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Movies that get fucking dark out of nowhere
- Thread starter Blue Skies
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I would say Kill List. It starts off dark because it's about a hit man but I was not prepared for how dark and fucked up it was gonna get by the end.
Amazing movie though. One of my favorites.
Also, the movie Super with Rainn Wilson. That shit got real dark.
Amazing movie though. One of my favorites.
Also, the movie Super with Rainn Wilson. That shit got real dark.
"Mother", but that one is more or less dark from the get go. Amazing movie btw.
The Brave Little Toaster.
One moment all the appliances will be singing happy songs across a picturesque countryside, the next they're either having nightmares about killer clowns or trying to escape humans (or even other machines) trying to scrap them. The frequency and intensity of mood whiplash in that film is absolutely insane.
One moment all the appliances will be singing happy songs across a picturesque countryside, the next they're either having nightmares about killer clowns or trying to escape humans (or even other machines) trying to scrap them. The frequency and intensity of mood whiplash in that film is absolutely insane.
WTF I'd never seen this. Disney put this on Disney+ for kids?! It ought to be on Hulu...
Bicentennial Man.
It was marketed as "Fun light hearted family comedy with robin williams as a robot who learns to feel."
And for the first half of the film it is. Then it takes a hard turn to the 'time destroys all and you should be grateful' side of things.
Also Infinity War. I know that anyone following the film production or with a knowledge of comics would know that it was not the end, but I knew so many people who thought it was going to be the grand finale that endgame turned out to be. Iknow so many people who o were super excitd about the culmination of 10 years of movies and seeing the story end....and all I could think was "my poor sweet summer child"
It was marketed as "Fun light hearted family comedy with robin williams as a robot who learns to feel."
And for the first half of the film it is. Then it takes a hard turn to the 'time destroys all and you should be grateful' side of things.
Also Infinity War. I know that anyone following the film production or with a knowledge of comics would know that it was not the end, but I knew so many people who thought it was going to be the grand finale that endgame turned out to be. Iknow so many people who o were super excitd about the culmination of 10 years of movies and seeing the story end....and all I could think was "my poor sweet summer child"
I find myself wanting to object to saying that movie took a dark turn. I guess it's more like a surreal dark comedic turn. It's just one of those movies that you expect to go one of several directions and then it goes to another place entirely.
I think a large part of that is due to the marketing of the movie, perhaps one of the most deceptive marketing campaigns of all time.
I doubt this will come up but I feel a similar way with Empire. Basically the movie ends with the good guys losing and barely escaping, and if there was no part 3 (or 6) it would be pretty depressing.
I watched that god knows how often back then. Haven't seen it in ages. I remember those scenes (and the scrapyard is probably the one I remember most vivdly). Yes, it's really dark. But man, it's a great movie.
FR. It was required reading for pretty much everyone I knew in elementary school.
Also, not really out of nowhere, but the trailer for Dark Shadows made the movie look like the regular gothic dark comedy Tim Burton is know for. Well, more or less all jokes where in the trailer and overall the movie was actually rather dark and serious. I liked the movie.
The Ides of March is the day of Caesar's assassination so I wasn't remotely surprised what happened in that movie lmao.
This Japanese movie called Himeanole. Unfortunately the shift makes the movie bad, but hey.
There's also the Korean movie My Ordinary Love Story which has a similar thing going on, but has the radical idea of still being fun even when things get dark
it starts as a weird mumblecore sort of romcom. Then halfway through the most insane title drop in cinema happens and it instantly turns horror as we shift to a minor character who turns out to be a stalker/serial killer! cue a bunch of nihilistic very bad no good acts
There's also the Korean movie My Ordinary Love Story which has a similar thing going on, but has the radical idea of still being fun even when things get dark
girl is convinced her boyfriend is cheating on her and goes on a bunch of wacky hijinks to prove it. Turns out oops! he's a murderer!
Not just you lol. Old Steven Seagal did not like it one bit either.
Coherence.
I saw it with little info about it and it just seemed a story of a group of friends having dinner, until all that shit starts happening and you are equally confused as the characters (or more).
I saw it with little info about it and it just seemed a story of a group of friends having dinner, until all that shit starts happening and you are equally confused as the characters (or more).
Yeah I heard they had threatened to sue him if he didn't film it.
Read up on it, it's funny as hell. He pouted like a baby in his trailer until they basically forced him to film.
I went into Overlord dark, and for like the first 30 mins, it was a pretty great straight shooter war movie. Then it gets really fucked up.
Didn't Kirby just randomly have a panic attack and spontaneously start choking on his own cord at one point?
That movie is fucked up.
Came here to say this.
Goes from wacky goofy hijinks to whoa what the fuck is happening in literally half a second.
This is my go-to answer when this thread gets made. A light-hearted road movie about two mismatched people. Hey, look, here's Ray Liotta! Oh...
Great soundtrack, too, as is always the case with a Demme film.
The Last American Virgin has a gut-punch ending. Hey, I don't want real feelings and consequences in my '80s raunchy teen comedy!
Great choice, I hadn't seen Welcome to the Dollhouse and if I remember correctly the trailer didn't give any indication of what was to come. It was genuinely shocking to me.
