Happy endings

[marquis_de_sad]

No, not that kind.

Are they good? Are they bad? Are unhappy endings just as lazy? What about ambiguous endings?

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

If depends on the film. The themes and tone, etc.

I thought the last Captain America film was marred by having him and Iron Man make up almost instantly, after they'd spent twenty minutes duffing each other up.

[Gulftastic]

My sister and I disagree about whether 'Boogie Nights' has an happy ending or not. I say yes, she says otherwise.  She maintains that Amber and Dirk still being in porn makes it sad, but I think Buck with his family, and Roller Girl back in school, Reed doing his shit magic and Amber directing Buck's stereo commercial tips it to happy for me.

[grassbath]

2001 is the ultimate happy ending. The human race succeeds, it evolves, passes the extraterrestrial/celestial test, transcends itself. Imagine that!

[marquis_de_sad]

I was thinking about this because of Get Out, which has a

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ending, which some didn't enjoy. After seeing the film I also thought it didn't work, but then thinking about it, the audience expectation would be for it to have a

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ending, so switching it up makes for a more interesting experience. In theory, anyway, still not sure.

[Mr Brightside]

The ending of The Wicker Man (1973) is my favourite ending.

[marquis_de_sad]

The ending of The Wicker Man (1973) is my favourite ending.

But what if it didn't have a happy ending?

[Mr Brightside]

But what if it didn't have a happy ending?

Then it would have been a load of wank, but as a pagan, the ending gave me a lob on.

[Avril Lavigne]

I was thinking about this because of Get Out, which has a

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watch the film first

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ending, which some didn't enjoy. After seeing the film I also thought it didn't work, but then thinking about it, the audience expectation would be for it to have a

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seriously watch the film first, what are you doing?

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ending, so switching it up makes for a more interesting experience. In theory, anyway, still not sure.

Peele said in an interview that it was originally going to end that way, but ending the way that it does it still makes the same point anyway by playing off the audience's assumptions.

[Phoenix Lazarus]

What about ambiguous endings?

The Thing (1982)

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ends with the monster blown up, and two survivors from the polar base.  We don't know if they're going to survive, as most of the base got blown up-and one of them was out of shot long enough so that he might be incubating the creature that took over the others.

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My sister and I disagree about whether 'Boogie Nights' has an happy ending or not. I say yes, she says otherwise.  She maintains that Amber and Dirk still being in porn makes it sad, but I think Buck with his family, and Roller Girl back in school, Reed doing his shit magic and Amber directing Buck's stereo commercial tips it to happy for me.

Bittersweet, I'd say.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

I think most folk agree that the director's cut of Blade Runner has the better ending than the original cinema release.

[buzby]

I think most folk agree that the director's cut of Blade Runner has the better ending than the original cinema release.

Similarly to the 'Love Conquers All' ending edited by the producer on Gilliam's Brazil

[zomgmouse]

Bittersweet, I'd say.

My favourite bittersweet ending is The Graduate, often misinterpreted as happy. Yes they

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but they've no clue what to do from there and have basically just hurricaned their lives.

[marquis_de_sad]

Peele said in an interview that it was originally going to end that way, but ending the way that it does it still makes the same point anyway by playing off the audience's assumptions.

Yeah I think everyone assumed one thing was going to happen when the cop car pulled up. It's a bit of a cheat in a way, but in the end I think they made the right choice.

[Avril Lavigne]

Yeah I think everyone assumed one thing was going to happen when the cop car pulled up. It's a bit of a cheat in a way, but in the end I think they made the right choice.

As a long-term horror geek I found the ending

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refreshing after getting so used to so many modern horror movies closing in a downbeat nihilistic way, which had probably contributed to me quitting my annual October horror movie marathon a couple of years ago.

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[marquis_de_sad]

As a long-term horror geek I found the ending

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refreshing after getting so used to so many modern horror movies closing in a downbeat nihilistic way, which had probably contributed to me quitting my annual October horror movie marathon a couple of years ago.

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Yeah, agreed, although my initial reaction was

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sheep-like disappointment

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.

[Avril Lavigne]

Yeah, agreed, although my initial reaction was

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sheep-like disappointment

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No worries, that just means you're

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racist

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;)

[Brundle-Fly]

Edit. You can't spoiler images

[marquis_de_sad]

No worries, that just means you're

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racist

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;)

Was everyone else not rooting for the

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psycho white girlfriend

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?