The Best and Worst Film Endings ever.....

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:19 pm

I've thought of another - Righteous Kill. A twist so bad, that I don't even need to spoil it in order to demonstrate how craptastically inane it is.

Here's the synopsis of the film....

Al Pacino and Roberto De Niro are two veteran detectives and best friends, who are investigating a serial killer. Alongside this, the film is interspersed with clips of De Niro confessing to the murders.

Can you tell what it is yet?

feck me, what a horrible, horrible film. Made only worthwhile because of this piece of morbidly amusing irony http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/mu ... 06666c.jpg

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:28 pm

Tombwfc wrote:feck me, what a horrible, horrible film. Made only worthwhile because of this piece of morbidly amusing irony http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/mu ... 06666c.jpg

That's annoyed me even more. Not because of the shooting, but because of the way Pacino's presumably demanded his name to be higher than De Niro's if he has to go second. See also the Towering Inferno credits, where Steve McQueen and Paul Newman's names are bottom-left and top-right (they'd also demanded, and received, an equakl number of lines in the film) and the Kaiser Chiefs' second album cover, where the two main songwriters' heads are made just bigger enough to be annoying.

Get over yourself...

wovlad · Post by **wovlad** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:00 pm

Best

Das Boat : A truly great ending & one that like the spanish inquisition you did'nt expect

Worst

Any foreign film that was remade into an American one & they change the ending

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:04 pm

wovlad wrote: Any foreign film that was remade into an American one & they change the ending

Dutch director Georges Sluizer was ordered by Hollywood suits to change the bleak and frankly scary ending of his masterpiece The Vanishing when he remade it for American audiences.

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:06 pm

wovlad wrote:Best

Das Boat : A truly great ending & one that like the spanish inquisition you did'nt expect

Worst

Any foreign film that was remade into an American one & they change the ending

Like Vanilla Sky?

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:07 pm

Hard Candy.

I love the juxtaposition between the set piece itself and the beautiful sunset behind it.

Puskas · Post by **Puskas** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:06 pm

enfieldwhite wrote:
wovlad wrote:Best

Das Boat : A truly great ending & one that like the spanish inquisition you did'nt expect

Worst

Any foreign film that was remade into an American one & they change the ending
Like Vanilla Sky?

Or The Vanishing.

Which really, really ruins a very dark film

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:34 pm

Puskas wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote:
wovlad wrote:Best

Das Boat : A truly great ending & one that like the spanish inquisition you did'nt expect

Worst

Any foreign film that was remade into an American one & they change the ending
Like Vanilla Sky?
Or The Vanishing.

Which really, really ruins a very dark film

See my post above!

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:37 pm

the shining!

probably not the worst ending ever, but worth a mention, slum dog.

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:39 pm

Those of you with young kids.

Have you seen the Bridge to Terabithia?

Won't spoil it but a shocking way to finish a film watched by a target audience of 5 to 10 year olds!

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:56 pm

12 Monkeys is very cleverly put together, the ending few minutes are superb. I like the ending to Trainspotting too.

I see the Matrix 2 and 3 as one long needless car-crash of an ending, like so many sequels. And the Empire Strikes back doesn't end with a big battle, which is a real let-down to an otherwse good film.

Leyther_Matt · Post by **Leyther_Matt** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:11 pm

Worst ending must be Titanic, surely?

The ship sinks; so, so predictable.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:13 pm

enfieldwhite wrote:Those of you with young kids. Have you seen the Bridge to Terabithia?
Won't spoil it but a shocking way to finish a film watched by a target audience of 5 to 10 year olds!

Have no young kids, but I saw it anyway.

Twas an odd topic for a kids film, I agree.

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:42 pm

Best Ending? Shawshank Redemption.

Worst Ending? Matrix 3. and many others, but I really hated the way that went from a great opening movie to an okay movie to complete shit.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:45 pm

General Mannerheim wrote:the shining!

probably not the worst ending ever, but worth a mention, slum dog.

You see, General, that's shows how opinions vary. I liked the ending of Bury-Dog Millionaire as I truly didn't expect it to be positive. I was tense as shite waiting for her to be hit by a train.

My worst 2 endings are on 2 films I love, Blazing Saddles ... where they find themselves on a Musical Film lot and Monty Python & the Holy Grail, where, frankly, they ran out of steam (or money).

Best endings Carrie ... I shat myself at the final scene ... and Papillon.

LeeRoyBrown · Post by **LeeRoyBrown** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:11 pm

Verbal wrote:La Haine. Suspenseful to the max. Also, a brilliant film.

Good call. Top quality filmage.

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:27 am

Best- mmmmm...I want to say One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Escape to Victory or Once upon a Time in the West, but going for Rocky 2, just for sheer emotion.

Worst - Jaws 4! Go on, tell me I'm wrong! I dares ya!

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:43 am

Very good ending - Some Like It Hot
Truly bad ending - Four Weddings And A Funeral

seanworth · Post by **seanworth** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:01 am

Well soldier I would stick with your first suggestion. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has an ending that still sticks with me after all these years. The entire movie was classic and had a fitting end.

Worst endings are tough, because many of the movies listed above I thought were simply crap movies. I loved the end of Matrix 2 (only one I saw) because it meant the movie was over and I was finally being put out of my misery after watching possibly one of the worst movies ever made. Jaws 4 never saw but didn't the entire movie suck?

Of recent films watched Blood Diamond was quite disappointing. A quick convenient way to bring a pseudo happy ending to a movie that had little happiness throughout the film. The film I enjoyed, but I did not need to made to feel good before leaving the cinema. Seen enough blood diamonds getting flaunted to think that a couple of pictures will solve the problem.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:09 am

Stephen King's IT. What a let down after hours and hours invested in watching it. Big fooking spider thing? Fook off.

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