A rape scene in a movie, I had to turn it off

Usually, this sorta thing would not bother me really.
It's a movie, a story... i understand.
The movie I was watching was Straw Dogs.
Something though about this particular scene was particularly spooking me.
I don't know if I was just in a funky mood or what... but, yea... i didn't finish the rest of the movie though I was sorta interested in the rest of the plot.

 

When I was younger I could not watch rape scenes in movies at all. I'd run out of the room crying almost every time. Weird huh? At some point it didn't affect me like that anymore, but I still don't like them. I'm really sensitive though and get all involved in the movie. That's why I rarely watch horror movies cause it bothers me bigtime.

 

The one in this movie was more intimate feeling and real.
I prefer just some shrieking and moving along of the plot I guess.

 

Irreversible is suppose to have the worst rape scene.

 

What's weird about that?

It's rape, they're actors, they're trying to show it to you like it's real. I hope if you saw a real rape then you'd be affected by it.

 

This is why the film Straw Dogs was banned, because it portrayed the girl as enjoying it.

Can't say I found myself being affected by it really, I've seen far more violent films.

 

it's pretty nasty.

super long.

but it's a scene of the hottest female on the planet, so it's bearable.

 

Well I thought it was weird that I'd react SO strongly as to burst into tears and run out of the room. That doesn't happen anymore but I usually turn away, cover my ears, etc. Yes I'm very moved by people's pain and I would be affected if I saw it, but hopefully it wouldn't affect me so greatly as to debilitate me.. physically or emotionally. I think I've gotten past that point though.

 

I can watch rape scences in movies, but it does bother me somewhat, or if nothing else strikes some suppressed memories for me.

 

I cannot do horror at all. It stays in my head for days on end and I just don't like to put myself in that situation.

Rape scenes are difficult for me to watch. They don't mess with my psyche though. but I don't like to see the suffering. But it is a part of living so I don't walk away.

 

There was a zombie movie that my hubby wanted me to watch with him, and I gave it a try cause I can usually handle zombie movies OK, like Resident Evil, etc. But this one... 28 Weeks Later... oh god, I couldn't shake that for about 3 days. It was WICKED!

 

have you seen clockwork orange? apparantly it was the first movie to recieve an "X" rating.

 

yeah, I don't think it was that bad though.

 

yeah, i didnt think so either.. but i heard they gave it that rating because of the rape scenes.

 

its pretty bad.

but worse is "i spit on your grave"

in fact, its almost the whole movie. about 45 minutes of it.

thats one movie i really couldnt finish.
though i couldnt finish irreversible, either.

 

Rape scenes never really did much for me. I didn't like them, but I didn't really care either way.
Horror never scared me either, well apart from when I was really young. The fact the I knew it was acting probably.

I know people who've been raped though, so I don't find it...whatever, I don't know what I'm talking about anymore lol

 

I felt the same way about the rape scene in "boys don't cry"...it really disturbed me

 

Hillary Swank did an excellent job in that movie. Sometimes it is difficult for me to see her in feminine roles after that.

That scene did disturb me as well. That whole movie stuck with me for a few days.

 

rape scenes in porn are fucked up and creepy. i don't recall ever having seen a rape scene in traditional cinema, although i've at least seen a clockwork orange and just don't remember that part, so apparently there wasn't much of an effect on me.

 

Hah.
Until you've seen the rape scene in Irreversible, you haven't seen shit. It makes the one in Straw Dogs look like Snow White & The 7 Dwarves. I've never been so shocked by any scene in my life.