Films I have never watched because I know they would upset me..

I watched an episode of Mystery and Imagination in the 60s/70s, I thought it was going to be like the Addams Family, big mistake! !!! It was horrendous, it was called The Sorcerer I think, I was terrified in bed and terrified to go the toilet at night,
I've never seen The Exorcist, I don't want to see it, and wouldn't even have the DVD/VIDEO in the house, don't know why, I've watched loads of horror movies, they don't bother me at all .

For me it would be Sophie’s Choice. I’ve never seen the film nor read the book (is there one?), but I know the choice. I have two sons. I couldn’t watch it. The very prospect gives me nightmares.

Started watching Schindlers List but had to ask my husband to switch it off after the first 5-10 minutes. I can’t bear people being cruel to each other.

Was The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas really intended for children? I know it's told in the first person by a child, but that doesn't mean it was written for children to read, surely?

I once saw an excerpt of The Snow Goose and don't thnk I'd be able to cope with the whole thing. It was about love and loss at the time of Dunkirk.

Gizzy48

Was The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas really intended for children? I know it's told in the first person by a child, but that doesn't mean it was written for children to read, surely?

I can't imagine it was originally meant for children and I believe it is morally wrong to show it to primary school children.

I watched a programme about children of Nazis It was awful to see how traumatised they were by the actions of their father or grandfather. It affects their whole lives in such a profound way. However, one man had actually lived as a boy with his family in a house which seemed to be exactly like the house in the film. His father was the Nazi in charge of the camp. There was no mention of him making contact with anyone in the camp however. It was just the house being right next to the camp and everything else that was accurate.

Apparently this movie or book is totally unsuitable for educational purposes because it is not historically accurate. Read the section 'Educational Implications'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_in_the_Striped_Pyjamas
This might be very useful if anyone wants to challenge the school for teaching it to children.

Not sure about not showing to children. I haven't seen Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, but I think they should be given the information as long as it's in a way they can process. They are the up-and-coming generation who will have to deal with this awful world and I think it's important that such vital issues as human cruelty and environmental damage are addressed early on, with plenty of thought-stimulating discussion about solutions - if there are any.
And let's remember that millions of children are actually experiencing cruelty, and witnessing it daily.
As for me, I used to avoid on-screen violence at all costs until my family persuaded me to watch Game of Thrones. It gave me nightmares, but now I'm sort of hardened and can put those images in a 'box'. Still can't cope with anything horrible to animals, tho' - agree about 'Dumbo', and the worst bit of Game of Thrones was when the beautiful Direwolf was put down, out of spite.

E.T, Dream girls, when they sing i'm not going i'm gone!!
War Horse, anything where the animal dies. I agree with Dumbo too, in fact a lot of Disney films get to me even though i tell myself its not real!! When the beast in beauty and the beast changed into the prince i was in bits!!

I saw Soldier Blue when it first came out and couldn't watch it again. At the time it was billed as a true account of a masacre of Native Americans but it was also rumoured to be deliberately similar to the My Lai masacre in Vietnam, an atrocity commited by US soldiers during the war.

Anything violent

SunnySusie I thought that film was disrespectful to Murdoch’s memory. The dead have no say and I’m sure she would not have wanted to be remembered in such a sad state at the end of a life as a brilliant writer. Would any of us?
Her husband was disrespectful too to write the book graphically describing her decline for financial reasons.

Little did I know I was going to go through the same awful situation with my DH.

First time posting. My first films were the Lassie ones. Got so upset in Lassie come home where a traveller killed a small dog. Also anyone seen Haachi, a dog's tale? His owner (Richard Gere) dies and he always waited for him at the train station. Waited there for years until he died. Can see his shadow waiting and can't bring myself to watch again.

Any of the mentioned films concerning the wars, and children and cruelty.
Also Titanic.
I have seen Gladiator, but would not see it again, although an excellent film.
I do not watch any out and out horror films or what are called slasher films either.

Zoejory

I can watch horror and gore. I've seen some pretty dreadful films which would horrify many.

However I am unable to watch anything where a dog dies. I go as far as googling does the dog die in whatever film is on.

That's me too! Horror and gore doesn't bother me at all - but just don't kill the dog (or any animal, to be honest)! I couldn't watch Blair Witch Project though - not because of the scare factor, but the handheld camera stuff actually makes me nauseated.

I cannot watch any programme about the treatment of Jews by the Nazis. After the war, aged 11 my school chowed us films of what happened to the Jews in Europe. I have never forgotten the horror of it all. We visited concentration camps in the early 2000s because I felt so strongly about the horror of it. Now I avoid any films or plays about that dreadful cruelty. My London home is in an area where many Jews live and I have great admiration for them. Yet I watch lots of drama about crime and it is my favourite genre of TV.

I love all that stuff (the gorier the better) and films never upset me as only real life can do that. It's just entertainment after all.

Marley&me I hear it is sad can not watch a sad movie and the original exorcist it is the only horror I not watched. It was all the talk about it being cursed probably a myth but it freaked me out when I was younger hearing about it.

I don't go to the cinema and very rarely watch films on TV.
But I would never watch
Any film that included abuse or cruelty to animals
War films
Zombie films
Horror films
Psychological thrillers

TBH I'm far happier watching kids films, cartoons and romantic comedies. I prefer to be entertained, not scared out of my wits.

I don't like vampire films or horror, of course I know that they aren't real but really don't want to frighten myself. Also have never watched Jaws.
I certainly wouldn't want young children to wath The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. I still remember watching a TV documentary about the Holocaust when I was very young, fortunately without too much detail. I appreciate that children should learn about "man's inhumanity to man" but they need to be carefully prepared.

My mother was living with me when the 'Changeling' was showing on TV and, having seen it before, I knew she would have loved the era it portrayed. But I also knew it would have broken her heart. It's based on a true story, set in 1928, about a woman whose child goes missing. Absolutely harrowing.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Anything violent
Any horror film

I did watch Sophie’s Choice before I had children. I absolutely couldn’t watch it now. I also watched Schindler‘ List and it gave me a relapse of an illness I was getting over. Never again. It’s a very good film but too much for me.

Anything zombie.
Anything with cruelty to animals and children.
Schindler’s List
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Soldier Blue
War Horse

Films I’ve seen but wish I hadn’t:
The Killing Fields
The Wicker Man
The Devils
Sophie’s Choice (watched late at night while feeding my second baby!)

Anything depicting children sick or hurt or being abused.

I was taken by a friend to watch Friday 13th a horror film. A short way into watching it I’d had enough stood up and shouted out your all insane to watch this S**t and very noisily exited. I never watch gratuitous violence. Or the horror perpetrated by the Nazis. I will never understand the depths of human depravity humanity is capable of, whilst recognising I myself do not know my own limits under extreme situations. But I do enjoy a good psychological thriller.

Horror, sci-fi, anything with violence, especially to children or animals, anything involving missing children. Watched "Bridget Jones's Baby" recently. That's about my level now.