What's the most depressing movie etc. ever
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Definitely one of the most depressing films ever. Also, Irreversible and City of God are real downers, the former of which has one of the most graphic rape scenes I've ever seen (and believe me, I've seen a lot of them), and is certainly one of the longest (I Spit on Your Grave has more rapes, totaling a longer time, but for individual rape length, Irreversible takes it), and therefore is NOT recommended for the faint of heart. Incredible films though, and very emotionally powerful.j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
I've said it a few times, but the two I can think of the most are:
Blessed:
An Australian 2009 drama movie about the lives of four dysfunctional families, it deals with issues like bankrupcy, loss of love, molestation, drug abuse, isolation and abuse. It also ends with one of the most seriously powerful tragic endings I've seen in years that just hurts to reflect on.
Gommorah:
A film centered around the slums of Nepal, Italy and the powerful and dangerous crime syndicate called the 'Camorrah' and its effect on the people there. Nearly every person by the end is either dead or has had their lives shattered permentantly. The most traumatic scene being the one where the foolish thirteen year old boy who wanted to be one of the 'big boys' joined the crew and ended up being forced to trick his trusting neighbour and friend into opening the door to him, so that two hitmen could take her out.
Truly breathtakingly tragic and all the more powerful when you consider it's based on true events.
Blessed:
An Australian 2009 drama movie about the lives of four dysfunctional families, it deals with issues like bankrupcy, loss of love, molestation, drug abuse, isolation and abuse. It also ends with one of the most seriously powerful tragic endings I've seen in years that just hurts to reflect on.
Gommorah:
A film centered around the slums of Nepal, Italy and the powerful and dangerous crime syndicate called the 'Camorrah' and its effect on the people there. Nearly every person by the end is either dead or has had their lives shattered permentantly. The most traumatic scene being the one where the foolish thirteen year old boy who wanted to be one of the 'big boys' joined the crew and ended up being forced to trick his trusting neighbour and friend into opening the door to him, so that two hitmen could take her out.
Truly breathtakingly tragic and all the more powerful when you consider it's based on true events.
The most depressing movie I've ever seen is Grave of the Fireflies. Good lord, it really doesn't get much darker than this.
TV shows... The episode 'My Screwup' from Scrubs and the episodes 'Wilson's Heart' and 'Simple Explanation' from House M.D. were all damn bitter pills by the end.
And as for games, that one goes to Silent Hill 2. I know there's at least one somewhat good ending, but there's just so much sad and depressing stuff going on in the entire game that if it catches you by surprise it'll drain every good feeling right out of you.
TV shows... The episode 'My Screwup' from Scrubs and the episodes 'Wilson's Heart' and 'Simple Explanation' from House M.D. were all damn bitter pills by the end.
And as for games, that one goes to Silent Hill 2. I know there's at least one somewhat good ending, but there's just so much sad and depressing stuff going on in the entire game that if it catches you by surprise it'll drain every good feeling right out of you.
"When the Wind Blows" 1986- Animated movie
It is just horrible (also a VERY good movie... watch it NOW) to see the old couple waste away... NO that are not TEARS... there just was something... in my eye. How dare they do it to them... and all.
It is just horrible (also a VERY good movie... watch it NOW) to see the old couple waste away... NO that are not TEARS... there just was something... in my eye. How dare they do it to them... and all.
Schindler's list at least had an uplifting ending. You want depressing? Try the Grey Zone. Same subject matter, and unrelenting all the way through.Nocturnal Gentleman said:
Funnily enough, while most of the movie was pretty darn faithful to the story, the ending was the director's idea, not King's. King said he wished he'd thought of it, though.sgtshock said:
Hostel Part 2 makes you lose your faith in humanity. It's not the gore but the overthetop sadism, that creepes you out.
Warhammer 40k. Awesome, no doubt, but thinking ab bit longer about this fucked up universe is absolutly unbearable.
Warhammer 40k. Awesome, no doubt, but thinking ab bit longer about this fucked up universe is absolutly unbearable.
Not necessarily. Sometimes we laugh to cover up how we really feel because we are scared of what the emotion will do to you. Or maybe you have difficulty feeling all emotions due to repressed childhood experiencesHardcore_gamer said:
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OT: I would say Schindlers List as well for personal reasons. Many in my family refuse to watch it.
Undecided between Grave of the Fireflies and Requiem for a Dream.
My gut feeling would say Grave of the Fireflies, mostly because
Then again, there is Requiem for a Dream, and
Also, as a TV series, the first season of Battlestar Galactica (Remake) is depressing as f*ck. It's not like it gets much better in later seasons, but it's really worst in the beginning.
My gut feeling would say Grave of the Fireflies, mostly because
The kids died so needlessly. Yes, thier aunt (or whatever she was, it's been a while) was bitchy and cold, but they would have been perfectly safe with her. And despite her delivering it in the most bitchy way possible, there was no reason Seita could not go to work.
Of course, it's not entirely his fault, he's just a stubborn little boy and no one really seemed to care enough to talk some sense into him...
It's just a sad situation on every angle
Of course, it's not entirely his fault, he's just a stubborn little boy and no one really seemed to care enough to talk some sense into him...
It's just a sad situation on every angle
Then again, there is Requiem for a Dream, and
Ellen Bustyn's Character, that probably faces the worst fate of all the protagonists without really "deserving" it.
True, she takes the easy and wrong way to lose weight and ends up abusing drugs just like the others, but all it would have took to save her would've been a proper intervention by someone who cares for her.
Instead, her son sees the obvious warning signs, but rather supresses his worries with drugs, and her "friends", who have given her the stupid diet pill idea in the first place are nowhere to be seen until it's MUCH too late.
And her monologue about having no purpose in life is absolutely heartbreaking
True, she takes the easy and wrong way to lose weight and ends up abusing drugs just like the others, but all it would have took to save her would've been a proper intervention by someone who cares for her.
Instead, her son sees the obvious warning signs, but rather supresses his worries with drugs, and her "friends", who have given her the stupid diet pill idea in the first place are nowhere to be seen until it's MUCH too late.
And her monologue about having no purpose in life is absolutely heartbreaking
Also, as a TV series, the first season of Battlestar Galactica (Remake) is depressing as f*ck. It's not like it gets much better in later seasons, but it's really worst in the beginning.
Humanity hardly survived, the survivors have no time to recover, but instead have to work thier asses off just so they can continue to barely survive.
And whenever the fleet can enjoy any kind of success that is bigger than "not being dead", it is immediately followed by a bunch of especially bad things happening.
It's depressingly cynical
And whenever the fleet can enjoy any kind of success that is bigger than "not being dead", it is immediately followed by a bunch of especially bad things happening.
It's depressingly cynical
TV: I'd have to agree with Scrubs can be pretty depressing sometimes.. The Ben's Funeral episode killed watching Scrubs for me.
Movie: What Dreams May Come with Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.. Donnie Darko was a bit depressing too, but not as much as that movie.
Book: Dune. Because I'm struggling 100 pages into it to become interested.
Anime (and also hands down most depressing thing of ALL TIME): Gurren Lagann. This is seriously the MOST depressing thing I have EVER seen. The first 7 episodes are fantastic and hilarious, and the rest of the series after that is arguably awesome as well, but after episode 7...
The main character of the series is a boy named Simon, who digs tunnels in a world where the entire human population is forced to live underground, as the surface world is controlled by beastmen with giant robots that kill all humans who come out from underground. He has an older brother figure Kamina, who is a generally kick-ass all around amazing kind of guy, who dreams of going to the surface, defeats a giant robot invading their home with a katana with the help of a bathing suit wearing big-boobed girl with a huge gun (Yoko) and a midget head robot Simon dug up, leads them to the surface, they get more robots, yada yada yada.
The series is an overall happy series, but is downright terrible for the main characters, here's why:
Movie: What Dreams May Come with Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.. Donnie Darko was a bit depressing too, but not as much as that movie.
Right at the very beginning of the movie, Robin Williams has 2 kids that are killed in a car accident. He and his wife start falling apart as does their marriage, whereupon 4 months later Robin Williams dies. His wife goes crazy and commits suicide. AND THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST 30 MINUTES! He then finds himself in heaven, but learns his wife went to hell, and spends most of the rest of the movie in a LSD inspired depiction of a journey to hell to bring his wife back.
Book: Dune. Because I'm struggling 100 pages into it to become interested.
Anime (and also hands down most depressing thing of ALL TIME): Gurren Lagann. This is seriously the MOST depressing thing I have EVER seen. The first 7 episodes are fantastic and hilarious, and the rest of the series after that is arguably awesome as well, but after episode 7...
The main character of the series is a boy named Simon, who digs tunnels in a world where the entire human population is forced to live underground, as the surface world is controlled by beastmen with giant robots that kill all humans who come out from underground. He has an older brother figure Kamina, who is a generally kick-ass all around amazing kind of guy, who dreams of going to the surface, defeats a giant robot invading their home with a katana with the help of a bathing suit wearing big-boobed girl with a huge gun (Yoko) and a midget head robot Simon dug up, leads them to the surface, they get more robots, yada yada yada.
The series is an overall happy series, but is downright terrible for the main characters, here's why:
Humanity, led by Kamina, starts to make headway against the beastmen, so the beastmen send the big guns. Simon starts to gain confidence in himself and Yoko falls in love with Kamina. Kamina then DIES saving everyone (in the most badass way I may add) IMMEDIATELY after everything starts looking up for the humans. Simon is now forced to command the forces of humanity at 14 years old, has just lost his best friend and older brother and falls apart. Oh, and he was in love with Yoko and finds out about her and Kamina at the same time this all happens. The people lose confidence in him, abandon him, and his robot stops working for him.
At this point he discovers a locker in a junkyard, with a girl inside. The girl (Nia) restores his confidence in himself, his robot starts working again,, the people believe again, and he falls in love with her. Then it turns out she's the daughter of the beastmen king. They kill the beastmen king and flash forward 7 years into the future. A race of alien beings in control of the entire cosmos see humans as a threat and a population activated destruction device in the moon comes to life to wipe out all of humanity because they have become too numerous. The beastmen king was trying to stop this, and now he's dead. Simon is set to marry Nia, when she activates as a messenger weapon for the alien race, heralding the oncoming destruction. Simon is blamed by the people for the current mess, betrayed by his friends and scheduled to be executed, then sacrifices all to fight the big new baddies.
Long story short, Yoko falls in love again, that guy dies. Simon saves the universe, and in doing so his fiance ceases to exist. Then Simon wanders the Earth for the next 30 years only to be forgotten by everyone after saving the entire friggin universe. It's much more complicated, but if I didn't stop I'd be writing a whole synopsis lol.
At this point he discovers a locker in a junkyard, with a girl inside. The girl (Nia) restores his confidence in himself, his robot starts working again,, the people believe again, and he falls in love with her. Then it turns out she's the daughter of the beastmen king. They kill the beastmen king and flash forward 7 years into the future. A race of alien beings in control of the entire cosmos see humans as a threat and a population activated destruction device in the moon comes to life to wipe out all of humanity because they have become too numerous. The beastmen king was trying to stop this, and now he's dead. Simon is set to marry Nia, when she activates as a messenger weapon for the alien race, heralding the oncoming destruction. Simon is blamed by the people for the current mess, betrayed by his friends and scheduled to be executed, then sacrifices all to fight the big new baddies.
Long story short, Yoko falls in love again, that guy dies. Simon saves the universe, and in doing so his fiance ceases to exist. Then Simon wanders the Earth for the next 30 years only to be forgotten by everyone after saving the entire friggin universe. It's much more complicated, but if I didn't stop I'd be writing a whole synopsis lol.
No country for old men...Dear god, why did I watch it?
Anime: Now And Then Here And There: Think of the whole magical world genre...and now think of it as a show about corrupting Innocence.
Video game: Velvet Assassin.
Anime: Now And Then Here And There: Think of the whole magical world genre...and now think of it as a show about corrupting Innocence.
Video game: Velvet Assassin.