Worst Movie Endings

[tilapiah6]

Originally Posted by Blu-Runner

If you're a straight male, I don't think seeing a 13" prosthetic in Boogie Nights makes for a great ending.

Come on, Blu-Runner! You know you were drooling at that part!

[Sooner39]

The worst ending to a movie would be Saving Private Ryan. The entire movie you think you are seeing a flashback from Tom Hanks point of view. Then at the end, you realize that the movie is being told by a private that doesn't show up until the movie is almost over. How did he know the details of D-day when he wasn't there. I hate movies that take you in one direction for the special effects and then redirect you in the middle to tell the story.

[tilapiah6]

Originally Posted by moviefan

We watched it at home, and did the same thing ... the damn movie just ended!
Maybe a sequal with no beginning?

...ouch.

[ClaytonMG]

Originally Posted by Sooner39

The worst ending to a movie would be Saving Private Ryan. The entire movie you think you are seeing a flashback from Tom Hanks point of view. Then at the end, you realize that the movie is being told by a private that doesn't show up until the movie is almost over. How did he know the details of D-day when he wasn't there. I hate movies that take you in one direction for the special effects and then redirect you in the middle to tell the story.

Weird... I didn't get that at all. The old man looked like Private Ryan (Matt Damon) to me so I just assumed it was him. Mix that with the age difference...

[Sooner39]

I get that it was Private Ryan st the grave site. The problem was that the movie followed all the details of the guys finding him. How could Ryan have known all the details it took to find him. I also understand that he could have been told these after the fact, but it was misleading. I loved the movie, but I just wish it wasn't made into a flashback of memories, when they weren't his.

[quirkmanly]

Originally Posted by Sooner39

I get that it was Private Ryan st the grave site. The problem was that the movie followed all the details of the guys finding him. How could Ryan have known all the details it took to find him. I also understand that he could have been told these after the fact, but it was misleading. I loved the movie, but I just wish it wasn't made into a flashback of memories, when they weren't his.

They're not flashbacks.

[goochspot]

Originally Posted by quirkmanly

They're not flashbacks.

If it wasn't a flashback, it sure in the hell felt like one.

[sackexchange]

Since there is no sequel, I am going with Planet of the Apes.

[quirkmanly]

Originally Posted by goochspot

If it wasn't a flashback, it sure in the hell felt like one.

In what way?

[Sooner39]

He walks to the grave site, looks off as the flag waves in the background, and then it goes to the boats moving towards the beach. He is remembering events that took place a long time ago, and he wasn't there.

[tilapiah6]

Originally Posted by goochspot

If it wasn't a flashback, it sure in the hell felt like one.

Showing the old man at the beginning was basically telling us that he was going to the cemetary to see somebody he'd known during the war. We are drawn to his eyes, which show that he's in deep thought, maybe even unworthiness. Then BOOM we're at the beaches of Normandy. Thus begins the story which leads us to the eventual saving of Private Ryan. Then we go back to the man, now we have this knowledge, and we can feel that same weight of guilt that he has had for all those years for all those men went through just to save him.

I personally thought it was supposed to be Matt Damon, just because of the similarities in facial features, from the beginning of the movie, and thus after just a few scenes figured out it wasn't a flashback.

[quirkmanly]

Originally Posted by tilapiah6

Showing the old man at the beginning was basically telling us that he was going to the cemetary to see somebody he'd known during the war. We are drawn to his eyes, which show that he's in deep thought, maybe even unworthiness. Then BOOM we're at the beaches of Normandy. Thus begins the story which leads us to the eventual saving of Private Ryan. Then we go back to the man, now we have this knowledge, and we can feel that same weight of guilt that he has had for all those years for all those men went through just to save him.

I personally thought it was supposed to be Matt Damon, just because of the similarities in facial features, from the beginning of the movie, and thus after just a few scenes figured out it wasn't a flashback.

What he said!

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by Smokin' T

A bad ending to me is more like the remake of "3:10 to Yuma," where the villain suddenly has a change of heart that's totally out of left field, just so they can wrap up the story on an upbeat note or end with a big splash.

The ending is from the original, in which it plays much better. IMO the problem isn't with the ending of that movie, but how they set-up the morality of Crowes' character. If they kept him truer to the original character, the ending would have made more sense.

[Ferris]

Originally Posted by cruzzer cruz

2. No Country for Old Men had a great ending, which is like WTF at first, but is better with repeated viewings.

Personally, I think NCFOM is too depressing to watch more than once.

Originally Posted by cruzzer cruz

And the Notebook's ending didn't go in line with the story, the whole that story is us thing did, yeah, it was obvious, but stupid. But fair enough, it followed the story. But just laying down and dying? Come on.

The ending was the principal difference from the book. The ending is the only part of the movie that stuck.

Originally Posted by Sooner39

He walks to the grave site, looks off as the flag waves in the background, and then it goes to the boats moving towards the beach. He is remembering events that took place a long time ago, and he wasn't there.

I would think the survivors would have told Pvt Ryan all about it.

[Blu-Runner]

Originally Posted by tilapiah6

Showing the old man at the beginning was basically telling us that he was going to the cemetary to see somebody he'd known during the war. We are drawn to his eyes, which show that he's in deep thought, maybe even unworthiness. Then BOOM we're at the beaches of Normandy. Thus begins the story which leads us to the eventual saving of Private Ryan. Then we go back to the man, now we have this knowledge, and we can feel that same weight of guilt that he has had for all those years for all those men went through just to save him.

I personally thought it was supposed to be Matt Damon, just because of the similarities in facial features, from the beginning of the movie, and thus after just a few scenes figured out it wasn't a flashback.

It was Matt Damon. At the end Pvt. Ryan is looking down at Capt. Miller on the bridge and then he "morphs" into the old man at the cemetary.

And I don't think it was a flashback either. Ryan parachuted in behind the lines, he didn't land at D-Day. If it was a flashback, the movie would've started at the fields just outside Romel. But that wouldn't have made any sense. They had to set up the story and characters for an understanding of who was going after Ryan and why.

[koreyman]

No Country For Old Men I HATE NON-ENDINGS

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by tacoreed

How about worst movie endings:

My vote for worst endings go to Vanilla Sky.

boooooooooooooooooo

ok a guy realizes he's been living a dream-life, turned nightmare

the woman he loves is already dead in the real world, but alive in his dream world - a hard realization

he has a choice:
(1) keep living the dream-life and have whatever he wants - including a fixed face, or
(2) live a real life...what we all take for granted - and what we'd really wish for even if we had all the wishes we wanted (no pun intended)...remember the movie quote "without the bitter, the sweet just ain't as sweet"

now like the ending damnit!!!!

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by dj02bothell

i can't believe no one mentioned The Mist. I actually liked it though...not your average hollywood ending.

Yes, it really told me why the Weinstein brothers slashed the budget in half after Frank told them what he wanted to do with it. People tend to want a "happily ever after" ending to every movie they watch. It's a cliché. It was refreshing to see the movie end that way.

But boy, yes... for some, it was a smack in the face. :-)

[Dogslyf]

TECH SUPPORT! TECH SUPPORT!
I was with the movie until that point.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Banjo

Yes, it really told me why the Weinstein brothers slashed the budget in half after Frank told them what he wanted to do with it. People tend to want a "happily ever after" ending to every movie they watch. It's a cliché. It was refreshing to see the movie end that way.

But boy, yes... for some, it was a smack in the face. :-)

Especially for those who hadn't read the King book--
The book/novella ended with the characters losing the Alamo and the world basically down the toilet; haven't yet seen the "bold" ending the movie fans have been raving about...