I get it. They want the audience to feel the same fear the character is feeling in the moment. But to me, a jump scare is pretty much the laziest way to do that. And for people like me with already existing anxiety issues, it makes the rest of the movie an unpleasant experience. Instead of engaging with the story, I’m just trying to protect myself against the next time this mystery movie, or whatever, wants to scare the shit out of me. I’ve been an avid movie goer for years, but the problem has me thinking I might start watching most movies at home now where I can control the volume.
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Project Hail Mary by chance? If so, i thought that scene was particularly bad because it was totally out of character for Rocky in the rest of the film. Two highly intelligent individuals from species trying to make first contact and one of them decides to slam itself into the barrier before announcing its presence in a non threatening way.
overall i loved the movie but that was one thing that should have been done better, or not at all.
One hundred percent spot on.