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Movie/tv scenes that make you uncomfortable

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Soubriquet · 27/03/2021 07:05

I don’t mean in horror or thriller or torture porn but I mean things that are supposed to be funny

Watching a film on Netflix called The Switch

A woman wants to have a baby by sperm donor, throws a getting pregnant party, and the best friend switches his sperm with the real donor.

Supposed to be a way of him covering up his accident of spilling said sperm but to me this just feels uncomfortable. The man made it clear from the start he doesn’t approve of her using a sperm donation and this is a way of him getting his “win”

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EarthSight · 27/03/2021 07:32

@Doyoumind

I agree it's a weird and uncomfortable premise. Do they end up falling in love and being a happy family?
Have you watched 'Overboard'? 80s film.
EarthSight · 27/03/2021 07:31

@Soubriquet

I don’t mean in horror or thriller or torture porn but I mean things that are supposed to be funny

Watching a film on Netflix called The Switch

A woman wants to have a baby by sperm donor, throws a getting pregnant party, and the best friend switches his sperm with the real donor.

Supposed to be a way of him covering up his accident of spilling said sperm but to me this just feels uncomfortable. The man made it clear from the start he doesn’t approve of her using a sperm donation and this is a way of him getting his “win”

Yeah that's fucked up, and so specific I'm wondering if it was someone's fantasy :/
Doyoumind · 27/03/2021 07:27

Not a comedy and a film I've only seen once - I think when I was a teenager or no more than 20 - which made me feel uncomfortable then and now makes me furious is High Plains Drifter. That rape scene when she ends up enjoying it really confused me at the time and stayed with me. I know film buffs defend it with whatever justification but it feels indefensible.

FlyPassed · 27/03/2021 07:25

Yeah that is pretty gross. I really hope this kind of trope becomes as unacceptable as the 'hilarious' rape tropes in old films like Sixteen Candles.

Lars and the Real Girl (which everyone seemed to think was soooooo sweet) made my skin crawl.

Netflix made a show called Bonding, about a student who is a dominatrix in her spare time, to pay the bills. So hilarious!

They also have a show called Special, about a young gay man with cerebral palsy. The bit i didn't like involved him trying to lose his virginity and SPOILER he hires a prostitute, because why not, eh? It was a shame because it was apart from that I thought it was pretty good.

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Soubriquet · 27/03/2021 07:12

I only pressed watch because it has Jennifer Anniston in it Sad

I usually really like her films

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BrutusMcDogface · 27/03/2021 07:12

A “getting pregnant party”? Hmm

It sounds horrendous and I have no idea how that storyline was allowed to be made into a film. Yes, I bet they end up being a happy family. 🙄

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Soubriquet · 27/03/2021 07:11

But it’s a feel good movie so I assume so

In reality though, she would resent her so called best friend for messing up her sperm donor who she did research into and would never forgive him.

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Soubriquet · 27/03/2021 07:10

No idea

Still watching tbh

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Doyoumind · 27/03/2021 07:09

I agree it's a weird and uncomfortable premise. Do they end up falling in love and being a happy family?

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