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Dear John
Yeah, I got real lazy in this thread and skipped every single page where people complain about Signs.
Dear John
Um, if you're referring to how the aliens were defeated that's from a little known book called "The War of the Worlds" written by HG Wells.
Dumbass.
The International. Not that the ending was disappointing but it frustrated me. I had hoped for something that was better because I hated IBBC and Skarssen.
I remember watching the 9th gate
The movie wasnt bad, but the ending was like WTF
Poop , waste of time
signs sucked!
I read the book before I watched the movie and was surprised that they were nothing alike. I did get the sense, however, than a lot was lost in the translation into English.
For anybody who likes a really creepy read, The Grudge will do it for you. The movie was bad, but the book gave me chills in several places.
I Am Legend definitely. once will smith tried bulldozing the vampires in his car, the movie went downhill. but everything before that was quite good imho
How'd I know this would come up... on this we agree. That ending was horrible.
I've heard Ringu is much better than The Ring. It's the original Japanese version of the movie. Haven't watched it though.
Other movies to throw into the mix of discussion...
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Burn After Reading - So everyone dies?
Independence Day - I know people have already mentioned it... but the first half of this movie was so intense, that anything thereafter was poised to be a natural let down.
12 Monkeys - I absolutely love the movie, it just kind of sucks to see Willis' character unnable to change his fate... would have been a twist if somehow his memory as a child was faded and not necessarily require him to die...
Back to the Future III - just kind of sucks to see the Delorean smashed to smitereens...
Superman Returns - WTH Superman has a son?
Babylon A.D.
I thought the Ring sucked really badly, the whole way through. Saw it in the theater and at the end some guy behind me yelled "REEEEEEEEFUUUUUND" and I responded " YEAH". It sucked real bad.
A few months ago I watched Ringu with my wife and friend. Don't bother. It was such a waste. In the first 5 mins your expectations mixed with what has been shown makes you think, "ok a little slow, but this thing has some potential". Nope. The movie is just plain boring. We just started talking to each other about a quarter of the way through it and by the end we were all just tired. It was one of the worst borefests that I have been a part of.
just like most asian horrors and s. boring!
Sigh...
That wouldn't have been a twist. That would be happy Hollywood bull . That the ending implies Willis' life will continue to play out in the same cycle, and further that all the attempts to go back in time and change history are futile, is one of the most interesting things about the film.
To those who didn't care for the way 3:10 to Yuma ended: Ever see the 1957 original? Ends differently, but I think the complaints from an audience today would include "too predictable" "storybook ending". Comparing the 2 films, the modern version's ending was a good adjustment to try meet the expectations of today's audience. I like both endings.
I Am Legend
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I Am Legend was a damn tragedy the way they pissed on the original novel. They completely ripped apart the original storyline and then decided to keep the same le. What the !? The freaking le IS the whole point of the ENDING. WTFFFFFFF
I like Will Smith, but he d himself out to make just another cookie-cutter blockbuster with no respect to the original literature.
And I'm not one of these people that always pulls the "book is better" line, but if you read/listen to the original I Am Legend the ending is pretty epic.
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I read it and loved it after I saw the movie. I enjoyed the movie but they truly ripped the heart out of that story in order to make it "hollywood". The book ending is fantastic.
Never saw War Of The Worlds so nothing to say there. But Saving Private Ryan? Really? What was terrible about the ending?
Never read the book (it's on my "must read" list after I get out of college, though), but I usually end up watching the alternate ending to I Am Legend. It's cheesy but whatever.
book>>>>>>>>>>>>>movie
just the idea of some strung out, alcoholic white dude beating zombies with his fists just for the of it is flat out badass.
when he looked back at the window and the chick dissapeared i thought it was his mind. that scene followed the part where he is just dying there.
its more satisfying cause its just better. find it hard to beleive the story can end with him as a hero
Blow
Who said that he was a hero? The media treated him as such because they didn't know that he was a psycho and was just looking at the whole "rescuing young girl from pimps" thing.
Fair enough...
It's just I imagine an alternate ending that reveals Willis to be one of the old scientists that selected his younger self as a candidate to go back in time. But by then we would realize that his intent would not be for the sake of changing the past (or preventing the biological pandemic - which by that point he'd understand was futile) but because of 'the girl'... In that context, the movie would have given their relationship a far deeper bond, than the whimsical bond that was forged by her sudden realization that the little boy she made eye-contact with was in fact a younger Willis, an ephimeral realization that validated all his other claims...
Instead, he dies, she realizes he wasn't crazy... we get the cut-scene where the older scientist tries to prod the Sam Morse character into revealing information about his 'biological weapon' on the plane - only to understand ourselves that it's all for naught. Everyone will die anyways... and none of it matters.
In my hypothetical ending their relationship would have been expounded as THE REASON for having spent my time watching a flick about our inability to control the inevitable.
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