"Oh HELL No!" Movie Moments That Anger Up the Blood

[Spartan Girl]

So much in Contagion made me furious. It hit way too close to home now. But I think the damage that Jude Law’s character wrought made him the absolute scum of the earth.

[BlueSkies]

All The Right Moves.

 

When the coach yells at the kid who's crying for fumbling the football in the end zone and losing the game.  Who in reality it was bad play calling by him.  

[proserpina65]

On 8/17/2023 at 5:29 PM, BlueSkies said:

All The Right Moves.

 

When the coach yells at the kid who's crying for fumbling the football in the end zone and losing the game.  Who in reality it was bad play calling by him.  

It's been a long while since I've seen that movie.  I'm assuming you're not referring to Tom Cruise's character who did really screw up by going after the opposing player's body, not the ball?

[BlueSkies]

3 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

It's been a long while since I've seen that movie.  I'm assuming you're not referring to Tom Cruise's character who did really screw up by going after the opposing player's body, not the ball?

No.  Vinny Salvucci the one who fumbled the ball at the end.  He was crying in the locker room obviously feeling awful when the coach told him to have a good cry and he choked. 

 

Actually a Hell Yeah moment could be when Stef stood up for his friend and teammate to the coach. 

[proserpina65]

18 hours ago, BlueSkies said:

No.  Vinny Salvucci the one who fumbled the ball at the end.  He was crying in the locker room obviously feeling awful when the coach told him to have a good cry and he choked. 

 

Actually a Hell Yeah moment could be when Stef stood up for his friend and teammate to the coach. 

Thanks.  Like I said, it's been a very long time since I've seen the movie and obviously I didn't remember that scene.

[Crs97]

Blast from the past, but the baseball movie The Rookie:

Jimmy Morris’ dad is shown to be the biggest jerk who completely dismisses his son’s feelings about everything.  Borderline abusive.  First time he ever shows up for one of his son’s games is when he finally makes it to the major leagues.  Meanwhile, Jimmy’s son has been rooting for his dad to follow his dream the entire time and his wife has been amazing in supporting him.

So Jimmy has his major league debut and gives the game ball to . . . his dad.  Oh, hell no!!

 

[Spartan Girl]

Marriage Story: Nora getting Nicole an extra day of child custody instead of splitting it 50/50 like Nicole wanted all because she “didn’t want Charlie to feel like he won.” Incredibly low and petty even for a lawyer.

I’d like to think Nicole maybe realized in that moment that for all of Nora’s “sympathy” for her, she really was in it for herself and that she helped make things worse between her and Charlie (like talking her into hacking Charlie’s emails to prove he cheated even when Nicole initially felt that the cheating was irrelevant by that point)  instead of keeping it amicable.

[Spartan Girl]

A Bad Moms Christmas: Kiki drags her mom to therapy because she’s fed up with her smothering. And instead of calling out her mother for her psycho Norma Bates behavior, the shrink (Wanda Sykes) tells Kiki to suck it up and deal with it.

No, I’m not kidding. And it gets better: the shrink even blames Kiki for her mom’s behavior because getting pregnant with her was what made her crazy.

I know this was a movie that’s not to be taken seriously, but what kind of gaslighting bullshit is this? I expected better from you, Wanda Sykes!

[Spartan Girl]

Carousel: I am fully aware that Billy Bigelow is far from a role model to emulate, but this Rogers and Hammerstein lyric gets under my skin every time I hear it:

”You can have fun with a son, but you have to be a father to a girl.”

*stares long and hard into the camera*

Last time I checked, sons need parenting too, asshole!

[Shannon L.]

I like the movie Erin Brokovich, I really do, but the more I watch it and the older I get, the more I can't stand her (as she's portrayed in the movie-I know it could very well have been exaggerated for entertainment). How dare she treat Ed and the other employees and the lawyers they partnered with that way? And I'm sorry, but her clothes were very inappropriate for a law office (not that I think skirts and boxy blazers are necessary, but she could have done a little better). She's lucky she was so good with the clients and discovered there was a problem. I also don't blame her boyfriend for dumping her. Sure, she needed to see it through-the job was important- and I don't think it was fair that he asked her to quit, but she could've been nicer and more appreciative of him. 

Edited April 10, 2024 by Shannon L.

[BlueSkies]

On 4/10/2024 at 7:52 PM, Shannon L. said:

I like the movie Erin Brokovich, I really do, but the more I watch it and the older I get, the more I can't stand her (as she's portrayed in the movie-I know it could very well have been exaggerated for entertainment). How dare she treat Ed and the other employees and the lawyers they partnered with that way? And I'm sorry, but her clothes were very inappropriate for a law office (not that I think skirts and boxy blazers are necessary, but she could have done a little better). She's lucky she was so good with the clients and discovered there was a problem. I also don't blame her boyfriend for dumping her. Sure, she needed to see it through-the job was important- and I don't think it was fair that he asked her to quit, but she could've been nicer and more appreciative of him. 

This post reminded me of 2 things:

2001ish Julia Roberts seemed almost as big as Taylor Swift is today.  Almost.

 

Even as a kid I just assumed her outfits were designed to get men otherwise not interested to watch the movie.  It still hasn't worked with me.  lol 

[Spartan Girl]

Damage: Both Stephen and Anna can rot in hell for what they did to Martyn—not to mention Ingrid. But at least Stephen got some comeuppance for his actions. Anna just walked away soullessly from the scene of Martyn’s accident and the next time we sees her she’s living happily ever after with her ex? That pissed me off.

[Fool to cry]

Zorba The Greek. What happens to Irene Pappas' character made me want to burn that village to the ground.

 

[Blergh]

On 9/13/2024 at 12:19 PM, Fool to cry said:

Zorba The Greek. What happens to Irene Pappas' character made me want to burn that village to the ground.

 

I also loathed how the title character murdered her when she thought he was going to rescue from being stoned to death and how he & her onetime paramour (whose tryst had spurred the lynch mob's horrific actions) barely reacted to the whole turn of events or Zorba's  Madame Hortense's treasures having been looted by the buzzard villagers before she'd even taken her last breath- and they had ZERO compunctions about afterwards doing business with all the vile perps they KNEW had participated in these outrages! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And that movie was supposed to celebrate 'simple village life'?! NOPE!!!

[Spartan Girl]

Edward Scissorhands: The surbanites’ treatment of Edward—liking him as a novelty they can use until they turned on him as a freak for the braking and that predator bitch Joyce’s false accusations—was bad enough. But the fact that Kim didn’t even TRY to own up to the break-in was a million times worse. Her guilty conscience only stretched as far as defending Edward’s misguided ideas about what to do with stolen money at the dinner table as “nice”. Hey Kim, you know what else is the “nicer” thing to do? TELLING THE TRUTH.  Didn’t see you doing that!!!

And I’ve come to realize that the ending where she tells her granddaughter that it was better that she didn’t even visit Edward because she doesn’t want him to see her as old is just stupid and cruel. I would’ve preferred the final shot as something like Kim and the little girl entering the house right when Edward is working on the ice sculpture. Or screw Kim, just let the granddaughter go to the house and see him! Either way, Edward will end the movie with some goddamn company instead of being alone forever!

Edited October 19, 2024 by Spartan Girl

[Spartan Girl]

I really hate that Laura Linney’s character winds up alone in Love, Actually. What are you trying to say, movie? That caretakers of special needs people have to sacrifice everything? Because no. That shit does not fly with me.

Edited November 29, 2024 by Spartan Girl

[Bastet]

On 11/28/2024 at 4:37 PM, Spartan Girl said:

I really hate that Laura Linney’s character winds up alone in Love, Actually. What are you trying to say, movie? That caretakers of special needs people have to sacrifice everything? Because no. That shit does not fly with me.

Well, since almost everyone in that godawful movie who was in a relationship by the end would have been better off single, maybe she's the lucky one.

[Spartan Girl]

3 hours ago, Bastet said:

Well, since almost everyone in that godawful movie who was in a relationship by the end would have been better off single, maybe she's the lucky one.

Point taken.

The thing is, her plot was the only one that wasn’t problematic in any way. Just two single people that worked together and liked each other. And yet that was the one couple that didn’t get a happy ending? We’re supposed to applaud how she self-martyrs herself for her brother’s sake and doesn’t get any hope of trying again or at the very least finding a more understanding guy at the end? Screw that.

[Ohiopirate02]

On 12/1/2024 at 9:53 PM, Spartan Girl said:

Point taken.

The thing is, her plot was the only one that wasn’t problematic in any way. Just two single people that worked together and liked each other. And yet that was the one couple that didn’t get a happy ending? We’re supposed to applaud how she self-martyrs herself for her brother’s sake and doesn’t get any hope of trying again or at the very least finding a more understanding guy at the end? Screw that.

He was already pretty understanding. She didn't really give him a chance. I do agree that a happier ending for her character would be for her to establish some boundaries with her brother. He's already in a facility, she could very easily work with his therapists and staff there to lay down some rules like a call schedule or a maximum number of times he can call her per day or if she cannot pick up she will call him back in 10 minutes. Really just something that allows her to have a life outside of her brother.

[Browncoat]

It's a very co-dependent relationship.  We learn that when she calls him in the end -- I interpreted that to mean she calls him about as much as he calls her, we just don't see it until then.

[Spartan Girl]

9 hours ago, Browncoat said:

It's a very co-dependent relationship.  We learn that when she calls him in the end -- I interpreted that to mean she calls him about as much as he calls her, we just don't see it until then.

Yes, and that’s what pisses me off: the movie basically tries to justify the takeaway that caretakers shouldn’t have their own lives. Self-martyrdom at its highest. Ugh.