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PrintableGraycap23 said: purplesweat said: I'd tell you a perfect one, but then that's kinda ruining the movie for you... Do tell. You mighta seen it already : Saw 1. | |
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city of angels... lol i hated the ending! | |
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sextonseven said: heartbeatocean said: I was just getting annoyed with all these posts saying "[Insert Film Here] - lame ending!" Without saying why the ending was lame or what it involved. Then here comes sextonseven providing all the right information.  
In everyone else's defense, maybe they didn't want to spoil the endings of the movies? Hmm...maybe that's true. I usually don't worry about knowing endings because I look at the structure as a whole, not the entertainment quality so much. Although, I just finished watching the second part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. So anyone who wants to spoil that ending 
I do appreciate the vague references in that case. | |
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The only movies I can think of at the moment are:
Rescue Dawn -- the film seems to reverse everything it was saying by turning a philosophical treatise into a hero worship ending. I heard that Herzog was forced to change the ending into a happy one to make it more palatable to American audiences and less critical of war. 
Margot at the Wedding - http://prince.org/msg/100/263097 | |
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Anxiety said: i know there's a movie ending that pisses me off far more, but the ending of that spielberg "AI" movie was lame. It should have ended with the robot kid stranded underwater staring at the blue fairy. all that crap about the far future and getting discovered by people who look like big walking spoons was really unnecessary and it felt tacked on.
 My friend and I debated this. She agreed this was the worst ending while I said it had to be War of the Worlds (now a tie with No Country for Old Men for me). I didn't have a problem with AI not ending with the boy staring at the blue fairy. However, the ending was admittedly very Hollywood.
On the other hand, there's no way Tom Cruise's son should have survived in War of The Worlds, let alone beat him to his mom's house with nary a bruise on him. Either way, Spielberg deserves a good lashing. [Edited 3/6/08 1:40am] |
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I have one more:
The Dreamers (2003) - Sister's murder-suicide attempt is thwarted--and apparently forgotten--because of the Paris student riots outside.  | |
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Closer
I liked the movie, and I love Natalie Portman, but that ending is STUPID!! The Astronaut's Wife Maybe I'm just a sucker who likes happy endings, but the end of this just made me scared! Vanilla Sky Just weird, but not the good weird... If you will, so will I | |
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sextonseven said: Secretary (2002) - What started out as a cool BDSM relationship movie ended in feel-good schmaltz.
Whatever clown! That movie was perfect!  If you will, so will I | |
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Byron said: Depends on what the ultimate message of the movie was supposed to be.  Somethings are better left unsaid for interpretation sake. | |
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thekidsgirl said: sextonseven said: Secretary (2002) - What started out as a cool BDSM relationship movie ended in feel-good schmaltz.
Whatever clown! That movie was perfect! Oh please, that ending was so Pretty Woman.  | |
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Just got back from seeing 'No Country For Old Men' for the second time, this time in the theatre on the big screen.....hoping I would make more of the ending than after the first time....
This time I was really pissed off, it made me feel stupid, angry! As much as I like the acting & the pace of the movie, I like almost everything that the Coen brothers have made so far, the ending of this movie should have been the reason for this movie to not have won the Oscar for best picture! | |
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sextonseven said: I have one more:
The Dreamers (2003) - Sister's murder-suicide attempt is thwarted--and apparently forgotten--because of the Paris student riots outside. That worked for me. I like how only the audience in the theater are privy to her attempt, not the other characters in the film. I also love the intercutting with Robert Bresson's La Mouchette.  Love Bertolluci!!! | |
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abierman said: Just got back from seeing 'No Country For Old Men' for the second time, this time in the theatre on the big screen.....hoping I would make more of the ending than after the first time....
This time I was really pissed off, it made me feel stupid, angry! As much as I like the acting & the pace of the movie, I like almost everything that the Coen brothers have made so far, the ending of this movie should have been the reason for this movie to not have won the Oscar for best picture! ugh ugh ugh | |
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heartbeatocean said: abierman said: Just got back from seeing 'No Country For Old Men' for the second time, this time in the theatre on the big screen.....hoping I would make more of the ending than after the first time....
This time I was really pissed off, it made me feel stupid, angry! As much as I like the acting & the pace of the movie, I like almost everything that the Coen brothers have made so far, the ending of this movie should have been the reason for this movie to not have won the Oscar for best picture! ugh ugh ugh What??? Don't get me wrong, I did like the movie, only not the ending....it left me unsatisfied! Or maybe I'm just plain stupid! | |
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thekidsgirl said: Closer
I liked the movie, and I love Natalie Portman, but that ending is STUPID!! The Astronaut's Wife Maybe I'm just a sucker who likes happy endings, but the end of this just made me scared! Vanilla Sky Just weird, but not the good weird... Never saw the astronauts wife, what happens in the end that scared you????? |
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abierman said: 'I Am Legend'
it was shite movie to begin with, but the ending exceeded even that! i totally agree with that one, i HATED the ending! hi btw  [Edited 3/7/08 13:11pm] One of the best days of my life... http://prince.org/msg/100/291111
love is a gift 
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Imago said: Hey guys, I'm posting a bunch of my crotch pictures on myspace bulletins.
Thanks. 
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benyamin said: WHY THE FUCK DOES EVERYONE HATE VANILLA SKY?! I don;t kow. I enjoyed it. the whole "TECH SUPPORT!!!" thing kinda annoyed me but I thought it was good. I really loved the part when they were playing that Todd Rundgren song in the background. That was an excellent scene. | |
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sextonseven said: War of The Worlds
.. when i watched this.. i literally looked @ the clock @ 1:45.. (thinking it would end in 2 hours) .. @ this point of the movie, all hope is lost .. and im the edge of my seat wondering  'how the heck are they gonna defeat these things in 15 minutes?' lol | |
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Pretty in Pink - I hate hate HATE the ending with Andie and Blane. She should have ended up with Duckie. Stupid fucking test audiences.
Superman II The Donner Cut - Hey,let's reverse time again only this time the whole movie never happens. Great idea.  I'll stick with the Lester cut.[Edited 3/8/08 0:03am] | |
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BaileyWalker said: Pretty in Pink - I hate hate HATE the ending with Andie and Blane. She should have ended up with Duckie. Stupid fucking test audiences.
Superman II The Donner Cut - Hey,let's reverse time again only this time the whole movie never happens. Great idea. I'll stick with the Lester cut.
[Edited 3/8/08 0:03am] I love that song during the ending of PIP-- "if you leave" And they also filmed 3 endings ...one version with Ducky winning Andies love.. lol @ the donner cut of SM2..where the Police comes and arrests the Criminals from the phantom zone..kinda silly!! "Dead in the middle of Little Italy little did we know
that we riddled some middleman who didn't do diddily"--BP | |
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Genesia said: raveun2thejoyfantastic said: Prince's "Under The Cherry Moon"
OMG - how could I forget? 
Looks like he is having a bad spasm. 'A pillow covered in all our tears' | |
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heartbeatocean said: sextonseven said: I have one more:
The Dreamers (2003) - Sister's murder-suicide attempt is thwarted--and apparently forgotten--because of the Paris student riots outside. That worked for me. I like how only the audience in the theater are privy to her attempt, not the other characters in the film. I also love the intercutting with Robert Bresson's La Mouchette. Love Bertolluci!!!The suicide attempt was such a heavy moment and it seemed to be conveniently swept under the rug once they heard the riots outside. Maybe it was supposed to mean that everything that had happened was really of little importance in comparison to the bigger picture of what was going on in Paris. | |
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sextonseven said: heartbeatocean said: That worked for me. I like how only the audience in the theater are privy to her attempt, not the other characters in the film. I also love the intercutting with Robert Bresson's La Mouchette. Love Bertolluci!!!The suicide attempt was such a heavy moment and it seemed to be conveniently swept under the rug once they heard the riots outside. Maybe it was supposed to mean that everything that had happened was really of little importance in comparison to the bigger picture of what was going on in Paris. I'm not sure. But what I love about Bertolucci films are the intersections between personal and political. The Conformist is the best example of this (repressed homosexual enlists as Nazi assassin in an attempt to conform). The characters are often not admirable at all. I think the suicide attempt could be seen as folding into the riot, since they are playing an active, destructive, irresponsible role in that final scene -- which says something about their useless lives. The suicide attempt represents the reality -- an underlying nihilism. [Edited 3/10/08 11:33am] | |
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abierman said: heartbeatocean said: ugh ugh ugh What??? Don't get me wrong, I did like the movie, only not the ending....it left me unsatisfied! Or maybe I'm just plain stupid! We pretty much covered that in the Oscar thread. I love the ending and think there are real reasons to end it that way, for the overall message of the film. | |
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heartbeatocean said: sextonseven said: The suicide attempt was such a heavy moment and it seemed to be conveniently swept under the rug once they heard the riots outside. Maybe it was supposed to mean that everything that had happened was really of little importance in comparison to the bigger picture of what was going on in Paris. I'm not sure. But what I love about Bertolucci films are the intersections between personal and political. The Conformist is the best example of this (repressed homosexual enlists as Nazi assassin in an attempt to conform). The characters are often not admirable at all. I think the suicide attempt could be seen as folding into the riot, since they are playing an active, destructive, irresponsible role in that final scene -- which says something about their useless lives. The suicide attempt represents the reality -- an underlying nihilism. [Edited 3/10/08 11:33am] So the final scene inside the apartment was a microcosm of the riots outside? That's interesting.  | |
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Byron said: Anxiety said: i know there's a movie ending that pisses me off far more, but the ending of that spielberg "AI" movie was lame. It should have ended with the robot kid stranded underwater staring at the blue fairy. all that crap about the far future and getting discovered by people who look like big walking spoons was really unnecessary and it felt tacked on.
Depends on what the ultimate message of the movie was supposed to be. Having it end with the kid underwater and staring at the blue fairy, wishing to be real so he could be loved, would definitely have given a much different message than the one that was given. The ending it has now, as goofy as it was, emphasized the constant of love, how true love really never diminishes, and the role faith plays in finding it. It also showed the "fake" love of robot boy as ultimately being more real that the love we humans tend to hand out and expect back. well put...i love that movie!  | |
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sextonseven said: heartbeatocean said: I'm not sure. But what I love about Bertolucci films are the intersections between personal and political. The Conformist is the best example of this (repressed homosexual enlists as Nazi assassin in an attempt to conform). The characters are often not admirable at all. I think the suicide attempt could be seen as folding into the riot, since they are playing an active, destructive, irresponsible role in that final scene -- which says something about their useless lives. The suicide attempt represents the reality -- an underlying nihilism. [Edited 3/10/08 11:33am] So the final scene inside the apartment was a microcosm of the riots outside? That's interesting. Or a symbol for the political situation...and their role in it. | |
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DevotedPuppy said: Heathers. Not completely terrible, just kind of lame imo.
It was a cop out. A pity they didn't go through with the intended ending of blowing up the school. Still one of my favourite movies | |
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