Other movies that do a 180 half way through?
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sharePsycho
Million Dollar Baby
those instantly spring to mind as movies that completely flip, can't think of any more at the mo...
"don't think...feeeeel"
it started off as a bonnie and clyde type of movie but ended up as a stephen king vampire movie.
The Aztec temple at the end was a nice touch too.
Who else found it odd that when sex machine was bitten he turned like 5-9 minutes after he was bitten same as the Vietnam Vet. but when the preacher was bitten he turned like 45 minutes later?
Also, he left her there and said go home. Her parents are dead! She has no home! Ecspecially in Mexico!
The movie "The Usual Suspects". It has one of the best end twists ever in all cinema!!! It was Kevin Spacey's star vehicle..It put him on the map although he was already an established actor, but not like after his role in "The Usual Suspects". I give it my highest rating..rent it if you've never seen it.
shareDon't even bother to rent it, go directly to buying it, it is that good
Be yourself, everyone else is taken
That doesn't do a 180 half way through. It has the same tone and plot direction throughout, it's just that moments before the end, you discover something surprising about the villain.
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He turned later because it was beneficial to the plot and I think that she was better off for not going to El Rey because I've got a sense that once you go to El Rey, you never return and also that it isn't the type of place one would request to be in until the end of time. That is, unless you're an aimless, uncaring criminal like George Clooney.
that's because sex machine was bitten in the neck, and the preacher was bitten in the arm so it took longer to turn him into a vamp
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Taxi Driver goes from a probable romantic story to a crime film
Peace is a dillusion of the spoiled.
false... sex machine was also bitten on arm. just watched the film
shareSome inconsistent timelines for the changes for sure... all the people who get bitten in the initial assault take a good amount of time to change. Sex Machine changes within 10 minutes, the Vet is nearly instantaneous (within 2 mintes), and the preacher takes quite a while.
Theories- the no-name patrons took long to change because they had been sucked nearly dry and needed longer to regenerate.
Sex Machine- bitten on the arm, has most of his blood so he changes somewhat quickly
Vet- bitten on the neck, has most of his blood, super quick change
Preacher- bitten on the arm, has most of his blood so he would have probably lasted about as long as SM but... he is a holy man. The body is mostly water so in his case it is "holy water", therefore the change has to work against the effect of all the "holy water" in his system.
I know, it's a stretch. I just came up with this right now as I'm watching the movie lol.
how does million dollar baby do a 180?? or psycho?? i think you didnt understand the question about 180.
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I'll vouch for Psycho doing a 180.
It started as a drama/thriller about a woman, who normally wouldn't, committing a crime and trying to figure out a way to get away with it. Up until the mid-way point, in Psycho, Marion Crane is the psycho in question. SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT!!! ---- At the midway point she is brutally murdered and this occurance is followed by another murder. Thus, the film becomes a horror movie dealing with an altogether different type of psycho. ---- END SPOILER!!!
So, I would completely agree that Psycho is a movie that does a 180. In fact I think it is the original film that sparks the modern twist.
I don't know that I completely agree that Million Dollar Baby does a 180, but I can see how someone else would say that it does. It starts as a sport movie about an underdog ala Rocky and turns into a social drama dealing with moral questions about death and family.
Yeah, he understands the question.
psycho does. it's first a drama about a girl who stole some money, then out of nowhere it turns into a murder-mystery.
I hate the world, for I think of this country as the best of them, and I know how bad we are.
It starts out to be this story of a lady boxer and the father-daughter relationship she develops with her trainer, very uplifting and positive, and then she gets injured and the movie turns into this total tearjerker. I certainly didn't see such an abrupt change in the movie coming. I think it did a complete 180.
shareI havent seen Million Dollar Baby, but Psycho also came to my mind when I read this question. If you don't remember, we spend the first 30 minutes or so of that movie watching Marion (who we presume is the main character) steal money from her work in order to run away with her boyfriend. Once she has the money, she checks into the hotel off the highway and gets killed by Norman.
After her death, her plot is completely abandoned and has no bearing on the rest of the movie whatsover (with the exception of her sister showing up later).
Someone said Deer Hunter! Awesome example. And I love how sudden the change is! It doesn't show them going to Vietnam, it doesn't show them getting captured, it just goes straight from a happy wedding in the states to a really really intense POW scene!
Dammit Otto, you have Lupus!
psycho went from a movie about a woman on the run from the law to a horror film!
share"Miracle Mile" starring Anthony Edwards (ER, Top Gun) starts out as a romantic dramedy about a guy and his new girlfriend, detailing her family and his attempts to improve his reputation. Later he bungles a date b/c he's late to pick her up from the diner she waitresses at. Outside he notices a payphone ringing incessantly, and picks it up only to find it's a wrong # misdial. However, what he overhears during those few seconds on the phone, runs a chill down your spine... within minutes the entire movie has become an apocalyptic end-of-the-world suspense thriller = NOT AT ALL the type of movie we'd been lured into earlier.
shareI'll seoncd MILLION DOLLAR BABY.
shareIf someone really made a movie that completely changed genre, for no reason, then I bet most reviewers here would be really pissed off. Imagine, if you will, a crime/bank robbery story that winds up about halfway through, and then turns into a romantic comedy between two of the characters.
Or a teenage sex comedy that turns into a serious science fiction movie halfway through. Even if both parts were complete, good movies on their own, can you just imagine how infuriated people would be at this stupid movie? It's almost worth making one like this, just as a troll.
We can IMAGINE what is not.
The Crying Game kind of does the former. Starts as a crime film, becomes an unconventional romance.
share@whesse If someone really made a movie that completely changed genre, for no reason, then I bet most reviewers here would be really pissed off.
Well, isn't that why some people really hate this movie?