Most depressing but good movies you have seen (best film, family, Kevin Spacey)
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I could not watch Million Dollar Baby again; way too depressing if only for the realism (some might call it injustice) of the narrative: despite sincere ambition and hard work, the protagonist does not triumph (or, eve, survive). And, unlike other stories where there is some kind of redemption in death, there’s just death for the million dollar baby.
Splendor In The Grass is depressing but bittersweet because of, again, the realism: repressive, well-meaning parents who destroy true love because they think that they know better than their children (but don’t). Everything works out in the end—the kids move on and create lives for themselves—but only after leaving their small town and their parents’ toxic control. Ultimately, Deannie and Bud’s love is unable to overcome small town social mores. True love does not triumph.
I completely agree re: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, as it follows a narrative similar to that of the above movies: a protagonist that the audience is rooting for does not triumph over evil so that we are left feeling a great sense of injustice after the film.
Really? I found the ending of Cuckoo's Nest uplifting. Chief is inspired to escape and takes his friend's spirit along. McMurphy was never going to have a good outcome no matter what had he lived, lobotomy or not.
Hmm. But as devastating as it was for the Brad Pitt character, there's a darkly amusing side to the whole head-in-the-box-delivered-by-courier scene, at least from Kevin Spacey's point of view, that sort of counterbalaces the horror of it. I wouldn't call that depressing.
Really? I found the ending of Cuckoo's Nest uplifting. Chief is inspired to escape and takes his friend's spirit along. McMurphy was never going to have a good outcome no matter what had he lived, lobotomy or not.
The issue is that one does hope that McMurphy will overcome. Chief or no Chief, I despair when a movie ends with a forced lobotomy.
Finally, someone who's seen a Lars von Trier movie
Melancholia's got to be the most depressing movie ever, but I've never seen Antichrist. Someone who makes depressing movies like von Trier calls it part of his Depression trilogy! Von Trier came up with the plot during therapy for his depression.
Dancer in the Dark is awfully high up there too.
Finally, someone who's seen a Lars von Trier movie
Melancholia's got to be the most depressing movie ever, but I've never seen Antichrist. Someone who makes depressing movies like von Trier calls it part of his Depression trilogy! Von Trier came up with the plot during therapy for his depression.
Dancer in the Dark is awfully high up there too.
A movie about depression written and directed by a man who suffers from clinical depression.
A huge rogue planet named Melancholia (depression) collides with planet earth leaving nothing behind but dust and rubble.
A two part movie about a woman, played by Kirsten Dunst, who is afflicted with severe depression. The first part, when conditions are fairly normal, she appears to be mentally ill. The second part, when the end of the world is imminent, and things become extremely stressful, her behavior changes and she copes with the situation better than the “normal” people.
In real life, similar things have happened. Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition suffered from severe depression for most of his life. However, during the harrowing and stressful expedition, he changed and performed extremely well. When the expedition ended and he returned to routine life, he eventually committed suicide.
This was tough to watch but worth watching. Good suggestion.
My favorite- Road To Perdition. Grim, grey and serious, the movie outlines the concept of human dignity.
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