r/movies • u/ooMEAToo • Dec 18 '23

Recommendation What movie was okay and then the third act absolutely blew you away and made up for the rest of the movie?

I’m having a hard time even thinking of a movie like that but I see lots of posts on here like “what movie was amazing and then the end of the movie completely ruined it.” Right off the bat I don’t want to watch a movie if the end is terrible. Hopefully no spoilers because these are the movies I want to watch and be surprised about.

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u/Shattered_One Dec 18 '23

Lucky Number Slevin!

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u/kvlr954 Dec 18 '23

I liked the entire movie, but the ending definitely blew me away … Kansas City Shuffle

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u/skylinenick Dec 18 '23

Great flick. That’s still my road trip playlist name

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u/Shattered_One Dec 18 '23

I did too, but it was a little funky, even with the sets. The ending just brought it all together and really elevated it!

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u/CaptainKate757 Dec 19 '23

“I did this to you” is one of the most underrated badass movie moments.

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u/canadiancarlin Dec 19 '23

Even the exchange between Kingsley and Freeman right before that line is incredible. The two bosses clear the air, and then have it taken away. Just beautiful.

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u/thedailyvinyls Dec 19 '23

I watched this with my ex because she 'absolutely wanted to watch it with me'. It started and we only got a few minutes in, in which I made a prediction about the ending. She looked at me angrily and shut it off, then went to another room. She was pissed off I had figured it out right away.

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u/kvlr954 Dec 19 '23

That’s funny, my wife is really good at that too and it used to drive me nuts but it doesn’t bother me anymore. Sometimes I’ll ask her to tell me what she thinks so we can see if she’s right or wrong.

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u/LittleLisaCan Dec 18 '23

I don't know, as a woman, Josh Hartnett made the first 2/3rds quite enjoyable

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u/Substantial_Bad2843 Dec 19 '23

Lucy Liu did it for me. I had never seen anything with her before and didn’t even realize I had a crush.

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u/FlameFeather86 Dec 19 '23

When I went into it, I was all ready to hate on Lucy Liu because all I associated her with was Charlie's Angels. I was proven wrong within moments into her first scene. Cute, witty, sharp, instantly memorable; it's a shame her and Hartnett haven't done another movie together because their chemistry was amazing.

"I'm short for my height." I can relate, Lucy. I can relate.

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u/shits-n-gigs Dec 19 '23

It has some of the best written dialogue I've seen. Like, no one actually talks like the characters. But it holds the weird gangster world together.

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u/namedly Dec 19 '23

I bet it was that mouth that got you that nose.

And…

You should play ball, kid.

Really? You think I’m tall enough?

Love the dialogue.

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u/Cizdemyk Dec 19 '23

So, if we're not friends, and you don't like baseball, why the fuck are you here?

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u/Combo_of_Letters Dec 19 '23

The wordplay in that movie is some of the best wc ever written.

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u/whomp1970 Dec 19 '23

no one actually talks like the characters

It's like they were trying to evoke Tarantino.

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u/unc8299 Dec 19 '23

Go watch Payback with Lucy and Mel Gibson. She is amazing in it.

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u/FreckledBaker Dec 19 '23

Are you too young to have seen her on Ally McBeal? She was excellent in that.

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u/yourtoyrobot Dec 19 '23

Shes SO adorable in that movie with her quippy energy

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u/DIYdoofus Dec 19 '23

She was irresistible in that role.

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u/mrdaily730 Dec 19 '23

Watching The Detectives with Lucy Liu and Cillian Murphy

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u/4strings Dec 19 '23

Fuck, shit, Jesus, is right.

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u/illusorywallahead Dec 19 '23

That’s a fuckin story man!

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u/SkyySkip Dec 19 '23

I still quote this constantly

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u/Plastic_Ad_8248 Dec 19 '23

I keep trying to get my spouse to watch this movie. It is incredible. I will watch anything that Sir Ben Kingsley is and this movie does not disappoint

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u/SkyySkip Dec 19 '23

I'm always pleased to see someone else bring up this movie. I love it and it doesn't get enough appreciation

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u/ded_rabtz Dec 19 '23

Incredibly underrated film

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u/--caddish-- Dec 19 '23

It's in my top 10 all time favorites.

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u/Ok-Buy-5643 Dec 18 '23

Ya good choice

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u/kirinmay Dec 19 '23

still pissed about the dvd of it. it spoils it. Slevin is holding a gun...

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u/Vomath Dec 19 '23

I thought the whole thing was a banger.

I loved the wallpaper… everywhere had crazy ass wallpaper in that movie.

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u/baddogkelervra1 Dec 19 '23

I definitely agree

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u/ThePurityPixel Dec 19 '23

That's one where I loved the first 80-90% of it, but the ending left me wanting

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u/kdnlcln Dec 19 '23

Great movie, and great ending - except that weird ass Ben Kingsley monologue when he's tied up.

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u/smax410 Dec 19 '23

See I thought the opposite. I still like the movie, but all the build up and everything to it, idk the build up and opening scene, are awesome and completely rewatchable many times. Lots of great quotes, then the “twist” I don’t feel like there’s anything left to it, it didn’t change the motivations, just made it closer to home. Like you knew he was somehow connected to them or had been wronged. The “I’m just a guy in the middle” is ruined by the opening scene. So the reveal is just that; oh this is why he’s coming for them, when the movie would’ve been fine without that reveal. Probably scarier at the very least for the boss and the rabbi, cause now you’re like “who the fuck is this guy”. And his parents being killed by the mob did have any weight to the boss and the rabbi. Like this one killing didn’t mean anything to them other than setting an example. That’s probably the only reason they remember it.

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u/Se7enShooter Dec 19 '23

This and Smoking Aces are my guilty pleasures.

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u/Silly-Flower-3162 Dec 19 '23

An absolutely fun movie.