Frank Herbert once said there is no real ending.
Its just where you stop the story.
Whatever the motive, these choices sometimes can leave us wishing their films had concluded minutes earlier.
Here are some films that we particularly wish ended when the story was already over.
Additionally, the screenwriters understandably wanted to honor the ending chosen by the novels author, J.R.R.
Its the one where Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin) tells his wife and children Im home.
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We think that would have been stronger since the final Sam denouement is ultimately superfluous.
Viewers already can see Sam was at home in the Shire, and Frodo was not.
Their neighbors have no idea how ugly this world can get, or what our heroes went through.
The wordless acknowledgement that passes between the four before a toast?
A beautiful place for a story about fellowship and camaraderie to conclude.
David Crow
Minority Report
Steven Spielbergis one of if not the most gifted filmmakers of his generation.
His innate understanding of filmic language and scene blocking is surpassed by none.
Thats Chinatown, Jake.
The largeness of the man, and the incomplete legacy he left behind, was communicated beautifully right there.
Hence the achingly powerful moment of Stevens final lap around the time loop.
DC
Old
Forget the jokes about a beach that makes you old.
The elements came together to produce a superhero movie where villains that cannot be defeated through punches.
The evil inside all of humanity.
Until it suddenly isnt.
In those last moments,Wonder Womangoes from transcending the superhero genre to sinking to its lowest depths.
The closing (and opening) threaten to sink the breezy comedy by adding a false gravitas.
The first part of this movie is a brilliant, claustrophobic, smartly-paced psychological thriller.
After that point, the last 15-ish minutes devolve into a traditional alien survival movie.
In retrospect, as a Cloverfieldsequel (spinoff?
Part of what makes the originalCloverfieldso good, even after all this time, is its devastating open ending.
The ending of10 Cloverfield Laneis still fairly open, but its pretty easy to assume what Michelle does next.
And the film delivers on this premise for the majority of its runtime.
How many consequences is he actually going to face for what he did?
