Greatest endings

[AndyC]

bono_212 wrote:
> And, this post isn't over a year old.

Some threads are worth reviving. There's still some life left in this one.

Interesting that many of the endings mentioned here are ones that broke from tradition. The filmmakers had the guts to do an ending where everything didn't necessarily turn out all right for the protagonist, where the hero didn't get the girl, where the good guys didn't win. I have to admit, it allows for more surprises.

Interesting to think that AI might have had one of the more memorable endings, but instead ends disappointingly because of the happier ending that just feels tacked on.



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[Drezzy Mac]

I love the ending for The Crow, where Draven feels himself dying AGAIN, and then falls asleep at his fiancee's grave, and then sees her spirit walking towards him.
Then again, I love EVERYTHING about that movie. The acting, the direction, THE STORY, the music...one of the greatest films ever made, man.

[Gaby]

ahhh come on the greatest ending is scarface, starwars empire strike back and
Metal Gear Solid one on know the last one is a game but it was pretty good ending.

[AndyC]

Just thinking of another great ending that was ruined because it wasn't happy. Anyone recall the original series finale of Magnum PI? Thomas is shot by mobsters, and the show ends with him strolling off into the afterlife.

Now, I liked Magnum PI, and I liked Thomas Magnum, but this ending was gutsy, it was imaginitive, it was cool. It was the ending the show deserved. But, the fans squawked at the idea, so they had him come out of the coma for an 8th season, and finished that with him rejoiing the navy. Yawn.

[odinn7]

I used to really enjoy Magnum PI and you're right AndyC, that ending was the way it should have been.

[Dave Munger]

As for the Road Warrior, that was the last anyone saw of him. He lives now, only in my memories.

[I luv dolma]

Bubba Ho-Tep's ending almost had me in tears. Yet it was so simple and executed so easily. But the conclusion to the story, and the message it gave was so incredible and brilliant.

[Cheecky-monkey]

Cube (1997)
It left off right where it should and left an air of mystery around the whole thing.

[Scott]

BORN IN EAST L.A. when Cheech Marin brings waves and waves of people across the border with the song "Coming to America". Love that film.

[jack frost]

1 Jack Frost
2 Jack Frost 2
3 Slugs
4 The Brain
5 Sherlock Bones

[moviehead]

How could you lr=eave out the usual suspects??? The greatest ending ever!

[Mr. Briggs Inc.]

Killer Party and don't laugh, though the movie was on the bad side, the ending was excellent. One of those "You can't escape" endings.

[Mr. Briggs Inc.]

Ah, not to mention The Wicker Man, another you 'almost' can't survive ending.

[Dustin Turnmyre]

How about: (not necessarily in order)

Citizen Kane -- the sled burning sequence
Chinatown -- "Forget her Jake, it's Chinatown."
The Magnificent Ambersons -- George Minaver's "comeuppance"
(yes, I know this is not quite at the end of the film, but the ending
tacked on by Robert Wise is soooo bad!)
Casablanca
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Raging Bull -- "I'm the boss"
Goodfellas
The Godfather II -- Michael Corleone reflecting on his bloody past