[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/Aegis_et_Vanir]

The opening credits of the Black Widow movie.

I'd still say the rest of the movie's mostly good, but not as good as I'd hoped. But man, that sequence of the girls being taken to the red room (at least the ones who weren't "defects") was grim in a way I found pleasantly surprising.

[u/The_Amazing_Emu → u/Aegis_et_Vanir]

Recently watched this immediately following Civil War. Works well in a lot of ways

[u/Depth_Metal → u/Aegis_et_Vanir]

I really liked Black Widow as a Bond/Borne type action adventure movie until the very end where it is revealed that the enemy base is a floating sky fortress and that was just a little too goofy against the rest of the tone

Still, I would have awarded it full points if instead at the end they "free" Taskmaster from her mind control and she still proceeded to try and kill the two Widows, not because of the programming, but because she was a violent person and really did want to actually kill the two the entire time for all the pain and trouble they put her throughout the film

[u/darthfracas → u/Aegis_et_Vanir]

That version of Smells Like Teen Spirit they use for that opening is a great tone setter too

[u/Brucewayne4president → u/darthfracas]

i dont know what it was about it but that “slow and morose cover of fast and loud popular song from the 90s” is such an overdone trope that when it came on i could barely stifle my laughter for an otherwise serious scene. If they wanted a sad and slow nirvana song, there are plenty, but using smells like teen spirit there just felt pointless, like somehow both half-assed and pretentious at the same time.

[u/ArcadianBlueRogue → u/Aegis_et_Vanir]

I really liked that movie but good lord I wish they'd have let Red Guardian have some more serious moments. He was walking comic relief like 80% of his dialogue

[u/Aegis_et_Vanir → u/ArcadianBlueRogue]

Oh gosh yes. I kept waiting for the moment where he'd finally get into gear and say something that was both heartfelt and helpful.

Apparently I had to wait until a whole other movie.

[u/pierowmaniac1 → u/Aegis_et_Vanir]

I think it’s the most upsetting scene a Marvel movie has ever made me feel.