Movies that shook you up (Spoilers....tread softly)

Zooropa · 06-07-2002, 02:09 AM

A comment in the "favorite movie" thread has inspired me to start this thread. What movie, if any, left you shook up after watching it? Shook up in the sense that when the credits started rolling you had this minute of stunned silence where you just think about what happened.

*vague "Seven" spoiler ahead*

With that said, I'm going to go with David Fincher's "Seven." That ending just got me. I can't even begin to imagine what that must have been like for Brad Pitt's character. That's a Fincher film for you though. I'm interested to see what you all have to say, so please respond with your movies.

Dr. Doom · 06-07-2002, 02:22 AM

yeah 7 shook me up, too. but i am telling you right now, rent Arlington Road. i will give you a dollar if it doesn't shake you up. and of course, The Usual Supsect left everyone sitting in awe, i bet/hope!

but seriously zooropa, rent Arlington Road and tell me what you think. it has Jeff Bridges and Chris Robbins in it.

Jay42 · 06-07-2002, 06:42 AM

Agreed, "Seven" was messed UP!!!! wow.

One movie I have NOT seen because my friend says it made him sick to his stomach and he still finds it disturbing was
NATURAL BORN KILLERS:

Zooropa · 06-07-2002, 12:57 PM

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Originally posted by Euchre0
but seriously zooropa, rent Arlington Road and tell me what you think. it has Jeff Bridges and Chris Robbins in it.

Sounds interesting. What is it about?

Dr. Doom · 06-07-2002, 01:01 PM

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Originally posted by Zooropa
Sounds interesting. What is it about?

Jeff Bridges is a proffessor at a college who teaches about terrorists and the like and he starts to suspect his new neighbor, Tim Robbins, is a terrorist.

seriously, you should see it. it isn't gory or as disturbing like seven but it is still a movie that will shake you up. at least everyone i know has been sahken up by it.

Sputnik · 06-07-2002, 04:52 PM

The Sixth Day with Arnold Swartzenegger. It is annoying and unsettling, and leaves you feeling disgruntled. It's a movie that is supposed to make one think about the serious moral and ethical issues of human cloning, but it fails miserably. Then again, does any Arnold Swartzenegger movie really make you think?

Jay42 · 06-07-2002, 05:20 PM

Hi Sputnik (and WELCOME! if no one else has said so)

Yeah, that "86% complete" (or whatever it was) clone in THE SIXTH DAY was quite naisty!

Jay

P.S. - Cool avatar you got there.

Strider · 06-07-2002, 08:32 PM

1. Sleepers

2. Session 9

3. Unbreakable

4. Pay It Forward

to name a few

passinthru · 06-07-2002, 10:11 PM

the movie Pay it Forward stinks in comparison to the book. The movie is a whatered-down politically correct distortion of a good book.

Katie+

Dr. Doom · 06-07-2002, 11:22 PM

what shook you up in Unbreakable? that bad guy that Bruce had to defeat in the house? yeah, i can see that.

"I like your house..."

Yojimbo · 06-08-2002, 01:57 AM

"Silence of the Lambs". Wow, this is just one of the few movies that makes me forget that I'm watching a movie...it is so well-paced and so confident in its matter and atmosphere (as opposed to the stupid sequel "Hannibal", which requires someone to be gutted or eaten every five minutes to keep the audience interested)...and it plays so well on natural human fears, such as Sterling being sexually evaluated wherever she goes, especially in an elevator full of men, or of knowing that you are being watched in the dark but are helpless to do anything against it...Oh yeah, that Anthony Hopkins guy does a pretty good job of acting.

Se7en is also really good...but I think "Lambs" beats it cold

kupcguitarkid · 06-08-2002, 05:34 PM

I havent seen these movies but I heard theyre pretty disturbing

War Zone...about incest and rape
8mm

*SPOILER WARNING FOR SAVING PRIVATE RYAN*

Saving Prtivate Ryan shook me up a bit. Especially the scene where Mellish got stabbed in the heart. It really got to me, hearing two young men sreming in pain, OWWW!!! And then, "No, let's stop this...uh.....uhhh"

Yojimbo · 06-08-2002, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by kupcguitarkid

Saving Prtivate Ryan shook me up a bit.

Yeah, that's one of the last good and realistic war movies that have been made since Hollywood started cleaning things up to earn a PG-13 rating and bigger box office receipts...

matnus · 06-09-2002, 01:01 AM

i thought BlackHawk Down was a very intense movie.

Gallipoli was also a moving movie...but since i know what happens in it, since we learn about aussie history all the time...it was sad...leave it at that.

outlawnemesis · 06-09-2002, 07:50 AM

Event Horizon, very very scary. I saw it last night and I'm still shook up. Not for the faint of heart.