Any movie where a character lies his or her way through an encounter, usually making something up out of whole cloth for no logical reason and it’s painfully, ridiculously obvious to anyone outside the movie. I usually get up and leave, or fast forward, or pace in the kitchen. I can’t stand it. If I’m forced to watch, I squirm like a earth worm.
I can’t think of a specific example, but I can say that Dirty Rotten Scoundrels didn’t provoke this reaction for some reason.
How about Quick Change, when they stumble into the mob lair?
“We’re here… for the money.”
Dancer in the Dark and Breaking the Waves: two masterpieces I’ll never watch again.
Recently, the French seem to be on the same oneupsmanship tear that the Japanese were on a few years ago: the closest I’ve come to covering my eyes during a horror movie in a long time was during ***Inside ***and Frontier(s), two recent masterpieces of extreme horror.
8mm. The movie creeped me out so much, as a teen, that I stopped watching porn for almost two years. I still occasionally have nightmares about the killer’s speech at the end.
Exactly the movie I came in to mention. I was horrified while watching it but had to see how it ended.
+1
The most awesomely amazing movie that I will never watch again, under any circumstances.
Yeah, sitcoms are the worst for this. Even if it’s just a stupid, throwaway joke, like the “Old Grey Whistle Theft” episode of “Father Ted” where Ted makes up some long winded excuse for why he has the whistle. It’s just a TV show and I know how it’ll end, but it’s painful.
This isn’t a movie either, but I finally saw clips of the bike man pedophile episode of “Diff’rent Strokes”–I haven’t STOPPED squirming.
Oh man, “Father Ted” is great. I don’t remember the whistle, so forgive me if this is the same episode, but the one where he was accused of being racist, especially against the Chinese, had my Thai wife of Chinese ethnicity rolling in tears laughing.
Oh, that one was awesome–it was, I think, just too ludicrous to be uncomfortable. I especially loved his little “pro-Chinese” slide show towards the end.
But in general, I do love the show…and no, “That money was just resting in my account!” never fails to make me laugh (sans discomfort). Hmm, maybe it’s time for a Father Ted appreciation thread.
Okay, I’m drawing a blank on the “Old Grey Whistle Theft”. Pardon the hijack, but please jog my memory.
I’ve started a Father Ted thread here:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10052103#post10052103
Info on Old Grey Whistle Theft inside.
It was more… visceral? lol I can’t even recall the scene you mentioned. But imagine I was able to easily play it off as acting, whereas the wrestling scene was, you know, actually happening.
I also get very squeed by characters on the verge of being ‘caught’ or embarrassed. Much more so than characters in danger of or encountering physical harm.
“The Woodsman” with Kevin Bacon where he plays a pedophile returning to his hometown after getting out of jail.
The scene with the little girl in the park. Squick.
“Requiem for a Dream” +2. I haven’t worked up the nerve to watch it again.
“Bound” where they ask the question ten times.
“Hard Candy.”
“Rosewood”—numerous parts.
The “reveal” in In the Company of Men. I almost couldn’t watch.
Robin Williams in One Hour Photo. Sy’s descent into psychosis and the hotel scene were hard to take. Great performance by Williams though.
Notes on a Scandal The scenes between the teen boy and Cate Blanchett were disturbing and I can’t watch this movie without imagining how difficult it must have been for her to do.
Ah, you mean The Birdcage, right?
Not so much, but it is pushed a little close to the edge.
Two differences: One is that there is a reason for lying and the lie is a logical (movie-logic) extension of the existing situation. The other is that it IS painfully obvious, and only these two willfully-clueless stiffs ignore it all, you’re laughing at them for being so insular in their world-view they can’t even suspect what’s really going on.
What I’m talking about is the entirety of Meet the Parents. I hate that movie with a loathing that ought to be reserved for genocidal dictators, TV psychics, and Star Wars: Episode II. I think you’re supposed to laugh at the awkwardness of it all. It’s obvious he’ll never get away with any of them, but repeatedly the lies are so bad they could never be believably believed in the first place. Many other Ben Stiller comedies fall into the same category.
Iron Man, due to one scene early on in the movie, when he first realizes he is in captivity:
Stark wakes up with the tube up his nose, which he then proceeds to pull out. And pull out some more. And pull out some more still. First time I saw that, I was like “Eeww!”, second time I saw it (with a girl this time even), I had to cover my eyes. That was just… bwahhhh squick.
Also, in general, any movie or TV show where someone takes an obviously severe blow to the legs, like, breaking, severing, etc. Hands and such? Don’t bother me so much. But legs? Yaaagh. Took me a while to warm up to CSI.