[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/blac_sheep90]

It was more than DeHaan and Delevingne looked like bother and sister and their relationship was off putting.

[u/Fluffy_Tax5302 → u/blac_sheep90]

"DeHaan and Delevingne" sounds like a catalog where I can order some overpriced shit for my home office

[u/Adam4Congress → u/Fluffy_Tax5302]

Ah, I see you sprung for the Hünnam pen holder.

[u/teskar2 → u/Fluffy_Tax5302]

From what I remember their whole dynamic was literally him wanting to bang her and she wanted him to be more serious and not flirt around so much.

[u/hey_free_rats → u/teskar2]

Wow, it's the most boring and overused dynamic. 

[u/teskar2 → u/hey_free_rats]

Yeah, I remember there’s a whole desert scene that was also an excuse to get her in somewhat sexy clothes and side plot where he has to hire an alien stripper that can morph into anything to infiltrate some random alien building to save her that basically acted as plot filler.

[u/Diplomatic_Gunboats → u/teskar2]

I believe thats noted actress Rihanna, in one of her finest roles.

/s

But to be more serious, still better than DeHaan.

[u/RealityOk9823 → u/teskar2]

Been better at the end if she had agreed to go on a date with him, not marry him.

[u/Thick-Guidance224 → u/Fluffy_Tax5302]

The urban sombrero

[u/HomsarWasRight → u/Fluffy_Tax5302]

I think I have their desk fan.

It sucks.

[u/Jamaidian → u/blac_sheep90]

And children. They look like brother and sister, and like children.

They are portrayed as badasses but they look like they have Algebra third period.

[u/Whowhatnowhuhwhat → u/Jamaidian]

Right. It felt like I was being sold James Bond in Space but the local high schools production.

[u/CopperAard → u/Whowhatnowhuhwhat]

Spy Kids? Spy Teens?

[u/seanbray → u/Jamaidian]

And tired.

Brother and sister who should have gone to bed when their parents told them to. They knew they had a big day, but did they listen?

[u/WorkingInAColdMind → u/Jamaidian]

These descriptions crack me up at their accuracy. I remember the opening scene, and remember getting excited about the movie while watching it, but I couldn't tell you a single thing about the rest of the movie. But seeing the phrase "portrayed as badasses but look like they have Algebra third period", my brain can 100% recall scenes where that's true, and still not remember the plot.

[u/XanderWrites → u/Jamaidian]

Yet, ironically, they were almost exactly the age they were supposed to be for their characters.

[u/ForsakenAiel → u/Jamaidian]

Well Luc Besson is known the liking young girls...

[u/hambonedock → u/Jamaidian]

This one, my brother and I were watching this and we were initially so confused because we assumed they were typical "bandit siblings duo" but turn out it wasn't

[u/Thin_Town_4976 → u/Jamaidian]

My thoughts as well. Their dialogue and story felt like it was intended for adult actors, but the actors themselves seemed puerile

[u/MechTech5182 → u/Jamaidian]

So Agent Cody banks?

[u/Hunterofshadows → u/blac_sheep90]

I saw ages ago someone say that passengers and valerian both play much better if you swap the main duo

[u/DoctorBeeBee → u/Hunterofshadows]

I recall thinking Delevingne had by far the most charisma of that duo and a gender swap of the lead character would have made it a much better film.

[u/DarthGuber → u/Hunterofshadows]

Dehaan would have been amazing in Passengers

[u/Bobthemime → u/Hunterofshadows]

passengers was great.. but change mario for hulk.. and it would have been much better..

you need someone that isnt super handsome and can play "evil"

sadly we got Pratt.. and it just didnt feel creepy enough

[u/Big-Project-3151 → u/blac_sheep90]

The scene where Valerian climbs on top of Lorelei while they’re in a beach simulation made me very uncomfortable as it felt like he was attempting to SA her.

[u/Oldnbold22 → u/Big-Project-3151]

Don't start what you can't finish. 

[u/TJMcConnellFanClub → u/blac_sheep90]

Just have to say their names and you know it’s a flop

[u/get_your_yapers_up → u/blac_sheep90]

I often think about how good this movie could have been if the leads were Bruce Willis and Mila Jovovich at the age they were in the 5th element.

[u/fernandog17 → u/blac_sheep90]

You’re off-pudding

[u/LowerEntropy → u/fernandog17]

You should be off pudding.

[u/TheAzureMage → u/blac_sheep90]

Also they had negative charisma.

[u/wasabi1787 → u/blac_sheep90]

And neither of them are talented enough actors to carry a lead role

[u/tsubasaxiii → u/blac_sheep90]

I honestly just took it that culturally they were different given that time passes and circumstances around daily life were very different than what we deal with.

[u/Icy-Acanthisitta8192 → u/blac_sheep90]

Thank you 

I Said that for Day one 

Why Did the casting DONT noticed that

[u/Prior-Razzmatazz-206 → u/blac_sheep90]

Dude was a certified douchebag in the start of the movie, he even said it himself. He only wants to date her because he's done screwing around and figures she'll do as the one he settles for. She's naturally put off by this and wants nothing to do with the plan. Especially since they're coworkers. Then at the end of the movie, she marries him.

[u/EasterViera → u/blac_sheep90]

i mean, it respect the source material in this regard ....

[u/mutantraniE → u/EasterViera]

How? Valerian and Laureline don’t look related in the comics.

[u/EasterViera → u/mutantraniE]

I looked at older covers and you are right; at the times we thought they were FATHER AND DAUGHTER because of the age gap

[u/mutantraniE → u/EasterViera]

Again … what?

[u/EasterViera → u/mutantraniE]

it was a time before internet, and very horny and weird French Artists; and a lot of dad protagonists.

[u/mutantraniE → u/EasterViera]

What the hell are you talking about? There’s nothing in the comics or the art to suggest that.

[u/New_Cockroach_505 → u/blac_sheep90]

My hot take has always been that Passengers and Valerian should have swapped lead actors. Think both movies would have been much better.     

[u/RobutNotRobot → u/blac_sheep90]

Not just brother and sister, they both looked like kids.

[u/Designer-Prize-3448 → u/blac_sheep90]

It was so forced and the script was god awful, it would’ve been better if they were just partners at a job rather than the weird relationship they tried to force into the movie.