Name a movie with an ending that has critics and apologists. After the movie is named, reply with your vote for good or bad in the title and please explain why you feel that way.

except for the Pixies song. I still like that song.

what was the ending? the terrorist cell he had set up blew up all the buildings in the skyline? there was something else though... can't remember it unfortunately

Unbelievable in every single way.

I mean...hating that movie just on an ending that fit in with the rest of the movie never made sense to me

they made me feel like they thought i was retarded

And the addition of The Pixies' "Where Is My Mind" was icing on the cake. No homo.
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Love the movie or hate the movie, the ending was appropriately tied to the rest of the movie. It was a unified meditation on the random interconnectedness (yeah, I just made that up) of the human experience, and the ending ties in very well with the opening montage/prologue. Everyone who looks for an explanation of the ending just overlooked the whole part about shit happening that seems like it should have an explanation but doesn't. So, yeah, I think that movie does what it set out to do and, in that way, works very well.

For those who say the think the movie was good up until the end, I contend that you just didn't get it.

Of course, it's possible to "get it" and still hate the movie.

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But not because of the frogs. I hated the end because they built up with the prologue this "remarkable coincidence", and then listed these remarkable coincidences. Then, the big coincidence? All of these people who have thin connections between them happened to all witness a frogstorm. Just another people-with-different-storylines-connected-by-a-city movie. Ugh.

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Though I can't really remember it.
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but it fit the movie perfectly. The corrupt cop gets his, the thug and the hooker live happily ever after and the opportunist climbs further up the ladder. Sometime I think Bud should have died, but it might have been too depressing. A hero's funeral wouldn't have meant shit since they labeled the crooked chief as a hero.

End it at the hotel. The movie was done at that point. I was actually walking out after that scene and was suprised the movie was still playing.


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"The Mets had a chance last year to go to the World Series. They made it to the playoffs. They won the division. Congratulations, but last year is over."

The little titles about "he went to jail" and "he went on to do yada yada yada" completely ruined the mythos they'd built. It was almost like he'd written THE END in big letters, when the most interesting aspect is what happens after the final scene. Does Mr. Glass get away? How does Bruce Willis deal with this info? What does he do after dealing with Mr. Glass? How do two people who live this way continue for the rest of their lives?

So many great questions, and he tried to answer them with one-sentence epilogue titles. Oy.

Not me, the end means THE END. I don't want any lingering questions doubts, in my mind that means you didn't tell the story well.

Of course there are SOME exceptions, but it's rare.

But with the titles, it was like summing up for us a very boring story that occurred after the story we just witnessed. I'd like to think there are stories that these characters have after the film ended.

like the sixth sense, it made the movie worth seeing...... once

If you weren't expecting a Big Shocking Twist Ending (thanks, Disney marketing!), it made perfect sense. IMO.
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Like Longo said, it has an "end" without them.

Back like...

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the movie is about faith...the ending is consistent.

people should look at it more like a short story
maybe the earth is being invaded but it's not Independence Day
there's not supposed to be the same sense of grandeur
the whole thing happens on a farm

*smh*

Especially the special effects, which were awful.

That fight could have been the emotional climax of the picture instead it was wack, illogical, and VERY anti-climatic.

(that means it was bad, in case anyone needs clarification)
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and anyone who says different makes the baby Jesus cry!

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Very Twilight Zone-esque.

And perfect for our times.
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I don't wanna hear any "That was creative" crap, that movie pissed me off! They went through all that, and the monsters weren't real?! Plus, they were in modern times!!! What the hell!! That dude's new name is M.Night Shureinthehellneedstochillwiththetwistendings.

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you are like...I knew that would happen.

>you are like...I knew that would happen.

it just had too open of an ending.



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Hey, I'm working for Costello too!

Fuck off.

although murking Anthony Anderson put that scene over the top.

That shit was so abrupt, it felt like coitus interruptis.

A bit jarring at first, but upon second viewing, I dug it.

Fit right in line with the previous 2 hours of baroque, dark comedy and violence.

Yes, it did.
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for teh life of me, i dont know why people like that fucking movie.

and in the minority but i hated the shit. maybe it's cuz i was going in expecting straight up mobster goodness a la goodfellas, but the whole parody aspect was just lame to me throughout. and the ending made it even worse.

i think i'm just mad cuz i keep thinking about the film this could have been, which isn't really fair, but considering the resources marty had available to him, i just don't get why he went in this directon.

for example, i think mystic river is a way better picture ( i picked it cuz it's also a cop thing and also in boston), and not to underappreciate kevin bacon, sean penn, and tim robbins, but with damon, dicaprio, nicholson, martin sheen, wahlberg, and alec baldwin, i dont know. i just wanted more.

The rest of the movie redeems it though.

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i liked the ending in infernal affairs

in the departed, it didn't feel right...also, that shit with marky mark at the end was HORRIBLE

must be good.
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with Andie and Ducky dancing together to David Bowie's "Heroes."
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I sat there for 2 hours watching Tom Cruise run from aliens--which was pretty damn good--and then you wrap up the story with a tacked on voice-over from Morgan Freeman about how the aliens caught a cold and died?

Fuck you.

Think about it.

"And still needs an S Curl"

although Sam Elliott is the perfect narrator for that movie (and, second to Morgan, any movie)

Aside from some truly incredible special effects, I just did not care for that movie. And I'm a big Tom Cruise apologist too, but man, I just left that movie with a bad taste in my mouth.

And Nick's right, the voiceover? Ugh.

THIS is how you ruin a movie.
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made sense, rhymed with the theme

made me feel like shit

edit: i feel i should elaborate with this one.

one of the major things people criticize is that it dragged on way too long...i emphatically disagree. to me, all that dragging-out was part of the experience.

the part that bothered me immensely, was how they sort-of "brought back" his mother at the end, but he'd only get to spend one day with her, and it ends with him snuggling with her at night (as she'll be gone FOREVER tomorrow)

that made me feel awful

but the fact that they presented this part as a fairy-tale happy-ending (when you knew it must suck tomorrow, but temporarily, there's happiness) served as the perfect punctuation on the whole "artificial" theme of the film. and they did it well, with the narrator, music, and teddy bear climbing into bed at the end...perfect form....and you KNEW the shit wasn't a REAL happy ending. just the best they could manufacture.

...bad.

Good shit, Steve.
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But still bad

aka The Time When It's Okay to Seriously Suspend Disbelief...
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People just can't do crazy shit like spin the world backwards if no previous hints to such an ability (Or, in the case of intervention by the gods, omnipotent beings) has been hinted at before

Also, if Supes can fly around the world faster than the speed of light, why come he couldn't fly fast enough to catch both missiles?

He kicked their asses

Got his girl back

And got revenge on the diner rednecks. As a black man, I appreciated that.
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as someone who was picked on from daycare to high school, I could appreciate Clark getting payback on the redneck.

Just...just bad. How's he gonna... well, nevermind. Just a silly, silly ending.

When nothing happened in the first hour and half of the movie,I bailed on it

on more of the same

oh wait...that was the cool superman who did that

The movie was okay, could have been a lot better, but the ending was way too soft for a Summer blockbuster... and by soft, yes, I do mean GAY.

No offense.
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You know it's a problem when the bad guy's arm-candy steals all the scenes. I should have stopped watching after the kid goes all "Gohan" on the henchman.

*Gives self wedgie for DBZ reference*

I thought it was the perfect ending, actually.

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or badly awesome

either way, I love it

Frozen Jack is great.

And Jack in the picture = a good allusion to the 'all times as one' theory that the book describes.

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The ending(s) gave me one of funniest theatre experiences...the reactions from the crowd were hilarious.

I enjoyed them all.

No homo. Infinity.

(for the GLAAD watchers out there)
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...stomping out weakened Saruman like in the book.

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That was a humongous sack of cow dung. In three movies, I went from "Yeah!!!" to "What the crap?!"

Monica Belluchi is quietly one of the baddest white chicks on the planet

well done

made me feel like shit

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The Laura Linney as Lady Macbeth thing rang TOTALLY false to me. The whole movie seemed misogynistic, and then to tack on this stupid awful character turn was terrible, in my opinion.

Just to be different, I suppose.

I still don't know why people think the Linney scene was so out of character. Unexpected is not the same as out of character. I thought it fit perfectly.

*shrug*

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>I still don't know why people think the Linney scene was so
>out of character. Unexpected is not the same as out of
>character. I thought it fit perfectly.

thank god, I thought I was taking crazy pills when I was trying to explain this to PTP before.

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but the very last scene at the parade was a perfect ending

it's one where you have to take your cynical cap off and realize something can be somewhat cheesy but still be effective and touching in a real way

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Because the movie was finally over.

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does anyone else feel like the past some-odd years have been plagued with great movies that cannot finish strong to save their life?

like a boxer who out-classes his opponent in brilliant fashion for 9 rounds, then staggers his opponent, and then trips over the refs foot and goes to sleep...end of fight

I saw everything coming, including where it was going to end, in the first five minutes.

(don't know if the ending is at all different from other versions of this story, so i'll keep it at 2005 movie)

>(don't know if the ending is at all different from other
>versions of this story, so i'll keep it at 2005 movie)

matched the tone of the movie perfectly.

>matched the tone of the movie perfectly.

Nice payoff to the opening.
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I can't have an opinion on this movie, it just IS

There was no "perfect" way to end that movie. Might as well use an earthquake.

Except for the sex scene, which I thought was awkward and weird.

Very smart, very incomplete and ominous...
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A little anti-climatic, the film really ends when Leonidas & crew are defeated.

Given the plot, tho, I'm not sure they could have avoided it.

>A little anti-climatic, the film really ends when Leonidas &
>crew are defeated.
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>Given the plot, tho, I'm not sure they could have avoided it.

Yeah I thought it would've been cool if it ended w/ all the arrows heading towards Leonidas. That was a great shot.

A fucking sled?

Naw man, it's a vagina or clit in flames.

In the context of the movie, it's his childhood, innocence, and happiness: lost as a child, forgotten as an adult, and going up in smoke now that he's dead.

You're right about the origin of the nickname, though.

I got what the sled and Rosebud stood for.

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he's just confused

*Begins Larry David stare down once more*

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that movie needed 25 minutes chopped off badly

I mean it was kinda cute but kinda corny at the same time

I really wanted that guy to have a real relationship.

But, yea, I was pulling for Andy all the way.

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it was sad though

it's ruined by the 30yrs later scene though. She had like 20 kids and none of them were his. Plus, he looked like Col. Sanders.

But like I said, the rest was great. Especially the first part of his father's monologue.

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I thought it was pretty good.

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Bad precedent, but very good.

came to an end.

Nice stuff, but not the kind of film to catch at an 11 PM showing.

Longest poker scene ever

which was great

but not bad, by any means.

It was sad, but it fit them tone of the movie.

It changes the way the audience feels about Travis irreversibly. Even if you cheer for the guy, thinking "yeah, those fuckin scumbags had it coming," you have to acknowledge the fact that it was heading towards ending with him assassinating the candidate, which can't be justified.
It's so extreme that it just knocks you on your ass. It still does for me and I've seen it a bunch of times.
The look on Deniro's face when the cops come in, the banality of the letter from the girl's parents, the return to normalcy, the list goes on.

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(yes, I had to spike the punch. So sue me, "Matrix Revolutions" is already in this motherfucker)

We came all this way...for this?

And how come black gangsters slap bitches, get bitches hooked on drugs, and won't pay bitches' cab fare, but white gangsters can have hearts of gold?!

The film doesn't even END, persay - the shit just STOPS.

I was hoping for some kind of conclusion.

(except the "stellar film" part)

I'm glad Jody got his ish together, but the resolution of the conflict with Snoop Dogg's character seemed rushed and open-ended.

I wanted to choke his baby moms her voice was irritating

(I don't mean that the riot was stagy. I mean the idea that Mooky would go back to Sal's to get his money, and Sal didn't try to knock the shit out of them. The fact that they actually have something of a conversation - antagonistic thought it is - always felt odd to me, although the humor makes it work. Maybe it was Spike's acting, or lack thereof?)

the idea that
>Mooky would go back to Sal's to get his money, and Sal didn't
>try to knock the shit out of them. The fact that they actually
>have something of a conversation

And the fact that he actually pays him is bullshit. Didn't buy it at all. Great movie otherwise.

the set up.
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(no, seriously. There's widespread opinion that the film's conclusion attempts to lend credibility to the idea of a non-nuclear - read: GAY - family unit.)

Non-nuclear doesn't always mean gay, it just means that they did not have a typical family. I liked it, "Ohana means family".

(hey, i LIKE psychobabble sometimes!)

That movie had about 4 possible endings, and it charged right past all of them.

they didn't try wrapping things up "in a nice neat little package"(c) Homer Simpson

was there more after that?

>was there more after that?

Yeah if I remember correctly there was some more mumbo jumbo w/ all the fat bizness cats @ some banquet ballroom type function thingamajiggy basically conveying the fact that they all were in the clear & would be able to carry on w/ the merger.

damn, that sucks if that's true cause I had the fade to white in my mind as the very end and that was perfect.

Well I've been wanting to watch it again anyway.

Didnt see it comin @ all.

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they added an extra twist that wasn't necessary

But surprisingly dark considering the tone of the rest of the film. Then again, I guess the REAL ending happens in Red.

>But surprisingly dark considering the tone of the rest of
>the film.

Emotionally and gut-wise, I think it's a good ending. The final image of Karol Karol is effin' iconic to me. Beautiful. It should be a mainstay of classic film moments montages.

When I think about it, I don't really like the ending...maybe because I don't like the movie from the point ****spoiler**** of his funeral and beyond ****spoiler end*****. But, yet, I see the point to the film's story.

I wasn't expecting to see a literal connection between the stories. I thought it was kinda unnecessary in the sense that the trilogy would stand up without it. Then again, it does leave you with something to think about. Either way, better than raining frogs.

> I wasn't expecting to see a literal connection between the
>stories. I thought it was kinda unnecessary in the sense that
>the trilogy would stand up without it.

I definitely think the trilogy would be no less great without Red's ending, but taking into account Kieslowski's metaphysical and fate angle (like in the wonderful Blind Chance and semi-wonderful Double Life)...it so works for me.

First viewing, I was like, "Oh shit!."

On face value, yup, it's contrived; in terms of context, it's wonderful.

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I'm trying to remember the ending . . . i dont know if it was that scene where they just shared breakfast like theyre a couple.

If so, then yeah it was a bad ending. But overall, very good film.

(probably not necessary in an "Endings" thread, but just to be safe)

It ends with him messing up the interrupting cow joke, then she just says "that's horrible".

It was really abrupt, but in a way there was no realistic way to end it. He's a drug addict, she's accepting of him, nothing looks like it's gonna change.

i scratch my head...it doesn't fit the tone to me...i was expecting dude to escape or get gunned down

it fit the movie so well, so balanced

I am still slightly confused.

>I am still slightly confused.

So is the director if you listed 2 his commentary