That one scene that ruined a movie.

[DiMono]

The final 20 seconds of The Mist.

God forbid a movie exists where the day isn't saved.

 

[Agent Larkin]

The fridge scene in Indy IV.

Everything else in the film I can buy,

That one scene however just ruins it.

 

[Baron_Rouge]

500 Days of Summer, the last 10 seconds or so.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

a scene in the original Alien film, was probably creepy as hell "back in the day" but being 18 now, that was before my time and i only watched it 2 or 3 years ago. It was the scene were the first alien sprouts from a survivor, and then scuttles across the table. i literally rofl'd. thing looks like a little sock puppet, hell probably was.

Hilariously, the shocked expressions of fear on the actors faces were not faked. They didn't tell any of the actors about the chest burster. Only the director, the actor who had it rigged to his chest and the crew knew. The reason there's a big spurt of blood before it appears is because the rig misfired and ruptured the blood pack, they had to trigger it a second time for it to tear out of his shirt. They did the whole scene in one take just to capture the expressions of the actors. Pretty funny stuff.

They did that a lot when they filmed Alien. If you watch the bonus features, Sigourney Weaver talks about how Scott would ask her if she wanted to know what would happen, and she often declined. Most of the scares are real in Alien.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

Spoiler: Splice

When Adrian Brodi decides its a good idea to have sex with his scientific creation. Which, in turn, leads to the damn thing changing gender and raping Brodi's wife. Not cool, Hollywood. Not cool at all.

Spoiler: Counter Splice

Adrian Brody having sex with it did not change the gender. Don't forget that their other organism changed sex as well. the females were simply unstable. And the other orgasm didn't have sex, they just imprinted...

 

[Terminate421]

It made me feel embarassed when I saw the scene with 4 teens riding dragons who just so happen to fit their personalities, In How to Train Your Dragon

For those who saw the movie, I love the entire thing but that scene makes me feel like shit everytime I even glance at it.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

500 Days of Summer, the last 10 seconds or so.

You mean "Hi? I'm Autumn"

Yeah... whatever happened to fucking SUBTLE SYMBOLISM!?

 

[Rusty Bucket]

The final 20 seconds of The Mist.

God forbid a movie exists where the day isn't saved.

I think you may have missed his point with that one.

OT: The ending scene of Skyline. I was confused as to why the director thought it was a good idea, until I saw it was directed by brothers. They quite clearly had an argument about the ending and went for some fucked up compromise that didn't make any sense and was unrelentingly stupid.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

In Predators, the scene where the Yakuza fights the Predator with his Katana. It was more than bland. I know they went for a traditional, honorable swordsman duel style, but the rest of the movie was just so mediocre, and this disappointment just pushed it over the edge. Predators could have been amazing.

 

[DiMono]

The final 20 seconds of The Mist.

God forbid a movie exists where the day isn't saved.

I think you may have missed his point with that one.

Oh no, I saw the movie and I get his point. I'm just pointing out why they went that way.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

In Predators, the scene where the Yakuza fights the Predator with his Katana. It was more than bland. I know they went for a traditional, honorable swordsman duel style, but the rest of the movie was just so mediocre, and this disappointment just pushed it over the edge. Predators could have been amazing.

The doctor ruined it for me though... When he NAMED THE PLANT! How did no one see what came after

 

[Gxas]

Spoiler: Splice

When Adrian Brodi decides its a good idea to have sex with his scientific creation. Which, in turn, leads to the damn thing changing gender and raping Brodi's wife. Not cool, Hollywood. Not cool at all.

Spoiler: Counter Splice

Adrian Brody having sex with it did not change the gender. Don't forget that their other organism changed sex as well. the females were simply unstable. And the other orgasm didn't have sex, they just imprinted...

Spoiler: Doesn't matter

Rape is rape is rape is rape. And some strange beast grunting and thrusting over a helpless girl was not what I went to the theater to watch.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Spoiler: Alien vs. Predator end scene

Predator spared her life AND MARKED her?! No!! Just NO! It's a predator, kills merciless!!! DON'T make predator having feelings towards helpless girls EVAR!!!

I died a little inside when they made him look wuss noble.

I believe the Predator spared her and marked her, because she helped him kill an attacking alien. According to what I read on the wikipedia and an AvP Wikia (yay wikia), the predators consider that a thing of honor or something, he marked her as a sign of respect between two warriors. And the lass wasnt helpless as she had just killed a deadly alien.

Yes she was helpless, Predator made her a spear and shield so she can defend herself. Without Predator doing that, she WAS helpless (which is not a warrior). And in my seeing for a race like the Predators... him being touchy-feely over a obviously weaker kind, sorry I just totally didn't liked it. For me it was a very disliking moment in the Predator's "personality".

But the Predators use weapons all the time. Why aren't they "helpless"? Hell she took down the alien with a spear and shield, the predators use cloaking devices and shoulder mounted cannons on a regular basis. Who's relying more upon technology? And I don't think he was being touchy-feely, he was just showing respect for a fellow warrior which isn't that odd to see in a warrior-hunter culture like theirs.

 

[zHellas]

The final 20 seconds of The Mist.

Spoiler

After killing everyone else in the car, for some reason they decided to go extra emo and have the fog clear and survivors drive by with tanks and soldiers. Because, you know, killing four people by your own hands (including a child!) and then turning the gun on yourself, just to find out your out of bullets is not horrifying enough. He could have literally stalled for 20 seconds and everyone would have lived. It should have ended like in the book, with everyone dead and him left to die alone in a world filled monsters. It wasn't edgy. It was shock for sake of shock, with the second "downer" too close to the first for proper dramatic effect. My brain screamed "AW COME ON", any sense of immersion was snapped in half and an otherwise great movie was ruined as I stomped out of theater pissed as hell. Wasn't the ending a downer enough? Did it REALLY need even more over-the-top angst to prove a point? Sorry about the diatribe, but god damn that ending pissed me off. I was unnecessary Hollywood bullshit.

Oh yeah, like he somehow knew that if he'd just wait a few more seconds that everything would be fine and dandy.

/sarcasm

The fridge scene in Indy IV.

Everything else in the film I can buy,

That one scene however just ruins it.

Play Fallout: New Vegas with Wild Wasteland trait on.

You find his corpse.

And you can take his hat!

OT:

More like the way the scenes were shot, in Public Enemies.

I do not like the way how the HD Cameras look.

It's like you filmed it with your fucking iPhone!

(Might have been a great film, but I can't get over the damn cinematography(is that the right term?))

 

[Toasty Virus]

Almost the fight scenes in Scott Pilgrim. The rest of the movie is awesome enough to make up for it though.

I'm surprised no-one's said the original ending of Blade Runner already though.

What are you talking about! That bit when Scott does that first reversal was so awesome.


OT: Eeh, The "NOOOO" bit in Revenge of the Sith, seemed kinda weird and stupid.

 

[JamesBr]

God forbid a movie exists where the day isn't saved.

The day wasn't saved. He killed everyone for nothing. The ending would have been "happier" if the mist never parted as his violence would have at least been justified instead of hasty.

Oh yeah, like he somehow knew that if he'd just wait a few more seconds that everything would be fine and dandy.

/sarcasm

Of course I'm not saying he was supposed to have know, I'm saying the dramatic impact of having the mist clear literally seconds after the traumatic experience of having to kill four people out of (perceived) mercy was greatly lessened as a result. The audience was already in a state of shock from the violence, then doing an about face and declaring that violence needless is just bad writing. It undermines the drama of the scene and cheats the audience by having the twist fall on numb nerves. We already had a downer ending, four people dead, the protagonist out of ammo and unknown monsters out for blood. Why gives another, even bigger downer by making the hero's efforts worthless? It has nothing to do with the character, he acted as he thought was appropriate for the situation. It's the writer's fault for coming up with a "shocking" ending just the sake of a shock value. It's simply shallow, bad writing.

 

[DiMono]

God forbid a movie exists where the day isn't saved.

The day wasn't saved. He killed everyone for nothing. The ending would have been "happier" if the mist never parted as his violence would have at least been justified instead of hasty.

Ah, I see where the confusion is. The original post on the movie was about how there were two shocks and they came in rapid succession, which ruined both of them. And the general consensus among ...well, sane people, is that they should have stuck with the ending in the book. If they really wanted to go for the shock ending, they would have kept the first one, but then left it there so the guy had to live with it. The second ending, and the problem, comes from Hollywood's apparent unwillingness to have a problem in America that isn't solved by America. So my point was in support of the original point, not a separate comment about the movie.

I hope that helps?

 

[JamesBr]

God forbid a movie exists where the day isn't saved.

The day wasn't saved. He killed everyone for nothing. The ending would have been "happier" if the mist never parted as his violence would have at least been justified instead of hasty.

Ah, I see where the confusion is. The original post on the movie was about how there were two shocks and they came in rapid succession, which ruined both of them. And the general consensus among ...well, sane people, is that they should have stuck with the ending in the book. If they really wanted to go for the shock ending, they would have kept the first one, but then left it there so the guy had to live with it. The second ending, and the problem, comes from Hollywood's apparent unwillingness to have a problem in America that isn't solved by America. So my point was in support of the original point, not a separate comment about the movie.

I hope that helps?

Aaah. Ok, my bad, didn't mean to sound defensive. Yes, that is the point I was trying to get across. Thanks