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It doesn't quite fit in with the thread, but I'll post it anyway. I follow the Buffalo Bills when I watch the NFL. Their running back, Willis McGahee survived one of the more disgusting knee injuries I've ever seen. They always show the footage of his knee buckling sideways at the 2002 Fiesta Bowl whenever he does something significant on the field. I almost choked on a chicken wing the first time I saw the replay in slomo. UGH.
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Ah, and one more heartbreaking scene I can't watch : the crash scene in "The Great Waldo Pepper", when he has to mercy-kill his best friend who's burning alive... with all these stupid onlookers just standing there.
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I can handle gore and violence and all that stuff. I can handle extreme emotions from rage to sorrow. However, like many of the folks on here, I cannot handle humiliation. Comedies that rely upon a mostly likeable character being put through a series of progressively more embarassing situations bug the hell out of me. I've only seen a couple of them, and even then I may have actually viewed only half of each film due to not being able to keep my eyes on the screen. Heck, if it is on television my wife and I will both say, "I can't watch this!" and leave the room. Considering we're the only two people in the house, that's just plain stupid. I mean, we could change the channel. . . .
quote:Originally posted by Illuminatus: It doesn't quite fit in with the thread, but I'll post it anyway. I follow the Buffalo Bills when I watch the NFL. Their running back, Willis McGahee survived one of the more disgusting knee injuries I've ever seen. They always show the footage of his knee buckling sideways at the 2002 Fiesta Bowl whenever he does something significant on the field. I almost choked on a chicken wing the first time I saw the replay in slomo. UGH.
You won't want to watch the famous Joe Theismann footage, then. . .
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quote:Originally posted by Macheath: [QB] like many of the folks on here, I cannot handle humiliation...
Ugh! US version of The Office is horrible to me for that reason. I think I watched 10 minutes of the pilot. Just reminds me of too many school years.
The worst scenes for me are the sounds; Casino when they're beating a guy to death with baseball bats (and anything with ummmm, crunchy sounds; can't squish bugs for this reason). The dental drill in Marathon Man (and dental drills in general). The killing of Caligula's daughter in Caligula (actually, the whole movie; ych!). The sound of retching and the resulting splash - Thanks Mr. Creosote! Funny that I can watch it, but the sound must be off or I'm running to the bathroom in a sympathy retch.
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quote:Originally posted by DemonWolf: Van Wilder, the eclair scene.
Ugh. I literally vomited in my mouth a little when I saw that. And for some reason, people I know actually like that movie. I'm getting disgusted just thinking about it.
Also, the scene in Audition where she feeds sack-boy her vomit. So disturbing and sick. I cannot watch it, and I have a high tolerance for filth!
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quote:Originally posted by Macheath: The film? "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." The scene? "Cheer Up, Charlie". The reason? I prefer to be awake when watching movies.
I mean, seriously, that song reeks. It's boring, it's depressing . . . the lyrics read "Cheer up, Charlie", but the tune and vocalization come across as, "You're pretty much screwed, Charlie, now go home and drink your cabbage water."
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You beat me to it. My sisters and refer to any scene that is a)slow, b)boring and c) completely pointless as to the plot as a "cheer up Charlie" scene.
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The one film scene I avoid watching is from "O Lucky Man" where Malcolm MacDowell's character, short of cash, signs up to be experimented on at a private hospital. He later finds out the horrific nature of the experiments by sneaking into a room at night and finding a man in bed in obvious distress, and on pulling back the bedclothes discovers that the man's head has been grafted onto the body of a pig. He then makes a quick escape by jumping head first through the nearest window, which is what I felt like doing the first time I saw it.
The rest of the film is pretty good though.
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I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who gets squirmy and anxious at embarrassing scenes in movies.
Some other scenes I can't bear to watch:
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc when she gets burned at the stake.
Payback when Mel Gibson is being tortured. For those who haven't seen it, it involves toes and a large hammer.
Kill Bill: Vol 2 when she is buried alive. Being buried alive has been a nightmare of mine for as long as I can remember and seeing it on screen just flipped me out.
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I'm also against the embarassment scenes. I can't watch the part of Jurassic Park where the tyranosaurus first comes for the following reason: I was pretty small (fourth grade?) when the movie first came out, and my sister got it for Christmas. We started watching it late at night, and it was dark and cold. I was scared already, but when you hear, "where's the goat?" and then the leg hits the window... THAT is the moment my cat decided to bang on the window right behind my head to come inside. I screamed and ran and jumped into my parents bed in 3 seconds flat. The next time I saw it was when I was babysitting a 7-year old who had already started the movie when I came in (I got there around when the helicopter was landing). I jumped at that scene, and the little girl looked at me and said "don't be scared! They're not REAL dinosaurs." I also can't watch any scene that has Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World" in it. That was the song we played at my mother's funeral, and it makes me cry every time, even though it's been a few years now. It totally ruins movies for me that I would otherwise like (like Michael). My boyfriend has been nice enough to warn me when he knows that something especially gross is going to happen, so it hasn't been too bad lately. But I can't stand gratutious violence (except in Kill Bill, which was just like a big cartoon), especially towards kids and animals.
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I cry at "Wonderful World" just about every time I hear it, including in films. I have it on my mp3 player because I love the song, but I skip it most of the time since I usually listen to it on the train, and for some reason lots of folks find a bald man quietly blubbing on public transportation to be a bit disturbing.
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The Black Hole, the scene where Maximilian kills the one scientist with those spinning blades. For some reason, the idea of something digging into my torso just freaks me.
And add to the count on 'pointless humiliation' scenes.
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Just remembered how some very druggy scenes have me bolting for the door. In "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" the two leads have taken something which slows them down so much they can hardly move (sorry, I won't be citing that as I'd rather not risk seeing any pictures). I think the intended effect is comedy, but the thought of being in their position is... I can't even think about it, in fact.
Also The Naked Lunch has lots of weirdness, but the bit that wipes me out is the guy who speaks telepathically while his lips are making other words. I have to pinch myself.
Both a bit too close to the sanity borders for me.
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May I recommend neither of you ever rent "Team America"?
Nice to know I'm not alone - I'm amazed by how many of the scenes I can't watch have been mentioned here. I have a very strong stomach for violence; I adore Quentin Tarantino, have watched movies like Braveheart and Gladiator repeatedly. Hell, I'm distantly related to Sam Peckinpah.
But there are scenes, some from movies I actually own I have never seen. No matter how hard I try, I have to look away:
- the Oakland special from American History X - the dental work from Castaway - the hobbling in Misery
Also add me to the huge list of people that can't watch scenes of pointless humiliation. Which would explain why I'm not a fan of the Frat Pack (Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson et al.)
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quote: You're pretty much screwed, Charlie, now go home and drink your cabbage water
That...now that's funny!
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quote:Originally posted by Macheath: The film? "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." The scene? "Cheer Up, Charlie". The reason? I prefer to be awake when watching movies.
I mean, seriously, that song reeks. It's boring, it's depressing . . . the lyrics read "Cheer up, Charlie", but the tune and vocalization come across as, "You're pretty much screwed, Charlie, now go home and drink your cabbage water."
Mack da "otherwise it's a great movie" Knife
You beat me to it. My sisters and refer to any scene that is a)slow, b)boring and c) completely pointless as to the plot as a "cheer up Charlie" scene.
LOL, that's awesome!
I actually saw the vomit scene in Team America and while it was gross, it wasn't unbearable. Maybe because it was a puppet and therefore obviously fake.
Quebec recently made a film about Maurice Richard, the hockey legend. After he got married, it looked like they were going to show a sex scene so I covered my eyes in the theater. I'm not a prude but even the thought of Maurice Richard having sex grosses me out. My friend even whispered to me "Ew! I DO NOT want to see a sex scene with the Rocket." It's actually funny because Vincent LeCavalier plays his teammate, Jean Beliveau, and in a locker room scene, I was hoping he'd take off some clothes! I think that's more for LeCavalier though.
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Although its one of my favourite films, I always fast forward the Broadway Ballet bit in Singing in the Rain. It has nothing to do with the plot and just holds the film up for what seem like ages. I know it was supposed to show off Gene Kelly's dancing, but I watch the film for Donald O'Connor and Jean Hagen.
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I got a few. Here's the ones I can think of off the top of my head although I'm sure there's more.
1. I cannot bring myself to watch the end of Pet Cemetary. I freaked myself out with that movie as a kid and 15 years later I still can't watch the movie or read the book.
2. It took me three tries to get through Schindler's List. I cried the whole time. Same thing at the Holocaust Museum in DC. Got about 2/3 of the way through and ran to the end because I could not be there anymore.
3. The scene near the end of Titanic where you see the people frozen in the water still makes me sob like a baby. And the scenes with the mother and her children and the old couple on the bed.
4. The crucifix scene in the Exorcist.
5. The bug scene in St Francisville Experiment.
6. The fingernail scenes in Stir of Echoes and the Ring.
7. The lady with no eyes in Event Horizon.
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The bit in Jurassic Park 3 where the dead body swings down from the tree and hits Téa Leoni. Shudder.
Also, any scene in a horror movie or some such, where a character gets into a horrible situation because they made a quick, tiny mistake. I have to turn over every time that trailer for Adrift/Open Water 2 comes on.
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quote:Originally posted by Mosherette: I hate hate hate sex scenes that are there for no other reason than to show the leading lady's breasts. Sex scenes are hardly ever vital for plot development etc. and they annoy me no end. I'm no prude (far from it ) but the blatant titillation factor irritates me a LOT. I also hate needless snogging in an action thriller.
Me too. I find them boring and in completely the wrong context.
There's certainly no excuse in this day and age. I'm connected to the internet and if I want to find footage of Jennifer Connelly's breasts, it's not hard to do. You don't need to insert them into the narrative any more.
I read an online article recently that talked about a scene in House Of Sand And Fog where Connelly is more or less naked. Apparently, both Ben Kingsley (sorry, Sir Ben) and the director pretty much shut up for the whole scene in the commentary. The article said that that's pretty common in commentaries - they also cite the sex scene in Highlander 2 - there's a bit of perfunctury talk, then long, embarrassed silences, then the director starting to talk about the set design in a very "well, chlidren, we're going to be sensible now, and talk about something grown-up while all of this is going on..."-kind of way.
Surely if they were really necessary, then the director would have something to say about the point of the scene? The article said that, with Connelly's scene, that one of them could at least have offered a "damn!", because it would at least have been honest.
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quote:Originally posted by Mosherette: I hate hate hate sex scenes that are there for no other reason than to show the leading lady's breasts. Sex scenes are hardly ever vital for plot development etc. and they annoy me no end. I'm no prude (far from it ) but the blatant titillation factor irritates me a LOT. I also hate needless snogging in an action thriller.
Don't watch BloodRayne, then. The one sex scene is pretty much soft'core porn and does little to advance the plot. If anything, it delays plot advancement.
Although it is kind og hot...
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quote:Originally posted by Thordis: Although its one of my favourite films, I always fast forward the Broadway Ballet bit in Singing in the Rain. It has nothing to do with the plot and just holds the film up for what seem like ages. I know it was supposed to show off Gene Kelly's dancing, but I watch the film for Donald O'Connor and Jean Hagen.
Another good example for me, too. I can appreciate the dance for what it is, but it's such a stand alone piece that it can be completely expurgated from the film and you lose nothing in terms of story (and you gain a ton in pacing).
And Ali, of course you can steal the line for your sig. I'm flattered.
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It's funny, I can watch people being tortured, maimed, and killed with little to no reaction but when nudity comes on, I get the urge to look away. Good job, America!
I also can't watch any movie about dogs where the dog ends up dying or getting hurt in any way. Oddly enough, Old Yeller is the only exception. I felt nothing for that movie.
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- Can't stand burning scenes. Cybil Bennett in Silent Hill, Joan's death in The Messenger, just NO.
- Same with injuries to eyes (Once Upon a Time in Mexico) or flesh-rotting diseases (I didn't even bother to see The Cabin).
- Sexual humiliation ala Jamie Lee Curtis' forced striptease in True Lies.
- Being eaten alive, thanks to seeing Dario Argento's Phenomena (Creepers in the US) as a small child.
Other graphic stuff, like torture and rape, do bother me, but not to the point where I want to be ill.
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Anything to do with eye injuries I can't stand, I really squirmed at the eyeball scene in Hostel.
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quote:Originally posted by STF: Uma Thurman getting the adrenaline shot in Pulp Fiction grosses me out.
You're not alone in that. Many people react to that scene. But what is really interesting is that if you watch carefully, you'll notice that it doesn't actually show the needle penetrating. The entire moment is composed of the actor's reactions to the shot, but we never really see it. The scene is built up to such anticipation that we end up reacting to nothing at all! Brilliant.
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I have to jump on the "hate the vomit scenes" bandwagon. It doesn't matter is it's sight or sound, I can't take it. Anything involving injury to or even something touching someone's eye just creeps me out.
On the bored out of your mind side, I fell asleep during Predator twice, once in the theatre (thank goodness it was at the $1 movie house) and once on video. Both times it was within the 1st 5 minutes of the movies. There's no dialogue at all at the beginning of the movie and I guess that's what did it.
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I have issues with eye injury, needles and vomiting. So no, I can't watch Craig T Nelson barf up the tequila worm in Polterguist 2.
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For those who don't like eye injury stuff, stay well away from both Zombie Flesh Eaters (AKA Zombi 2) and Evil Dead Trap. You won't enjoy them I promise.
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Where Mina (or was it Lucy?) comes back as a zombie in the 1978 Dracula.
Add me to the "can't stand vomit scenes" crowd.
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May I recommend neither of you ever rent "Team America"?
Oh fear not, I've neen warned off that one. I almost went to see it with the ex, but chickened out at the last minute and while he watched Team America I watched The Incredibles. I wish I'd watched Team America, even with my phobia....
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quote:Originally posted by Mosherette: I hate hate hate sex scenes that are there for no other reason than to show the leading lady's breasts. Sex scenes are hardly ever vital for plot development etc. and they annoy me no end. I'm no prude (far from it ) but the blatant titillation factor irritates me a LOT. I also hate needless snogging in an action thriller.
Don't watch BloodRayne, then. The one sex scene is pretty much soft'core porn and does little to advance the plot. If anything, it delays plot advancement.
Count me in as another hater of gratuitous and senseless sex scenes, but if you don't watch BloodRayne for the one sex scene, there is no reason to watch it at all.
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It's funny, I usually have a tendency to disconnect when gore, violence and bodily fluids appear, but a few squirmy scenes come to mind...
In Silence of the Lambs, the scene where Buffalo Bill is reaching out to Clarice in the darkness. It's because he can see her, but she doesn't know exactly where he is.
In 28 Days Later when you realize the main character is pushing his thumbs into a guy's eye sockets.
And in Croneberg's The Fly when Brundle pulls out his own fingernails. Fingernails get to me for some reason.
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I couldn't watch any of the inserting under fingernails scenes in Twin Peaks.
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