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Submitted by animal on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 01:22
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Ok, so after watching Inception, I watched a movie called "The New Daughter" at my house. Not to mention, I had also watched Shutter Island before either of these.So what do these three movies have in common? Simple--they all have either Unfinished endings, or an ending that is very vague in answer.  *SPOILER ALERTS* HIGHLIGHT TO SEE:In INCEPTION, They left the ending totally open and unexplained as to whether it was real or it was a dream. In The New Daughter, they left the ending open as to whether his father made it out alive and the ultimate fate of everyone. In Shutter Island, they left the ending open as to whether or not he was faking it.  Me personally, I don't like movies that don't have a full ending. When I watch a movie, I want CLOSURE, I want ANSWERS, I want an ENDING! I don't even care if it doesn't end so well for the protagonist(s)--I just want an ending!Does this bother anyone else? Does anyone out there like this type of ending? What do you expect out of an ending? Please share

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Submitted by Jamesbloke on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 05:47

Hmmm, I do like closure and in some cases, yes, I do feel robbed when the film seems unfinished. However, that said, I love coming out of a film with lots of questions to talk about. Transcending the Arse of Reason in time for last orders

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Submitted by animal on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 11:19

I enjoy a great conversation. I love conversating about movies. I come to this forum just to conversate about movies. I just don't like it when the conversation is something along the lines of "would it have killed them to finish this thing?"

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Submitted by Bliss on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 13:14

This doesn't relate to movies but it does the subject matter.I recently bought a collection of the last 5 issues of my favorite comic book series "Ultimate Spiderman" called Ultimatum. It was the ending of the series that ran from 2000-2009 and I've almost every issue and have a massive collection of it. It was written by Brian Micheal Bendis (one of my favorite authors) and the whole series followed Peter Parker in his high school years so the whole series he was 15 but it was really great I'd defiantly recommend it. Anyway the ending of the series I'll throw up a spoilerEnded with the vague ending hinting that he died in a tital wave sent by Magneto. It actually ended after 10 years with the family crying looking at his mask then in a cartoony text it said "END!"Now I feel cheated it was probably the most cliche way to end it and It's such a let down he really crafted the world well and took a while to establish the story arcs like 10 issues each. I feel the ending should have been way happier and uplifting for such an acclaimed series especially since it was only spidermans HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. Truth be told the story is still going just under a new name "Ultimate Comics Spiderman" but I have no interest in reading it anymore.

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Submitted by crazynicachu on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 20:10

I read all of the ultimate spiderman comics.  Also read all of the ultimate x men, and yeah I agree. Ultimatum was a big disappointment. Is like they were in a hurry to wrap the whole thing up.  And now the new ultimate comics are kind of a let down. That's why I'm switching to hellboy and BPRD.By the way I read your spoiler and you should know the story doesn't end there for spiderman. I'm not sure if you read "ultimate spiderman Requiem". It shows you the real ending and what happened to him.

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Submitted by Bliss on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 20:47

I'm aware of that, haven't read it but I realise that it's the beginning of Ultimate Comics but It's still not the ending for me.

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Submitted by Ronin on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 14:30

 I haven't seen the other movie you mention, but what was vague about Shutter Island?  Everything was wrapped up fairly neatly.   Big time Shutter Island Spoilers:DiCaprio's character, even after conquering his insanity decides that he doesn't want to live with the memories of his wife and children, so he plays it off like he reverted so he can get the labotomy.  Was there some other plot thread left dangling that I'm not remembering?      End spoilers  NickelCrew.net 

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Submitted by animal on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 19:02

Actually, now that you mention it, I just thought that it was a really crappy ending. I mean they said that he broke through before and reverted so we really don't know if he was pretending or not. Either way, I have a slight problem with watching an overly depressing movie only to see an overly depressing ending.

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Submitted by crazynicachu on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 20:03

I think the unfinished ending works well in some movies. It kinda leaves a mistery on it...However in some movies the abrupt unfinished ending is kinda annoying. And the movie that comes to my mind is the blair witch project.... I hate that ending, even though the movie was ok.  

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Submitted by Daniel on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 12:46

no country for old men.  That ending is so swift, made me feel cheated.  but I don't really want to say it sucked because it didn't end the way I wanted it to.  Just left me saying "no!  no!  I wasn't ready yet!"

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Submitted by animal on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 14:10

It seems like ending a movie is somewhat of an artform in itself. You don't want it to drag on and on, then it takes away from the climax; and you don't want it to end to early because the audience feels cheated. You also have to have the right mix of action and closure, otherwise it will become anti-climactic.It seems that by leaving the ending vague, they make it end too soon or use it as a way to not drag it out too long.

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