The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight but because the book meant so much to me at the time and I have no idea why??? And I don't want to ruin that experience with older eyes.
Movie: The Shoot Horses Don't They? Excellent film all around, but I never want to watch it again.
Book: Catcher in the Rye. I was the right age when I first read it in high school. I think it's a fantastic book. Tried reading it as an adult and it felt intrusive somehow.
Now that it’s been some time since I read the series, I kinda wanna read it again… But this is how I felt about The Traitor Baru Cormorant after I finished it
Not a single one, because one of my personal criteria for what makes a movie or book a 10/10 is how excited I am to interact with it further. If something is so emotionally draining it makes me never want to see or read it again, it's not a 10/10 for me.
Book: A Little Life, Cormac McCarthy in general, maybe Lonesome Dove, Giovanni’s Room
Movies: one of my favorite niches is movies that make me feel like shit, so I rewatch like Trainspotting, No Country for Old Men all the time. But Okja, Old Boy, American History X, Hotel Rwanda...no
Another book that is a 10 out of 10 I would never read again is We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families is about the Rwandan genocide and it’s the scariest thing I’ve ever read. Never again.
Everything Everywhere All At Once. I saw it and cried my eyes out. Then I saw it again with friends and cried again. I realized that it'll forever hit an emotional scar.
I don't know if this counts. It took a long, long time for me to watch Saving Private Ryan again. But I did watch it again.
I'll give you an answer for a TV show, though. I binged Ted Lasso over Thanksgiving weekend, and I'm still not over it. That show destroyed and continues to destroy me.
I saw it in the theater with my roommate. I couldn't walk to the car afterwards. I had to sit down on the sidewalk outside the theater in silent contimplation for like 15 minutes.
Oh, also, 'Life is Beautiful'. It got to me in a way that other works didn't. I expect to consume Holocaust-related works multiple times, in general - it's one of the ways we study what happened to us, we use it in different contexts - but 'Life is Beautiful' showed the nonsensical +
Agree, though I've read it twice. I've thought often about his quote about only two things being capable of fundamentally changing a person: great love or great suffering.
Ugh so many. Like Schindler’s List. I’ll repeat movies, but I almost never repeat books so basically anything I’ve read which was Difficult but Good I likely won’t touch again.
I didn’t know that! Because I’ve blocked it out in its entirety. Someone casually recommended this book to me and I stayed up all night sobbing after I finished it. Harrowing.
You break it down to the chapter and specifically cover the core substance of said chapter, likely with walls of text equal to or exceeding the original character count.
Also it's mutual benefit to first consume and understand something, then in your own words aid others in learning/understanding
Apocalypse Now. Brilliant film. Devastating. I watched it age 24 severely hungover at my friend Bill’s house. He tucked me into the couch and offered whiskey. I shuddered and declined, but after the first scene I requested a shot. Holy fuck.
Movie: Asteroid City. Enjoyed it in the theater then watched it at home to catch what I had missed. Much better the first time.
Book: there are too many I haven’t read yet to go back to the “oldies.”
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Book: Catcher in the Rye. I was the right age when I first read it in high school. I think it's a fantastic book. Tried reading it as an adult and it felt intrusive somehow.
And The Green Mile- both movie and book, but I sobbed when I read it.
i think i've only seen 2 but i loathed them so much
Both the horse and wolf shot 😭
Book: The Stranger Beside Me, Whoever Fights Monsters
easy
and also never ever again
Movies: one of my favorite niches is movies that make me feel like shit, so I rewatch like Trainspotting, No Country for Old Men all the time. But Okja, Old Boy, American History X, Hotel Rwanda...no
I'll give you an answer for a TV show, though. I binged Ted Lasso over Thanksgiving weekend, and I'm still not over it. That show destroyed and continues to destroy me.
For books, while I do enjoy John Green, I generally choose not to partake in depictions of cancer. No fault in our stars reread for me.
Hostel
Book: We Need to Talk About Kevin
No Country for Old Men is close to a no-rewatch as well
Book: M*A*S*H
Just soul crushing
I can cover it all in my own words and in a much less convoluted manner that doesn't have vague references to outdated and unknown authors and work.
People who just recommend books, but cannot articulate their own unique thoughts on the matter, are honestly morons.
Also it's mutual benefit to first consume and understand something, then in your own words aid others in learning/understanding
Can’t think of a book.
Movie: A Serbian Film
Both are highly disturbing
I am glad I read it.
I wish it had never needed to be written.
Movie: Bambi
so grim, my god
That being said the trigger warnings read like a grocery list from hell so if you’re sensitive to that sort of thing I’d steer clear.
I reread them every year
Book: there are too many I haven’t read yet to go back to the “oldies.”
It also gave me a panic attack.