# Uncomfortable scenes in movies by scene or actor. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546 "2003-06-26T16:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/1 "2003-06-26T16:39:16Z")
We were watching \*\* Old School \*\* the other night and there is a scene with \*\*Andy Dick \*\* playing a blow job specialist that my husband and I just sat there getting the heebie jeebies watching. It really was so creepy, that it wasn’t hard to imagine him doing something like that in real life. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/2 "2003-06-26T16:43:05Z")
Andy Dick. Blow Job Specialist. AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH! My eyes! My eyes! I can’t think of one yet from a movie, but I have one from a tv show. Captain Janeway in _Voyager_. Somehow, there’s been _another_ holodeck accident and they’re stuck in Tom Paris’ old 50s serial, Rocketman or something. Janeway is playing some villianess, Tarantullella or something. The scene is in black and white, and watching her roll her eyes and vamp was truly horrifying. I fear Kate Mulgrew hated doing that scene. Funny enough, I think that was the last Paris old 50s serial show they did. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/3 "2003-06-26T16:56:54Z")
I have _got_ to own _Old School_! Berry on Thornton action in _Monster’s Ball_ made me very, very uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/4 "2003-06-26T17:03:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*I have _got_ to own _Old School_! > > Berry on Thornton action in _Monster’s Ball_ made me very, very uncomfortable. \*\* Indeed. Not even Halle Berry’s beatuiful breasts are worth the sight of Billy Bob Thornton’s hairy bobbin’ man ass. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/5 "2003-06-26T17:13:44Z")
The scene in **Happiness** in which the father has to explain his pedophilia to his young son, and the kid asks whether his dad would ever touch him in that way, and the father, nearing a breakdown, blurts out something to the effect of, “No, because I jerk off instead.” That scene is the most uncomfortable I have ever watched, and also the most uncomfortable I ever HOPE to watch, because I honestly almost had to turn the movie off at that point. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/6 "2003-06-26T17:15:48Z")
“About a Boy.” Almost all of it was soul-cringingly embarrassing. I really felt for that kid. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/7 "2003-06-26T17:19:42Z")
The rape scene in Irréversible was almost unwatchable. I know there are films like Once Upon A Time in America etc with horrific rape scenes but Irréversible is so real and harrowing. ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/8 "2003-06-26T17:26:27Z")
Ugh, just about the entire length of the Austrian movie _Funny Games_ upset me. I’ve never seen a movie in which the goal seemed to be to make the audience feel as bad as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/9 "2003-06-26T17:41:32Z")
**Reservoir Dogs** : Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) dancing to “Stuck in the Middle with You” while threating to set the cop on fire. I can’t hear that song without thinking of that scene. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/10 "2003-06-26T17:41:46Z")
In _Mulholland Drive_, there is a scene where a bubbly young actress is auditioning for a role opposite a lecherous, much older actor. When you see her practicing for the audition with her roommate, she’s giggling and nervous and over-emotes. At the real audition, her performance is 100% different-- she turns it sultry and seductive and actually makes the older actor uncomfortable-- as well as the audience. The entire theater was squirming at the intensity of it. It was terrific. ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/11 "2003-06-26T17:43:00Z")
There were so many in **Scary Movie** …that scene where they were spoofing the Blair witch project was unnervingly gross to me even when everyone was gagging and laughing it all up. speaking of Luge jokes, the one from **Ace Ventura** second movie where spitting was a tribal custom was absolutely unwatchable for me. Actually, given my homophobic tendencies, any suggestion of male-male sexuality creeps me out, so that Andy “Dick” thing was not something I care to see either. (I closed my eyes at that part of Old school) There was an special extra feature that they took out of **Old School** where William Sean Scott french kisses Will Ferrell after his mishap at the pool. I saw a split second of that before violently yanking the power cord off my DVD player. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/12 "2003-06-26T17:43:42Z")
Naked Kathy Bates in “About Schmidt.” Followed by Jack Nicholson’s ass. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/13 "2003-06-26T18:07:29Z")
Oh yes, that whole hot tub scene in “About Schmidt” was uncomfortable. For me, the Gimp scene in Pulp Fiction has to be the most painful to watch…Never saw anything like THAT before. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/14 "2003-06-26T18:31:30Z")
“Is it safe?” “What?” “Ah, yes…Well, is it safe?” “I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re talking about.” …cue dental drill in Dustin Hoffman’s mouth… “Now then…I’ll ask you once more…Is it safe?” Cringe inducing, everytime. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/15 "2003-06-26T21:15:20Z")
Man, there are some real squirmers above but on a lighter note the scene in “Fast times at Ridgemont High” where the older (Judge Somebodyorother) brother gets caught spanking in the bathroom alwys made my sack shrink up… ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/16 "2003-06-26T21:23:20Z")
How about Jennifer Connelly bouncing butt to butt with a double sided dildo in “Requiem for a Dream”? Made me more tingly than uncomfortable but that whole movie is a bit hard to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/17 "2003-06-27T01:04:42Z")
Here’s part of that cheery scene from Requiem for a Dream: INT. BIG TIM’S LUSH PAD In slow motion and tight close-ups we experience the orgy with Marion. There’s nipples, tongues, sex toys, eyes closed in ecstasy, men’s glares, men’s smiles and the like. The images aren’t sexy, they’re scary. One of the girls holds up a double-headed dildo and says: ``` GIRL What should we do now? ``` A Pervert screams out: ``` PERVERT Ass to ass, ass to ass! ``` Marion complies and the flashlights shine. Then the Pervert starts a chant: ``` PERVERT Cum! Cum! ``` ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/18 "2003-06-27T01:16:03Z")
The remake of _Lolita_. Jeremy Irons is seriously slimy in that one. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/19 "2003-06-27T04:49:05Z")
The fisting scene in _Blue Velvet_. Ye gads! That must have been difficult to shoot! (Well, for Isabella Rosallini, I’m sure Dennis Hopper was pretty familiar with the process.) ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546/20 "2003-06-27T05:36:28Z")
The vast majority of **Happiness** left me feeling like insects were crawling around under my skin. The, er, “love scene” in **Being There** between Chance and whatshername was up in the uncomfortable range, but in a far funnier way. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-scenes-in-movies-by-scene-or-actor/184546.md?page=2)