most emotionally heavy films to watch.


If you liked taxi driver, I'd watch "the king of comedy". It's basically a comedy remake of taxi driver, also by Scorceses and also with Robert De Niro in the lead. It's pretty funny but a hundred times more sad if you think about it.

The hardest film I can think of though is "Synecdoche: New York". It's incomprehensible (no seriously, I don't use that term lightly EVERYTHING in that movie is up for interpretation).
There's a small part of the story where the main character has his daughter stolen from him by his now ex-wife. She becomes an artist/sexual deviant with her whole body tattoo'd. He wants her back so bad but she becomes terminally ill. the last thing she says to him before she dies is that she hates him. And it actually get's worse for the main character from there on.

I love that film purely for the emotional impact, but i'm not sure I can bear watching it ever again.

 

[Grygor]

Your mileage varies from mine - I despise Lux Aeterna, considering it to be one of the most risible and overblown pieces of music I've ever heard.

So in other words, it fits the movie it was written for perfectly.

In all seriousness, I say its a good enough piece that has had the misfortune of being overused in movie trailers, because apparently the people who cut together trailers pull their soundtrack selections from an insultingly small pool of music.