# The movie whose ending sucketh biggest. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058 "2006-01-15T06:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/61 "2006-01-16T21:52:58Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > No hate for _The Return of the King_? Not from me. I could have watched another hour. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/62 "2006-01-16T22:09:42Z")
Any movie which plays the game where they throw an ending out at you from deep left field and then show a bunch of “missing” clips over the end credits that fill in all the plot points you’d need for the ending to make sense. _Wild Things_ and _Employee of the Month_ are two that do this. It’s not really witty or brilliant to have a “suprise twist” that’s only a suprise because you intentionally didn’t give us the information to piece it together. Really, it’s just weak and a cop-out, essentially saying that you’re not smart enough to give us obscure clues during the movie that will make sense after the fact. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/63 "2006-01-16T22:45:34Z")
The ending of Identity was also a huge disappointment. After a great buildup, they sprang the Big Twist about fifteen minutes too soon…rendering the shootout that followed devoid of suspense and making me not care at all how it turned out. ---
**Author:** ![broken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@broken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broken)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/64 "2006-01-16T23:12:43Z")
_House on Haunted Hill_ (the 90’s remake) was all together a decent movie, at least visually, but the last 15 minutes or so ruined it. There is no need to go into details, just do yourself a favor, stop the movie about 10 minutes early and tell yourself that all the characters died. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/65 "2006-01-16T23:21:53Z")
**Blair Witch Project** At the end of that film, I literally stood up from my chair and yelled, “What the _expletive_?!” I felt I had somehow been had. That couldn’t really be the ending. And yet… Gah. Hated, hated, hated. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/66 "2006-01-17T00:20:30Z")
> [@Engineer Dude](#): > > _The 40 Year Old Virgin_ > > [spoiler]It ends with Steve Carell losing his virginity by getting married and having sex with the woman he’s loved and had a deep relationship with. The final scene was him dancing around with a bunch of people, after being “deflowered”, and singing _Let the Sun Shine In_ > > I guess I was disappointed because I thought he’d lose his virginity out of developing his macking skills, rather than through marriage.[/spoiler] > > I think the ending came about for two reasons. > > 1. The writer ran out of ideas. > 2. The writer realized the movie was just exceeding 2 hours, and needed a way to end it quickly. [spoiler]The song was _Age of Aquarius_, and I thought the big dance number was hilarious. Besides which, any other ending would have been a fundamental violation of the character. The whole point is that random hook-ups with skanky chicks just for the sake of getting laid don’t make you any happier than collecting action figures that you refuse to take out of the box. The ending gave the movie something I’d never expected from a raunchy, gross-out sex comedy: integrity. Especially in that it didn’t moralize about the characters who do pursue sex-for-the-sake-of-sex, instead ending with everyone finding happiness by pursuing their own ideals of what they need to be happy, not caving into someone else ideals of what they need to be happy. [sub]“You know how I know you’re gay? You wear a headscarf and prance around to _Age of Aquarius_.”[/sub][/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/67 "2006-01-17T00:25:41Z")
> [@broken](#): > > _House on Haunted Hill_ (the 90’s remake) was all together a decent movie, at least visually, but the last 15 minutes or so ruined it. There is no need to go into details, just do yourself a favor, stop the movie about 10 minutes early and tell yourself that all the characters died. I’m not sure I can hate the ending, it seemed to me just an attempt to have a different ending to the original. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/68 "2006-01-17T00:40:17Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > What I loved about the ending of that movie was that apes had evolved to the point where they could speak and read (both in English, which as in the original should have been a bit of a tip off about their origin to the astronauts) and build cities and civilizations, but they couldn’t figure out how to knock rust and dirt off of a sign to read the whole thing. Yeah, that was a real eye-roller for me, too. Glad I saw that movie on HBO. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/69 "2006-01-17T00:47:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Bippy the Beardless** : > > I’m not sure I can hate the ending, it seemed to me just an attempt to have a different ending to the original. And speaking of that very thing, could the ending of Tim Burton’s **Charlie and the Chocolate Factory** suck \*\*ANY \*\*harder? It really pissed me off, because up until the Glass Elevator I had been loving the hell out of it, then we have to have this saccharine stupid ENDLESS wrap up, GAH! Get your dick outta my ass, Tim, I’ve had enough… :rolleyes: :smack: :wally ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/70 "2006-01-17T00:53:41Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The whole point is that random hook-ups with skanky chicks just for the sake of getting laid don’t make you any happier than collecting action figures that you refuse to take out of the box. If **that** was the message, then the whole movie is as pernicious a lie as _Forrest Gump!_😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/71 "2006-01-17T00:54:41Z")
Fuck _Frailty_, _The Ring_, and _The Pledge_, two of which I saw because I dated a girl who I believe secretly hated me and intentionally chose terrible movies. I want my life back from those movies. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/72 "2006-01-17T01:10:26Z")
I also thought the ending to _The 40-Year-Old Virgin_ was just right. > [@](#): > > Blair Witch Project > > At the end of that film, I literally stood up from my chair and yelled, “What the _expletive_?!” > > I felt I had somehow been had. That couldn’t really be the ending. And yet… > > Gah. Hated, hated, hated. I can’t believe I’m defending any aspect of that stupid movie, but here goes. I thought the last shot was one of the few genuinely creepy moments of the film, given the significance of the character standing in the corner. Otherwise, what a crappy movie. They actually bragged about most of the dialogue being improvised. Y’know what would have **really** improved the movie? _A script!_ Too bad, because there was nothing wrong with the basic concept. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/73 "2006-01-17T01:40:19Z")
Without a doubt, _Fear X_. I went back and forth between anger and puzzlement at the seeming lack of an ending, until I read this: > [@Director Nicolas Winding Refn](#): > > "…of course that pisses off a lot of people because they’re not used to a film without an ending. But what the fuck is an ending, you know?” Ummm, an ending is what you use to _end_ the fucking film, jackoff! You don’t just turn the camera off whenever the hell you feel like! ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/74 "2006-01-17T04:10:12Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Fuck _Frailty_, _The Ring_, and _The Pledge_, two of which I saw because I dated a girl who I believe secretly hated me and intentionally chose terrible movies. I want my life back from those movies. I loved the ending of Frailty. I thought it was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/75 "2006-01-17T05:44:17Z")
How about Swordfish? A shit movie no matter how you look at it, but the ending… [spoiler]For a plot twist you have a guy remember that a federal terrorist fraction had not in fact died, but had gone down a flight of stairs at the top of a bulding and escaped from anyone and everyone who might have been chasing them. Whoops! The protoganist smacks his forhead and proceeds to raise a daughter. And what the hell was the point of this movie anyways? To make people look at the bright side of terrorism? God what a fucking dumb movie[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/76 "2006-01-17T06:09:23Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Any movie which plays the game where they throw an ending out at you from deep left field and then show a bunch of “missing” clips over the end credits that fill in all the plot points you’d need for the ending to make sense. _Wild Things_ and _Employee of the Month_ are two that do this. Gah. You just dragged _Ocean’s Twelve_ out of the depths of my repressed memories, and for that I will always hate you. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/77 "2006-01-17T07:26:38Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Gah. You just dragged _Ocean’s Twelve_ out of the depths of my repressed memories, and for that I will always hate you. On the bright side, you may always hate me but now I know never to watch _Ocean’s Twelve_😃 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/78 "2006-01-17T15:47:01Z")
Everyone has apparently erased Emilio Estevez’ [Wisdom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092225/) from their minds, or are fortunate enough to have never seen it in the first place. Terrible, terrible ending. Bad ending! No supper! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/79 "2006-01-17T16:28:51Z")
Re. The Blair Witch Project: > [@Baldwin](#): > > I can’t believe I’m defending any aspect of that stupid movie, but here goes. I thought the last shot was one of the few genuinely creepy moments of the film, given the significance of the character standing in the corner. > > Otherwise, what a crappy movie. They actually bragged about most of the dialogue being improvised. Y’know what would have **really** improved the movie? _A script!_ Too bad, because there was nothing wrong with the basic concept. Are you me? That’s what I wanted to post in reply. I was eager to see the film and ended up loathing the stupidity and incompetence of the characters, not to mention their seeming inability to complete a sentence without using the word “fuck” (cf. comment above about needing a script) at least once. In one scene, there was an obvious plane flying overhead, yet it wasn’t even noticed or commented on. I realize this is a mostly-improvised film. Edit it out of the damned shot or reshoot the scene, or else your characters will look like complete idiots for not at least entertaining the idea that maybe they can use the flight path to get an idea of what direction civilization is in. Well, too late, I already thought they were complete idiots, but you see my point. I hated them, I wanted them to stfu, turn off the cameras, and go away. However, that last scene literally made me gasp. I found it more powerful than anything else I’d seen since the film started. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058/80 "2006-01-17T16:33:16Z")
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned **Signs** and **The Village**. They need no explanation. M. Night Shyamalan is King of the Crappy Endings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-whose-ending-sucketh-biggest/340058.md?page=5)