Endings to Movies That You Have Seen That Felt Lik

[Mr Blackstock]

I agree with fandini, most u.s films i stop watching 10 to 20 minutes from the end because just when i think its a good film, they ruin it with a sickening feel good ending.

blackstock

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[mattias]

the breakfast scene at the end of thirteen days? *shrug*

/matt

[chas_ucla]

I think the majority of American, regular studio "thrillers" would fit into the "cop-out" ending. One of the most frustrating had to be "The Game" with Michael Douglas. I had heard some bad reviews on this one and was surprised to find myself liking it...then the ridiculous ending...[SPOILER -- though if you haven't seen it, don't bother] here's a man who is so upset by his actions he actually jumps off a building to kill himself...five minutes later he's partying with all of his friends -- I don't think so! Great premise, ridiculous movie...

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[Matt Pacini]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 8th Man:
[B]Matt, having read many of your posts in the past few weeks I'm rather surprised by your take on Limbo."


Well, just because the title is "Limbo" doesn't mean it justifies that ending!
I certainly didn't want or expect a happy ending, but even if they wanted to end it without you knowing what happened, I think there just has to be better ways of doing it.
My problem with it is, the last scene is setting you up for resolution of some kind, then it's like the film ran out after a splice broke or something!
I mean, come on!
I like lots of unpredictability in films, but this was just stopping the film WITHOUT ENDING IT.

Matt Pacini

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[c_77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Courier, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Alex:
I swear I think it's the same movie....these guys are the only ones on the screen for 90% of the movie, but I remember a scene near the end of the movie where two fresh replacements come onto the island.

Fresh ones? Yeah, they shave their beards!
-Chris


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[Alex]

One of the all time low points going to a movie was seeing Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop II (or was it III?)

They actually filmed the good guy cop knuckleheads walking into rapid fire machine gun activitity as if they were trying to avoid raindrops.

Guns are so overused in movies...just the flashing of a gun in real life can create an amazing amount of tension.

If Movies were really well written, than angst at simply seeing a gun would be the rule of the day, not the firing of the gun a zillion times.

Apparently, Eddie Murphy created three scenes on the spur of the moment in the BH II or III.

Somebody asked If I could figure out which scenes Eddie made on the spur of the moment...I think I got two out two, I wasn't sure about the third one...

Although, why re-live that movie at all!

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Alex

[This message has been edited by Alex (edited September 30, 2001).]