Is there a film that you love except for the ending? What would you change about the ending?
What movies do you have on your current to-watch list?
I've had this in my inbox for ages, from a poll long forgotten. And I think I had it in my inbox because I went pages on question 1. Let's see if we can clean it up.
One: The short answer is no, and the long answer follows. I tend to judge a movie by its whole. A movie that has a good beginning and middle and a ehhhhh weak ending, I think is still a good movie. It's 3 stars, occasionally dropping to 2.5 or 2 depending on the denouement. A movie with a bad beginning and middle but a "good" ending is fucking terrible. Not only have you wasted my time, you're showing me that you had the capability of doing this the entire time?
Like, a movie with a rocky start, and/or an interminable endless middle, are movies I turn off. A movie with a bad ending, eh, it's hard to land the plane. I understand. Get to work, clean it the fuck up for next time. Like I need to be sold on the product! I could be doing other things, or I could be watching something else, or I could be watching four episodes of Cheers.
Something I wish everybody would consider: Was the ending bad, or did you not like it. Cuz those are two completely separate things! I knew a guy who wouldn't stop rampaging about No Country For Old Men because he... I guess wanted a shootout where Tommy Lee and James' Son get shotguns, look at each other, and blast the cartel into smithereens, instead of a meditation on the sheer brutality of life and death. Now, did they wrap things up in a successful way that held true to the movies statement, values, etc? That's where we can talk.
And like... things happen so fast in motion pictures baby, that sometimes you just don't get it. I've rewatched a movie and said "Oh ok, they did establish this thing early in the movie. Whatever else you can say, it didn't come out of nowhere." That's something you got to consider. Even if you hate the thing maybe you just missed the point. OR, maybe you were in such a rush to get your youtube comment out that you didn't' give it a chance. These are the things we must wrestle with, especially in these vocal and stupid times.
2. Any movie I want to rewatch is locked into the Paramount network. I could just rip it or buy it on DVD, but why should I go through that work?
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