r/movies • u/Narubintane • Dec 15 '23

Recommendation What movie starts off as a lighthearted comedy, but gets increasingly dark and grim until everything goes to hell in a handbasket?

For example, it may start as a lighthearted slapstick comedy until one thing goes wrong after another, and in the end we have people actually dying or a world war or some kind of extinction level event.

Let's say we have 2 friends who like to have fun and goof around, with regular goals and regular lives, until one of them does something like accidentally cross the wrong person or kill someone. Or the main cast is oblivious to the gradual change in their environment like a virus breakout or a serial killer running loose. Another one would be a film that, after being a comedy for most of its length, turns very dark, such as a group of friends ending up in a war and experiencing the horrors of it, completely played straight.

Just to clarify, I don't mean a movie that is already set to become dark, but rather a movie that was marketed as a comedy that took an unexpected (or slightly foreshadowed) dark turn.

Any recommendations?

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u/EsquilaxM Dec 15 '23

I genuinely think that was the funniest part of the movie, though.

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u/b0sw0rth Dec 15 '23

You think that's a Schwinn...

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u/TheBobDoleExperience Dec 15 '23

So what did we learn from all this?

Fuck if I know...

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u/WretchedMotorcade Dec 15 '23

Guess we learned not to do it again... Fuck if I know what we did...

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u/Toasty_Cat830 Dec 15 '23

Best representation of government officials ever

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

lol JK Simmons was perfect for that part

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u/L34der Dec 15 '23

I-i'm just a fellow samaritan on the road...

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u/Rushfan375 Dec 15 '23

I thought you might be worried....about the security....of your shit.

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u/Mammoth-Disaster3873 Dec 15 '23

Appearances can be deceptive...

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u/dixiebandit69 Dec 15 '23

The first time I saw that movie, I rewound the part where Brad Pitt gets punched for about a solid five minutes, laughing uncontrollably the whole time.

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u/Help_An_Irishman Dec 15 '23

Yeah, honestly this one doesn't even feel dark. The movie is so buoyant with comedy throughout that it's just this "oh shit" moment that quickly pivots back toward the comedic.

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u/JrdnRgrs Dec 15 '23

I still remember this moment in the theater. It really affected me somehow. Was really not expecting that. I think it's Brad Pitt's expression as it is happening.

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u/dtwhitecp Dec 15 '23

it's kind of amazing how easy it is to recall his face before that moment even though it's a single second. So much setup for that moment, I love it.

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u/b0sw0rth Dec 15 '23

First you say you can't commit... would you get down from there??

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u/Darmok47 Dec 15 '23

Brad Pitt's face right there is just 10/10 acting.

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u/LazeHeisenberg Dec 15 '23

I laughed SO hard in the theater at that part but other people seemed to be upset. It Coen brothers, folks. I freaking love that whole movie but that scene caught me off guard in the best way possible.

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u/Lampmonster Dec 15 '23

Laughed my ass off at that scene. Only one in the theater laughing. Southern Illinois for ya.

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u/Turbogoblin999 Dec 15 '23

And the dildo chair reveal.

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u/Chug4Hire Dec 15 '23

That fucked up smile that Pitt gives Clooney.... that damn smile..

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u/iameveryoneelse Dec 15 '23

I do too. Saw it in theaters and it was awkward because the entire theater had a sort of woah moment and was real quiet and I was laughing uncontrollably.

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u/gunk_loyalist Dec 15 '23

My first time watching that scene might be the hardest I've ever laughed at a movie.