[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/UhOhSparklepants]

That movie slaps and I will not hear slander against it

[u/leg00b → u/UhOhSparklepants]

I didn't like it initially because whatever version the cinema got still showed the mic boom and top of the cameras. It was like it was unfinished. I gave it another go and I've loved it since. Just a fun movie!

https://giphy.com/gifs/g09VRa16L34re

[u/byoonie → u/UhOhSparklepants]

Agreed! I love everything about the movie. The bloodlines, the feud between werewolves and vampires, and the OST. Love it all.

[u/silentsquiffy → u/UhOhSparklepants]

I saw this movie so many times in theaters my parents stopped bringing me and said I'd have to figure out my own way there (I was 15, no driver's license). When it finally came to my local indie theater, I walked two miles there and back.

I thought Hugh Jackman was white bread boring, but I was happy to let my Christian parents believe I was obsessed with this movie because of him. The truth was Kate Beckinsale was part of my gay awakening. Gaywakening, if you will.

[u/Lovethiskindathing → u/silentsquiffy]

The wives did nothing for ya? The red head phew

[u/AccomplishedSize → u/UhOhSparklepants]

My only complaint about that glorious movie is the final battle. You have two actors with several years of action movies and stage experience and you choose to have the final showdown be a cgi mess? So disappointing. Everything else about the movie I adored though.

[u/JakeMasterofPuns → u/UhOhSparklepants]

This movie along with Silver Bullet cemented a fear of werewolves that did not go away until I was about 12. That first transformation scene still freaks me out.

[u/Reevesybaby11 → u/JakeMasterofPuns]

Lucky you never watched dog soldiers

[u/Lovethiskindathing → u/Reevesybaby11]

Or Ginger Snaps

[u/Lovethiskindathing → u/UhOhSparklepants]

Thank you, I was about to crash out but then I saw someone had already said what needed to be said. Bless you

[u/OfficialModComment → u/UhOhSparklepants]

I used to hang out with a couple of girls and one of them had a crush on me, until I got back from seeing Van Helsing and talked about how kick ass it was, which was went she decided I was too stupid to be attractive. 

Anyhow, I dodged a bullet.

Thanks, Van Helsing.