zogstar67 wrote:
I always find the "domestic abuse" aspect of the Hyde/Ivy relationship particularly disturbing and get just as nervous as she does whenever he comes into the room, especially on the first viewing or 2 when I really did not know what would happen.

As a woman, these scenes frighten me as well.  Because I've seen it so many times, the movie as a whole is no longer frightening, but those particular scenes are really frightening, and (as a woman), disgusting to me.  That's one of my pet peeves:  a man putting his hands on a woman.  And sadly, there are men like that in this world. smiley: tired