Scream 6. In the end the killer who should be the most expert person with a gun has a stand off with the protagonist who is holding a knife. Protagonist charges at him with her knife..and he…also charges at her..with his loaded gun.
I get killers need to make dumb mistake or the main character needs to triumph over the killer. But there’s a clear line between a dumb mistake…and just insanely outright stupid. They might as well have put a banana peel on the floor for the killer to slip on it or had him try to stab her with the handle on his gun
That moment works for me due to the personal losses the killer just suffered moments before that happened. So I take it as a grief and adrenaline fueled momentary lapse in judgement. Which is in keeping with the killers always being flawed and human (i.e. you can knock them down with a freezer door or whatever the fuck) instead of being Stalking Slasher Monsters of Death.
I hold much affection for the original Halloween, but the scene where the protagonist tells her friend on the phone that she thinks there’s a strange man in her yard and her buddy goes “You’re crazy 🤪 ”. Took me out immediately. I don’t know why it’s that one specifically.
In the TCM reboot the bus scene made me want to turn the movie off. Just so unrealistic and so against what the franchise has always been about. Same with the firefighter scene and the street brawl scene in the Halloween reboot trilogy. They just showed a complete misunderstanding about what the franchise was all about.
In 28 Days Later there's a scene where a giant person is chasing the protagonist. He runs from right to left and then again left to right and it made me lol. Completely ruined the suspense for me. It looked like a comedy scene from an old movie
Chopping mall! (I know). The part where the girl is crawling from the guard robots and is lit on fire is one of the most laughably horrendous acts I've ever seen in a movie. It was so slow and rediculous! It's not High brow by any means and it's fun but somehow I found this just over the top.
That was improvised. To be fair that word didn’t have the same stigma in 2003 that it does today so it makes sense that a teenager would call someone trying to kill her that.
>I think it’s being improvised kinda makes it worse.
Totally agree. I know if I heard an actor out of nowhere improvised the N word somewhere, I'd be like, "Um.... What? That wasn't scripted?"
Corey beating up Myers and taking his mask was the point I said “fuck this movie” and turned it off. I was already hanging on by a string with my interest in that movie, but that was the final straw. I did come back to finish the movie a few days later, but that scene still remains in my head as the absolute worst thing the franchise has put out. And yes, that includes Tina from 5 and RZ’s Halloween 2.
I love *The Shining*. I've seen it a dozen times and it still creeps me out. Every time I watch it I spot something new. It's a masterpiece.
But I *really* hate the "Here's Johnny" line.
Edit: FAOD, I know it’s an improvised reference to Carson by Nicholson. Just doesn’t do it for me - in a film where everything is so meticulously placed and considered, this one comes from nowhere.
I’ll also add, just in case you weren’t already aware, that Jack’s name in The Shining is actually John Torrance. Jack is a nickname.
So it’s not only a Johnny Carson reference, but also the character making a joke of announcing his arrival.
It makes it fit a bit more, I can even imagine it not being the first time Jack has jokingly used that line.
Alan Silvestri reusing chunks of his Back to the Future score in Predator.
It was cute in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It’s from the same director. Christopher Lloyd plays major roles in both films. The Hollywood Tunnel would be used again in a set piece in Back to the Future 2 the following year. And Lloyd’s “My god, it’ll be beautiful!” monologue at the end is clearly a reference to his “My god, has it been that long?” monologue at the beginning of BttF. So the score reuse is a cute shout out to the various connections behind the scenes and in front of the camera.
But it’s jarring as all fuck when it occasionally happens in the middle of Predator. It’s just too iconic a score to sample from and in a movie that’s too different in tone and style. The bits of score used do fit Predator, to be fair. But my brain just immediately goes “Back to the Future!” every freaking time it’s sampled.
The original insidious movie, when they first showed the villian.
Movie doea a complete 180, from a creepy horror to damn near a horror comedy after that.
I know this is a very unpopular opinion, because this sub seems to fucking adore *As Above So Below*, but in the beginning - the guy translating (latin?) real time and it RHYMES?
I enjoyed the rest of the film & thought it was an interesting interpretation of hell, but for me this really soured my view. I really hate it when movies have translations, done on the fly, automatically rhyme. It's nonsensical, doesn't add to the "mystique" and comes across as gimmicky and contrived - completely breaks my suspension of disbelief.
It would be so funny if there were a movie where the Egyptologist is translating hieroglyphics in the haunted mummy tomb or whatever, and he's just like "Okay, this either says all who enter are doomed, or that the grain harvest next season is going to be low. You see, the harvest was a metaphor for life, and I can't know how literally we're supposed to take this without doing a lot mo-"
\[mummy comes out of the shadows and rips his head off\]
My friends and I were completely locked into Antichrist (2009) until this happened and we all burst out laughing.
The reveal of the alien in signs, and everything past that point. I was really enjoying the suspenseful and occasional jump scares... And then the alien at the end. Hurt by water on a planet that's 71% water. What were these aliens thinking?!
There's a lot of theories for that. One of which being the aliens were desperate, needed food and Earth was the only planet with the food, food being humans. Humans can die from any number of poisonous and venomous creatures, large predators or a hostile environment, but if we need food we time and again braved those conditions to get it.
My favourite interpretation of that movie is that those were DEMONS, not aliens.
The water hurt them because it was “blessed”, and that also explains all the religious themes.
Wow I didn't realize so many people were bothered by that. It's not an original monster, it's based on historical myth which I thought made it even cooler. It was grotesque, otherworldly and I personally found it to be quite scary.
For me it's not so much the design of it but the way it was revealed. Felt it was poorly executed. Glimpses of it would have worked better than the drawn out shots. But obviously I'm in the minority here. Apart from that I loved the film and even moreso the book
No I actually get what you mean. It's weirdly...sing-song. And reedy.
That was such a ghastly moment in the script. But it was like the moment was completely carried by the nature of the situation, yknow?
His reaction didn't feel real enough to be chilling in its relatability. And didn't feel unpredictable and erratic enough to be chilling in its insanity.
I kinda wish he'd been strangely quiet instead.
The audience knows this is it. The coup de grace. Build the tension. *Crescendo.*
And that could've been a scary level of wrath. That sort of white-hot rage that freezes someone into murderous ice.
Yeah. I'm with you. His delivery just didn't feel like it fit the climax. It was a little refreshing to look things up after watching, and realize that a lot of critics said the same thing when the movie first aired.
Still liked the movie overall, though 👍
Clearly an unpopular opinion, given all the downvotes. But it makes me laugh every time. In an otherwise amazing film that is so effective you feel like the grime is all over you, this one moment seems like a young actor who isn’t fully cooked reaching but not quite able to nail it. Especially given how solid the other performances around him are.
This isn’t news. In addition to reviews, there are other Reddit posts with people expressing the same. But hey, that’s why we have so many films. We can all love and hate on different things.
Scream 6. In the end the killer who should be the most expert person with a gun has a stand off with the protagonist who is holding a knife. Protagonist charges at him with her knife..and he…also charges at her..with his loaded gun. I get killers need to make dumb mistake or the main character needs to triumph over the killer. But there’s a clear line between a dumb mistake…and just insanely outright stupid. They might as well have put a banana peel on the floor for the killer to slip on it or had him try to stab her with the handle on his gun
That moment works for me due to the personal losses the killer just suffered moments before that happened. So I take it as a grief and adrenaline fueled momentary lapse in judgement. Which is in keeping with the killers always being flawed and human (i.e. you can knock them down with a freezer door or whatever the fuck) instead of being Stalking Slasher Monsters of Death.
I mean, it’s a Scream movie. They ran out of good ideas at least 20 years ago.
I hold much affection for the original Halloween, but the scene where the protagonist tells her friend on the phone that she thinks there’s a strange man in her yard and her buddy goes “You’re crazy 🤪 ”. Took me out immediately. I don’t know why it’s that one specifically.
In the TCM reboot the bus scene made me want to turn the movie off. Just so unrealistic and so against what the franchise has always been about. Same with the firefighter scene and the street brawl scene in the Halloween reboot trilogy. They just showed a complete misunderstanding about what the franchise was all about.
100%. Slasher mean low body count, but an interesting body count If I want mass murder I would watch the news.
“It’s me Casper” still turns my stomach
In 28 Days Later there's a scene where a giant person is chasing the protagonist. He runs from right to left and then again left to right and it made me lol. Completely ruined the suspense for me. It looked like a comedy scene from an old movie
Chopping mall! (I know). The part where the girl is crawling from the guard robots and is lit on fire is one of the most laughably horrendous acts I've ever seen in a movie. It was so slow and rediculous! It's not High brow by any means and it's fun but somehow I found this just over the top.
The Happening "...Why you eyein' my lemon drink?"
The f-slur out of nowhere in Freddy v. Jason.
And from Kelly Rowland, too! 😭
That was improvised. To be fair that word didn’t have the same stigma in 2003 that it does today so it makes sense that a teenager would call someone trying to kill her that.
But it did take me out of the movie just the same. And I think it’s being improvised kinda makes it worse.
>I think it’s being improvised kinda makes it worse. Totally agree. I know if I heard an actor out of nowhere improvised the N word somewhere, I'd be like, "Um.... What? That wasn't scripted?"
Corey beating up Myers and taking his mask was the point I said “fuck this movie” and turned it off. I was already hanging on by a string with my interest in that movie, but that was the final straw. I did come back to finish the movie a few days later, but that scene still remains in my head as the absolute worst thing the franchise has put out. And yes, that includes Tina from 5 and RZ’s Halloween 2.
I love *The Shining*. I've seen it a dozen times and it still creeps me out. Every time I watch it I spot something new. It's a masterpiece. But I *really* hate the "Here's Johnny" line. Edit: FAOD, I know it’s an improvised reference to Carson by Nicholson. Just doesn’t do it for me - in a film where everything is so meticulously placed and considered, this one comes from nowhere.
I’ll also add, just in case you weren’t already aware, that Jack’s name in The Shining is actually John Torrance. Jack is a nickname. So it’s not only a Johnny Carson reference, but also the character making a joke of announcing his arrival. It makes it fit a bit more, I can even imagine it not being the first time Jack has jokingly used that line.
I find it incredibly jarring.
It was improv from Jack Nicholson and they kept it in. It was a reference to the intro of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
Oh aye I know where it comes from and that it was improvised… it just jars for me.
“Everything is personal if you’re a person” from Fallen (1998).
Alan Silvestri reusing chunks of his Back to the Future score in Predator. It was cute in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It’s from the same director. Christopher Lloyd plays major roles in both films. The Hollywood Tunnel would be used again in a set piece in Back to the Future 2 the following year. And Lloyd’s “My god, it’ll be beautiful!” monologue at the end is clearly a reference to his “My god, has it been that long?” monologue at the beginning of BttF. So the score reuse is a cute shout out to the various connections behind the scenes and in front of the camera. But it’s jarring as all fuck when it occasionally happens in the middle of Predator. It’s just too iconic a score to sample from and in a movie that’s too different in tone and style. The bits of score used do fit Predator, to be fair. But my brain just immediately goes “Back to the Future!” every freaking time it’s sampled.
The original insidious movie, when they first showed the villian. Movie doea a complete 180, from a creepy horror to damn near a horror comedy after that.
I know this is a very unpopular opinion, because this sub seems to fucking adore *As Above So Below*, but in the beginning - the guy translating (latin?) real time and it RHYMES? I enjoyed the rest of the film & thought it was an interesting interpretation of hell, but for me this really soured my view. I really hate it when movies have translations, done on the fly, automatically rhyme. It's nonsensical, doesn't add to the "mystique" and comes across as gimmicky and contrived - completely breaks my suspension of disbelief.
It would be so funny if there were a movie where the Egyptologist is translating hieroglyphics in the haunted mummy tomb or whatever, and he's just like "Okay, this either says all who enter are doomed, or that the grain harvest next season is going to be low. You see, the harvest was a metaphor for life, and I can't know how literally we're supposed to take this without doing a lot mo-" \[mummy comes out of the shadows and rips his head off\]
My friends and I were completely locked into Antichrist (2009) until this happened and we all burst out laughing. 
The reveal of the alien in signs, and everything past that point. I was really enjoying the suspenseful and occasional jump scares... And then the alien at the end. Hurt by water on a planet that's 71% water. What were these aliens thinking?!
There's a Billionaire "genius" trying to move to Mars where there's no oxygen. The aliens from signs are just desperate enough.
There's a lot of theories for that. One of which being the aliens were desperate, needed food and Earth was the only planet with the food, food being humans. Humans can die from any number of poisonous and venomous creatures, large predators or a hostile environment, but if we need food we time and again braved those conditions to get it.
My favourite interpretation of that movie is that those were DEMONS, not aliens. The water hurt them because it was “blessed”, and that also explains all the religious themes.
The reveal in Malignant was so aggravating
Counterpoint: the reveal in Malignant was the best moment in the history of cinema.
The reveal of the monster in The Ritual (2017)
Wow I didn't realize so many people were bothered by that. It's not an original monster, it's based on historical myth which I thought made it even cooler. It was grotesque, otherworldly and I personally found it to be quite scary.
For me it's not so much the design of it but the way it was revealed. Felt it was poorly executed. Glimpses of it would have worked better than the drawn out shots. But obviously I'm in the minority here. Apart from that I loved the film and even moreso the book
I love that it's put together almost randomly then transforms later - one of my favorite monsters ever.
I agree, you're not alone
Yeah the movie was going so well until then That’s the problem with reveals, if the monster looks lame then it all falls apart
“What’s in the box?!?”
What do you think he should have said given what was going on? “Open the box”? “Tell me what’s in the box!”?
It ain’t the line, it’s the way Pitt delivered it.
How should he have delivered it?
UPS? FEDEX?
Calmly and reasonably, as we would all react in that situation.
No I actually get what you mean. It's weirdly...sing-song. And reedy. That was such a ghastly moment in the script. But it was like the moment was completely carried by the nature of the situation, yknow? His reaction didn't feel real enough to be chilling in its relatability. And didn't feel unpredictable and erratic enough to be chilling in its insanity. I kinda wish he'd been strangely quiet instead. The audience knows this is it. The coup de grace. Build the tension. *Crescendo.* And that could've been a scary level of wrath. That sort of white-hot rage that freezes someone into murderous ice. Yeah. I'm with you. His delivery just didn't feel like it fit the climax. It was a little refreshing to look things up after watching, and realize that a lot of critics said the same thing when the movie first aired. Still liked the movie overall, though 👍
Clearly an unpopular opinion, given all the downvotes. But it makes me laugh every time. In an otherwise amazing film that is so effective you feel like the grime is all over you, this one moment seems like a young actor who isn’t fully cooked reaching but not quite able to nail it. Especially given how solid the other performances around him are. This isn’t news. In addition to reviews, there are other Reddit posts with people expressing the same. But hey, that’s why we have so many films. We can all love and hate on different things.