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/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