Endings that ruin a good movie

[Vibranium]

I found the ending mean spirited to Sam personally

I'm split on it, yes it does seem kind of crappy but it's definitely unconventional

Quantum Leap is easily one of my favorite TV series of all time....Scott Bakula has a permanent pass from me on anything else he does ever

loved the Elvis episode...which is in the last season, I think

[Mat001]

Well on that level the whole movie sucked. A giant pile of pseudo metaphysical garbage. i prefer to think of it as a good invasion flick with a horrid ending.

Which shows that you miss the whole point of the film.

That does not answer so my questions about LOST. Answers the writers obviously did not have. It's why they had to conjure up the fake, everyone dead in L.A. ending.

Not having answers and choosing not to answer them are two different things. They did answer what the Island was. Just not in the way that you would have liked. People who came to the Island were those who had some sort of sin in their lives and the Island was their chance at redemption. Some passed the test like Jack and some failed like Michael. How it came to be wasn't important as what it's purpose was.

I found the ending mean spirited to Sam personally

It wasn't mean spirited. It was what Sam really wanted in the first place. He wanted to fix the lives of others because he had such a strong sense of compassion for humanity. This compassion was fueled by the deaths of his father and brother, and the tragedy of his sister's marriage. So in trying to figure out the method of time travel, he was trying to solve the problems of the world. He could go home if he wanted to, which was what Al the bartender was saying to him. But Sam knew that he couldn't just go home, because there was so much good that he was doing that if he went home, he would be betraying his own principles.

Essentially, Sam was a guardian angel for people. That's why he saw Al's dead uncle and saw him Leap. Only Sam didn't have to die in order to do what Al's uncle did. He just found a way to kick his own self out of his body and into someone else's life.

[Monty_Cristo]

Labyrinth. possession is 9/10s of the law. Jareth bought that baby fair and square. ok, so the contract wasn't legal because of Sarah's age. she still suffered no repercussions for disposing of her brother. i'd say that it at least warrants an eye patch or the loss of a limb.

[Mat001]

How so? Her parents didn't know about it. And what would Jareth gain from that?

[Vibranium]

she still wanted to disappear her brother...that's f'd up

I can't stand one of my sisters (to the point we havent talked in 6 or 7 years) but I wouldn't try to pawn her off or anything

[Monty_Cristo]

How so? Her parents didn't know about it. And what would Jareth gain from that?

her cheating him was a severe blow to his street cred. she came into his house and reneged on a baby exchange. and that's after he stacked the deck with Hoggle. there's no way she should have escaped the goblin realm intact.

[Mat001]

Except as she remembered the monologue from the play, he has no power over her. Hence no revenge on his part.

[Monty_Cristo]

Except as she remembered the monologue from the play, he has no power over her. Hence no revenge on his part.

i blame that more on the untimely passing of Jim Henson.

[Simbob4000]

i blame that more on the untimely passing of Jim Henson.

Are you still talking about Labyrinth? Henson's untimely death was a few years after that movie came out.

[JCAll]

Labyrinth. possession is 9/10s of the law. Jareth bought that baby fair and square. ok, so the contract wasn't legal because of Sarah's age. she still suffered no repercussions for disposing of her brother. i'd say that it at least warrants an eye patch or the loss of a limb.

This is Jim Henson we're talking about here, not Sam Raimi.

[StoneGold]

This is Jim Henson we're talking about here, not Sam Raimi.

Now I have an image of Jennifer Connolly with chainsaws for boobs.

[AdA]

Blade Runner
The two things that ruined the original were the narrator presuming we were too stupid to understand the film without everything being explained and that lame ending with: "I kill replicants for a living but I'm keeping this one as a toy because she's really cute and her batteries are really long lasting..."

[David Walton]

I never thought Signs was about an Alien Invasion. I think a few people are missing the point. Heck, half of the scares in the movies are just that; scares with nothing really there.

Yeah, it's definitely more about the human condition and Gibson's crisis of faith. And the film's resolution seems inspired by War of the Worlds, which is also more about how humans react to the aliens than the aliens themselves.

[Vibranium]

Blade Runner
The two things that ruined the original were the narrator presuming we were too stupid to understand the film without everything being explained and that lame ending with: "I kill replicants for a living but I'm keeping this one as a toy because she's really cute and her batteries are really long lasting..."

that's a pretty safe assumption condsidering about 90 percent of the average movie going public

[MegaNaught]

I can't remember the name of the movie or the main actress, but the movie came out in the late 90's and it was about Satan having to possess some guy by a certain time. The climax of the film is in a car and Satan possess the guy because it's after midnight and then the heroine shoots the guy in the head (after Satan possesses him) and kills the guy and sends Satan back to hell. Then the movie just ends. It was really anti-climactic. The ONLY thing I remember about the movie is that I hated the ending. Anyone know what movie I have described?