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12-17-2009, 10:17 AM
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I Confess a Shiver
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Movies that DON'T have happy endings...
May contain spoilers.
Memento - Guy Pearce decides that the only real purpose in his life is to keep hunting. The Mist - Thomas Jane kills his kid and friends for what turns out to be no reason. The Thing - Kurt Russell freezes to death in a showdown after destroying the compound. Taxi Driver - Robert Deniro's character isn't capable of being happy after extracting "justice." ... TFP? Last edited by Plan9; 12-17-2009 at 10:47 AM.. |
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12-17-2009, 10:25 AM
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Independence day, they save the world with a mac. a virus from a mac....
right um... oh right you meant plot based? not how I felt after the movie was over? Cuz I mean I wanted to punch every person in the theater after I saw that. mmm, maybe braveheart & troy but I consider both of those to be neutral "martyr" style movies. Requiem for a Dream, but that was so over the top with the simultaneous "hey these people are in the shitter" montage that I was just kinda like a cross between wanting to throw up or laugh uncontrollably Not sure if it qualifies.. Fight Club. Not sure that was a "happy" ending. It was certainly an awesome ending I thought just because it fully delivered on the proper "fuck it all" attitude that the represented for the previous 2 hours. Last edited by Shauk; 12-17-2009 at 10:35 AM.. |
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12-17-2009, 11:14 AM
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Spoiler: The movie had totally different ending than the book. In the book, Marla brings all the support group people up to the top floor of the building as the bomb should have gone off in all the buildings. Seems Tyler built the bombs wrong and none of them work. The Narrator gets throw in the loony bin and sets himself up as a kind of "martyr". He thinks he is dead and in heaven. He thinks his doctor is God and the orderlies are angels. As he walks past the orderlies with punched out eyes, they thank him for his sacrifice. They tell him everything is going according to the plan and they look forward to getting him back. ***** The ones listed (Fight club, Requiem) and the martyr films (Braveheart, 300). Empire Strikes Back. Han's in Carbonite, Luke is handless, Rebels are on the run, and Luke found out his daddy was a whiny bitch, I mean Darth Vader.
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12-17-2009, 11:27 AM
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Poor Thelma & Louise.
Their inevitable demise was the only route they could take. They were victims of stereotypical writing. Self-Painted into a corner, the filmmakers offed themselves, vicariously. Last edited by ring; 12-17-2009 at 11:32 AM.. Reason: m |
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12-17-2009, 11:37 AM
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warrior bodhisattva
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12 Monkeys
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12-17-2009, 11:44 AM
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From a human perspective,
I s'pose 'On the beach' might qualify. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(novel) |
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12-17-2009, 01:20 PM
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On the Beach
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Robocop Schindler's List Saving Private Ryan
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12-17-2009, 01:52 PM
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Please touch this.
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New one out: Up In The Air.
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12-17-2009, 02:38 PM
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American History X. Sheesh.
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12-17-2009, 03:00 PM
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Public Enemies
Zodiac (freaking hated that movie anyway) Red Cliff Audition Gozu Ichi the Killer Hannibal i hate happy endings.
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12-17-2009, 03:02 PM
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warrior bodhisattva
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Casino
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12-17-2009, 03:56 PM
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Location: Toronto
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Time Bandits
I'm still shocked by what happens to the kid's parents. I wonder what Gilliam was thinking.
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12-17-2009, 04:06 PM
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warrior bodhisattva
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The Blair Witch Project
Cloverfield
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12-17-2009, 04:14 PM
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Stick it in your five hole!
Location: Michigan, USA
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3:10 to Yuma, although not unexpected
The Mist, already listed, but it is the most depressing ending I've ever seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Saving Private Ryan The Professional Dead Poets Society, this one actually brings tears Fallen Matrix Revolution, just a really crappy feeling at the end Fearless Cowboy Bebop series, one of the greatest unhappy endings ever |
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12-17-2009, 05:09 PM
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Of the ones that haven't been mentioned yet:
Oldboy The Butterfly Effect (the original, not the theatrical ending which sucked huge balls). Jacob's Ladder The Midnight Meat Train Silent Hill Secret Window Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Pay It Forward K-PAX - not exactly sad, but doesn't give the feeling of closure, which is pretty different from a normal happy end.
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12-17-2009, 05:28 PM
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Does Seven Pounds count? It's not exactly a surprise.
Anyone put enough thought into Hard Candy enough to think about the implications of the ending? I definitely wouldn't class it as 'happy'
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12-17-2009, 05:47 PM
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Manon of the Spring
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12-17-2009, 06:13 PM
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The Karate Kid - Johnny Lawrence of the Cobra Kai Dojo in Karate Kid got beaten by that kid for New Jersey, from New Jersey you know where Snooki and The Situation are from.
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12-17-2009, 07:08 PM
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warrior bodhisattva
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The Usual Suspects
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot |
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12-17-2009, 07:16 PM
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With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much
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Are we talking good feeling happy endings? Or happy endings where not everybody dies?
Thelma & Louise The Little Match Girl Terminator Alien Alien 3 Brian's Song
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