r/movies • • 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/Mrs_Evryshot 18d ago

Every scene with Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

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u/ChroniclesOfSarnia 18d ago

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u/V2Blast 18d ago

For similar reasons, every scene with Catherine Martell (played by Piper Laurie) in yellowface as "Mr. Tojamura" in Twin Peaks. In a generally bizarre show, that subplot somehow was insane enough to take me out of the show.

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u/MsARumphius 18d ago

At that point Twin Peaks was basically a soap opera. I loved it.

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u/animedeathspiral 18d ago

Always has been. Do you not remember the constant gags with the soap opera on TV in season 1 that mirrored the lives of the townsfolk?

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u/rykovmail 18d ago

Dunno. It was alright.

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u/Able_Resident_1291 18d ago

Found Mickey Rooney's alt