Worst ending to a film

[Third Man]

Originally Posted by dremble wedge The ending of No Country for Old Men was met by me (and others) with general indifference.

What was so bad about it?

It was anticlimatic, demure, nonconformist and subtle.

Simon

[nandywell]

I totally agree with you, I thought it was a great ending. Add these words to your list too Third Man:

Enigmatic, ambiguous & unorthodox.

It would have been so easy to have inserted a hollywood ending, but no the Coen brothers chose not to. Great film-making.

[Marky B]

Originally Posted by m35541 When I was little I hated the ending to The Italian Job although I can appreciate it better now that I'm grown up.

For me,it was ideal:they didn't get away with it,and they weren't caught.....
Ta Ta
Marky B

[dremble wedge]

Originally Posted by Third Man What was so bad about it? It was anticlimatic, demure, nonconformist and subtle. Simon

It not the unconventiality I'm averse to, it's the ellipsis masked as profundity.

Mind you lots did like it and it certainly got people talking about it,

[J. J.]

An interesting film with a bad ending:

Hell in the Pacific (1968)



Fortunately, the DVD version includes the alternate ending, which was suggested by Lee Marvin.

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[christoph404]

Originally Posted by J. J. An interesting film with a bad ending: Hell in the Pacific (1968) Fortunately, the DVD version includes the alternate ending, which was suggested by Lee Marvin. .

I have seen both endings screened on TV on different occasions. I think the original ending was the shell hitting the building they are in and the film ends with an explosion. That was deemed to bleak so their is a version where they simply walk outside the derelict building and the film ends there. I haven't seen the DVD, whats on there J.J.?

[davidb]

wasnt really happy with the ending to this is england ,preferred some of the alternative endings on the dvd ,

[J. J.]

Originally Posted by christoph404 I have seen both endings screened on TV on different occasions. I think the original ending was the shell hitting the building they are in and the film ends with an explosion. That was deemed to bleak so their is a version where they simply walk outside the derelict building and the film ends there. I haven't seen the DVD, whats on there J.J.?

I believe this is the most recent DVD version.
I don't recall a commentary or any significant DVD special features apart from the alternate ending.

In the released-version ending, a bomb lands on and destroys the building sheltering the two characters; this immediately follows an argument in which both have, sadly, reverted to their original misunderstanding and antagonism.
The alternate ending shows them, after their argument, unhappily and angrily packing up their gear, reassuming their former identities as enemies and separately walking out of the building.

(I think it's a good film and I wish it were more widely known.)
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[CaptainWaggett]

If we're doing alternative endings, the scene tacked on to the US version of Kind Hearts and Coronets, while it doesn't actually ruin the film, does show a certain lack of subtlety.

[batman]

I prefer to think that Suspicion ended with CG carrying the luminous milk up the stairs.

[CaptainWaggett]

The Strange Affar of Uncle Harry has a cringe-making ending, though, as with The Mousetrap, the audience is sworn to secrecy about what it is so you'll have to see the film to find it out.

[donna]

has anyone watched a film a few years ago but are uncertain about the ending, I watched Castaway last week on telly with Tom Hanks and for the life of me couldnt remember the final part. I thought when he got picked up from the island and cleaned up and shaved that the credits were in site, but no, and son wasnt sure either when I asked him how it ended. so does that make it a duff film or the script.

[trelawnee]

..I was sort of hoping that this time Sean Bury would escape his pursuers and get back to Anicee Alvina.

[john audley]

I always consider that the Flight of the Phoenix (original film) had a poor ending. A brilliant film throughout but ends in a whimper rather than a heroes welcome with the plane and the designer really made something of by the oil base crew perhaps with the media covering big-time. One should see the plane actually landing.

The League of Gentleman (original film) received a bad press on release I think because of the Military ending rather than just the characters being arrested by the Police.

High Noon was slated throughout by John Wayne who hated the film. He said so on Parkinson. No American community would behave like that - he said. Behaving like cowards - as he put it. From a cinema art point of view a great film of cause but Wayne said it was due to the 'socialistic' tendencies of Hollywood that had to be rooted out.

[Marky B]

Originally Posted by john audley High Noon was slated throughout by John Wayne who hated the film. He said so on Parkinson. No American community would behave like that - he said. Behaving like cowards - as he put it. From a cinema art point of view a great film of cause but Wayne said it was due to the 'socialistic' tendencies of Hollywood that had to be rooted out.

Probably jealous he wasn't in it. One of the finest westerns ever made.
Ta Ta
Marky B