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Old 05-22-12, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by godzilla rules
I just watched The Grey and that ending was very ambiguous.
just saw this too. and i have to agree wholeheartedly. great ending!!
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How is this ambiguous?

Some people got some 'splaining to do cause there's nothing ambiguous about a few movies that have been posted here.
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How is this ambiguous?
It's ambiguous because who was De Niro's reflection talking to? The question is asked but never answered.
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The fact that Nolan tosses in that shot of Pearce with his tattoos and his wife alive just mucks it all up.
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Shutter Island's ending is ambiguous. There's only 2 possibilities but there seems to be decent evidence for either one.
....I thought it was obvious what was going to happen?
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Originally Posted by The Bus
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Me too. Also, Oldboy.


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'Memories of Murder' - A type of ambiguity, anyway one of the best endings to film I've ever seen, so rare a conclusion adds so much to what you just watched.
I agree completely, just a haunting ending that is pitch perfect in every way. I have watched it no less than a dozen times, and the look on his face, coupled with Taro Iwashiro's score (which, in my opinion, is a masterpiece in its own right) still sends chills through me every time.
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....I thought it was obvious what was going to happen?
Yeah, Shutter Island had the least ambiguous ending I've ever seen.
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Yeah, Shutter Island had the least ambiguous ending I've ever seen.
Of course we know what happened.

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He was lobotomized. That was obvious. What wasn't quite as obvious was whether or not Leo knew what was happening and allowed himself to be lobotomized. One possibility is that he just went nuts again and believed that he was the Marshall and just reverted back to the fantasy that he created. The other possibility, is that once he found out what REALLY happened he couldn't live with knowing the truth and chose to wipe it from his memory. He may have just pretended to revert back to his fantasy knowing that he'd get lobotomized and never have to live with the truth. That's why he said that line to Mark Ruffalo about living as a monster or dying as a good man. It's possible he chose to be lobotomized (die) so he didn't have to live with the knowledge of what really happened in his life.
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Of course we know what happened.

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He was lobotomized. That was obvious. What wasn't quite as obvious was whether or not Leo knew what was happening and allowed himself to be lobotomized. One possibility is that he just went nuts again and believed that he was the Marshall and just reverted back to the fantasy that he created. The other possibility, is that once he found out what REALLY happened he couldn't live with knowing the truth and chose to wipe it from his memory. He may have just pretended to revert back to his fantasy knowing that he'd get lobotomized and never have to live with the truth. That's why he said that line to Mark Ruffalo about living as a monster or dying as a good man. It's possible he chose to be lobotomized (die) so he didn't have to live with the knowledge of what really happened in his life.
Except it really doesn't come across as a posibility at all. Just a simple fact. That line really cements it as a willfull choice.
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Yeah. And that is why he did it. It's not ambigious of all. He's just telling Ruffalo his reasoning for the decision. Which stumps Ruffalo based in his formal position but not w/ DiCaprio. He's ending it like a man.
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Originally Posted by scott1598
just saw this too. and i have to agree wholeheartedly. great ending!!
It's a shitty ending.

Imagine if Spielberg cut to black after Brody shouts out, "Smile you son of a bitch!"

That's the ending for The Grey.
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Yeah. And that is why he did it. It's not ambigious of all. He's just telling Ruffalo his reasoning for the decision. Which stumps Ruffalo based in his formal position but not w/ DiCaprio. He's ending it like a man.
Really guys...there are countless discussions and opinions on the Internet about the ending of this movie. You guys obviously have your opinion, which I actually agree with, but it's not nearly as cut and dry as you're making it out to be. Is it one of the biggest head scratchers of all time? No, but there are 2 possible explanations, there is evidence for both and a TON of discussion has gone on about that ending.
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Except The Grey had a post credits scene where he was on top of the dead wolf. Although he could have still been severely injured. Yeah kind of a weird movie to have a post credits scene.
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Originally Posted by godzilla rules
I just watched The Grey and that ending was very ambiguous.
Did you watch until after the credits? It becomes far less ambiguous then.
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Not sure if serious Groucho.
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Originally Posted by Matthew Chmiel
It's a shitty ending.

Imagine if Spielberg cut to black after Brody shouts out, "Smile you son of a bitch!"

That's the ending for The Grey.
post credits notwithstanding, i guess you just didn't get the point of the movie.
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The Italian Job (original)
The French Connection - (who fired the last shot?)
I think Reservior Dogs as well, my friends & I were having a debate about the ending
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Beginners was a little ambiguous.
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