# The one thing in this classic film that I hate is... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814 "2004-11-15T03:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/21 "2004-11-15T11:47:49Z")
The _Philadelphia Story_: I am somewhat annoyed by C.K. Dexter-Haven’s constant carping about how judgemental and unforgiving Tracy is (pot = kettle), but the thing I find incredibly creepy is when Tracy’s father tells her that he wouldn’t have had his affair with the showgirl if _she_ had been more attentive to him. (ick!) ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/22 "2004-11-15T12:15:41Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > To please me, I guess. I think the “And after the spanking, the oral sex!” is a laugh-out-loud funny moment. Not to mention - LAUNCELOT: We were in the nick of time. You were in great peril. GALAHAD: I don’t think I was. LAUNCELOT: Yes, you were. You were in terrible peril. GALAHAD: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril. LAUNCELOT: No, it’s too perilous. … although I must admit the build up is a little slow… Grim ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/23 "2004-11-15T12:30:36Z")
The Violence Bath Scene From _My Fair Lady_ It’s obvious to me that this scene is _supposed to be_ funny, but it’s horribly disturbing. Here we have a young girl in unfamiliar surroundings being _forcfully_ undressed by total strangers. She is _screaming_ in horror the entire time and we’re supposed to laugh while she’s violated. Was this funny 40 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/24 "2004-11-15T13:37:43Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > And the psychiatrist’s soi-disant explanation at the end of PSYCHO… The explanation was supposed to be unbelievable. It was put there for people who needed to have all the loose ends explained, but it was never meant to explain anything. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/25 "2004-11-15T14:10:53Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > The line itself is fine, but the delivery is just flat and stupid and stale and awkward. In a Quentin Tarantino performance? I’m shocked! I always found the “newsreel” intro to _Citizen Kane_ very grating. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/26 "2004-11-15T14:32:21Z")
I hate the part in “It’s a Wonderful Life” where it is revealed that if Jimmy Stewart had never been born, Donna Reed would not only have been an old maid but - HORRORS! - a librarian. Yuk. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/27 "2004-11-15T14:33:08Z")
_Breakfast at Tiffany’s_. Missa’ Mickey Looney. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/28 "2004-11-15T14:33:34Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > For me, he was Grover (also Frank Oz, I know), plus the personalities seemed so similar when Luke first meets Yoda that I kept expecting him to launch into a Sesame Street routine. Ha! Apparently when I was taken to see ESB (I was only three, so I don’t remember it), the entire theatre bursted out laughing when Yoda came on and a little tiny voice (not me, some other kid) piped up with a very loud “Grover!” It seems they’ve taken some trouble to try to alter the voice somewhat so it doesn’t sound so much like a lovable, blue furry monster. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/29 "2004-11-15T14:35:51Z")
The character of Scarlett in “Gone With the Wind”. Unfortunately, she’s the main character. But I didn’t mind Rhett’s character or anybody else. Just her. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/30 "2004-11-15T15:03:18Z")
I’ve kind of think that the Paris flashback in **Casablanca** was not very good and not really necessary. In \*\*King Kong \*\* the ‘tribe’ is a bit embarrassing to these modern eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/31 "2004-11-15T15:54:19Z")
Another one for the ‘changing mores’ ledger… The entire ‘Indian Village’ sequence from Disney’s _Peter Pan_. It’s kind of a dull movie in any event (the recent live-action is MUCH better) but that sequence is cringe-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/32 "2004-11-15T16:23:49Z")
I love Cassablanca but when I hear “the papers” are signed by are signed by Charles De Gaulle and even the Nazis will not turn them down, or even arrest Victor Lazlow because he is in Vicy France and not occupied France I cringe. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/33 "2004-11-15T16:49:37Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > I love Cassablanca but when I hear “the papers” are signed by are signed by Charles De Gaulle and even the Nazis will not turn them down, or even arrest Victor Lazlow because he is in Vicy France and not occupied France I cringe. Actually, there’s some argument that the papers were supposedly signed by [Maxime Weygand](http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Maxime-Weygand) and the name was mumbled by Peter Lorre. Even then, the timeline doesn’t really work. It’s not critical to the plot (the letters of transit being second only in McGuffin-ness to the Maltese Falcon), though. As for Scarlet O’Hara, the main reason I’ve never been able to sit through _Gone With the Wind_ is the endless _shrieking_ from her and other female characters. It drives me from the room every time. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/34 "2004-11-15T17:12:14Z")
Not exactly hate, more of an annoyance : at the beginning of _The Guns of Navarone_, when the bomber crash land after returning from the bombing mission of the guns, you can see another bomber just hanging in the sky, not moving, in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/35 "2004-11-15T17:25:51Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > The Violence Bath Scene From > _My Fair Lady_ > > It’s obvious to me that this scene is _supposed to be_ funny, but it’s horribly disturbing. Here we have a young girl in unfamiliar surroundings being _forcfully_ undressed by total strangers. She is _screaming_ in horror the entire time and we’re supposed to laugh while she’s violated. > > Was this funny 40 years ago? No. I thought it was utterly barbaric. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/36 "2004-11-15T17:26:07Z")
_Casablanca_: the musical number by the female guitarist/singer. The whole pacing of the movie grinds to a halt. I know it was the style of such movies then to have numbers scattered about, but they should have had Sam just play something again. No wait. “Again Sam plays something” er um, no wait, I’ll get it in a second. As opposed to: _Pulp Fiction_: the whole Jimmy/Tarantino segment is just perfect. I love the whole bit: the coffee, “Did you notice a sign …”, etc. Great writing, great acting. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/37 "2004-11-15T17:27:52Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_. Missa’ Mickey Looney. > > 'nuff said. Snort! ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/38 "2004-11-15T17:30:54Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > The Violence Bath Scene From > _My Fair Lady_ > > It’s obvious to me that this scene is _supposed to be_ funny, but it’s horribly disturbing. Here we have a young girl in unfamiliar surroundings being _forcfully_ undressed by total strangers. She is _screaming_ in horror the entire time and we’re supposed to laugh while she’s violated. > > Was this funny 40 years ago? FWIW, it’s also in “Pygmalion”, so you’ll have to ask if it was funny 91 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/39 "2004-11-15T18:19:51Z")
Snow White’s voice in Disney’s _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs_ makes me cringe. She sounds like a “dumb blonde gun moll” character in a bad gangster movie. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814/40 "2004-11-15T21:01:01Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > The character of Scarlett in “Gone With the Wind”. Unfortunately, she’s the main character. But I didn’t mind Rhett’s character or anybody else. Just her. Ugh. Nah. It’s the character of Ashley. He’s not all that handsome and he’s nothing but a good hearted sap. He deserved Melanie. Why Scarlett chased him everywhere I have no idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-thing-in-this-classic-film-that-i-hate-is/274814.md?page=3)