10 Insane Recent Movie Moments Nobody Saw Coming
7. Lydia Conducts A Monster Hunter Concert - Tár
Todd Haynes' Oscar-nominated drama Tár was one of 2022's most unforgettable films, centered around a celebrated conductor, Lydia Tár (a phenomenal Cate Blanchett), who is accused of sexual abuse.
At the end of the film, Lydia's reputation is left in tatters as she's removed as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, and consequently moves to the Philippines in order to keep working.
The closing moments show Lydia preparing to play with her new orchestra, the message seemingly being that "cancel culture" doesn't exist and Lydia will continue to make a solid living regardless of her acts, until the final seconds reveal precisely what she's conducting.
As Lydia begins conducting, Haynes cuts to an audience full of Monster Hunter cosplayers, revealing that she's conducting the score for one of the iconic video games.
The ending isn't in any way a slight against Monster Hunter fans, but rather that for Lydia, conducting a video game score for an audience of people dressed up as their character, is a colossal fall from grace from her prior glory.
Even though keen-eyed viewers might've noticed that Monster Hunter was credited in the film's lengthy opening titles sequence, it was probably more reasonable to assume that the game would be visible on a TV at some point, rather than the fantasy franchise actually serving as a major plot point at the end of the movie.
All the same, it made for an hilarious and totally unexpected exclamation point on which to conclude the story.