what are example of movies with big ending gestures? not twists, exactly. but an unexpectedly dramatic thing happens.
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Parasite!
Though I don’t know if they could have landed it in less extreme ways
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Once upon a time in Hollywood in a more modest way, though you kinda expect it because it’s Tarantino. But without that extratextual context, the blowup was weird
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yep that one definitely had it too. agree it was less built than parasite's. but satisfying in its own way...since you kind of keep expecting *something* to happen the whole movie.
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Now I’m thinking of the same effect in the beginning of stories. One reason the original Matrix felt so punchy was that Neo’s story goes from ordinary hacker tale to much higher drama weird metaphysical tale in an instant when his mouth closes up
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probably a common feature of wizard of oz/alice in wonderland type stories. stories where there's an abrupt change between two worlds with very different moods.
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though yeah...in terms of an unexpected genre mood shift, 'the matrix' *is* something slightly to the left of that.
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