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post #101 of 121
8/14/08 at 3:06pm
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Originally Posted by Sammy Jankis View Post
I thought The Bone Collector was a decent enough movie until the end. Once you find out who the killer is, (and then he gets a beat down from paraplegic Denzel) it ruins the whole thing. With that ending, it's one of the worst movies ever.
"Who-dunnits" that keep the identity of the killer hidden till the end, when it's no one of any real consequence anyway or someone that is barely in the flick (or even not at all, besides the masked version) are not an easy feat. Got it terribly wrong: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. Got it right: SE7EN.

And the killer is....................... Bum bum baaaaaa!

"Oh... Yeah, so, who are you again?"
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post #102 of 121
8/14/08 at 3:18pm
Im going to go really old school here and just say two examples:
-"Night of the hunter" and its final narration.
-"Ordet"...probably the most emotional ending Ive ever experienced so far.

How the hell i didnt watch these two sooner in life?
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post #103 of 121
8/14/08 at 3:20pm
BONE COLLECTOR

Yeah. Not a great movie. And at the end you kind of go: "The Med Tech? Really?"

However, part of it is how they actually make it pretty obvious that he's the killer. I pretty much guessed it in his first scene. Think about it. It's Leland Orser. And they keep making a point of mentioning this unimportant character's name over and over again.

"Thanks RICHARD. And I'll see you later RICHARD. ... Oh, by the way, please do this and that for me RICHARD. Bye RICHARD."

In case you're wondering, the character's name is RICHARD.

There should just be a subtitle that blinks on and off during his scenes... "This Is The Bad Guy."

Noyce is a good filmmaker when he's in his zone though.
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post #104 of 121
8/14/08 at 3:34pm
I've been pushing The Taking of Pelham One-Two-Three to my friends again recently, and of course am reminded of that amazing ending and closing shot.
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post #105 of 121
8/14/08 at 3:38pm
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Originally Posted by Sammy Jankis View Post
Spiderman also had a really good ending.
Yeah, but Spiderman 2 ending is indefinitely better. The last shot of MJ and the hint of tragedy to come was pure greatness. But than came Spiderman 3. And we all know how that turned out.

X Men 2 suffered the same fate though. The last shot is pure greatness, hinting at the Phoenix Saga. And then history repeats itself.
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post #106 of 121
8/14/08 at 3:41pm
Has anyone mentioned Easy Rider yet? I recently saw it for the first time in one of my film classes, and I was in shock at that ending.
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post #107 of 121
8/14/08 at 3:46pm
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Originally Posted by Jan View Post
Yeah, but Spiderman 2 ending is indefinitely better. The last shot of MJ and the hint of tragedy to come was pure greatness. But than came Spiderman 3. And we all know how that turned out.

X Men 2 suffered the same fate though. The last shot is pure greatness, hinting at the Phoenix Saga. And then history repeats itself.
That last shot of Spiderman 2 hit HARD the first time I saw that movie. The audience was all pumped with the seemingly happy ending, CG Spidey's off swinging with his CG helicopter pals, everything's cool....and then you get that shot. A bitchslap of the best kind. Everyone went from "yay!" to "uh oh" in the span of a few seconds.

And a row of teens behind me literally jumped up out of their seats, pumped their fists, and screamed "FUCK YEAH! PHOENIX BABY!" when X2 ended while dumping a vat of soda all over two little children and their mother a few seats away. Great.
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post #108 of 121
8/14/08 at 3:52pm
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
Yes, and all that makes it fascinating to sit through. Justify it all you like; it's still stupefyingly dull. It was put in there for the hardcore fanboys...you know, the same ones who all got their individual credits in the Extended Editions DVD...the rest of us were just expected to shut up and endure it.
Dull is such an annoying--and tired--criticism.
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post #109 of 121
8/14/08 at 11:56pm
That doesn't even make sense. There's no such thing as a tired criticism. Criticisms don't go out of style. If a movie is dull, then calling it dull is a valid critique, no matter how tired you personally may be of hearing it, or how much it may annoy you. If criticisms should be dropped after being used repeatedly, then "fake CGI" should be going right out the window any day now.
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post #110 of 121
8/15/08 at 12:02am
Didn't mean it as a personal attack--just feel, in general, people throw out the word 'boring' or 'dull' to compensate for their own lack of attention span or patience. Everybody seems to be bothered by long running time nowadays.
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post #111 of 121
8/15/08 at 12:22am
No, I'm fine with long running times. I felt that the extensive multiple finales of Return of the King really belonged on the Extended Edition DVD. The standard audience didn't have that much of a need to say goodbye gently.
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post #112 of 121
8/15/08 at 1:03am
I for one didn't mind the endings of RotK. It's meant to end on a sad note and it needs a bit of time to earn that melancholy feeling.

The Mist totally blew my brain apart early this year with it's ending. Or maybe it was a kick to the guts. I'm not sure which, but I sort of fear watching it again and getting through those last few scenes.

No Country For Old Men was pretty great, though I must admit I didn't really get it first time till I read a bit more.

I thought The Blair Witch Project was pretty crap, but the ending rattled me.

Regarding Spiderman 2, I think it works because the sad twist makes sense with the rest of the story you have seen. We've seen how Peter has had to struggle with the responsability, and after the initial 'too good to be true' ending MJs worried reaction makes sense to us.
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post #113 of 121
8/15/08 at 3:47am
Re-Animator remains one of the greatest horror endings of all time. When Dan picks up that needle, you just know he's now irrevocably fucked up. That fade to black, the green fluid going down, the scream...eesh. Actually gives me gooseflesh.
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post #114 of 121
8/15/08 at 4:20am
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
Re-Animator remains one of the greatest horror endings of all time. When Dan picks up that needle, you just know he's now irrevocably fucked up. That fade to black, the green fluid going down, the scream...eesh. Actually gives me gooseflesh.
The comedic tone of the rest of the movie really amplifies the kick in the ass.
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post #115 of 121
8/15/08 at 12:21pm
Whenever a more recent giant rampaging reptile flick ends with the death of the monster, I always expect a final shot of the "leave it open for a sequel" reveal of the surving nest of eggs (f**k you, GINO). I always prefer the older "what's a denouement?" endings of classic monster flicks like TARANTULA or BEAST FROM 20.000 FATHOMS. Monster's dead... roll them credits. Many a kung-fu flick ends like this as well. They know why the audience is here.

However, I adore the ending to DEEP RISING (S. Sommers lost way since). It's so pulpy and left me wanting a sequel on Monster/Skull/LOST Island STAT.
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post #116 of 121
8/15/08 at 10:28pm
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However, I adore the ending to DEEP RISING (S. Sommers lost way since). It's so pulpy and left me wanting a sequel on Monster/Skull/LOST Island STAT.
It's a perfect ending. What makes it so great is that what's on that island is quite obviously not the same monster. They've just happened to land in a place where there's a completely different one. I love that.

I'd love to have that Stephen Sommers back. Maybe if we cut his budgets down to about 25%, he'll pop up again.
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post #117 of 121
8/15/08 at 10:48pm
I just got Deep Rising for $4 a little while ago. Such a fun movie and a great ending, it would great to have him back in Deep Rising mode, too bad it isn't gonna fucking happen.

And despite the many flaws to the movie as a whole, I like the ending to The Punisher '04. I like the somber tone to it, with Castle just standing on the bridge, there's no music playing just the wind and the voice over. More so with the extended cut/TV version, because they use the studio version of the Harry Heck song over the credits and not fucking Drowning Pool.
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post #118 of 121
8/15/08 at 11:09pm
I'm definitely with Greg on finding Return of the King's multiple endings a chore to sit through. When those films went earnest, I just found them cheesy and so the slow motion shots of Hobbits jumping on beds and the 'you bow to no man' speech did absolutely nothing but make me roll my eyes.

Trying to inject a little positivity into this post I love the end of Rashomon. The interaction between the priest and the woodcutter is incredible and I love that last shot of the woodcutter taking the child out of the ruined temple.
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post #119 of 121
8/15/08 at 11:13pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Whenever a more recent giant rampaging reptile flick ends with the death of the monster, I always expect a final shot of the "leave it open for a sequel" reveal of the surving nest of eggs (f**k you, GINO). I always prefer the older "what's a denouement?" endings of classic monster flicks like TARANTULA or BEAST FROM 20.000 FATHOMS. Monster's dead... roll them credits. Many a kung-fu flick ends like this as well. They know why the audience is here.
One of many reasons I loved Cloverfield: That motherfucker doesn't even die, the two leads get annihilated. End of film. That's how you do it.
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post #120 of 121
8/19/08 at 4:39pm
No mention of Lives of Others yet? I defy anyone to not be moved at the final words It's for me. Those words make the movie go from great to a near classic. So much meaning to be found in three simple words.
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post #121 of 121
8/20/08 at 3:53pm
I was really enjoying Sunshine, until third act. Not that it was overtly awful or anything, but I was hoping for a little more than a "monster chase" sequence.

I did dig the final scene, though.
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