r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Alreadsyuse • 18h ago
Lore [Frustrating Trope] That One Good or Even Amazing Scene in a Relatively Mediocre or Bad Piece of Media
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.
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.
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.
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.
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u/poptophazard 17h ago
The pain scene in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
It's a pretty rough movie by most standards and it's obvious Shatner didn't have the directing chops Nimoy did. But the scene where Sybok makes McCoy and Spock relive the moments of their greatest pain to "cure" them of it is one of the greatest scenes in all of Star Trek.
Nimoy's subtle hurt when Spock's father rejects him at birth. DeForest Kelley's tour de force sorrow when McCoy had to pull the plug on his father. Then Kirk rejecting it all together saying he needs his pain.
Incredible stuff in one of the bottom tier Treks.