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Miracle Mile starts as a romantic comedy and swerves after the first 10 minutes into a race to flee incoming USSR nuclear warheads.
Great choice! Did not expect that ending, either.
Miracle Mile starts as a romantic comedy and swerves after the first 10 minutes into a race to flee incoming USSR nuclear warheads.
The book hit way harder. I had to reread that chapter a few times to make sure I was reading it right
Where the wild things are is just a sweet young kids book right?
Well fuck me not the movie.
Anyway, my answer is Babe: Pig In The City. Great movie. The tone picks up by the end, but there's some old school children story weirdness in the middle.
Same for me. I was told it was a Hitchcockian thriller. I went to a midnight showing *alone*, expecting some suspense. I was not expecting torture porn at all. That movie got me bad.One that comes to mind is Audition, a romance drama film about a widower whose friend holds fake auditions to help him find a girl...
Same for me. I was told it was a Hitchcockian thriller. I went to a midnight showing *alone*, expecting some suspense. I was not expecting torture porn at all. That movie got me bad.
Adam Sandler is a con man and a criminal. he is not an artist. he is 100% scum and that piece of shit should be in prison.
What Dreams May Come
Oh, I had forgotten about that movie! I loved it as a kid.I can't watch Batteries Not Included again. I don't need to. Great movie. I just don't need to watch it anymore.
I hate how this film adheres to an in-universe logic that suicidal people are sent immediately to hell because "that's just the way it is!".
Fuck off, Cuba Gooding JR.
I haven't seen the movie but... sounds about right? Dahl's books are often darker than your average children's tale.
OK, I've got a TV series, adult swim one I believe... Moral Orel... Good Lord I thought this'll be fun, so damn bleak
Brave Little Toaster. I watched the movie all the time as a kid and seemed to recall it being this bright, cutesy animated feature. Then I found the movie on Youtube... I was so very, very wrong.
Yeah, I thought it would be a raunchy animated sitcom but holy shit, does Bojack Horseman go places. Still my favorite Netflix original.Not really a movie, but damn:
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Expected fart and dick jokes in typical Adam Sandler fanfare. Got that.
And then the movie goes through an existential crisis and it legitimately got me teary.
1. The way they break the news in the beginning got the sadness out of the way for me. The rest of the movie was not as sad as I expected because I knew how it ended.Grave of the Fireflies
"It's a Ghibli movie, let's watch it as I need something lighthearted since I'm feeling a bit depressed"
Best idea ever.
This. I don't know how you read the book and then transform it into that. I took a girl I liked to this movie since we were both fans of the book. We barely talked after that.
I'm a bit suspicious when someone didn't expect Watership Down as being dark, as both the plot synopsis and quote at the top of the theatrical poster have a clear indication of its heaviness. But..animated rabbits
I think we could end this thread right here.
I'll go with Fantastic Beasts. You'd expect it's just a light-hearted continuation of the Harry Potter universe in prequel form with some guy chasing his funny looking creatures around an American city, yet you get a story aboutorphans, the occult and cults,
child abuse, (including a boy being battered by his "guardian" for life and then being exploited by someone that pretends to befriend him to the point where his hopelessness leads him to his death), social outcasts and the struggle to fit into a society and groupings which you fundamentally disagree with but have to live with, etc.
My Wife told me about this light hearted, romantic comedy with Ryan Reynolds she stumbled upon while zapping through channels. So we watched it together the next weekend. It was more than just a romantic comedy...
My tip: don't watch trailers or look at the poster. Watch it blind.
Million Dollar Baby. Expected a modern Rocky with a female lead...noooope, ending was super depressing.
Miracle Mile starts as a romantic comedy and swerves after the first 10 minutes into a race to flee incoming USSR nuclear warheads.
I can't believe I forgot Miracle Mile, great pick. It goes from cheesy 80s romance (complete with soft sunset lighting) to one of the most eerie nuke movies I've ever seen. Best dreamy ghost town LA atmosphere alongside Michael Mann's Collateral, but nobody ever talks about this one.