"The Fellowship of the Rings"

Giles, I actually preferred the movie ending to FoTR.

I wholeheartedly agree. I would have ended the movie on the ledge. A down ending would have been much better.

Three I can think of:

Boxing Helena - Should have ended five minutes earlier. Still would have been a bad movie but at least one that left an impression.

Back to the Future - It's always gnawed on about the resolution regarding Doc. I know its necessary, esp. in lieu of the sequals but it always seemed to cheapen things for me.

Das Boot - It was like so depressing man! (just kidding..it ends perfectly and should not be touched)

Yep... A.I. was flawed but good til the Spielburg syrup started to pour. Then it became insufferable.

On Mulholland Drive... I wouldn't change the ending either. I've only seen it once, but think it's Lynch's best work (really haven't liked him much from Wild At Heart on... no, not even Twin Peaks). Thought it was fabulous actually. It's as if something finally gelled for him and his unique vision. It's so much his work that I can't imagine anyone altering it but himself!

Like JustinS mentioned early in the thread, the ending of heat kind of bugs me. While it is still one of my favorites action flicks, the ending just didn't make much sense with the rest of the movie. It could have been so much more. 2 potential endings, he walks out past the girl in the car and gets away. Or during the final chase, he shoots Pacino and gets away.

Dave

I always thought that at the end of Lethal Weapon 2:

That's a pretty damn_good ending I wouldn't mind that myself, but then it would mean we wouldn't get that cool opening in part 3. I'm such an Eric Clapton whore

I've always thought the ending of The Green Mile should have ended with
Probably the only time I would actually enjoy a Hollywood ending.

The Shawshank Redemption.

Fatal Attraction's original ending didn't test well so they filmed a different ending. No doubt the new ending resulted in a better box office than the original would have but IMO the original was better.

For A Perfect Murder they went to great trouble and expense, taking everything to England (where Gwyneth Paltrow was filming Sliding Doors at the time) to film a new ending and then they ended up using the original anyway. IMO, the new ending was better.

At least we have both of the unused ending on the DVDs.

I agree, Stephen King's original ending was better. It had Red staying in the same room that old guy committed suicide in. Not really knowing if the beach was real, but hoping that the beach existed. It ended with simple hope. I liked that.

I agree wholeheartedly with A.I. and Abyss having horrible, film ruining endings.

Another less exposed film comes to mind, The Pledge

I actually found the A.I. ending more suitable after a second viewing (what can I say, I like the film.)

that being

I must certainly concur with the comments about The Shawshank Redemption.

I guess this one is fresh in my mind because I just re-watched it a couple days ago. The Color of Money.

There should have been a viewing of the final game.....

Why? Considering Felson's final dialogue, it would have been a moot point.

Gotta disagree with this one...

One of the biggest mistakes in movie history was to show the boxing match that takes place at the end of Rocky III at the beginning of Rocky IV. Mind you, Rocky IV itself may have been of the biggest mistakes in recent movie history, but Rocky III ended on a great freeze frame and it was a great way to wrap up the movie.

It sort of like horror movies and lingerie...some times its what you don't see that makes it all the better.

The Tao of Steve.

She calls him on the cell, he shows up, goes to kiss her, she stops him and tells him that she just called him to say goodbye forever and that it just won't work out between them.

The Ring



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Mulholland Drive
Not really a spoiler, but both women should have wound up in bed with me!

This is the only SE change that I would keep if it were up to me. Thru the rest of the movies, it's this small band of people that we're focussed on against a larger backdrop, and the ROTJ SE ending reveals to us that there even the smallest person/group can change the universe. They weren't just terrorists, they were in the right place at the right time, naturally they became heroes.

A better ending would be a combination of the two, to contrast the effect on the beings across the galaxy and a small tribe of furballs on a backwater planet. What would really help is if Luke, Han and Leia's arguments from the novel about why the Ewoks should help them were in the movie. Han and Luke both try to convince them they're a part of a bigger galaxy, but Leia finally convinces them by saying "Do it for the trees". A combination of the SE and original ending would be a good example of these arguments.

Here's where you're wrong: Me!!!!

If youd’ve seen the “Das Boot” edition, you might be changin’ yer mind! It’s fairly radiculos how good it is.

Too bad that edition is out of print. I'm so happy I picked up 2 copies while they were still available.

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