4815162342 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Sort of the companion thread to "And It Was Going So Well" Whereas that thread was about films that were going good to great before a big roadbump derails the whole thing, this thread is about films that were going mediocre or poorly but then suddenly everything starts to click and the result is the film gets saved from a bad grade to an average or even good one. An example for me is Terminator 3. The first hour is very clunky and awkwardly campy and has lots of tonal and character issues. But then they travel to the Mojave to try and stop Skynet and things start to fall in place with the mood and the action and it results in a terrific finale with Judgment Day hitting. Still not the Terminator movie we deserved to get, but at least it's half a great film. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Kingdom of the crystal skull. Wasn't feeling it until Marion came on screen. I know a lot of you people hate this movie so please don't use this to bash it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 POTC: DEAD MAN'S CHEST. it's really awkward the way it starts in medias res and getting all the characters to the cannibal island is equally rough. But it starts to find its demented step as they rescue Jack, and once Davy Jones is introduced it just steamrolls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) POTC: DEAD MAN'S CHEST. it's really awkward the way it starts in medias res and getting all the characters to the cannibal island is equally rough. But it starts to find its demented step as they rescue Jack, and once Davy Jones is introduced it just steamrolls. This. The movie starts really bad with nobody-gives-a-shit wedding that is mercifully interrupted and tons of always insufferably boring Willabeth shit and than that overlong Cannibal Island sequence so you can fastforward through first 40 minutes of so and than the ball suddenly starts rolling and getting better and better and OMG the ending! Too bad AWE was dross from start to finish. Edited March 3, 2013 by fishnets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) The Two Towers. Still not a great film imo but the first hour or so kind of dragged for me with the Wormtongue and the King and all that but once they go on their way to Minas Tirith and of course the Battle of Helms Deep, well, it became a much better movie at that point.Amour. I found the first 30 minutes or so to be really boring, so much that I was kind of hating it. And then about the time when the stroke happens, it just became brilliant and I loved it after that. Edited March 3, 2013 by baumer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 The Hobbit might be another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
