Depressive movies/animes.
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Depressive movies/animes.
'm looking for tragic movies which doesn't feel fake, which doesn't have this stamp of Hollywood production or that just jokes with things. I want serious business (lol internets) in either a good aesthetic way, storytelling or acting. Of course if there's some anime like that you can tell me too.
To give you a few examples: NGE, obviously, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (atleast I enjoyed it, maybe because I was tired and felt melancholic - some seem to hate it.), Saikano. In movies I haven't really found something which are in the style of those animes I mentioned, but I do enjoy works by directors such as Werner Herzog, Kieslowski and so on. Enlighten me. :)
To give you a few examples: NGE, obviously, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (atleast I enjoyed it, maybe because I was tired and felt melancholic - some seem to hate it.), Saikano. In movies I haven't really found something which are in the style of those animes I mentioned, but I do enjoy works by directors such as Werner Herzog, Kieslowski and so on. Enlighten me. :)
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Gunslinger Girl. The entire thing is fucking tragic from start to end.
Some parts of Cowboy Bebop are really sad as well. I mean, the last two episodes are, obviously, but everyone seems to forget one like when Jet looks up his old girlfriend, or the one about the kid trying to get medicine for his sister.
Also, the death of Optimus Prime is one of the saddest moments in any film ever.
Some parts of Cowboy Bebop are really sad as well. I mean, the last two episodes are, obviously, but everyone seems to forget one like when Jet looks up his old girlfriend, or the one about the kid trying to get medicine for his sister.
Also, the death of Optimus Prime is one of the saddest moments in any film ever.
Tell me, is something eluding you, sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes
You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise!
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes
You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise!
I thought Chrono Crusade was depressing as hell. The two main charecters die and the bad guy is re-incarnated? WTF?
*SIGH* I really need to see Gunslinger Girl. Everyone says it's good, but I'm just too fuckin lazy to add it to my Netflix Que.
*SIGH* I really need to see Gunslinger Girl. Everyone says it's good, but I'm just too fuckin lazy to add it to my Netflix Que.
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Haven't seen AIR, but Grave of the Fireflies was awesome - perhaps I should see AIR then! Quick synopsis?
And Gungslinger Girl seems interesting and I've heard a lof of people talking good of it, so that's something else I think I'd watch. Thanks for the suggestions!
Hehe, death of Optimus Prime? Well, maybe... ;)
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Aye, I've seen Chrno Crusade - the series was pretty shit but the ending was worth it since one had built up some kind of relation with the characters. But let's keep the spoilers away for those that haven't watched it. :)
And Gungslinger Girl seems interesting and I've heard a lof of people talking good of it, so that's something else I think I'd watch. Thanks for the suggestions!
Hehe, death of Optimus Prime? Well, maybe... ;)
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Aye, I've seen Chrno Crusade - the series was pretty shit but the ending was worth it since one had built up some kind of relation with the characters. But let's keep the spoilers away for those that haven't watched it. :)
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Sventevith wrote:Haven't seen AIR, but Grave of the Fireflies was awesome - perhaps I should see AIR then! Quick synopsis?
I didn't mean to group the 2 together like that, AIR is probably more along the lines of Saikano and Rumbling Hearts. Yukito, this guy who travels from town to town in search of a cursed girl with wings. The show has 3 story arcs, the first is told from Yukito's point of view, the second is set 1000 years ago and goes into what the curse is, and the last is a retelling (and continuation) of the first arc told from Sora, a crow.
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The most depressing thing about Saikano was that it represents 7 hours of my life I won't get back. It was far too heavy-handed to be depressing, or even, after the first few episodes, even somewhat sad.
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im going to have to see Elfen Lied...
I just watched the epsiode of Full Metal Panic: Second Raid where Sagara is told he is no longer assinged to Chidori and is forbidden to make any contact with her...
i thought that was pretty emotional...good effect with him punching the labtop screen broken...(he luvs her)...thats one of the best anime series...
I actually cried twice during Rozen Madien...first when Shinku gets her arm torn off...She sobbs that she is a defective toy and how she is no longer fit to be Alice (who she desires to become) ,the perfect girl with no flaws...
Second was at the end when Sugin-To is burning and weeps "I am not junk"...we find out that Rozen didnt even bother to finish her design and threw her torsoless body out...like a failed drawing...
I just watched the epsiode of Full Metal Panic: Second Raid where Sagara is told he is no longer assinged to Chidori and is forbidden to make any contact with her...
i thought that was pretty emotional...good effect with him punching the labtop screen broken...(he luvs her)...thats one of the best anime series...
I actually cried twice during Rozen Madien...first when Shinku gets her arm torn off...She sobbs that she is a defective toy and how she is no longer fit to be Alice (who she desires to become) ,the perfect girl with no flaws...
Second was at the end when Sugin-To is burning and weeps "I am not junk"...we find out that Rozen didnt even bother to finish her design and threw her torsoless body out...like a failed drawing...
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In Elfen Lied, they really went out of their way to make the viewers feel bad. Can't really think of any other works that can compare to that downer.
About the saddest thing I ever did, tho, was listen to Dia Psalma's 'Höstmåne' for the first time.
EDIT: A couple more songs that I find stirring. Mostly due to lyrics;
Elliott - 'Song in the Air'
Death Cab For Cutie - 'What Sarah Said'
Last Days of April - 'Aspirins and Alcohol'
Craig's Brother - 'Divorce'
The Beautiful Mistake - 'Fragile Fingers (The 23rd)'
Oh yeah, and The Juliana Theory - 'For Evangeline'.
About the saddest thing I ever did, tho, was listen to Dia Psalma's 'Höstmåne' for the first time.
EDIT: A couple more songs that I find stirring. Mostly due to lyrics;
Elliott - 'Song in the Air'
Death Cab For Cutie - 'What Sarah Said'
Last Days of April - 'Aspirins and Alcohol'
Craig's Brother - 'Divorce'
The Beautiful Mistake - 'Fragile Fingers (The 23rd)'
Oh yeah, and The Juliana Theory - 'For Evangeline'.
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Tell me, is something eluding you, sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes
You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise!
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes
You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise!
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Speaking of depressing songs, the kind of songs I like are both melancholy and light (as opposed to bombastically dark). Something with a good melody, but sad or wistful lyrics. Much of Matthew Sweet's work falls into this category.
If I can recommend one, Mike Doughty's "Looking At The World" is a good example... it reminds me, for some reason, of NGE.
"through all the days that I have run
I've sought to lose that cloud that's blacking out the sun
my train will come on some day soon
and when it comes I'll ride it out from night to noon
and I feel as if I'm looking at the world from the bottom of a well
and I feel as if I'm looking at the world from the bottom of a well
aimless days, uncool ways of decathecting
painless face, blacked-out thoughts you've been rejecting
lonely
and the only way to beat it is to bat it down
feeling lonely
and the only way to beat it is to bat it down"
If I can recommend one, Mike Doughty's "Looking At The World" is a good example... it reminds me, for some reason, of NGE.
"through all the days that I have run
I've sought to lose that cloud that's blacking out the sun
my train will come on some day soon
and when it comes I'll ride it out from night to noon
and I feel as if I'm looking at the world from the bottom of a well
and I feel as if I'm looking at the world from the bottom of a well
aimless days, uncool ways of decathecting
painless face, blacked-out thoughts you've been rejecting
lonely
and the only way to beat it is to bat it down
feeling lonely
and the only way to beat it is to bat it down"
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I was going through my DVDs looking for something and totally forgot about Voices of a distant star. It's a 30 minute long sci-fi OVA about a boy/girl relationship, girl gets chosen to pilot a mecha and chases the enemy out of the solar system. The entire time, they exchange text messages back and forth, but the farther out she is, the longer it takes for the messages to reach. It's short, but the story is beautifully written and the animation crisp and detailed. It's not as heavy as AIR or some of the others mentioned, but it's still kind of sad.
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Like Mundane said, Elfen Lied would be one, but it seems you've seen it. I'm currently watching Gunslinger Girl, I'm on the first episode. Anywho, its pretty sad, but nothing tragic.
BUT HOLEY SHIT TEH ACTION OF TEH P901!111
It's pretty good that it was made by one guy (I'm not sure, that's what I heard), but I didn't think it was that sad. The guy most likely got the idea from Enders Game, or Gunbuster.
BUT HOLEY SHIT TEH ACTION OF TEH P901!111
Ornette wrote:I was going through my DVDs looking for something and totally forgot about Voices of a distant star. It's a 30 minute long sci-fi OVA about a boy/girl relationship, girl gets chosen to pilot a mecha and chases the enemy out of the solar system. The entire time, they exchange text messages back and forth, but the farther out she is, the longer it takes for the messages to reach. It's short, but the story is beautifully written and the animation crisp and detailed. It's not as heavy as AIR or some of the others mentioned, but it's still kind of sad.
It's pretty good that it was made by one guy (I'm not sure, that's what I heard), but I didn't think it was that sad. The guy most likely got the idea from Enders Game, or Gunbuster.
master0rolando wrote:a song that always made me cry...i cant remember the words...but the man wrote it for his baby daughter...she fell out of a window and died when she was one...it was like
"Would you know my name...if i saw you heaven..."
just that alone makes me tear up...
Great, just great. Now I'm depressed. Thanks master0rolando, thanks a lot. :(
(where's the vicodin)
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master0rolando wrote:a song that always made me cry...i cant remember the words...but the man wrote it for his baby daughter...she fell out of a window and died when she was one...it was like
"Would you know my name...if i saw you heaven..."
just that alone makes me tear up...
Eric Clapton’s ‘Tears in Heaven’? Except it was his son and he was 4.
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