Favorite Film Endings

[Posher778]

What are you're favorite film endings? Some that come to mind are:

-Planet Terror (It's got optimism, a little twist, and one last punch of action)

-Casino Royale(The name's bond... James Bond)

- Memento (Where was i?)

- Sunshine (I won't spoil why I like it, but it was good imo)

- Juno (Typical romanctic comedy ending, but effective)

-Scream (and arguably Scream 3)

-Return of the Living Dead (Hilariously macabre)

- The Silence of the Lambs(I think it's very chilling how he hangs up the phone and walks off, and the credits run but the camera never fades, and just shows that same landscape, with Lecter disappearing off.

What are your faves?

[alkytrio666]

* Bonnie and Clyde / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Devil's Rejects

* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

* Vertigo

* The Departed

* No Country For Old Men

* Donnie Darko

* Zodiac

* The Sixth Sense (c'mon...look past all the hype. That ending was boss)

* Casablanca

* The Wicker Man (1973)

* 12 Monkeys

[Posher778]

* No Country For Old Men



I loved it as well, but I don't really like the *very* end. The conversation I mean. It felt kind of lifeless.

[Disease]

Taxi Driver

Friday the 13th pt 3

Harold and Maude

Trainspoting

Smoke

Plenty more...


Vertigo was a good suggestion by Alky...

[Disease]

I loved it as well, but I don't really like the *very* end. The conversation I mean. It felt kind of lifeless.


I zoned out dureing that speil and left the cinema feeling like I missed something, I went in to a drone in my mind about people thinking thier dreams were conversational topics...

[massacre man]

No Country For Old Men
Red Dragon
Donnie Darko
Halloween
The Thing
Clerks.
The Big Lebowski
Fargo

[alkytrio666]

I loved it as well, but I don't really like the *very* end. The conversation I mean. It felt kind of lifeless.

See it again, and really listen to what is being said. It's nothing short of chilling. I couldn't imagine a better way to end the film.

[neverending]

Taxi Driver

Friday the 13th pt 3

Harold and Maude

Trainspoting

Smoke

Plenty more...


Vertigo was a good suggestion by Alky...

Wow, Disease- you really impressed me- first by having seen Harold & Maude, and then mentioning how great the ending is. It really puts you through changes. I love that film, and I love the ending.




Some other obvious choices:

Casablanca

Carrie

[Disease]

Wow, Disease- you really impressed me- first by having seen Harold & Maude, and then mentioning how great the ending is. It really puts you through changes. I love that film, and I love the ending.




Some other obvious choices:

Casablanca

Carrie


I'm actually getting the chance to see it at the cinema in a few weeks, which I can't wait to do...

I have a friend who is a huge fan of it and was the first person to show me the movie, I wish he could be here to see it on the big screen with me....

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

jacob's ladder
fargo
reservoir dogs
a history of violence (I am the only person alive who likes the ending)
sixth sense

[Disease]

* Bonnie and Clyde / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Devil's Rejects

* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

* Vertigo

* The Departed

* No Country For Old Men

* Donnie Darko

* Zodiac

* The Sixth Sense (c'mon...look past all the hype. That ending was boss)

* Casablanca

* The Wicker Man (1973)

* 12 Monkeys

I have to admit with the sixth sense, I went to see it at the cinema, fell asleep by the end, afterwards my mate was crapping on about the ending but we drank a lot of Bourbon at the bAr and forgot what he said...

I I watched it again on dvd with friends, fell asleep, again, to wasted fell asllep...

finally about a year later I watched it by myself,, I went oh yeah, that's pretty good, huhu.

It's all true, the same thing happend with the MAtrix... :rolleyes:

[newb]

I think most of us "horror" fans tend to like the more unconventional movie endings.

must be a chemical imbalance :D

[Posher778]

Alky- You're right about NCFOM, I read the conversation, and that is a very spooky finale.


Double Jeopardy has a stellar ending, although it is a bit abrupt.

[Staplez]

Night of the living dead
Rocky
Reservoir dogs
The Decent
The Unforgiven
Goodfellas
Phantsam

[Zero]

high tension!




(oooh i'm waiting for the fury)

[Disease]

high tension!




(oooh i'm waiting for the fury)



I didn't have a problem with the ending, just not memorable...

I can't believe I didn't mention night of the living dead... maybe it was to obvious.

[Despare]

There are soooooooooo many good endings out there, I'll just throw one out there I guess.


Leon

[_____V_____]

Hmm this is interesting...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (possibly THE best ending ever!)
Vertigo
The Sixth Sense
The Others
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Jacob's Ladder
Carrie
Planet of the Apes (original...what an ending!)
Don't Look Now
Night of the Living Dead
Wait Until Dark
Picnic At Hanging Rock
The Shawshank Redemption, and
Se7en (try beating that)

[Papillon Noir]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (possibly THE best ending ever!)


I agree. The whole name on the grave thing was really clever, and the final showdown with the music was just awesome! What a great ending to a great trilogy!

The ending to Perfect Blue was very memorable, as well as The Machinist.

[Vodstok]

i wont bother to repeat amny of the nedings listed above that i love, but here are a few that havent been listed (Okay, Se7en bears repeating)

The Usual Suspects
Michael Clayton
28 Days Later (okay, just before then end, Jim going apeshit on the soldier)
Batman Begins (subtle hint there about the next villain)
Team America: World Police. ("You had me at 'Dicks fuck assholes'")

[Angra]

Fight Club
Sixth Sense
Shutter Island (oh, just you wait and see) ;)

[fortunato]

Shutter Island (oh, just you wait and see) ;)

i'm realllly excited about this one.

you all have made some awesome selections.

i'll throw in another one.
eyes without a face. ^

[Roderick Usher]

West of Zanzibar - soul shattering
Soylent Green
The Thing
Escape From New York
Damned & The Tokarev;) ...just you wait!

[Posher778]

The Thing



Why? I'm curious, it just seems like a random one.

[Roderick Usher]

Why? I'm curious, it just seems like a random one.

Random?

Macready and Childs blew the sit out of the base camp and neither knows if the other is infected, so they sit opposite each other and watch each other freeze to death

it's fucking brilliant

[massacre man]

Random?

Macready and Childs blew the sit out of the base camp and neither knows if the other is infected, so they sit opposite each other and watch each other freeze to death

it's fucking brilliant

Exactly. Same reason it was on my list.

[Cinestro]

West of Zanzibar - has my bid for probably the best ever ending!
The Fly - both versions
Casablanca
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Sixth Sense
Return of the Jedi
Night of the Living Dead
The Prestige
The Abandoned
Saw
Haute Tension
Jacobs Ladder
Death Proof - last 15 mins were my favorite
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - one of the best movies ever, ever made!
He Who Gets Slapped
Freaks
Ebola Syndrome
Shrooms

...and so many more!

[Zero]

the gate - without a doubt

[newb]

not film but

The Sopranos series ending

hated it for a day....gave it much thought and decided it was fucking brilliant.



will never listen to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" the same way again

[Zero]

i have never watched an episode of the sopranos

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

i have never watched an episode of the sopranos

how is this even possible?

[Despare]

how is this even possible?

Either have I...

[newb]

i have never watched an episode of the sopranos

There is a "chimp" version out......you should get it.

http://www.mattcioffi.com/samples/gangstaChimp23.jpg

[newb]

Either have I...

and a "dog" version.

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[fortunato]

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - one of the best movies ever, ever made!


good choice. incredible film.


how is this even possible?Either have I...

nor i, although i'd like to.

well, since we're talking about television shows now:
six feet under has without a doubt the most incredibly, astonishingly amazing finale ever. sooooo good.

[Angra]

Oh, "the usual suspects" of course.
The game
Planet of the apes
Bloodsport (not mindblowing, but what the hell)

[AUSTIN316426808]

-Unforgiven
-Million Dollar Baby
-Friday Night Lights
-Requiem For A Dream

MDB and Requiem, aren't exactly enjoyable, but extremely effective.

[Zero]

i don't know - i started to watch one episode but then couldn't get into it - and then it got so much hype i couldn't get around to watching the series

i've been hearing lots of good things about The Wire - anyone watched that?

[ChronoGrl]

I just watched The Departed for a second time. And, for a second time, I think the ending is absolutely fucking phenomenal.

[Despare]

I just watched The Departed for a second time. And, for a second time, I think the ending is absolutely fucking phenomenal.

Have you seen Infernal Affairs trilogy (The Departed's inspiration)? Great endings in that series too.

[ChronoGrl]

Have you seen Infernal Affairs trilogy (The Departed's inspiration)? Great endings in that series too.

Oooo. No I have not. I assume this is the one you're referring to:

Internal Affairs (http://imdb.com/title/tt0099850/)

I'll definitely have to Netflix. :)

[Doc Faustus]

I'm with Murderdoll about A History of Violence. My list would be:
Taxi Driver
Videodrome
The Wicker Man
Freaks
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
30 Days of Night
Casablanca
Gojira

[ChronoGrl]

Good choices, Doc. I agree with you whole-heartedly on Taxi Driver and Casablanca.

...

I have to say, as much as I didn't enjoy Zombie's Halloween as a whole, I thought that the last two minutes were absolutely brilliant. Definitely one of my favorite film endings. Very intense.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

nor i, although i'd like to.


who the hell are you people and where did you come from?

[Elvis_Christ]

Basket Case 2 has a great ending and I've always liked Repo Man's finale too.

[fortunato]

who the hell are you people and where did you come from?

i have about a million other series i'm supposed to catch up on.
i'd really love to get around to it, at some point. i think i'd dig it.

[roshiq]

Psycho
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Se7en
May
Reservoir dogs
Saw
Casino Royale
Silent Hill
Casablanca
The Good, the bad & the ugly

[fortunato]

May


oh, yeah. i forgot about this one.
awesome ending.

[Amalthea_unicorn]

A.I.
The Others
Moulin Rouge
Atanarjuat - The Fast Runner
Heart of Light
Casablanca
Black Cat White Cat

[bloody_ribcut]

one of my favorite endings is the devils rejects.

[Papillon Noir]

We should have a "Best Film Endings" tournament.

[roshiq]

We should have a "Best Film Endings" tournament.

not a bad idea at all.

[Despare]

Miike's Dead or Alive had one of the best endings ever.

[urgeok2]

Birdy
Carpenter's The Thing
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Blade 2
From dusk til Dawn


i'll think of more when work dies down

[Despare]

Wayne's World
and
The 40 Year Old Virgin
had very funny endings.

[Psycom5k]

I'm kinda late into the discussion i guess, but I rather liked Sunshines ending.

[urgeok2]

The Others
Napoleon Dynamite (kiss me arse haters !!)

[bloody_ribcut]

fight clubs ending was bad ass.

[Angra]

Napoleon Dynamite (kiss me arse haters !!)



LETS GO PEOPLE!!!


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[bloody_ribcut]

LETS GO PEOPLE!!!


http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/Kasper_76/ass-kisser-project.jpg

lmao, ..........................

[Posher778]

Oohhhh i've got one...


The Prestige

[Dante'sInferno]

American Psycho
The Shining
Usual Suspects
Donnie Darko(even though it pisses me off)
Silence of the Lambs
Cloverfield

[ferretchucker]

Halloween

Hide and Seek

[colubrid660]

Videodrome had a cool ending that gets you thinking, but I guess all of Cronenberg's movies do.

Cloverfield, say what you want about it, but I thought it had a really well-done ending.

[urgeok2]

.

Cloverfield, say what you want about it, but I thought it had a really well-done ending.

Cloverfield was an insanely good movie.

the ending was incredibly effective
(but too downbeat to be a favorite of mine)

[Posher778]

Cloverfield was an insanely good movie.

the ending was incredibly effective
(but too downbeat to be a favorite of mine)

I agree :)


I liked the ending but I didn't like the last flashback, should've left everyone with the scene before it

[urgeok2]

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i thought the 'fashback' was perfect..
they already established that it was taped over a previous recording .. and the contrast of them dying together vs them on the day that they were the happiest was very fitting.

(and no - i didnt notice the satelite spashing down in the background - and neither did the film critic i was with who was seeing it for the second time :) )

[Posher778]

*edit*

May want a spoiler warning there.

[urgeok2]

holy crap - has anyone not seen it yet ?

well, it doesn't really matter unless they somehow see it on the big screen - this movie is going to be 25% of what it was seen on TV.

I've never said this about any other movie



i added a spoiler ... now you have to because you quoted me completely

[Posher778]

holy crap - has anyone not seen it yet ?

well, it doesn't really matter unless they somehow see it on the big screen - this movie is going to be 25% of what it was seen on TV.

I've never said this about any other movie



i added a spoiler ... now you have to because you quoted me completely

So true. I made my parents go see it just so they would *see* it.

[urgeok2]

i hate admitting this - and its too bad i wasn't around when it was probably a hot topic here ..

but that movie rattled me ..

it hit me in such a primal way it was crazy.

when i was a kid i had reoccuring dreams about a giant monster rampaging through my home town - and no matter how small i was - no matter where i hid - the bastard would find me.

Cloverfield awake the night horrors i had for the 1st time in 42 years ..

at the end i was physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausted.
so much so that when i went to use an ATM to pay for parking, i tried my work access pass in the machine. (until i saw Chris laughing at me)


the flick was the closest thing to virtual reality i've ever experienced.

[Elvis_Christ]

holy crap - has anyone not seen it yet ?



I haven't :o

[urgeok2]

I haven't :o


is it released there yet ?

you have to check it out ... forget the hype - go with an open mind - its an expertly crafted film.

[Elvis_Christ]

is it released there yet ?

you have to check it out ... forget the hype - go with an open mind - its an expertly crafted film.

Think it had a brief run round Jan but I missed out on it, but I'll keep an eye out for it on DVD

[jaybomb]

* Bonnie and Clyde / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Devil's Rejects

* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

* Vertigo

* The Departed

* No Country For Old Men

* Donnie Darko

* Zodiac

* The Sixth Sense (c'mon...look past all the hype. That ending was boss)

* Casablanca

* The Wicker Man (1973)

* 12 Monkeys


I have to agree with acouple of these as well
The Wicker Man
The Sixth Sense
The Departed

Also licked;
unbreakable
training day
casino
frality

[newb]

After watching "The Mist" last night, I think it ranks right up there as "Most Effed-up Endings" ever.

loved it

[alkytrio666]

After watching "The Mist" last night, I think it ranks right up there as "Most Effed-up Endings" ever.

loved it
Yep. I honestly believe that the people that bitch about the ending just simply could not handle it. Ditto with 'No Country'.

[Thomasgeorge]

films that have twists like saw

[urgeok2]

Yep. I honestly believe that the people that bitch about the ending just simply could not handle it.

i will fully admit i couldn't handle it .. (but i didnt bitch about it)

my son is the same age as that kid.

[alkytrio666]

i will fully admit i couldn't handle it .. (but i didnt bitch about it)

my son is the same age as that kid.


Exactly. And I have no problem with the fact that someone couldn't handle it- certain images disturb certain people for certain reasons; and this was a terrifying situation to display and execute.
I admired the fact that you were forthcoming in the difficulty you had in watching it as opposed to the people I've been hearing say that it was a "cop-out" or a "cheap shot".

[urgeok2]

Exactly. And I have no problem with the fact that someone couldn't handle it- certain images disturb certain people for certain reasons; and this was a terrifying situation to display and execute.
I admired the fact that you were forthcoming in the difficulty you had in watching it as opposed to the people I've been hearing say that it was a "cop-out" or a "cheap shot".


i had a discussion with my friend - who loved the movie but didnt like the end ..

he felt that it wasn't earned .. and by that he meant that it seemed to go against the character of the father .. so it didnt flow right .. a powerful ending when there was no build to it.

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here was my response :


#1
i have mixed feelings about it.

earned or not i respect it that it sets it aside from a lot of other films because few dare to be that downbeat.

it cheapened out when the religious kook was shot - it pandered to the audience ..
the ending almost seemed like pennance for the audience to have wished for her death. (i'm sure people in the theatres cheered when she was shot)

i dont know - i was really devistated .. it forced you to ask yourself 'what the fuck would i do - and how insane would i be after....
i was too distracted by that to consider if it was really earned or not ... too late - the thoughts are in my head ...


#2
well i was thinking ... is that what the character would do or is that what i would do ?

personally i'd wait until the exact last possible second ..

but after what this guy had gone through - the sense of helplessness (was the entire world gone ?), his wife gone

the sense of guilt ..

and 'daddy - promise me you wont let the monsters get me'


i dunno - i've never been in that position of hoplessness - and never will be - touch wood


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My buddy is the film writer - so he is far more ellequent in print than i'll ever be.

[_____V_____]

Just for Urge's straight-from-the-heart touching reply above, this thread gets a

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[The Mothman]

the ending to TGTBATU always sends shivers down my spine.

Recently, the ending to In The Valley Of Elah. extremely powerful ending.

[alkytrio666]

i had a discussion with my friend - who loved the movie but didnt like the end ..

he felt that it wasn't earned .. and by that he meant that it seemed to go against the character of the father .. so it didnt flow right .. a powerful ending when there was no build to it.

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here was my response :


#1
i have mixed feelings about it.

earned or not i respect it that it sets it aside from a lot of other films because few dare to be that downbeat.

it cheapened out when the religious kook was shot - it pandered to the audience ..
the ending almost seemed like pennance for the audience to have wished for her death. (i'm sure people in the theatres cheered when she was shot)

i dont know - i was really devistated .. it forced you to ask yourself 'what the fuck would i do - and how insane would i be after....
i was too distracted by that to consider if it was really earned or not ... too late - the thoughts are in my head ...


#2
well i was thinking ... is that what the character would do or is that what i would do ?

personally i'd wait until the exact last possible second ..

but after what this guy had gone through - the sense of helplessness (was the entire world gone ?), his wife gone

the sense of guilt ..

and 'daddy - promise me you wont let the monsters get me'


i dunno - i've never been in that position of hoplessness - and never will be - touch wood


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My buddy is the film writer - so he is far more ellequent in print than i'll ever be.


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That is a good point, and, again, I full respect it because there is an explanation behind the dislike.

Now, my outlook on the ending is certain to be very different from yours, or any other father's, simply because I have never actually had a full responsibility for another human being's life.

I guess the way I look at it is that the father felt that, from what he had seen, this may be the last serene moment they have left. There is merit behind waiting until the last possible second- which, in this case, would have saved his son's life- but if the story had taken a different turn, the boy may have died in a moment of agony and terror. At least in the car, with no visible monsters, he didn't die in a moment of absolute shock/horror.

I think people were most dissapointed with the fact that the protagonist, unlike traditional American film nature, was completely and utterly wrong. He blew it; his son is dead through no act but his own. Yet how can we blame the man for doing what looked most right in the situation in which it happened? He is, after all, human; this is what the sotry is about-humanity and mortality.

The ending sparks interesting debate for sure.

[newb]

i will fully admit i couldn't handle it .. (but i didnt bitch about it)

my son is the same age as that kid.
I felt the exact same way ,and for the same reason, when [oddly enough..another Stephen King movie] Pet Cemetery came out. I wouldn't watch it for a couple of years later.


as for The Mist

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It most definitely wasn't deserved....thats what made it so powerful. I personally think I would have sat in the car for as long as I could.

but i'm a big baby anyway:D

also....I will admit...I was happy when the bitch got shot.

a real kick in the teeth would have been if she lived and at the end they all were on one of the trucks.

[The Mothman]

just finished the mist.

oh man.
he fucked up.