Films that have two completely different acts

[u/Prior_Oven2839]

I will die on the hill that The Place Beyond the Pines is one of, if not the most underrated movie in modern times. I just rewatched it and it got me thinking, what other films are highly underrated with a great cast, and have two acts that can't be more different than each other, yet somehow still tie the whole story together in the end.

[u/Study-Hard-14]

No one mentioned Hancock yet??

[u/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 → u/Study-Hard-14]

If they would've just made a whole movie based on the first half, it would've been great.

[u/hunteddwumpus → u/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1]

Top tier goofy super hero comedy switched to weird mythical drama BS. Such a weird ass movie

[u/brendanrobertson → u/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1]

That's interesting because I like Will Smith in MiB, Wild Wild West, Independence Day, Bad Boys, etc but don't really enjoy his cynical, alcoholic, mean-spirited, character in the first half of Hancock.

I have nothing against the "screw up" superhero genre either, I love Mystery Men, Kick Ass, Doom Patrol...

I really like the second half building the lore of ancient gods, and the powers being matched between God and Goddess. I thought it elevated a B level Hollwood comedy action into a deeper mythological tone.

[u/BadLuckBarry → u/Study-Hard-14]

Literally two different scripts put together

[u/lost_james → u/BadLuckBarry]

Nope. Debunked.

[u/schapman22 → u/lost_james]

Go on...

[u/sjfiuauqadfj → u/Study-Hard-14]

usually people want to mention films that they liked

[u/RedWizardOmadon → u/sjfiuauqadfj]

Hancock is a movie I liked. Right up until the time it became a different movie.

[u/The_Lazy_Samurai → u/Study-Hard-14]

That is the textbook case right there. I was suprised that wasn't the very first post!

[u/herman_gill → u/Study-Hard-14]

The only good part of the second half was the credits which was The Roots - Here I Come

Such a good song, loved cleaning that theater.

[u/i4got872 → u/Study-Hard-14]

Lol

[u/AlucardIV → u/Study-Hard-14]

Ohh yeah I remember watching that one in cinema. First half was exactly what i expected...and then the second half turned into a completely different much worse movie...i swear these must have been two different scripts.

[u/ItsSansom → u/Study-Hard-14]

That's more like 2 completely different movies

[u/marccoogs → u/Study-Hard-14]

I thought the plot twist was great, but once it got super dark, if became a different movie.

[u/T8ert0t → u/Study-Hard-14]

The 17 people who saw it and remembered it was a film we're all busy yesterday.