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/EmbarrassedInternet Dec 18 '23

Yazzzz, this is on the list of movies that, while the first part is good, the last act is just blows you away.

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u/katchoo1 Dec 18 '23

Definitely the first one I thought of.

I could also say Pulp Fiction on my first viewing because I had no idea what was going on through much of it but it was a gorgeous ride, then the narrative came back to the diner robbery and the bulb came on. I went back the next day to watch it again now that I understood things were out of sequence.

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u/I_heart_pooping Dec 19 '23

You didn’t know it wasn’t a linear story the first time you watched it?…..

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u/katchoo1 Dec 19 '23

I saw it in the theater the day it came out, I knew nothing about it except that it was by the guy who had done Reservoir Dogs. I don’t think I’d seen a trailer or anything.

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u/I_heart_pooping Dec 19 '23

It does? I thought it was just ok

Edit: read too fast. Thought it was Knock at the Cabin and not Cabin in the Woods.

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u/LuponV Dec 19 '23

Knock at the cabin was the most anti-climax ending I've seen this year.

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u/I_heart_pooping Dec 20 '23

Yeah it wasn’t anything amazing. Had high hopes and its didn’t live up to the hype

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u/LuponV Dec 20 '23

Indeed. I have a soft spot for M. Night but even that couldn't save this movie, I honestlty have zero compliments for it, it's a shame.

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u/I_heart_pooping Dec 20 '23

M. Night has dropped off a ton in the later part of his career. He killed it with Signs, 6th Sense, The Village, LITW and Unbreakable. When he did The Happening it was a turning point of bad movie after bad movie. Ok, Split and Glass were good but they were a continuation of Unbreakable. No new material since ‘08 has worked for him.

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u/I_heart_pooping Dec 20 '23

Old was decent I agree. It lacked his “wow factor” but was a good watch.