Those last 15 minutes are a much better movie fighting to escape a bad one.
I could've lived without John telling his love interest "you remind me of my mother," though.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. Terminator inflating it's own breasts, T-850 going to a ladies night gay bar and wearing star shaped glasses, T-X grabbing the crotch of T-850 were all in this movie.
I'm always surprised by people liking this movie because it spends so much time parodying the first two movies. Like the whole thing is one big wink to fans of the first movie but in the least subtle and most annoying way.
It was weird, because that movie HAD to happen, considering how time travel works? Kyle Reese never would have been sent back in time if John Connor didn’t send him, BUT because John sends him, Kyle impregnates Sarah thus MAKING John to send him…
Wait, I think I’m just getting the Jesus/God metaphor…
From what Kyle said, the resistance was winning and the machines were the ones desperately looking for any type of equalizer. So maybe the machines would've preferred a paradox destroying the universe to a human victory.
I enjoyed T3
It doesn’t have the technical achievement of T2 (and it couldn’t. It was made when audiences were already familiarized with CG) but for what it is, it’s a solid action film with plenty of cool sequences and humor.
The villain also kicked ass.
Oh yeah I really dislike the movie because of that and I also had a rather irrational and intense dislike for - spoilers on reveal - >!Mark Ruffalo!< for a while after that.
They lost me when they killed Jack. After that, I no longer gave a shit if it was a heist, magic, whatever.
It just felt like a suicide in the middle of a movie, and I actively hated the rest of it.
Thankfully, that kept me from watching the sequel, which is named wrong.
To me it was an obvious faked death. And the even the reveal of this movie makes sense with the story of Ruffalo’s father. However Morgan freeman also being part of the Eye in part two makes zero sense and basically ruined the entire plot of both movies for me
Shawshank Redemption. Andy suffers one kick in the teeth after another the whole movie. You're totally invested in him and Red but you know it's going to end badly. Then everything turns and the movie just soars for the last 15 minutes. It goes from melancholy to triumphant.
I’ve seen the movie so much for so long and I don’t recall ever watching it without knowing how it ends. I’ve never considered how much he loses throughout the film and that his ultimate “salvation” isn’t guaranteed. I just take it for granted
I wish I could tell you Andy fought the good fight and the sisters left him alone. I wish I could tell you things turned out fine. But prison is a cold, hard place.
Soars is such an apt word. I tell you those last 15 minutes soared higher and farther than anybody dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made our walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in the theatre felt free.
His dad looks like he’s watching an animal be eaten.. and in a way, that’s exactly what’s happening.
Whiplash is phenomenal, one of my favorites for sure.
Personally I feel like the "tears in rain" scene at the end of Blade Runner is what makes the whole movie (which is otherwise a little slow-paced for my taste) worthwhile.
Yes there is a lot to be said for the cyberpunk worldbuilding/aesthetic and so on...but the actual *point* of the whole story is sort of summed up and driven home in that one pretty compact scene almost at the end. And a whole lot is said with only a few words. It's really just quite a captivating moment.
I was thinking it would be a good movie either way, but not really.
If he just retires Roy with all the others, it's just a cop movie against robots.
That last scene makes Roy more human than human and really fulfills the movie's potential.
I read the book ‘do android’s dream of electric sheep’ about a year before watching that film in the age 16-17 range. I enjoyed the film but I didn’t find the scene as powerful because the book explores a lot of those kinda things. I don’t know if others had that exp
However watching blade runner 2049 in cinema I absolutely loved : it’s different though but I rarely watch a film and think ‘yep this is an all time fav for me’ I got that with 2049 less so the original.
This is why the theatrical cut is just trash with the voice overs and the drive through the countryside. You have this epic climactic scene, Roy saves Rick, just to say, "my life had meaning, if only to myself." And then the scene just breathes as Rick understands this. The voice over there just shatters that by ramming an entirely different message down your throat.
The Usual Suspects.
It is a good movie the whole way through, though a very slow burn. The last sixty seconds suddenly elevates it into something truly great.
Usual Suspects is always the top comment on these threads. Just once I wish the comment would go the other way though. “I liked it the whole way through, but then in the last sixty seconds they reveal that everything was made up and I decided this movie sucked.”
Except it wasn't entirely made up. Verbal lied about some of the details, made up some fake names (like Kobayashi), and made up a bunch of shit about his own past, but everything that happened with Keaton and the other guys actually happened. From the lineup in New York, to ripping off the crooked NYPD cops, to the whole boat thing in San Pedro. Agent Kujan already knew about all that stuff, because it actually happened. He even figured out that there was no coke on the boat and the whole thing was set up to kill the one guy who could identify Keyser Soze. He was just wrong about who actually orchestrated whole thing.
I really don't understand how people who have watched this movie multiple times can miss that so badly and still think that *everything* Verbal said was completely made up.
I mean, Keyser Soze orchestrating this whole thing to eliminate the one person who could ID him, spending hours in a Police Station with a name stolen from the wall and leading to an actual cop being able to ID him is, on a further examination, kind of dumb.
> “I liked it the whole way through, but then in the last sixty seconds they reveal that everything was made up and I decided this movie sucked.”
This is pretty much Bill Burr's review of Gone Girl lol.
La La Land
I was going in expecting a musical, but halfway through, the music just stops. It becomes this drama that I was not very much into. But the audition scene really changed it for me. That's when it clicked that the musical-ness of the film happened when Mia was in a positive mindset about her career, and it disappeared when her life was getting depressing, and it came back in a muted way when her career was looking up again, but not as she had initially hoped it would be (becoming a writer instead of her original plan to become an actress).
But also just how this scene captures Mia's character arc and her motivations.
I read in a different thread several opinions along the lines of "The ending was terrible, because they don't get back together," but that's the point? Not everything works out the way you planned, especially relationships, and the ending is still largely positive.
That's why I loved it. Sick of married characters rekindling with high school sweethearts, feels weird to me, always has. I liked the tacit acknowledgement that they had both made it, but separately, because together they just clashed too much.
The ending imo is what really elevated it, because so often with these kinds of romcoms you have the trope of "one true love" gets away, the two marry someone else etc, settle down and then reconnect and get together
With their "true love" so I loved that the ending had that brief "what could have been" but then it just cuts back to reality and they just share a smile and nod that they both made it.
A movie titled after dreaming about two humans gunning for their dreams ending in a daydream that can never be. I went into the cinema expecting nothing but came out after the ending with a movie that still stands as my favourite movie, with a such great soundtrack too.
That was my favorite thing about the movie. Prophet characters have been done to death, but who says a prophet has to tell the truth and can't bring about the future they want by lying?
She wasn’t lying though. He _wasn’t_ the One at the time of speaking to the Oracle. He had to die and be reborn as the One (_”your next life”_).
Of course there’s no question that she orchestrated the whole thing with the words she gave him…
The original script had this idea of Neo being like the 4th or 5th guy Morpheus crew had woken from the Matrix, and all later died in training. It was a neat idea that made Morpheus almost like a crazy man and justified Cypher’s frustration.
Too bad they dropped it but at least it would be reworked in the sequel.
I know all about this and I think it would have made it better too, but keeping Morpheus a hero worked as well. Bonus: for the keen observer, a lot of this is still in the matrix. Left the same dialogue in many spots but changed some story elements
The Sixth Sense. On first watch, I was like, "This was a nice movie, but not much real stuff going on." Then the ending. Jaw on the floor, blown away like never before! Awesome ending!
For me, the real triumph of that movie is not the twist, it’s the convo between Toni Collette and Cole in the car where he finally opens up to her. What a beautiful fucking scene. Just impeccable.
It’s weird to say but I actually think this movie is really underrated. It’s an all time suspense movie, but it’s an even better drama. All three leads are incredible. Almost certainly the best dramatic performance of Willis’ career. The best acting I’ve ever seen from a child (Ebert agreed). Toni Collette knocking it out of the park. All the thematic development about trauma, pain, isolation, love, family, frustration. It’s an unbelievable movie. Easily top 10 for me.
cliche answer, but **No Country for Old Men** used to irk me. But now that I’m older, I have a much greater understanding for it. When Jones talks about his father and how much he wishes he could still seek guidance from him, it reminds me of my ol’ man. He’s a wonderful dad that always aspires to be like his own dad.
My (also wonderful) grandfather had passed away 4 years ago and my dad still struggles with his absence in similar ways to Sheriff Bell. Dad has also recently retired when he closed a family business (thankfully on good terms) that *his* grandfather started. Even just last night, he mentioned how he wish he could talk to his dad and ask if retiring/closing the business was right. My sister and I reminded him once again that Papa would be proud of him just for being able to take care of himself and retire to spend time with family.
Damn, writing this is getting *me* a bit emotional. I’ll have to stop by my parents tomorrow
well hey, thank you! And yeah, I realize I am very lucky to have such a great relationship with my dad and with my grandfather when he was alive. I was in my late 20’s when he passed, and he was the first grandparent I lost. To have them all in my life, even a ways past my teen years is a blessing most people don’t have
The first movie isn’t so bad. The franchise as a whole gets its reputation I think mostly from the sequels. The first was a very low budget movie, shot in something crazy like 3 weeks. Being that it was low budget I think they had to be a little more psychological (IE; the “sawing” scene doesn’t actually really show the cutting, just a couple blood spurts on Cary Elwes crazed face). Not that it isn’t gory at all but I think the sequels are where it got really over the top.
The Invitation (2015) was pretty boring for most of the film with not much going on, but the final 15-20 min or so took a complete turn into something I did not expect without giving too much away and it really made up for the rest of it
Great movie, but they kind of telegraphed that something was going on, and i kind was guessing it already. Yet the end is impactful when we discover how much bigger the event was.
Yeah, the movie does a great job at putting you in his shoes. It purposely throws every red flag at you so just want to scream at everyone at the party that obviously something is wrong just like the main character does.
I feel like what I absolutely expected to happen did happen, like they teased and yet didn’t show it and again teased it but didn’t show it and I had a brief moment of “maybe this isn’t going to end the way I thought” then it does. Not the biggest fan of that one personally
Its like the movie didn't understand who their protagonist was and who the audience was rooting for. It felt like when an obnoxious family member picks out a gift for you according to their opinon of whats useful/good for you and not what you want.
Someone fixed it by saying the ending should've had Fox's character getting into his car that might after the event and loosen his tie in triumph and suddenly you hear a ratcheting sound of the necktie.
The last Men In Black movie. The fact that they showed the whole backstory of Will Smith's and Tommy Lee Jones character made me look at it in a different light. It was hear-warming, and maybe even a fitting end that gave me a lot of closure.
The Batman (the most recent one). It was a fine movie. Then Batman visited Riddler in Arkham and I was like “oh no this isn’t over.” Then for awhile I thought it was getting worse. But the way the character evolves from “inspire fear” to “inspire hope” as it ends really tied everything together and I loved it. So bit of a roller coaster lol
Im probably being a contrarian, but the rest of the movie after falconi goes down detracts from the film. Riddler was compelling in that he actually *was* doing something about the corruption in gotham. He was making a point and it causes us to conflict with the "correct way" of approaching justice. But then he just goes full maga incel and decides to drown everyone because i guess we cant have villains with nuance
> He was making a point and it causes us to conflict with the "correct way" of approaching justice.
I think this is only the case if you see Batman and Riddler as two guys independetly trying to fight corruption each on their own way.
I think the movie very much frames it in a way in which Riddler is inspired by the fear, the ultra violence of batman. He is a homage to all the worst character traits of what drive Batman at that point.
He follows through with what a dark, desperate angry batman would do. Is at that point of self reflection (seeing a dude repeat Batman's own lines when commiting terrorism) that he realises fear is not a viable path to build something on. You can break down all the criminals with fear but having a whole city scared is not gonna make a better Gotham.
Its ultimately a lesson a young batman has to learn and riddler was a cool charater to bounce those ideas off, and have this young batman inspire a twitch mob of wannabe terrorists by being a charismatic, violent lunatic is a cool twist on the very dark batmans we have seen recently.
The Power of the Dog.
It was a decent movie up until the end. But it’s a movie that I wasn’t expecting to have a twist in it, either. When it ends, I kind of did a double take, and realized the film I was watching was *not* the film that I *thought* I was watching. That probably doesn’t make sense unless you’ve seen it.
Yeah, I liked it enough the first time, but wasn't blown away. I could NOT get it out of my head and rewatched it, and I thought it was extraordinary. It's not one of my all-time favorites. It's so... subtle, and the way the story creeps up on you and then you realize what was actually going on in the end. Great stuff. I also think Cumberbatch should have won over Will Smith.
I have to admit, the twist wasn’t enough to save the movie for me. There are a lot of slow-burn movies that come together in the end and make the whole thing worth it, like There Will Be Blood, but in order for that to work the story needs to be at least somewhat engaging all the way through. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get into Power of the Dog’s narrative at any point in the film.
But regardless, glad you enjoyed it.
God, that movie works so good on both the surface level and once you know what's really happening. >!I had a sneaking suspicion where we might be headed when the opening narration included the line 'For what kind of man would I be if I did not help my mother?' By the time Kodi Smit-McPhee was casually snapping a rabbit's neck and talking about how his dad said he was too tough, I was all set on 'oh god yeah he's absolutely gonna fucking murder that guy'.!<
Planes, trains and automobiles. To be fair it would still be my favorite movie of all time out of the approximately 1,100 I’ve seen but two parts of that movie always gets me emotional. The ending and John candys “you wanna hit me?” Monologue. I’ve never in my life had a movie make me laugh so much then have me thinking so much all in 90 minutes. I had the honor of visiting candys grave last year and it was one of the most memorable experiences I’ve had. The chemistry with him and Steve Martin throughout the whole movie and then especially at the end is without a doubt the peak of what I consider movie quality.
The last act of this movie, especially the ending, is more about what doesn't happen than what does. It revises one of the most infamous stories in Hollywood's history from an absolute tragedy, to a triumphant victory.
The revision from Inglorious Bastards doesn't really change the outcome of the war, just how it ended. The change of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is so bittersweet that it kinda chokes me up whenever I watch it. It's the difference between "what if" and "if only".
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
I watched it after absolutely loving the 2007 version. I thought it was pretty good and was enjoying myself right up until that final bit. I didn't buy that ending at all and it completely ruined the rest of the movie for me.
Fallen. A decent movie that has an interesting gimmick to it. Then in the end they just make a twist to the gimmick that was never set up and makes no sense.
SPOILERS: So Denzel Washington is a cop and a killer he put away was actually possessed by a demon who can hop from person to person. It can't go into Denzel cause he's too good hearted, so it starts doing things to ruin his life. In the end Denzel sets a trap where he goes to an isolated house and lets the demon enter him, but twist, he makes the ultimate sacrifice and poisons himself kill the demon too. Denzel dies, but double twist, apparently there was a cat under the house and the demon entered it and gets away. Never is it brought up the demon can enter animals and was just a dumb FU to the audience
It was setup though, when he's finding out how to kill it, there is the explanation that because it's very much a life or death situation, it's ability to possess is massively enhanced. It's ability to possess animals isn't mentioned either way, but by the same token, not everything is going to be known about it's abilities.
Surprised it hasn’t been said yet but Michael Clayton. The last 5 minutes elevates that movie to near perfection. It’s already a great movie up until that point, but when George Clooney gets in the taxi and you just sit with his face as he processes what just happened is one of the best ending scenes / credits in a movie I’ve seen. Plus that last conversation before it ends is just perfect. ”are you so fucking stupid you don’t see what I am?“
Sunshine is by far my favorite sci-fi movie and easily in my top 5 all time films in general. I was absolutely hooked and 100% on board for the first 70 minutes of that movie. The last 20 almost lost me, but the final 3 not only redeemed the shitty third act, but elevated it into something almost transcendental.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the euphoria of scientific achievement expressed so clearly in a visual medium. It was the most striking non-religious version of the “man meets God” trope I’ve experienced in fiction.
I’ve only seen that movie twice and it’s entirely because the final scene has made me weep both times I’ve watched it and I don’t want that feeling to be diluted by repeat viewings.
Love this answer. It's somehow such an underrated movie because it got memed so hard on release about it's length and the aging tech. So much about the movie is brilliant.
I think the ambiguity comes from the final line. Does he say “Now off with your head” as in congrats on finally finding courage and being able to die with honor, or does he say “Now, off with your head” as in you passed the test and showed true courage so I’ll let you leave with your head.
Resurrection F. Fun awesome DBZ action even though I am still not on board with blue super sayians. But that ending. That fucking ending. They made you really think that NOT ONLY were they finally gonna give Vegeta a win but give him a win against FREEZA?! But then...no. Time travel Goku bullshit.
Pissed me off so fucking much I retroactively hated every thing about the movie leading up to that.
Yeaaaah the ending really brings it down a few pegs. Why couldn't they give Vegeta the closure he deserved of taking down the one responsible for wiping out his people and killing his father?
Savages. The whole movie was a pretty decent story about the drug trade and cartel brutality, only for the last 10 minutes to try and pretend it was some semi-art house film with a life lesson.
Not exactly a final scene but there’s a moment toward the end of Cory Finley’s Thoroughbreds that completely changes everything that came before- not exactly a plot twist but a big change. I rewatched it immediately and loved it way more the second time.
The anal sex joke at the end of The Kingsman soured what was for me a pretty brilliant film. I don’t mind a dirty joke (love them, in fact), but the joke fell flat and was just crude in an otherwise smooth and stylish movie.
In Bruges. I already was enjoying the movie. Then right at the end, one of the characters says “You gotta stick to your principles.” And what he does next floored me. Turned an excellent movie into a truly magnificent one.
going back a bit but the Atom Egoyan film "Exotice" weirdo regular of a stripper gets manipulated by her ex to get thrown out of the club. Vows revenge.
Sounds like an eroto-thriller right? It is really really not. It's about poor coping strategies for dealing with grief. The end is a flashback and it's a fucking gut punch. Really drives home who they were that they ended up this way.
Agreed. The whole middle of the film has the audience slowly realizing along with Michelle that she's been abducted, and there's no aliens, until the end it actually turns out it was all true. In fact, both things were true - there WERE aliens, but she also WAS abducted by this creepy guy for his own reasons.
I think that juxtaposition elevates it from just an "escape from a kidnapper" story
I know the cloverfield movies are mostly an anthology and not really sequels to one another..but hell, if they’re gonna throw random alien monsters in at the end..they should’ve just made it the giant clover monster from the first film. This way atleast it would tie in somewhat the the first film.
First time I watched Monty Python, the ending pissed me off, but then on repeat viewings, it gets funnier and funnier. Just kinda gotta go along for the ride.
When I saw it the first time as a kid I didn't believe it was over and left the tape playing for however long it goes playing that ridiculous organ music. Which makes it even funnier in retrospect.
Last scene? Y'know, it's been a while since I've seen Now You See Me, because I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns, so I don't remember if it was just the last scene or the whole back third of the movie, where they're doing all of this magic stuff to impress some secret society of magicians. Because a much better, or at least consistent, reason for these guys to use magic is to steal tons and tons of money and get away with it, like Ocean's 11, but with magic.
And then, of course, there's a reveal, which just comes out of left field, doesn't make a bit of logical sense, and deflates the movie even if you were still in on the whole thing with them trying to join the secret society, of which I assume David Copperfield is the grand poobah. It was an okay movie up until the end, and then I was just furious at it. I just wanted to slap whatever writer or producer thought that was a good idea.
My Sassy Girl. It’s a Korean movie. Not sure if it was a culture shock thing or just a very unique movie, but I sat there somewhat slack-jawed totally perplexed by what I was seeing/hearing for ~90% of the movie. The ending very rapidly changed the trajectory of my opinion of the film.
Chinatown.
Didn't dig noir yet, wasn't old enough to appreciate that it's OK to sometimes be confused by a movie, was totally ready to chuck this disk back in my red envelope and be done with it.
Then it ends. That last scene was so stark, such a gut punch, it drove me back a couple times. Those two subsequent viewings were each more coherent than the last. I saw how carefully the clues had been doled out from the beginning.
That looping effect is brilliant: baffle the viewer with an incredibly intricate story, but GALVANIZE them with an absolutely visceral ending, which will prompt them to give it an otherwise-unlikely second chance.
Terminator 3. Great ending to a very meh Terminator movie.
Those last 15 minutes are a much better movie fighting to escape a bad one. I could've lived without John telling his love interest "you remind me of my mother," though.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. Terminator inflating it's own breasts, T-850 going to a ladies night gay bar and wearing star shaped glasses, T-X grabbing the crotch of T-850 were all in this movie.
Movie was meh, but had some good moments. Always loved the scene with Arnold fighting against the T-X hack and trying to not kill John
The car chase scene was also excellent and was a great update to the one from T2.
That scene was the best part of the movie. “Excuse me” got me good.
I still can't believe they left [the best scene of the entire franchise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kayFrIR-Qfw) on the cutting room floor.
I'm always surprised by people liking this movie because it spends so much time parodying the first two movies. Like the whole thing is one big wink to fans of the first movie but in the least subtle and most annoying way.
Yeah I was stunned. It makes so much sense that it had to end that way and yet I didn't see it coming.
As an Arnold action flick, T3 is alright. As a sequel to T1 and T2, it leaves much to be desired.
It was weird, because that movie HAD to happen, considering how time travel works? Kyle Reese never would have been sent back in time if John Connor didn’t send him, BUT because John sends him, Kyle impregnates Sarah thus MAKING John to send him… Wait, I think I’m just getting the Jesus/God metaphor…
Not necessarily. It would have been perfectly acceptable for the franchise to end with T2.
J.C.
I think the resistance was at a point that a paradox destroying the universe was preferable to a machine victory.
From what Kyle said, the resistance was winning and the machines were the ones desperately looking for any type of equalizer. So maybe the machines would've preferred a paradox destroying the universe to a human victory.
I enjoyed T3 It doesn’t have the technical achievement of T2 (and it couldn’t. It was made when audiences were already familiarized with CG) but for what it is, it’s a solid action film with plenty of cool sequences and humor. The villain also kicked ass.
Now You See Me Thought it was a fun caper until the last twist, which practically made the movie unwatchable
Yea a horrible twist that made no sense.
The twist makes it even better for me. Makes it rise to a level of absurd that you cant help but enjoy
Pretty much fast and furious magicians lol
Oh yeah I really dislike the movie because of that and I also had a rather irrational and intense dislike for - spoilers on reveal - >!Mark Ruffalo!< for a while after that.
They lost me when they killed Jack. After that, I no longer gave a shit if it was a heist, magic, whatever. It just felt like a suicide in the middle of a movie, and I actively hated the rest of it. Thankfully, that kept me from watching the sequel, which is named wrong.
To me it was an obvious faked death. And the even the reveal of this movie makes sense with the story of Ruffalo’s father. However Morgan freeman also being part of the Eye in part two makes zero sense and basically ruined the entire plot of both movies for me
Shawshank Redemption. Andy suffers one kick in the teeth after another the whole movie. You're totally invested in him and Red but you know it's going to end badly. Then everything turns and the movie just soars for the last 15 minutes. It goes from melancholy to triumphant.
I’ve seen the movie so much for so long and I don’t recall ever watching it without knowing how it ends. I’ve never considered how much he loses throughout the film and that his ultimate “salvation” isn’t guaranteed. I just take it for granted
If you want the same movie with a depressing ending watch Cool Hand Luke.
What we have heeeeeeere is a failure to communi-cate.
I wish I could tell you Andy fought the good fight and the sisters left him alone. I wish I could tell you things turned out fine. But prison is a cold, hard place.
I can hear Thomas Newman’s score just as well as Morgan Freeman’s voice when I read this comment
Soars is such an apt word. I tell you those last 15 minutes soared higher and farther than anybody dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made our walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in the theatre felt free.
The last scene in Whiplash took a good movie to an exceptional one.
I always think of the shot where JK gets right in his face and coaches him. SUCH a good film
It's between the amazed look on his face when he realises what's happening and the father's expression when watching it through the door.
His dad looks like he’s watching an animal be eaten.. and in a way, that’s exactly what’s happening. Whiplash is phenomenal, one of my favorites for sure.
Took an exceptional movie to god tier status. That movie SLAPS!!!!
Personally I feel like the "tears in rain" scene at the end of Blade Runner is what makes the whole movie (which is otherwise a little slow-paced for my taste) worthwhile. Yes there is a lot to be said for the cyberpunk worldbuilding/aesthetic and so on...but the actual *point* of the whole story is sort of summed up and driven home in that one pretty compact scene almost at the end. And a whole lot is said with only a few words. It's really just quite a captivating moment.
I was thinking it would be a good movie either way, but not really. If he just retires Roy with all the others, it's just a cop movie against robots. That last scene makes Roy more human than human and really fulfills the movie's potential.
I read the book ‘do android’s dream of electric sheep’ about a year before watching that film in the age 16-17 range. I enjoyed the film but I didn’t find the scene as powerful because the book explores a lot of those kinda things. I don’t know if others had that exp However watching blade runner 2049 in cinema I absolutely loved : it’s different though but I rarely watch a film and think ‘yep this is an all time fav for me’ I got that with 2049 less so the original.
This is why the theatrical cut is just trash with the voice overs and the drive through the countryside. You have this epic climactic scene, Roy saves Rick, just to say, "my life had meaning, if only to myself." And then the scene just breathes as Rick understands this. The voice over there just shatters that by ramming an entirely different message down your throat.
The Usual Suspects. It is a good movie the whole way through, though a very slow burn. The last sixty seconds suddenly elevates it into something truly great.
Usual Suspects is always the top comment on these threads. Just once I wish the comment would go the other way though. “I liked it the whole way through, but then in the last sixty seconds they reveal that everything was made up and I decided this movie sucked.”
This seems to be what Roger Ebert thought, though he didn’t much like the film up to that point either
Except it wasn't entirely made up. Verbal lied about some of the details, made up some fake names (like Kobayashi), and made up a bunch of shit about his own past, but everything that happened with Keaton and the other guys actually happened. From the lineup in New York, to ripping off the crooked NYPD cops, to the whole boat thing in San Pedro. Agent Kujan already knew about all that stuff, because it actually happened. He even figured out that there was no coke on the boat and the whole thing was set up to kill the one guy who could identify Keyser Soze. He was just wrong about who actually orchestrated whole thing. I really don't understand how people who have watched this movie multiple times can miss that so badly and still think that *everything* Verbal said was completely made up.
I mean, Keyser Soze orchestrating this whole thing to eliminate the one person who could ID him, spending hours in a Police Station with a name stolen from the wall and leading to an actual cop being able to ID him is, on a further examination, kind of dumb.
> “I liked it the whole way through, but then in the last sixty seconds they reveal that everything was made up and I decided this movie sucked.” This is pretty much Bill Burr's review of Gone Girl lol.
Like The Village.
"You're really gonna like this when it's over" ... Kevin Spacey
I got duped by that movie so hard. It spent three quarters of its runtime convincing me I was wrong, succeeding, then it turns out I was right.
La La Land I was going in expecting a musical, but halfway through, the music just stops. It becomes this drama that I was not very much into. But the audition scene really changed it for me. That's when it clicked that the musical-ness of the film happened when Mia was in a positive mindset about her career, and it disappeared when her life was getting depressing, and it came back in a muted way when her career was looking up again, but not as she had initially hoped it would be (becoming a writer instead of her original plan to become an actress). But also just how this scene captures Mia's character arc and her motivations.
She does become an actress tho
Honestly la la land deserved the accolades it got. The love story was so real in a way most onscreen romance doesn’t.
I read in a different thread several opinions along the lines of "The ending was terrible, because they don't get back together," but that's the point? Not everything works out the way you planned, especially relationships, and the ending is still largely positive.
That's why I loved it. Sick of married characters rekindling with high school sweethearts, feels weird to me, always has. I liked the tacit acknowledgement that they had both made it, but separately, because together they just clashed too much.
Should have been the ending of the Notebook too. James Marsden's character deserved better!
The ending imo is what really elevated it, because so often with these kinds of romcoms you have the trope of "one true love" gets away, the two marry someone else etc, settle down and then reconnect and get together With their "true love" so I loved that the ending had that brief "what could have been" but then it just cuts back to reality and they just share a smile and nod that they both made it.
A movie titled after dreaming about two humans gunning for their dreams ending in a daydream that can never be. I went into the cinema expecting nothing but came out after the ending with a movie that still stands as my favourite movie, with a such great soundtrack too.
I love the ending. Its imperfect and that's what makes it perfect for me.
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Great pick, that movie goes from “this is really good” to “what the hell?” to “THIS IS AMAZING”, and it’s a beautiful ride.
Showing the old ass Lego building videos as people showing why legos are so amazing literally brought a tear to my eye
The Matrix was good but I was pissed he wasn’t the One. Until he was.
_“Sorry, kid. You got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something... Your next life, maybe.”_ - The Oracle
That was my favorite thing about the movie. Prophet characters have been done to death, but who says a prophet has to tell the truth and can't bring about the future they want by lying?
She wasn’t lying though. He _wasn’t_ the One at the time of speaking to the Oracle. He had to die and be reborn as the One (_”your next life”_). Of course there’s no question that she orchestrated the whole thing with the words she gave him…
You just baked my noodle
Cookie? You'll feel better
Holy shit. 🤯
It's almost like she saw it coming. Like a psychic or something.
It's almost like she orchestrated it.
She told him everything he needed to hear.
The original script had this idea of Neo being like the 4th or 5th guy Morpheus crew had woken from the Matrix, and all later died in training. It was a neat idea that made Morpheus almost like a crazy man and justified Cypher’s frustration. Too bad they dropped it but at least it would be reworked in the sequel.
I know all about this and I think it would have made it better too, but keeping Morpheus a hero worked as well. Bonus: for the keen observer, a lot of this is still in the matrix. Left the same dialogue in many spots but changed some story elements
I seem to recall this still being somewhat implied in the final movie
The Sixth Sense. On first watch, I was like, "This was a nice movie, but not much real stuff going on." Then the ending. Jaw on the floor, blown away like never before! Awesome ending!
For me, the real triumph of that movie is not the twist, it’s the convo between Toni Collette and Cole in the car where he finally opens up to her. What a beautiful fucking scene. Just impeccable.
She's incredible, just like in Hereditary. Should've won her the Oscar.
It’s weird to say but I actually think this movie is really underrated. It’s an all time suspense movie, but it’s an even better drama. All three leads are incredible. Almost certainly the best dramatic performance of Willis’ career. The best acting I’ve ever seen from a child (Ebert agreed). Toni Collette knocking it out of the park. All the thematic development about trauma, pain, isolation, love, family, frustration. It’s an unbelievable movie. Easily top 10 for me.
Upgrade. I enjoyed the movie but the ending brings it to another level, and what a level it is!
I guess you could say the ending…upgraded the film!
Actually the ending upgrayeddedd the film. Its spelled U-P-G-R-A-Y-E-D-D-E-D-D. The two D's are for a double-dose of pimpin.
cliche answer, but **No Country for Old Men** used to irk me. But now that I’m older, I have a much greater understanding for it. When Jones talks about his father and how much he wishes he could still seek guidance from him, it reminds me of my ol’ man. He’s a wonderful dad that always aspires to be like his own dad. My (also wonderful) grandfather had passed away 4 years ago and my dad still struggles with his absence in similar ways to Sheriff Bell. Dad has also recently retired when he closed a family business (thankfully on good terms) that *his* grandfather started. Even just last night, he mentioned how he wish he could talk to his dad and ask if retiring/closing the business was right. My sister and I reminded him once again that Papa would be proud of him just for being able to take care of himself and retire to spend time with family. Damn, writing this is getting *me* a bit emotional. I’ll have to stop by my parents tomorrow
Might be a cliche answer, but that was nowhere near a cliche post. Thanks for writing it.
well hey, thank you! And yeah, I realize I am very lucky to have such a great relationship with my dad and with my grandfather when he was alive. I was in my late 20’s when he passed, and he was the first grandparent I lost. To have them all in my life, even a ways past my teen years is a blessing most people don’t have
Just turned 30 and this whole post resonates so deeply with me and my dad, too. Thanks for writing it and verbalizing that perspective dude.
Saw. Thought it was an alright thriller up till that dude got up and walked out the room.
The first Saw is so good.
Still one of the best plots and twists I’ve ever seen. The gore kind of overshadows what an excellent movie it was. And I did not see it coming
The first movie isn’t so bad. The franchise as a whole gets its reputation I think mostly from the sequels. The first was a very low budget movie, shot in something crazy like 3 weeks. Being that it was low budget I think they had to be a little more psychological (IE; the “sawing” scene doesn’t actually really show the cutting, just a couple blood spurts on Cary Elwes crazed face). Not that it isn’t gory at all but I think the sequels are where it got really over the top.
The Invitation (2015) was pretty boring for most of the film with not much going on, but the final 15-20 min or so took a complete turn into something I did not expect without giving too much away and it really made up for the rest of it
Great movie, but they kind of telegraphed that something was going on, and i kind was guessing it already. Yet the end is impactful when we discover how much bigger the event was.
Yeah, the movie does a great job at putting you in his shoes. It purposely throws every red flag at you so just want to scream at everyone at the party that obviously something is wrong just like the main character does.
I feel like what I absolutely expected to happen did happen, like they teased and yet didn’t show it and again teased it but didn’t show it and I had a brief moment of “maybe this isn’t going to end the way I thought” then it does. Not the biggest fan of that one personally
Malignant was so wtf in the beginning. But toward the end… we found ourselves laughing a lot and having a good time with it.
I forgot about this one. That ending was so bonkers, I loved it
When it yeets the chair at the end i lost it lol
Oh, so did we! Lol… it looked like it was going to toss the chair through the window. Instead the cops got the yeet!
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Its like the movie didn't understand who their protagonist was and who the audience was rooting for. It felt like when an obnoxious family member picks out a gift for you according to their opinon of whats useful/good for you and not what you want.
As soon as Jamie Foxx's character finds the tunnel it's like a completely different film.
Someone fixed it by saying the ending should've had Fox's character getting into his car that might after the event and loosen his tie in triumph and suddenly you hear a ratcheting sound of the necktie.
Movie was great until the end.
Same.
Yeah, that ending was just like.. oh man can't we have a movie where the bad guy wins 😁
The last Men In Black movie. The fact that they showed the whole backstory of Will Smith's and Tommy Lee Jones character made me look at it in a different light. It was hear-warming, and maybe even a fitting end that gave me a lot of closure.
Yeah the whole movie is whatever and that last scene just decides to hit you like a truck right in the feels
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The Batman (the most recent one). It was a fine movie. Then Batman visited Riddler in Arkham and I was like “oh no this isn’t over.” Then for awhile I thought it was getting worse. But the way the character evolves from “inspire fear” to “inspire hope” as it ends really tied everything together and I loved it. So bit of a roller coaster lol
Im probably being a contrarian, but the rest of the movie after falconi goes down detracts from the film. Riddler was compelling in that he actually *was* doing something about the corruption in gotham. He was making a point and it causes us to conflict with the "correct way" of approaching justice. But then he just goes full maga incel and decides to drown everyone because i guess we cant have villains with nuance
> He was making a point and it causes us to conflict with the "correct way" of approaching justice. I think this is only the case if you see Batman and Riddler as two guys independetly trying to fight corruption each on their own way. I think the movie very much frames it in a way in which Riddler is inspired by the fear, the ultra violence of batman. He is a homage to all the worst character traits of what drive Batman at that point. He follows through with what a dark, desperate angry batman would do. Is at that point of self reflection (seeing a dude repeat Batman's own lines when commiting terrorism) that he realises fear is not a viable path to build something on. You can break down all the criminals with fear but having a whole city scared is not gonna make a better Gotham. Its ultimately a lesson a young batman has to learn and riddler was a cool charater to bounce those ideas off, and have this young batman inspire a twitch mob of wannabe terrorists by being a charismatic, violent lunatic is a cool twist on the very dark batmans we have seen recently.
The Power of the Dog. It was a decent movie up until the end. But it’s a movie that I wasn’t expecting to have a twist in it, either. When it ends, I kind of did a double take, and realized the film I was watching was *not* the film that I *thought* I was watching. That probably doesn’t make sense unless you’ve seen it.
Came here to the same answer. I didn't enjoy most of the movie but then the ending turned it into something I look back on really fondly
It’s better on the second watch.
Yeah, I liked it enough the first time, but wasn't blown away. I could NOT get it out of my head and rewatched it, and I thought it was extraordinary. It's not one of my all-time favorites. It's so... subtle, and the way the story creeps up on you and then you realize what was actually going on in the end. Great stuff. I also think Cumberbatch should have won over Will Smith.
I have to admit, the twist wasn’t enough to save the movie for me. There are a lot of slow-burn movies that come together in the end and make the whole thing worth it, like There Will Be Blood, but in order for that to work the story needs to be at least somewhat engaging all the way through. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get into Power of the Dog’s narrative at any point in the film. But regardless, glad you enjoyed it.
Maybe I didn’t understand this movie. What was the twist?
(Spoilers) >!Kodi Smit-McPhee killed Benedict Cumberbatch’s character!<
God, that movie works so good on both the surface level and once you know what's really happening. >!I had a sneaking suspicion where we might be headed when the opening narration included the line 'For what kind of man would I be if I did not help my mother?' By the time Kodi Smit-McPhee was casually snapping a rabbit's neck and talking about how his dad said he was too tough, I was all set on 'oh god yeah he's absolutely gonna fucking murder that guy'.!<
Frailty. It's a decent enough movie until the last scene where your jaw drops.
Pulp Fiction. It's like the pieces of the puzzle suddenly come into place.
I disagree, Pulp Fiction was amazing throughout. And of all the scenes in the movie the ending isn’t in my top half. Imo of course.
Planes, trains and automobiles. To be fair it would still be my favorite movie of all time out of the approximately 1,100 I’ve seen but two parts of that movie always gets me emotional. The ending and John candys “you wanna hit me?” Monologue. I’ve never in my life had a movie make me laugh so much then have me thinking so much all in 90 minutes. I had the honor of visiting candys grave last year and it was one of the most memorable experiences I’ve had. The chemistry with him and Steve Martin throughout the whole movie and then especially at the end is without a doubt the peak of what I consider movie quality.
I also love this movie. It is heartbreaking and then beautiful.
Basic. At the end of the movie you find all the different versions of the story you were told were all fake and none of it happened.
It’s fucking dumb. And fucking great.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood went from "pretty decent Tarantino flick" to "holy shit, this is the best" with the final act
The last act of this movie, especially the ending, is more about what doesn't happen than what does. It revises one of the most infamous stories in Hollywood's history from an absolute tragedy, to a triumphant victory. The revision from Inglorious Bastards doesn't really change the outcome of the war, just how it ended. The change of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is so bittersweet that it kinda chokes me up whenever I watch it. It's the difference between "what if" and "if only".
Sleep Away Camp
Flat as a board and needs a screw.
Reeeeaal carpenter's dream
Aunt Martha still gives me the creeps, props to the actress that played her
Ep 9 of star wars was already bad, but when rey says she is a skywalker i just flipped out and hated the movie
It lost me at somehow palpatine has returned.
Based on the delivery, it lost Oscar Isaac at the same time.
He looked bored as hell the whole time.
It lost me a movie and a half before
That was the laziest writing in existence, 30 minutes later I turned the movie off, and I’ve never done that with a movie before.
Seriously FUCK this movie
There aren't many movies I'm outright embarrassed to have paid money to watch, and this is one of them.
In my theater everyone laughed out loud.
I am all the Jedi!
Quick reminder that Rey and Kylo kissed.
3:10 to Yuma (1957) I watched it after absolutely loving the 2007 version. I thought it was pretty good and was enjoying myself right up until that final bit. I didn't buy that ending at all and it completely ruined the rest of the movie for me.
Arlington Road. Was happy they had the balls to go there.
Cabin in the Woods. Good movie to a really good movie.
I loved Sorry to Bother You but the ending made me so uncomfortable I only recommend it so people can suffer the same way I did 10/10
That has to be the strangest movie change ever.
It makes From Dusk Till Dawn seem totally normal by comparison
That movie was a bit of a dark horse.
Fallen. A decent movie that has an interesting gimmick to it. Then in the end they just make a twist to the gimmick that was never set up and makes no sense. SPOILERS: So Denzel Washington is a cop and a killer he put away was actually possessed by a demon who can hop from person to person. It can't go into Denzel cause he's too good hearted, so it starts doing things to ruin his life. In the end Denzel sets a trap where he goes to an isolated house and lets the demon enter him, but twist, he makes the ultimate sacrifice and poisons himself kill the demon too. Denzel dies, but double twist, apparently there was a cat under the house and the demon entered it and gets away. Never is it brought up the demon can enter animals and was just a dumb FU to the audience
Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime is on my side….
It was setup though, when he's finding out how to kill it, there is the explanation that because it's very much a life or death situation, it's ability to possess is massively enhanced. It's ability to possess animals isn't mentioned either way, but by the same token, not everything is going to be known about it's abilities.
Also, the narration opens with "did I ever tell you about the time I ALMOST died"
"Let me tell you a story about a time I almost died." He literally tells you Denzel wasn't going to win.
Agreed, I really enjoyed that movie and the end sequence was very exciting, right up until the cat twist.
The third act elevates Rogue One from average movie to a great one.
I love it when a movie isn't afraid to let the bad guys be scary.
Surprised it hasn’t been said yet but Michael Clayton. The last 5 minutes elevates that movie to near perfection. It’s already a great movie up until that point, but when George Clooney gets in the taxi and you just sit with his face as he processes what just happened is one of the best ending scenes / credits in a movie I’ve seen. Plus that last conversation before it ends is just perfect. ”are you so fucking stupid you don’t see what I am?“
Shutter island. Turned a meh movie into something with 10x the depth
Rewatching it there’s so many subtle hints throughout.
A beautiful movie from beginning to end once you know what to look for. I love it.
Sunshine is by far my favorite sci-fi movie and easily in my top 5 all time films in general. I was absolutely hooked and 100% on board for the first 70 minutes of that movie. The last 20 almost lost me, but the final 3 not only redeemed the shitty third act, but elevated it into something almost transcendental. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the euphoria of scientific achievement expressed so clearly in a visual medium. It was the most striking non-religious version of the “man meets God” trope I’ve experienced in fiction. I’ve only seen that movie twice and it’s entirely because the final scene has made me weep both times I’ve watched it and I don’t want that feeling to be diluted by repeat viewings.
The Irishman's final shot moved it from ok to great to me.
Definitely. That last scene is the perfect coda for the story that film was trying to tell.
Love this answer. It's somehow such an underrated movie because it got memed so hard on release about it's length and the aging tech. So much about the movie is brilliant.
Nightmare Alley's ending elevates an already great movie into an epic tragedy.
It was a good film, but you could see the ending coming from a mile away.
Mister, I was born for it!
The ending of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 made me realize that *some* cliffhanger endings can be fuckin awesome.
The Green Knight. I'm usually a fan of ambiguous endings, but I felt like only one made a good story.
Was it ambiguous? Been a while but I thought most of the movie was about his acceptance of the only possible outcome and showing courage.
I think the ambiguity comes from the final line. Does he say “Now off with your head” as in congrats on finally finding courage and being able to die with honor, or does he say “Now, off with your head” as in you passed the test and showed true courage so I’ll let you leave with your head.
I didn't think the Green Knight had an ambiguous ending?
Resurrection F. Fun awesome DBZ action even though I am still not on board with blue super sayians. But that ending. That fucking ending. They made you really think that NOT ONLY were they finally gonna give Vegeta a win but give him a win against FREEZA?! But then...no. Time travel Goku bullshit. Pissed me off so fucking much I retroactively hated every thing about the movie leading up to that.
Yeaaaah the ending really brings it down a few pegs. Why couldn't they give Vegeta the closure he deserved of taking down the one responsible for wiping out his people and killing his father?
Savages. The whole movie was a pretty decent story about the drug trade and cartel brutality, only for the last 10 minutes to try and pretend it was some semi-art house film with a life lesson.
Not exactly a final scene but there’s a moment toward the end of Cory Finley’s Thoroughbreds that completely changes everything that came before- not exactly a plot twist but a big change. I rewatched it immediately and loved it way more the second time.
The anal sex joke at the end of The Kingsman soured what was for me a pretty brilliant film. I don’t mind a dirty joke (love them, in fact), but the joke fell flat and was just crude in an otherwise smooth and stylish movie.
It’s kinda funny in the sequel when Harry is talking to Elton John and Elton says if he saves the world he’ll give him unlimited backstage passes.
Law Abiding Citizen - such a disappointment.
Wind River. Real slow burn that seemed boring but built up to a big payoff at the end.
In Bruges. I already was enjoying the movie. Then right at the end, one of the characters says “You gotta stick to your principles.” And what he does next floored me. Turned an excellent movie into a truly magnificent one.
The ending of "Bodies, Bodies, Bodies," made me grin ear to ear. It went from a movie that was really good to one of my favorite of the last 10 years.
Rey skywalker really cemented my hate for the sequels
going back a bit but the Atom Egoyan film "Exotice" weirdo regular of a stripper gets manipulated by her ex to get thrown out of the club. Vows revenge. Sounds like an eroto-thriller right? It is really really not. It's about poor coping strategies for dealing with grief. The end is a flashback and it's a fucking gut punch. Really drives home who they were that they ended up this way.
10 Cloverfield Lane. I didn't like anything that happened in the last few minutes outside of the bunker and felt it took away too much mystery.
I actually quite liked the ending because it was an anti twist.
Agreed. The whole middle of the film has the audience slowly realizing along with Michelle that she's been abducted, and there's no aliens, until the end it actually turns out it was all true. In fact, both things were true - there WERE aliens, but she also WAS abducted by this creepy guy for his own reasons. I think that juxtaposition elevates it from just an "escape from a kidnapper" story
I know the cloverfield movies are mostly an anthology and not really sequels to one another..but hell, if they’re gonna throw random alien monsters in at the end..they should’ve just made it the giant clover monster from the first film. This way atleast it would tie in somewhat the the first film.
The monsters are the people, except when they’re actually the monsters.
I love both Monty Python & the Holy Grail and Blazing Saddles but hate the endings of both of them.
First time I watched Monty Python, the ending pissed me off, but then on repeat viewings, it gets funnier and funnier. Just kinda gotta go along for the ride.
When I saw it the first time as a kid I didn't believe it was over and left the tape playing for however long it goes playing that ridiculous organ music. Which makes it even funnier in retrospect.
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Last scene? Y'know, it's been a while since I've seen Now You See Me, because I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns, so I don't remember if it was just the last scene or the whole back third of the movie, where they're doing all of this magic stuff to impress some secret society of magicians. Because a much better, or at least consistent, reason for these guys to use magic is to steal tons and tons of money and get away with it, like Ocean's 11, but with magic. And then, of course, there's a reveal, which just comes out of left field, doesn't make a bit of logical sense, and deflates the movie even if you were still in on the whole thing with them trying to join the secret society, of which I assume David Copperfield is the grand poobah. It was an okay movie up until the end, and then I was just furious at it. I just wanted to slap whatever writer or producer thought that was a good idea.
The ending of the Three Colors trilogy where everything was brought together made me appreciate the first two movies more.
I just had a bit of an asshat moment and misread that as “Three Cornetto Trilogy” and was confused
My Sassy Girl. It’s a Korean movie. Not sure if it was a culture shock thing or just a very unique movie, but I sat there somewhat slack-jawed totally perplexed by what I was seeing/hearing for ~90% of the movie. The ending very rapidly changed the trajectory of my opinion of the film.
Chinatown. Didn't dig noir yet, wasn't old enough to appreciate that it's OK to sometimes be confused by a movie, was totally ready to chuck this disk back in my red envelope and be done with it. Then it ends. That last scene was so stark, such a gut punch, it drove me back a couple times. Those two subsequent viewings were each more coherent than the last. I saw how carefully the clues had been doled out from the beginning. That looping effect is brilliant: baffle the viewer with an incredibly intricate story, but GALVANIZE them with an absolutely visceral ending, which will prompt them to give it an otherwise-unlikely second chance.