I saw this movie only once and I never saw it again because of that rape scene, I wish they never showed that scene or have the audience see it on screen. I was so pushed over the edge by that scene that I threw up and then I had nightmares about people breacking into my door to rape my mom, my sisters and myself. God! I wish they would just show someone standing outside listening to the screaming and the horrible noises that was happening there.
shareI'm so, so sorry it was this upsetting to you. It is a hard scene to watch.
I'm a doctor - I've had quite a few patients who were raped, abused, victimized... this kind of thing does happen. I felt the scene was powerful, realistic and an effective depiction of what sometimes happens. I am female - I've never been abused in any way. But I have seen some very, very hard things - things that people survive and get past. I have been astonished at the resilience of some people and wondered... if some of the things I've helped heal in others ever happened to me, would I do as well as they have done? I cannot say - and I don't want to find out.
Once when I was early in my training, I had a young patient whose mother had tortured him with an electric iron. That put me into a spiritual crisis. I decided if there was a God and He created the universe by whatever means (Big Bang and evolution or the biblical version - God is God), I would NOT have created a universe where this sort of thing can happen. This little boy was beautiful, bright, and just a boy. That's all he was... that was his crime. He was a little boy. And little boys can be aggravating.
I saw my minister and she helped me a lot - had me read a couple of books and told me about her own journey through a similar crisis. It helped enormously - and now I am able to see some of the horrors humans can inflict on each other and I can be okay. When you're in pain, in crisis, and afraid, the last thing you need is your doctor crying! The doctor has to remove his/her own feelings from the situation and CONCENTRATE. Clear-headed thinking is absolutely imperative if you want to help someone.
S/he might FEEL terrible about what happened to the you, but the focus is all on "what is the extent of the injuries, what is the best treatment, what is different about this patient and this injury, what will the prognosis be, should I call anyone in on this - if so, whom, do we have the best resources for this, what else is going on, what is the medical and psychiatric histories of this person, what aftercare concerns should I have?" And more. There is so much to think about and focus on that even feeling bad for the patient's suffering is put on the back burner. Late at night they can visit - those thoughts and feelings about the suffering of the day. Those people who bring their suffering and pain to me and trust me to help them... Those people with extraordinary courage that absolutely astonishes me. And I believe in the amazing resilience of mankind all over again.
Got philosophical. Didn't mean to. What I wanted to say was these things happen and some people never would guess it. I thought the rape scene was well-portrayed. It gave you the sheer horror of it and gave the viewer an appreciation of just how powerful something like that can be - how it can play out and be woven into the tapestry of a person's life. It doesn't have to - some people get past these things. But a few are terribly wounded. And the Wingo children were wounded by far more than just that one event. But that one event was a mark in time - it became symbolic of so many of the painful things in the story. I thought it was essential to the film to show the full horror of it. Just my opinion.
I am sorry for what you have been through, my mother was abused too and my father was one of the good men who saw the light in his error and changed his way. Not many men with abusive background actually change their ways and admit it and truly stick to their choice change.
Realites like this just makes you think to be cautious and strong willed, no gullible nature.
With what people are saying, I feel sort of odd that I didn't think the scene was THAT bad. Before people flame me or something, of course rape is terrible and the kids being raped was terrible. But in terms of what it showed I just didn't find it that bad.
For the whole thing about how the teacher should have warned the kids, I don't really think so just because that's like a huge spoiler. I'd be annoyed if I had to know something like that ahead of time.
I know I'm not "numb" to these things but I've seen a lot worse. Not only scenes in movies but real videos (not of rape, just stuff that really does make me sick to my stomach). Can't say I've seen much that was bad in real life, I've had it pretty good.
Also, for another "oh yeah well wait til you see THIS movie" Girl Next Door. And not the funny one obviously. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830558/
And that's what I like about the Sooooooouuuuutttttthhhhh!
I need to read this book as I hear it's better (of course, they always are). I'm pretty sure I can handle it.
WOW! That is a hell of a crime, *beep* how can anyone defend somebody who ordered people to torture and torment someone? I wish all of them got the death penalty....no that is harsh of me, forever in darkness and solitude should be perfect for them.
Got to admitt when you said the title, I was thinking that God-awful-movie, hated it, glad I wasn't dragged to see that.
Don't ever see the House on the Left. That has to be by far one of the most traumatic rape scenes in a movie.
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