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Those classics and much-loved movies with one particular lowlight.
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00:00From some of the worst fights the gangster genre has ever seen,
00:03to the sort of digital effects that leave you giggling for all the wrong reasons,
00:07these are those truly horrendous film scenes that popped up in some of the greats.
00:11Gareth here from WhatCulture.com and here are 10 God-awful scenes in otherwise perfect movies.
00:17Number 10, De Niro's fight scene doesn't turn back the clock, The Irishman.
00:21The de-aging technology on show throughout Martin Scorsese's 2019 gangster epic, The Irishman,
00:27is up there with some of the best the movie industry has unleashed to date.
00:31However, for every utterly convincing moment of Robert De Niro and co seemingly being chucked
00:35into a time machine while their cameras were rolling, there were those few beats where all
00:39the tech in the world couldn't paper over the fact that these were all stars very much in their 70s.
00:44Specifically, the jarring scene that sees De Niro's Frank Sheeran beat the crap out of a shopkeeper
00:49for shoving his daughter is enough to take anyone out of the gripping tail.
00:52And while the quick beatdown had clearly been blocked in a way that wouldn't force the
00:56septuagenarian to overexert himself, the resulting awkward kicks, stomps and attempts to stay
01:01balanced felt like the equivalent of watching your grandfather attempting to roll back the
01:05clock with a VR headset on.
01:07The surreal pavement battering is soon forgot about and it's easy enough to slip right back
01:11into the modern classic, but few would argue with this being the absolute worst element
01:15of the 209 minute saga.
01:17Number 9, The Car Flies Away, Grease.
01:20Easily ranking as one of, if not the greatest teen comedy musical of all time,
01:24Grease is still as cherished today as it was back when it first drove into fans' lives
01:28all those years ago in 1978.
01:31However, there has always been one specific moment that even the most passionate T-Bird and
01:35Pink Lady has struggled to get their heads around.
01:38That being exactly what in the hell was happening at the very end of the flick, when Danny and
01:42Sandy took driving off into the sunset to a whole new level.
01:46Despite the rest of the flick largely playing out like a fairly grounded love story, outside
01:50of the odd beauty school dropout and greased lightning tune, the fairground conclusion sees
01:54the lovebirds dance through various rides with their pals, before eventually hopping into
01:59a car and literally flying away from the gang.
02:02Now admittedly, this is a movie realm where folks regularly burst out into song and occasionally
02:06transform an entire garage with a rather smooth cut.
02:09But even with that being the case, watching the leading light suddenly blast off into some
02:13clouds late on still feels like it belongs in an entirely different film, and it's become
02:18something of a beloved godawful joke of a final sequence at this stage.
02:22Number 8, That Greedo Moment, Star Wars Episode 4, A New Hope
02:26Even the best of George Lucas' galaxy far, far away isn't entirely perfect.
02:321977's first Star Wars adventure typically undeservedly ranks somewhere in most fans' top
02:37three force-sensitive tales for example, but even that much adored and fondly remembered
02:41first trip to the lands of Tatooine boasted the odd misfire, literally in this case.
02:46After initially deciding that Han Solo would defensively shoot first during his tense meeting
02:50with Greedo in Mos Eisley's cantina, Lucas suddenly had a change of heart and attempted
02:55to rejig the scene so that the smuggler's actions seemed like more of a reaction to a shot fired
03:00from the alien's blaster.
03:01The end result was a bit weird.
03:03And while not everyone is the biggest fan of Lucas' tinkering with the likes of A New Hope
03:07and the rest of the original trilogy, many of his additions did actually enhance the
03:11classic adventures, adding much more depth and life to the background of Mos Eisley for example.
03:16In the case of his Greedo meddling though, few can defend Lucas' actions, and this clunky
03:21piece of editing has since become an unwanted piece of Star Wars history.
03:25Number 7, Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter share a smooch, Captain America Civil War.
03:30The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't exactly short on brilliant third entries into a series,
03:35with the likes of Avengers Infinity War and Thor Ragnarok both rivaling just about any
03:40threequel out there.
03:41And while Captain America Civil War has also more than earned its place alongside those
03:45other third super chapters, there's still one little moment in the midst of Steve Rogers
03:49and Tony Stark's collision that felt about as pointless as it was distracting.
03:54With Steve being romantically involved with Peggy Carter during his time pre-freezing,
03:58the sight of him smooching her niece Sharon so soon after the older Carter had unfortunately
04:02passed away due to Alzheimer's disease, felt wrong on many, many levels.
04:07The lip-locking came right out of the blue and wasn't even thrown into the mix as a
04:11way of building towards a complicated romance for Rogers with Sharon down the road.
04:15Ultimately, Cap ended up back with his beloved Peggy in the past, and that happy ending only
04:20made this bizarre shoehorned snog feel that little bit more awkward as the years roll by.
04:24Number 6, Sonny's Punch Misses the Mark, The Godfather
04:27Jumping back to those gangster classic throwdowns that didn't quite deliver in the way a director
04:32would have hoped, one of the all-time greats ever pumped into cinema theatres the world over
04:36unfortunately still boasted a punch-up Francis Ford Coppola and co. would likely prefer to forget about.
04:42With the late James Caan's Sonny targeting his brother-in-law Carlo for physically abusing
04:46his sister Connie, their violent Godfather brawl ultimately goes down in front of a crowded street.
04:51However, instead of being an entirely convincing and hard-hitting exchange, the emotion and
04:56intensity of the moment is largely overshadowed by some poor staging and pretty laughable choreography.
05:02Had this beatdown gone down on a theatre stage, the chances are it wouldn't have felt out of
05:06place.
05:07But the fact there's visible distance between Sonny's hand and Carlo's face during some
05:11punches, and many of the kicks and knees feel noticeably held back, shatters much of
05:15the illusion, and turns what should be an impactful physical altercation into an unintentionally
05:21hilarious example of what can happen when not enough thought is put into the staging of a
05:25cinematic clash.
05:26Number 5, Quentin Tarantino's jarring cameo, Django Unchained.
05:31A director wiggling their way in front of the camera during the making of their own movie
05:35isn't exactly a shocking occurrence at this point.
05:38But there's popping up in a coffee shop for a blink and you'll miss it showing,
05:41and then there's sticking out like a sore thumb for an uncomfortably long amount of time in the
05:45middle of a stellar piece of work.
05:46And that was most definitely the case when it came to Quentin Tarantino's baffling cameo
05:51in Django Unchained back in 2012.
05:53With the director's godawful Australian accent, and just an all-round odd performance as Lequint
05:58Dickie Mining Company employee Frankie being the worst sort of once seen outing.
06:03The entire sequence involving Jamie Foxx's Django convincing his captors that he's actually
06:07a bounty hunter, before tricking them into handing him a loaded weapon, already felt like
06:12it was going on for an age, and likely would have done even without Tarantino's unwanted
06:16presence.
06:17But with it, the never-ending and seemingly self-indulgent scene very nearly sank what
06:21had otherwise been one of his most compelling pictures to date.
06:24Number 4, The Slow-Mo Reunion, The Lord of the Rings Return of the King
06:28While there is admittedly a lot of joy to be found in the never-ending stream of conclusions
06:32that bring Peter Jackson's Return of the King to its end, there is one moment most Lord
06:37of the Rings loyalists would all happily throw into the fires of Mount Doom that comes during
06:41those latter stages of the finale.
06:43In the wake of Frodo and Sam being rescued by Gandalf and the Eagles after finally destroying
06:47the One Ring, the Baggins Hobbit wakes up in Minas Tirith and is reunited with the rest
06:52of the surviving Fellowship.
06:54On paper, that sounds like a sweet enough reunion to add to the mix, but Jackson's call to have
06:58the entire thing play out as though everyone involved is glowing, and moving in slow motion
07:03can't help but make a potentially sincere moment of happiness feel unquestionably cheesy.
07:07That and the weird echoey laughter accompanying the giddy bed jumping, along with the likes
07:12of Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf's awkward staring at the reconnecting Hobbit, all help
07:17cement this as one of the most uncomfortable moments of celebration you're ever likely to
07:20witness.
07:21Number 3, The Dodgy CGI Final Battle, Black Panther
07:25Black Panther quite rightly sits as one of the most important films the MCU has ever brought
07:30into existence, with the late Chadwick Boseman-led epic absolutely smashing it at the box office,
07:35and having a simply monumental cultural impact.
07:38However, while much of Ryan Coogler's first Marvel project unquestionably contains some
07:42of the strongest character development, gripping antagonists, and spectacular set pieces to
07:47have tumbled out of the superhero genre, there's still no getting around the fact that Black
07:51Panther's climactic duel is about as cartoonish as they come.
07:55The drama pumped into T'Challa and Killmonger's pulsating final battle is palpable, and the
08:00visual of the King of Wakanda driving a dagger into his cousin's chest, before Eric ultimately
08:05claims he'd rather be free than healed and imprisoned remains as powerful today as it
08:09did in 2018.
08:11So it's just a shame that the CGI used to bring the warring rival showdown to life in
08:15Wakanda's Vibranium Mine wasn't quite as on point, with the digital effects that looked
08:20dated and inauthentic five years ago only becoming more so with each passing year.
08:25Thankfully, most people remember this particular MCU fight more for the emotionally charged
08:29beat that followed it, but that doesn't change the fact that this poorly crafted digital
08:33bout of fisticuffs remains one of the only real lowlights in one of the genre as a whole's
08:38highlights.
08:39Number 2, Alison Gets a Makeover, The Breakfast Club
08:42While there is still an awful lot to like about the much-loved 80s coming-of-age drama that
08:47is The Breakfast Club, some elements of the John Hughes classic just haven't exactly
08:51aged all that well over the decades.
08:53In particular, the makeover moment involving Ally Sheedy's Alison Reynolds is one that
08:58many would confess to being entirely unnecessary and simply an attempt to infuse the dreadful
09:02trope of a character needing to entirely transform themselves in order to get the attention
09:07of a love interest into the picture.
09:09And the star herself has even admitted to not being a fan of this moment, claiming that
09:13she felt her director agreed with her that the moment wasn't needed and that this was
09:17more of a thing where this was something that the studio wanted and he had written it.
09:21Thankfully, this sort of princess transformation moment would gradually die out as the years
09:26went by, yet it's still hard to escape the feeling of uneasiness that comes with the
09:30sight of a youngster having to strip away parts of who she was in order to become more
09:34appealing to a jock late in the day.
09:36Number 1, Voldemort and Harry's Weird Face Merging Moment, The Deathly Hallows Part 2
09:41After seven whole movies of wizarding adventures and twists and turns, Harry Potter and Voldemort's
09:47inevitable final battle was always destined to be something that had the potential to
09:51make or break The Deathly Hallows Part 2.
09:54And for the most part, this climatic battle between the wizarding world's big bad and
09:58the boy who lived actually managed to live up to expectations, with Ralph Fiennes' despicable
10:03dark lord pushing Potter to his absolute limit as our heroes threw everything they had at him
10:08and his Death Eaters.
10:09But that being said, there was one rather unexpectedly comical chunk of CGI chaos thrown into the
10:15Battle of Hogwarts.
10:16I am of course talking about the particularly surreal visual of Harry and Voldemort's faces
10:20being merged together as the two fly around the warzone mid-duel.
10:24It's not just the sole image of Daniel Radcliffe's face being oddly digitally combined with the
10:29snake-like Voldemort that sticks out for all the wrong reasons either.
10:32The entire smoky grappling match through the air is incredibly cartoonish and zaps a lot
10:37of the intensity out of this showdown for the ages.
10:40Things do eventually get back on track by the time they crash back into the courtyard.
10:44However, you'd be lying if you said these few seconds of bizarre digital wrestling didn't
10:48briefly pull you out of the magic that was this otherwise deeply satisfying Potter finale.
10:54And that's our list of any other god-awful scenes in otherwise perfect movies.
10:58Then let us know all about them in the comments section right down below and do not forget
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11:12I've been Gareth from whatculture.com, thank you as always for watching this lovely video today.
11:17Hopefully I'll see you very very soon, but in the meantime, just be good to yourself.
11:20Bye-bye!
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