# Movies that would be better without the final ten minutes (yup, it's SPOILED) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863 "2002-06-13T14:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![yellow\_peril](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ee7513/32.png) [@yellow\_peril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellow_peril)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/41 "2002-06-14T07:34:24Z")
Terminator 2. It should have ended when he went into the lava with his thumb stuck up and his vision turns off to the little red dot. ---
**Author:** ![Lipid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Lipid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lipid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/42 "2002-06-14T09:53:38Z")
\Daylight\ starring Sylvester Stallone. They are swimming up to the top of the lake. Stallone helps the girl go up and he ends up getting caught in some sort of whirlpool and doesn’t make it all the way to the top. You see him reach up and then go down. He eventually comes back up after a dramatic pause but I always thought it would be cooler if he just died right there. A much more noble death indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Lipid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Lipid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lipid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/43 "2002-06-14T09:55:02Z")
\Daylight\ ---
**Author:** ![Lipid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Lipid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lipid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/44 "2002-06-14T09:56:36Z")
wtf? **Daylight** ---
**Author:** ![Lipid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Lipid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lipid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/45 "2002-06-14T09:57:43Z")
Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/46 "2002-06-14T10:12:15Z")
I disagree about **Training Day** (sorry, Mooch). I think the fight scene belonged. But I think **The Candidate** should have cut out everything beginning with Jeff Bridges’ speech to congress. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/47 "2002-06-14T13:35:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slackergirl \* > \*\*I can’t believe we’re this far in and nobody has mentioned **Unbreakable**. > \*\* That because the whole movie sucked, not just the finale. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![funkynige](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@funkynige](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funkynige)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/48 "2002-06-14T22:43:10Z")
**Crimson Tide** ends where they don’t go to war, the NCO(?) was right and they all live happily ever after. Why didn’t they just leave it as the two main characters looking at the letter and fading to black? ---
**Author:** ![slackergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@slackergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slackergirl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/49 "2002-06-14T23:15:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bernse \* > \*\* > > That because the whole movie sucked, not just the finale. > > 🙂 \*\* Well yeah, but it would have sucked substantially less without the end. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/50 "2002-06-14T23:34:18Z")
The movie _Shawshank Redemption_ was almost as good as the novella (_Of Rita Hayworth ans Shawshank Redemption_, Stephen King), except for the tacked on ending. The story ended on an ambiguous but hopeful note that never really resolved what happened to the main character for sure, but the movie had to add a totally pointless feel-good wrap up scene. It would have been better without it, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/51 "2002-06-15T04:04:18Z")
Apt Pupil. In the end, the “apt pupil” gets away by threatening his guidance counselor in the same way the nazi threatened him, and the nazi escapes justice by committing suicide. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/52 "2002-06-15T04:29:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ukbanshee \* > \*\*Most Critics think ‘City Of Angels’ shouldnt have had the incident at the end. although having watched it many times, i think its appropriate. \*\* awww…no… the original (Wim Wenders’ “Wings of Desire”) is infinately better. And much happier. Cyn ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/53 "2002-06-22T22:09:33Z")
Not necessarily better without the last ten minutes, but maybe a different last ten minutes…\*\* When Strangers Appear\*\* a young man is being pursuded by a trio of psychos because he has a cdrom that they want, and lots of people get killed or nearly killed, including him and the woman protagonist. It was pretty good except…you never find out what’s on the damn disk or what was so important about it!!! I think the director took an element of Pulp Fiction too much to heart. ---
**Author:** ![tetsusaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tetsusaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetsusaru)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/54 "2002-06-23T03:48:39Z")
Can`t believe no-one`s mentioned LA Confidential yet. OK, Guy Pearce gets his medal - I can live with that. But Russell Crowe rides off into the sunset with his arm in a slin and Kim Basinger by his side? Nah, he should have been shot in the back by a dying Babe`s dad. ---
**Author:** ![QueenAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/d26b3c/32.png) [@QueenAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenAl)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/55 "2002-06-23T15:29:51Z")
Funny that people are mentioning **Unbreakable** - I just fopped over here from the ‘best final ten minutes’ thread, where I was _recommending_ that movie! ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/56 "2002-06-25T15:41:28Z")
I think it’s more “the final 30 seconds” of Unbreakable that is so annoying. The text on the screen pissed me off more than anything. ---
**Author:** ![Vertiginous\_Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@Vertiginous\_Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vertiginous_Annie)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/57 "2002-06-25T17:02:49Z")
Spielberg is on a roll - A.I gets my vote for worst ending of all time. Minority Report isn’t as awful - but it’s the same shit, different flick. So irritating. Oooh - it makes me want to flame. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/58 "2002-06-25T17:47:55Z")
Spielberg is incapable of giving the audience any credit for figuring out things on their own, or just being able to resolve something without having it specifically and laboriously laid out for them. He can’t resist telling the entire story instead of letting us fill in the blanks. I also thought AI should have ended with Haley Joel in the drink. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/59 "2002-06-26T03:38:51Z")
another vote here for A.I. i have even voiced that opinion before, and people accused me of being cold-hearted and cynical (well, i **am** but…heheheh) for “wanting that kid to die”. I just think it would have been a tighter movie if it had ended as the underwater scene faded to black. as for **Unbreakable** , i personally like the ending. however, the “surprise” at the end is greatly diminished by the fact that there is a surprise at the end of his previous movie\*. it worked the first time, for Unbreakable i was kinda expecting it.\*\* - i can’t for the life of me remember the name, i will however remember it as soon as i post :rolleyes: . I can name the actors and quote most of the important lines but im having a brainfart now, sorry. \*\*update: i mean Sixth Sense, of course. now at least i dont look like a fo…er, as big a fool as i would have. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863/60 "2002-06-26T06:36:20Z")
“Pay it forward” would only have sucked about 15% as much as it did without that jaw-dropping ending. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-would-be-better-without-the-final-ten-minutes-yup-its-spoiled/113863.md?page=4)