lol same experience here. i had a giant soda and it wanted to come out but that ending kept going and going.
The most obviously tacked-on movie endings ever (Spoiler tags).
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Violence Jack
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The US ending to The Descent comes to mind.
Also, Event Horizon. That movie just got more chopped the longer it went, and yes I know the MPAA made Paul Anderson cut a ton from the film. It's still a good movie, but the ending was pretty awful.
Also, Event Horizon. That movie just got more chopped the longer it went, and yes I know the MPAA made Paul Anderson cut a ton from the film. It's still a good movie, but the ending was pretty awful.
ROTK is probably my favorite movie ending of all time. That is how you wrap up an epic trilogy.
It definitely is.
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a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
They changed the ending to the Descent?!
That's criminal, the ending was incredible.
Is there a directors cut to event horizon? I never knew the cut stuff
EatinOlives
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The World's End.
Should've ended with
Everything that ensued was extremely cringe-y, not funny, and really soured me on the entire film.
Should've ended with
all technology has disappeared from earth.
peanutbutterlatte
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Nah, it was really clever and funny. Couldn't have ended any other way, and was a great conclusion to Gary's arc. He's not really reformed in any meaningful way except reliance on alcohol. And that's fine.
"Four tap waters please"
Best Cornetto film.
Coreda
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Mightn't fall directly into the 'tacked-on' category but Minority Report. Ruined a fairly decent watch with Spielberg's
(not story spoilers just commenting on the tone). Should have expected as much but would be re-watchable except for it, though it's been a while seen I've seen the film so perhaps I'd have a different impression the film's general quality.
sappy ending, tonally going in an opposite direction
The ending to Cloverfield Lane made sense in the context of the film. It reveals that the film is actually
And as has been mentioned, it was thematically fit for the lead's character arc. Definitely not tacked on - it's what the film was about.
The ending for the first of the recent reboot Muppet films felt tacked on, because it was. It was an unhappy, or at least bittersweet, ending, and the happy one that played out of nowhere in the closing credits was done at the last minute. Awful.
science fiction, and contextualizes things that happen earlier. The rolling blackouts, the lack of radio communication in the bunker. The woman melting from the alien's weapon, seen used later. The relative lack of activity on the surface. All those clues built up to revealing what was actually happening.
And as has been mentioned, it was thematically fit for the lead's character arc. Definitely not tacked on - it's what the film was about.
The ending for the first of the recent reboot Muppet films felt tacked on, because it was. It was an unhappy, or at least bittersweet, ending, and the happy one that played out of nowhere in the closing credits was done at the last minute. Awful.
Blade runner of course. It literally is tagged on and features out-takes of The Shining, hasty last minute VO work and some quick extra footage grabbed.
ROTK doesn't count BTW as whether you think it's overlong or not (it's not!) it's of a piece with the whole and wasn't tacked on or an afterthought in any way. In fact it's a cut down and shortened version of the actual (book) endding (much as the films are cut down and shortened versions of the book).
ROTK doesn't count BTW as whether you think it's overlong or not (it's not!) it's of a piece with the whole and wasn't tacked on or an afterthought in any way. In fact it's a cut down and shortened version of the actual (book) endding (much as the films are cut down and shortened versions of the book).
wanderingprostheyltite
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Yep, they're essentially whining about established folklore. Reading most any interview with the director shows he did painstaking research on the beliefs endemic to Calvinists and that region/era. Fantastic film.
I don't think that's what their saying abut Cloverfield Lane though.
There talking about how theirs a giant action scene involving a mutant space dog and an alien space ship. That was all unneeded but they included it because the movie has to have a big fight scene apparently. The movie should have ended with her standing on top of the car seeing the spaceship in the distance.She realizes that John Goodman was not entirely wrong about their situation even though he was indeed crazy. The problem isn't the fact that there is aliens in the movie. The problem is that the movie was about whether or not John Goodman was insane or not. If something really was outside the bunker or not. As soon as she sees the spaceship the movie is over. But big action scene where she throws a Molotov into big alien spaceship mouth.
It's a great movie but if/when I ever watch it again I know exactly where I'll press stop.
deadscreensky
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You're welcome to dislike it, obviously, but calling the Witch's ending "tacked-on" is nonsense. Absolutely everything in the film is building towards that point. Remove the ending and your story is gone.
The reversal the film pulls in the last few minutes, where a 'bad ending' instead becomes something you almost want to celebrate, is brilliant. Nearly everybody is dead and it's still a happy ending.
There's also no reason to assume it's actually happening, if you prefer to stick with the isolated people eating rotten, hallucinogenic corn and going crazy angle. There's blatant narrative 'mistakes' going on (like the disappearance of the Twins) that either add to the horror or suggest we're witnessing insane delusions. And what happens is extremely plausible as a drugged fantasy from some young, dying girl living in that period, driven to madness.
The devil tempts her with butter. That's how terrible and limited her poor life was, that's how trapped and powerless she was. Brilliant.
There's also no reason to assume it's actually happening, if you prefer to stick with the isolated people eating rotten, hallucinogenic corn and going crazy angle. There's blatant narrative 'mistakes' going on (like the disappearance of the Twins) that either add to the horror or suggest we're witnessing insane delusions. And what happens is extremely plausible as a drugged fantasy from some young, dying girl living in that period, driven to madness.
The devil tempts her with butter. That's how terrible and limited her poor life was, that's how trapped and powerless she was. Brilliant.
nkarafo
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Thank you.
That was exactly what i meant in the OP, i thought it was obvious. My problem wasn't the reveal that
it was aliens
TheUsual
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No director's cut unfortunately. Rumor is that extra footage is lost.
The ending of 10 CL is pretty good, imo. As someone else rightly said: tension and release.
I'll nominate:
Prometheus
Boxing Helena
Indiana Jones 4
The Devil Inside
Damn, these posts are horrible.
I'll nominate:
Prometheus
tacking on the Alien gene.
Boxing Helena
- It was all a dream!
Indiana Jones 4
- I'm not saying it was aliens...
The Devil Inside
- Before the story concludes, the screen switches to a referral to a website for more information.
Damn, these posts are horrible.
The ending should've been even longer. I wanted the Scourging of the Shire.
It's always fun seeing this complaint. Book readers are mostly like "It's good, but where's the Scouring of the Shire?" and non-readers are always like "Why does this keep going on?!"
I'm not sure if this belongs here though. This thread is about tacted on endings, this is the opposite of tacked on since it's pretty much the same as in the book. It would've been really odd if the film ended after the destruction of Barad-Dur.
SkyMasterson
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It's funny, A.I. had a similar problem. Haven't watched it since I saw it in theaters but I remember it going on ten minutes past what I thought would be the ending and would have preferred.
The early 2000's were weird for Spielberg. He made some really great movies, but couldn't quite finish them off like they should have been.
Worst post in forever.
Also, roughly 80% of Bruce Lee's Game Of Death was tacked on, including its ending.
Several Bruce Lee stand-ins were used, footage from older Bruce Lee movies was repurposed, a flippin' cardboard cut-out of his face was clumsily taped to a mirror and to top it all of, actual footage of his funeral was used to stitch this shameless mess of a film together.
Several Bruce Lee stand-ins were used, footage from older Bruce Lee movies was repurposed, a flippin' cardboard cut-out of his face was clumsily taped to a mirror and to top it all of, actual footage of his funeral was used to stitch this shameless mess of a film together.
nkarafo
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The
action scene
I love,love,love The Force Awakens and i know the entire point was to get to
The ending where
makes me wonder if Rian Johnson asked JJ to add it on, it is well known that Rian collaborated with JJ to add in a few bits that would fit Rians story, especially since Episode 8 is going to start up at that exact moment where it ended, which now leaves me wondering what the crawl will say, theres not much room for it.
to me maybe they could have ended it where
Luke
The ending where
Rey meets Luke
to me maybe they could have ended it where
Rey and Chewie get in the Falcon and the Rebels are waving them off, that truly feels more like a traditional Star Wars ending, and maybe if they really wanted to the Luke Scene should have been a mid/post Credits scene.
That was definitely for audiences. It interrupts the flow of the movie and feels a bit like Return of the King, wait there's more, but I'm glad it happened just for confirmation purposes.
obin_gam
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Not even the most evil corporate suit would blue ball an audience like that.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
YES. I agree completely.
I'm okay with it. The music always makes me laugh, but I don't think my heart could take Peter and Fran killing themselves.
Completely agree there was no valid reason for that decision.
Oh my family which I really loved just got murdered by evil forces. Well time to join them, become some monster and perpetuate this evil I guess...
Yeah, I generally would have liked the movie to end with
the idea that Rey and chewie have to go on a long journey to find Luke. In the movie it looked more like a 10 minute ride, which then also brings up questions like why Leia didn't join them.
IISANDERII
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Heheh yes 100%.
Cuban Legend
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you are dead wrong about this. Mr Glass was a core part of almost the entirety of the film.
And it wouldn't be right. The film needed that kind of hero-like moment and it's awesome.
Yes, it was.
If it ends with her staring at an alien ship, there's no pay off to her arc. Her escaping from JG is still her running away from a situation, her fighting aliens is her accepting a situation and dealing with it, and her choosing to help other survivors is her running to something.
That's far more satisfying than "oh shit, alien ship", which is actually the ham ending.
That's far more satisfying than "oh shit, alien ship", which is actually the ham ending.
The family in The Witch was so amazingly fucked up tho. Like holy shit, the implications of what that family is actually like via hints and subtext is as scary as anything the film makes implicit.
Fancy Clown
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Totally agree.
Ending when everyone is frozen in a moment of happiness
Happy Feet fits really well. It starts off as a cute movie about penguins and then around halfway through, the plot wrenches itself around in the most hamfisted way to beat you over the head to a completely unrecognizable pulp with an environmentalist message.
Totally agree. And if they wanted to
take the angle that they did, they could have just continued the freeze frame and jumped straight to the lady getting the phone message from the guy. No need for all the middle ending-not-an-ending stuff.
nkarafo
Member
Actually no. That analogy is false.
Escaping from that bunker (while killing her kidnapper and destroying the place in the process)
How else would you deal in a situation like this?
Just because you have to leave the place it doesn't mean you escape from the situation. You are dealing with the situation by escaping. That's how you deal a situation where you are kidnapped and locked in somewhere. And she even managed to destroy the place and kill her kidnapper. What else would you want?
So the
action scene
Violence Jack
Member
Anderson said a few years ago that they supposedly found a VHS tape with all of the deleted footage, but that was the last I heard of it. If it does exist and they haven't released a DC yet, I guess that means Paramount doesn't like money cause that thing would sell gangbusters just like a fully uncut Friday the 13th box set would.
Many images and descriptions of the cut scenes can be found on the Internet. But fair warning, they are pretty fucked up.