Did anyone else feel sick watching the rape scene?
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madi-840-42222 — 15 years ago(September 22, 2010 01:20 PM)
The part where Neil is washing his face, and then looks up and sees the lock being flipped open by the rapist.
OMG that killed me.
Just that split second of a close-up of JGLs face and the way his head kind of snaps up in apprehension.jesus
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madi-840-42222 — 15 years ago(September 10, 2010 11:12 AM)
I had to pause that scene for a second.
Have a little cry.
Tell myself that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an ACTOR and that I am watching a movie
And then I started it again.
Hard scene to watch
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renee_annem — 15 years ago(January 03, 2011 04:51 PM)
I felt like vomitting, I was so disturbed.
Yep. I felt like that. I also cried pretty hard. Actually, the whole movie made me feel nauseous. I knew it wasn't going to be a fun movie, but it made my skin crawl more than I expected. The performances were outstanding.
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torn86 — 14 years ago(March 20, 2012 05:05 AM)
It was extremely disturbing, especially with the way it was shot. Normally you get shots from different angles. But because the film was shot focusing on the rapist's face, you get the sense that you are experiencing what Neil is experiencing.
This is what I wanted to point out. I think the angles in this is what makes the scene. I havent seen alot of rape scenes in movies, maybe I'm sheltered but what Ive seen and in my own life.. Rape is bad any way you look at it. This was more about the violence. Its always sad to see a rape that you feel like is apart of your own doing. Whether drinking or being alone at a party or in the extreme case, a small prostitution gig.. its really sad that some of society points their finger at the victim, it shouldn't even be acknowledged in my opinion. If its unwanted, its unwanted. Period.
Most of this movie fell flat for me as far as storyline but I guess it was just a weird way to connect two unlikely characters. I thought they were great together. It shows so many instances where the character is put in these awkward situations. Although I own this movie, I'm not pulling it out all the time to watch it. Levitt is great.. the only movie that really rings true for me is Brick however on a sidenote. -
simian_ninja — 13 years ago(June 27, 2012 01:35 PM)
Glad I'm the only one that didn't shed a tear during that scene.
Great performances all around - I really felt like I knew JGL's character and felt sick to my soul when watching it.
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mhenderson22 — 11 years ago(January 05, 2015 02:33 PM)
This movie freaked me the beep out- it was soo real and just plain disturbing. I felt the need to share it with people, telling them this is something like you've never seen. Everyone i showed it to were both bothered and saddened. This scene was horrible, but that scene with the old man going down on Neil was THE worst- it was just sooo gross and disturbing.
Soo much of this movie got me pissed off because all these men (many who were probably married or cheating) just pissed me off. I have a really big pet peeve about that kind of thing.
