10 Redeeming Elements In Otherwise Awful Movies

The 1980s were a unique time in Hollywood. After Star Wars kick-started the Blockbuster scene 3 years prior, filmmakers of the time threw aside the depressing cynicism of the 1970s to embrace a new era of optimism and spectacle that has never really gone away.

And then David Lynch came on the scene. To say that producers in the 1980s didn't know what to do with David Lynch is a bit of an understatement. He was offered the reigns of Star Wars Episode VI, but instead he chose to direct an adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune.

There are not a whole lot of reasons to recommend Dune. It is a mess of basic storytelling mistakes from the man who directed Eraserhead, who has a notoriously rocky relationship with traditional storytelling. The incredible cast, gorgeous sets, and classic source material were powerless to help a film that really should never have been made the way it was. But there is a single shot that makes the whole film worth it: Gurney Halleck (Patrick Stewart) carries a pug into battle.

Someone in the production thought it would be a good idea to just have a pug wandering through the background of many early scenes, and once the second act rolls around, Patrick Stewart roars into battle with a gun in one hand, and the confused little dog under his arm. It lasts only 3 seconds, but it is a glorious shot.