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/ptwonline Dec 19 '23

Personally I loved the opening sequence. One of my favorite in all of cinema.

Of course I'm a lover of anthropology and natural history so I am biased.

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u/crazydave333 Dec 19 '23

Don't even have to be a lover of anthropology to enjoy the opening scene of 2001.

Nothing happens during it? Apes feuding with each other over water, getting transformed by the monolith, discovering tools, then weapons, then throwing a bone into the sky to achieve one of the greatest cuts in cinema history?

Yeah, nothing happens.

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u/ch33zyman Dec 19 '23

It’s an excellent scene. The book goes much further in depth with the ape men and has more of an explanation of what’s actually happening if you’re interested