Best/Worst all time movie endings?

[ohiosmith]

Best: Godfather II

Worst: The Vanishing

[MissMillie]

1. Worst: Gone with the Wind

Best: Amazing Grace and Chuck

[lost-in-nj]

44. Have to agree on Amazing Grace and Chuck....

All I have to do is put this in the VCR and I start crying....

lost

[MissMillie]

62. "Hello Amazing"

I ball every time

[terrya]

2. Mine:

Best: "Breakfast at Tiffany's". It is NOT the same ending as in the book, but it was a nice, happy ending.

Worst: "Fail Safe". You have to admit, our own fighter bombers dropping an atomic bomb on New York City isn't exactly a great ending.

[Deep13]

89. I thought it was a great ending for that film.

It was like a Greek tragedy.

[Parche]

3. Movie

Best: Debbie does Ohio

Worst: Debbie did Ohio

:hi:

[CatholicEdHead]

4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

You Decide. ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. What, you expected them to actually *find* the damned thing?

In this police state? Not bloody likely.







Anyway, it was only a cartoon all along. :D

[BOSSHOG]

5. Best and worst ending in the same Movie

COOL HAND LUKE:

- Luke was shot and killed by the cops; thats the worst. He was finally free of the penal institution; that's the best. It all happened in just a few seconds. Still one of the greatest movies of all time.

[Phillycat]

6. Worst: Heat

I think it's the worst because the rest of the movie was actually really good, and the ending just ruined it.

Best: that's a toughie. I'll have to think about it.

[Jade Fox]

77. No way!

All of HEAT is good. :)

[MrScorpio]

7. Best: Planet Of The Apes

Worst: Beneath The Planet Of The Apes

[JVS]

13. lol

[Capn Sunshine]

8. worst: Easy Rider

damn, that pissed me off.

Best: Casablanca

[NewJeffCT]

9. Planet of the Apes (the original) is up there with the best

will have to think on the worst.

[terrya]

11. That was a great ending, I have to admit.

[NewJeffCT]

34. I'd also add both Godfather movies

to the list as well.

[Capn Sunshine]

57. They shot that scene on the beach we hung out at

all summer long, the Statue of Liberty was buried in the sand, just on the other side of the cove.
It was pretty trippy.

Ahhhhh....Zuma Beach....

[MrCoffee]

10. one of the best: Where the Day Takes You

worst: Stargate. actually, the entire second half of Stargate sucks. i made it worst because the first half is so good.

[DarkTirade]

47. But... there's an explosion!

And the bad guy dies! And the geeky guy gets laid! And the ever-so-manly, but emotionally crippled guy finally starts to open up and live his life again. What could be better than that? :P

[MrCoffee]

52. Roland Emmerich is a hack

[DarkTirade]

60. ... I thought that's pretty much what I just said. :)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

69. And James Spader is a cunning linguist in that movie.

:rofl: And cute too!

[DarkTirade]

70. Mmm... James Spader...

[redqueen]

12. Best: Blade Runner

Worst: Remains of the Day (dunno if the book ended the same way, but I was so pissed)

[ohiosmith]

18. Blade Runner theatrical release or Directors cut?

[redqueen]

19. Director's cut.

Aren't they mostly the same though? With the happy ending with lovers running off together?

*sigh*

[ohiosmith]

22. Except we learn that Deckard is a replicant.

[redqueen]

23. No he isn't! That's a lot of bullcrap.

x(

[ohiosmith]

24. Is so,...and he reaches critical mass just as he's reaching critical mass. That scene is in the

unrated version.

[redqueen]

26. What?

He is not and that's that!

[ohiosmith]

30. I'll leave you with your delusions.

[redqueen]

You're one that's deluded.

Ridley is a liar... a flakey flakey liar!

[ohiosmith]

37. "Flakey flakey liar". Wasn't that a Billy Ray Cyrus hit a while back?

[redqueen]

42. hahahah

no!

[tandot]

72. Remains of the Day...I was also thought that the ending sucked big time

Best: Harold and Maude

[JVS]

14. Best: Ballad of a Soldier

Worst: American Beauty

[Lord Wortherington]

15. Worst: The Ten Commandments

Who wrote that stuff?

[ChickMagic]

16. Here's mine

Best: Blade Runner
Worst: AI

[wicket]

17. Best: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

[HERVEPA]

20. Best - The Graduate , McCabe and Mrs. Miller

[quiet.american]

21. Best: Thelma & Louise -- Worst: Red River (John Wayne)

Best: Thelma & Louise -- all these years later the ending still amazes.

Worst: A few months ago, I caught the western Red River for the first time on television.

Incredible story, action and photography! -- then along came the ending -- an amazing letdown/sellout of the story -- and the device used -- a frustrated monologue by the love interest in the film (unfortunately, probably the worst acting Joanne Dru ever did -- but then again, no actress could master those Howard Hawks-speeding-bullet rants except for Rosalind Russell)-- well, in my book, one of the worst endings ever in a film.

[billyskank]

25. Casablanca SUCKED.

Rick and Ilsa should have done it in the final scene.

[MrCoffee]

31. some things are sacred, billyskank

you crossed the line, man.

[billyskank]

33. It must be due for a remake.

I think Ben Affleck and Angelina Jolie would be great in it.

[MrCoffee]

43. that is exactly the kind of disrespect i will not tolerate

[gmoney]

78. Rick could manage an "Olive Garden"

Look for Flava Flav's remake of "As Time Goes By"

[CBHagman]

80. Them's fighting words.

Besides, Hollywood could never do it these days.

Casablanca was a miracle of time, coincidence, talent, and necessity (Read Aljean Harmetz's The Making of Casablanca, also known under the title Round Up the Usual Suspects).

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. Did not!

Rick did the only thing he could do. He threw himself on the grenade, so to speak.



Anyway, they always had Paris, and Rick and Louis had a beautiful friendship. :D

[billyskank]

41. I know that

I'm just trying to be an asshole. :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

50. Well, stop

Everybody knows you're just fakin' it. :P

[redqueen]

46. Aw...

But... but... things were different then.

That movie is perfect. PERFECT!

[billyskank]

53. I know

I was just being a dick because it was ohiosmith's thread. He usually appreciates that sort of thing.

[Capn Sunshine]

55. They did the night before

what do they have to do these days , smack you in the face with a breast?

[JVS]

61. Series!!!111!!11

[MrScorpio]

27. Best: The Original Wicker Man

Worst: The (New) Wicker Man

[SKKY]

28. Best: Life is Beautiful

Worst: The Matrix Revolutions

[NorthernSpy]

29. worst: Night of the Living Dead...

Just so frustrating.

x(

[Yavin4]

32. Best: Dr. Strangelove

Worst: Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King

[bertha katzenengel]

35. "Could I borrow that little yellow dress?" "Which one?" "The Halston?" "The Halston!!..."

Just a soft little comedy-romance ending. One of my favorite movies ever. Can you name it?

[MissMillie]

63. Tootsie

great movie

[bertha katzenengel]

85. Yup!

:hi: MissMillie :hug:

[Pale Blue Dot]

39. When you say "The Vanishing", are you referring to the original or the crappy American remake?

Two VERY different endings.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

40. Dude, the The Vanishing was one of the best film endings of all time.

Unless you're talking about the American shitfest, I never saw that version to the end.

[ohiosmith]

48. Yep. The yankee version.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

54. Oh, then you need to see the real version.

[ohiosmith]

56. Did. Loved it.

[Bucky]

45. Worst: The China Syndrome

They stopped right before the bad guys got their just desserts. Who the hell ends a movie right there?

[idgiehkt]

59. that's where it always stops in real life too.

:shrug: :)

[soleft]

93. No, Kimberly Wells said there was going to be an INVESTIGATION

And then she hugged the camera guy.

[DarkTirade]

49. Best: Some Like it Hot

"Nobody's perfect." I love that line. :)

Worst... hmm... gotta think on that one. I'll get back to ya.

[terrya]

66. GOOD call!

"Some Like It Hot" has a classic ending! :thumbsup:

[Gen. Jack D. Ripper]

51. Worst: Frailty

Worst I can think of right now, any way.

[unpossibles]

58. worst: Burton's Planet of the Apes remake

Best: not sure as there are many contenders for me.

[Mythsaje]

83. Oh, Gawd. Seriously.

An alternate universe where America was inhabited by apes? With their own ape Abe Lincoln?

Absolutely ridiculous.

[unpossibles]

86. I would have been ok with it

except for Aperaham Lincoln and everything looking exactly the same. A similar ending without that would have been acceptable.

[Xipe Totec]

64. Best - Shakespeare in Love

Worst - Minority Report

[FloridaJudy]

65. Best: The Usual Suspects

Until the last 30 seconds of the movie, I had no idea what was going on, and then it was "OMG!".

Worst: Love Story. She should have died in the first thirty seconds, and spared all of us the pain.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

67. Yeah, around the

last 30 seconds for me, had to do with the foursome in IL. Slap upside the head, why didn't I get that.

[CBHagman]

81. I think you've hit the nail on the head.

The Usual Suspects was brilliant, period. I saw it twice in the theaters, and second time some yahoo was thinking out loud and gradually putting the pieces together at the end, and nearly announced it all to the audience. It took a lot of willpower not to tackle him and clap a hand over his mouth.

By the way, the novel Love Story had a better ending than the movie. I have no idea why they felt the need to change it.

[FloridaJudy]

88. I love to show TUS to someone who doesn't know

And watch his/her face as the comprehension suddenly hits at the end. "Holy Shit!" seems to be the consensus.

Depriving someone of that is a sin. Those people should be taken out and shot at dawn, along with all those who ruined "The Empire Strikes Back", "The Crying Game" and "The Sixth Sense" for me.

(edited to add)
And the end of "Citizen Kane" to has to be one of the Greatest.

(Spoiler: "Rosebud" is really Luke Skywalker's father)

[Mad_Dem_X]

87. TUS - yes n/t

[begin_within]

68. Best ending is a tie between "Ladri di biciclette" (1948) and "Au Hasard Balthazar" (1966)

[Danger Mouse]

71. Best: right now, I'm thinking Brazil. It's harsh and unforgiving...

just like real life. The fantasy and wonder gives way to total soul-crushing despair in a matter of seconds. And Michael Palin in a baby mask... :scared:

Worst? Let me think...Manos: The Hands of Fate. An exceptionally retarded ending to an exceptionally retarded movie.
Ah, but if you're thinking a bad ending to a GOOD movie?
An American Werewolf in London...great movie, but the ending blows.

[tandot]

73. Best: Harold and Maude - Worst: The Remains of the Day

[ironflange]

74. One of the best: The Empire Strikes Back

Come on, "Luke, I am your father" is a great WTF moment.

I just saw the "Robot Chicken" take-off on this:

Vader: Luke, I am your father.

Luke: NOOOOO!!!!

Vader: Leia is your sister.

Luke: NO!

Vader: Join me (etc etc)

Luke: No.

becomes. . .

Vader: And as a child, I build R2D2.

Luke: Look, if you're not gonna be serious, I'm outta here. (Leaves)

[Fire Walk With Me]

75. Worst: Any edit to "Brazil". Best: Shockers like Fail Safe, Zentropa, Brazil, etc.

[Jade Fox]

76. Best: Sixth Sense-did NOT see it coming....

Worst: Cold Mountain. I so hate the Inman died.

[Mz Pip]

79. Worst

Return of the Jedi. One would think after all of that there would have been something better than just a party with the Ewoks.

Best: Loved the Nazis getting fried in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Kat45]

82. Best: The Usual Suspects

That one blew me away! Another movie with a 'best' ending that also blew me away was "No Way Out" (with Kevin Costner).

[Orsino]

84. Best: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow [spoiler]

Well, one of the best last lines ever.

"Lens cap!"

[noonwitch]

90. Best-12 Monkeys

After all the confusion, after Bruce Willis gets killed as an adult in front of his child self, the terrorist with the virus gets on the plane and the woman from the future sits next to him, and they briefly converse about what a terrible place the world is. He asks her what line of work she is in, and she responds "Insurance". The rest is left to your imagination.

[Paladin]

91. Speaking As A Fifth-Generation Texan....

...the final line of the movie "Lone Star" really resonates with me: "Forget the Alamo." Maybe it's just a liberal Texan thing.....

[racaulk]

92. Best: "Memento" and "Kill Bill"

Memento: It really brought the whole movie together and you *finally* understood what was going on.

Kill Bill: Come on, you all knew how it would end! It was nice to see it.