23 Shining Moments That (Almost) Redeemed Terrible Movies

Even a broken clock gets the nut sometimes. Or something like that.
23 Shining Moments That (Almost) Redeemed Terrible Movies

Two truths and a lie: 1) one of our writers wrote this at a Starbucks, 2) one of our writers wrote this at a Panera, and 3) one of our writers is recovering from getting hit by a train. Surprise! It's number 3! Don't worry, he's fine, we think. Anyway, we bring up shockingly unexpected moments where sometimes something so insane happens it makes us wonder why the rest of the movie wasn't just that and that alone. Like Meet Joe Black, when Brad Pitt gets drilled by not one but two cars and the rest of the movie is…we forget.

Without a doubt, for every amazing film Hollywood accidentally farts out, there are ten that are just absolute hot garbage. But nothing is all the way bad. Even these turds have moments so incredible, it makes you wonder if there was a guest director brought in just to film these scenes.

For example ...

SE HEROES DON'T COME ANY BIGGGER. In the midst of all those unfunny this old man basketball jokes takes the cake for (because Shag) saying the best li
23 Shining Moments That (Almost) Redeemed Terrible Movies
REIGN OF FIRE Set in a future post-apocalyptic London where dragons become the dominant species, the movie was not loved by critics. One moment that s
23 Shining Moments That (Almost) Redeemed Terrible Movies
Filmed long after the death of John Belushi, BLUES BROTHERS 2000 was savaged by critics and flopped at the box office - but the music sure was good. T
23 Shining Moments That (Almost) Redeemed Terrible Movies
GRACKED COM FOR YOU, THE DAY BISON GRACED YOUR VILLAGE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF YOUR LIFE. BUT FOR ME... IT WASTUESDAY. STneT FiGHEr This bad-ass
The disappointing sequel to Pitch Black relates further (watered- down, PG-13) adventures of the titular Riddick, who as a result of his enhanced visi
The Postman (1997) Wouldn't it be great if wars could be fought just by the assholes who started them? The titular character says this when he challen
In Superman III, Superman is turned into a superjerk by a lump of imperfectly synthesized kryptonite. Eventually, the moral conflict leads him to diss
91 In this bland and overblown ending to Sam Raimi's Spiderman trilogy, this beautiful emotional scene silently portrays the birth of the movie's vill
23 Shining Moments That (Almost) Redeemed Terrible Movies
BATMAN SUPERMAN USTUCE Batman y Superman is an awful movie filled with way too many dream sequences and story lines. Also Martha isn't a rare name. Bu
Though panned by critics and audiences alike, DN LASTACIOM nen benefits from a performance by Charles Dance where, after short a monologue, he proclai
ALIEN 3 In the much maligned Golic dropped this gem: In an insane world, a sane man must appear insane.
23 Shining Moments That (Almost) Redeemed Terrible Movies
23 Shining Moments That (Almost) Redeemed Terrible Movies
CRACKED.COM SHARKNADO Why is there a retirement home next to an airport? Because old people can't hear. It's as if the writer of this so bad it's goo
X-Men Origins: Wolverine While regarded as the lowest point in the X- Men movie franchise... ... it opens with an epic montage of immortal brothers Ja
DOOM That awesome person scene perfectly grasped the feel of the franchise, and was exactly what movie-goers were expecting... Too bad the rest of the
WACHMEL HAS A CLEVER TITLE SEQUENCE THAT PERFECTLY SETS UP THE MOVIE'S ALTERNATE UNIVERSE TO THE TUNE OF BOB DYLAN'S THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN' U
AIfreD reminds Bruce to know Batman's limits, that he can't change the hands of fate despite his best efforts. WHAT IS BATMAN? IF NOT AN EFFORT TO MAS
23 Shining Moments That (Almost) Redeemed Terrible Movies

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