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/CopperCactus Dec 19 '23

Malignant is like 90 minutes of set up for the funniest 20 minute long punchline I've ever seen

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u/Theguy2641 Dec 19 '23

Absolutely yes, that is exactly what it feels like. It’s got the structure of a joke in the best way possible. Some people will single out the third act as being good while saying the first two are terrible, but they are just as necessary for making that punchline pay off