[Film] Your favourite film that hits 'Rock Bottom'.

[Stat Brother]

Titanic - ha ha ha sigh.

Right so now the obvious joke is out of the way.
You guys are pretty good at this, getting all of 'One Word Title' month and also on the thread that may well be closely linked to this one, The Onewatchables.

it's 'Rock Bottom' month on my film podcast of choice, The Rewatchables, starting with Manchester By The Sea (I've never seen it).

What other films can I expect to be watching, through April, where the premise is an all out descent to the very bottom? - Leaving Las Vegas was mentioned in last week's pod.

 

[Bakero]

Requiem for a Dream.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Requiem for a Dream.

^ That's the one that sprung to mind.

'Blair Witch Project'

"Spoorloos" (The Vanishing) 1988 I reckon fits the brief. ... These are a good film. Or at least I they are, haven't seen it for over 30 years but it stuck with me.

"Come And See" 1985 might not fit as it gets pretty f***ing rock bottom, pretty f***ing early on .... and just stays there. I doubt that 'Come And See' will ever feature on 'The Rewatchables' as it's not.

Kevin Smith's 'Red State' 2011 would have been ideal if the budget could have stretched to the original planned ending ... but it didn't.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Rock bottom you say?

The Descent (2005) ⭐ 7.2 | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

1h 39m | 18

www.imdb.com

 

[Muzzman]

Falling Down

 

[Stat Brother]

Falling Down

Good one.

 

[Weststander]

Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Withnail and I

 

[Anger]

SpongeBob Squarepants The Movie.

 

[SkirlieWirlie]

Trading Places (also my favourite Christmas film)

 

[Trufflehound]

Days of Wine and Roses

 

[The Clamp]

In Bruges

One Way To Copenhagen

The Machinist

Taxi Driver

Bad Santa

The Break Up

A Star Is Born

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Barfly

Down and out in Beverley Hills

Harvey

Arthur

There Will Be Blood

Locke

Very Bad Things

Reversal of Fortunes

It’s A Wonderful life

Last Exit To Brooklyn - written by Hubert Shelby Jr who also wrote…Requiem For A Dream.

 

[Streetlight]

A deep cut but 'The Thingy: Confessions of a Teenage Placenta' is one of the bleakest (and weirdest?) films I've seen for a long time. I felt like I hit rock bottom after watching it.

 

[Milano]

Trading Places (also my favourite Christmas film)

One of my all time favourite films, for a couple of reasons...

 

[Stat Brother]

I have no idea of the parameters so I don't know where 'rock bottom' has to occur in the film.

A fair few mentioned end in a redemption arc, which to me doesn't quite feel right. (although I'll know soon enough if redemption is in the outline)

 

[Acker79]

I have no idea of the parameters so I don't know where 'rock bottom' has to occur in the film.

A fair few mentioned end in a redemption arc, which to me doesn't quite feel right. (although I'll know soon enough if redemption is in the outline)

That's what I'm struggling with. So many film arcs involve someone being knocked down and going to a low point, because they have to overcome it and triumph in the end, especially in superhero movies and biographies. How low for it to become rock bottom? (That is largely rhetorical, as you note the parameters are unclear).

 

[mikeyjh]

Midnight Cowboy, my favourite film....

 

[Stat Brother]

That's what I'm struggling with. So many film arcs involve someone being knocked down and going to a low point, because they have to overcome it and triumph in the end, especially in superhero movies and biographies. How low for it to become rock bottom? (That is largely rhetorical, as you note the parameters are unclear).

Those that have seen Manchester By The Sea could help, I'll watch it tonight in readiness for the pod tomorrow.

As said earlier it think Falling Down is pretty much spot on and definitely fits my parameters of the phrase.

Oh and there won't be any Superhero movies - Bill doesn't approve.

 

[The Clamp]

That's what I'm struggling with. So many film arcs involve someone being knocked down and going to a low point, because they have to overcome it and triumph in the end, especially in superhero movies and biographies. How low for it to become rock bottom? (That is largely rhetorical, as you note the parameters are unclear).

I think by rock bottom, we could mean tragedy. Where the protagonist has everything and loses it, never to recover it. Hamlet, for example.

Or film noir. Where the protagonist never had it and never ends up with it, despite usually coming close to attaining it or having it briefly. Paradise Alley is a good example of this.

?

 

[Pogue Mahone]

"Spoorloos" (The Vanishing) 1988 I reckon fits the brief. ... These are a good film. Or at least I they are, haven't seen it for over 30 years but it stuck with me.

This has also stuck with me. It still makes me squirm when I think about it now. I don’t think I have ever found a film that has disturbed me as much.