Good movies with really bad endings.

[neovsmatrix]

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Good call. I thought it ended about a thousand times. Craptacular!


By the way, Yosemite Dan, are you talking about down to the very end, or the last half?

As for down to the very end:

- Signs
- The Matrix Revolutions
- The Village (I really didn't like any of it, though)
- Dumb and Dumber
- The Ring Two
- Napoleon Dynamite (here we go...)
- Saw II (I loved the ending, actually... I just don't like how it's going to continue with another sequel)
- War of the Worlds
- The Forgotten

What was so bad about Matrix Revolutions's ending? Or Signs, for that matter? I didn't like The Village, and War of the Worlds I definitely agree with though.

[neovsmatrix]

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With WOTW I'm not even talking about the demise of the aliens. What really ruined it for me was the last 5 minutes where Cruise ends up seeing his son who survives and gets there before him while the army he supposedly followed to fight the aliens is wiped out and then his ex-wife is waiting for him at the house looking like she just had Thanksgiving dinner while watching a Leave It To Beaver marathon on T.V.

This thread can either apply to the ending or the last act or 20 minutes or so where it seems the director left the movie early and let the production assistants take over to finish it up. Like the Wedding Crashers where it was just as unfunny in the last act as it was funny in the first 2, seems likes two different movies. Happens alot in comedies as they fall into the trap of trying to resolve the plot and have no imagination in trying to keep it funny.

Spelberg almost ruined Saving Private Ryan for me as well with those lame cematery scenes that seemed totally out of place. If he had made Jaws now I'm sure he would have included a message from Greenpeace speaking out agianst cruelty to sharks.

Minority Report's another, IMHO. I didn't like the last 15 minutes, up till then, it was pretty damn good.

[neovsmatrix]

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Agreed. That was a terrible ending.

In a twist to the original question, some movies are saved by a great ending.

Arlington Road had the best ending, that rescued a boring movie up until the last 30 min or so.

Arlington Road, I really enjoyed that movie, although the ending really doesn't make much sense, at least from what I recall. It was a shocking, and quite affecting end, but the way the movie arrived at the conclusion felt a bit like cheating. I loved the suspense in Arlington Road though all the way to the end.

[neovsmatrix]

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"Definately Signs and The Village. I was literally angry at the end of those two movies, I'll never go see another M. Night Shamayala flick."

That's too bad, I think he's a very gifted filmmaker and storyteller. I didn't see anything wrong with Signs's ending, but I didn't think it was anywhere near his best work (which would be Unbreakable, IMHO, it's one of my favorite movies). The Village, I'd have to agree though, it was a bad movie to some extent.

I'm definitely interested in his next movie though, Lady In the Water.

[Zer0xray]

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Identity was awesome, ending included.

agreed

[jfsolo]

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I really didn't like Mystic River's ending. Great build up and climax than a kind of meh ending. I like the last parts of Million Dollar Baby much better.

I agree 1000%. Its the most disappointed I've been with a movie ending ever. I felt totally numb when the credits were rolling. Maybe thats what Clint was going for, but I feel like he blew it big time. I feel like the last 15 minutes totally undermined and invalidated the rest of the film.

[bgeno]

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Why does everyone hate the ending to Signs? That's one of my favorite movies of all time.

The Village was just all together dissapointing for me... the ending didn't hinder or help it... maybe I was expecting too much.

[BGarrett7]

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Why does everyone hate the ending to Signs? That's one of my favorite movies of all time.

It's this big huge build up, all this anticipation of what is going to happen when the aliens land... And they can't handle water? Come on, WATER?! Good god, is that the best you can come up with to wrap up the story?

[bgeno]

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It's this big huge build up, all this anticipation of what is going to happen when the aliens land... And they can't handle water? Come on, WATER?! Good god, is that the best you can come up with to wrap up the story?

It's not about the aliens though.

No one ever seems to be on the same page as me on this, but it's simply about how everything happens for a reason. The movie was about the family, not the aliens. They were a prop in the not so intricate plot.


BTW, I know longer believe in the message the movie sends, but it's still a personal favorite.

[jfsolo]

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It's this big huge build up, all this anticipation of what is going to happen when the aliens land... And they can't handle water? Come on, WATER?! Good god, is that the best you can come up with to wrap up the story?

Its funny when I think of Signs I think of whole alien invasion angle as the background story, an ancillary component to the primary story of fate or destiny and the loss and renewal of faith. The movie is really about Mel Gibson's character.

Edit: bgeno beat me to it, but I concur.

[USF11]

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Worst ending ever to a good movie was Mystic River. That was just wierd.

[SPTO]

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A couple more movies came to mind.

BACK TO THE FUTURE 2: The movie could've ended right there but NOOOO they had to tack on an unnecessary 3rd sequel. BTTF 3 is by far the worst of the trilogy.

PLANET OF THE APES (remake) I understand WHY they did it that way but it just sets people up for a sequel when we know that's not going to be the case. I kinda wished they went with the old Charlton Heston ending.

[BGarrett7]

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BACK TO THE FUTURE 2: The movie could've ended right there but NOOOO they had to tack on an unnecessary 3rd sequel. BTTF 3 is by far the worst of the trilogy.

No way, BTTF 3 craps all over BTTF 2.

[SPTO]

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No way, BTTF 3 craps all over BTTF 2.

part 2 was my fave of the trilogy. I liked the time traveling/paradoxical nature of the movie. The scene in the alt. 1985 where Doc Brown explains the paradoxes and nature of the alt. 1985 is my fave scene in the entire trilogy.

[Blzer]

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What was so bad about Matrix Revolutions's ending? Or Signs, for that matter? I didn't like The Village, and War of the Worlds I definitely agree with though.

Signs was already pretty much answered, I guess.


I don't mind the end of M3 where Neo dies, Smith is destroyed, and the human race and machines come in peace. I do mind, however, the happy ending with the whole sun, happy music, etc. The Oracle (played by Mary Alice in M3) was way too motherly, and wasn't as convincing as Gloria Foster was in the position. I don't know... that very last scene needed to go, and something else needed to take its place.


But I'll say it again... crappy endings don't mean crappy movies... PERIOD!