MrS
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Came to post this. It's a truly incredible scene but one I don't want to see again. Really hope Nymphomaniac gets its props in our lifetime. It's a masterful work.
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Movies that are hard to watch again due to one scene
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milkham
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A friend of mine told me about the first time he watched Grave of the Fireflies. He was student in Japan and went to check out the anime dvds, he brought it back without really knowing what it was and watched it with his host family's grandpa who lived through those days. He felt like shit
Recently, it was Office Party. The scene where the CEO brother
in his sister's mouth when they wrestle.
Not that the movie was remotely good ignoring that scene, but it made it that I never, ever want to watch that movie again.
And I've mentioned a million times already about the Zola scene from Captain America 2. Never have I seen an otherwise mostly great movie killed by such a horrendous scene.
attempts to spit
Not that the movie was remotely good ignoring that scene, but it made it that I never, ever want to watch that movie again.
And I've mentioned a million times already about the Zola scene from Captain America 2. Never have I seen an otherwise mostly great movie killed by such a horrendous scene.
WickedLaharl
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VenomousCoffee
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Can't believe I'd forgotten Pulp Fiction has a rape scene.
Violence Jack
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John Wick. I love everything about it, but that scene with the dog hurt so bad.
Super. The rape scene.
Super. The rape scene.
deadscreensky
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(Blade Runner stuff)
I'd argue a few things in that scene's favor:
1. It's a deliberately old-fashioned scene, like something out of a noir film. It goes back further than the 70s. I'm also not convinced if it really plays that differently today, it was an edgy throwback even at release.
2. Both of them are basically kids, at least emotionally. These aren't mature adults who should know better or have life experiences to manage the situation better. They're acting out old cliches about courtship because that's the best they have.
3. The scene is more about Rachel being nervous than her actually not wanting it. In context we are supposed to assume she wants it, and she wants to be forced a little. (I know this perspective has a deservedly poor reputation, but pretending it's not a real thing experienced by many women/girls is dishonest.)
I am absolutely an affirmative consent person, but I've always seen that scene as kind of romantic. It's supposed to come off as aggressive, maybe even a little dangerous because neither of them has a handle on their emotions, but I feel that's the extent of it. It's a seduction that both characters want, a game they're playing, and both of them are happy with the way it plays out.
Sadly I don't especially have an example of my own. There are movies I love which are hard to watch because they are so emotionally devastating (Mulholland Drive, for example), but I can't point to any single scene. I rewatched Neon Demon last night and was dreading a certain 'love' scene that made me gag in theaters, but it's just so absurd that all I could think about during it was stuff like How did she get talked into doing this? Have I ever seen an actress do something like this in a film? and Does Refn think this is a clever statement or is it just shock for the sake of it? Just like the rest of that empty little movie, there's no real power there.
EDIT: Nevermind, I immediately forgot about the Neverending Story scene in this thread because my emotions can't handle it. That scene wins.
EDIT: Warm Machine covers that scene a lot better than I did. That's what I get for jumping to post instead of reading.
I'd argue a few things in that scene's favor:
1. It's a deliberately old-fashioned scene, like something out of a noir film. It goes back further than the 70s. I'm also not convinced if it really plays that differently today, it was an edgy throwback even at release.
2. Both of them are basically kids, at least emotionally. These aren't mature adults who should know better or have life experiences to manage the situation better. They're acting out old cliches about courtship because that's the best they have.
3. The scene is more about Rachel being nervous than her actually not wanting it. In context we are supposed to assume she wants it, and she wants to be forced a little. (I know this perspective has a deservedly poor reputation, but pretending it's not a real thing experienced by many women/girls is dishonest.)
I am absolutely an affirmative consent person, but I've always seen that scene as kind of romantic. It's supposed to come off as aggressive, maybe even a little dangerous because neither of them has a handle on their emotions, but I feel that's the extent of it. It's a seduction that both characters want, a game they're playing, and both of them are happy with the way it plays out.
Sadly I don't especially have an example of my own. There are movies I love which are hard to watch because they are so emotionally devastating (Mulholland Drive, for example), but I can't point to any single scene. I rewatched Neon Demon last night and was dreading a certain 'love' scene that made me gag in theaters, but it's just so absurd that all I could think about during it was stuff like How did she get talked into doing this? Have I ever seen an actress do something like this in a film? and Does Refn think this is a clever statement or is it just shock for the sake of it? Just like the rest of that empty little movie, there's no real power there.
EDIT: Nevermind, I immediately forgot about the Neverending Story scene in this thread because my emotions can't handle it. That scene wins.
I think I'd find Mysterious Skin hard to watch again, for various reasons.
And Requiem for A Dream. The final montage was just too much. Esp for the black guy. Fucking hell.
This.
And Requiem for A Dream. The final montage was just too much. Esp for the black guy. Fucking hell.
This.
Not a film, but the recent novel "The North Water" has several segments that are just about as brutal as possible. The ending of the first chapter is only just the beginning of the wretched stuff the antagonist does.
Think Cormac McCarthy not giving a shit rewriting Moby Dick. Jesus, what a great but horrifying book.
Think Cormac McCarthy not giving a shit rewriting Moby Dick. Jesus, what a great but horrifying book.
Haha, that was insane, i forgot about that. The moment totally comes out of nowhere too.
Magic Mushroom
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Ending of Enemy.
Downer of all downers.
Damerman
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What rape scene?
In the movie Super, there's a rape scene.
Damerman
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I dont remember a rape scene.
Libby rapes Frank before they storm the ranch at the end.
NinjaMouse
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Ichi the Killer
Out of all the rough stuff in that movie, the one scene where the girls nipples are tacked to the table, and the resulting action generated more cringe that I've seen in a movie in a looong time.
Out of all the rough stuff in that movie, the one scene where the girls nipples are tacked to the table, and the resulting action generated more cringe that I've seen in a movie in a looong time.
Yoshimitsu126
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Clockwork Orange
Just singing! 🎤
Just singing! 🎤
In the rape 🎶
Damerman
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Mega Caprison
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The Raid 2, slitting the throat scene
what scene?
Seth's death/mutilation.
Basketball
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this
That scene is so fucking cool, though.
It's not just one scene
I refuse to rewatch that movie. Amazing but unbelievably depressing
Also even though I love saving private Ryan it's the
medic death scene. The lack of music and just him begging for his mom, especially with the story he told in the church about how he would always pretend to be asleep with his mom even when he wasn't and wished he would have instead spent those moments with his mother. That hurt because I feel that way about my movie a lot
Skellig Gra
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I'm surprised you guys find the knife scene worse than all the other violent shit going down in Saving Private Ryan. One dude gets his face blown off.
Oddly enough, this didn't bother me.
THIS and the arm break did, though. Holy shit.
Reminds me.
Audition.
Not much of the immediate violence in the film up until that point has the degree of intimacy and violation the knife scene has. The film has far more graphic violence preceding it and in greater volume but your expectations by the time the knife scene rolls around are completely different.
The medic death; while agonizing, only really shows you the aftermath and slow demise. Knife scene is straight up violation in all the ways that make rape scenes uncomfortable for people. It hits almost all of the same psychological beats.
Skellig Gra
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Fair enough. I never thought about it that way I suppose.
Violence Jack
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Audition only went on that list for me when I found out that the actress really puked in that bowl the guy she held captive ate.
More_Badass
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That sounds like something I should check out. McCarthy-esque + Age of Sailing and whaling?
Moon_frogger
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I like the girl with the dragon tattoo but I will never watch it again
Patrick S.
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Howard the Duck, when Howard gets it on with the girl.
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Now i want to know what happens.
Edit: People in this thread should really read American Psycho. You will never look at a habitrail in the same way again.
lvl99 Pixel
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the lion king with the love song used to be too cringe for me
elton john is a talented guy but that scene is too long and over the top
elton john is a talented guy but that scene is too long and over the top
yeeeep my god was watching it with my brother and we both literally looked like this:
I've been watching horror movies and gore filled crap since I was in diapers, but that's the first time I've *ever* had to stop a movie and collect myself for a bit before going on. I mean Jesus Christ that was just horrific.
Sure, the Artax scene is sad and all, but people constantly forget about this scene, which is way darker and more depressing.
thecosmicfly
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As a dumb kid I always read the scene as the horse getting stuck and slowly sinking into it just because it was like quick sand. Rewatching it as an adult, and actually paying attention, it's 5x more bleak now that I understood that Artax sunk simply because he was overcome with sadness and hopelessness. This goddamn horse died due to having depression.
Shit where's the theme song to cheer me up.
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