The Most Depressing Movie EVER?!?

Jonezie

Jonezie

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I'm sitting here watching I Am Legend for the first time ever. Willoughby (My 15 pound Shih Tzu) and I are glued to the TV. And just watched Will Smith have to kill his beloved German Shepherd. I need therapy now...seriously. Someone please reply in the next 40 minutes and tell me there is some redeeming quality to this movie.

What is the most depressing movie you've ever watched? Was it in the theatre or at home? Did you cry like a baby...of just throw popcorn at the screen?

:( Jonezie
 
Sorry, Jonezie--I saw no redeeming qualities in that movie, either!! Depressing, dumb, and truly far-fetched, in my opinion. I kept watching it too, to see if it would make a turn for the better, but alas, it was a waste of time. And besides, it left me feeling totally uneasy and uptight for the rest of the night.
As far as the most depressing movie I've seen, I guess it would be Titanic. I rented it at home and watched it alone. Interesting movie, but left me depressed. I hate sad tear-jerkers anyway!
Valerie
 
I think I Am Legend is one depressing movie. It's very, very good... Just really sad. Revolutionary Road is another depressing one.
 
OMG!!! Great examples, ladies! About Titanic...I literally couldn't talk to anyone for two days after that movie, I was so depressed. I was waiting tables at Chili's at the time and remember standing in the dishwashing area just trying to collect myself during a shift one day.

Reservation Road was SO ridiculous! That one didn't bother me as much because it was so ridiculously depressing. PS...Talk about self-sabatoge. Their bags were packed for Paris. Pfffttttttttt!!!
 
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas... We just sat there in the theater as the credits rolled and I (usually a quiet person) yelled, "WTF?" We sat there stunned, crying...then by the time we got to the car we started laughing for some reason... we attributed it to "post traumatic stress" after watching that movie!!!
 
upnorthchick said:
"Cold Mountain". Ugh. After the movie we renamed it: 'Cold Dead Moutain Where Nothing Good Ever Happens'. :eek:
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LOL, Lisa! Except Nicole Kidman looked perfect in that movie. No one looks that good without running water and electricity. All I'm saying.

Have any of you ever walked out of a movie because it was so depressing?!? Or was it always "I know this has got to get better if I just stay to the end?"

What about the year of world's most depressing movies? When No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood were both up for Oscars? PS...Both filmed 2 hours from where I grew up, I felt compelled to stay till the end. Major therapy needed afterwards. I went home and curled into a fetal position and rocked myself to sleep.
 
caseysmomgo said:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas... We just sat there in the theater as the credits rolled and I (usually a quiet person) yelled, "WTF?" We sat there stunned, crying...then by the time we got to the car we started laughing for some reason... we attributed it to "post traumatic stress" after watching that movie!!!
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Denise...I love that you laughed when you got to the car! That WAS a depressing one!
 
caseysmomgo said:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas... We just sat there in the theater as the credits rolled and I (usually a quiet person) yelled, "WTF?" We sat there stunned, crying...then by the time we got to the car we started laughing for some reason... we attributed it to "post traumatic stress" after watching that movie!!!
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That movie was sooooooooooooo heartbreaking. Oh it was good, but soooooo heartbreaking. I also cried my way through My Life. I'm talking ugly cry with the sniffling and the heaving. Not pretty.
 
Well, I liked I am Legend, although not as much as the book. I found it sad, but not depressing. For most depressing, gotta be Saving Private Ryan. Man, talk about PTSD! I got out of the theatre, onto the sidewalk, and burst into inconsolable tears for the next 25 minutes. For saddest movie, though, currently I would have to vote for Into the Wild. For most heartbreaking movie, my vote is for either Brokeback Mountain or House of Flying Daggers.
 
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valentine64 said:
As far as the most depressing movie I've seen, I guess it would be Titanic. I rented it at home and watched it alone. Interesting movie, but left me depressed. I hate sad tear-jerkers anyway!
Valerie
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But Titanic was based on an infamous true story! Were you expecting the ship NOT to sink? I really thought they were somehow going to survive in A Perfect Storm - I was shocked when they all bit it.
 
One of the most depressing, PTSD-causing movies I've ever seen is Children of Man. My friends and I went to see it, and when we walked out, all we could do is stand there and look at each other. Another shocker is 28 Days Later (I think thats the name). One thing that makes these movies so gut wrenching is they very "real" way they are filmed.

I liked I am Legend.
 
Terms of Endearment still ranks up there with me. Saw it in the moview theater with my mom and we were sobbing. Great movie but so tragic.

Heidi
 
I thought I am Legend was very depressing too. I hated the scene where he had to kill his dog. :( Another depressing Will Smith movie is Seven Pounds.
 
LastTango said:
One of the most depressing, PTSD-causing movies I've ever seen is Children of Man. My friends and I went to see it, and when we walked out, all we could do is stand there and look at each other. Another shocker is 28 Days Later (I think thats the name). One thing that makes these movies so gut wrenching is they very "real" way they are filmed.

I liked I am Legend.
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Yeah Children was depressing as all get out. We left the theatre and just looked at each other the WTH? Didn't even know what to say. I found Labrynith a bit depressing,too. Movies don't normally get to me like that though.

I finally watched Dr Zhivago last weekend, the newer one with Keira Knightly in it. Good movie yes, but the depressing, heartwrenching love story everyone says it is? No! I spent a good part of the afternoon yelling at the TV. Loose, trampy, no good, smutty, husband poaching tramp!!! And the good Dr who couldn't seem to keep his pants zipped. Didn't feel bad for anyone. The wife shouldv'e given him the hoos-foos from the beginning and told him how it is and how it will be!!!! There's the door, buddy. Don't let it hit you in the arse on the way out.

Ok, I'm done. Gotta get ready for work

Nan
 
Well, I'm still completely traumatized by that cartoon "Up". I watched it with DH last week and if we even discuss it we start crying. It really ended ok and all, but the first few minutes basically ripped out my heart and then later on during a scene with a scrap book, I started bawling again. It was too much for my hormonal self. ;)

Whoever mentioned 28 Days Later - Do you mean 28 Days? 28 Days Later is about man eating zombies which I guess could be kind of depressing. ;) It's one of my favorite movies though. I thought it was so well put together for a horror movie.

As far as other depressing movies go, I'm rather pathetic. I cried like a baby through most of "Untamed Heart" back in the day. And I can't make it through "The Orphanage" without a box of tissues for the ending. Titanic messed me up for a while too although I can't really stand to watch that movie anymore. Schindler's List is pretty rough too. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas sounds so awful, I can't even bring myself to watch it (awful in a depressing way not quality). I'm sure I'm missing the big ones...

Oh, I've got another one - "The Mist"! That has got to have one of the single most worst, depressing endings ever! And another one - "What Dreams May Come". I cried through most of that one!
 
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Most depressing movie I have ever seen to date - The Plague. Lots of big name actors, but totally devastating. Had to watch a couple of totally idiotic comedies after to get out of the funk.
 
I've seen quite a few sad movies, but the two most DEPRESSING films I've ever seen were "The Field" and "Let Him Have It." Those movies gave not one iota of happiness or hope for the characters at the end, and I couldn't stop thinking about them for quite a while. This was especially true of "Let Him Have It," which was based on the true murder case of Derek Bentley. Great film, but, man, it lingers.
 
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upnorthchick said:
"Cold Mountain". Ugh. After the movie we renamed it: 'Cold Dead Moutain Where Nothing Good Ever Happens'. :eek:
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Never saw the entire movie (just bits & pieces on TV), but the book is wonderful! I definitely didn't picture Kidman or Law as right for those parts. (I did see some of the scenes with Jack White, though, and LOVED those!)
 
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