worst movie endings ever

[ButterflyBlood]

the two that stick out most for me:

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - Remember that movie? The movie that wasn't really that bad on its own but had absolutely NOTHING to do with Final Fantasy. At all. Anyway if I rmemeber correctly it's basically that the main character tells the skeptical commander guy all this spiritual mumbo-jumbo, then he goes to this canyon which is supposed to reach down to the heart of the Earth. The end. Almost nothing is resolved.

Red Dawn - First a really cheesy action scene. One of the kids meets the Soviet commander and kills him. Had to get that out of the way. Then he carries his wounded brother trying to escape until the Cuban guy catches them and can shoot them both down easily. But 10 minutes ago the director decided to turn that guy into a more sensitive character who got sick of war instead of what he was like before. So he puts his gun down and lets them leave. Then we see a memorial and basically get a message tacked on: oh yeah, the US eventually won the war. What a cop-out.

[LaraMN]

1. OPEN WATER!!!

When it ended, my Husband and I just looked at each other and went "huh?" That was an hour and a half of my life I that I want back!!!

[Beausoir]

17. God, I know!

I was actually cheering for the shark.

[LaraMN]

25. That movie could have accomplished what it did in fifteen minutes.

and I agree-- the characters were completely flat and with no redeeming qualitites.

[KFC]

42. I can't believe they actually made it a movie

What is worse is that I watched it.

[LSdemocrat]

2. The remake of Planet of the Apes

Close second: The Jackal (loose remake of Day of the Jackal)

Both movies have completely implausible surprise endings that ruin any enjoyment derived from watching the movie up to that point.

[Blue_Tires]

12. 'apes' was terrible

i'd also like to add "Arlington Road'

[DS1]

20. The Jackal is one of the ultimate let-downs

never before have I wanted the 'bad guy' to win.

[Rising Phoenix]

37. that whole movie sucked

[MazeRat7]

3. Recently: Million Dollar Baby (n/t)

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

4. Saw

Dude saaws his leg off so he can answer a ringing cell phone. Who wrote this movie, Verizon wireless?

[Shell Beau]

19. And there is a sequel to that movie coming out!

:shrug:

[Floogeldy]

5. If you'd stop watching the worst fucking movies ever made . . .

. . . then you wouldn't be burdened by their endings.

Heh. ;)

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

6. Uhhh....

Okay, good point.

[Lilyhoney]

7. SIGNS

Piece of shit movie.

[AllyCat]

9. My God that movie was horrid. I don't know why people liked it. nt

[Mokito]

14. Second that

God...what a bunch of crap that was!

[Barad Simith]

21. piece of shit, amen

[jackelope72]

28. I liked most of the movie, but I have to agree about the ending.

*SPOILERS AHEAD, FOR THE TWO PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT*

Why...why, why, why...would an alien culture choose to attack a planet that is made up of over 2/3 of the very substance that can kill them instantly. And, if they were going to attack, shouldn't they have done it, I don't know, in the desert maybe? Would have been much better than a town RIGHT NEXT TO A FUCKING LAKE!!!

Could you see us doing that? "Well, let's see, here's a planet that is mostly lava, and where the inhabitants are also made up largely of lava, and thrive on lava, and have it pumped into their houses. And we'll start our invasion right here, at this enormous lava field!"

[Orangepeel]

67. only if Rumsfield was in charge

:)

[CanuckAmok]

47. M. Night Shabadoo is an over-rated hack.

He couldn't direct dinner theatre.

Admittedly the "I See Dead People" movie was prety clever, but it was a one trick pony, just like its writer/director.

[blonndee]

8. Pay it Forward...PUKE!!! So predictable and obviously

emotionally manipulative. SUCKED.

[barb162]

10. "Shakespeare in Love" where she ends up having to marry

that jerk

[Bridget Burke]

62. Yeah, but "that jerk" was Colin Firth

They had him gain a few pounds & pasted a silly mustache on him. But, with a little work, he would have been just fine.

What can you do when your "true love" has a wife & family stashed back in Stratford Upon Avon?

[Love Bug]

64. Amen on the Colin Firth love!

[hfojvt]

11. two that I hated were Spiderman and ET

supposed to be a hook to get me to watch the sequel, but with an ending like that why should I want to?

With ET, there were no explanations and I was probably too old to enjoy it like a kid might, but even as a kid I would want some answers. Like why did he suddenly die? And how can he suddenly come back to life? And why can he fly all of the sudden?

Finally, I have never seen it, but both versions of "A Farewell to Arms" (1932 (Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper) which Leonard Maltin gives 3 stars to, and 1957 (Rock Hudson) which he gives 2.5 stars to) must have a horrid ending if they follow the book. That's my take on Hemingway in general - a great storyteller, but he does not know how to end a story, so he usually either kills all his characters or dumps a pile of shite on their heads. Maybe literature is considered more substative if it makes you depressed.

[philosophie_en_rose]

13. The Pirate Movie.

Unspeakable horrors...

[Blue_Tires]

36. that's in my "so incredibly bad it's good" file

[philosophie_en_rose]

44. but the music!

I have a soft spot for "so bad it's good films," but Pirate Movie is way beyond that. The music makes me cringe and I can't believe that the filmmakers could present that movie with a straight face.

My sister used to watch that terrible movie over and over. Luckily something happened to the VHS. Unfortunately, it's now out on DVD. :(

[NewJeffCT]

15. Return of the Jedi & Phantom Menace

you already had the great 'big bang' ending at the end of the original Star Wars (A New Hope)... why do the same at the end of Jedi & Menace, too?

[DelawareValleyDem]

16. Logan's Run

What preceded the ending wasn't too great, either. Except for the scene with Peter Ustinov.

[Debi]

41. Agreed

I finished thinking, now what? Argh <- pirate language

[BigMcLargehuge]

18. Unbreakable

David calls the cops and turns in Mr. Glass... which we learn in TEXT just before the credits roll.

[Barad Simith]

22. That's not fair

That whole movie sucked, not just the ending. Started sucking as soon as it was revealed he was 40 before he realized he'd never had so much as a cold. I mean, it would be all his family ever talked about, all HE ever talked about. Pissed me off, watching that mess.

[underpants]

23. "View form the Top"

Okay no horrible ending just a :wow: moment with Christina Applegate in a bikini. :wow:

[edbermac]

24. Fahrenheit 9/11...

When Bush won the election...just ruined the whole movie for me...

[Richardo]

26. Get Shorty

I really liked the whole movie A LOT right up until the very last scene.

[dolo amber]

27. Jacob's Ladder

Still angry's up the blood when I think about that. :grr:

[Rob H.]

32. So I'm not the only one? Alright!

I have a friend who loves that movie, but I couldn't stand it. The ending of Boxing Helena was even worse, but then again the level of suckitude for that whole movie was mind-boggling.

[motely36]

29. That horrible Julianna Moore movie that came out last year

The one where she was trying to find her son that no one else believed existed. That was horrendous.

[anarch]

45. "The Forgotten" or something like that

it seemed like it was going to be kinda good at the beginning, but sucks hard starting about half-way through. I mean, once the mystery is revealed, they might as well have just stopped.

[Dervill Crow]

50. So how would you like to tell me the ending?

I turned it off about five minutes into it. I just couldn't stand it.

[bikebloke]

60. Sounds like the upcoming Jody Foster flick

Flightplan

According to the preview, her kid vanishes on a plane in flight. And no one believes the kid boarded with her.

[KyndCulture]

30. The Firm

totally different and lame from the book.

[Felix Mala]

40. I liked the film ending better because "witness protection program" is not

the same as "happily ever after." The charater gets his life back in the end of the movie. In the book ending, he'll spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder.

[KyndCulture]

31. The Villiage

and everything else from M. Knight.... except 6th sense... god that guy can make some suckitude.

[VOX]

56. Agreed! Two hours of my life I'll never get back. n/t

[JVS]

33. American Beauty

Lester wimped out.

[MN ChimpH8R]

34. Hannibal was bad,

mainly because it was so unlike the book. The book ended the only "realistic" way it could have given the psyches of Hannibal and Clarice.

[Blue_Tires]

35. how was the ending different?

[MN ChimpH8R]

39. Without giving away the whole deal

Let's just say that Clarice and the good Doctor went on to live together happily ever after. The last fifty pages of the book are so far out there that it can't really be described.

[Blue_Tires]

49. oh yeah, i read the book

i was wondering how the film was different

fwiw, i didn't like the book ending, either

[MsAnthropy]

38. Broken Flowers

That one just made me mad

[terrya]

43. The ending of "Ghost"

No, actually, the whole movie sucked bigtime.

[Dervill Crow]

51. Another one I've never seen. n/t

[AllyCat]

59. Another dumb, dumb movie.

I got really irritated when people would say "how many times have you seen Ghost?" with these dreamy, faraway eyes. Ugh. It sucked.

[anarch]

46. Cold Mountain

I'm sorry, but that one really pissed me right off. You know what's coming, but still...

I guess I don't like that amount of melodramatic manipulation.

[barb162]

54. very bad ending and not believable

[BamaGirl]

55. Me too, never been so pissed off at the end of a movie before! nt

[Magrittes Pipe]

48. "Titanic"

Like a ship that well-built could ever sink. Yeah, right. :eyes:

[XemaSab]

53. that whole movie sucked

my then 13-year-old cousin made me go with her. it wasn't my choice.

[AllyCat]

61. Yep, teenage nieces insisted I watch it with them.

Had sworn it off because it looked bad. I was right. It was just horrible. About fell off my perch when it won Best Picture. Who paid who? Ugh.

[ScreamingMeemie]

52. Brian's Song...

Because it was a true story. :cry:

And I never could figure out what he was saying in the hospital bed in the scene just before he died...I've even cranked the sound.

[Bok_Tukalo]

57. The Abyss

A great film until the very end. I guess they ran out of money.

[Cush]

58. Directors Cut makes more sense, but yeah, it was kind of weak

[skygazer]

63. The Last Samurai

So the only survivor of this doomed attack is the American dude who goes back to the village and lives happily ever after with the beautiful Japanese chick? Lame! Contrived! Stupid!

[sakabatou]

65. Children of the damned (the newer one)

GAH!

[Dr Fate]

66. Cancer-kid movies from the 1980's.

All have terrible endings. Fuck- I never saw that coming.