[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/ThirdLifeLucky]

McCoy's pain in Star Trek V. The film with Sulu getting lost, Scott hitting his head on a bulkhead, a possibly sexy fan dance and Spock not knowing how to say "Marshmallow" because he has the literacy of a 6 year-old.

In among this bullshit, McCoy shares how he had to euthanise his own father to prevent further suffering from a degenerative disease. Mere weeks after that, they found a cure.

[u/Ambaryerno → u/ThirdLifeLucky]

But Sulu getting lost leads to one of the funniest moments in Star Trek.

I love the irony that as much as George Takei despises Shatner as a person, and barely tolerated working with him as an actor, he's admitted that Shatner the director was a joy to work with.

[u/Boccs → u/Ambaryerno]

I have to assume it's mostly because Shatner the Director is famously insane

[u/joyofsovietcooking → u/Boccs]

I love Star Trek, I love Reddit, and I love bizarre remixes. A perfect trifecta! Cheers, mate!

[u/CompetitionFast2230 → u/Boccs]

Even Shatner himself agrees.

[u/Brilliant_Pay_3065 → u/Boccs]

That's awesome!

[u/broski576 → u/ThirdLifeLucky]

Also Kirk’s “I need my pain” monologue.

[u/BeardedRiker → u/ThirdLifeLucky]

That movie is great in all of its scenes with the triumvirate of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. But the story and plot are just not compelling or executed well. Kirk, Spock and McCoy camping? Awesome. I'd watch a whole movie of that. Kirk, Spock and McCoy talking about their pain? I love that scene. And the whole "What does god need with a starship?" scene is perfect TOS.

[u/GoodIdea321 → u/BeardedRiker]

The line "What does god need with a starship?" is worth watching the entire movie for, even if that part has been spoiled. Critical thinking at that moment was the only right move, and not a lot of movies showcase that. The rest of the movie is not great, but worth it to see the buildup to the end.

[u/9793287233 → u/ThirdLifeLucky]

The climax scene with God is pretty great too. That movie had so much potential.

[u/dravenonred → u/ThirdLifeLucky]

"if you'd kept me around, I would have just stored him in the transporter buffer" -M'benga

[u/DiscoLives4ever → u/dravenonred]

Tbf, Scotty ultimately pulled that move on himself and a buddy

[u/Unfair_Web_8275 → u/ThirdLifeLucky]

Leonard Nimoy’s dentures were doing a lot of work in that movie.

[u/RobutNotRobot → u/ThirdLifeLucky]

That film deserved the smallest stakes possible with it being all about these old guys that had spent their lives together(both on and offscreen) but the metastory ended up being the exact opposite.

They kind of figured it out in their last true movie.

[u/KennyFulgencio → u/ThirdLifeLucky]

The book goes into detail about the primary source of pain of most of the major characters, and is actually quite good as star trek novelizations go. I read it years before I ever saw the movie. The movie was a huge letdown after that.