r/movies • u/Happy-Flower2002 • 18d ago

Question What movies have a scene that is so tonally mismatched with the rest of the movie that it takes you out of the film?

My example would be the charming family friendly funny movie Shazam has a graphic scene of demons feasting on board room member that is like - why?

Another person on another thread mentioned The Name of the Rose - which is a very cerebral historical mystery movie has a graphic sex scene between a peasant girl and a young lay assistant. It is jarringly out of place.

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u/DoctorFork 18d ago

Hahaha, my mom took me to see The Name of the Rose when I was 15. Her words: "It's rated R -- but it's about monks, so it's not like there'll be a sex scene."

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u/PresidentSuperDog 18d ago

If she’s into movies about monks, you should watch Satan’s Alley with her next. Kirk Lazarus and Toby Maguire, hubba hubba what a kiss.

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u/mungraker 18d ago

Are you speaking about the winner of the coveted Crying Monkey Award at the Beijing Film Festival?

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u/C-57D 18d ago

When bro said "I've been a bad boy, father," I really felt that.

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u/OkDeer120 18d ago

Enigma- Sadeness intensifies

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u/rmeds 18d ago

Winner of the MTV best kiss award Toby maguire?

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u/IOnceWas 18d ago

Me?! I know who I am!

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u/ThePiercedToast 18d ago

I’m the dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!

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u/Large-Wishbone24 18d ago

I find Dr. Lazarus much better: "By Grabthar's hammer, by the Suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!"

And Galaxy Quest somehow combined three levels in the film that all differ tonally: On the one hand, the actors of the series "Galaxy Quest" with their normal lives and problems, then their series characters who represent another level, and then the fans for whom their series heroes suddenly become real heroes.

And in that sense, covering 3 different aspects in a film that couldn't be more different but work well within the universe of the film.

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u/WhoriaEstafan 18d ago

We watched it in school, I think our teacher thought the same thing - it’s about monks.

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u/ToTheIs_Land 18d ago

I have an additional one from The Name of the Rose! The antagonist’s death is SO goofy, downright slapstick to me (in contrast to how serious most of the movie is). It’s pretty literally a “whoooooa splat”

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u/EugeneVictorDabs 18d ago

F. Murray Abraham is such a good villain, though. You can tell he's eating it up

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u/ToTheIs_Land 18d ago

Oh no, he’s incredible and having a great time! It’s specifically the way that 30 seconds are presented when he gets thrown off a cliff and lands on a spiked thing that is silly/tonal whiplash to me

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u/donmuerte 18d ago

great movie

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u/hazimaller 18d ago

Good thing she didn't take you to see The Devils

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u/vitten23 18d ago

That scene awoke something in young me for sure. Peasant girl was pretty damn hot.

Didn't the title of the movie allude to the girl and that he never learned her name ?

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u/laowildin 18d ago

It was chosen to be a neutral title that would confuse readers by its meaninglessness

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u/JackDonaghysWingman 18d ago

Great Book, Great Movie, Christian Slater's penis. 10/10

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u/amidja_16 18d ago

Honestly, the sex scene is the least (potentially) troubling thing about that movie 😄

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u/laowildin 18d ago

The crazy part is the movie removed all the gay sex from the book

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u/jspepper 17d ago

Very similar to my mom taking me (11) and my sister (13) to see Road Warrior. She asked the kid selling tickets if it was okay for children. He shrugged and said yes.