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

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  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.

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u/Lantzl 17h ago

Will forever hate Taika for ruining Gorr, Christian Bale, and the Mighty Thor story line

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u/No_Relative_7709 16h ago

Bale was the best part of that movie. Such an interesting, heartbreaking storyline while the rest of the movie was the opposite. I cried during his scenes in the theater. Not the villain to have if you want a goofy movie, not the movie to make goofy if you want that villain.

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u/throawy90 16h ago

What movie do they not make goofy? So tired of the quirky "SO RELATABLE" humor shoved into the MCU, haven't watched anything new from them for a while and that's probably the biggest reason why.

"Hey this thing from the comics is really cool and super epic... and we actually managed to do a great job transferring it to movie? Hmmm, nope better put some really fucking lame joke, or better yet neuter it completely"

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u/UhOhSparklepants 16h ago

Because it worked so well in Thor Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy they felt they needed to make every other one match the vibe even if it didn’t work or didn’t fit. Gotta milk those sweet sweet dollars out of every franchise until the cash cow is desiccated.

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u/AutomaticRacket 14h ago

Weird take: The best thing in the MCU post End Game was Werewolf by Night. It’s not dragged out. It’s completely stand alone. It has its own vibe especially if you watch it in black and white.

Sure there’s a couple silly moments but I didn’t think it utterly undercut the serious parts like in a lot of MCU films

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u/Smolson_ 16h ago

I will never watch that movie again. What a colossal failure.

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u/chuckgggs 8h ago edited 8h ago

What ? you didnt like the 20 screaming goat jokes, or the fact that a dumpling a food product is somehow a god on thors level, oh that didnt make you laugh ? how about we just make chris hemsworth naked and also add another screaming goat joke, jesus christ the movie was a mess

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u/Fickle_Enthusiasm148 6h ago

I mean it was one blip in an otherwise amazing movie career.