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31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead

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When the Lumiere brothers held the first commercial cinema screening in Paris almost 130 years ago, few could have imagined what an all-consuming monster it would become. With multi-million dollar stars' fees, billions in box office receipts, and an abundance of CGI effects. And popcorn, of course.
Cinema has become our constant companion, and even if you don't like it, you've probably watched a dozen or two movies in your life. But even in the most masterpieces or commercially successful films, there were still moments or lines when we wanted to get up and walk out of the theater. Or just turn off the TV - and never return to watching it again.
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31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
In the movie "The fault in our stars" when they makeout in Anne Frank house, in the attic, in front of her pictures and there is a romantic music and people around looking at them like "Aaaaaawww"

Like wtf. No. It's cringey AF not cute. Imagine two teenagers dry humping at the WTC museum.

It's almost at the same level of cringe and stupidity as people posing in Auschwitz.
47points

#2

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
“You better hold on tight spider monkey”.
44points

#3

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
Star Wars Episode 2

Basically every line uttered by Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen’s “love story” is top level cringe.
44points

The original thread started with this post by the user u/Sufficient_Season_61 in the r/Movies community a couple of years ago, and now has almost 2K upvotes and over 2.5K various comments. Of course, not every comment mentions a specific scene or line from the film, but there are still enough of them that we, Bored Panda, have made a special selection of the cringiest ones especially for you.

#4

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
The a*s s*x line in Kingsman

it was so pointless, added nothing to the movie and just seemed a stupid juvenile and cheap attempt at wedging an unneeded laugh in a movie that was otherwise well written funny and witty.
36points

#5

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIIYYAAHH HARRY???!!!!!!!
36points

#6

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
50 Shades of grey, " I dont make love....I f**k..... HHHard." I still shiver everyime those words are in my head.
30points

Interestingly, most of the phrases or moments mentioned relate mainly to blockbusters or superhero movies. Like The Avengers, X-Men or Star Wars (not the original trilogy, of course). Well, at the end of the day, the main goal of blockbusters is to entertain the viewer, not to be masterpieces of screenwriting. And judging by the box office receipts, most of these movies have actually achieved their goal...

#7

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
In Avengers: Endgame, when Captain Marvel saves Spider-Man, "don't worry, she's got help". Then we cut to a shot of every single female superhero in the franchise judt standing there in the middle of a battle, and even Mantis is there even though she's not a fighter.
23points

#8

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
Four Weddings and a Funeral

Andie McDowell’s line: “Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed.” It’s also delivered so poorly and somehow completely captures what an awful actress she is in just a few seconds.
23points

#9

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
Not only is this not the worst line in star wars, this isn't even the worst line in IX.

That award goes to "they sold you, to protect you".
21points

"We should not forget that today's cinema - at least mainstream, not arthouse - is first and foremost an attraction aimed at maximizing profits. And fan service, of course, too," says Dmytro Kosygin, a film director and cameraman from Ukraine, whom Bored Panda asked for a comment here.

"Fan service is a completely different situation when it comes to comic book or video game adaptations. The thing is that the original source has already developed its own unique culture and a huge fan base - so the appearance of various minor details that are not essential to the plot and are meant to remind viewers of the comic or game is almost mandatory. Even if they are detrimental to the script..."

#10

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
Not a great movie anyway, but Uhura's fan dance to distract the bad guys in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is such a terrible moment. Villains easily distracted by women being seductive was already such a lazy cliche, and what are crappy way to use Uhura. She already had to do something along those lines to that one dude in Trek III. The whole sequence is embarrassing.
20points

#11

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
I agree that Palpatine line is awful, but the line Jennifer Lawrence said in Dark Phoenix about calling the team X-Women was one of the most cringeworthy lines I’ve ever heard in a movie.
19points

#12

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
The only one that came to mind was “Do you know what happens when a toad gets hit by lightening?” ….????
19points

"On the other hand, not all original sources are written in a language that is perfect for adaptation. For example, The Lord of the Rings is also an attempt by the author to create an epic work comparable to the great epics of other nations. And if the film's heroes spoke such a high-flown language on screen, it would hardly have helped Peter Jackson's trilogy," Dmytro presumes.

As for the first three episodes of Star Wars (the ones filmed at the beginning of the 21st century), they were perhaps the first attempt to squeeze the maximum out of the franchise's cult status. Yes, not the most successful - but, in the end, the producers achieved their goal. And some cringy moments - in fact, we now remember these movies largely thanks to them, don't we?

#13

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
Wondering why the hell Superman would refer to his mom by her first name.
18points

#14

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
It's a tie between all of Vin Diesel's lines in the Fast series for me.
17points

#15

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
Pretty much all dialogue in Jupiter Ascending, but specifically every time Eddie Redmayne suddenly switched from mumbled whispering to screaming without provocation.
16points

Be that as it may, this selection presents 31 moments from the famouse movies, and in fact, there are many more such phrases and scenes. Thousands, thousands and thousands. And each of us probably has such moments as well, so please feel free now to scroll this selection to the very end, and add your own ones in the comments. Unless, of course, you found them here. So... lights, camera, action!..

#16

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
Most recently? The NUMEROUS times Michelle Pfeifer said "I don't have time to explain" in quantumania.
16points

#17

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
It's hard to top Palpatine's return, but these two lines always come to mind:

"It just grew an exoskeleton under its skin!" - The Predator. If only there was some word for a an exoskeleton that is inside you.

"There's only one way this ends, Kal. Either you die, or I do " - Man of Steel. General Zod can't count.

And yes, I know what both of these lines actually meant. They were written in a funny way.
15points

#18

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
Catwoman playing hoop.
14points

#19

31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
Near the end of Terminator 3 they are running away from the terminator and pass a plane in a hangar. Claire Danes yells out something like, “we can use that to escape. I was trained to fly it!” The entire audience burst out laughing.
12points

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31 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Cool But Ended Up As Pure Cringe Instead
I *love* Annihilation, but when Natalie Portman is trying to convince JJL to let her go on the next mission, JJL says something like "A soldier scientist? You can fight...you can learn..." Yes, thank you, we all **know** what a soldier is and what a scientist is. You really don't need to spell out what each of those skill sets entail.
11points
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