TV/Movie Scenes that Hit Home

I watched "CSI: Las Vegas" twice, after Survivor, and I'm not watching it again for that reason. Both dealt with parents dealing with the sudden shocking death of their kids, and it was just too raw. I used to be able to deal with that too -- I mean, it was sad and everything and I felt bad for them, but it didn't get that huge visceral reaction.

One thing that has always stuck with me is a comment one of my clients made about the movie "Titanic." I wasn't a mom yet, she was. We were talking about the movie, and I was full of the love story and she let go of his hand and he sunk down down into the ocean and blah blah blah. She said the saddest part for her was the throwaway scene of some of the people belowdecks, after it had been established that there was no escape. A mom was reading or telling a story to her two small children, as they snuggled in on either side like it was a bedtime story, trying to keep them calm before their inevitable death by drowning. I got that it was tragic, of course, but it wasn't what stuck with me at the time. Now I get shivers whenever I think of it.

Whenever I hear on a News program about a tortured pet ( cat or dog ), I just change channels. I don't want to hear or see anything more about this subject.

Like you both mention - these sorts of things bother me too - but I can handle it. I feel terrible, but not to the extent that this one scene hit me.

I saw a movie when I was 12 that haunted me for years. It was a film about the Nazi era, where there was a torture scene. I became so ill, that two of my girlfriends had to practically carry me home.

A couple of years ago, they played the film on TV. I wanted to see, if as an adult, if I could handle it. I chickened out and did not watch it.

Now I know why sensible adults can become helicopter parents.

I don't watch those shows at all. Too much grim reality for me. When I watch tv, I want to be entertained, not filled with horror. I have never understood how people consider such things entertainment but there's a huge audience for these types of shows so, somebody's watching. Lots of somebodies.

Many years ago I saw a movie called Shop on Main Street--a Czech film. There was a scene in that movie that was so disturbing that I had to leave. Sobbed uncontrollably. I've never watched another movie or tv show about nazis and what happened to the Jews. I never will.

Generally crime shows don't bother me. I can usually watch almost anything--but the news.

The Exorcist. Rocked my world. Took several months to get over it.

Oh, that one. I got very dizzy, and laid down on the carpet in the lobby. Funny thing, I wasn't the only one there on the floor!

I wasn't scared, though. The part that bothered me was in the early part of the movie where a doctor is injecting the girl in the neck!

A few years ago there was an episode of ER with Ray Liotta (I think) playing a man dying of cancer, filmed in continuous "real" time. Stunning performance. I couldn't take my eyes away, but I couldn't sit still to watch it either. It pops up, in m mind, from time to time.

I have never seen the end of "The Green Mile". I start feeling physically ill when it comes time for John Coffey's execution ...

Probably best that I limit my media consumption to Survivor and The Amazing Race.