Going back a bit but the closing scene with John Wayne in 'The Searchers'.
I love some of the endings mentioned, The Usual Suspects, The Long Good Friday, The Good the Bad and the Ugly and (my favourite film ever) Zulu, but the ending for The Searchers is just great. Great choice.
Now, I am not much of a crier but some films can get to me every now and again. There isn't any rhyme nor reason to it. I recall having a tear in my eye watching Beauty and the Beast FFS! probably the most emotional ending for me was from Life is Beautiful. I won't describe it as it is a bit of a spoiler if anybody makes the effort to watch this beautiful subtitled movie. I promise you the subtitles won't annoy.
Going back a bit but the closing scene with John Wayne in 'The Searchers'.
I love some of the endings mentioned, The Usual Suspects, The Long Good Friday, The Good the Bad and the Ugly and (my favourite film ever) Zulu, but the ending for The Searchers is just great. Great choice.
Can anyone help me understand why Usual Suspects is so popular?
We find out that everything we’ve watched before the end was a lie. We’ve no idea if any of it actually happened. At most we know that there’s a bad guy called Soze and he killed a bunch of people to protect his identity, but not necessarily in the way that we saw. In fact we know that at least half the people - and potentially 90% of them - didn’t exist. That’s not a plot twist that’s... lame!
Bryan Singer said “there’s no right answer” and I’d say that’s because the writing wasn’t smart enough to have one. Just a gimmick ending. Unlike, say, Inception where Nolan insists there is a definitive answer to whether or not Cobb is in the real world.
Some great ones here. My favourite...
The Usual Suspects incredible the first time you see it
Honourable mentions to The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Toy Story 3 and the original Planet of the Apes.
Going back a bit but the closing scene with John Wayne in 'The Searchers'.
I love some of the endings mentioned, The Usual Suspects, The Long Good Friday, The Good the Bad and the Ugly and (my favourite film ever) Zulu, but the ending for The Searchers is just great. Great choice.
Can anyone help me understand why Usual Suspects is so popular?
We find out that everything we’ve watched before the end was a lie. We’ve no idea if any of it actually happened. At most we know that there’s a bad guy called Soze and he killed a bunch of people to protect his identity, but not necessarily in the way that we saw. In fact we know that at least half the people - and potentially 90% of them - didn’t exist. That’s not a plot twist that’s... lame!
Bryan Singer said “there’s no right answer” and I’d say that’s because the writing wasn’t smart enough to have one. Just a gimmick ending. Unlike, say, Inception where Nolan insists there is a definitive answer to whether or not Cobb is in the real world.
Going back a bit but the closing scene with John Wayne in 'The Searchers'.
I love some of the endings mentioned, The Usual Suspects, The Long Good Friday, The Good the Bad and the Ugly and (my favourite film ever) Zulu, but the ending for The Searchers is just great. Great choice.
Can anyone help me understand why Usual Suspects is so popular?
We find out that everything we’ve watched before the end was a lie. We’ve no idea if any of it actually happened. At most we know that there’s a bad guy called Soze and he killed a bunch of people to protect his identity, but not necessarily in the way that we saw. In fact we know that at least half the people - and potentially 90% of them - didn’t exist. That’s not a plot twist that’s... lame!
Bryan Singer said “there’s no right answer” and I’d say that’s because the writing wasn’t smart enough to have one. Just a gimmick ending. Unlike, say, Inception where Nolan insists there is a definitive answer to whether or not Cobb is in the real world.
Going back a bit but the closing scene with John Wayne in 'The Searchers'.
I love some of the endings mentioned, The Usual Suspects, The Long Good Friday, The Good the Bad and the Ugly and (my favourite film ever) Zulu, but the ending for The Searchers is just great. Great choice.
Can anyone help me understand why Usual Suspects is so popular?
We find out that everything we’ve watched before the end was a lie. We’ve no idea if any of it actually happened. At most we know that there’s a bad guy called Soze and he killed a bunch of people to protect his identity, but not necessarily in the way that we saw. In fact we know that at least half the people - and potentially 90% of them - didn’t exist. That’s not a plot twist that’s... lame!
Bryan Singer said “there’s no right answer” and I’d say that’s because the writing wasn’t smart enough to have one. Just a gimmick ending. Unlike, say, Inception where Nolan insists there is a definitive answer to whether or not Cobb is in the real world.
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.....and when someone starts the ‘greatest movie trilogy ever’ thread I’ll say the same.
But, you are right, my trilogy thread thing doesn’t work. Thanks for the reminder.
The preacher's monologue...wow.
Life of Brian - Always look on the bright side of life!
Memento
The Machinist
The Mist
But Planet of the Apes is still the daddy for me. Maybe because I saw it as a kid and was truly gobsmacked. No Internet to spoil it then
Whiplash
The Lives of Others
We find out that everything we’ve watched before the end was a lie. We’ve no idea if any of it actually happened. At most we know that there’s a bad guy called Soze and he killed a bunch of people to protect his identity, but not necessarily in the way that we saw. In fact we know that at least half the people - and potentially 90% of them - didn’t exist. That’s not a plot twist that’s... lame!
It's a great film.