Good Scenes From Bad Movies (Writing Advice)

[@IkeMastree]

Now we need "bad scenes from good movies".

[@BoScotty]

I second this LOL.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

THAT death scene in dark knight rises Murphy magically knowing that the girl her father went out with into space 80 years ago was still alive and waiting for him to go find her in Interestelar

[@matityaloran9157]

Agreed

[@adamalchemy2790]

Denethor running (while on fire) and jumping off of Minas Tirith in Return of the King Idk I thought it was stupid

[@smorsnbread1002]

I agree!

[@FCSchaefer]

I laughed out loud in the theater when Leia turned into Mary Poppins in space.

[@damienrockstarthholyonofg3103]

Yeah that was really dumb

[@offdutyenglishmajor9924]

Welp, not gonna unsee that image anytime soon!

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

"I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!"

[@offdutyenglishmajor9924]

@@pkmntrainermark8881 Okay, that made me laugh!

[@jimwoodswrites]

I felt the urge to leave. Man, I should have.

[@fallenhero3130]

While I wouldn't call HOME ALONE a "bad" movie, it's definitely very silly and aimed at a younger audience than me. But I absolutely love the scene in the church with Old Man Marley. Really heartfelt, raw, good bonding between the two characters, and both actors are solid. He's a broken and lonely old man and feels like a real person. It's the most genuine and adult scene in the movie and it has no business being that good.

[@Ails1234]

It was so good they copy-pasted it to the second movie

[@BeeWhistler]

It really does give it extra depth… but it isn’t that far out from the underlying message, where Kevin is learning not to be afraid of things that won’t hurt him and act for himself against things that can.

[@mattpfarr6129]

They copy pasted everything to the second movie lol

[@janiefallout8]

Except Donald Trump. ;)

[@gelchert]

That’s one of the scenes that really reminds you that you’re watching a John Hughes movie.

[@TheZetaKai]

Spiderman 3 was a bloated, busy mess, and I didn't care for the retcon of Uncle Ben's death, but the origin of Sandman was a cinematic masterpiece. Beautiful and poignant, it brilliantly conveys his resurrection as a second chance to correct his past mistakes, shows some of his limitations, and excellently portrays the strength of his resolve, all without words. What could have been a poor man's Dr. Manhattan became a better story than the source material which spawned it, like the origin of Mister Freeze in BTAS. If only the rest of the movie were worthy of a scene like that in it.

[@Jeremaiiia]

Agreed, the fist half of the movie is really good. And then emo spiderboy appears.

[@jcspoon573]

"... For me, it was Tuesday." Raul Julia chewed the scenery to epic levels, fantastic scene, terrible movie.

[@Salty_Tiger]

I also love Guile's "We can all go home" speech. Not because it's good but because it's so incredibly bad.

[@leolightfellow]

This is what I came to post right away too. RIP Raul Julia, a true treasure of a man. Street Fighter The Movie did not deserve him and his talents.

[@michaelshepherd8545]

Darn, beat to it.

[@happychaosofthenorth]

@@leolightfellow I heard he wanted to do it for his kids who loved Street Fighter. He was a legend who gave 100% to his performances, even if it was just Street Fighter (and he knew he was dying at that point). Love him.

[@siegfriedmordrake3229]

Raul Julia was just perfect in that disaster of a movie

[@HerMajestyVelvet]

The Sandman scene will always be one of my favorite movie scenes of all time As someone who has lost a loved one and only kept going due to help from those around me that scene always reminds me why I push on through the mud

[@Yearofthebows24]

I would also like to add that the Spiderman 2 Gwen death leads to more meaning and emotional impact when he saves MJ in No Way Home

[@matheussanthiago9685]

Amazing how that set up only paid off in a different universe some 12 years after airing, under a different label, and a different franchise

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

​@@matheussanthiago9685 exactly lol I was gonna say the exact same thing

[@staceygroeneveld4116]

I remember the scene in the theater, everyone was sniffling.

[@Zhavari]

My mom posted this out and I could not agree more

[@Whookieee]

"Fatal amounts of Donny Osmond" 😂😂😂

[@Achieme]

I've always liked the first Andrew Garfield Amazing Spider-Man because of the bridge scene and the scene where the construction workers were helping Spider-Man get to Oscorp Tower. It's like The Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films were citizens helped Spider-Man against goblin and doc ock

[@WriterBrandonMcNulty]

Yeah, can be lots of fun when the setting/population becomes a character of its own

[@AnujChatterjee-q5b]

It's a pure coincidence that your video came out during the 10 year anniversary of Amazing 2. Recently only KZbinr "Doom Blazer" made a post that the movie is 10/10 in everythything else except for the script and pacing. Well I would give it a 7.5 or an 8. The writing was flawed and they did try to mess things up for future installments that didn't happen but still it is pretty enjoyable and rewatchable.

[@johngr1747]

Yeah I saw it recently and while I have my problems with it, it's a good one!

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

"What if he doesn’t like me?" Awww! I've never seen this movie, but that line really pulled at my heartstrings. I expected it to be a 'what if I can't deal with him?' But it subverted my expectations and made it a truly emotional twist.

[@johnleonard9102]

Tasm 2's part where Spider-Man shows his ingenuity to save everyone from Electro on Times Square was awesome.

[@SirLagsALot008]

I like the scene in Toy Story 4 where Woody was walking with Forky after jumping out the RV to bring him back. The whole interaction was really good.

[@VNightmoon]

Forky: I'm...Bonnie's... Woody: :D Forky: ...Trash! :D Woody: :/

[@neftalithekushite4063]

Please do a "good vs bad" on Macgaffins

[@mr.dewtles4178]

Armageddon. When chick (will Patton) visits his ex wife and son. It shows that he makes a lot of bad decisions, she doesn't trust him, he hasn't seen his own son in quite some time. He tells her he's on to "something big" and she rightfully doesn't believe him. It breaks my heart. I love it

[@erakfishfishfish]

The opening credits of X-Men Origins: Wolverine where Logan and Sabertooth are fighting various American wars. The cameo-laden opening scene of Austin Powers: Goldmember. And while the film was more “meh” than bad, the scene in Troy between Peter O’Toole and Brad Pitt is fantastic.

[@intergalactic92]

I'll add the train scene from the Wolverine. Messy film but that sequence is spectacular.

[@ChrisPierreBacon]

The scene at the end of the first Fantastic Beasts where Newt tells Jacob he didn't erase his memory, and let him hang around because he was his friend.

[@spinlok3943]

I really like the final talk between Batman and Mr Freeze in Batman and Robin. No ice puns or cornball humor, just a heart to heart between these two characters where Batman convinces Freeze to help save Alfred and he can help him cure his wife. Its beautiful with touching music.

[@seanneff]

The 13th Warrior: while I rather like this movie, it's pretty notorious for being a bit of a mess with abandoned subplots and the like. But there's a scene near the end where one of the Vikings, injured and exhausted, decides to stop running and face the Wen that are following them. He looks at the hero and says, "I've run about as far as I care to." Both of them know that to stop now is a death sentence (the dilemma, to use your structure for a reaction scene), but he tells the hero, "Today was a good day. A good day!" because they did kill the enemy's queen (the decision: stop and fight to the death). I love it because it emphasizes one of the key themes of the movie: the fatalistic attitude the Vikings have and how they embrace whatever life throws their way. Shortly thereafter, near the climax, is another scene I love, where our hero, a Muslim, prays to Allah with a humility he didn't have at the start of the movie. He then joins the Vikings in their prayer about Valhalla, showing that he's also come to understand them as well. I think it's a great demonstration of character growth.

[@KarateGirl999]

Without a doubt, some of the absolute BEST scenes from a not so great movie are ones from X-men: The Last Stand. It's far from a good movie, but god damn the pieces are there and done so well. Some of my favorites are when a young Angel tries to cut his wings off out of fear of what his father will say and do, Beast resigning from a political gathering and he and the president talk about very tough but reasonable matters, and THE SCENE WITH MAGNETO LIFTING THE BRIDGE. HOLY SHIT THAT IS AMAZING. I really wish XM:TLS was genuine goodness from beginning to end with only some hiccups here and there, but the execs just had to stick their noses where where they didn't belong, didn't they?

[@BeeWhistler]

We’ve had an epidemic of those in the last couple of decades.

[@intergalactic92]

The use of beast in that film was just excellent. Stand out performance.

[@jmb378]

I genuinely think that movie would have been good if they just skipped the Phoenix bits and focused on the cure storyline. Really all of that part of the movie is good.

[@gelchert]

Also the scene immediately following Professor X’s death, where Pyro tells Magneto he would have gladly killed Xavier himself and Magneto immediately shuts him down. He hardly raises his voice, but his choice of words and his tone make it very clear that Magneto sincerely regrets that Xavier is dead, and that Pyro has crossed a line.

[@ryukenson]

Click (2006) when the father said "I love you son" then walks away in tears will always hits me in the heart.

[@gabriellegillen]

Man this scene always makes me cry, when Adam Sandler keeps rewinding it over and over again in vain 😭

[@tommiethon4026]

Just reading your comment made me tear up lmao

[@_the_rizzler]

I've said for a while now that Click is much better when it's taking itself seriously. The comedy's overall pretty trash in that movie, but it goes so hard when it's being a character drama

[@ElliYeetYT]

That is a good example from The Last Jedi. Even though The Force Awakens ages worse the more I watch it, Han Solo’s death scene is still a fantastic moment. It’s not undercut by a random joke, the tension is very high, the reactions from Chewbacca Rey and Finn (And Leia) are genuine, the scene almost calms us down before shit goes horribly wrong and we can see the regret in Kylo’s eyes after doing it, which added more depth to him. I Will say Kylo is one of the few Star Wars sequel trilogy characters who wasn’t ruined entirely.

[@hgman3920]

the good news is that Han falls down a deep reactor shaft, and we never see him hit bottom, so I'm sure that somehow, he'll return

[@mindecon8084]

I think each of the sequels has few good scenes. Unfortunately as a whole movie none of them is good

[@shlafrock2175]

​@@hgman3920 😅😅😅 gold

[@mattpfarr6129]

Well except they tried to make him the main villain when it wasn’t really feasible and then gave him an unearned redemption arc and a stupid kiss. They blew it with every character… Lucky for them, Adam Driver is amazing

[@Cableguy15]

Looking back, I think Kylo had a great introductory scene that showed he was ruthless and competent... and then it was all downhill from there. The Force Awakens had an interesting idea with him. He's very powerful but mentally weak. He can't get his family out of his head. Problem is, the execution wasn't good. Showing him as a petulant child with super powers was good for a quick bit of comedy, but I think more subtlety would have gone a long way. To me, it would have made more sense for him to slowly unravel instead of throwing tantrums right out the gate. That way, it's a lot more satisfying and a lot less head-scratching when he loses in the end.

[@swonkoji]

The court hearing scene in Iron Man 2 is brilliant. The dialogue, the cinematography and the acting of all actors etc. It got even better after what happened in The Winter Soldier and Civil War.

[@racheltheradiant4675]

Great video, thank you for your advice, always.👍🏻 X Men the Last Stand is another movie with "too many things" happening. But I never fail to cry when Wolverine is forced the kill Jean to stop the Dark Phoenix.

[@TheZetaKai]

Magneto abandoning Mystique was also emotionally effective, as was the subplot of Rogue opting to take the mutant "cure". Even the scene of a young Angel trying to cut off his own wings was quite good. The film as a whole just wasn't cohesive or coherent to make up for the scenes that worked.

[@Dave-um7mw]

I also cried... at how bad of a job they did at writing the Dark Phoenix character. Someday, someone's going to get it right.

[@siegfriedmordrake3229]

My favourite scene from a bad movie is : absolutely every scene from Batman and Robin. They are all so ridiculous, absurd and over the top that the whole thing is hilarious

[@spinlok3943]

Actually I would argue the final talk between Batman and Mr Freeze at the end is a genuinely good and moving scene.

[@siegfriedmordrake3229]

@@spinlok3943 I'll have to rewatch it, I don't remember it too much

[@spinlok3943]

@@siegfriedmordrake3229 there are clips of it on KZbin.

[@WriterBrandonMcNulty]

What's your favorite scene from a bad story? Let us know!

[@GOF2013]

Bane breaking Batman's back in The Dark Knight Rises. Not a terrible movie, but I would consider it bad compared to the other two Nolan Batman movies

[@TeamNolex]

This video in the story of my life. :)

[@PuppetMaster-Blade]

I really like the scene in Rise of Skywalker where Rey nuts out lightning. Possibly the best scene for me in that trilogy next to sith rey vision and the thrown room scene where Kylo and rey outsmart Snoke

[@OlympianWarrior]

I'm scared to say anything because one man's bad story is another man's good one. How am I supposed to know if anyone agrees on the quality of the story?

[@NeoStoneWriter]

PS. Before I published my book, I saw your videos about boring words and verbs to avoid, I applied your advice INSTANTALY on my book, improving it drastically! Here's the first scene from my book Chapter 1. The Mysterious Woman And the Villagers. In a remote village, far removed from the bustling world there resides a mysterious woman, shrouded in secrecy whose face no one has seen. Her visage remains concealed from prying eyes, as she veils her face, her right elbow, and her left shoulder is hidden within her clothing. Even her hands remain concealed beneath pale farming gloves. Whispers about her circulate throughout the village. Some suggest she hides her disfigurement to avoid the scornful gazes of the villagers, while others insist her beauty conceals an unbearable shyness. Yet, no one dares to approach her and solve the enigmatic questions that cloak her. For five long years within this village a recluse she has been. Her voice too, remains a mystery, unheard by any villager. She employs sign language, learned for some special purpose, and over those five years, she imparts this language to her fellow villagers. Every transaction in the marketplace, every interaction, transpires through the silent lexicon she wields. The villagers perceive her as deaf and mute, incapable of hearing or speaking. Little do they know that she is able to listen to every uttered word, crystal clear, spoken behind her back. She remains ever vigilant, especially around those who voice their thoughts openly, while the villagers naively remain careless of their chatter around her. To seem indifferent is to hold the key to hidden understanding, a secret pathway to their inner thoughts and feelings. To those around her, she remains a mystery. In the shadowed alleys of human connection, an intriguing phenomenon unfolded. It’s a subtle dance of perception, where the world around her underestimates her because in their minds she’s deaf to their words. And there lies a great consequence. Their defences crumble, and the secrets concealed deep within their minds are spilled forth, whispered like clandestine secrets into the night. As those unspoken truths, hidden desires, and heartfelt confessions flow freely, she stands at the precipice of an extraordinary power. She became the silent observer, the keeper of concealed knowledge, and the expert in controlling her emotions. No matter how piercing the revelations, how cutting the offences, her countenance remains a tranquil mask, betraying nothing. In this realm of discretion and self-control, she wields a potency more formidable than the deadliest weapon ever crafted for an assassin’s hand.

[@nickjohnson7277]

"They get chopped in half... and for Them the Nightmare is only just beginning." Pukka blurb. Very intriguing

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

My copy of The Half Murders is supposed to arrive soon! Looking forward to reading it! (I thought it had arrived today when I saw an Amazon box, but that was cat food, which is also important to be fair 🤣 )

[@WriterBrandonMcNulty]

THANK YOU for ordering a copy! Hope you love it. Please also consider leaving a brief review when you finish.

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

@@WriterBrandonMcNulty I definitely will!

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

@@errantwinds-up8uu He meant by you, of his book; and not of the food by his cat.

[@BrooklynAvenue]

Enemy Mine has a great philosophical scene, where the human has to point out to the alien that he's heard the key message of his religion. Rather than be offended, the alien says "Of course! Truth is truth." I.e. the idea that ideas were universal pleased him. Nice subversion of expectations.

[@jamesmars9767]

He said "good scene from bad movies" not "good scenes from decent movies"

[@VNightmoon]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II. I am not exaggerating when I say this movie was made so "Quasimodo can get the girl this time," as those were the exact words in a Disney Adventures magazine interview with one of the creators. It's burned into my memory from fury, and I hate that this is the reason this movie exists (aside from being in the lineup of late 90s - early 2000s direct-to-video/DVD cash grab Disney sequels that were, for the most part, garbage). I hate this movie. It takes everything good about the original: the art, the music, a compelling story, a complex villain, a great protagonist with a direction and purpose - and throws it all right out the window. It's a cash grab with a basic and boring romance plot (which sucks, because I actually like Madeleine and feel she had a lot of wasted potential), and the entire thing revolves around a jeweled bell that would not work in real life just to hamfist a message about "beauty on the inside." Yeah, the second that bell rings, all those jewels are going to break, not to mention the sound will be awful. That all said. There's a moment where Quasimodo was betrayed by Madeleine. He learns she was dating him to get away from the bell tower so her boss could steal the bell. He storms up the cathedral steps, and credit to whoever animated this part, because it's actually well-done and subtle for animation that for the rest of the film makes an 80s Saturday morning cartoon look spectacular. Quasimodo goes from fury, stomping up the steps, then slows down as the reality of Madeleine's betrayal sinks in, then he falls to his knees in tears as he hits his breaking point that someone he thought was able to look beyond his ugliness and love him never truly did. It's a good scene *because* it's animated so well that the subtle movements and facial expressions come across, and you can really feel the pain Quasimodo is going through. It's a moment of genuine vulnerability and emotional pull when the rest of the movie's emotional beats are so bland they make white bread seem spicy.

[@johnfernandez2751]

Thanks for this.

[@VNightmoon]

@@johnfernandez2751 You're welcome.

[@brianedwards7142]

Ladyhawke (not a bad movie imo but I'm in a minority, apparently) Where Isabeau and Philippe have rescued the wolf from a frozen river in the night and as the sun rises the wolf turns into Etienne and there is just time for eye contact before Isabeau turns into the hawk. Their dilemma is thus presented in a nutshell.

[@thomasrex8140]

I love the fact that TLJ is a symbol of bad movie and I hate the idea that TASM2 is a bad movie.

[@theclockworksolution8521]

I actually have the opposite take, lol. I think the TLJ hate is way overblown, and it annoys me that in the wake of the marvel Spider-Man movies, a lot of people have only decided that they like the Amazing series because they hate Tom Holland. But to each his own. That’s just my opinion.

[@intergalactic92]

@@theclockworksolution8521I’m firmly of the opinion that all the Spider-Man films have some merit to them. I always thought the hate of TASM 2 was overblown, but it is definitely messy and overstuffed with sequel baiting. TLJ really isn’t as bad as the fandom tries to make out.

[@damienrockstarthholyonofg3103]

Xanadu is considered bad by some people, but the tap dancing scene with Olivia and Gene Kelly turned the movie into a Turner Classic Film with the old school ball room tap dancing. Gene Kelly was old too. Dam its such a good scene!

[@NeptuneJr]

I say this a a huge fan of the Amazing Spider-man. The second movie was bad. It had great stuff in it but it just doesn't have the 1st movie's cohesion.

[@venalleader2909]

I just want to point out for Brandon that the death of Gwen Stacy happened in Amazing Spider-Man #121 (yes, committed to my childhood memory) and that storyline (the death of a major hero's love interest) was pivotal enough that the industry considers that issue to be the end of the Silver Age of Comics.

[@chloemchll3774]

The Last Jedi gets a bad wrap when it was actually the only one of the sequel trilogy that had any good original ideas at all (which isn’t to say it didn’t also have bad ones; I rank it as the third worst Star Wars movie, just ahead of The Force Awakens- which to me is a movie with no original ideas and is pure fan service- and miles ahead of Rise of Skywalker, which maybe the single worst movie I ever voluntarily paid money to see). I genuinely believe that if all three movies had been written and directed by Rian Johnson, there’s a chance it would at least be close to the prequel trilogy (which is itself highly flawed, but at least Revenge of the Sith is a good movie and the first two do a good job of expanding our understanding of the universe even though the Clone Wars series proved there were way more interesting stories to tell about Obi-Wan and Anakin that probably should have been the movies rather than what we actually got) because I think a lot of people’s big complaints about The Last Jedi are centered in the fact that The Force Awakens didn’t really set anything up and they were forced to just accept this massive change in Luke’s character rather than getting to witness the events that caused the change in the first place. If the first movie was about how and why Luke would go into isolation and the impact of losing Ben Solo to the dark side, it would have set up The Last Jedi in a way that could have really worked effectively and that most SW fans would have been on board with, maybe even liked.)

[@intergalactic92]

With hindsight the Force Awakens sets the rest up for failure. The writing of Luke is necessitated by the groundwork laid by the first film, and by the fact the film ends with Rey and Luke stood face to face. Also, they should have just had the same person running the entire trilogy. This chopping and changing was a recipe for disaster.

[@spinlok3943]

I agree. Even though I hate all of the sequel trilogy, I think TLJ is actually the best of them. It at least tried something new instead of copying the original trilogy movies.

[@chloemchll3774]

@@intergalactic92 Yeah, as much as I’d prefer if Rian did the whole 3, I’d only slightly less prefer it if JJ had done the whole thing.

[@roguebarbarian9133]

Here were my opinions watching each of the sequels: Force Awakens: that was a lot of fun! They absolutely retread a lot of the same ground as before, but this is Star Wars - when is that never not the case? The Last Jedi: that movie felt like a bit of a misstep, but I bet the sequel will be able to redeem it when it pays off everything this movie was trying to set up. Rise of Skywalker: wow, this movie is terrible. This is literally the only Star Wars film I have no interest in rewatching (which remains true almost five years later) AND it absolutely torpedoed any chance of me liking The Last Jedi.

[@chloemchll3774]

@@roguebarbarian9133 I had a similar reaction the first time I saw The Force Awakens in theaters; my opinion of it has gone down since as I’ve become more of the opinion that it uttetly failed at being a good launching point for the new trilogy. The real issue is that the first movie needed to have a Phantom Menace like 10 year gap so we could see the fall of Ben Solo and how that took apart Han and Leia’s marriage and sent Luke into exile. It would then set up a movie like TLJ, but without burdening it with also giving exposition that we definitely needed to see and not be told. I can understand your opinion of Rise and how that kills any chance there was to like Last Jedi. For me, it was the opposite- my opinion of Last Jedi went up because I realized it actually let me have expectations for an interesting conclusion to the trilogy and then Rise crapped the bed about as bad as could be.

[@derekdunbar6352]

There's a montage in ASM2 of Peter just going around being Spider-Man. He helps a little kid, he saves a store while he's sick, it's great. I just wanted a full movie of stuff like that.

[@antonywayne8487]

From the same Spider-Man move I liked the scene where Harry saved Electro since it played into both of their vulnerabilities. I think both of them were good choice for the roles they played they just needed more time than that movie gave them.

[@lee_roy_ventura]

Shallow Hal when Hal goes back to the hospital and sees one of the children was actually a burn-victim. The entire thing is just heartbreaking

[@badasscomedy5126]

My favorite good scene from a shitty movie is from Event Horizon when Captain Miller finds a recording that shows what happened to the crew of the abandoned ship he and his men were investigating and he was like “We’re gonna blow this bitch to hell. This ship is beyond saving”

[@Dave-um7mw]

Great scene! When he said that, my sister shouted, "Finally, someone with a brain!" I liked Event Horizon as a horror movie though.

[@SonicKai2003]

there were a lot of scenes from TASM2 that were really good. especially the fight scenes. the cinematography as a whole was just really solid. it's something I wish carried over to the future Spider-man movies. Unfortunately you can't win 'em all 😔

[@tearstoneactual9773]

Man, this is such a good scene writing guide, for the screen, stage, or page. It's succinct with good examples. It certainly clarified a few things for me especially on Reaction scenes/Sequels. Thank you, Brandon.

[@armacanqui]

Not an “awful” movie per se, but RoboCop 2: After Cain (in his new cyborg body) rampages through the mayor’s meeting with the Nuke cult, there’s a scene where Murphy finds a barely-alive Hob inside the armored truck. It’s an especially great scene because Murphy’s humanity (which apparently was reset to “senseless robot” mode since RoboCop 1) shines through as he comforts Hob in his dying moments. The exchange is brief and the writing isn’t phenomenal, but one simple word paired with the physical and vocal delivery by Peter Weller (with a tiny voice break) is excellent: Hob: “I’m gonna die… you know what that’s like, don’t you?… it really sucks!” Murphy: “…yes.”

[@everwake2689]

I love that scene.

[@pehpunkthahpunkt4179]

after reading each and every comment i realized that most of the bad movies people mention i have not seen. apparently i dodged a lot of bullets. that just made me happy 😊

[@shinankoku2]

Favorite scene from a bad movie: the scene in the Emperor’s Throne Room in Dune ‘84. In that ham-handed movie, this scene establishes an *amazing* aesthetic that works in the universe of Dune. Also, it establishes that this man who should the absolute monarch of all humanity is beholden to powers seemingly greater than himself.

[@johnfernandez2751]

Thanks! I got one of your books and I actually couldn't handle the tension. (Horror and Suspense are way outside my usual genres) so this is the way I can say thanks for doing these videos.

[@WriterBrandonMcNulty]

Just saw this... Thank you so much! And don't feel bad--I'm well aware that my books aren't for everyone haha

[@TheMusicscotty]

First Xmen movie was okay but the scene at the beginning where the biy is ripped from the arms of his parents and tries with all his might to reach for them felt like such a genuinely amazing story if a man who deserved and got those powers. Again, good movie, but the scene that started it was a cut above. Best thing from all those xmen movies was the very first scene.

[@alexp.d3689]

I'm currently working on an adaptation of Grimm's Aschenputtel ( Cinderella ) ,near the end the protagonist finds herself locked in a room unable to go try the slipper which is her ticket to freedom. Her mother's spirit ( the fairy godmother equivalent of the story ) comes to her aid and opens the door through magic "the question is not whether or not you can physically get to him ,the question is are you prepared to face him and the possibility of rejection ? " ( Which is her entire conflict,she lies to the prince about her identity because she thinks her true self to be unworthy , and struggles with it throughout the story . The story's core theme is about chance's and making choices ) ... In the quick version she decides to go and finally face him and tell him the truth regardless of Cassandra's ( her older sister ) manipulation or the possibility of rejection. She tries the shoe ,they get married and her sisters after a failed assassination attempt and showing how they're unworthy of redemption ( especially her younger sister,Rene, who has shown to have the capacity for good. Her flaw is that she lacks conviction and is easily manipulated by others and desperately seeks the approval of her mother and Cassandra , leading her to side with Cassandra and rejects Cinderella ,throws and big lit candelabra on Cinderella 😂 ) get punished with blindness by Cinderella's bird friends at her. A second draft has it that Cinderella gives up and hides from the prince, and five month's later she reunites with two old friends ( already established as being her care takers when she was a child,they help her escape from a brothel where the Stepmother sold her to later on. ) They notice that she's absentminded and constantly distracted, repeating to her a line her mother's spirit told her when she was locked up in the shoe trial scene " I can't tell you what to do ,I can only give you advice. YOU and only you are the one who can make the final decision ".After she has a dream and talks to her subconscious admitting that she misses the prince,she decides to sneak into the palace and face him .The climax during the wedding is the same, any thoughts or advice ... ?

[@Terastas]

Favorite scene from a bad movie: In Eight Crazy Nights, when Davey plays two-on-two with Benjamin. It's slickly animated with believable character interactions (especially compared to the rest of the movie), and Davey relies just as much on out-thinking his opponents as he does outperforming them. Ironically, it's the scene that angers me the most about Eight Crazy Nights, because it proved that the people who otherwise spent the whole movie animating piss, shit and bad caricatures demonstrated that they could have made a good movie if they wanted to.

[@kingoftherevolution4855]

My favorite thing in the star wars sequels is the light speed ram despite that sacrifice making no sense, followed by that time rey teleports a lightsaber into bens hand behind his back, even though that power was foreshadowed for the first time ever in that one movie and that's almost all it ever did.

[@matthewhipps3221]

I think Rocky IV is a bad movie but I’ll admit the scene right before Apollo gets the fatal punch from Drago and he pretty much realizes he’s dead I thought that was a powerful moment.

[@langasdeloslangas2238]

Am I the only one who noticed Brandon was making a cool acrostic with S-C-E-N-E until he ruined it at 2:20?

[@joekuvorkian]

My favorite scene from a bad movie is the rise of Skywalker. When all the ships show up to help Rey agaisnt Palpatine. That shit was awesome in theaters and made me feel better about wasting money on garbage

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

One critic said that Sean S Cunningham's direction of FRIDAY THE 13TH would have rated C plus in film school! (Predictably, the only teenager who survives is the virgin...)

[@matityaloran9157]

11:10, the “a leader can falter but laws will live on” scene from Exodus:Gods and Kings was the sole good line in that awful film an it was actually a really good line.

[@user-ed7dy1mq9u]

Rebel Moon, the conversation between the Robot and the young lady. Very bad movie, very good scene.

[@Drawing-Roses]

Finally! Someone who agrees that Rebel Moon is a bad movie! I like the fight scenes and some of the world building but for me it was the pacing of backstories and the cast looking very human when they had the money to spare on the background characters looking inhuman! They also could have used the rule of show don’t tell at the beginning of the movie but instead they showed a big ship looming in the distance while outright telling us the backstory of the bad guys. They could have had shots of the king and queen’s death, the crowning of the general and how brutal he was but no! They picked a looming ship over showing the viewer blood and gore they were willing to share in other scenes! Ah! And where is the visual storytelling in the character’s designs or dialogue to elude to the backstories of the characters? There is a fallen prince in the story but we don’t get a clue about it, not in his design not in his dialogue, not even his mannerisms until the big bad guy says so, and why should we trust anything coming out of his mouth? If you can’t feel it already I feel like rewriting the story in the near future. 😊

[@DanCummins]

Mickey Rourks monologue from The Expendables

[@gloriafernandes276]

Thanks, Brandon for the video. It goes to show that even a bad movie can have a redeeming quality if it has one good scene.

[@freecomet]

There was one scene in the twilight films where Edward guides Bella away from the Evil Vampire council after they eat a group of tourists. Most likable either of them were in the whole series.

[@theclockworksolution8521]

Ive unironically always liked Charlie from Twilight as a character. Just a guy trying to take care of his idiot daughter. He’s the only one I actually sympathize with.

[@freecomet]

@@theclockworksolution8521 Ikr, my buddies and I are making a visual novel that's basically Twilight, but with Charlie as the main character.

[@obsessedwithguitars3157]

I'd say the best scene from an otherwise terrible movie was the end of Manos: The Hands Of Fate. The main couple and their daughter not only fail to escape The Master, but the father becomes the new servant in place of Torgo. It's a genuinely good twist that demonstrates this evil travel lodge will continue to destroy lives and hints at mysteries that surround Torgo's involvement, as well as The Master's wives.

[@basartuncel]

(Minor spoilers) I think the climax of “The Outsider”, where Jared Leto enters Yakuza meeting to fight Orochi is a great example of goal/conflict/resolution. I find this one really interesting because goal is solid (he came to fight) but the conflict and resolution is swift and intriguing because where you think “he can’t do it whatsoever” it becomes “what he has all rights to do”, in a split moment. And just when you think the resolution is a complete disaster, you understand that, from the very beginning, it was the only way to exit the situation unharmed.

[@WriterBrandonMcNulty]

Need to watch this one. Adding it to my list

[@raymk]

Brandon should write comedy. I laughed a lot in this video 😆

[@Milton2k]

In sucker punch, one of the last scenes when the bus driver helps the protagonist to avoid the police.

[@WilliamReginaldLucas]

This video was brilliant thank you Brandon! Rogue One wasn’t an awful movie, but I have to say, the scene where Vader cuts through the rebels at his peak power trying to collect the Death Star plans is badass as fuck.

[@Ivotas]

My favorite scene from a bad movie is the ending scene of Terminator 3. That movie was a dumpsterfire for the most part but the final couple of minutes I absolutely loved.

[@GlendonPerkinsgp]

Kathy Bates rocks.

[@BeeWhistler]

She has a way of being the one gleaming spot in an otherwise dismal movie. Or being the brightest spot in a good one.

[@jesternario]

I mean, There's a great moment in Six String Samurai. It's cheesy bad film at it's best. You have a post-apocalyptic hylander style fight between musicians trying to make their way to vegas to be the new king after Elvis dies. The two moments that come to mind on it are the final guitar duel between main character Buddy Holly and Slash (Death), and a moment where the child lead tries to do some tai chi stuff during a fist fight and gets hit for it, at which Buddy tells the kidn "Just clock him," at which point there is an abrupt end as said child lead does what he's told and knock his opponent out.

[@caedrewan]

SOMEwhere on youtube should be my brothers channel where he's got a video of our Amazing Spider-Man 2 review. As much as I was critical of the film, I praised Gwen's death scene. But yeah, that's ONE scene.

[@artemisnite]

The Spider-Man scene is great because it was lifted from one of the most famous issues in comic history.

[@harveysmith3738]

Another great video, instructive and entertaining. Your videos keep getting better and better, congratulations on your deserved recognition and subscriber numbers launching well. You deserve it.

[@mathsalot8099]

I loved the scene in BvS where Bruce experiences the battle from Man of Steel on the ground among the people. It sets up who he is a person when he runs INTO the cloud, and also sets up a believeable mistrust/hatred of Superman. Sadly, the movie continues and turns a believable mistrust into a ridiculous paranoia, and it doesnt develop a mistrust/hatred in Superman towards Bruce, and then resolves everything with a single word... Martha!! But the first part with Bruce witnessing the destruction of Metropolis was great!!

[@akshattamrakar9071]

The best scene from this movie was when Batman says "you are not brave, men are brave" after shooting kryptonite powder filled bullet at superman. This shows how powerful Batman is and most importantly it showcases that if a man is determined enough he can go Toe to toe with a god.

[@Horstinkistan]

Maybe it's because I read the books, but... I hated the Harry Potter movies. All of them. The acting was appalling, characters were nothing like their book counterparts and the stories were so rushed that half of the important information was left out. Especially Prisoner of Azkaban was a mess and, in my opinion, the worst of the eight. However, it also had the best scene: Harry goes back to Hogwarts and he and his roommates enter the dorm. They sit around eating those sweets that make them do animal sounds. It really shows how happy Harry is to be back at Hogwarts and it shows that feeling of being home and accepted that the books usually just mention with a throwaway line. It's not really a big scene but it was by far the best two minutes of all those movies.

[@glentz716]

I liked the first three movies, the last 5 were all half-assed messes. I think Harry Potter is ripe to be re-done properly as a streaming serial down the line so that the stories aren't rushed. But then, I've also realized lately that as cool as the universe was that was created, there's a ton of awful writing throughout the stories.

[@jkta97]

Beard's scene with Nate in the third season of Ted Lasso was pretty great. Season 3 of Ted Lasso was a huge letdown after how good the first two seasons were, but that scene between Beard and Nate was really powerful. Beard was the only one who was understandably still mad at Nate for betraying the team (I still don't know why everyone else forgave him so easily), so his decision to finally forgive Nate and personally offer him a second chance with Richmond was really powerful. He reveals to Nate that he had betrayed Ted in a similar fashion and that Ted had still given him a second chance. There is a huge amount of suspense because it seems like Beard still wants to physically attack Nate, and Nate even offers to let Beard head butt him, but instead Beard puts his head against Nate's gently as a sign of friendship.

[@TheManFromWaco]

While calling "Rurouni Kenshin" a bad manga would be a stretch, it does have one scene that stands miles above the standard 'shonen battle manga' fare that makes up most of the material. It's the main character's fight with Saito Hajime. For those who don't know the comic, he's the super-quick summary. The story takes place in 1870's Japan, and Kenshin is a samurai who fought for the Emperor in a civil war ten years prior. As soon as the Emperor's victory was certain, however, Kenshin vanished and swore to leave behind the man he was by never killing again. Anti-Hero Saito was a samurai on the opposite side of that same war, and Kenshin's arch-rival. When he appears at the dojo where Kenshin is staying, the two immediately come to blows. While most swordfights in the comic are flashy and rely on superpowers, this battle is (largely) grounded in realism. It's a brutal, no-holds-barred slugging match between two heavyweights who simply want the other dead. Ultimately, the battle is draw due to a third party intervening, but from a moral standpoint, Kenshin has lost completely. The only way he was able to fight Saito to a standstill was because he dredged back up the ruthless manslayer persona that he used during the war. And not only did the hero morally lose this particular fight, now he has a new dilemma. He will soon be going up against a series of supervillains, each at least as powerful as Saito. It looks like his only options will be to embrace the worst parts of himself and lose any chance at a peaceful life to save Japan from an even greater evil, or let the villains win in the name of a personal moral scruple. I've never bothered to re-read the entire series, but I go back to read that scene regularly.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

I feel like Gwen hitting the ground anyway vs. coming to a sudden stop two inches above the ground doesn't make much of a difference.

[@deeesher]

I'm not a fan of Justice League, the Whedon version OR Snyder cut. There's a lot of issues I have with the overall story, although the Snyder cut did give us a couple of better character developments for Steppenwolf and Cyborg, it still wasn't enough. But in the Whedon version, there's a great moment during the fight with Batman right after bringing Superman back to life. He grabs Batman and says, "You don't want me to live. You won't let me die. Tell me... Do you bleed?". Which is a great callback to the Batman vs Superman... which was also mostly dumb.

[@mrsturtevant1]

I absolutely hated that movie Freaky with Vince Vaughn. But the only scene I did like was that conversation the girl has with her Mom in a dressing room in Vince Vaughn's body

[@DavidDavyDavidson]

Awesome video. I was hoping and waiting for something on how to structure a scene.

[@TimMaxShift]

3:15 At the first glance, I see several large countries in which this film is not banned. In addition, do not forget that the country's leadership lives in one world, and the country's population in another. If something is prohibited somewhere, it does not mean that the population of the country knows about it at all. A lot of things are forbidden in my country, but it's easy to get them without risking anything. Nobody cares.

[@TheRealAndrew5223]

Not a bad movie, but an overrated one: Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I like it, and have seen it several times. But it's not nearly as great as many people make it out to be. The older you get, the more you like the principal and hate Ferris. But the scene that I think is amazing is when the three characters visit the Chicago Museum of Art. When Cameron gets lost in the painting, and focuses on the child's face, it communicates so much pain. It's hard to believe such an unusual and emotional scene can be so effective in an adolescent comedy.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Friday the 13th wasn't banned in the UK, despite what your map says. The R-rated version was released without cuts (I assume that was a version created by the studio) in 1987, and the full _unrated_ version was released in 2003. That was also uncut, which is more than can be said for the victims! 😂

[@deborahminter6231]

Honestly, there were a lot of good scenes from the Star Wars sequels because of the fantastic performances from the actors. The films were bad because the creators refused to give the characters a positive plot or provide a hopeful resolution for the legacy family.

[@killerecho]

The opening scene in the Mortal Kombat reboot.

[@TheDrsalvation]

the amazing spiderman 2 had an amazing ending which should've been the actual main ending, but for some reason it was cut out of the movie.

[@thomasmoran8958]

Nicely done. If you don't mind, you think you could make a bad action scene vs good action scene video?

[@WriterBrandonMcNulty]

That sounds like a great idea. I’m planning to do Bad Dialogue 4 soon and I have another BvG idea as well. Action Scenes would be a perfect fit.

[@glentz716]

You know what makes a bad action scene? So much CGI that you can't keep track of what's going on and eventually are just waiting for the scene to end because you stopped caring.

[@JohnBradford14]

The scene at the end of the newest Grinch movie where he actually has to confront the people at the party he got invited to and feels shame for his actions. Pretty strong stuff.

[@mattcavanaugh6082]

Several superbly crafted scenes in EX MACHINA, which ultimately disappoints as a whole.

[@ForOrAgainstUs]

All of the car chase scenes from the movie Ronin are unbelievable. I tried to watch the whole movie a few times, and ended up going "WTF" when I finally made it to the end. Something about a McGuffin. Who knows...

[@willm1376]

I will never recover emotionally from that scene in The Amazing Spiderman 2 😢

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

There is one *GREAT* scene in "Bambi Meets Godzilla". No spoilers here... you'll just have to watch for yourself.

[@DiMono]

Spice World. The movie is awful, a blatant cash grab trading on the Spice Girls' popularity at the time. Near the end, the girls are on a bus which is in a chase or something, and the film cuts back and forth between them and a writer pitching an action scene in a potential Spice Girls movie to a producer. Everything he pitches actually happens to the girls, unbeknownst to them. It spirals out of control, and eventually there's a bomb on the bus, and the producer shouts "They've suffered enough!" It's a genuinely funny scene in an otherwise atrocious film.

[@Dude-xb3xh]

I thought the best amazing spider-man scene was with flash showing real empathy showing us a side of him and making it seem more real

[@mikelewis495]

Of course Freud-o Ren wasn't gonna kill his mother

[@williamgardiner6810]

Shia LaBeouf confronts the Autobots during DOTM when they are leaving. Shia really stepped up his game in that second half of that movie

[@akshattamrakar9071]

Batman vs Superman: You are not brave, men are brave.

[@akshattamrakar9071]

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[@TheMusicscotty]

Sandman in Spiderman 3. Im not a bad person. Ive just had bad luck. That should hit a little harder the older you get.

[@treasonouspigeonpeckers957]

Kingsmen had one good scene where it was a long shot of the kid escaping the hooligans. Everything else was a mess including how Spoiler... Many people still died before they were able to permanently stop the kill switch

[@jesusromanpadro3853]

My problem with this movie is that I liked all the characters except the protagonist. 🤦‍♂️ So, I have no interest in the sequels at all.

[@barbaramarkley43]

I hated the movie Yesterday but the scene where the (very unlikable) protagonist visits John Lennon, who is alive in this alternate universe, is so poignant. I could watch that scene over & over.

[@ludovico6890]

There's a couple of scenes from Road House I genuinely liked, especially the climax. But then as dumb as the whole movie was, i always enjoyed as a sort of modernised western. Same goes with Warlock. It's extremely derivative, in fact it's a thinly disguised rehash of Terminator, but there's a few genuinely creepy moments that work beautifully. When Warlock is trying to escape and the MC (Sarah Connor in anything but name) is running after him to save herself from the ageing curse, it has genuine suspense and emotional stakes. It just works.

[@TheEmeraldSword86]

I would consider a good scene from a bad movie to be any scene with Margaret White from the first Carrie movie. The movie was the worst thing I've ever seen, but Piper Laurie's performance as Margaret White was the only, THE ONLY good thing about it.

[@lotharrenz4621]

"...and fatal amounts of Danny Osmond." I have a feeling I dun'wanna know who that is. XD hm, favourite scene? maybe from the original Willow movie, which wasn't great, but not bad, either. bad guy gets a hold on one of the short people accompanying Willow, and starts to inquire about numbers and plans and whatnot, and the good guy just silently shakes his head... and bad guy starts to shake his head with him, with a look of utter disappointment on his face. it's hard to intimidate if the other simply has no fear. :)