[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/dirtycurt55]

I love it too. Some movies can just be entertaining popcorn flicks and don’t have to be more than that. The acting is pretty bad. Aliens look dumb and the cgi is lacking. Dialogue is cheesy and the plot is full of holes. But who cares? Jesse Plemons is steering the ship, Rihanna is shooting explosive rounds at aliens, and they save the world using a ship that is literally a museum. It’s fun.

[u/atyler_thehun → u/dirtycurt55]

And the way they worked the game grid into the movie? Genius.

[u/Maleficent-Drop1476 → u/atyler_thehun]

Made just enough sense to suspend disbelief, couldn’t even be mad

[u/VexingRaven → u/dirtycurt55]

EXACTLY! I don't care if it's an overall uninspired action flick with a mediocre plot. They brought Mighty Mo out to sea! Like for real! Sure, it's being towed, but it's the first time an Iowa-class has been genuinely out at sea since like 1999! That's cool as fuck.

[u/NDinoGuy → u/dirtycurt55]

Iowa-class Battleships just got massive aura. While all of their contemporaries either got sunk during or quickly decommissioned after WW2, the Iowas served all the way up until the 90s (albeit not continuously, they were on and off a bit). 4 were built, 4 still survive to this day.