man the end of "12 Monkeys" always tripped me out: There dude is as a kid in the airport, watching himself as an adult running through the airport. If only he as an adult could stop the dude getting on the plane, he would never have been sent back in time as an adult, and then would never be a kid in the airport watching himself as an adult running through the airport.
the movie innocence, where the girls finally leave the compound and find themselves by fountain, catching the eyes of strangers. The movie held a supreme sense of mystery until the end for me... the intentions of the director kind of revealed themselves. I loved that because I'm the type that catches twists way beforehand... so when an end is that illuminating to me, its something special.
not sure if that made sense, and at the same time I don't want to reveal too much
The end of the movie takes place in this bell tower:
the director Claudio Guerin Hill, at the end of shooting this movie jumped to his death from this very same tower, making this his first and only release.
I like these because it reminds me of what I forgot. I also love the ending of this film.
SPOILERS
supreme sense of mystery
absolutely, for the longest while, i couldn't tell what time period the movie was set in and if it was even on planet Earth. i think that suspension is one of the film's greatest stregnths.
i know some people think it's a bit of a creepy film, but it is such a beautiful look at girls turning into women and that last Symbolism-101 shot is so exhilarating and joyous. i think it captures the playfulness and, yes, innocence, of that brink so well.
Serious cosines on Life of Brian as well as Pulp Fiction; I'll throw Reservoir Dogs on that list, but I'm a Tarantino lover....I DO understand the hatt for him, though.
Hated the ends of Departed and Layer Cake, but the latter had more to do with my overall dissapointment in the movie. Much prefer the end of Lock, Stock, & 2 Smoking Barrells for neo-brit crime stuff.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is probably Number 1 for me. Can't top that ending, or the bacharach score. i wanted someone to sample the bridge on 'south american getaway' for the longest time, too.
The end of Rushmore SLAYS me, as the Faces start playing, they dance in slow motion, and the curtains swing shut. THAT is a perfect ending and resolution. Mikeseiver, do you teach that in your drama class? you should. add it to the syllabus.
Everytime I watched shaolin master killer as a kid/teen I always jumped around doing mad whack kung fu action, I had to!
also:
Nightmare on Elmstreet 1 The Dragon lives again (Unbelievable!!!) Valerie and her week of wonders (incredible movie) Planet of Vampires Assault on Precinct 13 The house with the laughing windows Danger Diabolik I know what you did last summer
2. PLANET OF THE APES (1968): Time might have lessened the impact of the "we were here all the time" shock ending with the radioactive and melted Statue of Liberty cruely staring down at poor ol' Chuck Heston (by the way, ever notice just how many overtly liberal-themed movies Heston played in back then? Soylent Green, Omega Man, etc. Pretty funny actually). But man, as a youth this was the kind of thing that put a WTF look on my grill for the entire day. Rod Serling's crowning achievement along with Requiem For a Heavyweight.
5.Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy: Hey, wait a minute. Sundance Kid: What? Butch Cassidy: You didn't see Lefors out there, did you? Sundance Kid: Lefors? No. Butch Cassidy: Oh, good. For a moment there I thought we were in trouble.
Cracks me up everytime. (Honorable mention to Chinese Connection for using the same freezeframe technique)
4.American Graffiti- Curt boards the plane leaving behind small town life, his buddies & America's innocence. The movie takes place in 1962 before the real shit hit the fan.
3.Menace II Society - I always assumed the narrator of the movie lived to tell the tale until this. Scorsese also duped me with Casino when Pesci's voiceover was abruptly cut off prior to his whacking.
2. The Man Who Wasn't There- Ed Crane walking to his death talking about his wife in the afterlife. "Maybe there I can tell her all those things they don't have words for here."
Very underrated movie from the Cohens' co-starring a certain somebody before she became everybody's wet dream. Shit, I also want to mention The Big Lebowski... Dead Flowers... The Dude Abides... The screen fading to black as the bowler in the background hits a strike
1. It's a Wonderful Life & American Beauty (tie) As bipolar as you can get, but both endings never fail to choke me up.
I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time... For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars... And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined my street... Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper... And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird... And Janie... And Janie... And... Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday.
I just watched The Prestige. Christopher Nolan is the master of film endings. His endings always have a twist which aren't as cheap as say Fight Club or Sixth Sense. If you haven't seen Prestige rent it soon.
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Here's a couple that haven't been mentioned thus far:
In the Company of Men[/b] Actually, I mostly liked the denouement in the penultimate scene, although the ending reveals how pathetic Howard really is.
The Conversation[/b] Harry Caul is the best, but there's always someone better.
Young Frankenstein[/b] You gotta love a movie that ends with a massive dick joke.
Rififi[/b] The French really know how to turn an ending where everyone dies into the feel good event of the season.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 Original)[/b] I've decided that Heston's freakout endings from the 60s/70s (Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, etc.) really owe a lot to the original IotBS. You can almost see the fourth wall straining outward as Dr. Bennell warns us of impending body snatching menace.
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"If I choke on a chicken bone, your'e whole family is dead!!!"
not sure if that made sense, and at the same time I don't want to reveal too much
well it is a little different.
yeah the rat in the end. such a "clever" touch.
The end of the movie takes place in this bell tower:
the director Claudio Guerin Hill, at the end of shooting this movie jumped to his death from this very same tower, making this his first and only release.
How's that for an ending?
"Always look on the bright side of life!"
Perfect ending to a ridiculously funny movie.
I like these because it reminds me of what I forgot. I also love the ending of this film.
SPOILERS
absolutely, for the longest while, i couldn't tell what time period the movie was set in and if it was even on planet Earth. i think that suspension is one of the film's greatest stregnths.
i know some people think it's a bit of a creepy film, but it is such a beautiful look at girls turning into women and that last Symbolism-101 shot is so exhilarating and joyous. i think it captures the playfulness and, yes, innocence, of that brink so well.
Hated the ends of Departed and Layer Cake, but the latter had more to do with my overall dissapointment in the movie. Much prefer the end of Lock, Stock, & 2 Smoking Barrells for neo-brit crime stuff.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is probably Number 1 for me. Can't top that ending, or the bacharach score. i wanted someone to sample the bridge on 'south american getaway' for the longest time, too.
The end of Rushmore SLAYS me, as the Faces start playing, they dance in slow motion, and the curtains swing shut. THAT is a perfect ending and resolution. Mikeseiver, do you teach that in your drama class? you should. add it to the syllabus.
Yeah, that one was dope!
Evil Dead was also nice.
Everytime I watched shaolin master killer as a kid/teen I always jumped around doing mad whack kung fu action, I had to!
also:
Nightmare on Elmstreet 1
The Dragon lives again (Unbelievable!!!)
Valerie and her week of wonders (incredible movie)
Planet of Vampires
Assault on Precinct 13
The house with the laughing windows
Danger Diabolik
I know what you did last summer
Chinatown
The Usual Suspects
The Graduate
The Crying Game
Honorable mention for Magnolia
possibly GOAT
5.Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy: Hey, wait a minute.
Sundance Kid: What?
Butch Cassidy: You didn't see Lefors out there, did you?
Sundance Kid: Lefors? No.
Butch Cassidy: Oh, good. For a moment there I thought we were in trouble.
Cracks me up everytime.
(Honorable mention to Chinese Connection for using the same freezeframe technique)
4.American Graffiti- Curt boards the plane leaving behind small town life, his buddies & America's innocence. The movie takes place in 1962 before the real shit hit the fan.
3.Menace II Society - I always assumed the narrator of the movie lived to tell the tale until this. Scorsese also duped me with Casino when Pesci's voiceover was abruptly cut off prior to his whacking.
2. The Man Who Wasn't There- Ed Crane walking to his death talking about his wife in the afterlife.
"Maybe there I can tell her all those things they don't have words for here."
Very underrated movie from the Cohens' co-starring a certain somebody before she became everybody's wet dream. Shit, I also want to mention The Big Lebowski...
Dead Flowers... The Dude Abides... The screen fading to black as the bowler in the background hits a strike
1. It's a Wonderful Life & American Beauty (tie)
As bipolar as you can get, but both endings never fail to choke me up.
I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time... For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars... And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined my street... Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper... And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird... And Janie... And Janie... And... Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday.
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The Usual Suspects
The Thing (the 1982 version)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Requiem for a Dream
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Eyes Wide Shut
Road To Perdition
Infernal Affairs
Hell In The Pacific
Usual Suspects
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
I think you mean Dutch version
In the Company of Men[/b] Actually, I mostly liked the denouement in the penultimate scene, although the ending reveals how pathetic Howard really is.
The Conversation[/b] Harry Caul is the best, but there's always someone better.
Young Frankenstein[/b] You gotta love a movie that ends with a massive dick joke.
Rififi[/b] The French really know how to turn an ending where everyone dies into the feel good event of the season.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 Original)[/b] I've decided that Heston's freakout endings from the 60s/70s (Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, etc.) really owe a lot to the original IotBS. You can almost see the fourth wall straining outward as Dr. Bennell warns us of impending body snatching menace.
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