I felt like vomitting, I was so disturbed. The paedophile scenes were pretty cringeworthy also but the rape scene really messed me up. I don't think I'll be able to ever watch this movie again. I thought it was brutally honest in the way it dealt with the subject matter and a pretty good movie, but I was so disturbed I don't think Ill ever be able to watch it again...
shareYeah, I was really disturbed by this. It actually took me a couple of days to shake those images.
I was even more disturbed by the sex scenes of Neil and the older men. Just because it is such a sick detached act that was caused by what had happened when he was a child.
I was so disturbed I don't think Ill ever be able to watch it again...
I know exactly how you feel. I felt EXACTLY the same way when I watched this film for the first time a couple of years ago. A massive part of me was very confused - and if I'm honest, horrified - that this film even got made. What sense did it make?
But last night I happened to catch it by chance on TV. And even knowing how I felt the first time, I still felt compelled to watch it in it's entirety again. I guess what compelled me is the sheer quality of compassion in the acting, direction and writing which is very apparent to anyone, I think. And because I knew what was coming, I was able to detach myself a bit more from the more horribly disturbing scenes (the rape one especially).
And I'm so glad I did... Because now I can see what honesty and integrity the story holds... How thought-provoking and brave the whole project is. And for those reasons I am glad they made it.
All too often we shy away from the darkest aspects of the human experience because it makes us feel, well, icky. But if you can put aside over-emotionality and be open what it is trying to explore then it can be a richly rewarding experience. And this film is definitely one of those.
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i agree with you gets a lot easier to watchafter the first time lol, you may even stop grimacing every ten minutes, anyway fantastic film, very very honest portrayals
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Oh god yes. The rape scene was terrible. Calling him a "slut" and saying he wants it. It's just sad that he had finally got a normal job as well.
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What sense did it make?
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But last night I happened to catch it by chance on TV. And even knowing how I felt the first time, I still felt compelled to watch it in it's entirety again. I guess what compelled me is the sheer quality of compassion in the acting, direction and writing which is very apparent to anyone, I think. And because I knew what was coming, I was able to detach myself a bit more from the more horribly disturbing scenes (the rape one especially).
And I'm so glad I did... Because now I can see what honesty and integrity the story holds... How thought-provoking and brave the whole project is. And for those reasons I am glad they made it.
All too often we shy away from the darkest aspects of the human experience because it makes us feel, well, icky. But if you can put aside over-emotionality and be open what it is trying to explore then it can be a richly rewarding experience. And this film is definitely one of those.
Yeah that was by far the most brutal rape scene I've ever seen...really hard to watch.
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yeah, I thought it was horrible scene but I was still more disturbed by rape scenes in Monster, Leaving Las Vegas and in Irreversible
shareNothing tops Irreversible, almost enough to make me a vigilante
shareThe rape scene in this was very hard to watch, had me cringing. I think the violence and brutality of it was so awful, they really conveyed how incredibly painful the whole experience must have been.
Of the various other scenes mentioned, I found Monster the hardest to watch. I was so sickened by how gleeful the rapist was, like he was enjoying every moment, saying "we've got f--king to do!" like it was some big game. And then assaulting her with some sort of pole - God, I had to look away. It was so reminiscent of a truely evil person who was getting off on using a person's body like a toy, I could never watch that scene again.
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The rape scene was disturbing - the scene would cut to the attacker and I would feel physically ill. It's a tough film to watch, but it's not a film i'm going to forget in a hurry.
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I felt just mildly queasy the whole movie. It was so relentless...there'd be one unsettling scene after another, with something either that was either overtly or subtly disturbing/gross... And I thought I was pretty thick-skinned when it came to dark/disturbing movies. Something about this one, though...it was pretty rough to watch, very disturbing. I've seen other movies with pedophile themes and rapes and whatnot...but somehow the way this movie was done, and the realistic in-your-face depiction plus that underlying eerieness and suspense of what strange crap was going to come next...yeah somehow it hit the nail on the head of being very disturbing.
edit: I guess I should add, in a way I was glad I was disturbed. I'd been shown various kind of dark/twisted movies starting at an age younger than I should have, so by now I thought I was kind of desensitized to dark/disturbing things. And like I said, I've seen other movies with pedo themes etc, but it didn't disturb me so much. Like, L.I.E., although a little uncomfortable at times, for the most part that movie is pretty damned entertaining to me. So, in a way, I think this movie (Mysterious Skin) is a success because that *beep* IS disturbing and traumatizing...and this really made the audience member feel that way too, as they should. The stupid coach with the fruit loops and everything was just gross, I didn't find any of it entertaining to watch at all, half the movie I wanted to turn my head, and I think I did at the scene with the guy with AIDs. And, isn't that how it should be? Not sure if I'm making sense, but yeah. Just my two cents.
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i think for me, the scene afterwards is the hardest as he barely makes it to his house ( i believe) to fall on the bathroom floor in tears...
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Yeah it was definetly sickening, when hes beating him over the head with the shampoo bottle I was just like OH GOD! But what disturbed me a hell of alot more were the paedo scenes and stuff they talked about doing with the coach. I mean, that stuff just doesnt occur to you then to hear about it.. URG. Watching for a second time, when Brian puts his hand in the cow and what it reminds him of.. THAT makes me feel sick.
shareThere were so many instances of disturbance in this movie for me. The opening shot of the cereal falling on young Neil had me shaking after the cereal was introduced once again. The first sex scene with the old man at the park, the scene with the man with the rashes all over his body, and in particular the breathtaking rape sequence. I saw Monster a while ago and remembered being disturbed by it, but this scene I feel will haunt me for a long, long time. Even the rape scene in Boys Don't Cry didn't seem to be as harsh as this for some reason - probably because we have a better idea of what is going on and the camera is more focused on the action in this film. Regardless, all of these films were hard to watch, but brilliantly crafted.
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Yes it was pretty bad BUT. the rape scene in Last House on the Left was far worse. maybe because it was happening to a girl, maybe because this one he was asking for it, I don't know. but I didn't cry...
shareASKED for it?!??? NO-ONE asks to be raped, no matter their "profession"!!
Yes, it was a very disturbing scene, the most disturbing in the entire movie. Only topped by the rape in Irréversible.
When you are hit hard in the head with a metal object enough to fall down into a bathtub, relentlessly beaten, and brutally attacked sexually, while the man doing it is calling you slut, it's rape. And you're not asking for it. That scene is very non consensual. He told the man there was some things he didn't do, freaked out, and then went and silently panicked in the bathroom, the guy broke in and did the things I listed above. How is that asking for it? Think before you speak. I'm sorry, but when you say things like that you sound like an insensitive and uninformed jerk.
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I think they meant he was just asking for it.
He's an escort, he goes to people's houses to have sex for money and rape is probably at the top of the list of job insecurities similar to robbery is at a bank.
Saying someone is asking for it means they do an action that has great risks to it.
Like in a horror film, whenever someone goes off by themselves they get whacked, they were asking for it by leaving the group.
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One of the sickest rape scenes I've ever watched, next to Hilary Swank's that is
shareYeah, the movie was messed up from the word go - but that's the idea, it isn't meant to be comfortable viewing. I don't think I'd want to handle a second watch, and ANY film that deals with sexual abuse with a child really makes my skin crawl every time. Gets me REALLY mad knowing that helpless kids are being treated that way.
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