Day #27 of the 30 Day Film Challenge

[shadowkat]

Day #27 of the 30 Day Film Challenge.

The prompt is A Film That Made You Uncomfortable

Hmm..I don't know about this category. I tend to avoid films that make me uncomfortable or try to. Also I forget them. I'm very good at forgetting things. There is however one film that still bothers me due to a famous sequence with Johnny Depp - it was among Johnny Depp's first films..

I'd been warned off of it by my brother - but I saw it with a bunch of friends freshman year of college anyhow...

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Followup, since people keep picking two films...I saw this film on television after my mother reported seeing it and absolutely hating it. It made her uncomfortable and she ranted about it. The mere fact that she actually went to see it with a friend in the movie theater - amused me. Because I just can't see her actually watching this.. I can't remember the movie at all, except I found it to be cringe-inducing in places, absurdly amusing in others, kind of boring, and I disliked all the characters. Honestly, it's the sort of film you want to watch to remind yourself that being single is not so bad and men are gross, selfish jerks.

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[petzipellepingo]

Speaking of Malcolm McDowell, I'm going with A Clockwork Orange . I was never sure if Kubrick wanted me to regard this as satire, straight sci fi or a comedy.

[shadowkat]

I'm going with satire - political/social satire. It's kind of subtle - British satire is more biting and often offensive. Also it tends to be very disturbing and uncomfortable. (See Jonathan Swifts' "A Modest Proposal" for biting satire.)

Satire is often hard to watch for those reasons. It's supposed to be uncomfortable.

A Clockwork Orange is a film that I thought was brilliant, but can't watch again. I considered that one. Weirdly, I found IF more disturbing and uncomfortable to watch.