zico 4:14 Wed Oct 19
Best ending to a film ever?
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Watched 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers last night for the first time in years. The creepy and sinister ending has to be up there with Charlton Heston's Planet of the Apes as a possible tie for the best film ending I can remember. Am I right or wrong?
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RBshorty
10:51 Sat Oct 22
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MMG 9:25
A truly horrific movie. In more ways than one. John Carpenter a film maker who knew how to close out a film. Halloween. The Fog. The Thing. Christine. Big Trouble in Little China. And They Live. All great endings. And he isn't a bad musician and composer either.!
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martinbritt_63
9:46 Sat Oct 22
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Lindsay Andersons - "If" - 1968
The violent shootout at the public school - filmed at Cheltenham College if I recall.
Given the political climate of the time Anderson created a masterpiece on a limited budget.
Saw it in the cinema with a then girlfriend, and the ending rendered us almost speechless.
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
9:25 Sat Oct 22
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zico 9:19
Wasn't resolved. One of them certainly was, but what fate awaited them?
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zico
9:19 Sat Oct 22
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Re The Thing. were they both human at the end or not?
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
9:05 Sat Oct 22
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Fuck me, this has really got into my head now.
The Thing (Kurt Russell)
There Will Be Blood
Someone mentioned Primal Fear. Great shout.
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
7:49 Sat Oct 22
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RBshorty 1:22
đź‘Ť, although also rate JFK (especially the Directors cut) highly.
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RBshorty
7:18 Sat Oct 22
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’dm. By far the best moment in any Star Wars movie since the original trilogy. And especially since George sold up to the Mouse House.
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dm
4:30 Sat Oct 22
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Rogue One
To be pedantic, not the absolute final scene, but near enough when Darth Vader appears in the spacecraft's corridor.
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mashed in maryland
1:30 Sat Oct 22
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mallard 6:52 Fri Oct 21
Django Unchained is a great shout. Also once upon a time in hollywood.
Say what you like about Tarantino he makes fantastic films
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RBshorty
1:22 Sat Oct 22
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M&P. Both of you are correct. I was mentioning to Northern about the ENDING of the film’s he put up. A classic film. Stone’s masterpiece.
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
12:13 Sat Oct 22
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PwoperNaughtyButNot 11:31
Defoe is shot by Berenger, however he survives and is eventually gunned down by the VC, witnessed by Sheen from the helicopter.
Sheen kills Berenger in retribution.
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PwoperNaughtyButNot
11:31 Sat Oct 22
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RBshorty 6:47 Fri Oct 21
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Northern. Dafoe wasn’t killed at the end of Platoon. It was Berenger’s Sgt Barnes who was killed off. Still. It’s a classic. And always worth a mention in a film thread.
If memory serves me right, Barnes shoots Ilias in the jungle and then as they are retreating on helicopter Charlie Sheen looks out and sees Ilias running from the tree line chased by VC and he drops to his knees whilst being repeatedly shot and killed.
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paul6565
10:57 Sat Oct 22
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The first ever Saw movie was a great ending but favourite has to be Seven.
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martyboy
10:05 Sat Oct 22
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Bob Hoskins in the Long good Friday.
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BRANDED
3:24 Sat Oct 22
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The cook, the thief his wife and his lover
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Alfs
12:17 Sat Oct 22
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Chinatown's another
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Takashi Miike
11:35 Fri Oct 21
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old boy (original version)
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Takashi Miike
11:27 Fri Oct 21
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Leon
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zebthecat
11:13 Fri Oct 21
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Pulp fiction is a weird one with its structure but both the actual and chronological endings are a redemptive arc for two protagonist. Both Jules and Butch get to ride off into the sunset for new lives having done good things.
One I love is Ravenous for very different reasons..
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Kandu
11:02 Fri Oct 21
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The Dead Zone-Christopher Walken
Unbreakable-Samuel L
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mallard
6:52 Fri Oct 21
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Takashi Miike 5:07 Fri Oct 21
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pulp fiction
Good shout!
A lot of the Tarantino films have good endings, Resevoir Dogs, Inglorious Basterds, Hateful Eight and my favourite Django Unchained
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