Good films ruined by the ending...
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monthefish said:
It.
Scary as hell until they revealed 'it' was just a big spider.
But it was an *alien* spider! Pennywise the demon clown turning out to be some ancient thing from outer space living under the town just didn't work. Scary as hell until they revealed 'it' was just a big spider.
The book was just the same, and just like a lot of Stephen King stuff; the endings tend to be bks after a decent build up. He either runs out on inspiration or gets bored and throws on whatever ending he can write down fastest.
Jonesy23 said:
I remember House of Flying Daggers being the same, with a comical number of 'hero defeated/suddenly recovers' scenes one after the other.
on that basis, we ought to be all moaning about more than one of the Matrix films & more than the ending too. He recovers miraculously & not only in the machine world.Justin Cyder said:
Jonesy23 said:
I remember House of Flying Daggers being the same, with a comical number of 'hero defeated/suddenly recovers' scenes one after the other.
on that basis, we ought to be all moaning about more than one of the Matrix films & more than the ending too. He recovers miraculously & not only in the machine world.Note: I saw HoFD maybe sixth months before the UK cinema release, so it may have been re-edited compared to what I saw.
JonRB said:
XB70 said:
Evangelion said:
Pay It Forward. Why did the little boy have to be killed at the end?
Never did get around to seeing that but no need now! :-)I'm sure someone will post the twist in the ending to The Sixth Sense shortly.
Source Code - they had to go all Hollywood and bolt on a completely unnecessary and contrived twist after the logical end to the film, leaving you feeling dissatisfied.
The Prestige - ok it doesn't ruin it completely, but it always annoys me that this amazing film is ultimately believable until it goes all sci-fi at the end.
Agree about Sunshine too.
Most disaster films are anti climactic, and just about all rom-coms are disappointingly formulaic!
The Prestige - ok it doesn't ruin it completely, but it always annoys me that this amazing film is ultimately believable until it goes all sci-fi at the end.
Agree about Sunshine too.
Most disaster films are anti climactic, and just about all rom-coms are disappointingly formulaic!
Edited by Hub on Wednesday 17th September 21:37
PhillipM said:
Shaoxter said:
War of the Worlds.
And more recently I quite enjoyed Non-Stop until the ending.
The ending of War of the Worlds (film and book), is kinda the entire central point to the story...And more recently I quite enjoyed Non-Stop until the ending.
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