{"id":14257,"date":"2019-05-25T21:35:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T01:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=14257"},"modified":"2021-01-10T22:54:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T03:54:44","slug":"mediocre-movies-with-scenes-worth-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/mediocre-movies-with-scenes-worth-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediocre movies with scenes worth watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These movies might not be worth watching from start to finish, but they have some terrific scenes within them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Austin Powers in Goldmember\n<ul>\n<li>The opening scene is about a movie based on Austin Powers &#8212; starring a very famous actor as Powers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;D.E.B.S.\n<ul>\n<li>In a scene at 0:09 the main characters are spying on someone by sitting on swings high up in the building. It&#8217;s ridiculous, but for some reason I love the concept.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\n<ul>\n<li>In the opening scene, someone poisons Indiana Jones and he has to find the antidote in the middle of a brawl. This leads to a scene where he has to fly a plane even though he&#8217;s never flown one before.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle\n<ul>\n<li>At 0:28 the main characters find out what their skills and weaknesses are within the world of Jumanji.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Matrix Reloaded\n<ul>\n<li>At 1:22 there&#8217;s a great car and truck chase scene with Morpheus, Trinity, the Keymaker, and the Twins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible II\n<ul>\n<li>At 1:37 there&#8217;s a scene where our old friend Ethan Hunt pays a visit to the bad guy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Octopussy\n<ul>\n<li>In the opening scene, James Bond eludes Cuban missiles in his tiny jet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest\n<ul>\n<li>At 1:51 Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and James Norrington are in a sword fight on a waterwheel that&#8217;s rolling along the ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace\n<ul>\n<li>At 1:50 Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan engage in a light saber battle against Darth Maul, accompanied by John Williams&#8217;s glorious music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones\n<ul>\n<li>At 0:22 Obi-Wan uses his Jedi mind powers on a guy in a bar who&#8217;s trying to sell him death sticks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Upside Down\n<ul>\n<li>There&#8217;s a scene at 0:06 that shows the glorious visuals of this movie where there are 2 planets with inverse gravity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These movies might not be worth watching from start to finish, but they have some terrific scenes within them. Austin Powers in Goldmember The opening scene is about a movie based on Austin Powers &#8212; starring a very famous actor as Powers. &nbsp;D.E.B.S. In a scene at 0:09 the main characters are spying on someone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[42,6],"class_list":["post-14257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-lists","tag-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14257"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17302,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257\/revisions\/17302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}