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In my experience, "A man who hates his life to the point of suicide is shown by a guardian angel how much the other people around him depend on him. As a resu

by throwaway1980 13y ago

In my experience, "A man who hates his life to the point of suicide is shown by a guardian angel how much the other people around him depend on him. As a result of seeing what the world would be like without him, he changes his mind about the suicide and ends up embracing the life he has, recognizing the simple yet wonderful things about it for what they are." is not a conventional Hollywood story. Do you have any other examples? I'm mostly interested not because I want to prove you wrong, but because I actually want to be wrong and I want to watch these movies if they exist. Groundhog Day is the only other one that comes to mind.

omegaham 13y ago
The Twilight Zone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Changing_of_the_Guard_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Changing_of_the_Guard_%28Th...
- throwaway1980 13y ago
  Hey cool, thanks! Incidentally I think the time loop mechanic from Groundhog Day is also from a TZ episode.
  - HNLogInShit 13y ago
    Don't remember the TZ episode, but before Groundhog Day there was Kurtwood Smith in a short with the same idea: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098962 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098962
itsadok 13y ago
Mr. Destiny: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100201/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100201/
- throwaway1980 13y ago
  Thanks to you too!
vacri 13y ago
There are plenty of non-conventional Hollywood stories in movies, you just need to look beyond the usual big studio crops. I'm also not sure that what you describe is a non-conventional Hollywood story: "Person has hard life (or a good life that hits a serious problem), is about to give up, finds something to have faith in, warm fuzzy ending" is a pretty generic tale.
- throwaway1980 13y ago
  Your synopsis is more general than what I'm thinking of, so of course it's going to catch more things. It's really the specific story of: 1) protagonist's life sucks; 2) protagonist gains deeper understanding about how life works; 3) protagonist sees the same life he was living before in a new light. I guess A Christmas Carol is about like that. I've seen quite a bit of film, but honestly, if it's really that generic, what are some other examples?

omegaham 13y ago

The Twilight Zone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Changing_of_the_Guard_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Changing_of_the_Guard_%28Th...

throwaway1980 13y ago
Hey cool, thanks! Incidentally I think the time loop mechanic from Groundhog Day is also from a TZ episode.
- HNLogInShit 13y ago
  Don't remember the TZ episode, but before Groundhog Day there was Kurtwood Smith in a short with the same idea: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098962 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098962

itsadok 13y ago

Mr. Destiny: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100201/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100201/

throwaway1980 13y ago
Thanks to you too!

vacri 13y ago

There are plenty of non-conventional Hollywood stories in movies, you just need to look beyond the usual big studio crops. I'm also not sure that what you describe is a non-conventional Hollywood story: "Person has hard life (or a good life that hits a serious problem), is about to give up, finds something to have faith in, warm fuzzy ending" is a pretty generic tale.

throwaway1980 13y ago
Your synopsis is more general than what I'm thinking of, so of course it's going to catch more things. It's really the specific story of: 1) protagonist's life sucks; 2) protagonist gains deeper understanding about how life works; 3) protagonist sees the same life he was living before in a new light. I guess A Christmas Carol is about like that. I've seen quite a bit of film, but honestly, if it's really that generic, what are some other examples?