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Darth Siskel Calls UNBREAKABLE "Best Movie Of The Year With The Worst Ending"!!
Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Okay. Many of you have been writing me to say that you're glad I'm wrong and that UNBREAKABLE is going to be genius. Let's set the record straight. I never said this movie was going to be terrible. I said it was a disappointment considering how long I've been a fan of Shyamalan. Unlike most of you, I've been following this guy's career for about three years now, since my first exposure to his writing. I have utmost respect for his abilities as a writer, and I thought SIXTH SENSE was a wonderful step up as a director. By the way... I want to correct something DS says below, a common misconception. This isn't M. Night's second film. It's his fourth. PRAYING WITH ANGER and WIDE AWAKE both came before THE SIXTH SENSE. You just didn't see them. When Darth Siskel called me to say he'd seen the new film, I quizzed him at length about it, and there's still major issues I have with this film narratively. Will it look great? Will the performances be top-notch? Perhaps. Will this excuse the film's gaping narrative flaws? Well, it seems to have done so for many viewers so far, DarthSiskel among them, so maybe no one else cares about scripts adding up to something or characters having some sort of internal consistency or purpose. And watch out for that ending... it seems to have played havoc with DarthSiskel's evening. Here he is to tell you all about it in a review that's free of any major spoilage...
"UNBREAKABLE: THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR, WITH THE WORST ENDING OF THE
YEAR" By Darth Siskel
Truebelievers,
Tonight I got to see UNBREAKABLE! It was THE movie I wanted to see more
than any other this fall. I'm a fan of the Sixth Sense, but I went into that one knowing the big surprise, so I don't LOVE it. I probably would have loved it if I hadn't figured out the surprise from the commercials. Unbreakable
is a different story. There's a big surprise, but I doubt many will guess
it.
Unbreakable is a great second film for M. Night Shamalamadingdong. It's
only simularity to the Sixth Sense is the dark, serious tone in which it plays out. A consistant tone kept up throughout it's 2 hours and change running time, UNTIL the last 30 seconds, when the movie suddenly turns RETARDED, followed by the credits rolling. More on that in a second.
* slight spoiler alert*
Unbreakable is a story about a real world comic book hero. Bruce Willis is
a special man who has extraordinary powers, and with the help of another special person, Sam Jackson, he figures out why and how to use these powers. There is no flying in this movie, no heat vision, nobody punches asteroids
away from earth, and there are no battles with giant robots. The powers
aren't over the top, and are explained realistically. Willis was simply born different than most people. He can press alot more weight than the average person, never gets sick, and has never been injured, not even in the huge train wreck that killed about 170 people. Not a cut, bruise, or scratch. You could say he's a mutant, and one of his other gifts is a psychic ability to see evil things that people do.
I was completely drawn into this movie from start to finish. I was loving
it. A huge comicbook fan myself, I really loved the idea of bringing a superhero down to earth so much that I could believe it was possible... that maybe we could have a Superman of our own. Superhero films have ranged
from great fantasy to flashy campy crapfest fantasy, but Unbreakable never goes there. I don't look at it as a fantasy at all. It's about a superhero with super powers, but I was convinced it was real!!
My disapointment didn't come till the last minute...maybe 30 seconds. The
whole movie is a buildup to Willis finally accepting his place in the world, realizing how he should use his gifts, and when we finally get there, the movie hits us with a big shocker surprise, which I LOVED, but then, it suddenly becomes fantasy. The movie doesn't outright explain everything, leaving alot to
think about, but the whole tone of the movie changed suddenly, not because of the surprise, but how they wrap it up after the surprise. Rather than showing the exploits of Willis, now a full hero, we get a freeze frame on him and Jackson, with a title card explaining what happens to them. It was like Roger
Rabbit suddenly popped in on the last minute of Silence of the Lambs and farted.
I think M Night was trying to give us a 'comic book' ending. I, and many
in the New York audience I saw it with thought it was just a STUPID ending. It was sloppy, unsatisfying & anticlimactic. If the movie had cut away after the big surprise, and actually showed what the title cards had said, it would've been so much better.
I still really LOVE THIS MOVIE, but remain perplexed about the intentions
of the ending. I really can't wait till it comes out so I can talk heavy about it...especially with comic book fans.
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Didn't he write the screenplay for Stuart Little too? The guy is seriously talented. Hoping that he could take over the helm of a Batman movie or an Alan Moore script.
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even if the ending was not up to par, it doesn't change the fact that movie was still good and its somwhat original. id rather see a movie thats original try to do its own thing and come up short, than just rehashing something we've already seen ALA everything else that hollywood produced. kudos to m. night @ least hes trying.
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sounds like one of the greatest films with the worst endings EVER!!!!! Read what Siskel wrote Jesus it would be soooo bad the way I picture it in my head. I love the director and wnat to see this film and usually when I hear something like this I go SOOOO its not that bad...but I can't picture what he wrote coming off good. i could pciture that ending now and I CAN'T stop laughing!!!
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But if he can't be hurt, cut, even scratched, how does he shave in the morning? Who cuts his hair? Or shaves it? Can you buy those razors at Target? Or is his HAIR vulnerable? Maybe Sam's renegade of funk 'do is Unbreakable, while the rest of him is brittle? Are they opposites?
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Regardless of all criticisms, I am champing at the bit for this flick to hit the theaters, and not because I'm a huge SIXTH SENSE fan (I liked it, but it ain't even in my top 50 must-have DVDs right now, if that's any measure of merit). However it turns out, the concept is exciting, the look of the film is magical, and after re-viewing Bruce in 12 MONKEYS, I am eager to see him play another offbeat role of this caliber. He's really a talent, regardless of critics who tend to point to the DIE HARD flicks and forget ballsy roles like 12 MONKEYS, BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS and DEATH BECOMES HER. Hey, here's a question for the masses: In your opinion, what movies had the weirdest or most abrupt, unexpected endings? Did you love 'em or hate 'em? For me, the strangest ending ever was in Alan Parker's BIRDY, with Matthew Modine and Nic Cage. Won't spoil it for newcomers -- and I highly recommend the film, but that ending just wigs me out every time. Two more: LAWN DOGS, an obscure little charmer starring the soon-to-be-much-more-recognizable Sam Rockwell (GALAXY QUEST, THE GREEN MILE, CHARLIE'S ANGELS), which has one bizarro-ass fantasy ending that's nonethless charming; and LIMBO, by indie director John Sayles, one of the most brilliant men to have worked in film over the last twenty years. But whereas I enjoyed LAWN DOGS in part because of its strange ending -- and BIRDY despite its strange ending -- I absolutely HATED Sayles' film because of the ending. Again, I won't spoil it, but having heard the man quoted as saying he ended it that way because he had no idea how else to do it, I absolutely loathe what was up til then a wonderful little film. So spill it: what strange endings did you love/hate? RR
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Hmm . . . Bruce Willis as the alter ego. Patrick Warburton as the superhero.
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In no especial order: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
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The end to Planet of the Apes is pretty fucking cool. I don't think it's the best but it's sweet nonetheless. One of my favorite endings is the alternate conclusion to 'Clerks' on the special edition DVD. Caught me off guard.
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Swimming with Sharks had a nice twist ending. And I must be the only person on earth who enjoyed Jacob's Ladder and its ending. And as always, Video Violence 2's wonderful final 5 minutes are always a treat.
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...is the last 10 minutes of "The Freshman" with Broderick and Brando. A rare comedy in that all of the characters are spectacularly unbelievable and yet you completely believe in every one of them. To quote the great Larry London "Mein hertz schwimmt in blud. That means my heart swims in blood."
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SHARKS blew me away. I think I suspected what was about to happen moments before it did, but I still couldn't wrap my brain around it hours later! And as for APES, no kidding -- maybe the best hands-down shock endings EVER, if you managed NOT to have it spoiled for you. I kinda feel bad for young movie lovers nowadays, who get things like APES and SOYLENT GREEN spoiled for them long before they get a chance to see it for themselves, unjaded. SOYLENT seemed pretty obvious to me even when I was a teen, but APES? Damn! I was 9 years old, and I could tell my dad was bursting at the seams to catch my reaction to it (he'd already seen it). It FLOORED me. Nothing else before or since has left me so completely undone. I'd nominate PLANET OF THE APES for the best bizarre surprise ending of all time, methinks. Good choices, folks!
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I know this isn't the end of a movie and the movie itself was pretty stupid but when Steven Seagal ate it in "Executive Decision" I thought it was the funniest shit ever filmed. I literally laughed through the rest of the movie.
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has got to be "Debbie does Dallas" when Debbie finally screws the shit out of Mr. Greenfeld.
Why does everything have to boil down to a "comicbook movie"? Wouldn't this work better as a Mythological or religious analogy or has George Lucas used all that up? -
Im not gonna spoil it but if youve seen it you know what I mean
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Wolverine?
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The end of "Arlington Road" made me sit up and think. To my mind an unsettling end, that makes the movie a cult contender, I both hated and loved the finale. The Don Johnson movie
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12 monkeys has to be the coolest ending ive seen.Planet of the apes would have been pretty damn cool if ihadnt already known the ending before the movie started.
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One of the best endings ever was in one of the earliest talkies - I Was a Fugitive From a Chain Gang. It has probably the best closing line of all time. An innocent man is sent to a chain gang and escapes - twice. In a famous unforgettable ending, as a convict hunted like an animal by police for a year after a second escape, he emerges from hiding one night in the shadows to see his fianc
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I forgot lock,stock and two smoking barrels.And lots of others...Arlignton road did make me think.But not as much as 12 monkeys.Will they ever get out of that neverending loop of death?
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The Stunt Man, with Peter O'Toole had a cool ending. So did After Hours. Very circular. More to come.
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Much sadness for Todd.
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Citizen Kane has a pretty good ending. (Unless you've seen the Peanuts cartoon.) Also Bridge on the River Kwai. I, for one, loved the ending in Maganolia. I like to be surprised. (I saw the Sixth Sense ending coming about 20 mins. into the movie and PRAYED that I was wrong.)
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If you've seen BIRDY or LIMBO, you know what I'm talking about -- movies that just seem to come to this moment where things might go a thousand different ways... except it doesn't choose any of them. Interesting choices, and several I need to hunt down in the video store... Thanks for sharing! RR
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Sorry. OK, Magnolia's ending was totally unexpected (anyone who says they saw it coming is absolutely lying, despite the weather reports and poster), and it was really cool, but my problem with it was that it was supposed to be very profound and all, but yet in reality it made no sense. PT Anderson refuses to explain anything about his movie, saying that "the movie speaks for itself" but all of it never really came to anything. I guess it can be respected simply for puzzling everyone. It certainly did make me think. By the way, I loved the movie and the ending... just not sure what it all means.
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Perhaps it is a red herring they M. Night is only attaching to the end of preview reels. I know it sounds totally preposterous, but think about it. A title card that explains everything would be cheap and easy to do. It wouldn't require filming a different ending, which would be a waste of money. Instead, maybe M. Night wanted to wait to reveal everything when the film actually opened. This easy-to-do end card would be the perfect cost-efficient way to keep everything a surprise. Now, I know Darth Siskel said that the "twist" ending is indeed revealed, but perhaps there is an even bigger twist that no one has seen yet?
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What about Empire Strikes Back?!?!?! I was really liked the ending to Any Given Sunday too, I thought that worked real well.
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The Usual Suspects? Yeah 12 Monkeys kicked ass. I can't listen to "What a wonderful world" without getting the chills. And since we're talking about Gilliam, how about Brazil and Time Bandits? I liked Die Hard 2 (The actual climax, not the 15 minutes of stupid jokes and lame character humor and christmas music that followed) They managed to make Bruce's situation progressively more impossible until it was utterly and completely hopeless - and then, with a flick of his trusty zippo, he snatches victory from the jaws of certain death, gets all the bad guys and saves the thousands of doomed airline passengers - that was cool. Let's see, how about Terminator 1? I thought it was a great twist that Skynet sent Arnold back to keep John from being born and ended up indirectly CAUSING it to happen. Oh, here's one - John Woo's "A Better Tomorrow II" - not the best of his movies but easily the COOLEST ending he's ever made.
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Both Sixth Sense and Unbreakable are just the first act extended to feature length.
The normal way for these flix to play out would be for Bruce to realize he's a ghost/superhero in the first act.
Second act, he learns his powers and has to decide how to use them.
Third act would be the redemption.
With 6th Sense and now Unbreakable, the movies end with the realization.
This could be why some people enjoy them - extending the first act to add in more details. While others prefer a more convention film which moves along to a neat closure.
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Toe Jam... I agree with your idea and that would be cool as hell if that was the situation. But I believe that all these new reviews are from the world priemer last night in new york. So I seriously doubt they wouldn't show the real ending at a world premier if you know what I mean. But I really hope you're right.
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This movie has a wonderful ending, because it's the same scene than the beginning, and you realize all you've seen was just the story of an already dead man. A WONDERFUL MOVIE! Weirdest ending=Lost highway...(actually when is the ending????)
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This movie has a wonderful ending, because it's the same scene than the beginning, and you realize all you've seen was just the story of an already dead man. A WONDERFUL MOVIE! Weirdest ending=Lost highway...(actually when is the ending????)
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If anybody knows the true shocker twist ending to Unbreakable could you please e-mail me with the big twist.(but PLEASE dont post it in the talkback) And as to the end of Magnolia as a Huge fan of shortcuts the movie(MAgnolia) had me hooked up until the last 5 min and I was abbsoutely pissed off. I felt cheated.
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then you must discuss the entirety of Daivd Lymch's Lot Highway. Now there's a confusing movie. What the fuck happened!!!!
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but that sucks if a film becomes known mostly for its ending! a good story shouldn't require keeping a 'big secret' until the end. when will more filmmakers wise up? i thought the Sixth Sense sucked, they made sure everything was explained neatly and orderly in the end, and nothing's left to really ponder. bruce willis was a ghost too. yipee. it's just shallow to me. I prefer something like Barry Lyndon, where the end is given away in the beginning, with a duel and narration, and thereafter all the focus is on the story of a complex character in awkward adventures, one of us, who can never be pigeonholed as good or evil. damn, i sound too serious in this post lol, just craving a good story now and then.
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In case you are unaware, Sixth Sense was not Night's directorial debut. In fact it was a charming little movie starring the indispensible Rosie O'Donnell titled "Wide Awake" (Note: Please do not confuse the obvious sarcasm in this statement for genuine thoughts or feelings)
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The best ending ever has to be The Vanishing (aka Spoorloos). The has to be ultimate downbeaten ending possible.
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"The Time Machine"-Filby "Which three books would you have chosen?, He has all the time in the world.", "The Great Escape"- Hills-"So the job just didn't work out." Commandant-"It seems you will be seeing Berlin before I do." "Lost Horizon"(1937 vesrion.), "Gunga Din", "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence"-"If the legend is bigger than the truth, print the legend." and of course, "The Wild Bunch", Sykes-"It ain't what it used to be, but it'll do."
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Ok, people. The frogs in magnolia make perfect sense. Watch the movie, and look carefully for references to the Book of Exodus (i.e. in the game show scene, someone in the audience holds up a sign quoting a passage). The frogs aren't random.
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Another classic ending has to be from On Her Majesty's Secret Service.....although it would have been better if Connery would have been Bond and not Lazenby
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Se7ven. WHAT'S IN THE BOX!!!!
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I just saw this flick the other day. Maybe I'm dense but CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THIS FUCKING ENDING TO ME????? Email me with the details, gang.
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ThereIsNoSpoon, The Fuckin ROAST! Totally Dude. THAT FIREMAN!
Count_Glockula(Is that a riff on the cartoon 'Count Duckula', or an allusion to the popular brand of firearm, or both?), DO THAT! be the "Vader is Lukes Father...(GASP)"-guy. The BEST EVER TWIST in any film ever, THE one which you showed to guys who hadn't seen it, and watched for their crotch-adjusting, leg-crossing, BIG-gasping REACTION!, IS OBVIOUSLY: The Crying Game. Remember the campaign? "Keep The Secret..." GENIUS! everybody did! And So Much Fun... -
"Bit flat, but I spose I'd F..AAH!"
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i'm just curious as to what people said about the ending of the 6th sense when if first came out?
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Oh...The...Punishment...Piss-Take...He...Received...
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Hey *****, all the guys are goin to see "StarGate". Wanna Come?....
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It turns out it's just a comic book some kid is reading or something?
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Nov 16, 2000 1:27:23 AM CST
There Was That Movie Where It Turned Out The Guy Had A Penis...
by buzz maverik
Boy, was I shocked. Who the hell would have ever thought Brian Dennihy was a man, with his feminine, almost girlish beauty? When he whipped it out, all of us hetero males who'd been attracted to him all through the movie were feeling a mite uncomfortable, I'll tell you whut.
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I think with the movies that I have seen the one with the best ending to me is still Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the STING.
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Trying to figure out what these cards said. "Bruce Willis was unfortunately killed a few weeks later trying to test the theory that he was truly UNBREAKABLE. Warning: The Surgeon General does not recommend that you invite Rosie O'Donnell to sit on you for any reason at all."
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You know i'm right!
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Just thought I would pitch in with some suggestions for the best and worst endings. Most bizzare has to be Monty Python and the Holy Grail which just ends without warning in the middle of a medevial sword fight with a modern day British policeman saying "that's your lot, nothing to see here." Best ending has to Empire Strikes Back and worst has to be the tacked on "let me pull your heart strings one more time" ending to Titanic and to make it worst the credit roll features Celine FUCKING Dion!
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Ok, yes I agree with most that Planet of the Apes was an excellent ending. But you know, compairativley, there are many BAD and TERRIBLE endings out there that just make you wanna scream. Take a vote, what do u think is the worst ending? My vote would have to be Magnolia or the Spawn Animated Series..
(true true, they are still working on the Spawn series, but come on TODD MC, GIVE US SOME CLOSURE... 3 SEASONS and NO REAL CONSLUSION.. THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH BUILD UP U NEED DAMN IT!)
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Walter Hills' The Warriors had a great ending. Having travelled all night they reach Coney Island for sunrise but can't figure out why they fought and travelled all night to get back to the shithole. And what about the literally cliffhanging ending to The Italian Job.
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Best ending to a film is The Last Temptation of Christ, of course.
Saw Sixth Sense "shocker" coming a mile off whilst Blair Witch ending gave me the shivers about an hour after I had left the cinema. -
Sands of the Kalahari.
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The end of Juice sucked. After their climatic fight, Omar Epps drops Tupac to his death from a building then spins around to find over twenty kids were watching him and one guy asks, "So, who has the juice now?"
Totally whack!
Now a cool ending was when Blade stopped the Russian Vampire from gutting the hottie then challenged him to a fight in Russian and whipped out his sword! Blade Kicks ass! -
I was under the impression that the duel at the beginning of Barry Lyndon (the really wide shot with voice over narration) was in fact Barry's father's death, not Barry's. Also, on MAGNOLIA... I get the whole biblical thing, and I liked the sort of triumph of goodwill and all. The way I interpreted it was that amidst all the negative things in life, people got caught up in the bad and the ugly, and until they look away, that is a downward spiral. But then the frogs come, and it's just kinda so surprising to them that they can't help but laugh about it. They cant help but have it brighten their day. It pulls them back from their lives enough for them to objectively re-examine what they are doing, and when someone steps back and considers things, they can't help but be happy about the possibility of new things in life. They sort of become children again... experiencing something they never have before, and that thing redeems them. But aside from all that, even with a bit of foreshadowing, the ending was still totally unexpected and really really weird, and the best thing about it, I think, was that it didn't try to explain things and make it concrete. It let people think about it.
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Jeez. The scariest baddest nastiest ice-pick-in-your-ear ending has to be the last ten minutes of "Seconds". Rock Hudson, strapped in that gurney - - man, I wanted to RUN out of the theatre after that was over. I've never watched it on video but maybe someday, if I leave all the lights on...
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I don't think this is a spoiler but don't read this if you're hyper about every small detail...
I thought the movie was clever but a bit dull and slow moving. The ending kicked it up a few notches though it does bring the film to a crashing halt. It isn't as shocking as Sixth Sense but it is a neat twist. I can't imagine anyone realizing it ahead of time though there are subtle hints. What I want to know is why some of the camera shots in the film are upside down. Kind of like how the color red had a meaning in 6th. (Also, I wouldn't have added the subtitles at the end telling us what happens to everyone. It gave it a bit of a Dragnet feel.) -
wow, I'm surprised only one person mentioned this one... which is, in my opinion, the riskiest, most fulfilling ending of all time. except the title card... that's a little excessive and unnecessary. but, from the moment that heart starts beating to the closing bars of "Sonny Boy"... I don't know. doesn't get much better than that. and, for any fans, the Jacob's Ladder DVD is pretty cool... it doesn't say anything about it on the package, but there's a bunch of deleted scenes, all good quality... all pretty lengthy and interesting. okay. done.
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Blair Witch Project: Why? Cause I finally got to leave the theater! And they finally died making me glad that maybe the witch even got tired of their whining!
Wing Commander: Cause you knew no chance of a sequel.
Ok, that's all of that.
As for botched endings...
House on Haunted Hill (the crapmake)
And of course..Sixth Sense. The ending was too obvious unless you have no eyes or your braindead.
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Whenever someone tells me, "Man, this movie's got a twist ending" I wind up anticipating what's going to happen. Case in point: "The Usual Suspects." (SPOILERS to anyone who hasn't seen the movie) Had no one told me there's a twist ending, I would have bought the thing about Gabriel Byrne's character being Keyser Soze. But no. A friend tells me there's a twist ending as I was watching it for the first time and he was watching it a second time. So as Chazz Palminteri's character pieces things together and Kevin Spacey walks out crying like a ninny, I say "Here's the twist ending: The cripple's probably Keyser Soze, right?" He gave me a dumbfounded look and grilled me over how I knew the ending. Anyways, the way they show how Spacey's character fabricates the back story was awesome, but I could sense he was Soze once I heard about the twist. This same thing marred another Kevin Spacey movie, "Swimming with Sharks." Hell, man, just don't tell me there's a twist or I'll shrug off the ending by the time the credits roll. (END SPOILER. and fer god's sake, if you haven't seen "The Usual Suspects" yet, get outta yer Hobbit hole and rent it!) I always hate when people tell me there's a twist ending because I'm left anticipating stuff by the end. Ah well. Lookin' forward to seeing this here movie... end rant. Laters
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The moment in "The Usual Suspects" when (*SPOILER!*) Kevin Spacey's limp straightens out, he adjusts his suit, and climbs into the mysterious waiting car is priceless enough to forgive the reek of all the red herrings in the rest of the flick. "Jacob's Ladder" was also fabulous...the whole movie approximated a psychotic episode in a chilling and spot-on way that I've never seen in any film, and the end was sort of a blessed relief for both Tim Robbins'character and for the overloaded viewer. "The Sixth Sense" just blew me away. And what about the hyperkinetic testosterone speedball that was "Reservoir Dogs"? Linda Fiorentino in "The Last Seduction" was a cool drink of cyanide-laced water...and how cool to see an amoral antihero actually walk away with the whole enchilada. "The Player" gave me that same sense of guilty pleasure. Atom Egoyan's "Exotica", a twisted riff on sexual guilt, repressed pedophilia, and the consequences of following one's id, also ranks high on my list of endings worth waiting for. Others that spring to mind are "Bound", Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" (a kinky pattern develops, no?), "Chinatown", and Edward Norton's incredible film debut in "Primal Fear". "Presumed Innocent" also had a closing monologue by Bonnie Bedelia that turned my blood to ice...I could go on and on, because I have just enough of the masochist in me to love being jerked around by my movies. I seek out abusive film experiences! (Not really...but I love a good tease...)
Mitzi out
PS:Reading this post over my shoulder, my sweet husband reminded me of "Fight Club"...how could I have forgotten that? Also, yet ANOTHER Edward Norton vehicle, "American History X" had a fine unguessable twist. Norton must share my particular kink. I also loved the last 30 seconds of "Breaking the Waves"... -
The thing is how to define a "Good ending". For me it is one that changes the way I think of the whole film. Where the last few minutes (or better, even seconds) can make me realise that what I thought was "real" (in the 'immersing myself into a film' context) actually wasn't. Or just make me go "What the f**k????". I like that.
So therefore, the winner is...Bad Lieutenant.
It certainly made me go "What the f**k?" Because I always curse with little stars. -
The thing is how to define a "Good ending". For me it is one that changes the way I think of the whole film. Where the last few minutes (or better, even seconds) can make me realise that what I thought was "real" (in the 'immersing myself into a film' context) actually wasn't. Or just make me go "What the f**k????". I like that.
So therefore, the winner is...Bad Lieutenant.
It certainly made me go "What the f**k?" Because I always curse with little stars. -
The thing is how to define a "Good ending". For me it is one that changes the way I think of the whole film. Where the last few minutes (or better, even seconds) can make me realise that what I thought was "real" (in the 'immersing myself into a film' context) actually wasn't. Or just make me go "What the f**k????". I like that.
So therefore, the winner is...Bad Lieutenant.
It certainly made me go "What the f**k?" Because I always curse with little stars. -
The thing is how to define a "Good ending". For me it is one that changes the way I think of the whole film. Where the last few minutes (or better, even seconds) can make me realise that what I thought was "real" (in the 'immersing myself into a film' context) actually wasn't. Or just make me go "What the f**k????". I like that.
So therefore, the winner is...Bad Lieutenant.
It certainly made me go "What the f**k?" Because I always curse with little stars.
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Sorry about that everyone. My stupid computer was telling me I hadn't posted when obviously I had posted. Oh boy, did I post.
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... Dr. T and the Women (don't know the correct English title, but Altman latest anyway).
Then you have Paperopolis (oh, well... that's ALL weird!), and since you ain't going to see it if you don't know it already I'm going to spoil it for you: the lead - who plays EVERY fucking role in the picture - does a lifesize press conference over the rolling titles, listening to questions from the public (none heard) and giving great answers.
Then there is of course the great Brazil by Mr. Gilliam. Don't tell me you had got it before he slapped you in the face with it.
Not entirely unexpected but dead weird in its imbecility, we then have the "big shock" in The Devil's Touch. It screamed "wink wink nudge nudge" so loudly that Rod Sterling resurrected just to be able to suicide himself again.
Already quoted, but actually unbeatable is Monty Pythons' Holy Grail.
And for the Kick in the Stomach Ending the winner is... Truman Show. Guys, did that last line really left you "feelgood"?
Television classics endings: Living in Harmony from The Prisoner series, and of course the ending from Twin Peaks.
And talking about extra weird MIDDLES... oh, what about the training with hammer & watermelons in that damn idiotic wannabe superheroes movie last year (sorry, can't remember the title)?
Sorry for having been a bit long winded, but this is movie HISTORY, for chrissakes!
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