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Today, I want to talk about endings. We're ending the challenge (sigh of relief) after twenty-six long and exhausting days. So lets talk about that.
Movie endings. The best movie endings. I'm going to discuss five of my favorite (In no specific order):
(2) The Wizard of Oz - It's all a dream...sort of. Are you telling me all this time the scared lion was symbolic? We don't always pay attention to the subtleties of this children's tale (I mean, let's face it, it's about the shoes) but there is a lot we can learn from this brilliant film.
(3) Citizen Kane - Considered one of the greatest movies of all time, this movie is all about finding the secret to a great man--Rosebud. The ending reveals the meaning to us, just before it is lost.
The first rule of fight club is --
you don't talk about fight club. The
second rule of fight club is -- you
don't talk about fight club.
you don't talk about fight club. The
second rule of fight club is -- you
don't talk about fight club.
(5) Thelma and Louise - It's almost like watching a car wreck but you can't turn your eyes. Almost...or exactly. But, the scene stays with you.
What movie endings stayed with you? Came at you out-of-the-blue?
The ending to One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest is killer.
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Oh I don't have a something to contribute but my you've given me a heads up on a couple to watch. Loved the Brad ones you picked.....
ReplyDeleteGood job on the A-Z
If you can't talk about Fight Club, how do you start a Fight Club?
ReplyDeleteI'm not being original it was on Raising Hope this last week but I thought it was funny.
Oh yay for all these fab films!!!!
ReplyDeleteOoh may I add TV series? The end of Twin Peaks!! I still remember screaming - "that's the wrong agent Cooper"!
Also, Sixth Sense. It wasn't so much the very end ending of Sixth Sense (yes I kind of knew lovely Brucie baby was dead) but near the end - when the boy shows that it was the mum of the dead girl who was slowly killing her. That horrified me.
Little Big Man. There I was thinking grandad is off to die...! Fab ending!!
Yay for finishing the A-Z challenge!!! Well done you!! Woo-hoo!!! Take care
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Aw yes. The Wizard of OZ. Never will forget that one. AND Thelma and Louise was a stunner. Like you, I was riveted.
ReplyDeleteI think I saw The Usual Suspects, but I can't remember it. My usual state these day! I'll have to watch it again.
And of course Citizen Kane. What else can I say except it's a Classic!
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Good question! I'm trying to think of one that was a surprise but nothing's coming to me. I'll probably think of one when I get up from the computer. :P
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Karen
Why is it when asked these questions my mind goes blank?
ReplyDeleteGreat movies! Nothing better than a twist. Right? Mmm, Inception was a pretty twisty movie. I remember when I first saw The Matrix. That ending as well as some of the scenes and dialogue have influenced our entire culture.
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever post title! Tho because I'm English and we pronounce Z like zed, it didn't click first time! RuthieTootieWishes
ReplyDeleteoh, great movie choices. An oldy but goody I like is Body Heat.
ReplyDeleteClarissa, we did it! Congratulations! I have an award for you!!
ReplyDeleteI love The Usual Suspects. It's one of my favorite movies and has some of the best quotes ever. That ending was too good!!! Great list.
ReplyDeleteTHE USUAL SUSPECTS truly did have a great ending just like IDENTITY.
ReplyDeleteThe Usual Suspects had the best ending - "The greatest trick the devil ever played..."
ReplyDeleteAnother FIGHT CLUB fan! :)
ReplyDeleteLet's see, the ending of TITANIC wasn't much of a shock!
The 1968 PLANET OF THE APES has a very memorable ending when Charlton discovers Lady Liberty...
& 2 more beachy ones: TRUE ROMANCE & THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.
One that has never left my head is the ending to Higher Learning in 1994. Tyra Banks in her early days, but what a movie! Was only thinking of it again yesterday.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on getting through this challenge with aplomb Clarissa. Take a bow...
Denise<3
Fight club really was such a badass movie I could watch every week! Good choice. I will have to think a little about my list, but Fight Club would for sure be on it. Well done on the A-Z.
ReplyDeleteSo true, Clarissa, endings are so important. It's what we are left with when we leave the theatre or finish a book.
ReplyDeleteFor me Gone with the Wind had a memorable ending.
Now Voyager, a wonderful Bette Davis movie.
Mildred Pierce. Joan Crawford at her best.
There are so many more. Too many to mention.
Yes on ALL! Although I need to watch Fight Club again... I fell asleep in it. I know! :D <3
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I loved the ending in Titanic.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing the A-Z woohoo :)))
+1 from blog hop cool blog
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ReplyDeleteFight Club was great.
Best part of unusual suspects was the end.
I've drawn a blank on great movies endings, tho I know I've seen a good few!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on completing the A-Z challenge - well done. It's made interesting and entertaining reading for the month.
Yep, Thelma and Louise is definitely on my list. And A League of Their own. You ever seen that? I'm not even into sports. AT ALL. But LOVED this film.
ReplyDeleteMystic River....and I just found out yesterday it was a book first. Now I have to read it.
ReplyDeleteYou picked some great ones. I need some time to come up with a good list, but off the top of my head some pop right up. First, I'd like to say that a great movie ending isn't always attached to a good movie...
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Fight Club
Blair Witch Project
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Plantet of the Apes
The Searchers
Wait Until Dark
The Thing (original)
Following the Scandinavian alphabet there would be three more posts, after Z there are the letters Æ,Ø,Å >:)
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The end of Saw was fantastic, I didn't see it coming.
ReplyDeleteThe Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane - iconic. Also Get Carter (the original, Mike Hodges version - and I'm not saying that just because I was on a panel with him at a literary festival) and also Basic Instinct had a creepy ending (I know that's not what the film is remembered for). um... The Planet of the Apes... OK, I'm trawling through other people's answers because my mind is so blank! Great post though (as always here).
ReplyDeleteRats! I just wrote a response and somehow lost it. Great post, Clarissa (as ever). I remember the ending of The Planet of the Apes, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Citizen Kane, Basic Instinct (I know the ending isn't what many people remember about this film... um... mind gone blank.
ReplyDeleteThe ending of The Sixth Sense - never saw it coming. Fun post!
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