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re: worst movie endings of all time????
Posted on 12/2/09 at 7:09 pm to The Gunslinger
Posted on 12/2/09 at 7:09 pm to The Gunslinger
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Contact.
Ending would have been better if they would have cut to credits after McConaughy says he believes her and gets in the car. By adding the scene where the technician says there were 18 minutes of static on tape ruined that ending.
Lot of people don't like the "lady and the tiger" endings. Interesting how that type of ending leads to so many arguements.
I'll throw one out: ending to the Italian Job remake. original was so much better, and an actual "cliffhanger".
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Posted on 12/2/09 at 7:11 pm to Freauxzen
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I know I was a X-Men fan when I was a kid, and was hoping the movie would toss aside the more ridiculous plot points. Namely, killing off everyone only to have them return in the completely illogical ways.
In their defense, that was a pretty cool story-arc, with the Hell-Fire Club and Banshee and all. Would like to see another movie with Hellfire as the villains, get away from Magneto for once.
Posted on 12/2/09 at 7:22 pm to magildachunks
The thing I never understood about Contact, why didn't they just turn the damn thing on again?
It wasn't destroyed like the first one. Why not send someone else in the verify her story?
Was the thing powered by the blood of live babies? I mean why not just use the damn thing again.
Maybe in the book they went more into that point, but it made no sense in the movie. Especially given the 18 minutes of static.
Did I miss something in the hearings where the machine simply did not work after the first attempt?
It wasn't destroyed like the first one. Why not send someone else in the verify her story?
Was the thing powered by the blood of live babies? I mean why not just use the damn thing again.
Maybe in the book they went more into that point, but it made no sense in the movie. Especially given the 18 minutes of static.
Did I miss something in the hearings where the machine simply did not work after the first attempt?
Posted on 12/2/09 at 7:34 pm to BhamTigah
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the perfect ending would have been when Aragorn was crowned king and said to the hobbits, "my friends, you bow to no one."
Only works for the film, but then again, Jackson missed the whole damn point of the books.
Posted on 12/2/09 at 7:37 pm to glaucon
The never ending ends to LOTR never bothered me except the continued come hither gay looks which was the only style of acting woods seemed comfortable with.
I actually was pissed that Jackson did not include the Scouring of the Shire.
I actually was pissed that Jackson did not include the Scouring of the Shire.
Posted on 12/2/09 at 7:52 pm to TigerMyth36
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I actually was pissed that Jackson did not include the Scouring of the Shire.
actually you can see the shire geeting owned in the first movie when Frodo is with the elves for the first time. Hes looking in the pool and sees the future if he fails
Posted on 12/2/09 at 8:07 pm to Wildcat
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Open Waters
Not just the ending - the whole movie.
Posted on 12/2/09 at 8:11 pm to BhamTigah
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Second, LOTR. The entire trilogy is a favorite of mine, but it should have ended 20-30 minutes earlier. In Jackson's defense, the book did the same thing. IMHO, the perfect ending would have been when Aragorn was crowned king and said to the hobbits, "my friends, you bow to no one." There were about six or seven good ending spots that would have been better than the drag-out that was.
Since you seemed to have read the book, then you should know that this was the shortest ending possible. And don't look at it as a trilogy, but as a single film. For a 9 and a half hour film, a 30 minute ending isn't that bad. That would make it 1/19 of the film, which is a reasonable amount of screen time for an ending.
Posted on 12/2/09 at 8:13 pm to tims0912367
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"Return Of The Jedi". I always thought it was crap that Darth Vader would have a happy ghosty reunion as Anakin with ObiWan and Yoda, like nothing had ever happened.
Thats not even the worst part to me. Its a fricking Teddy Bear party, there were very few casualties, and Lucas decided to go on Planet Teddy Bear, than the Wookie planet. RotJ is one of the biggest missed opportunities in cinema history.
This post was edited on 12/2/09 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 12/2/09 at 9:08 pm to TigerMyth36
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The thing I never understood about Contact, why didn't they just turn the damn thing on again?
It wasn't destroyed like the first one. Why not send someone else in the verify her story?
In doesn't work like that. The purpose of the device is to create a "pucker" in space-time, to which someone else can attach a wormhole. Without somebody acting on the pucker, it doesn't do anything. In the book, there were five people sent, not just one, and that's what the physicist voyagers postulated. I don't remember if they tried the machine again, but people being people, I can't imagine they didn't. IIRC, the book made it pretty clear the aliens weren't going to be contacting earthlings for quite a while.
Posted on 12/2/09 at 9:41 pm to tims0912367
Grand Torino had a shitty ending
Posted on 12/2/09 at 9:54 pm to ChalmetteChampion
Just watched Harry Brown which is Gran Torino without the shitty ending, but it is not as funny as Torino. Michael Caine plays the old fart death wish guy.
Posted on 12/2/09 at 10:06 pm to mouton
The Mist
Paranormal Activity
The Departed
The Village
Unbreakable
Paranormal Activity
The Departed
The Village
Unbreakable
Posted on 12/2/09 at 10:18 pm to Freddy Shoop
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Unbreakable
Not this.
Posted on 12/2/09 at 10:34 pm to mouton
The Pledge
LOTR Trilogy - dumb pointless post-scripts at the end
LOTR Trilogy - dumb pointless post-scripts at the end
Posted on 12/2/09 at 11:03 pm to tims0912367
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Unbreakable
Finding out that Samuel L. Jackon's character was responsible for setting up all the accidents was a great twist...
BUT...
Bruce Willis's character reporting "Mr.Glass" to the feds, and him being taken to a hospital for the criminally insane? Lame.
Posted on 12/2/09 at 11:31 pm to Freddy Shoop
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Finding out that Samuel L. Jackon's character was responsible for setting up all the accidents was a great twist...
BUT...
Bruce Willis's character reporting "Mr.Glass" to the feds, and him being taken to a hospital for the criminally insane? Lame.
Ah, but Elijah's epiphany really was first rate. As he fully realized and understood who he was for the first time, he explained it out loud, and it was beautiful. Criminally insane, but beautiful.
I was too satisfied to mind the final wrap-up, or even pay that much attention to it. That movie ended for me in that moment with Elijah. Posted on 12/2/09 at 11:36 pm to tims0912367
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Ah, but Elijah's epiphany really was first rate. As he fully realized and understood who he was for the first time, he explained it out loud, and it was beautiful. Criminally insane, but beautiful. I was too satisfied to mind the final wrap-up, or even pay that much attention to it. That movie ended for me in that moment with Elijah.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 7:47 am to Freddy Shoop
I actually have always liked Contact, and I laugh at people who hated it (also love how most people think the aliens were her father...which is obviously false). In the context of the movie, it all makes perfect sense.
Also, it was 18 hours of static, not minutes.
Also, it was 18 hours of static, not minutes.
Posted on 12/3/09 at 8:21 am to tims0912367
quote:I thought the ending was perfect because it was realistic. It is what you would really do if you found out a guy was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people: you'd turn him in and he'd be arrested, and probably end up in prison or an asylum.
Unbreakable
Unbreakable was not a "comic book movie" as some people seem to think, it is the exact opposite. Its the telling of "real" events that would give rise to comic book legends. Where a comic book would explain David Dunn's super strength and unbreakable bones as a product of him being from some alien planet or a subject of evil military experiments, the "reality" of the movie was that it was a genetic anamoly as rare as Mr. Glass's condition.
Just as David was miserable and lost until he found his destiny because he had not realized his condition, Mr. Glass was driven insane by his condition.
Supposedly, it was supposed to be the first of a trilogy, and I would love to see the other 2 movies.
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