Hancock is really great until it’s revealed that Charlize Theron is also a superhero, and they were once married. During the last 20 minutes or so, we learn that they’re always drawn to each other, and their powers deplete when together. They also apparently feel each other’s pain (something the movie doesn’t mention), and their convenient powers stick around for plot-sake. Okay, whatever. Can we have the bad Hancock back?
The original 1990’s IT had some questionable scenes, but what really killed the movie was the spider scene. That spider looked so unrealistic and robotic that it pulled the audience out of the illusion. Why add it at all? The remake nixed the idea, and it made for a much scarier final fight with the dreaded Pennywise.
First off, why was Ares played by David Thewlis (basically a mild-manned British guy)? I get the twist the director was going for, but it doesn’t pay off. It just looks like some guy cosplaying as the God of War—one of the strongest god’s out there. Then, there’s the whole issue of whether or not he’s even powerful. If humans are evil, why was he necessary? If he’s nudging them, killing him would erase the existence of WWII.
Is there a reason the car flies away at the ending of Grease? Some morbid theories float around that explain this, like Sandy being dead the whole time. All of the theories have been shot down by the author of the original book, and he said whoever came up with the ideas must have been “on acid.”
This movie is unique because it was based on a book, but it decided to go with a different ending. In the ending, the hero discovers a cure, which completely goes against the first two acts. In the novel, the protagonist finds out that he’s the monster and has been stalking Earth’s dominant species. It turns the story into a masterpiece. It’s a shame we never got to see that ending.
Watching Brave, I thought it was a story about a girl who refused to fit the mold society wanted to force on her. However, that quickly changed about halfway through. Instead, the ending made it clear the film was about a mother-daughter relationship. Where was the headstrong Merida? If you had the chance to change the ending, would you? Yes.
Now You See Me was going to have a twist ending—it was about magicians! That being said, the ending we got felt tacked on and made little to no sense. Actually, it opened up more plot holes than it closed! It’s revealed at the end Ruffalo’s character (the head FBI agent hunting down the magicians) was part of the group all along! Total crap. No one can suspend that amount of disbelief.
Law Abiding Citizen constantly pushed the idea that Clyde Shelton was unbeatable, but the final fight put Nick Rice as the winner. Yeah, Rice was the protagonist, but the character was so poorly written that audiences felt more sympathy toward Shelton. Rice should never have beat Shelton, and if Shelton had won, the movie would have been truly unique; villains hardly ever win.
Jurassic World had a good premise that left the main characters with an ethical decision: do you save the dinosaurs at the cost of provoking an ecological disaster, or do you let them die? It could have garnered a lot of discussion, but nope. The little girl pops in and says they have to be saved because they’re cloned like her! It made the whole thing worthless.
The Martian was nominated for seven Oscars, but none of that was thanks to the ending. The book ending was great, but they didn’t stick to that. Instead, they turned Commander Lewis into a selfish character who Iron Man’s up (leaving her crew behind on the ship) to go after Mark. By the way, that scene was a joke in the book, said by a half-conscious Mark.
There’s a lot of things about A Quiet Place that rubs me the wrong way, but it was ultimately a pretty decent movie. The ending though? Nah, son. The dad didn’t have to die, for one. And two, the cheesy shotgun pump? Maybe in the ’90s that would fly, but not today.
The Dark Knight Rises was the weakest installment of Nolan’s Batman trilogy. That means the ending is even worse. It concludes with Wayne faking his death and running off to Europe with Selina Kyle where they’ll live happy lives. Mind you, this is after he made global headlines about how he was a vigilante that dressed as a bat. Someone would recognize him. Come on.
Are you seriously going to expect me to accept the fact that the aliens in Signs were weak to water and blunt weapons? This whole idea ruined an otherwise excellent movie because it made the villains cartoon characters! And the daughter leaving around glasses of water everywhere was a ludicrous plot device.
The premise of Lucy is ridiculous for one—people use more than a fraction of their brains. Still, it’s a fun action movie, and it was one of the best of 2014. The ending wasn’t, though. Lucy is being held at gunpoint when she unlocks 100% of her brain, and she literally disappears. Apparently, “unlocking the full potential of your brain” makes you omniscient and omnipotent.
The 1978 Superman was a pretty good movie…until the end. Lois Lane dies and Superman, so distraught, decides to do the only thing he can do: turn back time by reversing the Earth’s rotation. A lot of stuff would happen if you reversed the Earth’s rotation (mostly a ton of natural disasters that would kill everyone), but time reversal isn’t one of them. Superman successfully would have killed humanity.
A.I. was a fantastic film, and it still stands up today, except for the ending. The conclusion of the film saw the main character reunited with a clone of his mother after he’d been revived 2,000 years later. He got to spend the day with her, which gave the film a happy ending. What’s wrong with that? Oh, nothing, other than the fact that it’s overly sympathetic and unsatisfyingly sentimental.
This addition to the series wasn’t the best, but it’s subjectively a good movie. That is, until you get to the end when aliens pop out of nowhere. Indiana Jones was always about evil on Earth. We can look past him surviving in a fridge during a nuclear bomb, but we’re not going to look past freaking aliens. Dang it, Jim! He’s an archeologist, not a space captain!
Sunshine is an excellent movie, but the ending completely changes the tone. If you went to the bathroom and came back to see the ending, you’d think you were in the wrong theater. It turns into some kind of slasher flick with a ton of blood and gore. We didn’t need a deranged zombie captain. It felt unnecessary.
Savages had its ups and downs, but overall, it was a pretty great movie. Still, the ending kinda ruined it. In the end, the three main characters are in a sticky situation (as drug cartel movies do), and instead of killing one of them, they all make it out alive in the most unrealistic way possible. This, of course, leads to an unsatisfying happy ending for them. Killing one would have elevated the movie.
Yes, it was faithful, but this movie would have benefited from changing the ending. The end reveals that the aliens have a crappy immune system even though they’re “advanced” beings. Even Spielberg came out and said that the ending doesn’t make any sense and that “the film doesn’t have a good ending.”
Planet of the Apes is technically pretty good, but the ending caused it to get a lot of hate. That’s totally justified. Instead of going with the original (where the main characters are on Earth), the remake had the main character escape Ashlar and crash land on Earth, only to find out that apes have taken over! They even swapped out the Lincoln Memorial! Those darn apes are back at it again!
Oh, M. Night, what are you doing? The Village gave me hope until the ending. Up until that point, the monsters were super creepy, and it seems like a plausible thriller. Then, it’s revealed that the Elders created the village in the 1970s to shield all aspects of the outside world. Not even the modern world knew about the village. There’s no way this would ever happen.
Let’s put aside whether or not Jack would fit on the wood (he could), and let’s focus on the ending. The crew is searching for the Heart of the Ocean, and Rose knows this as she tells her story. Then, at the end, she drops the necklace into the ocean. To top it off, she literally says, “oops!” Oops, Rose. I just pushed you into the ocean, too!
Yes, we’re putting The Breakfast Club on the list for a couple of reasons. First is that it stresses the importance of not judging someone based on their looks, and then they give one of the characters a makeover, which makes her suddenly beautiful. The second (and biggest) sin is that all the characters go home to their happy lives except Bender. Bender goes home to abusive parents. Um…we’re not going to talk about that?
The Devil Inside wasn’t the greatest horror movie ever made, no, but it was pretty good. Unfortunately, the ending certainly ruined it. It concludes with a demon breaking loose and causing a car accident. Then, the car crashes and the screen goes black. We’re left waiting like, “ooooh, what happened?” Then, a freaking website pops up on the screen—a website. I can’t even make this up.
The ending of Interstellar killed the amount of potential the movie had. It was wasted on “love connecting us through the universe.” Excuse me? The movie was a sci-fi up until that point. There’s also the issue that the ending was super convoluted, which didn’t make it unique. It just made it confusing.
They’re Watching had an extremely serious tone. Found footage shows a camera crew was murdered when they went to a foreign country. Then, the last 10 minutes reveals that it was a witch that used her terrible CGI powers to kill everyone. The murders don’t even make sense. One of them is killed when a camera flies through the heart of the villagers.
High Tension isn’t for the faint of heart, and it’s great if you ignore the last 10 minutes. The ending negates everything that preceded it and leaves you feeling like you just wasted an hour and a half of your time. Sometimes, you don’t need a crazy twist ending for a good movie.
Movies don’t have to have a happy ending, and that’s part of what ruins Return of the Jedi. Everyone is brought together after beating Vader, and we mean everyone. No one died beating the strongest guy in the Empire. Then, to top it off, there’s the saccharine sweet scene of everyone partying together. Even the holograms are happy! Come on now.
Split was a lot better than M. Night’s most recent movies. It was a slow-burn thriller that sent chills up your spine. Then, there was that ending. Granted, it was awesome linking Split to Unbreakable showing that it was a sequel but look past that. The two girls are forced to go with Casey’s “smart” plan, which ends up getting those two killed and eaten. How was that the best plan? The best plan for Casey, maybe. It felt frustrating, not satisfying.
