# BAD Movie Endings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062 "2017-11-29T15:56:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/101 "2017-12-07T01:04:41Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > More than you probably realize. What with rain, (well, maybe not here in Socal) persperation, eating food that contains it. Not to mention my job sometimes gets me splashed when dealing with old leaky CRAC (Computer Room Air Conditioner) units and condesation towers. None of these times to I recoil in pain as water eats away at me. This seems like an ultra-important power of water that the aliens \*should \*be aware of. …So as long as it doesn’t rain (which is doesn’t in the movie IIRC) and if they aren’t eating food…Wait… what? What food is SPRAYING you? The point is…it’s REALLY easy to not come into contact with water–either consciously or unconsciously avoiding it…even on a planet made of 75% water. Also imagine if the aliens didn’t know because—who the hell knows, they are ALIENS (or Demons depending on your read)—maybe they’re a suicidal culture or thrill-seekers? maybe this is a Alien reality show? It’s a silly critique. It’s like watching Superman and saying. “That’s dumb, Aliens can’t fly.” ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/102 "2017-12-07T01:28:48Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > …So as long as it doesn’t rain (which is doesn’t in the movie IIRC) and if they aren’t eating food…Wait… what? What food is SPRAYING you? > The point is…it’s REALLY easy to not come into contact with water–either consciously or unconsciously avoiding it…even on a planet made of 75% water. > > Also imagine if the aliens didn’t know because—who the hell knows, they are ALIENS (or Demons depending on your read)—maybe they’re a suicidal culture or thrill-seekers? maybe this is a Alien reality show? It’s a silly critique. It’s like watching Superman and saying. “That’s dumb, Aliens can’t fly.” I think you miss the point. It is NOT really easy to not come in contact with water. It is in the damn air. It’s like if we went to a planet with seas of hydroflouric acid and hunted HF based creatures for food without even putting on clothes. Let alone environmental suits. If the whole movie was that dumb, then sure, ok, turn your brain off and watch a dumb movie. The fact that it was almost pretty good up until that big stupid reveal is what makes this a great movie choice for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/103 "2017-12-07T03:42:17Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > How many times a day are you sprayed with water against your will? I mean if you are capable of intergalactic travel surely you would have invented a space suit or even just a rain coat for use on alien planets. It would be like if the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon and instantly died because they left the lunar module in only their work outfits. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/104 "2017-12-07T11:26:00Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > I mean if you are capable of intergalactic travel surely you would have invented a space suit or even just a rain coat for use on alien planets. > > It would be like if the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon and instantly died because they left the lunar module in only their work outfits. Hey, it worked for the astronauts in Prometheus and Covenant :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/105 "2017-12-07T14:08:00Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > …So as long as it doesn’t rain (which is doesn’t in the movie IIRC) and if they aren’t eating food…Wait… what? What food is SPRAYING you? I’d probably pee myself if an alien tried to eat me. Take _THAT_, space monster! ---
**Author:** ![moojja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@moojja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moojja)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/106 "2017-12-07T18:34:49Z")
Regarding the movie, Sign, my pet theory is: all the aliens we see are prisoners or outcasts. Think of Earth as Australia, most British prisoners cannot survive in the outbacks by themselves. But no one cared. Same with the aliens in Sign. The aliens in power probably has the technology/ships to make a stay on Earth comfortable for themselves even if it’s not a greatest vacation spot. But they are just there to drop off the prisoners, and make sure they don’t escape off planet, who cares if they’re uncomfortable or can die easily. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/107 "2017-12-07T20:37:07Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The 1967 version of “Casino Royale” was a mildly amusing parody, but the big slapstick fight at the end was just stupid. I don’t think I can be your friend anymore. That movie perfectly encapsulates and renders superfluous the entire remainder of the franchise. Which is a good thing, because had the movie makers had the good sense (not to mention good taste) to acquiesce to that fact, they could have spent a generation making sequels to Fleming’s true masterwork. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/108 "2017-12-07T21:02:30Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Robert Redford’s early movie, “The Hot Rock”. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen it, but IIRC, it was a fun-ish heist movie with light comic tones, really a nice vehicle for a young charismatic Redford. Then, near the end of the movie, they hit a snag. There was one part of the plan they just could not advance from, no matter how hard they thought on it. Their solution? They remembered an old friend, one we hadn’t met yet, that could quickly and easily hypnotize people. They just called the friend, had her hypnotize the manager(?) into opening up for them so they could get the item, and to forget about it afterwards. It’s rare to see such a clumsy deus ex machina in a major release. > > This is written through a fuzzy memory filter, but the deus ex and the hypnotizing are pretty definitely right. Almost rolled my eyes out of my head. You’ll have to take it up with Westlake. That’s from the source material. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/109 "2017-12-08T00:21:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That movie perfectly encapsulates and renders superfluous the entire remainder of the franchise. Which is a good thing, because had the movie makers had the good sense (not to mention good taste) to acquiesce to that fact, they could have spent a generation making sequels to Fleming’s true masterwork. You mean the one with the car will all the special gadgets and the hot blonde with a suggestive name? ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/110 "2017-12-08T01:46:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I don’t think I can be your friend anymore. > > That movie perfectly encapsulates and renders superfluous the entire remainder of the franchise. Which is a good thing, because had the movie makers had the good sense (not to mention good taste) to acquiesce to that fact, they could have spent a generation making sequels to Fleming’s true masterwork. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You mean the one with the car will all the special gadgets and the hot blonde with a suggestive name? Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/111 "2017-12-10T02:51:15Z")
I think **Quantum of Solace** and **SPECTRE** both have terrible endings by James Bond standards because the villain lairs blow up WAY too easily. Bond literally accidentally destroys both of them, which is Austin Powers level of ridiculousness. I can’t take the film seriously if you have to go out of your way to make an off-hand comment earlier about the lair was built on a highly volatile energy source to explain why a single bullet sets the whole place alight. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/112 "2017-12-10T04:21:45Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Did you not see the movie? The water reacts like acid on the aliens’ skin, making it scream in agony. Humans are not affected by water in that manner which is why they can spend leisure time in water. Ever seen Deadliest Catch? The sea is dangerous to humans. Yet many go out there looking for crabs. Quite a few are injured, and some die. Cold is very dangerous to humans, yet some go into the cold looking for seal fur. Heat is dangerous to humans, yet some go into the desert looking for oil. The fact that aliens have come into a dangerous environment is not in itself a plot hole. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/113 "2017-12-12T05:19:47Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Ever seen Deadliest Catch? The sea is dangerous to humans. Yet many go out there looking for crabs. Quite a few are injured, and some die. Cold is very dangerous to humans, yet some go into the cold looking for seal fur. Heat is dangerous to humans, yet some go into the desert looking for oil. The fact that aliens have come into a dangerous environment is not in itself a plot hole. The analogy of acid on humans is what we’re talking about seeing wrt the effect of dihydrogen monoxide on the aliens from Signs. Not ocean water or the air in the Arctic or Death Valley. That being the aliens’ Achilles Heel was not a “plot hole”, as that would mean there was some in-story inconsistency. There was nothing in the movie that suggested the aliens didn’t have an aversion to water - it’s not like we saw them guzzle down a refreshing iced tea at some point. No, it’s simply STUPID for a species capable of interstellar travel to come to a planet covered in water, and to attack life forms (humans) that are filled with water, to have that weakness… And not be suited up and prepared to deal with it. It would have made more sense for their weakness to be something not common in nature but commonly made or cultivated by humans, that they couldn’t know about until they got here and didn’t expect to deal with. Maybe something that didn’t even exist where they came from. Like if they had a really killer chocolate allergy, LOL. Taking them down using Hershey’s Syrup would have made for a better ending. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/114 "2017-12-12T18:28:21Z")
I’ve vented about this before, but: Poltergeist. Horrible things have happened to this family. They’ve barely managed to rescue their youngest daughter from The Evil Thing In The Closet. They’re relieved to have survived. They’re going to flee the house. But first: Dad goes out to run errands Mom puts the youngest kids to bed, and goes to take a bath. What. The. Hell?? If you’re going to flee the house in terror, even though you think the Evil has been purged, you don’t relax and spend the night first. Needless to say, more awful things happen. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/115 "2017-12-12T18:34:37Z")
Good one, Mama. And may I add pretty much the final hour of any “Paranormal Activity” movie falls in the same trap. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062/116 "2017-12-12T19:13:23Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I’ve vented about this before, but: Poltergeist. > > Horrible things have happened to this family. They’ve barely managed to rescue their youngest daughter from The Evil Thing In The Closet. They’re relieved to have survived. They’re going to flee the house. > > But first: > Dad goes out to run errands > Mom puts the youngest kids to bed, and goes to take a bath. > > What. The. Hell?? If you’re going to flee the house in terror, even though you think the Evil has been purged, you don’t relax and spend the night first. > > Needless to say, more awful things happen. Hey, don’t forget the movie Speed. Not only have Keenu and Sandra Bullock had an epically crappy day, but \*Keenu’s partner and best friend was blown up by a bad guy a couple of hours previously \*. So how does the movie end up? With them happily making goo-goo eyes at each other while the bits of his partner slowly cool off somewhere in suburbia. Nothing like a happy ending, eh Hollywood? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062.md?page=5)