Looking for 'bitter' movies for XMas

[darkflounder]

I'm looking for movies to counteract the entire 'feel good' forced emotions of the holidays.

I want cynical, bitter "F**K THE WORLD!" kind of movies. I want the kind of movie that would take a crowbar to the kneecaps of the guy ringing the Salvation Army bell in front of the grocery store.

Any recommendations? The more bitter of an ending, the better. I hate happy endings.

[HighSpeedOnIce]

Natural Born Killers?

[badger1997]

I have a recommendation for ya....therapy, and quick.

[darkflounder]

Yeah, NBK would be a good one. How about a Tarantino film marathon for Xmas Day.

Yeah! I'm liking that idea!

True Romance, NBK, Res Dogs, Pulp Fiction, yeah!!

[Mutley Hyde]

Originally posted by darkflounder
I want the kind of movie that would take a crowbar to the kneecaps of the guy ringing the Salvation Army bell in front of the grocery store.

Well, there's that one scene in Jacob's Ladder where the street Santa gets rolled. That's a damn good one. Dan Ackroyd gets pretty offensive as a drunk, beligerant and disorderly steet Santa in Trading Places. Scrooged is good too, but I don't think I've ever watched it to the end before, so it may have a sappy feel-good ending. Just secretly hit "stop" before it gets all mushy and crap, and go "What the hell? Gee, I guess the dvd is defective". :)

Other than that, I can't think of any off the top of my head. If you're battling staunch fundamentalist Christians, then maybe Last Temptation of Christ?

[darkflounder]

It's not that I hate Xmas. I normally love this time of year. I'm the kind of guy that would normally be watching the 24 hour marathon of A Christmas Story.

This year is different. The wife and I separated, and she's taken the kids to her parent's house until after the first of the year (a little perk with her job is a paid holiday between Xmas and NYD).

So, I'm alone, mildly depressed, really not in the mood for holiday cheer. I'd be drunk, but I don't do alcohol.

That's why I want bitter movies. I don't want anti-Xmas, I don't want anything to remind me of Xmas.

[Cosmic Bus]

Well, you could watch Michael Haneke's Funny Games and Tim Roth's The War Zone back to back. That'd be virtually guaranteed to kill any sort of positive outlook on life, Christmas-related or not. :D

[Drexl]

Falling Down
Fight Club

[Mutley Hyde]

Swimming With Sharks

[eddiekirk]

Platoon
Dawn of the Dead (with the mall, could be anti-Xmas)

[DarthMarklar]

The Toxic Avenger!!!! Especially when they hit that kid and throw the car in reverse to finish him off by crushing his skull. :lol: a laugh a minute :whofart:

[inri222]

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
SALO
DANCER IN THE DARK
MAN BITES DOG
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
THE NIGHT PORTER

[ColdBlue]

I second Drexl's recommendartion of Fight Club. Definately sticks it to consumerism, therefore a lot of what Christmas is now.

[eddiekirk]

Originally posted by ColdBlue
Definately sticks it to consumerism, therefore a lot of what Christmas is now.


Alot? How about ALL.

[matome]

<i>The Virgin Suicides</i>

[darkflounder]

My friends and family hate me because of my now constant rants about mindless consumerism, which I learned from the mentoring of Tyler Durden.

Fight Club is my inspiration for the hunt for bitter movies. Fight Club is very close to supplanting LOTR:FOTR and Star Wars as my all-time favorite movie of all time.

[rkndkn]

The Dreamlife of Angels
Naked (Mike Leigh)

[astrophore]

I second Requiem for a Dream, Man Bites Dog and Funny Games.

I love Fight Club, but it is too cheerily nihilistic for these purposes.

For a bitter, kick you in the stomach ending, what about The Last American Virgin?

[Mutley Hyde]

Damn. I just watched The Piano Teacher today. I would have to nominate that one as well. That was just a sick movie. Very sick puppy indeed. I'll second Requiem For a Dream as well.

[DarthMarklar]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305161968/qid=1040605813/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-4669187-7101422

I didn't really care for the movie, but I would say that it's definitely not a 'Christmasy Lollipop' kinda movie.

There are 2 versions. An NC-17 and an R...
I watched the R and it was STEAMY so I can only imagine what the NC-17 version is like.

[Static Cling]

Moving to Movie Talk.

[DarthMarklar]

Originally posted by Static Cling
Moving to Movie Talk. Shouldn't it be 'Bitter Movie Talk'? :lol:

[darkflounder]

Why was this moved? Jeez, the mods certainly are anal tonight.

[grunter]

"Requiem for a Dream" is bitter?

Laughably over-the-top is more like it.

A "Reefer Madness" for a new millenia.

[BabiG]

A bitter movie? "Happiness".

[Tesiae]

Originally posted by badger1997
I have a recommendation for ya....therapy, and quick.

With all due respect... all this joy and goodwill crap is near suicide inducing for those of us who are generally unhappy bastards. :) Watching cynical movies is a welcomed escape from the fluffy, Life is Beautiful dreck they try to shove down our throats.

So for my recommendations:

Se7en
Glengarry Glen Ross (love the cursing!)
The Wild Bunch ("If they move, kill em'!")
Point Blank

[cooper2000]

The Ref is an anti-Christmas movie.
Gremlins.
Home for the Holidays?

[Mutley Hyde]

Originally posted by cooper2000
The Ref is an anti-Christmas movie.
Gremlins.
Home for the Holidays?

Thread reminder; keep in mind that this is not about "bitter Christmas movies", but "bitter movies in general that will keep my mind off of Christmas" movies. :)

[darkflounder]

It is comforting to see that I'm not the only one that needs a diversion.

I'm not a Grinch. I just play one in real life.