# Scenes that completely ruined a film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 30, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675 "2025-04-30T01:07:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/21 "2025-04-30T14:28:30Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The princess promises the hero anal sex if he saves the world, he saves the world, and they have anal sex. What joke there is is that they actually “went there”. Plus she had her naked rump up in the air, waiting, like some monkey. It just seemed so…weird. Like, does this seem like something the average audience member is just dying to do? I know, different strokes different folks, but buttsex doesn’t appeal to me at all (TMI!). I’d be like, “princess, I’ll save the world, but we’ll do it regular, kthx”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/22 "2025-04-30T14:28:54Z")
The only part of it that’s really a joke is the dialogue: **Eggsy:** (opening the hatch on the cell) Aren’t you that princess that went missing? **Princess Tilde:** Can you get me out? **Eggsy:** Well, if I do will you gimme a kiss? I’ve always wanted to kiss a princess **Princess Tilde:** If you get me out right now, I give you more than just a kiss (developing events prevent him opening the door) **Eggsy:** Sorry, love. Gotta save the world. **Princess Tilde:** If you save the world, we can do it in the… asshole. **Eggsy:** I’ll be right back. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/23 "2025-04-30T14:34:56Z")
I mean… I’m not opposed to naked butts on general principles, and as naked butts go, hers was a nice one. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/24 "2025-04-30T14:35:10Z")
In the sequel (which is Highlander 2 level of terrible), they expanded on this joke with an exchange between Colin Firth’s character and Sir Elton John: If I save the world can I have tickets to your next concert? Darling, if you save the world you can have a backstage pass. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/25 "2025-04-30T14:38:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Plus she had her naked rump up in the air, waiting, like some monkey. > > It just seemed so…weird. Like, does this seem like something the average audience member is just dying to do? I know, different strokes different folks, but buttsex doesn’t appeal to me at all (TMI!). I’d be like, “princess, I’ll save the world, but we’ll do it regular, kthx”. It’s supposed to be a parody of the end of every James Bond movie where he beds the Bond girl while M/Q/etc. are trying to call him. But instead of some cheesy pun, it’s “yeah, lets fuck now.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/26 "2025-04-30T14:43:49Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > But instead of some cheesy pun, it’s “yeah, lets fuck now.” Butt…that would be in the butt, Bort. Maybe I’m just an outlier. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/27 "2025-04-30T14:45:36Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > The anal sex joke scene at the end of The Kingsman. Absolutely. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The thing that _really_ turned me off, and that turns me off to this day, is the ‘banquet’ scene. In all fairness, it did give us the line “You’re insulting them, and you’re embarrassing me.” which I have occassionally used on Mrs. Cad in a restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/28 "2025-04-30T15:33:10Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Mickey Rooney in the Mr. Yunioshi scene in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s._ I was going to say the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/29 "2025-04-30T15:44:07Z")
To be honest, the scene in _Temple of Doom_ that ruined the film for me started with the Paramount logo and ended with “No animals were harmed in the making of this film.” 🙂 And “ruined” is a bit strong. I still like these films, but I have to turn off my brain while these scenes are on. All Hitchcock: _Rear Window_ when Raymond Burr is attacking Stewart in his apartment. It is dumb and it goes on far too long. _Strangers on a Train_ the scene with the carousel and the guy crawling underneath. The footage is speeded up, to the point of looking ridiculous, and it goes on far too long. _Rope_ When Stewart fires the gun out the window to summon the cops (and it works! How do they know which apartment, let alone which building, to go to?). Ever heard of a phone? _NxNW_ when Thornhill picks up the murder weapon in the UN. Seriously? _Vertigo_ how conveeeeniently Judy falls off the bell tower. “Master of suspense”, my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/30 "2025-04-30T16:22:40Z")
It wasn’t a specific scene that ruined that movie for me, it was the Willie character, generally. God, she was awful. ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/31 "2025-04-30T16:37:49Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > In all fairness, it did give us the line “You’re insulting them, and you’re embarrassing me.” which I have occassionally used on Mrs. Cad in a restaurant. that wasn’t from the banquet scene though. It was when they were in the village and the starving villagers were offering them their only food left. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/32 "2025-04-30T16:38:50Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > _Vertigo_ how conveeeeniently Judy falls off the bell tower. Isn’t that because she sees the nun and thinks she’s the Grim Reaper? Or am I missing something. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/33 "2025-04-30T16:39:36Z")
Not even a scene, just one word “Midichlorians” ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/34 "2025-04-30T16:40:52Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > _NxNW_ when Thornhill picks up the murder weapon in the UN. Seriously? you mean the knife in the guy’s back? He didn’t pick it up, the guy fell into his arms. Cary Grant’s character catches him and the knife is right there. I thought it was a nifty scene. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/35 "2025-04-30T16:42:10Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Isn’t that because she sees the nun and thinks she’s the Grim Reaper? Or am I missing something. Not sure about the grim reaper, but, yeah. My complaint is it cleared up her duplicity without any fallout. Scotty doesn’t have to deal with the conflicting facts that she’s a crook and he’s in love with her. It’s reduced to “oh she’s dead. Oh well. At least I’m not afraid of heights anymore.” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/36 "2025-04-30T16:49:14Z")
IIRC, Hitchcock really wanted to film _Les Diaboliques_ but was beaten to the punch, so he made a lesser novel by the same author ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/37 "2025-04-30T17:01:59Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Not even a scene, just one word “Midichlorians” Yeah, that spoiled the franchise for me. In the first three films, The Force seemed analogous to Zen, with the balance of light and dark, good and evil, yin and yang. One could study and meditate and become ‘enlightened’ enough to use the Force. After the ~~mitochondrians~~ midichlorians, most of the galaxy was denied entry into the religion. The only ones who could participate were only able to do so because of an accident of birth. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/38 "2025-04-30T17:07:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Yeah, that spoiled the franchise for me. I still hate the prequels… but I just “hear what I want to hear” that midichor..whatever are a _measure_ of a person’s force-sensitivity, not the _cause_. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/39 "2025-04-30T17:27:26Z")
Even so they are mixing their science with my mysticism, gross. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675/40 "2025-04-30T17:33:46Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Even so they are mixing their science with my mysticism, gross.. It may not have been a deliberate writing choice, but that about sums up the Jedi’s greatest failing, and the direct cause of their downfall. They may not have started out that way, but they ended up in a religion. Especially the celibacy and monk-like parts. WTF does that have to do with anything force-y? And the Sith side is just as lost in mysticism and being the equivalent of devil worship. To be fair, I used to see the same things in martial arts when I practiced it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-completely-ruined-a-film/1017675.md?page=3)