Re: Films you should never watch...
Everything on that list except for the Poughkipsee Tapes.
Irreversible I think is a very important movie - it's one of the few movies that actually shows rape as really is - a very angry, very brutal act of violence - and is supposed to make you uncomfortable.
I originally hated the movie, not because of the brutality, but more because it came out right after Memento, which it seemed to be copping the narrative from. When I sat in a screening where Gaspar Noe was conducting a Q&A session, he explained what he was trying to do - show the worst side of a human (by bludgeoning someone to death with a fire extinguisher) and try to walk him back to the point before he became insane with rage.
Dude, I see a lot of films, and sometimes I get exposed to some pretty horrible shit - I could quite likely be desensitized. And quite honestly I don't have a problem for the most part with what goes onscreen if it's related to the story that's trying to be told and there's a point to it - the argument for me is: does this advance the story or does it contribute to the artistic angle of the film? The only real issue I have when I see a movie is child endangerment - for me that's a cheap, manipulative way of making someone care about what's going onscreen by exploiting the most vulnerable people and placing them in peril. People that do that kind of shit for entertainment, could benefit from multiple curb stomps.