Movies you loved, but hated the ending...

[Soundmanred]

I've noticed alot of movie threads stating that although the movie was excellent, the ending was a disappointment that ruined the experience. No Country For Old Men and I Am Legend are two recent examples. <-Not my opinions!
What are some examples of movies you enjoyed, but would have liked more with a different ending? They don't have to be recent, so go nuts with nostalgia.
I'll start:
Any movie with Steven Seagal that he doesn't die at the end is truly disappointing.
Seriously though, what is your ATOT Amateur Directors Cut?

 

[Jugernot]

IMO, The Myst ending was pure shock value and didn't further the story in the least.

EDIT: Also, the movie itself wasn't great. I can easily say I left the theater thinking "I paid $19.00 to see that?"

 

[RightIsWrong]

Contact....Jodie Foster.

 

[AmpedSilence]

personally, i actually enjoyed the ending to I Am Legand.

The first one that comes to mind is 'Hitch'. Everything except the last half-hour was pretty great stupid fun. the end was just horrid. Have Kevin James get together with his "love", but Will Smith leaves town.

 

[Rage187]

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong
Contact....Jodie Foster.

 

[zinfamous]

"Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away."

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: AmpedSilence
personally, i actually enjoyed the ending to I Am Legand.

For, the first one that comes to mind is 'Hitch'. Everything except the last half-hour was pretty great stupid fun. the end was just horrid. Have Kevin James get together with his "love", but Will Smith leaves town.

OMG SPOILZ! :Q

 

[MBony]

Cast Away

 

[Ricochet]

Dark City - It was going along at a good pace until the final climatic scene when everything just feels rushed. To be fair I think they were running out of budget.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: MBony
Cast Away

When you realized that the entire movie was an ad for Fed Ex?

I can't think of any movies off the top of my head that I loved all of except the ending... Hmm. I'll have to think about this one.

 

[Playmaker]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
I've noticed alot of movie threads stating that although the movie was excellent, the ending was a disappointment that ruined the experience. No Country For Old Men and I Am Legend are two recent examples.
What are some examples of movies you enjoyed, but would have liked more with a different ending? They don't have to be recent, so go nuts with nostalgia.
I'll start:
Any movie with Steven Seagal that he doesn't die at the end is truly disappointing.
Seriously though, what is your ATOT Amateur Directors Cut?

I don't get the hate in this case. Considering the writing/directing, type of story, etc., it ended as it should have. People who want flashy endings with no unanswered questions should stick to Seagal and Van Damme flicks on the Spike channel.

 

[MrChad]

I enjoyed Signs up until the end.

 

[PoofyHair]

Originally posted by: MBony
Cast Away

 

[iamwiz82]

Rat Race pissed me off.

 

[Mo0o]

Sunshine, but more the last 1/3 than the ending

 

[AmpedSilence]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: AmpedSilence
personally, i actually enjoyed the ending to I Am Legand.

For, the first one that comes to mind is 'Hitch'. Everything except the last half-hour was pretty great stupid fun. the end was just horrid. Have Kevin James get together with his "love", but Will Smith leaves town.

OMG SPOILZ! :Q

oh please, its a romantic comedy. What's the generic ending with all romantic comedies? The main characters end up together. Every movie just does it in a different manor. If you really didn't see that coming, then you really don't watch movies that closely.

I think thats why the ending sucked so bad for me. Smith's character is a loner, not meant to find someone (at least to me). It cheapened everything else in the movie for me.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: ricochet
Dark City - It was going along at a good pace until the final climatic scene when everything just feels rushed. To be fair I think they were running out of budget.

I agree about the ending.

During both movies, Dark City and The Matrix had a similar feel to them.
After you find out the whole world is fake you just dont give a damn anymore. Its impossible to care.

Also, Rat Race had a lame ending.

EDIT:
Devils Advocate and Ronin both had lame endings, which is sad, because both of them were excellent flicks.

 

[Soundmanred]

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong
Contact....Jodie Foster.

Mr. Garrison - "I watched the whole movie and it turns out that it's just her goddamn father!"

 

[Kadarin]

I agree about Rat Race. So disappointing...

 

[NuclearNed]

Braveheart.

In my version, Wallace still dies a heroic death, but only after he cracks dozens of Nazi skulls with his bare hands right before, completely spent, they overpower him and toss him into the Cracks of Doom with the ring.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: MrChad
I enjoyed Signs up until the end.

That goes for most Sci-Fi movies. If the aliens win it's bad, if the aliens lose they look weak and it's bad. It's tough to have them present the proper degree of menace while still letting the humans win in the end. Movies like War of the Worlds and Signs that have the big bad aliens taken down by something so simple are an insult.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
"Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away."

how would you have had mononoke end? IMO its fine, havent watched spirited away yet, im lazy

 

[BrokenVisage]

With a lot of these I just didn't like the way it ended, not so much the ending in particular..

Babel, The Beach, Arlington Road, Blow, The Devils Advocate, Eyes Wide Shut, Memento, Narc, Panic Room, Ronin, and Zodiac.

Now.. GREAT endings include: The Usual Suspects, V for Vendetta, My Fellow Americans (watch it and you'll understand), Heat, The Chronicles of Riddick, and 12 Angry Men.

 

[Anubis]

Blow was basicially a true story, how else were they gonna end it?

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Rat Race pissed me off.

oh man that Smashmouth bit was HORRIBLE