Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Trope was cut/disambiguated due to cleanup
Deleted line(s) 14 (click to see context) :
* EvilIsSexy: Despite being a creepy, monstrous rapist and cold-blooded killer who makes your skin crawl, Ray Marcus still has this effect on some viewers because he's played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AdaptationalDisplacement: Most people don't know at first that this film is actually an adaptation of a book called ''Tony and Susan''. Notably, after the films release, the book was re-released and the title was changed to ''Nocturnal Animals'' as well.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TearJerker: [[DownerEnding The ending]], no thanks to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmw_KUF_oaM the gorgeous yet heartbreaking music]] playing over [[spoiler:Susan's attempt at reuniting with Edward only to be left alone.]] Roll credits.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NightmareFuel:
** The Hastings' first time meeting Ray Marcus is ''insanely'' tense, beginning with Ray taunting the family and going out of his way to humiliate Tony in front of his family and concluding with [[spoiler:Laura and India being forced into a car and driven off so Ray and his gang [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil can have their way with them]].]]
** Tony finding [[spoiler:his wife and daughter [[DropDeadGorgeous dead and stripped naked]] out in the desert.]] Worse part is when Detective Andes [[NothingIsScarier describes what was done to them]] before [[spoiler:their murders]], made even worse when he reveals that the one who suffered the most was [[spoiler:India.]]
** The Hastings' first time meeting Ray Marcus is ''insanely'' tense, beginning with Ray taunting the family and going out of his way to humiliate Tony in front of his family and concluding with [[spoiler:Laura and India being forced into a car and driven off so Ray and his gang [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil can have their way with them]].]]
** Tony finding [[spoiler:his wife and daughter [[DropDeadGorgeous dead and stripped naked]] out in the desert.]] Worse part is when Detective Andes [[NothingIsScarier describes what was done to them]] before [[spoiler:their murders]], made even worse when he reveals that the one who suffered the most was [[spoiler:India.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 7 (click to see context) from:
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The opening has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the film.
to:
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [[FanDisservice The opening opening]] has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the film.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
** Ray Marcus taking a dump out in the open, which Tony and Alberto have the misfortune of witnessing.
to:
** Ray Marcus taking a dump out in the open, which Tony and Alberto Detective Andes have the misfortune of witnessing.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* MemeticMutation: Susan's obvious {{expy}} in the book, Laura, is played by Isla Fisher, whose uncanny resemblance to Amy Adams has become a popular Internet meme. This film just served to revive the meme all over again.
to:
* MemeticMutation: MemeticMutation:
** Susan's obvious {{expy}} in the book, Laura, is played by Isla Fisher, whose uncanny resemblance to Amy Adams has become a popular Internet meme. This film just served to revive the meme all overagain.again.
** For some time, people recorded themselves or their friends who knew nothing about the movie [[{{Squick}} reacting]] to the surreal, FanDisservice-laden opening scene.
** Susan's obvious {{expy}} in the book, Laura, is played by Isla Fisher, whose uncanny resemblance to Amy Adams has become a popular Internet meme. This film just served to revive the meme all over
** For some time, people recorded themselves or their friends who knew nothing about the movie [[{{Squick}} reacting]] to the surreal, FanDisservice-laden opening scene.
Changed line(s) 20,21 (click to see context) from:
%%* {{Squick}}:
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Between the relentlessly bleak story that Susan reads, her present day life which involves being friends with insufferable bourgeois-types [[spoiler:and a possibly cheating husband]], and her rather rough past-relationship with Edward in flashbacks, the film doesn't shy away from showing how bad [[LoveHurts relationships]] or even ''[[HumansAreBastards people]]'' can be. Combine it with [[spoiler:a downer ending for ''each'' story]] and you've got a story that isn't exactly one would call a Sunday afternoon viewing.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Between the relentlessly bleak story that Susan reads, her present day life which involves being friends with insufferable bourgeois-types [[spoiler:and a possibly cheating husband]], and her rather rough past-relationship with Edward in flashbacks, the film doesn't shy away from showing how bad [[LoveHurts relationships]] or even ''[[HumansAreBastards people]]'' can be. Combine it with [[spoiler:a downer ending for ''each'' story]] and you've got a story that isn't exactly one would call a Sunday afternoon viewing.
to:
** For many viewers, the opening scene with all the [[FanDisservice obese, elderly naked women doing erotic poses]].
** Ray Marcus taking a dump out in the open, which Tony and Alberto have the misfortune of witnessing.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Between the relentlessly bleak story that Susan reads, her present day life which involves being friends with insufferable bourgeois-types [[spoiler:and a possibly cheating husband]], and her rather rough past-relationship with Edward in flashbacks, the film doesn't shy away from showing how bad [[LoveHurts relationships]] or even ''[[HumansAreBastards people]]'' can be. Combine it with [[spoiler:a
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 22 (click to see context) from:
* TheWoobie: Susan Morrow, the story's protagonist, and Tony Hastings, the protagonist of the in-universe novel. [[spoiler: Edward Sheffield, Susan's ex-husband and the novel's author also counts, but in the end it can be argued he's become more of a JerkassWoobie.]]
to:
* TheWoobie: Susan Morrow, the story's protagonist, and Tony Hastings, the protagonist of the in-universe novel. [[spoiler: Edward Sheffield, Susan's ex-husband and the novel's author also counts, but in the end it can be argued he's become more of a JerkassWoobie.]]]]
----
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 12 (click to see context) :
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Between the relentlessly bleak story that Susan reads, her present day life which involves being friends with insufferable bourgeois-types [[spoiler:and a possibly cheating husband]], and her rather rough past-relationship with Edward in flashbacks, the film doesn't shy away from showing how bad [[LoveHurts relationships]] or even ''[[HumansAreBastards people]]'' can be. Combine it with [[spoiler:a downer ending for ''each'' story]] and you've got a story that isn't exactly one would call a Sunday afternoon viewing.
Added DiffLines:
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Between the relentlessly bleak story that Susan reads, her present day life which involves being friends with insufferable bourgeois-types [[spoiler:and a possibly cheating husband]], and her rather rough past-relationship with Edward in flashbacks, the film doesn't shy away from showing how bad [[LoveHurts relationships]] or even ''[[HumansAreBastards people]]'' can be. Combine it with [[spoiler:a downer ending for ''each'' story]] and you've got a story that isn't exactly one would call a Sunday afternoon viewing.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
* AwardSnub: Even though he took home the Golden Globe Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, though Creator/MichaelShannon was nominated in his place. The film also wasn't nominated for Best Picture, Director or Adapted Screenplay. Also, despite pre-release hype, Creator/AmyAdams wasn't nominated in ''any'' award selection for Best Actress for her role, nor was Jake Gyllenhaal nominated for Best Actor.
to:
* AwardSnub: Even though he took home the Golden Globe Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, though Creator/MichaelShannon was nominated in his place. The film also wasn't nominated for Best Picture, Director Director, Cinematography or Adapted Screenplay. Also, despite pre-release hype, Creator/AmyAdams wasn't nominated in ''any'' award selection for Best Actress for her role, nor was Jake Gyllenhaal nominated for Best Actor.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Creator/AaronJohnson is cast well against type here, and those who only know him for his acting in blockbuster movies were surprised by how nasty and unpleasant he was. Not surprisingly he was nominated for, and more surprisingly ''won'' a Golden Globe for his chilling performance.
to:
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Creator/AaronJohnson Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson is cast well against type here, and those who only know him for his acting in blockbuster movies were surprised by how nasty and unpleasant he was. Not surprisingly he was nominated for, and more surprisingly ''won'' a Golden Globe for his chilling performance.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
* AwardSnub: Even though he took home the Golden Globe Creator/AaronJohnson wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, though Creator/MichaelShannon was nominated in his place. The film also wasn't nominated for Best Picture, Director or Adapted Screenplay. Also, despite pre-release hype, Creator/AmyAdams wasn't nominated in ''any'' award selection for Best Actress for her role, nor was Jake Gyllenhaal nominated for Best Actor.
to:
* AwardSnub: Even though he took home the Golden Globe Creator/AaronJohnson Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, though Creator/MichaelShannon was nominated in his place. The film also wasn't nominated for Best Picture, Director or Adapted Screenplay. Also, despite pre-release hype, Creator/AmyAdams wasn't nominated in ''any'' award selection for Best Actress for her role, nor was Jake Gyllenhaal nominated for Best Actor.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
* CompleteMonster: In the titular [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe novel]], [[AxCrazy Ray Marcus]] is a sadistic thug hiding behind a veneer of smug innocence. Running the Hastings family off the road on an abandoned highway, Ray terrorizes the family alongside his gang before kidnapping, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil violently raping]], then murdering Laura and her teenage daughter India. Attempting to kill the father, Tony, in the process, Ray goes on to continue his crime spree before feigning ignorance when confronted by Detective Andes on his past rape charges and attack on the Hastings. Upon finally dropping all pretense of innocence, Ray [[EvilGloating cheerfully brags]] to Tony that he raped and killed the man's family out of mere pride and because "[[ForTheEvulz killing is fun]]", before trying to bludgeon Tony with a fire poker.
to:
* CompleteMonster: In the titular [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe novel]], [[AxCrazy Ray Marcus]] is a sadistic thug hiding behind a veneer of smug innocence. Running the Hastings family off the road on an abandoned highway, Ray terrorizes the family alongside his gang before kidnapping, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil violently raping]], then murdering Laura and her teenage daughter India. Attempting to kill the father, Tony, in the process, Ray goes on to continue his crime spree before feigning ignorance when confronted by Detective Andes on his past rape charges and attack on the Hastings. Upon finally dropping all pretense of innocence, Ray [[EvilGloating cheerfully brags]] to Tony that he raped and killed the man's family out of mere pride and because "[[ForTheEvulz killing is fun]]", before trying to bludgeon Tony with a fire fireplace poker.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
* CompleteMonster: In the titular in-universe novel, [[AxCrazy Ray Marcus]] is a sadistic thug hiding behind a veneer of smug innocence. Running the Hastings family off the road on an abandoned highway, Ray terrorizes the family alongside his gang before kidnapping, violently raping, then murdering Laura and her teenage daughter India. Attempting to kill the father, Tony, in the process, Ray goes on to continue his crime spree before feigning ignorance when confronted by Detective Andes on his past rape charges and attack on the Hastings. Upon finally dropping all pretense of innocence, Ray cheerfully brags to Tony that he raped and killed the man's family out of mere pride and because "killing is fun", before trying to bludgeon Tony with a fire poker.
to:
* CompleteMonster: In the titular [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe novel, novel]], [[AxCrazy Ray Marcus]] is a sadistic thug hiding behind a veneer of smug innocence. Running the Hastings family off the road on an abandoned highway, Ray terrorizes the family alongside his gang before kidnapping, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil violently raping, raping]], then murdering Laura and her teenage daughter India. Attempting to kill the father, Tony, in the process, Ray goes on to continue his crime spree before feigning ignorance when confronted by Detective Andes on his past rape charges and attack on the Hastings. Upon finally dropping all pretense of innocence, Ray [[EvilGloating cheerfully brags brags]] to Tony that he raped and killed the man's family out of mere pride and because "killing "[[ForTheEvulz killing is fun", fun]]", before trying to bludgeon Tony with a fire poker.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
that's a bit mean
Deleted line(s) 19 (click to see context) :
* NauseaFuel: The opening scene can have this effect. Naked dancing fat ladies! [[SarcasmMode Have fun!]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
* CompleteMonster: In the titular "Nocturnal Animals" in-universe novel, [[AxCrazy Ray Marcus]] is a sadistic thug hiding behind a veneer of smug innocence. Running the Hastings family off the road on an abandoned highway, Ray terrorizes the family alongside his gang before kidnapping, violently raping, then murdering Laura and her teenage daughter India. Attempting to kill the father, Tony, in the process, Ray goes on to continue his crime spree before feigning ignorance when confronted by Detective Andes on his past rape charges and attack on the Hastings. Upon finally dropping all pretense of innocence, Ray cheerfully brags to Tony that he raped and killed the man's family out of mere pride and because "killing is fun", before trying to bludgeon Tony with a fire poker.
to:
* CompleteMonster: In the titular "Nocturnal Animals" in-universe novel, [[AxCrazy Ray Marcus]] is a sadistic thug hiding behind a veneer of smug innocence. Running the Hastings family off the road on an abandoned highway, Ray terrorizes the family alongside his gang before kidnapping, violently raping, then murdering Laura and her teenage daughter India. Attempting to kill the father, Tony, in the process, Ray goes on to continue his crime spree before feigning ignorance when confronted by Detective Andes on his past rape charges and attack on the Hastings. Upon finally dropping all pretense of innocence, Ray cheerfully brags to Tony that he raped and killed the man's family out of mere pride and because "killing is fun", before trying to bludgeon Tony with a fire poker.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Approved by the thread
.
.Added DiffLines:
* CompleteMonster: In the titular "Nocturnal Animals" in-universe novel, [[AxCrazy Ray Marcus]] is a sadistic thug hiding behind a veneer of smug innocence. Running the Hastings family off the road on an abandoned highway, Ray terrorizes the family alongside his gang before kidnapping, violently raping, then murdering Laura and her teenage daughter India. Attempting to kill the father, Tony, in the process, Ray goes on to continue his crime spree before feigning ignorance when confronted by Detective Andes on his past rape charges and attack on the Hastings. Upon finally dropping all pretense of innocence, Ray cheerfully brags to Tony that he raped and killed the man's family out of mere pride and because "killing is fun", before trying to bludgeon Tony with a fire poker.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* HeReallyCanAct: Creator/AaronJohnson is cast well against type here, and those who only know him for his acting in blockbuster movies were surprised by how nasty and unpleasant he was. Not surprisingly he was nominated for, and more surprisingly ''won'' a Golden Globe for his chilling performance.
to:
* HeReallyCanAct: SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Creator/AaronJohnson is cast well against type here, and those who only know him for his acting in blockbuster movies were surprised by how nasty and unpleasant he was. Not surprisingly he was nominated for, and more surprisingly ''won'' a Golden Globe for his chilling performance.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 18 (click to see context) from:
* NauseaFuel: The opening scene can have this effect.
to:
* NauseaFuel: The opening scene can have this effect. Naked dancing fat ladies! [[SarcasmMode Have fun!]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
%% Bring CompleteMonster examples to this thread before adding any: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=6vic3f9h1cy5qivsenw8llok&page=1. Check the FAQ first to see what would qualify characters for the trope, and if there has been previous discussion on the work.
to:
%% Bring CompleteMonster Complete Monster examples to this thread before adding any: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=6vic3f9h1cy5qivsenw8llok&page=1. Check the FAQ first to see what would qualify characters for the trope, and if there has been previous discussion on the work.
