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Movie makers always strive to create the “perfect” visual media product. From TV shows to movies and their franchises, each creator uses various techniques to captivate audiences and, maybe, even make history with their work.
Still, despite their best efforts, mistakes happen. From time to time, these slip-ups go unnoticed or aren’t so big that they hurt a big part of the audience. Other times, people aren’t so forgiving, especially when the mistakes ruin everything that was created before. That’s what this list is about—scenes that are so bad, folks online aren’t planning to forgive the writers anytime soon. So, let’s dive in, shall we?
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#1
I really hated that in the movie for 12 Years a Slave they had him hook up with a woman while he was a slave. In his book (it's a true story that he wrote himself after getting out) he says he stayed faithful to his wife the whole time. I don't care if someone thought the audience wouldn't believe that, it's wrong for them to insert something like that when he clearly stated he didn't.
DennyS (denzoren) 5 days ago
That's kinda messed up given the source material. Hollywood flair I guess.
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#3
How I Met Your Mother - 9 years of development and growth ends up trashed with 90 seconds of Barney and Robyn getting divorced, Mom makes a cameo and Ted and Robyn hook up.
I have never gone back and watched a single rerun because of that debacle.
Surly Scot 5 days ago
The ending was so garbage yet everyone claims this is one of the best shows ever.
There are many ways film creators make movies captivating. Some rely on storytelling for that. By making the narrative engaging, understandable, relatable, and educational, storytelling holds a lot of power. In fact, some say that it is the heart and soul of filmmaking.
Other movies count on video editing—or, better put, post-production magic. For instance, making the movie immersive is mostly done by including the senses of sight and sound, as these are the most easily fulfilled in film creation.
With sound, makers can use spatial, binaural audio, and other sound effects to enhance realism. The visuals usually rely on the filming methods, then added effects and editing in post-production.
#4
When Deb f*****g confessed her love toward Dexter. Who the f**k confesses romantic feelings to their brother? I don't care he was her adopted brother, it's still her f*****g brother. Entirely ruined the rest of the show for me.
The stupid therapist put the idea into her head, too. She didn't even feel that way until then.
Dear writers, don't do this.
Fire Singer 5 days ago
It was VERY forced. If they were going to go this direction they should have at least hinted at it in all the other seasons or flashbacks or whatever. They just threw it in without thinking it through.
#5
Somehow....Palpatine survived.
#6
Poochie leaving for his home planet…. Like wtf they just introduced this rad character for itchy and scratchy to hang with and then he just…. leaves????
Speaking of visual effects (or special effects)—they are an irreplaceable part of modern filmmaking. Typically, they are of two types—practical and digital. The former are when physical objects and techniques are used while filming, like makeup, prosthetics, animatronics, pyrotechnics, and so on. They have been used since the early days of film creation.
Then, with the evolution of technology, digital effects came to be as well. They count on things like green screens, motion capture technology, digital compositing, and computer-generated imagery (CGI) to create needed visuals that can’t be done physically.
#8
May already be on here, but Scrubs had an amazing last scene, JD seeing his happy future as he says goodbye to Sacred Heart.
Then they made another season.
RamiRudolph 5 days ago
What season? There is no 9th season. It was never made and it doesn't exist!
#9
Every doctor/hospital/ER show depicting physicians getting involved in patients private lives once they leave medical care. Seriously?? No physician around here does that unless he's trying to get laid.
At the same time, some argue that CGI has kind of ruined the movies. Here, as Erik Hoel says, nowadays makers opt for digital effects (and especially computer-generated imagery) as much as possible, neglecting physical effects to cut down on the cost and effort. This results in movies from back in the day looking more real than they do now.
For him, this is most apparent in sci-fi and fantasy films. For example, in the remakes of, let’s say, A Nightmare on Elm Street, the effects are vastly different than they were in the originals. Also, in series like Star Wars or Matrix, the decline of physical effects is visible as well.
#10
"Albus Severus Potter"
That kid got bullied a lot and you know it.
#11
When Rory ended up pregnant (not to mention completely washed up) in the Gilmore Girls Revival.
Yet, CGI is not the only thing that ruins movies for people. Sometimes, a movie can be an amazing creation until one particular scene comes along and ruins everything. Whether it’s a new character joining the story, an old one returning, their acting out of character, or a new thing being revealed that changes everything—the ways in which a story can go wrong are endless.
If you’re craving more specified examples, this list is perfect for you. It was collected from answers people had when r/AskReddit posed the question, “What single scene ruined an entire movie/franchise/ TV series?” Since they asked, the thread has gathered 18K replies, showing that plenty of people have been disappointed by scenes in their beloved stories.
While the number sounds pretty bad, we also should remember the good old saying, “Art is subjective.” That means that, while a scene might ruin the whole experience of a movie (or TV show/franchise as it is said in the original question), others might not bat an eye.
#13
Star Wars 9 (spoilers ahead but I really don't want you to watch it - it was only visually good and is no longer in cinemas)
the story between Rey and Kylo Ren was really interesting - you had two people on differing sides, with different stories, concerning their experience with the force too, constantly fighting nearly to death, but increasingly with kind of a shared burden, one being definitly an insane antagonist, but one who was pulled to the light side (reverse Anakin, I liked that interpretation) - I was really intrigued even in this movie by how human it seemed, but, most of all, how platonic. Many people got rather sibling vibes from them, and I would found both them really being such or just being force-brothers, again, sharing this burden and parting ways peacefully, really memorable.
>!And then they kissed. Furthermore, after all he's put her through, she goes in for it.!<
I cannot forgive the screenwriters for the feeling seeing this gave me. It shifted their entire dynamic and ruined an otherwise, far as I can remember, really facinating story between two people. Plus, to me, promoted toxic romances alongside so many other series
Edit: thank you guys for the support
#14
The final 5 minutes of the original Roseanne.
"Dan died, the sisters swapped husband's, moms gay, Jackie's gay, this was all a book".
Sarah Suelzle 5 days ago
Real or not, I could never forgive her for having Dan cheat on her. That was the only thing they could come up with? Dan Conner would have NEVER cheated on Roseanne.
#15
Well, obviously, Bobby's showering in Dallas, after having been dead for 13 weeks.
Maybe it doesn’t bother them as much as others, or perhaps they don’t notice it. After all, in 2024, the average attention span is 8.25 seconds—less than that of a goldfish (9 seconds).
Either way, that doesn’t change the fact that some people can’t watch their beloved stories the same way they after the aforementioned scenes happen. Even if the controversial scene were taken out—like the scene in the TV show 13 Reasons Why was—you can’t pretend it never happened. People still remember.
Do you have an example of a scene that ruined a story for you? Share with us in the comments!
#16
George Clooney cut himself loose from a space station in order to save Sandra Bullock.
His velocity was zero relative to the station. He wouldn't have "fell" and he wasn't "pulling her down.".
TheMagicalUnicorn 5 days ago
movie is basically how Clooney would do anything to avoid dating woman his age
#17
Arya going to King's Landing to [end] Cersei.
Jaime almost died in a fight. They should have let him die, Arya finds him, takes his face, becomes Jaime, goes to Cersei, she dies in his arms after he stabs her, prophecy fulfilled, then she shows Cersei it was her as she's dying. "But she can't [end] the Night King AND Cersei" yeah because she never should have [ended] the Night King, Jon Snow was supposed to [end] the Night King. Just once it would have been nice to have something happen that WAS expected. They got so obsessed with surprises that they ruined some major plot opportunities.
#18
Honestly the Red John reveal in The Mentalist kinda pissed me off...it just felt like they had a hat with every minor character name in it and just picked one.
Petra Peitsch 4 days ago
Yeah, that bothered me too. That character was so insignificant for seasons long. ( I don't want to spoil he name, maybe someone didn't see the show). Despite this, Iliked the show, even after Red John ... many says the last seasons with FBI weren't good ... I think, they were still enetertaining.
#19
How they ended the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. [Ended] me that Orlando Bloom’s character can only see his wife and son every ten years.
Daniel Atkins 4 days ago
There was nothing saying that they couldn't go out to sea. He just couldn't come to land except for just one day every ten years.
#20
That s**t episode of Stranger Things where there were other kids with powers.
clara belini-king 5 days ago
Unpopular opinion: It wasn't as bad as some people say. Not *good*, but not *bad*. It was necessary character development, otherwise El would have just been able to shut a bloody Gate and the show would be heckled even more.
Fire Singer 5 days ago
I agree, it wasn't good, it wasn't bad, but it was just weird to me. They show up and then you never hear from them or about them again? That's what I didn't like about it.
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john doe 3 days ago
That whole show is overrated, it just tickles peoples nostalgia senses, pretty hollow show otherwise.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 3 days ago
I love the show & it's not nostalgic for me/ not my generation. It is a little "fantastical," but that's what I like about it. My nephew is 12 y/o and writes all these really cool stories & makes his own comics, and for me the show is very similar to being able to watch something from a kid's imagination come to life. I mean come on, the monsters are named after D&D characters and one kid fights a demogorhon with a slingshot. It's not meant to be Citizen Kane
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Crescent 3 3 days ago
I liked that episode. I was just mad that they didn't do anything else with those kids.
#21
Thats gotta be the scene from season 12 from Doctor who, where they explain that the doctor is not from this universe and that the people who found her stole the secret to practical immortality from her. This single scene rewrote everything we know about the doctor and destroyed the legacy of one of the longest running tv-shows. Rip William hartnell, you will always be the 1st doctor in my heart.
clara belini-king 5 days ago
They really screwed Jodie Whittaker on that one. The first episode was pretty good, though.
#22
The moment I heard how they pronounced Aang’s name in M. Night’s adaptation of Avatar instantly [ended] me with laughter as well as you know the whole movie.
Edit: Hey everyone I don’t remember saying any of this. All I remember is no war in Ba Sing Se.
Dread Pirate Roberts 5 days ago
Yeah, this movie just sucked overall. It is fun to make fun of though lol
#23
The last 5/10 minutes of Veronica Mars.
Nerd Groupie 4 days ago
I'll never forgive Rob Thomas. my theory is that he got so sick of us wanting more, he did the one thing he knew would turn and hurt us all
#24
Chris Chibnall single-handedly destroying more than 50 years of Doctor who by making the timeless child be The Doctor.
Rafael 4 days ago
I was struggling to follow the show under him, and I was kind of expecting this to be the Master - would fit the character, add some layers, and be a nice subversion of the protagonist/chosen one. I held onto that hope for a bit after the reveal, but eventually I realized that no, they just went for the cliché.
#25
The kiss between Sharon Carter & Captain America in Civil War. Why did they kiss in the first place and why was it never addressed again???
Surly Scot 5 days ago
Always felt like Cap only got his character development in the first movie, then after that he was just a 'performer' in every other MCU movie.
#26
The VIPs in Squid Game. They could have just shown up and not said a single word. The point of powerful rich men would still be made but it wouldn't ruin the last couple of episodes with horrid dialogue.
#27
Carl Grimes’ death. F**K SCOTT GIMBLE OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS.
EDIT: Welp, never thought my top comment on Reddit would be me getting mad at a fictional character being done dirty, but here I am 😂 Thank you all for the upvotes and awards lol.
Featherytoad 5 days ago
I stopped watching about half way through season 7. It was just the same s**t over and over again.
#28
The Dothraki charge into the night king's army. I just sat there and told myself: "what the f**k is this ridiculous s**t?".
#29
My mom is still mad about the final scene of St. Elsewhere.
Edit: Thank you guys, and thanks for the silver!
#30
The end of the movie Law Abiding Citizen, it was great up until then.
#31
How has nobody mentioned the infamous ‘Martha/WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!’ scene from Batman vs. Superman? It’s unforgivably dumb.
Also the element in Avatar being called ‘unobtainium.’ So stupid. That movie came out, what, 12 years ago? I still randomly get pissed off about that from time to time.
Edit: guys, to be clear, I *understand* the ‘Martha’ thing, and what it means. That’s not the issue. The issue is that it was f*****g stupid, and it felt clumsy as hell.
Edit 2: people are *still* ‘explaining’ how the Martha thing ‘actually makes sense,’ GUYS I GET IT.
#33
I loved Supernatural, and everything was pretty perfect all the way through season 5. Good character development, redemption arcs, tying the original storyline up with a nice bow. Sam will be trapped forever, but in doing so redeems himself and saves the earth. Dean might finally have a chance at happiness and the stable home life he deserves. And thennn NOPE! Sneaky last moment of the last episode of season 5, Sam has escaped from hell and is back on Earth, so everyone get ready for like 8 more seasons of this!
What do you think ?
Sami-Jo Ross 4 days ago
Grimm. Juliette flying off the handle and destroying the trailer after becoming a Hexenbiest, and blaming it all on Nick. She's the one who encouraged him to become a Grimm again; he was happy putting it behind him. Then they "killed" her and had her come back as Eve. No. Kill her off completely. She arranged to kill Nick's mother, she deserved to die.
Orange Panda 3 days ago
She drove me up a wall! Why do they create these women, only to make them do 180 degree personality flips? The same thing happened in Sleepy Hollow, and it's so awkward and awful to watch.
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Enlee Jones 4 days ago (edited)
Outlander -- Claire gets her nether region waxed and Jamie declares "Your honeypot is so smooth!" like it's the greatest thing ever. I fell off the couch laughing and any chance of me taking that already ridiculous show seriously fell off the couch too. Sam Heughan deserved an Emmy just for being able to say that line with a straight face.
BarfyCat 3 days ago
Classic! And I love how What We Do in the Shadows paid tribute to it in their finale.
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Carl Roberts 4 days ago (edited)
The final episode of Star Trek Enterprise. The moment, five minutes in, when Riker appears, revealing that the episode is a holodeck simulation during the events of TNG. And then, killing off Trip, in that disastrous, cluster frack of an episode. Frack the idiots who came up with that idea. It was basically a middle finger to fans who supported the show for 4 years,
Mason Kronol 3 days ago
This has been an enjoyable read I needed on a bad day. Glad to find some some neurotic, morbid but non violent people 🤪 currently watching the Seinfeld Frogger episode and wishing we didn’t get rid of it but loving not having cake days every day in my office.
Carl Roberts 4 days ago
That was all planned. They knew they were going to do direct-to-dvd films, and they knew fans would pay to watch them.
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CD Mills 3 days ago
I have stopped watching numerous shows over having the main character, who is supposed to be the show's hero go rogue and do a "Vengeance Killing". Sorry, they no longer get to be the hero. I'm not talking about a 'troubled soul' with a redemption arc where they do bad things and then 'shapes up'. I'm talking about when a good guy character goes rogue and commits a cold-blooded, extra-judicial killing out of vengeance and then they just pretend that he's still the good guy. Nope, you are not a good guy anymore you are a criminal killer and can no longer be trusted.
Patrick Linnen 4 days ago
Sometimes the show is just hype and all that was needed to rip the band-aid off was just one scene.
Display name here 5 days ago
The title of this listical is inaccurate as the majority of these are not movies.
Boo 3 days ago (edited)
Honestly, I don't get upset about series/movie endings that aren't what I expected. It's a bit of light entertainment and escapism. Was I happy about How I Met Your Mother, Star Wars sequels, Indiana Jones or Harry Potter? Not really, but it's not enough to get my knickers in a twist.
Chris Ironside 4 days ago
Matt Lucas in Polar and Wonka. Not a person that should be in films with any legitimate acting.
T'Mar of Vulcan 4 days ago
I'm still irritated by the last season of Sherlock. My goodness, it was terrible. It k!lled any love I had for the show (and I had been obsessed with it) and I've never watched it again.
Sami-Jo Ross 4 days ago
Grimm. Juliette flying off the handle and destroying the trailer after becoming a Hexenbiest, and blaming it all on Nick. She's the one who encouraged him to become a Grimm again; he was happy putting it behind him. Then they "killed" her and had her come back as Eve. No. Kill her off completely. She arranged to kill Nick's mother, she deserved to die.
Orange Panda 3 days ago
She drove me up a wall! Why do they create these women, only to make them do 180 degree personality flips? The same thing happened in Sleepy Hollow, and it's so awkward and awful to watch.
Load More Replies... Enlee Jones 4 days ago (edited)
Outlander -- Claire gets her nether region waxed and Jamie declares "Your honeypot is so smooth!" like it's the greatest thing ever. I fell off the couch laughing and any chance of me taking that already ridiculous show seriously fell off the couch too. Sam Heughan deserved an Emmy just for being able to say that line with a straight face.
BarfyCat 3 days ago
Classic! And I love how What We Do in the Shadows paid tribute to it in their finale.
Load More Replies... Carl Roberts 4 days ago (edited)
The final episode of Star Trek Enterprise. The moment, five minutes in, when Riker appears, revealing that the episode is a holodeck simulation during the events of TNG. And then, killing off Trip, in that disastrous, cluster frack of an episode. Frack the idiots who came up with that idea. It was basically a middle finger to fans who supported the show for 4 years,
Mason Kronol 3 days ago
This has been an enjoyable read I needed on a bad day. Glad to find some some neurotic, morbid but non violent people 🤪 currently watching the Seinfeld Frogger episode and wishing we didn’t get rid of it but loving not having cake days every day in my office.
Carl Roberts 4 days ago
That was all planned. They knew they were going to do direct-to-dvd films, and they knew fans would pay to watch them.
Load More Replies... CD Mills 3 days ago
I have stopped watching numerous shows over having the main character, who is supposed to be the show's hero go rogue and do a "Vengeance Killing". Sorry, they no longer get to be the hero. I'm not talking about a 'troubled soul' with a redemption arc where they do bad things and then 'shapes up'. I'm talking about when a good guy character goes rogue and commits a cold-blooded, extra-judicial killing out of vengeance and then they just pretend that he's still the good guy. Nope, you are not a good guy anymore you are a criminal killer and can no longer be trusted.
Patrick Linnen 4 days ago
Sometimes the show is just hype and all that was needed to rip the band-aid off was just one scene.
Display name here 5 days ago
The title of this listical is inaccurate as the majority of these are not movies.
Boo 3 days ago (edited)
Honestly, I don't get upset about series/movie endings that aren't what I expected. It's a bit of light entertainment and escapism. Was I happy about How I Met Your Mother, Star Wars sequels, Indiana Jones or Harry Potter? Not really, but it's not enough to get my knickers in a twist.
Chris Ironside 4 days ago
Matt Lucas in Polar and Wonka. Not a person that should be in films with any legitimate acting.
T'Mar of Vulcan 4 days ago
I'm still irritated by the last season of Sherlock. My goodness, it was terrible. It k!lled any love I had for the show (and I had been obsessed with it) and I've never watched it again.
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