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Post by digiboy on May 10, 2020 7:15:29 GMT -5
Saving Private Ryan was one of the last movies I saw in an actual movie theater. Yes the opening sequence of the landing is hard to watch. There is one scene where a bullet glances off a soldier's helmet saving his life. He takes it off to admire the scrape mark. It provides a moment of relief for the viewer and as I recall some people in the audience even laughed. It's a fatal mistake for the guy. Within another half second, with the helmet now off, he's struck in the head with a second bullet and killed. Brilliant film-making, gut wrenching, and like many other parts of the movie, hard to watch.
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Post by MJB on May 10, 2020 7:26:15 GMT -5
Shooting Ol Yeller.
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Post by RedStrat05 on May 10, 2020 7:28:28 GMT -5
Agreed with the cornfield in Casino.
The cop being sliced up in Reservoir Dogs
The rape scene in A Clockwork Orange. Actually most of the movie.
And Capone(DeNiro) cracking the mobster's head with a baseball bat in The Untouchables.
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Post by Mfitz804 on May 10, 2020 8:37:40 GMT -5
I can't watch rape scenes. Even the implied rape in "Lovely Bones." Killing of children Or animals being gratuitously killed or tortured. Not a movie, but Dr. Melfi in the stairwell on The Sopranos, same reason. |
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Post by budg on May 10, 2020 8:40:06 GMT -5
The trunk scene in Goodfellas.
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Post by Viera on May 10, 2020 8:48:09 GMT -5
I'm surprised the scene in Deliverance hasn't been mentioned.
Like others have implied, violence for the sake of violence is of no interest to me.
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Post by Mfitz804 on May 10, 2020 8:50:44 GMT -5
I'm surprised the scene in Deliverance hasn't been mentioned. Like others have implied, violence for the sake of violence is of no interest to me. Tequila Rob mentioned it above. |
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Post by hilltop87 on May 10, 2020 10:32:41 GMT -5
The eyes forced to stay open scene in "A Clockwork Orange". Another is Ned Beatty getting abused in "Deliverance".
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Post by Ragtop on May 10, 2020 11:01:44 GMT -5
"The Revenant" is a good movie. But that scene where DiCaprio gets mauled by the bear is tough to watch. And just when you think it's over, the bear comes back for round #2.
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Post by budg on May 10, 2020 11:35:50 GMT -5
Another one for me is the scene in The Deerhunter where Christopher Walken plays Russian Roulette with Robert DiNiro and loses.
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Post by orrk01 on May 10, 2020 11:36:47 GMT -5
Neither my wife nor I are particularly religious. I'll say she's retained her Christianity more than I. We went to see Passion when it came out and left the movie theater very quiet. Me being the putz that I am about driving at night I had her drive. We silently maneuvered through the parking lot and suddenly she pulled over and starting sobbing uncontrollably like I've never seen her do. It was quite a moment, never really discussed. That's a very touching story, Auf. Thanks for posting. |
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Post by LM on May 10, 2020 15:13:01 GMT -5
I saw it and it IMO was cartoonishly over done.
There is no way any human could take that amount of "punishment" and still be able to remain conscious.
My emotions went from shock to disbelief to comedy in a minuet or two
I could offer an explanation but it would likely violated the rules. My entry wasn't intended to elicit a critique of the movie but merely to answer the OP's question.
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Post by slacker 🐨 on May 10, 2020 15:36:36 GMT -5
The torture scene at the end of Braveheart. I will not watch that again...wish I hadn't seen it the first time.
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Post by Vibroluxer on May 10, 2020 16:06:08 GMT -5
That was the only movie that I can remember where there wasn't a sound in the audience when it was over. |
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Post by LM on May 10, 2020 16:06:39 GMT -5
I've never been a fan of slasher or gore movies. It's not entertainment to me. When Friday the 13th first came out, a friend set me up with his girlfriend's friend as a blinddate to see it. I made fun of the movie the entire time because it was so lame. My date was a fan of the horror movie genre. Needless to say, we never dated again.
A friend and I were ejected from the theater while watching The Exorcist because we laughed at the parts where we were supposed to gasp. He wanted to see what it was about so I went along. Someone around us didn't appreciate our laughter so they told the usher.
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Post by Mfitz804 on May 10, 2020 16:10:03 GMT -5
^ I feel the same way, and that was kind of the allure to me as a kid.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 10, 2020 18:58:51 GMT -5
I saw it and it IMO was cartoonishly over done.
There is no way any human could take that amount of "punishment" and still be able to remain conscious.
My emotions went from shock to disbelief to comedy in a minuet or two
Fun fact: the origin of the word "excruciating" comes from this... meaning, "from the cross" in level of pain.
After the first time I saw the movie I thought Gibson was playing it up, but if you go back and look at primary sources, he really isn't adding too much.
I'm not a big fan of excessive violence, gore, or surgery-ish stuff. There's an old, old art film (before sound, I think) where there's a scene of an eyeball being cut open, and boy is that hard to see. The first 20 minutes of A Clockwork Orange are incredible, but I probably won't watch it again. I saw it plenty of times in my youth when I was deeply, deeply fascinated with film as a medium. Rapey stuff is very hard to watch.
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Post by LesTele on May 10, 2020 19:10:10 GMT -5
The eyeball scene comes from Louis Buñuel's Un Chien Andalou. Not that I believe you’ll be seeking it out anytime soon.
I’m not a big fan of violence in movies but for some reason I’m able to take the almost comic book violence of directors like Tarantino in my stride. I’m not sure what that says about me.
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on May 10, 2020 19:53:59 GMT -5
I'm fine with cartoon-y violence. I thought Machete was hilarious (like when he escaped from a hospital window with a "rope" of human intestines) and Tarantino's violence is usually funny too.
But realistic rape or torture scenes are not for me and I will not watch them, as I will not watch serial killer shows. I don't need that garbage in my head.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 10, 2020 22:34:54 GMT -5
The eyeball scene comes from Louis Buñuel's Un Chien Andalou. Not that I believe you’ll be seeking it out anytime soon. Well done, sir! |
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Post by digiboy on May 10, 2020 23:32:28 GMT -5
I do like darker movies. I can usually distance myself from the graphic gory stuff. I don't care for stupid slasher/horror flicks but if the movie is well done but heavy like Silence of The Lambs or Se7en, I'm in for them making it look pretty realistic. I also love Quentin T. and Coen Brothers type humor.
Animal treatment is another thing entirely. Depending on where and/or when a movie was made, restrictions can vary. I'm convinced that some scenes are done for real and they do get to me when I see that. However, at least it's comforting to know that no dinosaurs were actually harmed or mistreated during the filming of Jurassic Park.
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Post by gato on May 11, 2020 6:11:33 GMT -5
I'm fine with cartoon-y violence. I thought Machete was hilarious (like when he escaped from a hospital window with a "rope" of human intestines) and Tarantino's violence is usually funny too. But realistic rape or torture scenes are not for me and I will not watch them, as I will not watch serial killer shows. I don't need that garbage in my head. Guessing you probably shouldn't watch "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer." I did. Wish I hadn't. |
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Post by Mike the marksman on May 11, 2020 7:40:22 GMT -5
In 'Saving Private Ryan', toward the end of the landing scene as two American soldiers shoot two apparently German soldiers with their hands up, trying to surrender. The soldiers are actually speaking Czech, and are saying "Please don't shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn't kill anyone! I am Czech!"
Spielberg doesn't provide subtitles, and it isn't presented as a detail that's supposed to mean anything, but it's there.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on May 11, 2020 13:34:27 GMT -5
Any 60s or 70s concert movie where the band destroys Strats, Les Pauls, or Ricks. Senseless violence.
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Post by LM on May 11, 2020 13:36:26 GMT -5
Agreed!
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Post by jazzguy on May 11, 2020 13:53:25 GMT -5
I'm fine with cartoon-y violence. I thought Machete was hilarious (like when he escaped from a hospital window with a "rope" of human intestines) and Tarantino's violence is usually funny too. But realistic rape or torture scenes are not for me and I will not watch them, as I will not watch serial killer shows. I don't need that garbage in my head. Guessing you probably shouldn't watch "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer." I did. Wish I hadn't. I forgot about that one.....fortunately |
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Post by LTB on May 11, 2020 20:36:02 GMT -5
That was the only movie that I can remember where there wasn't a sound in the audience when it was over. Yes, same here. You as you know it was all done in aramaic language and had english subtitles. It was so riviting that I found myself not even aware I was reading the dialog. |
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Post by jdawg on May 11, 2020 20:37:02 GMT -5
Is it safe? I think the movie was Running Man with Dustin Hoffman when the "Dentist" is asking him is it safe. Makes my teeth hurt just thinking about it and I haven't seen that movie in years.
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