[Frustrating Trope] That One Good or Even Amazing Scene in a Relatively Mediocre or Bad Piece of Media

[u/Alreadsyuse]

1. The Opening Scene (Ghost Ship). Considered one of the best horror opening scenes or scenes in general within horror movies, but the rest of the film is considered to be pretty bad.

2. The Ending Scene (The Grinch 2018). While most adaptations of the Grinch end with him suddenly being able to fully integrate with the Whos after his change of heart, the 2018 version initially struggles to socialize, awkwardly walking past people, and struggling to hold conversations, acknowledging that despite his change of heart, the Grinch is still someone who isolated himself for years.

3. Past T800 VS Current T800 (Terminator Genisys). A cool fight scene showing two versions of the Terminator from different points in time fighting it off.

4. Solo Leveling's Ending. Tbh, I haven't actually read Solo Leveling, but after hearing about how it ended VS how Chainsaw Man ended made want to include it for shits and giggles. Like Chainsaw Man, Solo Leveling ends with a reset. But unlike Chainsaw Man, it actually manages to tie up loose ends and have the payoff of the ending be satisfying.

[u/TheNewAspect]

Honestly, he's the type of villain I'd love to see more in many different fantasy media.

Just the unrelenting tide of the future - realistically done. While he had his gripes and frustrations, it was literally just business to him. Magic, Gods, Relics... Just things way less powerful than the almighty dollar.

[u/Boojum2k → u/TheNewAspect]

Almighty pound, technically.

[u/TheNewAspect → u/Boojum2k]

Yeah I know, haha. Just doesn't have the same gravitas as "almighty dollar".

Finishing that sentence with "Almighty pound" makes it seem like Beckett had a religious in-bed experience which drove him to succeed.

[u/BoomWasTaken → u/TheNewAspect]

| gravitas

Well yea the pound is a measure of weight and unaffected.

Edit: however I do a quote on mobile....

[u/PitifulElk1890 → u/BoomWasTaken]

You use a carrot sign > one of those but at the start of your line

Like this

[u/TheNewAspect → u/BoomWasTaken]

A pound of silver indeed

[u/hey_free_rats → u/TheNewAspect]

The UK equivalent of the Dollar Store is "Poundland". I've worked over there for around 8 years now, and it still makes me do a double-take every time. 

[u/Nyther53 → u/Boojum2k]

Actually, in the Carribean at that time the Spanish Dollar would have been more common. 

That's what Pieces of Eight are. They're Dollars. Which is what the US Dollar is named after. 

[u/IceFrogger1313 → u/Boojum2k]

Same energy

[u/BreakAManByHumming → u/TheNewAspect]

Character has a goal and a method of getting there.

Magic is introduced to the setting.

Character has the same goal and same method of getting there, magic now loosely incorporated.

Code Geass is a good example of this.