Most Depressing movies you've seen?

[Worf]

As the O.P. I've learned a lot in this thread. "Inchon" never would've thought of it. As big a war movie bug as I am I must've been blind noo..... now I remember I was finishing up my Bachelors in college and didn't have time for movies. Hmmm Okay that explains it. Yes. "Angela's Ashes" was depressing. I knew plenty of folks that LOVED the book I even saw McCort speak here at a writers forum. Very entertaining man, how he lived through it all I'll never know. Lot's of good information here... on what to avoid!

Worf

 

[Worf]

"Damage" - It's depressing in every sense of the word. Like watching the Titanic slip beneath the waves and there's nothing you can do about it.

Worf

 

[Edward]

"The Road" is pretty bleak.

I read the book first -the film (very faithful to the text) is even moreso, I think, due to the visual impact. Probably the most convincing depiction of a future post-Apocalyptic society I've ever seen.

 

[BigFitz]

Has anyone mentioned "Sophie's Choice" yet?

 

[rue]

Has anyone mentioned "Sophie's Choice" yet?

Yup, I did

 

[Touchofevil]

I read the book first -the film (very faithful to the text) is even moreso, I think, due to the visual impact. Probably the most convincing depiction of a future post-Apocalyptic society I've ever seen.

Definitely not the standard Hollywood post-apocalypse. And although bleak, it was entertaining and worth the watch.

 

[Edward]

Definitely not the standard Hollywood post-apocalypse. And although bleak, it was entertaining and worth the watch.

Agreed. It was also nice, for once, to see a post-apocalyptic future in which everyone didn't suddenly want to dress up like a Mad Max theme night in a fetish club.

 

[Worf]

Agreed. It was also nice, for once, to see a post-apocalyptic future in which everyone didn't suddenly want to dress up like a Mad Max theme night in a fetish club.

SPEW! I lose more cups of coffee this way. LOL! Thanks for implanting THAT image in my head this morning.

Worf

 

[Edward]

SPEW! I lose more cups of coffee this way. LOL! Thanks for implanting THAT image in my head this morning.

Worf

 

[DesertDan]

"Johnny Got His Gun"

 

[filfoster]

I thought Sophie's Choice and Schindler's List were laugh fests compared to Radio Flyer. I'm certain Dr. Kevorkian had this movie on an endless loop in his waiting room.

 

[Touchofevil]

Agreed. It was also nice, for once, to see a post-apocalyptic future in which everyone didn't suddenly want to dress up like a Mad Max theme night in a fetish club.

Yeah, the eighties were a bad time for fashion.

 

[jamespowers]

Yeah, the eighties were a bad time for fashion.

Not as bad as the 70s.

 

[Touchofevil]

Not as bad as the 70s.

Nothing has been as bad as the seventies. It was a hideous period that the world is still trying to recover from.

 

[Edward]

Gongi backwards - and, I'll grant you, of-mqinstream - I find far more of intert to me in Seventies fashion than in the eighties. Both decades, of course, saw revivals of Fifties and other, earlier styles, too.

 

[filfoster]

Nothing has been as bad as the seventies. It was a hideous period that the world is still trying to recover from.

I add my voice to this choir. I have nightsweats and flashbacks of things I wore then...elephant bells, rayon floral print shirts...tie dyed T shirts....the horror....the horror. Thank god much of it is now buried in landfills.

 

[jamespowers]

Nothing has been as bad as the seventies. It was a hideous period that the world is still trying to recover from.

Two words---Leisure Suit. Enough said.:eeek::eeek::eeek::eeek:

 

[jamespowers]

I add my voice to this choir. I have nightsweats and flashbacks of things I wore then...elephant bells, rayon floral print shirts...tie dyed T shirts....the horror....the horror. Thank god much of it is now buried in landfills.

The patterned shirts were just horrible. I agree. Elephant Bells!? I had just finally forgotten about those. Gee, thanks.:eeek::eusa_doh:

Even in landfills, if you listen closely, you can still hear muffled Donna Summer music coming from the 70s toxic waste.

 

[scottyrocks]

Faded Glory . . . Sassoon . . . Huckapoo . . . Jordache! <runs screaming from room>

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Two words---Leisure Suit. Enough said.:eeek::eeek::eeek::eeek:

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