Spinoff: movies that start out average but gets much better in the end

While I disagree with this now, Hot Fuzz was a prime example when I first watched it. Didn't laugh much during the first 2/3rds, but nearly pissed myself at the glorious over-the-top finale. Still, the final 30 minutes is a lot funnier than the earlier 2/3rds.

American Beauty

Man on Fire.

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i felt the same way about The World's End

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I actually did as well, but I knew how Wright films worked to where I didn't judge it the first time. The first third of the film is genius on a rewatch. It's constant puns in what happens later in the film. It's ridiculously subtle to where its less foreshadowing and more the punchline, even before they've set it up in the movie itself. It's simply brilliant.

the descent.

i get the slow-burn build-up, and really like the beginning now, but at the time i was bored to death with those annoying chicks gabbing.

The Cabin in the Woods. Though I liked the beginning of the movie, the end was amazingly fun.