Most Disturbing Scene/Movie/TV, ... Options

[Melissa]

I'm not talking about horror flicks, exactly. I really don't care for monsters, etc. When I say "disturbing," I mean something that has to do with people, psychology, society, etc. A "how can someone do that?" type of disturbing.

What's the most disturbing scene, movie, or show you've ever seen?

Over winter break, I was watching some movies online and clicked "The Girl Next Door," thinking that it was going to be a stupid, mindless comedy. Apparently, I didn't pay attention to the year on imdb and ended up watching this really disturbing movie based on a guy who witnesses the girl next door being molested, raped, etc. There was this scene where the girl's aunt, after letting her son rape the poor girl (his cousin), decided to let the neighborhood kids tattoo obscenities all over the girl's body and burn/mutilate her sex organs.

It was... horrible.

[Teesa]

i just finished watching funny games (the re-make, not the '97 version) and i kind of thought the entire movie was disturbing. especially the few times when he looked directly at the camera.

[NoSex]

i just finished watching funny games (the re-make, not the '97 version) and i kind of thought the entire movie was disturbing. especially the few times when he looked directly at the camera.

I've never seen the remake (which Haneke directed scene for scene, line for line), but the original is very good and very effecting. Essentially, the whole idea behind the film is that the audience has no reason to watch it (and the actors keep reminding us of such). When the home invaders invite us to venture a guess as to who will live and who will die... etc. etc. It's Haneke commenting on our obsession with violence and pain. How we revel in it, and enjoy it, as much as we swear we hate it. It's a very interesting and layered piece... very worthwhile.

[Teesa]

I've never seen the remake (which Haneke directed scene for scene, line for line), but the original is very good and very effecting. Essentially, the whole idea behind the film is that the audience has no reason to watch it (and the actors keep reminding us of such). When the home invaders invite us to venture a guess as to who will live and who will die... etc. etc. It's Haneke commenting on our obsession with violence and pain. How we revel in it, and enjoy it, as much as we swear we hate it. It's a very interesting and layered piece... very worthwhile.

was there a reason that he remade it then, if it was just going to be the exact same thing?
yeah, i realized that i was so incredibly frustrated at the end because absolutely nothing went the way i wanted it to go, but that's what made it good i guess.
and is that what you personally think the director wants us (as viewers) to think, or did the director actually say something about our obsession with violence and pain? just curious.