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Sat Dec-05-09 12:38 AM
Response to Reply #146 |
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La Boheme and Madame Butterfly were a hoot...not to mention the happy ending of Tosca!
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| -List depressing movies here. |
raccoon |
Dec-02-09 09:56 AM |
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Requiem for a Dream |
peekaloo |
Dec-02-09 09:58 AM |
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I see I'm too late to add the most depressing movie of all time, so I'll just second this. n/t |
SteppingRazor |
Dec-02-09 10:00 AM |
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I tried re watching it, once. Couldn't do it. Love the soundtrack though. |
peekaloo |
Dec-02-09 10:04 AM |
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"I'm gonna be on television!" |
SteppingRazor |
Dec-02-09 10:05 AM |
#7 |
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I was watching it by myself one night |
Rising Phoenix |
Dec-02-09 06:01 PM |
#71 |
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"Dancer in the Dark" makes "Requiem" look like "Caddyshack" |
Frank Cannon |
Dec-03-09 06:15 AM |
#110 |
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same director as 'Breaking the Waves'. another candidate for this list. |
peekaloo |
Dec-03-09 07:17 AM |
#113 |
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Adding a third for that one |
Taverner |
Dec-02-09 11:28 AM |
#33 |
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dark, dark, dark stuff |
MissMillie |
Dec-02-09 12:34 PM |
#37 |
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Remember that Burger King tie-in with the movie? |
mitchum |
Dec-02-09 03:57 PM |
#58 |
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You've stumped me on that one. Although I do find Christopher McDonald |
peekaloo |
Dec-03-09 07:28 AM |
#114 |
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It is right and proper that this be the first response. |
MrCoffee |
Dec-02-09 03:58 PM |
#59 |
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I could have lived without ever seeing this one - definitely |
livetohike |
Dec-02-09 06:20 PM |
#79 |
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Ohgodohgodohgodohgod... |
Iggo |
Dec-02-09 10:06 PM |
#98 |
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NIght and Fog |
gmoney |
Dec-02-09 10:02 AM |
#3 |
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Another requiem: Requiem for a Heavyweight. n/t |
sarge43 |
Dec-02-09 10:03 AM |
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Barfly |
MorningGlow |
Dec-02-09 10:04 AM |
#5 |
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Fahrenheit 9/11 |
NewJeffCT |
Dec-02-09 10:07 AM |
#8 |
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Yes, for many of the same reasons... |
GoCubsGo |
Dec-02-09 10:27 AM |
#20 |
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The Mist (based on the Steven King story) |
Tommy_Carcetti |
Dec-02-09 10:07 AM |
#9 |
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Das Boot and All Quiet on the Western Front ('30) nt. |
t0dd |
Dec-02-09 10:10 AM |
#10 |
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AQOWF is just a sad tale.... |
WCGreen |
Dec-02-09 05:09 PM |
#63 |
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Das Boot is an astonishing movie... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Dec-02-09 05:42 PM |
#66 |
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How could anybody be depressed by the end of Das Boot? |
rockymountaindem |
Dec-03-09 02:24 PM |
#122 |
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I was sad because all the men died... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Dec-03-09 03:29 PM |
#125 |
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Exactly. A very shallow viewing is required to see it otherwise. nt |
t0dd |
Dec-03-09 10:02 PM |
#149 |
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You missed the entire point of the movie. |
t0dd |
Dec-03-09 10:00 PM |
#147 |
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No, I understood all of that. |
rockymountaindem |
Dec-03-09 10:15 PM |
#150 |
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"Love Liza" |
bif |
Dec-02-09 10:11 AM |
#11 |
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another: The Constant Gardener. |
peekaloo |
Dec-02-09 10:12 AM |
#12 |
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You're not kidding about that one |
XemaSab |
Dec-02-09 10:34 AM |
#23 |
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but there was a happy ending |
Capn Sunshine |
Dec-02-09 08:45 PM |
#88 |
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Funny Games. |
NYC Liberal |
Dec-02-09 10:13 AM |
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When the Wind Blows |
unsavedtrash |
Dec-02-09 10:15 AM |
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Leaving LasVegas |
GoCubsGo |
Dec-02-09 10:24 AM |
#15 |
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I couldn't even make it to the happy ending |
Rising Phoenix |
Dec-02-09 06:01 PM |
#72 |
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When you get the chance, watch it again |
GoCubsGo |
Dec-03-09 06:46 AM |
#111 |
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Another I forgot about: Grace is Gone |
GoCubsGo |
Dec-03-09 06:54 AM |
#112 |
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The "Happy Ending" seemed irrelevant to me... |
Demoiselle |
Dec-03-09 05:51 PM |
#128 |
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1984 |
edbermac |
Dec-02-09 10:24 AM |
#16 |
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The Pawnbroker |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Dec-02-09 10:24 AM |
#17 |
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Bergman, yup. |
redwitch |
Dec-02-09 10:31 PM |
#102 |
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Sophie's Choice. n/t |
Bertha Venation |
Dec-02-09 10:26 AM |
#18 |
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I hate that movie. n/t |
MissMarple |
Dec-02-09 03:33 PM |
#54 |
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Ditto. That is the one I was going to list. n/t |
femmocrat |
Dec-02-09 08:45 PM |
#87 |
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The Wrestler |
unpossibles |
Dec-02-09 10:27 AM |
#19 |
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Really brings to light what older entertainers minus a "Plan B" have to go through. |
HughBeaumont |
Dec-03-09 02:31 PM |
#124 |
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Harold and Maude |
HopeHoops |
Dec-02-09 10:31 AM |
#21 |
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It falls in the bittersweet category for me. |
CBHagman |
Dec-02-09 01:22 PM |
#45 |
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That is a GREAT description! |
HopeHoops |
Dec-02-09 02:05 PM |
#51 |
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Whale Rider |
XemaSab |
Dec-02-09 10:33 AM |
#22 |
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The Handmaid's Tale |
Dr. Strange |
Dec-02-09 10:34 AM |
#24 |
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My dear Dr. Strange... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Dec-02-09 05:44 PM |
#67 |
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Aw, man, now you tell me. |
Dr. Strange |
Dec-02-09 07:55 PM |
#82 |
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Aw, man, now you tell me. |
Dr. Strange |
Dec-02-09 07:55 PM |
#83 |
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The Girl Next Door (2007) - Depressing & utterly devastating. |
qb |
Dec-02-09 10:43 AM |
#25 |
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oh dear, is this the one based a true story about the girl in the basement. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Dec-02-09 11:52 PM |
#109 |
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North Country |
XemaSab |
Dec-02-09 10:44 AM |
#26 |
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Ironweed |
begin_within |
Dec-02-09 10:53 AM |
#27 |
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That was going to be my choice |
Zomby Woof |
Dec-02-09 11:27 AM |
#32 |
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One of my picks. |
Minimus |
Dec-03-09 06:59 PM |
#137 |
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+1 and "Emperor of the North" nt |
phasma ex machina |
Dec-04-09 05:04 PM |
#158 |
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Rachel Getting Married |
EastTennesseeDem |
Dec-02-09 10:56 AM |
#28 |
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Once Were Warriors, Last Exit to Brooklyn. |
myrna minx |
Dec-02-09 11:00 AM |
#29 |
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
Rambis |
Dec-02-09 11:18 AM |
#30 |
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OH yeah! THAT was a horribly painful movie.. |
Demoiselle |
Dec-03-09 05:58 PM |
#131 |
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The Killing Fields and the Deer Hunter. |
Brickbat |
Dec-02-09 11:20 AM |
#31 |
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Deer Hunter. I can't watch that one anymore. (n/t) |
Iggo |
Dec-02-09 10:09 PM |
#99 |
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Irreversible |
MotorCityMan |
Dec-02-09 12:22 PM |
#34 |
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Last Exit to Brooklyn |
AllieB |
Dec-02-09 08:57 PM |
#90 |
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I was depressed by the adaptation of Last Exit to Brooklyn, but not the subject matter |
mitchum |
Dec-03-09 04:19 PM |
#126 |
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I should have included Testament |
MotorCityMan |
Dec-03-09 04:29 PM |
#127 |
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No Country for Old Men. |
Moondog |
Dec-02-09 12:28 PM |
#35 |
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Fantastic movie, but a total downer. |
Danger Mouse |
Dec-03-09 09:34 PM |
#144 |
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Million Dollar Baby |
MissMillie |
Dec-02-09 12:34 PM |
#36 |
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Johnny Got His Gun (1971) |
billyclem |
Dec-02-09 12:36 PM |
#38 |
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I heard the song One the other day |
XemaSab |
Dec-02-09 05:59 PM |
#70 |
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Pink Floyd The Wall (1979) |
MilesColtrane |
Dec-02-09 12:36 PM |
#39 |
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Blood Diamond |
Tommy_Carcetti |
Dec-02-09 01:01 PM |
#40 |
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The Road |
hatrack |
Dec-02-09 01:08 PM |
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I will not be watching this movie. I read the end of the book. |
MissMarple |
Dec-02-09 03:43 PM |
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Having not read the book, I'm in something of a fog here . . . |
hatrack |
Dec-02-09 04:16 PM |
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They Shoot Pretty Horses, Don't They? |
XemaSab |
Dec-02-09 06:02 PM |
#73 |
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All the Pretty Horses? |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Dec-03-09 09:27 PM |
#143 |
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and here's to hoping that the long threatened Ridley Scott "Blood Meredian" never happens. |
cemaphonic |
Dec-02-09 06:05 PM |
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Blood Meridian was one of two books I've read that was just painful to get through for me |
XemaSab |
Dec-02-09 09:01 PM |
#92 |
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I liked that movie -- |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Dec-03-09 10:34 AM |
#116 |
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I saw that last night, spotted a good Easter egg |
ironflange |
Dec-05-09 02:26 PM |
#162 |
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Children of Men |
peacefreak |
Dec-02-09 01:11 PM |
#42 |
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Awakenings... |
joeybee12 |
Dec-02-09 01:16 PM |
#43 |
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Coyote Ugly |
anarch |
Dec-02-09 01:20 PM |
#44 |
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Really? I thought it was just very blonde. |
MissMarple |
Dec-02-09 03:37 PM |
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Great, a double post. I'll use the opportunity to mention "Heaven's Gate". |
MissMarple |
Dec-02-09 03:37 PM |
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For starters... |
CBHagman |
Dec-02-09 01:28 PM |
#46 |
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Vanilla Sky |
BlueJayLoyalist |
Dec-02-09 08:41 PM |
#86 |
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Atonement |
GermanDem |
Dec-02-09 01:38 PM |
#47 |
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Grave of the Fireflies |
seemunkee |
Dec-02-09 01:46 PM |
#48 |
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Yes, Grave of the Fireflies will kill you. |
kentauros |
Dec-02-09 05:52 PM |
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Stalingrad and Grave of the Fireflies |
Forkboy |
Dec-02-09 01:47 PM |
#49 |
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Awakenings. Edward Scissorhands. |
Mad_Dem_X |
Dec-02-09 01:48 PM |
#50 |
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I didn't think Edward Scissorhands was depressing. |
cemaphonic |
Dec-02-09 06:11 PM |
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The ending was depressing (for me, anyway) |
Mad_Dem_X |
Dec-03-09 10:35 AM |
#117 |
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Threads |
cordelia |
Dec-02-09 02:07 PM |
#52 |
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Control |
SoxFan |
Dec-02-09 02:14 PM |
#53 |
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Just saw that movie for the first time last week. |
AllieB |
Dec-02-09 08:59 PM |
#91 |
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His influence is still being felt |
SoxFan |
Dec-02-09 09:58 PM |
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"Shenandoah" |
Glorfindel |
Dec-02-09 05:00 PM |
#61 |
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
phasma ex machina |
Dec-02-09 05:00 PM |
#62 |
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Eraserhead gets under my skin |
Ahpook |
Dec-02-09 05:24 PM |
#64 |
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"My Life Without Me" |
foxfeet |
Dec-02-09 05:41 PM |
#65 |
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Yes, another very sad one on my list. |
Minimus |
Dec-03-09 07:00 PM |
#138 |
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Legends of the Fall |
Roland99 |
Dec-02-09 05:55 PM |
#69 |
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No votes for "Brokeback Mountain?" |
XemaSab |
Dec-02-09 06:06 PM |
#75 |
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I can't believe it took so long for someone to add Brokeback Mountain! |
intheflow |
Dec-02-09 09:07 PM |
#94 |
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I was a blubbering mess at the end of that movie. |
AllieB |
Dec-02-09 09:09 PM |
#95 |
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OMG, yes! |
Mad_Dem_X |
Dec-03-09 10:37 AM |
#118 |
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It made me cry, of course, but it was a love story. |
Demoiselle |
Dec-03-09 06:05 PM |
#132 |
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Terms of Endearment |
Rhiannon12866 |
Dec-02-09 06:12 PM |
#77 |
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I really like this movie, but my wife refuses |
BootinUp |
Dec-03-09 05:56 PM |
#130 |
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Maybe it's a woman's reaction, then... |
Rhiannon12866 |
Dec-03-09 09:01 PM |
#140 |
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Again, it's a movie about love. |
Demoiselle |
Dec-03-09 06:10 PM |
#133 |
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I can understand that. Hell, I've reacted that way in real life... |
Rhiannon12866 |
Dec-03-09 09:08 PM |
#141 |
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Revolutionary Road |
Lavender Brown |
Dec-02-09 06:12 PM |
#78 |
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And I thought I was the only one to see Panic in Year Zero... |
Auggie |
Dec-02-09 06:26 PM |
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Nope. Not only that I bought a DVD of that movie and LAST MAN ON EARTH. |
raccoon |
Dec-03-09 07:54 AM |
#115 |
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The Deer Hunter |
hippywife |
Dec-02-09 06:35 PM |
#81 |
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A.I. |
baldguy |
Dec-02-09 08:02 PM |
#84 |
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Schindlers List |
RoadRage |
Dec-02-09 08:28 PM |
#85 |
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The Killing Fields |
Capn Sunshine |
Dec-02-09 08:49 PM |
#89 |
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La Strada. The Lives of Others. |
AllieB |
Dec-02-09 09:03 PM |
#93 |
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In the Bedroom |
lifesbeautifulmagic |
Dec-02-09 09:11 PM |
#96 |
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Well, I have a brand new one to add that just came out; |
Lindsey |
Dec-02-09 10:13 PM |
#100 |
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Batman Returns |
bluesbassman |
Dec-02-09 10:16 PM |
#101 |
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Probably throw in "The Dark Knight" too? |
BootinUp |
Dec-04-09 12:24 PM |
#154 |
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Easy Rider |
Silver Swan |
Dec-02-09 10:44 PM |
#103 |
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Another bike movie..."Electra Glide in Blue".. |
Tikki |
Dec-02-09 11:02 PM |
#107 |
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Ordinary People. |
emilyg |
Dec-02-09 10:47 PM |
#104 |
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Miracle Mile....can be viewed as depressing... |
Tikki |
Dec-02-09 10:48 PM |
#105 |
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Vera Drake. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Dec-02-09 10:56 PM |
#106 |
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Sunshine, Raise the Red Lantern |
AbbeyRoad |
Dec-02-09 11:27 PM |
#108 |
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Born on the Fourth of July |
mochajava666 |
Dec-03-09 11:00 AM |
#119 |
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The English Patient. |
Vidar |
Dec-03-09 01:35 PM |
#120 |
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Breaking the Waves |
My Good Babushka |
Dec-03-09 02:18 PM |
#121 |
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121 entries and no "Boy in the Striped Pyjamas"? |
HughBeaumont |
Dec-03-09 02:28 PM |
#123 |
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I thought I read through all the entries but missed yours - and yeah, |
seaglass |
Dec-03-09 06:39 PM |
#136 |
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I SOOOO agree.... |
proudohioan |
Dec-04-09 02:03 PM |
#155 |
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Time Travellers Wife nt |
BootinUp |
Dec-03-09 05:55 PM |
#129 |
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Let's see.... |
ThatsMyBarack |
Dec-03-09 06:14 PM |
#134 |
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas |
seaglass |
Dec-03-09 06:25 PM |
#135 |
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Savior |
Nikia |
Dec-03-09 07:59 PM |
#139 |
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Curse of the Golden Flower |
FloridaJudy |
Dec-03-09 09:15 PM |
#142 |
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May I make a correction to your misconception about opera? |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Dec-03-09 09:37 PM |
#146 |
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Oh yeah |
FloridaJudy |
Dec-05-09 12:38 AM |
#160 |
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Brazil. Solaris. |
Danger Mouse |
Dec-03-09 09:35 PM |
#145 |
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Less Than Zero |
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin |
Dec-03-09 10:01 PM |
#148 |
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Rosemary's Baby and The Collector |
gratefultobelib |
Dec-03-09 10:17 PM |
#151 |
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I'm surprised this one is not listed yet |
Ohio Joe |
Dec-03-09 10:25 PM |
#152 |
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Bless the Beasts and the Children |
flvegan |
Dec-03-09 10:28 PM |
#153 |
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Idiotcracy |
NJmaverick |
Dec-04-09 02:04 PM |
#156 |
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All Quiet on the Western Front |
JackDragna |
Dec-04-09 05:01 PM |
#157 |
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On the Beach |
El Supremo |
Dec-04-09 05:49 PM |
#159 |
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The Jammed |
bixente |
Dec-05-09 02:23 PM |
#161 |
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