Endings that ruin a good movie

[kmeyers]

...... batman returns ( as well as the first 2 spiderman and xmen movies) - no mater how good the film starts off - its the comic book formula ending that always bugs me - big fight , bad guy "dies" , the end . but i guess i should expect it based on the subject matter - but just once id like to see something diferent

People would be way too pissed off, sitting through 2-3 hours of movie for a "To Be Continued!"

You just outlined the basic "formula" for ANY story. Intro...Climax...Resolution.

[stealthwise]

Yeah, both products of the studio after the audience reaction from test screenings. "it was too depressing" and "I didn't get it". Idiots.

Horrible. But, I will be revisiting that version when the 5 disc DVD set comes out in a few weeks here.

Also, and I'm sure everyone knows this by now, but Ford and Scott were so against the idea that Ford recorded the worst possible voice over he could manage in hopes that the studio wouldn't use it because it was so horrible.

Never underestimate the studio idiots.;)

Haha, I didn't know that at all, good one on them, especially since now they're apparently profiting from it too.

[ultramandingo]

People would be way too pissed off, sitting through 2-3 hours of movie for a "To Be Continued!"
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.......it worked for "empire strikes back"

[kmeyers]

.......it worked for "empire strikes back"

There was still the basic story structure there, with somewhat of a resolution, and a HUGE payoff.

Vader is Luke's father, OH SHIT!

[mattx110]

There was still the basic story structure there, with somewhat of a resolution, and a HUGE payoff.

Vader is Luke's father, OH SHIT!

Oh crap, he doesn't know Padme was sleeping around yet?:D

[meethraa]

AI: had about 4 endings, eiher of which would have worked. The fact that it kept going on was what ruined it.

Minority Report: had a great anti Hollywood ending that really made you think about the character and his life. Then we got another 30 min of movie.

War of the Worlds: The Cold Kills Martians wasn't what did it. it was that Becon street in Boston apparently survived n entire week of alien invasion unscathed. I guess Martians only like making trees from working class folk. Southy must have been in shambles.

I see some sort of pattern here...

The stories were way too different to effectively compare, but I'll say this: at least the book's ending actually had to do with the moral implications of predicting the future, as opposed to a formulaic "bad guy behind it all" cop-out.

That's an extra incentive to read it, at least...

Matchstick Men, The Game... basically any stupid movie where they try to convince you that the entire movie was structured in a way as to bamboozle both the main character and the audience. Upon rewatching the flick, it doesn't work at all, and ruins the entire experience.

If the directors want to know how to do it properly, they need to watch Fight Club or The Usual Suspects.

So, no one else thought this was funny?

[stealthwise]

I see some sort of pattern here...



That's an extra incentive to read it, at least...



So, no one else thought this was funny?

Shit, I was honestly expecting the next post after that one to be someone calling me out for that one. Good work. :)

[IamtheRock3]

City of Angels, which is proof that a tacked-on tragic ending can be just as annoying as a tacked-on happy ending.

A fact that some writers should remember

[kalorama]

City of Angels, which is proof that a tacked-on tragic ending can be just as annoying as a tacked-on happy ending.

I thought we were talking about bad endings that ruined good movies.

[blackdragon6]

i like the mist's ending,the only part i was kinda iffy about was the military showing up to save the day.now i can see how thats a cop out.but if you all are referring to the suicide pack then no i disagree.cause i loved that part,in fact it should have ended then and there.

[stealthwise]

i like the mist's ending,the only part i was kinda iffy about was the military showing up to save the day.now i can see how thats a cop out.but if you all are referring to the suicide pack then no i disagree.cause i loved that part,in fact it should have ended then and there.

Jesus, we get through how many pages of people having the courtesy to use spoiler tags until you? Thanks.

[blackdragon6]

Jesus, we get through how many pages of people having the courtesy to use spoiler tags until you? Thanks.

well technically thats not a spoiler!!!.......sort of.

[StoneGold]

I hated the ending of Hero. Genocide brings the world closer together. WTF?

[the goddamn batman]

well technically thats not a spoiler!!!.......sort of.

Technically? You are talking about an important part of the end of a film which has only just come out, and if people are still using spoiler tags? Then you should to.

Darth Vader is Luke's father? That one's ok. The ending (even parts of the ending) of a brand new film? Yeah, not so cool. Thank you though, I hate finding out what happens as I watch the actual movie.

[the goddamn batman]

Haha, I didn't know that at all, good one on them, especially since now they're apparently profiting from it too.

Yeah, Harrison tried... I don't know about 'profiting' so much. It's one of five version in a rather cheap (I was quite blown away by it's price on Amazon!) box set. But I suppose to some extent. They are including just about everything you could include. Even the original work print, which I believe was what was shown at the test screenings? OR maybe not. God, I can't remember.

It is kind of interesting that such a noir film wasn't going to have the classic narration most noir films had.