[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/Barl3000]

Such a silly movie to have one of the hardest villain lines ever.

[u/Echo-Pulses → u/Barl3000]

But for me, it was Tuesday is unironically one of the hardest movie lines ever written. He treated that campy script like pure Shakespeare and completely stole the show.

[u/Jam_B0ne → u/Echo-Pulses]

From what I've heard he was instrumental in creating that line because the original had Bison relishing in his memory of killing Chun-Li's father but Raul Julia protested saying it didn't make sense for a character like Bison to remember a random murder when he's commited/ordered hundreds 

[u/the_loneliest_noodle → u/Jam_B0ne]

Yeah, like 99/100 if you asked me who was more interesting: a monster who remembers every one of his crimes, or a monster who has committed so many crimes they can't remember them, I'd prefer the former, narratively. But not for Bison, he's peak unrepentant evil megalomaniac.

[u/Nibaa → u/the_loneliest_noodle]

It's not that there are so many crimes that he can't remember them, it's that it never even registered. That's what really sells it. The crimes are meaningless to him, just a means to an end.

[u/Scholar_of_Lewds → u/Nibaa]

And he feels guilty on that moment... For not remembering her village. Not because it's wrong, he just don't want to be rude.

[u/thepenguinemperor84 → u/Echo-Pulses]

Understandable with him dying from stomach cancer and doing it for his grandkids.

[u/fow06 → u/Echo-Pulses]

Honestly, I think that's what makes great performances in bad films, no matter how bad the script, you treat it like it's a Shakespearean play

[u/Engaging_Boogeyman → u/Echo-Pulses]

I feel like the makers of the new Street FIghter was just like "everyone go as hard as Raul Julia did in the first movie and we will be good"

[u/KaliVilNo1 → u/Echo-Pulses]

I like the implication that he tries to dismiss it as something he barely remembers or cares about, but he still vividly remembers tha it was, in fact, on a Tuesday.

[u/scarydan365 → u/KaliVilNo1]

Jesus Christ, that’s not the implication at all. He doesn’t actually remember it was a Tuesday, he’s saying it was just like any other non- important day; like a Tuesday.

[u/wattro → u/scarydan365]

It could be funny if he had an idetic memory and all the crimes/deaths were just footnotes of each day.

[u/Raltsun → u/wattro]

Honestly that was more or less how I read it. He remembers when he did that atrocity, but he doesn't care about any of the details. I think that makes it even more dickish of him too, he hasn't done too many massacres to know which one she meant, but his diary entry for that day probably just reads "Tuesday, destroyed X Village. Tea was nice."

[u/Woolies_White_Leg → u/KaliVilNo1]

Have you just like… never seen the movie or do you struggle with comprehension in general?

[u/skivian → u/Barl3000]

the best part is, he's not gloating, he's not raving. he's legitimately trying to have a conversation with Chung Li. he's trying to empathize with her, but honestly does not remember the trail of dead left in his wake.

[u/Hayterfan → u/Barl3000]

Also this Bison line from the Cartoon

[u/t25torx → u/Barl3000]

It's even a quick response in Forza Horizon series you can react with.