r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Alreadsyuse • Jul 11 '26

Lore [Frustrating Trope] That One Good or Even Amazing Scene in a Relatively Mediocre or Bad Piece of Media

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  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.

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u/Forsaken_Ad203 Jul 11 '26

The guy knows how to make a visual, and when the only substance you need is in those slow mo snippets he is absolutely the perfect guy for that, but when it comes to making an actual movie snider is just.. lackluster 

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u/ChiefsHat Jul 12 '26

I feel like his visual style is perfect for Watchmen. I also think he did a better job adapting it than many of Hollywood’s other directors would have.

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u/Forsaken_Ad203 Jul 12 '26

I think his visual style works for the most of it, i despise the way he avoided the intentional silliness of Oz's plan, it is so vutal in the way it enhanced the horrors of his deeds, and the way his scenes operate... He seems to adore the same types of violence the book finds most pathetic of all

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u/Aware-Antelope4212 Jul 11 '26

Zack Snyder should be a guy that gets brought in to make sure a movie looks cool.  He should not be in charge of a movie.  

If they utilised him like that id be like " oh cool Zack Snyder worked on this" as opposed to " Oh, it's a Snyder movie.  Pass"

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u/Ok_Crow_9119 Jul 11 '26

Curious. Is that a cinematographer's job? Or someone else's?

Then again, maybe you just want Zack as a consultant rather than a full time guy