Favourite movie with a depressing ending.

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:25 PM

First, anyone that says Steel Magnolias, I will shoot you down. That said....

Beneath The Planet Of The Apes is my choice. Heston throwing the big switch on Earth was just cool, darkly speaking. Plus the whole flick is just wack.

How about others?

Glory be to the Bomb Chrisisall

CAUSAL

Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:41 PM

Well, I don't think they meant to depress anybody, but the ending of Pleasantville sure did have that effect on me. I mean--here's Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon trapped in a 1950s sitcom. And because of their influence, the real world starts creeping in. And the sitcom mother (played by Joan Allen) cheats on her husband (william H. Macy) with the guy who runs the soda fountain (Jeff Daniels). At the end of the movie Joan Allen and William H. Macy are sitting on a park bench talking. Macy is crying and telling her that he loves her and forgives her and wants her back, etcetera. The camera cuts to her reaction, and she's all emotional as well, and just as I'm thinking "ah, redemption, they're going to get back together," the camera cuts again to what I think is going to be Macy, but he's gone! And sitting on the bench there is Daniels. They're both confused about how he got there, Macy is nowhere to be found, and the movie ends. Argh! What a horrible ending! I loved the movie up to that point, but I haven't seen it since, because of the lousy, lousy ending.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:53 PM

Gladiator- I know, I know, Maximus has his vengeance, but did he have to die too? I know it made perfect sense, and was right for the story, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Dr. Strangelove- After all the hilarity, the parody, the satire and the Peter Seller's genius, they all get blown up.

Man on the Moon- The travesty of Jim Carrey not even being nominated for an Oscar not withstanding, to know the uniqueness of Andy Kaufmann, and of his tragic demise...it hurt. Alot.

SABRI3L

Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:52 PM

Labrynth

The silly ho picked going home with the crying baby over staying in a awesome fantasy world with David Bowie and his really tight pants.

I'm kidding (kinda) I thought Children of Men had a very bittersweet ending.

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PATSRULE

Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:16 PM

Braveheart. In my mind, Gladiator was basically a ripoff of Braveheart.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:24 PM

Other F***ED-UP endings....

Omega Man
Incredible Shrinking Man
Sixth Sense
Seven
They Live
John Carpenter's Thing
Twelve Monkeys
Brazil
Vanishing Point
Paralax View
Soylent Green
Silent Running

What am I missing? ROTS?

List on Chrisisall

CAUSAL

Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by patsrule:
Braveheart. In my mind, Gladiator was basically a ripoff of Braveheart.

Exactly!

...Except not at all.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:33 PM

The end to DR. STRANGELOVE is one of the best endings ever because it manages to play a nuclear apocalypse for laughs. It's the ultimate black comedy. And the ending to PLEASANTVILLE I actually found uplifting. The fact that this formerly restrictive and literally black and white world is exploding with color and possibility is invigorating. And the end with Bill Macy and Joan Allen was great. "Do you know what's going to happen?" "I don't know. Do you?" "No. (starts laughing) I have no idea." And it's just a simple cut and reveal of Joan and Jeff in the same situation and him concurring as well "I havn't the faintest idea." I don't think that ruined the movie at all. Especially with Fiona Apple's cover of "Across the Universe" playing over the soundtrack.

You want a really depressing ending? How about HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG. The whole Armenian family dies, and Jen Connelly, after going through an incredibly traumatic experience, is then asked "Is this your house?" And the look on her face as she says "No." just breaks your heart. I read somewhere that a really good feel-bad movie is just an much as an emotional pallat cleanser as a feel-good flick, maybe even moreso. The whole movie was just a very dark tragedy. And I loved it.

Also, the end to THE AVIATOR was also one that could leave some people in a funk. After three hours of Howard Hughs overcoming insurmountable obstacles and fresh off of getting the Spruce Goose to actually fly, the movie end with him in a dirty bathroom, repeating "The way of the future" over and over again. It ends with him officially losing his mind.

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TRISTAN

Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:42 PM

One of mine is Lost in Translation...I realize there was no way for Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansen to run off and live "happily ever after", so their parting had that depression factor to me.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:51 PM

The notebook. The only film ive seen where at the end 6 girls and 2 guys in the room were crying their eyes out

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:55 PM

seven
dead poets society
memento
saving private ryan
serenity (wash dies)

DANFAN

Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:45 PM

City of Angels. It was a shallow remake of Wim Wenders "Wings of Desire" (or "Wings over Berlin" depending on whether you watch the dubbed version vice the original German release). But I don't fault it for its shallowness. 98% of the remake was a fun, entertaining date movie. But then ending was completely broken.

In Wim Wenders' original version, the angel gives up his angelhood (real word?) to live with the woman who has captured his heart. And they live happily ever after.

In the superstar-studded Hollywood remake, the angel renounces his angelhood the day before the woman he loves gets mowed down by a truck while she's out riding her bicycle. It so SUCKED! It was obvious that it was done just for the shock value. Not because it in any way made the story right.

DANFAN

Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:49 PM

Oh, and another one:

Remake of "The Planet of the Apes"

Last few minutes of the movie remake were more faithful to the original Pierre Boulle book. But it was VERY clumsily done. So jarring as to completely yank me out of the story. When I watch the remake now, I stop watching after they win the battle... just change the channel then and pretend that he stays with his new friends and makes a new life.

PHOENIXROSE

Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:51 PM

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

I know they've got different sensibilities, but damn, nobody lives happily ever after in that movie. Still, an excellent film.

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DRE

Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:59 PM

Double Post. Bury this one. Next to the goldfish out back. But a little deeper. We don't want it to float away next rain.

DRE

Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:00 PM

(In side comment about City of Angels, it did have the value of showing Nick Cage (I think the character's name is Seth?) some of the stuff Dennis Franz tells him: yeah there's a lotta good, but there's bad too, and you gotta make the good get you through the bad. And love is fleeting. So it DID work for the movie, to show Seth, hey, them's the beans of mortal love versus immortal love (amo Dei))

ON TOPIC,
I'd have to throw Closer into the list. While I love the movie cause it's an adult love story, EVERYONE pretty much ends up unhappy or lost (excepting maybe Portman's character).
However, since I prefer to see realism over idealism, I love the movie cause of that.
(Ironically, I try to live by ideal versus real standards of living....hmmmm)

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ROXYFREEFALL

Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:09 PM

Memento ~ The movie that ends at the beginning. I love the movie, but the ending just made me want to throw things at the screen. Bastards!! lol!

Se7en ~ Ugh!! Don't get me started!! The box! The evil, EVIL box!!

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:29 PM

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Originally posted by RoxyFreefall:
Se7en ~ Ugh!! Don't get me started!! The box! The evil, EVIL box!!

Sorry for a slight threadjack here, but I have to ask; what do you think was in the box?

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To me is was pretty clear it was the woman's head, because the psycho guy said he took 'her pretty head' as a souvenir, but almost everyone I talk to seems to think it was the unborn child. To me, while that would be more evil, it makes no sense. The killer didn't know that the officer didn't know his wife was pregnant, and would have had no way to prove it was in fact his child anyway, while his wife's head would be totally recognizable.

Either way, the box is evil and it's not a movie I think I could bring myself to watch again, but I've been wondering about this for awhile...

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REDLAVA

Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:59 PM

Arlington Road with Jeff Bridges.

One of the first movies that I saw that actually surprised me with the ending. And it is the depressing ending that made me like the movie. If it would have had a happy ending than it would have been average at best.

And one of my all time favorites Donnie Darko.

SICKDUDE

Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:04 PM

Grave of the Fireflies. It just proves that humanity stinks.

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ROXYFREEFALL

Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:05 PM

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

Sorry for a slight threadjack here, but I have to ask; what do you think was in the box?

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I totally agree with you. I think it was her head. I mean, couldn't you see blonde hair? It's been a while since I've seen it so I can't quite remember. I've heard that thing 'bout the baby too. To have the baby in there would have been shocking, but made no sense. It had to be her head. Freaked the hell out of me!

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EMPIREX

Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:09 PM

Lady Jane. Cary Elwes (Westley from the Princess Bride) and Helena Bonham Carter (The Corpse Bride) get their heads chopped off. How depressing is that?!?

DEEPGIRL187

Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:17 PM

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
You want a really depressing ending? How about HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG. The whole Armenian family dies, and Jen Connelly, after going through an incredibly traumatic experience, is then asked "Is this your house?" And the look on her face as she says "No." just breaks your heart. I read somewhere that a really good feel-bad movie is just an much as an emotional pallat cleanser as a feel-good flick, maybe even moreso. The whole movie was just a very dark tragedy. And I loved it.

Hear, hear. I watched that film for a philosophy class. Eventually, I'll get around to reading the book.

My vote goes to The Rules Of Attraction. It's based on a Bret Easton Ellis novel (who writes pretty messed up novels to begin with). Everyone's in love with everyone else, and everyone ends up alone. The book's even worse than the movie; I was never able to finish it.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:15 PM

The end of Terminator 3 was a bit surprising even though it shouldn't be. I mean, if it doesn't end that way then the first two films never take place. Sitting in the theater I kept thinking, "okay, what lame ass plot twist will be thrown in so that the world will be saved?" Imagine my surpirse when the bombs started raining down.

On another note I can't believe how many of you didn't like the end of Seven. An ending where the bad guy wins by having the hero execute him. It doesn't get much better than that.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:20 PM

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Originally posted by singate:

On another note I can't believe how many of you didn't like the end of Seven. An ending where the bad guy wins by having the hero execute him. It doesn't get much better than that.

It was just that Brad hesitated- if only for a moment- totally unreal, dude. In that sit, regardless of rational thought, there IS no hesitate.

My beef w/it Chrisisall

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Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:30 PM

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Friday, January 19, 2007 12:48 AM

The Last Samurai.

'Cause it's over. The last of a noble breed of honourable warriors, wiped out by the unflinching wheels of progress.

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HELL'S KITTEN

Friday, January 19, 2007 1:33 AM

Movie... movie... hmm... Ah!

Immortal Beloved.

TRAVELER

Friday, January 19, 2007 1:40 AM

Cobrar83 beat me to it, but I will second "Momento" and add "Blade Runner".

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YINYANG

Friday, January 19, 2007 1:41 AM

For me, it's a toss-up between Patch Adams and Dead Poet's Society. Neal was pretty cool, but the end of Patch made me cry a little.

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Friday, January 19, 2007 1:51 AM

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Grave of the Fireflies. It just proves that humanity stinks.

yeah, I was going to say that, not so much a depressing ending though, I started sobbing literally 1 minute in and didn't stop the whole way through, the ending was actually a relief (for them, not for myself). but it's beautiful and everyone should see it.

but for just the endings:

butch cassidy and the sundance kid
galipoli
wicker man
dogville (another one that's depressing all the way through, but I loved it)

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Friday, January 19, 2007 2:04 AM

id say Shaun of the Dead because...

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I mean, all of their friends were killed(besides Diane if you watch the special features), but of course that last scene were Shaun and zombie Ed are playing Time twisters just lifts your spirits that in a way the movie ended nicely

but id have to say Serenity was the only one to make me actually cry for a sole character's death, its the first time ive cared so much for a character that i cried like he was my friend

JADEHAND

Friday, January 19, 2007 2:10 AM

to add to some greats already mentioned....

American History X
House of Flying Daggers.

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Truth In front of my eyes
While I denied
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Friday, January 19, 2007 2:12 AM

I don't know if I can call it a favourite but by sheer dint of how depressing the ending is, Requiem for a Dream. Basically, if you've ever wanted to end a relationship, put this on and then ask your unloved one after it for some time to think your life over. They'll agree, probably because they'll be rethinking their life too.

All the above have one downbeat ending. This one has four.

ECGORDON

Friday, January 19, 2007 3:08 AM

One of my favorite movies of all time, which hardly anyone else seems to have seen:

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

REGINAROADIE

Friday, January 19, 2007 3:29 AM

Second the REQUIEM ending. In a movie where the lightest ending for a character was prison, it makes you swear off aspirin, let alone other drugs.

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Friday, January 19, 2007 4:22 AM

Serenity, at first in the theaters it was a great ending even though wash died it left everything ready to rock for another adventure.... but now it seems it could be the end of our beloved story all together... so that is why it is depressing to me.

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Friday, January 19, 2007 6:36 AM

"McCabe and Mrs. Miller". Warren Beatty dying unnoticed as the snow drifts over him, while Julie Christie is taking opium as oblivion drifts over her. And you just know that although McCabe beat the three gunmen, the company still won.

Sob.

SINGATE

Friday, January 19, 2007 6:42 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

It was just that Brad hesitated- if only for a moment- totally unreal, dude. In that sit, regardless of rational thought, there IS no hesitate.

My beef w/it Chrisisall

I think he was both in shock and denial. Once he accepted the truth of the situation and had that memory flash of his wife there was no hesitation. Those few extra bullets he fired were just the icing on the cake.

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Friday, January 19, 2007 9:03 AM

For me, the most manic-depressive movie endings, I can recall are:

‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’. Good movie, but he kept on killing.

‘Star Wars: Return of the Sith’. No offence to those Star Wars fans out there (I’m one myself), but it brings me to tears (of laughter) whenever I hear Darth Vader scream ‘NOOOOOOO…’. That’s just sad.

All the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ movies because they always died in the end.

I know people will probably hate me for this but ‘Lord of the Rings: Return of the King’. If you’re going to adapt a 1500+ book into a movie (even if their is more to be said), end at the logical point of the movie, not the thirty something endings that followed.

‘The Village’ and ‘The Others’, because it was meant to be so clever, but I knew what was going to happen from the very start.

And don’t get me started on ‘Contact’.

On a positive note though, the best ending I’ve ever see was: ’It’s a Wonderful Life’. That got me teary.

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Friday, January 19, 2007 10:32 AM

For anyone who thinks their life is out of balance with too much happiness, and feels the need to set things back to an even keel, I would heartily recommend Pelle the Conqueror. Starts out bleak and takes a three hour descent through greater levels of despair as only the Swedes can do it. Watch for those few tidbits of hope to be brutally dashed.

Yes, the ending is depressing, too, though by the time you get there, the numbness may well have trumped any other feeling.

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RAZGRIZDEMON7

Friday, January 19, 2007 10:42 AM

A Scanner Darkly's ending is kinda screwy... anticlimactic but will leave an impression with you from then on after seeing it.

Silent Hill had an oddly depressing ending to it.

Bob Roberts is my runner up... the ending was horrible (Not in a bad quality way) but it was also reasonable that it had to end that way.

and the one that takes the cake is...

"O".. the modern remake of Shakespeare's Othello... if there is one movie that I will never watch again it's this one. Seriously great performances all around for a "Teen" drama.

Honorable Mentions because it's a TV show instead of a Movie go to:

Jurassic Bark & The Luck of the Fryrish from Futurama... only TV show episodes I've ever seen and shedded a tear. Both episodes at the end just want you to go "AAWWWWW".

JWHEDONADDICT

Friday, January 19, 2007 11:59 AM

I'm going with The Notebook, too. It was kind of sad, kind of beautiful ending.

FREMDFIRMA

Friday, January 19, 2007 12:26 PM

Savior, with Dennis Quaid.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120070/

It's worth the watchin, but you'll need some valium.

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CAVALIER

Saturday, January 20, 2007 7:07 PM

The Hole.

Not a scary film, definitely a horrifying one.

Memorable villain, and even more memorable ending.

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Saturday, January 20, 2007 8:58 PM

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Originally posted by charliethebloody:

butch cassidy and the sundance kid

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I was racking my brain for a title from my collection to contribute, and Butch Cassidy was the only one I could think of; but even that ending isn't really DEPRESSING, just sorta sad.

I'm relieved- I don't seem to have any depressing movies in the house.

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Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:41 PM

I gotta throw down "Saving Private Ryan," if only for the emotional beatdown of seeing Tom Hanks' character getting killed after all the crap he's gone through in the past 2+ hours. That and you expect it's Hanks' character standing at the grave in the beginning...till you realize his character is too old in 1944 for him to look that spritely. But mostly the whole Hanks-getting-killed combined with the Hanks-versus-Damon scene after

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Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:25 AM

The canstant gardner is a pretty cool movie with a fairly depressing endinng

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Sunday, January 21, 2007 2:44 AM

American Graffiti (ending's message: "You can't stay 17 forever." Life goes on and people die. Some people are successful and some people aren't.)

American Beauty (just when Kevin Spacey's character realizes the beauty in life, he takes a bullet to the head)

Brokeback Mountain (ending's message: society destroys that which it does not tolerate, some things will never change, life goes on)

Blade Runner - Director's Cut (My god, this has to be the most depressing, yet optimistic ending ever. Too complicated for words.)

REGINAROADIE

Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:53 AM

So you're of the camp that think that ROTK should have ended with Sam sucking Frodo's cock and then bricking into his mouth. I'm a Kevin Smith fan, so after seeing CLERKS 2 and his rant on RINGS in the EVENING 2 DVD, he had forever ruined LOTR for me. And I actually liked the trilogy. The first part more than the others, but still...

I happen to love CONTACT, both the book and the movie, but I won't go there.

And of course the WONDERFUL LIFE ending. That's like one of the top ten endings to movies ever, next to "Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautful friendship" and "You're all clear, kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home."

And if you want a depressing adn yet uplifting ending, the ending to LAST NIGHT is my personal fave. The end of the world actually happens, but you can't help but feel uplifted as you see the two leads dispense with the guns and kiss.

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Sunday, January 21, 2007 6:43 AM

Glad to see some of my favorite movies like Braveheart, Gladiator, and Butch Cassidy and Sundance mentioned.

Three others to note:
Lightning Bug - misunderstood kid growing up in a very harsh region of the Bible Belt. Reminds me of me.

Down in the Valley - Edward Norton delivering a very strange yet haunting view of a "lost cowboy" of sorts

And The Green Mile - I know, not THAT depressing of an ending but just a rather dark take on the idea of being somewhat immortal

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Sunday, January 21, 2007 7:00 AM

How does Empire Strikes Back not get one the list? I can't believe I'm first to mention this. You all get an 'F'.

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Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:59 PM

Saw it. Daniel Day Lewis was great! Still a depressing movie. Just saw Children of Men. That was a pretty depressing movie too.

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Monday, January 22, 2007 1:02 AM

Has no one said Bladerunner?

Well, I thought the ending was sad. Either version: Cinema release or Director's cut.

They still have only a brief time to live once they learn what they are.

CHRISISALL

Monday, January 22, 2007 1:13 AM

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Originally posted by WanWeiTrip:
Has no one said Bladerunner?

Well, I thought the ending was sad. Either version: Cinema release or Director's cut.

They still have only a brief time to live once they learn what they are.

In the cinema one, Deckard still might be a Human, and Rachael has no termination date; in the Director's cut he's most probably a replicant- in either version they will be hunted, and are looking at a difficult, and probably short life together, so yeah, sad either version...

Tyrell like Chrisisall

OUT2THEBLACK

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 5:24 AM

Legends of the Fall . Whoa .

" It was a good death . "

If you haven't seen it , you owe it to yourself .

WHIMSICALNBRAINPAN

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 5:55 AM

Donnie Darko although I kind of found it uplifitng in a way and I third Requiem for a Dream. That movie was brilliant but depressing.

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CANTON

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:09 AM

Ok, the most F*d up movie I've ever seen has to be Requiem for a Dream. . .I swear I felt weird for like 3 days after I watched that the first time.

Why the mom!?!?!?

RMMC

Friday, February 16, 2007 2:41 AM

Awakenings, The Prestige, and The Great Escape.

EDIT: Oh...why.

Awakenings

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They all end up back in comas again.

The Presitge

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All the main characters, except Michael Caine and one brother, die. Horribly. Actually...Jackman's character dies...over and over and over. It's rather disturbing.

The Great Escape

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All but three of the escapees either get killed. A vast number get recaptured, herded into an open field and gunned down.

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Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:47 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
One of my favorite movies of all time, which hardly anyone else seems to have seen:

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

They actually made a movie!? It's one of my favourite books, but I had no idea they made a movie. Damn, how did I not know that?

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Saturday, February 17, 2007 8:52 PM

The Natural

The way Roy's son throws the baseball when the 2 are playing catch??? Worst thing a father could see, the son who throws like a girl.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:10 AM

The Chronicles of Riddick - Kyra dying and Riddick in the horribly awkward position of commanding those who destroyed her.
LOTR Return of the King - Frodo and Gandalf having to leave Middle Earth and their close friends.
Gladiator - Maximus finally achieving his goal, but tragically dying
Serenity - Book and Wash gettng killed.
Star Trek: Nemesis - Data sacrificing himself, and the crew finally parting ways.
Star Wars: ROTS and ROTJ - Anakin's tragic descent and Luke's loss of his father after knowing him for such a brief time.

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GHOULFISH

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:14 AM

I would have to say serenity

I was so bummed that wash died, all i could do is sit in shock and mourn the loss of my favorite charactor and because of his death he may not be in the sequal (besides flash backs). I think that is a preety damn depressing ending

ODDSBODSKINS

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:58 AM

Bittersweet endings? M'favorite's ^^

as for absolute favorite, i'd have to go with 'Inside I'm Dancing'

and instruct all of you who haven't seen it to buy/rent/beg/steal/borrow a copy ^_~

Do you like bread?

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:45 PM

That’s hard to say, but if I were to pick one, I would have to go with The Grey Zone. You just don’t get a more depressing ending then that.

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I catch fire quickly. The first part of me rises in dense smoke that mingles with the smoke of others. Then, there are the bones, which settle in ash. And these are swept up to be carried to the river. And last, bits of our dust simply float there, in air, around the working of the new group. These bits of dust are grey. We settle on their shoes and on their faces, and in their lungs. And they become so used to us, they don't cough and they don't brush us away. At this point, they're just moving, breathing and moving. Like any one else, still alive in that place. And this is how the work... continues.

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

AURAPTOR

Friday, February 23, 2007 9:57 PM

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The Chronicles of Riddick - Kyra dying and Riddick in the horribly awkward position of commanding those who destroyed her.
LOTR Return of the King - Frodo and Gandalf having to leave Middle Earth and their close friends.
Serenity - Book and Wash gettng killed.

Ok, had I been serious for more than ...5 seconds, my list would have looked pretty much like yours.
The reaction of Merry and Pippen, especially tough. I have to assume that Sam always knew......
Wash AND Book? One was tough enough, but the two of them.... ouch.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

FASTMOVER

Sunday, February 25, 2007 9:52 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
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The Chronicles of Riddick - Kyra dying and Riddick in the horribly awkward position of commanding those who destroyed her.
LOTR Return of the King - Frodo and Gandalf having to leave Middle Earth and their close friends.
Serenity - Book and Wash gettng killed.

Ok, had I been serious for more than ...5 seconds, my list would have looked pretty much like yours.
The reaction of Merry and Pippen, especially tough. I have to assume that Sam always knew......
Wash AND Book? One was tough enough, but the two of them.... ouch.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

Those three were really tough for me, and especially Serenity with Wash and Book getting killed because it was completely unexpected. I had become so used to and spoiled by the light nature of the series and the happy endings with them blasting off to their next adventure.

I also forgot to mention that the minor role of the Purifier in Riddick really got to me, although that wasn't really at the end. The final moments when Riddick embraces Kyra for the last time were touching because it's probably only the second time he shows any deep emotions towards anyone else, the first time being his shock of Carolyn Frye dying while trying to save him in Pitch Black. I think he had come really far from his bad-ass without compassionate character to "rejoin the human race" as Frye put it.

Finally, the ending of ROTK was probably the deepest I've ever been affected by a depressing ending. After all they had been through together with the Fellowship breaking, they finally had to part ways, possibly never to see each other again. I was reading some of the backstory on Wikipedia, which describes the rest of all the character's lives and it says that Sam eventually journeyed to Frodo after his wife died, but I'm not sure how canon this is. The ending was a bit long drawn out I must say, but what really had it tough was how everyone returned from their adventures to reunite and have good time just like before, only to be split apart once again, this time for good.

I am evil, I am sly, and if you get eaten no one will cry.

HIIAMJANET

Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:22 PM

i heart huckabee's

a very layered and complex depression... mostly about how i lost $8.

JERAXUS

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:32 PM

any film where you get right - into it - it makes me sad that its ended e.g. Evolution, stargate, starwars

Fave charater is River Tam followed by Wash and Mal at joint 2nd

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Sunday, March 4, 2007 1:25 PM

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (Peter Fonda)
Vanishing Point (Barry Newman)

Both end the same way, but Vanishing Point is a bit more upbeat, since Kowalski managed to find the "crack in the fence", as the director put it, and escape from his personal deamons.

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How many Jaynes does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

MUTT999

Sunday, March 4, 2007 1:46 PM

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Originally posted by ReaverInA1985Riviera:
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (Peter Fonda)
Vanishing Point (Barry Newman)

Both end the same way, but Vanishing Point is a bit more upbeat, since Kowalski managed to find the "crack in the fence", as the director put it, and escape from his personal deamons.

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How many Jaynes does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

You beat me to it! Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. Most depressing, and shocking, ending to a movie..ever!

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