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Movies that get fucking dark out of nowhere
- Thread starter Blue Skies
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Calvary comes to mind.
It's obviously dark from the get-go, but most of it is typical McDonagh dark comedy in a similar vein as The Guard, with an ensemble cast of whacky townsfolk. Then it just keeps going. I spent a long time wondering if I even enjoyed the movie, but ultimately I did.
This has been covered to death by every "Top 10 WTF Moments in Nostalgic Children's Movies!" listicle, but The Adventures of Mark Twain gets pretty dark. Even removed from its infamous Mysterious Stranger segment, the latter half of the movie focuses on Twain being two people--one jovial, witty lover of life in a white suit, and one bitter, depressed misanthrope in a black suit. The conclusion sees the two uniting to become to full vision of Mark Twain before ascending to Halley's Comet to die.
It's obviously dark from the get-go, but most of it is typical McDonagh dark comedy in a similar vein as The Guard, with an ensemble cast of whacky townsfolk. Then it just keeps going. I spent a long time wondering if I even enjoyed the movie, but ultimately I did.
This has been covered to death by every "Top 10 WTF Moments in Nostalgic Children's Movies!" listicle, but The Adventures of Mark Twain gets pretty dark. Even removed from its infamous Mysterious Stranger segment, the latter half of the movie focuses on Twain being two people--one jovial, witty lover of life in a white suit, and one bitter, depressed misanthrope in a black suit. The conclusion sees the two uniting to become to full vision of Mark Twain before ascending to Halley's Comet to die.
I thought on the contrary that it stopped getting dark out of nowhere LOL.
Great example.
Gymkata. When Kurt Thomas ends up in the Village of the Crazies. Spooked me as a kid, and I'm sure someone at Capcom got inspired by that scene for RE4.
AH AH AH Of course.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is almost entirely a black comedy, but there's one moment near the end where it got really fucked up when Del Toro's character started threatening the waitress after she started standing up for herself.
It got *too* real, there's no music or anything and I came out of it feeling really cold.
It got *too* real, there's no music or anything and I came out of it feeling really cold.
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Observe and Report is very dark to begin with but I didn't expect the ending to the chase.
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Maybe not entirely out of nowhere if you're familiar with Grave of the Fireflies and know that it's from the same director. But it's very brutal and tragic for a movie about cute animals.
It's funny because it still keeps the dark humor until the endBurn After Reading.
This. Fucking. Scene. [this still is not a spoiler]
EDIT: I see TickleMeElbow was equally disturbed.
Does it? The entire movie is a slow descent into crazy shit happening.
OP
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For me it was a movie called : I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore.
Got really messed up at the end lol.
Got really messed up at the end lol.
I love this movie but is it out of nowhere..? Titled 'Very Bad Things' I would think most people would expect the film to include some quite bad things.
Still, I'd recommend this to be watched with as little info as possible, the way the plot keeps on spiraling is well done. For me it hit the perfect balance, it's aggressive/dark yet also honestly amusing/enjoyable. Many 'dark comedies' seem to be only one or the other.
Not exactly 'dark' but...
From comedy to drama.
One of Adam Sandler's entertaining films in my opinion.
From comedy to drama.
One of Adam Sandler's entertaining films in my opinion.
This is a good one. Saw it in the theater and my girlfriend and I were like "o_O". Ran into some friends there that had just seen it, too, and we all agreed it was way darker than we ever expected.
The movie starts of some dark family stuff though. I guess unlike some other films, the escapism doesn't work so it's unexpectedly dark in other ways. Really love this movie overall, but I'm not sure it fits here..
I thought on the contrary that it stopped getting dark out of nowhere LOL.
Great example.
AH AH AH Of course.
Loool never noticed until now.
Yeah, and the book has hints of it as well, but the film starts out kinda dark and sad but them it's FUN ESCAPISM LAND! and then that goes dark fast, like kinda scary, honestly. Before obviously warming up and being sad, but the film feels like it's going the route of friendship! learn a life lesson and a bitter sweet goodbye, seeing the imaginary world turn on Max so harshly was pretty jarring, as was the sad dialogue. Love the film though.
How is Hancock not the first answer?
This is second place:
This is second place:
This one starts off like a typical undercover cop thriller, then veers HARD FUCKING LEFT and gets into some really, really fucking uncomfortable territory with these two assholes:
I'm not gonna spoil it but god damn, I wasn't prepared walking into this one.
What is with Korean directors and heavy tone shifts? I saw a film called Save the Green Planet, I was in middle school at the time and went in completely blind and it was harrowing. Here's a poster:
Cute right? Little did my best friend at the time's parents know that it's focused around
an almost Saw-like imprisonment and torture scenario, includes multiple murders and culminates in the complete destruction of Earth.
I was surprised it took a few pages to get to this one. Was the first that came to my mind.
This is a great movie. I was going to list it but I felt like it was kinda crazy from beginning to end. It's like the director wanted to stuff every kind of genre into one movie. Some people in this thread are saying Old Boy, but I don't feel like there's a shift in tone in that movie. Just a big twist.What is with Korean directors and heavy tone shifts? I saw a film called Save the Green Planet, I was in middle school at the time and went in completely blind and it was harrowing. Here's a poster:
Cute right? Little did my best friend at the time's parents know that it's focused aroundan almost Saw-like imprisonment and torture scenario, includes multiple murders and culminates in the complete destruction of Earth.
Look who's back for sure.
I don't want to spoil the movie but it goes from comedy toooooooo um.....yeah XD 0.0
You must watch it. Watch it noooooooooooow, or don't whatever. It's on Netflax
I don't want to spoil the movie but it goes from comedy toooooooo um.....yeah XD 0.0
You must watch it. Watch it noooooooooooow, or don't whatever. It's on Netflax
Maybe not entirely out of nowhere if you're familiar with Grave of the Fireflies and know that it's from the same director. But it's very brutal and tragic for a movie about cute animals.
hell no, they were obnoxious and really hard to root for. The message in the movie is incredibly important, but I really didn't careit otherwise.
And yeah, giant testicles didnt help
The first half of Boogie Nights is a straight up comedy.
I knew I shouldn't have entered this thread. I'm pretty sure I know the film you're talking about, and I had been meaning to watch it soon since I've seen that directors most recent film not long ago. :(
I knew I shouldn't have entered this thread. I'm pretty sure I know the film you're talking about, and I had been meaning to watch it soon since I've seen that directors most recent film not long ago. :(
So why are people say Oldboy?
the movie opens with the protagonist being kidnapped and imprisioned for years for aparently no reason.
we see how the isolation bleeds out so much of his sanity and humanity.
sure it gets worse from there but the general tone is pretty fucking dark from page 1
the movie opens with the protagonist being kidnapped and imprisioned for years for aparently no reason.
we see how the isolation bleeds out so much of his sanity and humanity.
sure it gets worse from there but the general tone is pretty fucking dark from page 1
If anything, I argue that it becomes lighter. It starts as a depressing tale of a drunk superhero devoid of purpose, then evolves into straight up heroic fantasy story.
Many Thai Comedy/Drama movies did a lot that movie suddenly become sad/dark moment (even Horror movies on Drama Part)
Example. ไอ้ฟัก / AI - FAK aka The Judgement (2004) Thai Movies that base from the novel.
From Poster You think is Romcom movie right?
Now Go read wiki for summary
Example. ไอ้ฟัก / AI - FAK aka The Judgement (2004) Thai Movies that base from the novel.
From Poster You think is Romcom movie right?
Now Go read wiki for summary
There we go. The kids and their parents thought the 1986 Transformers movie was a harmless kids movie about robot toys. Little did they know that Hasbro is about to scar them for good by cynically killing their favourites to clean out the slate and sell new toys.
Audition.
Really sad this wasn't the first goddamn reply. There is no finer answer to the question.
There we go. The kids and their parents thought the 1986 Transformers movie was a harmless kids movie about robot toys. Little did they know that Hasbro is about to scar them for good by cynically killing their favourites to clean out the slate and sell new toys.
GI JOE The Movie featured Cobra Commander's gruesome transformation into a cobra and Duke being impaled by a poisonous snake.
Parasite. The tone of the film was very uneven and I enjoyed the first half of the film a lot more than the second.
Surprised at all the mentions of Audition. Miike was known for making shocking films and it was almost exclusively marketed on the torture scene.