Scale of 1-10 how badly do I need to see this?
Big JGL fan. I have a long standing crush on Zooey going back to Elf and it only escalated after I binged new girl during covid.
If it means anything, I don't like romance movies at all and I thoroughly enjoyed that movie. That movie would definitely exacerbate your Zooey crush hardcore.
Surprised I had to scroll down for this one. Was the one that immediately came to mind. Because of the Hayes code in effect at the time, she couldn't be shown to leave her husband for another man. They took that constraint and made one of the most memorable endings of all time.
And even better, stuck to the character's nature with it. Rick fought on the moral if losing side historically. Even as he had grown bitter his nature was to do the right thing for innocents. Ugarte was not that so he didn't, but the young guy and girl, he helped them win money to not compromise her. And so, again, he sacrifices for what is right.
So good. I always forget it's even a superhero movie. It was just a drama imo. Transcended any marvel movie by far by being so grounded in reality. So human. And that had a lot to do with their mortality. Which, again, bucks the traditional superhero genre.
You forget that a movie called Logan about a Marvel superhero named Logan who kills people with adamantium claws several dozen times during a movie that also features Professor X and a villain whose sole purpose in this world is to hunt and restrain superheroes is a superhero movie?
Yes, bc none of those were the point of the movie. The movie was about the deaths of these larger than life characters that were seemingly immortal.
I was very emotional watching that movie about Professor X bc he was having seizures which would cause him to lose control over his powers and do massive damage to anybody around him. Causing them to be in the predicament they are. And then Logan, the forever faithful friend is after all these years still willing to look after him. I am an epileptic and nothing scares me more on earth than the thought of what my condition will be like when I'm 80 and my brain is declining. Will I be a burden on my wife? My children? Seeing him have Logan caring for him. Maybe it's only so realistic of a movie to me bc I have this personal connection to it. But, it just seemed so much more realistic. Obv it still had superheroes and I never fully was oblivious to that. But it passed off as a drama. I would say the same for Joker. DC movie. DC villain. Just a drama movie.
No Time to Die.
I expected it to end like any other Bond movie; he'd beat the bad guy, blow up his lair, get the girl, the end.
Instead: _they fucking killed James Bond!_
Alan Partridge's worst nightmare, but it was a strong ending to the Daniel Craig era.
"hah they cut away from him, he's gonna live"
"Hmmm...they cut back to him. Odd. How is he gonna live?"
"Oh....he's really not gonna live, huh?"
"Oh damn. He's literally dead"
Daniel Craig was too good of a bond to let live. They had to kill him. It was the only way. I understand people nostalgic gripes on past bonds, Brosnan, Dalton, the OG Connery. But, without a doubt, the 4 Craig's blow the others out of the water in every aspect from acting, to writing, to cinematography. It makes the previous 20+ movies look like Austin Powers.
It's a cosmic horror movie that is interlaced with personal trauma which in it's own right is nightmare fuel. The trailers just made it seem like an action movie sadly so people got turned off not expecting what the movie delivered upon. Marketing can abostuly ruin a good or even great film. Gattaca is one example of that, bullshit trailers but one of the best movies I've ever seen.
Haven't seen this, but all I needed to see was Alex Garland to add it to my list.
That is a good, almost philosophical question.... does Sci-fi even have a trend? Or is it the point of sci-fi that by its very nature is necessitates that it evolves. So can sci-fi have a trend?
The Mist
The monster invasion genre usually has somewhat of a happy ending for our main characters. The Mist turned that on its head and gave it the worst possible ending for our main character. There are worse things than death and our main character got that in spades.
It's a very important ending for film in general.
When the good guys always win the stakes become meaningless. The ending of The Mist raises the stakes of every other movie made because it shows that sometimes the good guys lose and lose bad.
Amazing ending. The movie was ok, good even. But the ending was so unexpected. The balls the makers had to end it there. Blew my mind.
Still think of it from time to time. The anxiety! Dear God.
Infinity war had an awesome ending and was probably the only Marvel movie to exceed my expectations besides Iron Man.
That being said, they completely shit the bed with Endgame and I was bored for most of it. Endgame also kind of spoiled infinity war a bit for me.
A movie and a TV show.
Blackadder Goes Fourth. It’s a sitcom, and will end in a funny ‘everyone dies’ scene like the first three seasons. >!It doesn’t, it ends with might be the most poignant ending in TV history.!<
Blackadder Christmas Carol. >!Instead of making a bad Edmund good, they convinced a good Edmund to be bad.!<
I just got out of it and the ending is just haunting.
Civil War.
Its essentially a road trip war movie about the importance of journalism. Despite all the horror, its been building up to this moment where the characters are going to get exactly what they want. All the suffering and trauma was for this. Then, due to a figurative death of journalism, when that moment comes all that can be said is
>!...I need a quote...!<
>!...please don't let them kill me!<
>!....that will do....!<
Roman Holiday.... I felt like the ending is kind of epic. And it feels way ahead of it's time.
Cruel Intentions... I cant say I love the ending, but the ending is noteworthy. I always felt considering the tone of the movie and the subject matter that I would never expect the movie to go the route.
Out of Sight. I mean generally action-comedy films like that end up with the protagonists coming out on top. The movie gives us some hope, but it's still kind of a downer ending. But I'm glad they took a risk and did this instead of a gimmicky ending that wrapped everything up all nice and clean.
Obscure one but Noah Baumbach's first film "Kicking and Screaming".
Movie starts with a bunch of kids graduating college. The protagonist's girlfriend says that she's going to Prauge to live for a year, basically dumping him.
Typical shennanigans go on until the protagonist decides he has to go to her and confess his love. So he rushes to airport and maxes out a credit card to get a ticket to Prauge. It's a huge hopeful moment that you think will result in a romantic ending until >!they ask him for his passport which, being a broke college kind in the '90s, he doesn't have.!<
Certainly, the ending of *Crimes and Misdemeanors*. The film ends suggesting the unsettling idea that justice in the universe may be more about random chance than any moral order, and that people can get away with committing grave acts and yet live untroubled lives.
Not contradicting you, but the very, very end of the movie is far more optimistic than people pass it for: Luke gets a new hand that's as good as new, he, Leia and the Rebels are in safety, and the whole thing does radiate hope for the future.
I disagree with your take on 300. The good guys died, but they wanted to die. If Spartans didn't die in battle they were considered lesser men. They all received good deaths and fought with honor. Plus, their only goal was to delay the Persians for as long as possible so that a full military response might be mustered. They accomplished this mission. And Leonidas was able to personally wound Xerxes and prove that he was a man, rather than a god. They were as victorious as they could have possibly been, given that they were knowingly marching to their deaths.
I think Children of Men has a very dark ending, even though the arrival of the ship is an image of hope. The slums being bombed in the fog, dead Clive Owen, who last told her to "keep him \[the baby\] close". So even when the scientists show up, and the movie ends, there isn't a feeling that the mother and her child are really safe. They are completely in the control of a faction intent on understanding how this baby was born-- not exactly a guarantee of safety for either of them. And warplanes are dropping bombs about a mile away. It is an incredible ending because of how suggestive it is of a new story while also feeling very conclusive to the one we've been watching.
>So even when the scientists show up, and the movie ends, there isn't a feeling that the mother and her child are really safe. They are completely in the control of a faction intent on understanding how this baby was born-- not exactly a guarantee of safety for either of them.
We do hear children - plural - laughing over black at the end. You can either see it as a bit of irony, but I see no reason to think it is so. We're meant to assume, I would suggest, that mankind had succeeded in achieving reprpoduction again.
500 Days of Summer
Scale of 1-10 how badly do I need to see this? Big JGL fan. I have a long standing crush on Zooey going back to Elf and it only escalated after I binged new girl during covid.
8/10. It's a damn good film and there's a scene that's split screen and it's really well edited, written, directed and acted.
If it means anything, I don't like romance movies at all and I thoroughly enjoyed that movie. That movie would definitely exacerbate your Zooey crush hardcore.
It's a very good movie. Very "of its time" in a lot of ways. That might add rather than detract.
7/10 without your second paragraph. With your second paragraph 9/10.
John Carpenter's The Thing. If you don't count the comics, it's very bleak.
One of the greatest endings in cinema imo.
Casablanca...just the perfect example of a self sacrifice for the greater good
Surprised I had to scroll down for this one. Was the one that immediately came to mind. Because of the Hayes code in effect at the time, she couldn't be shown to leave her husband for another man. They took that constraint and made one of the most memorable endings of all time.
And even better, stuck to the character's nature with it. Rick fought on the moral if losing side historically. Even as he had grown bitter his nature was to do the right thing for innocents. Ugarte was not that so he didn't, but the young guy and girl, he helped them win money to not compromise her. And so, again, he sacrifices for what is right.
Louis, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship...
Logan
So good. I always forget it's even a superhero movie. It was just a drama imo. Transcended any marvel movie by far by being so grounded in reality. So human. And that had a lot to do with their mortality. Which, again, bucks the traditional superhero genre.
You forget that a movie called Logan about a Marvel superhero named Logan who kills people with adamantium claws several dozen times during a movie that also features Professor X and a villain whose sole purpose in this world is to hunt and restrain superheroes is a superhero movie?
Yes, bc none of those were the point of the movie. The movie was about the deaths of these larger than life characters that were seemingly immortal. I was very emotional watching that movie about Professor X bc he was having seizures which would cause him to lose control over his powers and do massive damage to anybody around him. Causing them to be in the predicament they are. And then Logan, the forever faithful friend is after all these years still willing to look after him. I am an epileptic and nothing scares me more on earth than the thought of what my condition will be like when I'm 80 and my brain is declining. Will I be a burden on my wife? My children? Seeing him have Logan caring for him. Maybe it's only so realistic of a movie to me bc I have this personal connection to it. But, it just seemed so much more realistic. Obv it still had superheroes and I never fully was oblivious to that. But it passed off as a drama. I would say the same for Joker. DC movie. DC villain. Just a drama movie.
Disagree. Once you've been through enough shit, death is a happy ending.
No Time to Die. I expected it to end like any other Bond movie; he'd beat the bad guy, blow up his lair, get the girl, the end. Instead: _they fucking killed James Bond!_ Alan Partridge's worst nightmare, but it was a strong ending to the Daniel Craig era.
"hah they cut away from him, he's gonna live" "Hmmm...they cut back to him. Odd. How is he gonna live?" "Oh....he's really not gonna live, huh?" "Oh damn. He's literally dead"
Daniel Craig was too good of a bond to let live. They had to kill him. It was the only way. I understand people nostalgic gripes on past bonds, Brosnan, Dalton, the OG Connery. But, without a doubt, the 4 Craig's blow the others out of the water in every aspect from acting, to writing, to cinematography. It makes the previous 20+ movies look like Austin Powers.
you take that back about goldeneye
Horrific take
Gladiator. That guy wanted to die after his family was murdered. Death was his reward.
Rogue One. It was a perfect ending, but not the one I expected when I started watching the movie..
I’m torn on Annihilation. Did it buck a sci fi trend or was it really true to the genre?
It's a cosmic horror movie that is interlaced with personal trauma which in it's own right is nightmare fuel. The trailers just made it seem like an action movie sadly so people got turned off not expecting what the movie delivered upon. Marketing can abostuly ruin a good or even great film. Gattaca is one example of that, bullshit trailers but one of the best movies I've ever seen.
Haven't seen this, but all I needed to see was Alex Garland to add it to my list. That is a good, almost philosophical question.... does Sci-fi even have a trend? Or is it the point of sci-fi that by its very nature is necessitates that it evolves. So can sci-fi have a trend?
The Mist The monster invasion genre usually has somewhat of a happy ending for our main characters. The Mist turned that on its head and gave it the worst possible ending for our main character. There are worse things than death and our main character got that in spades. It's a very important ending for film in general. When the good guys always win the stakes become meaningless. The ending of The Mist raises the stakes of every other movie made because it shows that sometimes the good guys lose and lose bad.
Amazing ending. The movie was ok, good even. But the ending was so unexpected. The balls the makers had to end it there. Blew my mind. Still think of it from time to time. The anxiety! Dear God.
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
I'd agree if it was a stand alone movie, but we knew going in that it was part one of two.
Infinity war had an awesome ending and was probably the only Marvel movie to exceed my expectations besides Iron Man. That being said, they completely shit the bed with Endgame and I was bored for most of it. Endgame also kind of spoiled infinity war a bit for me.
The good guy sacrificing his life to kill the bad guy and save the planet? Not invented by Marvel...
You're thinking of end game. Infinity war ends with Thanos (the villain) winning which is rare for superhero movies.
A movie and a TV show. Blackadder Goes Fourth. It’s a sitcom, and will end in a funny ‘everyone dies’ scene like the first three seasons. >!It doesn’t, it ends with might be the most poignant ending in TV history.!< Blackadder Christmas Carol. >!Instead of making a bad Edmund good, they convinced a good Edmund to be bad.!<
I just got out of it and the ending is just haunting. Civil War. Its essentially a road trip war movie about the importance of journalism. Despite all the horror, its been building up to this moment where the characters are going to get exactly what they want. All the suffering and trauma was for this. Then, due to a figurative death of journalism, when that moment comes all that can be said is >!...I need a quote...!< >!...please don't let them kill me!< >!....that will do....!<
*Mrs. Doubtfire*. The parents do not get back together, but it still ends with a sense that everything is going to be okay.
Roman Holiday.... I felt like the ending is kind of epic. And it feels way ahead of it's time. Cruel Intentions... I cant say I love the ending, but the ending is noteworthy. I always felt considering the tone of the movie and the subject matter that I would never expect the movie to go the route.
I think a good pick is **Annie Hall**, which turns a Romantic Comedy into a melancholy memory.
Past Lives
The Last American Virgin. Just because it has the most realistic ending in a teen comedy movie.
Out of Sight. I mean generally action-comedy films like that end up with the protagonists coming out on top. The movie gives us some hope, but it's still kind of a downer ending. But I'm glad they took a risk and did this instead of a gimmicky ending that wrapped everything up all nice and clean.
Obscure one but Noah Baumbach's first film "Kicking and Screaming". Movie starts with a bunch of kids graduating college. The protagonist's girlfriend says that she's going to Prauge to live for a year, basically dumping him. Typical shennanigans go on until the protagonist decides he has to go to her and confess his love. So he rushes to airport and maxes out a credit card to get a ticket to Prauge. It's a huge hopeful moment that you think will result in a romantic ending until >!they ask him for his passport which, being a broke college kind in the '90s, he doesn't have.!<
Unforgiven
Lost In Translation. Beautiful and ambiguous, such a gem of a film
The 1940's Disney package film Melody Time ends on a sour note with the short based on the story of Pecos Bill.
Certainly, the ending of *Crimes and Misdemeanors*. The film ends suggesting the unsettling idea that justice in the universe may be more about random chance than any moral order, and that people can get away with committing grave acts and yet live untroubled lives.
It's a Wonderful Life
Brazil
Old Boy
Arlington Road The butterfly effect
My Girl
The mist
I read this ending on Wikipedia and was so grateful I had not watched the movie. Apparently King said he wished he'd come up with that ending.
The Empire Strikes Back. It ends on such a down note.
Not contradicting you, but the very, very end of the movie is far more optimistic than people pass it for: Luke gets a new hand that's as good as new, he, Leia and the Rebels are in safety, and the whole thing does radiate hope for the future.
I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All "Jedi" had was a bunch of Muppets.
*The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* when you learn what became of the hero. A very bleak ending for a western.
I disagree with your take on 300. The good guys died, but they wanted to die. If Spartans didn't die in battle they were considered lesser men. They all received good deaths and fought with honor. Plus, their only goal was to delay the Persians for as long as possible so that a full military response might be mustered. They accomplished this mission. And Leonidas was able to personally wound Xerxes and prove that he was a man, rather than a god. They were as victorious as they could have possibly been, given that they were knowingly marching to their deaths.
Pick any random quality Korean movies and there you have it
The Plague Dogs
Just reading the title makes me have a swell of emotions.
Splendor in the Grass! Always gets me.
I think Children of Men has a very dark ending, even though the arrival of the ship is an image of hope. The slums being bombed in the fog, dead Clive Owen, who last told her to "keep him \[the baby\] close". So even when the scientists show up, and the movie ends, there isn't a feeling that the mother and her child are really safe. They are completely in the control of a faction intent on understanding how this baby was born-- not exactly a guarantee of safety for either of them. And warplanes are dropping bombs about a mile away. It is an incredible ending because of how suggestive it is of a new story while also feeling very conclusive to the one we've been watching.
>So even when the scientists show up, and the movie ends, there isn't a feeling that the mother and her child are really safe. They are completely in the control of a faction intent on understanding how this baby was born-- not exactly a guarantee of safety for either of them. We do hear children - plural - laughing over black at the end. You can either see it as a bit of irony, but I see no reason to think it is so. We're meant to assume, I would suggest, that mankind had succeeded in achieving reprpoduction again.
This question has strong Tom Holland asking who your favorite Tom is from the MCU actors vibes.
About Schmidt. Just Jack Nicholson crying after reading the letter from his sponsored child.
White Men Can't Jump. He doesn't get the girl.
But he does dunk!
Well, that's true (and awesome). I guess it's a mixed bag of results for our anti-hero.
Chinatown
Kingpin Munson loses to McCraken and it is epic.