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Nothing like the book.
Exactly. I don't see why they didn't stick with the book's storyline. Ah well. They almost always up PK 's stories too (with A Scanner Darkly being a notable exception. I like the movie Blade Runner, but it's too different from the book IMO to compare the two).
Nothing like the book.
Gone Baby Gone.
Why the allegedly street smart baby faced detective wanted the little girl back with the *mother* just stunk. She was a "mother" strictly in the biological donor sense. Beyond horrible parent and no, she did not show much of a change after the girl went missing.
Then the very end has Baby Face sitting on the couch with little girl after he volunteered to babysit since Meth Mom had another *date*. That's supposed to make it all better now?
bleh.
I just saw Salt... WTF WAS THAT ENDING?! SERIOUSLY.
M. Night Shyamalan is taking a lot of L's in this thread.
"Au Hazard Balthazar."
Was talking to Silver n Black Mystic about this one and we agreed that the ending should've been uplifting. Maybe Balthazar is adopted by a loving family and lives out his days in misery-free comfort? Something along those lines.
As it stands, Bresson was trying to be unconventional and avant-garde for no other purpose than to come across as clever, which in my opinion, is lazy film-making. The indulgent "art for art's sake" ending, while a logical conclusion to the events that preceded it, didn't at all leave me satisfied.
If not a happy ending like the one I suggested earlier, then maybe Bresson could've had Balthazar go on a rampage through the town and take revenge on his tormentors?
I really wanted a payoff, but alas, I was confronted with lyricism and genuine heart-wrenching pathos.
But the only thing I shed a tear for was the laziness of the film-makers.
I kind of like the idea of a grindhouse treatment of Au Hazard Balthazar where he does indeed go on a bloody rampage through the French Countryside. The girl who was his caretaker could outfit his body with machine guns and missile launchers.
Do you mean Au hasard Balthazar?
Gee, you are so clever.
If you keep sucking up like that to the pseudo-intellectual movie critic clique-they might let you join.
Aren't you excited?
Lol. Spelling smack.
Probably found out the correct spelling when you googled it.
Someone mentioned it already, but the ending of The International took an all-around avg movie and kicked it in the nuts. What a piece a' .
I have no idea why people hate Independence Day so much. That was the first movie I ever went back to the theaters to see (3 times total) as a kid. Still love it.
And I'll also have to echo the sentiments of the M. Knight haters in here; though, I actually enjoyed Signs. The Village was somewhat intriguing until M. Knight took a giant dump on the audience's captivated faces w/, well, the way he ended it (I won't say anything for those who have yet to waste their time w/ it). Also, I didn't necessarily enjoy Lady in the Water even before the end, but who could honestly take THIS guy seriously?
Btw, make sure to turn Safe Search ON if ever googling "Lady in the water Muscle guy"...
[shudder]
I actually thought the premise behind Lady in the Water was pretty good but poorly done. Had (has?) potential.
Oh and nice blasts at SnB mystix. I approve.
You ladies should just get a room.
Let me see...I am gonna take a guess...
you pseudo wanna-be critics HATED the ending to
Shawshank Redemption because it had a feel good ending...
---they should have had both Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman killed!
Lets see...Tim Robbins on the way to mexico,after spending his life in prison
for a crime he didn't commit....killed by a drunk illegal immigrant ...!!!
and
Morgan Freeman...well...
as long as he dies and at the end ...psuedo wanna-be's need at least SIX possible explanations for the ending---because there always has to be a mysterious unresolved ending...
was Morgan Freeman ACTUALLY dead in the last scene--or was that a flashback...when he described his dream?
did Tim Robbins really get killed by the illegal immigrant or is the fact that the last shot of him --he is shown clinging to a in' pinata...a CLUE...
that he ACTUALLY survived...and lived out his life in Mexico...????
THAT is the avant-garde, artsy ending that would go over every dumb moviegoer's head....brilliant!
This thread keeps getting smarter.
I had no idea they were remaking True Grit. It's such a classic but considering the players involved, it might be extremely well done.
I'm indifferent right now, but the trailer looks promising:
Let me see...I am gonna take a guess...
you pseudo wanna-be critics HATED the ending to
Shawshank Redemption because it had a feel good ending...
---they should have had both Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman killed!
Lets see...Tim Robbins on the way to mexico,after spending his life in prison
for a crime he didn't commit....killed by a drunk illegal immigrant ...!!!
and
Morgan Freeman...well...
as long as he dies and at the end ...psuedo wanna-be's need at least SIX possible explanations for the ending---because there always has to be a mysterious unresolved ending...
was Morgan Freeman ACTUALLY dead in the last scene--or was that a flashback...when he described his dream?
did Tim Robbins really get killed by the illegal immigrant or is the fact that the last shot of him --he is shown clinging to a in' pinata...a CLUE...
that he ACTUALLY survived...and lived out his life in Mexico...????
THAT is the avant-garde, artsy ending that would go over every dumb moviegoer's head....brilliant!
Vampires?
Cry Havoc...
I'm a little flattered that you keep following me around...
but it is gettin' a little creepy.
I've never been stalked before...
are you sucking up to the wanna-be intellectuals in here too
I've yet to see Lady in the Water, but Freddy Rodriguez is a badass.who could honestly take THIS guy seriously?
No, actually. I quite like the ending of Shawshank Redemption just the way it is.
Let me see...I am gonna take a guess...
you pseudo wanna-be critics HATED the ending to
Shawshank Redemption because it had a feel good ending...
---they should have had both Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman killed!
Lets see...Tim Robbins on the way to mexico,after spending his life in prison
for a crime he didn't commit....killed by a drunk illegal immigrant ...!!!
and
Morgan Freeman...well...
as long as he dies and at the end ...psuedo wanna-be's need at least SIX possible explanations for the ending---because there always has to be a mysterious unresolved ending...
was Morgan Freeman ACTUALLY dead in the last scene--or was that a flashback...when he described his dream?
did Tim Robbins really get killed by the illegal immigrant or is the fact that the last shot of him --he is shown clinging to a in' pinata...a CLUE...
that he ACTUALLY survived...and lived out his life in Mexico...????
THAT is the avant-garde, artsy ending that would go over every dumb moviegoer's head....brilliant!
Seems you still don't get it.
At all.
I'm not a huge fan of westerns, generally, but I'll definitely be seeing this one.
It wasn't so much the actor, as it was that ridiculously disproportionate arm of his...
Sorry but, what? I get what you're saying but what you don't like is the point of the movie.
Who is Casey Affleck to decide what is best for the little girl? Who is he to play God, so to speak? With him sitting on the couch at the end could mean a lot of things also. Maybe he felt guilty because he made the wrong choice. Or maybe he has nothing to do because his girlfriend left him because he decided to give the baby back to the mother. Maybe he's just accepting the repercussions of his decision whether he likes it or not.
Either way, the ending of Gone Baby Gone makes the movie. The thing about the movie that Affleck struggles with at the end is the ethics of everything. He struggles between what's right and what's wrong. But the greatness of the ending is which option is really right and which is really wrong?
As a lawful detective (or private investigator) how can he sit there and let an extremely illegal situation happen and how would that affect his integrity as a PI or as a person? And where do you draw the line after that?
It really is a great ending as it explores gray areas of a lot of things. Moral/lawful conflicts, work ethics, personal ethics, etc. Still don't know what I would have done.
Also, I agree with whoever said Han .
Movie had so much potential until the stupid, stupid plot "twist" in the middle of the movie.
No Country for Old Men is a wonderful movie. The ending was perfect and fitting (obviously).
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