Movies NOT to watch on a first date.

[Maddy McCall]

This question is inspired by Forest's Deliverance thread.

What movies would you NOT watch on a first date?

I would vote Deliverance...A few years ago, a guy friend that I had been seeing casually came over to watch some movies with me. Deliverance was laying on my DVD player, so I said, "Deliverance?" And he said, "Hell NO!"

So, my vote would be that Deliverance is not first-date movie material. What's yours?

[sleipnir]

1. Pyscho.

n/t

[Wapsie B]

2. The Killing Fields

[LiberalVoice]

3. Rollerball would be another one?

:P Whats up with your sig line anyways?

[Maddy McCall]

7. It's just a hokey DaDaist signature.

It has no meaning. Except maybe that I love LL Cool J. :silly:

[rwenos]

4. The Exorcist

Unless, of course, she loves pea soup. Especially if she's Catholic. Especially if she has a large crucifix.

[noahmijo]

9. Heh my girlfriend's Catholic and she loves The Exorcist

Actually she thinks it's the greatest horror movie ever.

Then again she's a liberal Catholic so maybe that's why the open mindness :)~

[rwenos]

18. She's Destined for the Episcopalian Church, I'll Bet

Too ecumenical.

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. "Requiem For A Dream".

Unless you think soul-crushing depression is a good thing on a first date, that is (I don't know, maybe some people are bent that way).

[Wetzelbill]

12. woa, i didn't even see your post, my pick too

[ghostsofgiants]

44. Yep, my vote as well

[fortyfeetunder]

6. Any Dirty Harry movie

Some bozo did that in an attempt to impress. I found a way to catch a nap....

[noahmijo]

10. Dirty Harry? What a moron doesn't he know better??

I mean "Predator" has WAY more blood in it what was he thinking!?

:)~

[regnaD kciN]

28. Those movies would only work...

...if your intended was a card-carrying NRA member freeper.

:eyes:

[noahmijo]

35. Umm I should've put the sarcasm bot on or something

I was just kidding.....

[Heddi]

8. Freakshow Porn Circus

Oy. That's an date-breaker FOR SURE

[Wetzelbill]

17. my friend took his wife

over to some friends of theirs for dinner. And, he said afterwards their friends, also a married couple, wanted to watch a film, so they all sat down to watch a movie, when the couple tossed in a porno, haha. My friend said he and his wife sat and watched for a few minutes then made excuses to leave, lol.

[Heddi]

25. I was treated to a scat film on a first date

needless to say, that was the last first date with this person.

[GreenPartyVoter]

60. Grody!

[Wetzelbill]

11. Requiem For A Dream

Not exactly "Feel Good Movie Of The Year" material.

Half the theater was crying when I first went and watched it. Women were breaking down like they just lost loved ones. A girl I knew brought her friend to it and the ending was so intense for him that he had a seizure and an ambulance had to come and pick him up.

That is one sad film.

[Maddy McCall]

14. I guess I'll have to rent it.

I haven't seen it.

[Heddi]

26. It's a very good movie, but disturbing...msg...

not disturbing "gross", but disturbing ideas. It conveys hopelessness like I've never seen captured on film. I didn't cry when I saw it, but you could just feel the desperation oozing from the screen.

It's a great movie, by the way. Utterly, utterly great.

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. Bondage videos

[Sean Reynolds]

15. Debbie Does Dallas.

[Jamastiene]

105. and why not, exactly?

That might be a good first date movie in some cases, I think. Been there, done that. Okay, I'm weird.

[AwakeAtLast]

16. Ummm, "Fight Club"

Even though (dirty little secret exposed) my (now) husband and I made out through half of it. In the theater. Ahh, the good old days! :D

[tarkus]

27. I know I wouldn't want to be competing with Edward Norton in a date... NM

[drumwolf]

19. movies that come to my mind

"Pink Flamingos" is one. Personally, I wouldn't mind having a girlfriend who's twisted enough to appreciate that kind of humor, but I'd rather not find out the hard way on a first date.

Another would be "Last Exit to Brooklyn." It was written by the same author who also wrote "Requiem For A Dream," and it's just as disturbing.

[PittPoliSci]

20. Sin City

That movie is so love it or hate it that if you have differing opinions on it there is no chance for a relationship.

[wtmusic]

21. Blue Velvet

I actually saw this with my wife on about our third date. Almost ruined everything.

Now, of course, we have a new appreciation for it...

"MOMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYY!" :crazy:

[PittPoliSci]

24. i think anything by Lynch might be a bit much...

Brazil would probably also be a poor choice.

[ForrestGump]

22. I'm with you...

I guess 'cos I just watched it. I'd probably be more concerned, though, if I was spending the evening with a gentleman who carried his banjo everywhere with him.

On the other hand, I would be okay with watching Deliverance if some female of my interest suggested it, just 'cos it's such a good movie. Sure, it'd be a real mood-killer, but it's been so long since I have had female companionship in that context that I'd probably not even register the lack of romantic possibilities that the movie provides. And, hey, good movie.

Perhaps following it up with An Affair To Remember or Somewhere In Time would be a good move on my part...

[LouisianaLiberal]

23. Fatal Attraction

NM

[Left Is Write]

53. Agreed. Baaaaaad first date movie!

[Rob H.]

90. From personal experience...

Yeah, it's a bad one. In my own defense, it was a blind date and we went with another couple who chose the movie. Not surprisingly, it turned out to be our one and only date.

[delen]

29. Boxing Helena

About a guy obsessed with a woman, so he amputates her limbs to keep her prisoner.
Male or female not first date material.Unless your into the ah... unusual.

[SarahB]

31. That would do it.

Deliverance I could take. This? :puke: (Most disturbing thing I ever saw probably.)

[I Know How To Do it]

30. Pussies! "Ted Bundy"

[WCGreen]

32. The Bad NEws BEars........

Really went over bad.....

First and last date.....

[Heddi]

33. Poo Two, Electric Boogaloo

I don't know if it exists, but it sounds like a date-breaker

[I Know How To Do it]

34. Faces of Death #7

Trust me.

[delen]

36. What about 1-6

Onlt saw 1 the monkey scene was enough for me.

[I Know How To Do it]

38. I don't even know if there is a seven. I just said 7 so it would sound

like I'm really into them. Like if I were into them enough that I knew that #7 was really good but 3 kind of sucked.
But all in all, Faces of Death, would be a poor choice.

[katamaran]

37. Two first dates, two boyfriends, two unlikely movies

First boyfriend and I watched Mortal Kombat in high school because we were both too chickenshit scared to watch a romantic movie. Lasted six months.

Second boyfriend (and current) and I watched South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut because we actually wanted to see it. Going on seven years now ;-)

[MercutioATC]

39. "9 1/2 Weeks"

I like it, but it sends the wrong message on a first date...

[SCDem]

40. Clockwork Orange

[LynneSin]

41. "The Lover"

Unless you really think you're going to score tonight with your date and are trying to get him/her horny in the process

[Misunderestimator]

42. Caligula

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. True story...MrG and I saw "Basic Instinct"...and we were about 5

minutes late, so we walked in on the beginning steamy, sex scene. Not recommended in my opinion. MrG gentlemanly face was all ablushing...of course, he doesn't blush like that anymore. :hi:

[Crankie Avalon]

45. "Crumb" and also Todd Browning's "Freaks"...

...you'll really kill any romantic mood with either one of those two.

[KitchenWitch]

46. Mr KW and I went to American Pie on our first date

I would not suggest it for anyone else though...I had known Mr KW for quite a bit of time before we started dating. American Pie might be too risque for people who did not know each other well though.

[Wapsie B]

47. Any movie

where the main characters were gonna get more action than you were that night.

[KitchenWitch]

48. That is the funniest thing I have heard in awhile

:rofl:

[Wapsie B]

52. Good.

Glad to see I made someone laugh.

:)

[Felix Mala]

49. Reservoir Dogs -- unless your date is into that sort of thing....

[Gormy Cuss]

50. War of the Roses

(Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas breaking up in spectacular fashion.) Worked for me.

[WeRQ4U]

51. Alien Prey

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/alienprey/

[Doctor_J]

54. Hard Times

even though the ending is really touching, seeing Robert Tessier and Charles Bronson punch each other purple spoils the popcorn.

[Texasgal]

55. Boogie Nights

I watched that on a first date night before... it was almost like watching a porno with a stranger!

[Kire]

56. "I Spit on Your Grave"

it's never a good time to watch this one

the grand-niece of Buster Keaton gets raped, and raped, and raped, and raped, and beaten, and raped some more. Supposedly there's some brutally violent revenge scenes half-way through but I didn't make it that far.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006JDS4/002-4795888-3899256?v=glance

[quiet.american]

61. Dupe

[quiet.american]

62. Dupe

[Kire]

66. ??

what's a dupe about my post

[quiet.american]

82. It was *my* previous post that was a dupe, so I deleted it. :) n/t

[Kire]

84. I was pretty sure that was it.

just wanted to check cuz I wasn't positive.

*sorry*

[quiet.american]

86. Not a prob! :) n/t

[Shell Beau]

57. Fatal Attraction

[Patiod]

93. can't believe it took so long - thought that would be #1

[Shell Beau]

102. I realized after I posted it that someone else already beat

me to it. Really bad date movie!

[ElectroPrincess]

58. The Devils Rejects

Believe me, the recently released "The Devils Rejects" has no redeeming social value. None, nada, zip, zilch ...

Great warped "shits and giggles" to see with an equally jaded buddy (we laughed a lot at it's absurdity and all-out gross-ness) :puke: ... but for heaven's sake, don't take a date!?!


http://www.thedevilsrejects.com/

[NewJeffCT]

59. a date of mine wanted to see "Silence of the Lambs"

not really a great first date movie, but who am I to argue with a woman before the first date?

I think we only went out one other time...

[quiet.american]

63. If you're a woman, and you're inviting a man, no Woody Allen.

I haven't made it through a first date yet where the guy with me wasn't climbing the walls/out cold if we were at a Woody Allen movie.

[Dervill Crow]

92. Wow, my husband must have really loved me in 1972.

I had completely forgotten that We saw Play it Again, Sam, on our first date, and he seemed perfectly okay with it. In the 31 years we've been married he has never, to my knowledge, watched a Woody Allen movie.

What a guy.

[quiet.american]

96. Oh, you are one lucky lady! :) n/t

[El Fuego]

64. "Closer"

A bunch of really bad, selfish, but totally good-looking people causing each other great emotion anguish, just because they can.

[rbnyc]

65. I spit on your grave! (nt)

[alarcojon]

67. I have to say "Seven"

with "In the Company of Men" a close second. I also wouldn't recommend "The Deer Hunter."

[6000eliot]

68. Basic Instinct?

[Kire]

69. Blood Sucking Freaks

A theater director and his assistant (ralphus) torture naked women on stage. The audience thinks it's "great special effects" , but little do they know that it's all real! This sadomasochistic director has plans for these girls that he kidnaps other than using them for his performances. He fulfills his sick fantasies with them.

[skypilot]

70. Neil Labute's "Your Friends and Neighbors".

An absolute horror show, or as I described it on IMdB "The 'Glengarry Glen Ross' of relationship movies." A nasty piece of work.

[grace0418]

73. Don't see it on ANY date. God I hated that movie. I hated every single

character and left the theater feeling like there is no hope for humanity. Yuck.

[skypilot]

74. I saw it with a guy that I was just starting to date...

...and we were suddenly very wary of each other afterwards. That movie just nipped things right in the bud.

[sakabatou]

71. Perfect Blue

Jin Roh: Wolf-Brigade

[Old_Fart]

72. "One flew over a coo coos nest"

Its about a group of people that are in an insane asylum. Nurse Ratchet dispenses the meds in order to clam them down.

[Shell Beau]

75. I just recently saw that movie for the first time. Jack

Nicholson is so good and he was actually good looking back then.

[Zero Division]

76. Happiness

A movie about dysfunctional people with sexual dysfunctions. The word "disturbing" just doesn't seem adequate, both in degree and manner.

[jane_pippin]

81. I'll second that...

I actually went with a date to that movie. I think it was our 5th or something like that, but still.

[HughBeaumont]

98. That movie is MEGA-creepy.

Child rapists aren't high on my list of comfortable subjects, nor are movies that make children say lines like "Would you fuck me, Dad?" while sobbing.

[Strawman]

77. House of Sand and Fog

Great film, but not really the best one to associate with a first date. Not exactly a "feel good romp."

[unsavedtrash]

78. City of Angels or Leaving Las Vegas

[no name no slogan]

79. "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"

speaking from personal experience here. too weird.

[unsavedtrash]

80. I love that movie but did wait 8 years before watching it with my partner

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

83. Rules of Attraction

Based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel. Movie opens with a girl being raped and then vomited on. I actually took a girl out on our first date to see this movie. I had NO IDEA this scene was in the movie. I apologize profusely.

[dback]

85. "War of the Roses" if you're straight

"All the Rage" if you're gay, "Windows" if you're a lesbian. Have we covered most of the bases? :)

[Merrick]

87. Irreversible

If the graphic depiction of a man getting his head caved in with a fire extinguisher in an S&M bar didn't douse your chances, the 7 minute long rape scene in the subway certainly would

The director Gaspar Noe's other movie "I Stand Alone" probably wouldn't be much better. A guy causes his girlfriend to miscarriage by slugging her repeatedly in the stomach.

He's one depraved Frenchman... but his movies are rather good - repugnant in an artistic, compelling sort of way.

[alpaca]

88. I was just going to post that...

first movie the wife wanted out of the house immediately! She likes twisted movies too. So for my second choice "Audition".

[HughBeaumont]

89. Salo or Pink Flamingos

Irreversible
Requiem for a Dream
Lady Ass Lickers Parts 4 and 5

[Patiod]

95. Not good when you go into see Pink Flamingos and 2 different

people yell "Hi Patiod!"

Granted, it was college, but my friends wondered about me.

Made it worse when we walked out before the end.

[HughBeaumont]

97. I would have LOVED to have seen that in 1972 . .

The contents of that one made me take two showers after I saw it in 1990 for the first time.

[ulysses]

91. we went to see "Naked Lunch"

Not sure if that says more about me or Ms Uly.

[Nikia]

94. My husband and I saw "In and Out" on our first date

I remember later asking my dad if he thought that meant my husband (then boyfriend) had homosexual tendencies.
Years after the fact, I asked my husband why we saw that on our first date. He said that the only other choice that fit with my schedule, was "Kiss the Girls" which would have been even more inappropriate but for a different reason.

[Maddy McCall]

104. LOL! I saw that movie on a first date.

[Parrcrow]

99. Barfly

:puke:

and you can't go for a drink afterwards.

[caty]

100. "Enough"

A woman running from an abusive husband, who was real sweet until they got married, and having to train to defend herself against him.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

101. "Looking for Mr. Goodbar"

Judith Rossner just passed away, BTW.

[neuvocat]

103. Any movie with J-Lo in it.

[deutsey]

106. "Cape Fear" (the De Niro/Nolte version)