Movies that are ruined by their endings

Watchmen

faille_sl said:

Hard to go past Planet of the Apes. Fuck that lame ending.

And The Rock. So great up until the point Ed Harris dies

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we talking remake or original Planet of the apes?


And oh, yeah. totally sunshine.

Another vote for Sunshine

Caliane_sl said:

we talking remake or original Planet of the apes?


And oh, yeah. totally sunshine.

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He's clearly talking original, remake was ruined way before the ending.

Salshun_sl said:

I've heard American History X has an alternative ending where all his skinhead buddies are waiting quietly in his living room, and you can hear hair clippers coming from the bathroom. He walks out with a shaved head, dressed how he used to (khakis, combat boots, black jacket) and quietly goes "Let's go".

Would've been powerful but at the same time negating the entire message of the movie.

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that ending wouldn't make any sense whatsoever

Came to this thread for the Astr0creep. Was not disappointed.

Boondock Saints

supertouch_sl said:

It's been years since watching it, but if I recall correctly, members of the crew board a seemingly derelict ship and are killed by its Freddy Krueger-looking captain. I remember that it basically turned into a horror movie near the end.

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First half of the movie is setting it up to be a sci-fi style end of days heroes save the world movie.

And then BAM... it turns into a monster movie out of nowhere. Completely out of nowhere. I had the impression they were trying to personify an abstract philosophical struggle and frame a debate... but what they actually did was tack a monster movie onto a not-monster movie.

aaron_sl said:

I've never seen Sunshine, could someone please explain?

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Sunshine was an amazing movie. Beautifully shot, amazing visuals, great story....until it went all shallow at the end and just became a slasher flick. Everything about Sunshine was amazing until captain zombie showed up and it was Friday the 13th in space. Such a waste.

It could have even worked if they'd handled it differently. If they hadn't left you with the impression that they were trying to do something other than "AND THEN THE BURNING ANGEL SHOWS UP" it would have been just fine. If they had just treated it as a fact rather than trying to explain it or rationalize it. If the burning man had just walked around and murderkilled everyone and then at the end said, "Deus magnus est." it would have been a complete what-the-fuck, but it would have been a much more interesting wtf.

I don't remember what he said, but I remember that motherfucker talked a lot for someone who was permanently on fire.

Does sunshine really count though? It wasn't as much ruined by it's ending as it was ruined by the last 1/3rd of the film. Capt Crazy had way too much time in the film.

supertouch_sl said:

Also, I thought The Departed's ending was pretty satisfying. What's better than a corrupt Matt Damon getting whacked by Mark Wahlberg?

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I was OK with all that. Not with this awful shit.



How. The. Fuck. Does. That. Make. It. In?

The Ancient_sl said:

Does sunshine really count though? It wasn't as much ruined by it's ending as it was ruined by the last 1/3rd of the film. Capt Crazy had way too much time in the film.

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he was salvageable, until the very last part on the gravity square. yeah, would have been better without him ENTIRELY. but, it was really that very last part, that was the nail in the coffin.

And then BAM... it turns into a monster movie out of nowhere. Completely out of nowhere. I had the impression they were trying to personify an abstract philosophical struggle and frame a debate... but what they actually did was tack a monster movie onto a not-monster movie.

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yeah, it would have worked much better if the problems were all caused by their own mistakes, fear, paranoia, etc. Having the crazy dude inexplicably alive and with apparent superpowers, is just "oh fuck you".
Its like gravity that just come out. shit happens in space, and that alone is TERRIFYING. Gravity sure as hell didn't need cpt zombie. and look at all its acclaim.

Captain America is one of my favorite parts of the movie. His character is a total asshole. And at every turn is "mission comes first", and is totally willing to sacrifice crew members to achieve the mission. The best part about this however, is 99% of hollywood shit movies, will have this character be wrong. the rebel asshole protag will always be right, no matter how retarded the risks they takes, etc are. here? that doesn't happen. Retarded risks all end up catastrophic. If they listened to him in the first place, everything would have went fine. And, the guy even immediately is willing to sacrifice HIMSELF in the same way he was willing to sacrifice others to get the job done.

Grimmlokk_sl said:

I was OK with all that. Not with this awful shit.

How. The. Fuck. Does. That. Make. It. In?

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Can you explain this?

Eyashusa_sl said:

Can you explain this?

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Watch the movie. It's not subtle.