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There is some kind of twisted logic in that.

In which case it'd be 'The Village' for me.

Orlanth wrote:I will try for a definitive answer:

The best film ending is the ending of the worst film you had to sit through.

Public enemies for me, good God i hate that film.

Fight Club, The Fountain, Inception, Brazil, The Prestige, The Usual Suspects. All great endings.

No Country for Old Men..I kinda felt was the opposite. The very last scene was good, but I felt like they built up a ton of dramatic tension over the first bulk of the movie and then entirely lost steam for the last part.

Zefig wrote:Fight Club, The Fountain, Inception, Brazil, The Prestige, The Usual Suspects. All great endings.

No Country for Old Men..I kinda felt was the opposite. The very last scene was good, but I felt like they built up a ton of dramatic tension over the first bulk of the movie and then entirely lost steam for the last part.

With you here, especially your comments on No Country for Old Men:

Orphan has quite a crazy ending

Infernal Affairs/ The Departed; Bang and the good guy dies just like that, then the bad guy walks off into the sunset. =/

Oh yeah, and I'm all there for No Country for Old Men. It really just proves that whole unstopable evil thing that Anton's about. (The vietnam vet's name's Josh BTW, who's death is just about as WTF the other film's I mentioned ^^).

The Book of Eli wasn't a good movie IMO, but C'mon:

Final Destination 2. I laughed my ass off.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:There is some kind of twisted logic in that.

As a druchii that should be right up your street.

Hot Fuzz had a good ending, really cliche but really fun.

A BOY AND HIS DOG!!!!!!
Gotta love cannibalism jokes.

I loved the ending of Brazil, can't believe no one has mentioned that one yet!

Most emotional ending: Life is Beautiful, makes me cry every time.

Jacob's Ladder

Jihadnik wrote:I loved the ending of Brazil, can't believe no one has mentioned that one yet!

Hey, I totally mentioned Brazil!

Forgot about Jacob's Ladder though. That's another darn good one.

Revenent Reiko wrote:

Zefig wrote:Fight Club, The Fountain, Inception, Brazil, The Prestige, The Usual Suspects. All great endings.

No Country for Old Men..I kinda felt was the opposite. The very last scene was good, but I felt like they built up a ton of dramatic tension over the first bulk of the movie and then entirely lost steam for the last part.

With you here, especially your comments on No Country for Old Men:

Spoiler:

when the main character (the one with the money (name?) died, i thought it was a trick for ages. It really disappointed me, but i cant stop rewatching the film just to see how creppy and intimidating Shugar is

Uh yea. I watch that movie too for the same reason. The actor that played him did amazing. Seriously, I rarely get creeped out from characters in movies, but he certainly did it.

Revenent Reiko wrote:

Orlanth wrote:I will try for a definitive answer:

The best film ending is the ending of the worst film you had to sit through.

Public enemies for me, good God i hate that film.

I have experienced this very recently on a whole string of films I've been dragged to. I can safely say Hop is the 2011 winner so far. The Wife had to take away my coke because I was trying to slit my wrists with the straw.

Pirates - The Fountain of No Plot
Thor - Wake me when the Giants Win
Priest - Just blow up the train already
Hop - I swear to Jesus I'll kill you all.
Rio - If I had a shotgun it'd be Buffalo Wings for Breakfast!

Zefig wrote:

Jihadnik wrote:


Forgot about Jacob's Ladder though. That's another darn good one.

Love that movie.

Wyrmalla wrote:
Oh yeah, and I'm all there for No Country for Old Men. It really just proves that whole unstopable evil thing that Anton's about. (The vietnam vet's name's Josh BTW, who's death is just about as WTF the other film's I mentioned ^^).

Well, you kind of missed the point of the car crash. Anton walks into the sunset in the end, but he's badly wounded. It's supposed to give a glimmer of hope that evil can still be defeated, even in a cold and unforgiving universe that seems to be run by the forces of chance.

Wolfun wrote:

Spoiler:

Yes! A thousand times yes! By far my favorite ending to any movie. I love tragic endings.

Orlanth wrote:I will try for a definitive answer:

The best film ending is the ending of the worst film you had to sit through.

According to this: Ankle Biters. The single worst movie I ever watched. This was actually available at Hollywood Video when they were still open (I worked there, so I didn't have to pay for it, else I would have NEVER rented it). It was funny at the time, but in retrospect, it was excruciatingly bad. The plot? Midget vampires on a quest to obtain a mythical sword to bring about the age of giant vampires (of which there was one in the movie. He was about 6'4" tall) set in a modern city (forget which one, probably for the best).

To add to the collective list:

A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
Everything Is Illuminated
Wayne's World
Hamlet 2
Big Man Japan
Burn After Reading

Just remembered another one: Black Dynamite

Huh. Burn after reading. The majority of that movie WAS a chore to sit through, but a few of the scenes, especially near the end, had me in tears, and I thought the very final scene almost made it all worth it. Then again, I may have been drunk at the time.

Wolfun wrote:

Spoiler:

This. One thousand times this. I am upset that I was beaten to the punch, but THIS!!!!

Fight Club was pretty good to, but not nearly as good as The Mist.

Another good one: Bourne Ultimatum.

I also enjoyed the ending of Michael Clayton, dunno, just thought it was artfully done.

+1 for The Mist, I actually didn't like the movie as a whole very much, but the ending pretty much made up for it... probably my most favorite "depressing song" soundtrack tune.

+1 for burn after reading... I work in a very similar field to those geniuses, and both my wife and i were rolling laughing the whole time, because we saw how our work works.

Also enjoyed Law Abiding Citizen (the one with Leonidas from 300 in it), something about that ending just worked brilliantly.

Boondock Saints, the whole movie is ridiculously awesome, and the ending... i mean, taking out a mafia boss in a courtroom is just awesome.

Some honorable mentions:

Mr. Brooks
Spy Game
The Godfather (i know that this is regarded as one of the best movies of all time, and it is, the ending was right for this movie, i just dont think it was as good as some of the others i mentioned)

I think the main reason I loved Burn After Reading is for the fact that, at the end, no one has learned a lesson, no one has come any further in life, there was no ultimate experience for (mostly) anyone, and all because an insecure woman wanted plastic surgery (along with oodles of misunderstandings).

Khornholio wrote:Monty Python's Holy Grail

Now... "PISS OFF"

I enjoyed the ending for first transformers (shows how good my taste in movies is).

KingCracker wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:

Zefig wrote:Fight Club, The Fountain, Inception, Brazil, The Prestige, The Usual Suspects. All great endings.

No Country for Old Men..I kinda felt was the opposite. The very last scene was good, but I felt like they built up a ton of dramatic tension over the first bulk of the movie and then entirely lost steam for the last part.

With you here, especially your comments on No Country for Old Men:

Spoiler:

when the main character (the one with the money (name?) died, i thought it was a trick for ages. It really disappointed me, but i cant stop rewatching the film just to see how creepy and intimidating Shugar is

Uh yea. I watch that movie too for the same reason. The actor that played him did amazing. Seriously, I rarely get creeped out from characters in movies, but he certainly did it.

really amazing! especially the scene in the gas station... *shudder*

Frazzled wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:

Orlanth wrote:I will try for a definitive answer:

The best film ending is the ending of the worst film you had to sit through.

Public enemies for me, good God i hate that film.

I have experienced this very recently on a whole string of films I've been dragged to. I can safely say Hop is the 2011 winner so far. The Wife had to take away my coke because I was trying to slit my wrists with the straw.

Haha Fraz i can actually envision you trying to do this and getting more and more frustrated that it wasnt working


O and a further +1 for Mist

Revenent Reiko wrote:
really amazing! especially the scene in the gas station... *shudder*

I totally have the urge to call anyone I don't like "Friendo" after that scene. Never knew eating peanuts could be so intimidating.

Must see The Mist now definitely! The short story was one of King's best.

If we're talking movies we were glad to just see the end of, mine would have to be Punch Drunk Love. Of course I cheated and left within the first 20 minutes of it. Best ending is a self-made one!

SlaveToDorkness wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:
really amazing! especially the scene in the gas station... *shudder*

I totally have the urge to call anyone I don't like "Friendo" after that scene. Never knew eating peanuts could be so intimidating.

Or flipping a coin for that matter

Must see The Mist now definitely! The short story was one of King's best.

Do it. The rest of the film isnt great (not bad, just not great), but the ending is pure win!

If we're talking movies we were glad to just see the end of, mine would have to be Punch Drunk Love. Of course I cheated and left within the first 20 minutes of it. Best ending is a self-made one!

Good plan, should have thought of that with Public Enemies (damn!)

Revenent Reiko wrote:

KingCracker wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:

Zefig wrote:Fight Club, The Fountain, Inception, Brazil, The Prestige, The Usual Suspects. All great endings.

No Country for Old Men..I kinda felt was the opposite. The very last scene was good, but I felt like they built up a ton of dramatic tension over the first bulk of the movie and then entirely lost steam for the last part.

With you here, especially your comments on No Country for Old Men:

Spoiler:

when the main character (the one with the money (name?) died, i thought it was a trick for ages. It really disappointed me, but i cant stop rewatching the film just to see how creepy and intimidating Shugar is

Uh yea. I watch that movie too for the same reason. The actor that played him did amazing. Seriously, I rarely get creeped out from characters in movies, but he certainly did it.

really amazing! especially the scene in the gas station... *shudder*

Yea I ALMOST put that scene down. Even the clerk knew he was a quarter away from being found in a field somewhere Just an ordinary quarter......feth you creepy guy!

KingCracker wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:

KingCracker wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:

Zefig wrote:Fight Club, The Fountain, Inception, Brazil, The Prestige, The Usual Suspects. All great endings.

No Country for Old Men..I kinda felt was the opposite. The very last scene was good, but I felt like they built up a ton of dramatic tension over the first bulk of the movie and then entirely lost steam for the last part.

With you here, especially your comments on No Country for Old Men:

Spoiler:

when the main character (the one with the money (name?) died, i thought it was a trick for ages. It really disappointed me, but i cant stop rewatching the film just to see how creepy and intimidating Shugar is

Uh yea. I watch that movie too for the same reason. The actor that played him did amazing. Seriously, I rarely get creeped out from characters in movies, but he certainly did it.

really amazing! especially the scene in the gas station... *shudder*

Yea I ALMOST put that scene down. Even the clerk knew he was a quarter away from being found in a field somewhere Just an ordinary quarter......feth you creepy guy!

Or waking up to that guy in his house in the middle of the night and never being found