# Scenes That Are Almost Too Uncomfortable/Awkward to Watch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449 "2008-04-22T20:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/41 "2008-04-23T11:47:07Z")
Much of the New Zealand TV series [Summer Heights High](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934320/) qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/42 "2008-04-23T11:59:04Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] It’s [The Office] not for everybody. But I have worked for more than one person (one in particular) who were, more or less, David Brent. It becomes funnier once you have had similar experiances in reality. [/QUOTE] Really? I’d have said it was worse for that exact reason. I truly detested this show. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/43 "2008-04-23T12:03:55Z")
The scene in **Raging Bull** when Vickie comes home like a zombie with bruises on her face after Jake has beaten her and his brother. I know they’re just people and all, but when Cathy Moriarity and Robert Deniro reunited for **Analyze That** for laughs, playing on what they’d done in Raging Bull, it’s just sad. ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/44 "2008-04-23T12:35:14Z")
[QUOTE=II Gyan II] Much of the New Zealand TV series [Summer Heights High](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934320/) qualifies. [/QUOTE] Nitpick: Australian television series. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/45 "2008-04-23T12:48:44Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] **Max** is correct. The first time I saw that movie, I thought they were one and the same. A couple of viewings later, I realized they were two different people. That is such a great movie. I need to watch it again. [/QUOTE] Well I did not realise that, but then again I only saw the scene once, on subsequent viewings I have skipped forwards. Paris Trout has Dennis Hopper attacking his wife with a bottle. It is not nice at all. Ii guess these both fall into the too uncomfortable rather than almost too uncomfortable category. For the latter put me down for Borat and the UK Office. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/46 "2008-04-23T13:00:09Z")
[QUOTE=Coil] For me it is embarassing moments for the characters that make me uncomfortable. It happens a lot for me in sit-coms. Chandler in Friends seems to induce those feelings in me quite often. I feel like “Please Og, leave the poor guy alone”. [/QUOTE] This is me, too. I love That 70s Show, but I always (ALWAYS!) end up in tears because I feel so bad for poor Eric. My family takes great joy in pointing and laughing at me during one of my “wah”-fests. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/47 "2008-04-23T15:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=Jackknifed Juggernaut] Also. in _Babel_, when the babysitter leaves the 2 kids in the desert, and then can’t find them [/QUOTE] Holy crap, that makes me sad just hearing about it. Do they ever get found? [asked with eyes wide, tears brimming…] 😉 -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/48 "2008-04-23T15:50:20Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] Well I did not realise that, but then again I only saw the scene once, on subsequent viewings I have skipped forwards. [/QUOTE] But That doesn’t make sense at all. Unless I’m misremembering, the guy having a panic attack is just outside the door with his rifle, right? After the German soldier kills Chandler’s psycho roommate, he leaves the room and what, just walks by the armed American soldier? I recall him doing just that. Why would some random German soldier let him live and remain armed? This is the main reason why I thought it had been the previous soldier who they let live. It would make more sense that way since he was returning the favor. I have to re watch this movie. Sorry for the hijack btw, love these threads! ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/49 "2008-04-23T15:52:26Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] Holy crap, that makes me sad just hearing about it. Do they ever get found? [asked with eyes wide, tears brimming…] 😉 -FrL- [/QUOTE] Yes, thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/50 "2008-04-23T15:54:52Z")
[QUOTE=HeadNinja] Happiness. When the man is explaining to his son why he does what he does, and why he doesn’t do it to the son. The theater emptied like someone had called in a bomb threat. [/QUOTE] Spoiler please. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/51 "2008-04-23T16:00:11Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] Spoiler please. -FrL- [/QUOTE] The father is a child molester. He was arrested for drugging, then raping two of his son’s friends. He tells his son how he enjoyed doing it, and he would even do it again. His son then asks him: “Would you do it to me?” And he replies: “No, I would just whack it to you”. ---
**Author:** ![AlmondJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@AlmondJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlmondJoy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/52 "2008-04-23T16:19:43Z")
Most of “Little Children” made me feel kind of sick to my stomach ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/53 "2008-04-23T16:37:51Z")
I get that way about the British TV show _Coupling_. Any scene where Jeff is talking to a woman usually does it. “I’ve only got one leg.” “I don’t collect women’s ears or anything.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/54 "2008-04-23T16:42:38Z")
Billy:Dad, did you, um…uh…with… Johnny Grasso and Ronald Farber? Bill (his dad):Yes. What… did you do? I touched them. What do you mean,exactly, touched? I fondled them. What for? I couldn’t help myself. What else? I…I unzipped myself. You…you mean, masturbated? No. Then what? I…made love. What do you mean? I fucked them. What was it like? It was…it was great. Would you do it again? Yes. Would… would you ever…fuck me? No.I’d jerk off instead. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/55 "2008-04-23T16:43:39Z")
[QUOTE=hotflungwok] I get that way about the British TV show _Coupling_. Any scene where Jeff is talking to a woman usually does it. “I’ve only got one leg.” “I don’t collect women’s ears or anything.” [/QUOTE] These make me crack up. “You’re so beautiful you should be embalmed.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/56 "2008-04-23T16:46:28Z")
Whoops, that was for\* Happiness\*, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/57 "2008-04-23T16:52:04Z")
**Bastard out of Carolina** …I know there’s two scenes, but one is much more :eek: than the other, and the mother hits him over the head with a vase… and still forgives him later. Jebus Keerist, woman! The knifing scene in **Saving Private Ryan** is very hard to watch…probably because it’s so intimate. In its own way, it more shocking than the Normandy Beach-storming scene. ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/58 "2008-04-23T20:20:11Z")
Memento- where she is saying horrible, horrible things to him because she knows he won’t/can’t remember and he’s scrabbling for something to write with so he won’t forget, but doesn’t make it in time and she walks out the door then comes back in for sympathy… 'nother vote for the interview scene in Monster. I know it’s blase now, but the first time seeing Silence of the Lambs, the whole “you’re only one generation up from poor white trash, aren’t you?” speech. Scent of a Woman “I’m in the dark here!” speech Pretty in Pink- the intentionally awkward double-sided first date, both ends. Falling Down- “I’m the bad guy? How did that happen?” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/59 "2008-04-23T22:27:48Z")
Total Recall, when Ahhhnold and what’s her name are outside the protective shield, and they’re suffocating, and their eyes start bugging out of their heads. Ew ew ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449/60 "2008-04-24T00:58:37Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Total Recall, when Ahhhnold and what’s her name are outside the protective shield, and they’re suffocating, and their eyes start bugging out of their heads. Ew ew ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. [/QUOTE] I know, that was just so awkward. I could picture myself at a cocktail party, chatting in front of the _hors d’œuvre_ tray, when suddenly my eyes start bugging out of my head. Whatever does one do in such a situation? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-almost-too-uncomfortable-awkward-to-watch/446449.md?page=4)