10 Unreasonably Annoying Moments In Recent Movies
These moments really shouldn't have been quite as annoying as they were.
A trip to the cinema is all about emotion, and a good film can evoke any and all of them, from pure elation and uncontrollable laughter, to heartbreaking sadness and the ugliest of crying. Not everything, however, goes so far to the extreme on this particular spectrum.
Movies are typically under more scrutiny now than ever before, and you could argue that this means every single scene takes on more importance. Those that don't quite hit the mark can stick around in the mind afterwards, even if they didn't have a huge impact on the overall enjoyment level.
CBS Media VenturesThese are the little annoyances that occur. Something that digs in more than it reasonably should. It's very easy to get caught up both when watching a movie, and in the build-up when anticipation and expectation begin to bubble. It's almost a given to get carried away with an aspect that may not have been perfect.
This could be driven by anything, from hoping for a better send-off for a long-standing franchise, a remake leaving out some of the best parts of the original, or gaps in logic that really leave you scratching your head. None of the entries on this list were big enough to ruin a film, but man, they were irritating.
10. Orm's Cockroach Burger - Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom
After the announcement that James Gunn and Peter Safran would be heading up the new DCU in 2022, the DCEU came to a close in 2023 with little to no fanfare. The franchise released four movies in '23, and though Blue Beetle will continue on through to the DCU in some degree, Shazam, the Flash, and Aquaman, or at least these versions of them, will be left behind.
The final entry in the DCEU was Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and though it was nowhere near as bad as Shazam!: Fury of the Gods or The Flash, it was as forgettable as the first Aquaman, only far less profitable.
What it did do, was afford the DCEU the chance to sign off. It was a clear jumping off point that could have put something of a full stop or an exclamation mark at the end of the final chapter. The scene that was chosen to do this? It was a post-credit sequence in which Orm (Patrick Wilson) ate one bite of a cheeseburger, then added a cockroach before continuing.
CBS Media VentureGranted, it's not like the film was ever going to give fans anything like Deadpool and Wolverine's tribute to Fox's Marvel movies, but there's going out with a whimper and then there's this. The scene was totally inconsequential, and it made no real difference, but this is how the DCEU bowed out?!