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10/01/2025
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Fantasy movies have long been a way for films to push the boundaries of technical limitations and creative writing. When done right, they can transport audiences to worlds that they never thought were imaginable and make them care about the fates of mythical creatures who only exist in our collective imagination. Thanks to how loose the genre is, many fantasy films are counted among the best ever made.

However, the fantasy genre has also seen its fair share of lackluster films, and even the best are not completely without faults. The genre includes many scenes that leave audiences speechless and confused, either by their presentation or trying to figure out why the filmmakers kept them in the final product.

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Futterwacken

‘Alice in Wonderland’ (2010)

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Tim Burton’s re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland is credited as the film that kicked off Disney’s current era of live-action remakes. While a box office success at the time, the modern consensus is that it’s not one of Burton’s best, especially due to its grim colors, melodramatic plot, conflicting tones, and performances that demonstrate a mix of overacting and underacting. Nowhere is this better demonstrated than when the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) celebrates Alice’s (Mia Wasikowska) victory over the Jabberwocky (Christopher Lee) with a strange dance called Futterwacken.

The Futterwacken had been built up throughout the film as something the characters were looking forward to seeing after defeating the Queen of Hearts (Helena Bonham Carter), but the result did not match the hype. Not only does the dance come out of nowhere in the film, but it sees the Hatter spinning his head around while hip-hop music plays in the background. It’s a shame because the stand-in they got to dance is talented, but his hard work is lost by how tonally inconsistent the scene is.

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“Lost in the Woods”

‘Frozen II’ (2019)

Kristoff looks forelorn during his Lost in the Woods song in Frozen 2.
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Frozen was a global phenomenon, so it’s only natural that Disney would capitalize on it with a sequel. Unlike the first film, which was famously rushed, Frozen II was given more time so that the story and mythology could be ironed out. However, they still found themselves rushing to rework sections of the film months before release, and the end result was a mix of ideas that didn’t get the time they needed.

Kristoff’s (Jonathan Groff) subplot is a prime example of this, as his quest to propose to Anna (Kristen Bell) sees him pushed to the background or actively forgotten about for large stretches of the movie. This leads to his song, “Lost in The Woods,” a 1980s power ballad that comes out of nowhere and is promptly forgotten once finished. While there is some entertainment in how out of left field the song is, the fact that it doesn’t tie into the main story with the royal sisters, or advance Kristoff’s subplot, renders it pointless.

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“You’re a Star”

‘Wish’ (2023)

Asha, Star, and Valentino dance with talking animals in the animated movie Wish.
Image via Disney

Released during Disney’s centennial year, Wish should have been a triumphant celebration of all the wonderful memories Disney has created. Instead, it has gone down as one of the worst films of the 2020s due to relying entirely on nostalgia and not even trying to be creative or innovative like past films. Its sins are best seen during the “You’re a Star” musical number, in which Asha (Ariana DeBose) is told by talking animals that everything and everyone is connected.

While the message of the song is meant to be uplifting, it’s ruined by confusing lyrics that try to paint a gorgeous tapestry without answering the very questions it brings up, and terrible word choices such as a deer saying “here I are” to rhyme with “I’m a star.” Once the song is finished, the talking animals only play a minimal role in the story, and the sentient trees and mushrooms vanish altogether. Everything only exists to remind you of better Disney films like Bambi and Fantasia, so it’s no surprise that its narrative significance was as little of an afterthought as its lyrics.

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Persephone in the Underworld

‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’ (2010)

Rosario Dawson as Persephone from Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
Image via 20th Century Studios

The first adaptation of the Percy Jackson & The Olympians franchise was lackluster, to say the least. The Lightning Thief did strange things, like aging up all the characters and portraying the God of the Underworld, Hades (Steve Coogan), as a satanic villain, unlike the book version who didn’t want a divine war. One of the smaller changes is including his wife Persephone (Rosario Dawson) when the heroes negotiate with Hades, which completely changes the scene in ways that don’t make sense.

First, any fan of Greek mythology knows that Persephone will not be in the Underworld during the summer, since she is the goddess of spring, and her absence is what brings fall and winter. Second, the film doesn’t use her for much except unhappy marriage jokes until she incapacitates Hades to help Percy (Logan Lerman) and his friends escape. It’s a baffling decision that makes one wonder why Persephone was in the movie to begin with when they had no idea how to write her.

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Legolas’ Super Mario Jumps

‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ (2014)

Legolas runs across a crumbling tower in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
Image via Warner Bros.

The Hobbit trilogy is to The Lord of the Rings what the Star Wars prequels are to the original trilogy, and given how disastrous its production was, it’s no surprise that many moments don’t make sense. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is overflowing with them, especially during the film’s titular battle, which is constantly switching between struggles of good vs evil and out-of-place cartoon slapstick. Yet one moment that left many fans befuddled was when the Elven prince Legolas (Orlando Bloom) survived a crumbling tower by jumping on the bricks mid-fall.

While Legolas has been seen walking on top of snow and swinging his way onto a horse’s back in the Lord of the Rings films, this scene feels more egregious because of the execution. Let’s ignore how this breaks all the laws of physics; the scene looks fuzzy due to a combination of slo-mo and excessive CGI, and Legolas’ poses while jumping are very reminiscent of Super Mario Bros.. What was intended to be a cool demonstration of Legolas’ skill and agility instead shifts the film back into the territory of tensionless cartoons, made even worse by the fact that Legolas shouldn’t even be in The Hobbit.

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The Stone Giants

‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ (2012)

A Stone giant prepares to fight in a Thunder Battle in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Image via Warner Bros.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is considered the best film in the trilogy because it sticks the closest to the book and keeps the focus on Bilbo Baggins (Sir Ian Holm and Martin Freeman). However, even the best film isn’t immune to baffling scenes, such as when Bilbo and the Dwarves try to cross the Misty Mountains during a thunderstorm. It quickly turns into a thunder battle as the Stone Giants begin to fight one another, with the Dwarves and Bilbo caught on their legs.

This scene was only a few sentences in the book, yet Peter Jackson decided to change it into a confusing action sequence. Despite the intensity of the weather and the giants, not a single Dwarf is killed or injured, and the only moment that has any effect on things going forward is when Bilbo has to be rescued by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage). Yet even this act only amounts to Thorin belittling Bilbo, which isn’t fair because Bilbo had nothing to do with random giants that appear and disappear from the narrative at will.

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The Attack on the Burrow

‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ (2009)

The Burrow house is surrounded by a ring of fire in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Image via Warner Bros. 

The Harry Potter movies are almost as beloved as the books, but they have their fair share of dumb moments. One of the most egregious comes from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince when Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) went to stay with the Weasley family. They come under attack by Death Eaters led by Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter), and though nobody is hurt, the house is destroyed.

On the surface, the attack on the Burrow exists to show how the stakes are being raised, because the Death Eaters can target Harry wherever and whenever they want, but the more you think about it, the plan makes no sense. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) told his minions that he wanted to be the one to kill Harry, and rather than reward them, he’d likely kill the Death Eaters for robbing him of vengeance. In the long term, the scene has no consequence on the rest of the narrative, since the Burrow is rebuilt without issue.

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Excalibur Fixes Everything Except Blindness

‘Quest for Camelot’ (1998)

Ruber's body is consumed by magic due to Excalibur returning to the stone in Quest for Camelot.
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Quest for Camelot was Warner Bros‘ attempt to mimic the success of the Disney Renaissance, and it backfired horribly. The poor quality of the writing can be best seen during the climax when the heroes trick the villain, Ruber (Gary Oldman), into stabbing Excalibur– now merged into his hand– back into the stone it was pulled from. This releases a mysterious wave of magic that not only destroys Ruber, but also undoes the magic he used to create his mechanical army, briefly divides conjoined dragons until they decide to stay merged, and heals everyone’s injuries… except for deuteragonist Garrett’s (Cary Elwes) blindness.

Nowhere in the film was it hinted that Excalibur or the stone had this kind of power, and while you can argue for killing Ruber, since it can be read as the sword rejecting him, the rest isn’t so easily explained. Garrett’s blindness is the big standout, since he wasn’t born blind, and the sword fixed King Arthur’s (Pierce Brosnan) broken arm, so why not give the man back his vision after risking his life to save the kingdom? The scene of Devon (Eric Idle) and Cornwall (Don Rickles) choosing to remain conjoined is also strange: yes, they learned to overcome some of their difficulties, but nothing is stopping them from sticking together while still pursuing their own goals.

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The Dwarves vs. Smaug

‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ (2013)

Thorin jumps off a ledge to avoid a fire blast from Smaug in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Image via Warner Bros.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug had the potential to be the best film in the trilogy thanks to Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch), one of fiction’s greatest dragons. At first, the film did well, copying his iconic talk with Bilbo almost word for word from the book, and made even better because Cumberbatch and Freeman had starred together in Sherlock. However, things go downhill when Thorin decides to try and fight the dragon.

This decision was made to extend Smaug’s death to the third movie, and as such, accomplishes nothing except wasting time and confusing audiences with how thick the Dwarves’ plot armor is. They are always able to evade Smaug’s fire, avoid being crushed, and even surf on a river of molten gold without suffering any consequences. Smaug is the real loser in this sequence: he doesn’t say a word and goes from being an intelligent and charismatic villain into a toothless lion constantly made a fool.

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The Earthbender Prison Escape

‘The Last Airbender’ (2010)

A group of Earthbenders work together to move a single rock in The Last Airbender.
Image via Paramount Pictures

The Last Airbender is more than deserving of its title of one of the worst films ever made. Beyond its wooden acting, mispronunciation of names, and rushed pacing, the film failed to capture the majesty and beauty of bending as presented in Avatar: The Last Airbender. All the film’s failures come to a head when the heroes are placed in an Earthbender prison and encourage them to fight back.

Unlike the show, where the Earthbenders were stuck on a metal pier in the middle of the ocean, these Earthbenders have been surrounded by earth for months, so they come across like idiots for not rebelling sooner. When they do fight back, it’s a pathetic display as characters wait around while benders perform overly complex dances to move a single rock. The fact that the scene is done in one continuous shot exasperates these problems, as one can see that the actors are clearly waiting for their cues.

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