What's the most downer movie ending you've ever seen? - Page 12

IAMWRITER · 08-15-2012, 08:22 PM

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

I don't cry at movies but even I had a lump in my throat.

Six Alaric · 08-15-2012, 11:02 PM

Chinatown springs to mind.

And far worse than that is Threads, which is mostly nightmare fuel already and somehow it still manages to close on an even lower note.

taichiquan.panda · 08-15-2012, 11:25 PM

The Mist, for sure. The written version, while gruesome enough, had an ambiguous ending and a sliver of hope. The film left me feeling like I'd been sucker punched and couldn't breathe.

The Black Death, featuring Sean Bean, aka The Actor Who Dies In Everything. It is a well written film about a group of knights taking a young monk to a village where the plague is rumored to be held at bay by witchcraft. It's violent and gruesome (as I suppose times would have been back then), but the psychological hook the young monk is dangled on is almost unbearable to watch. Sucker punched again.

Darkranger85 · 08-16-2012, 03:43 AM

I'd have to say Castaway

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I mean what is worse than surviving all that time on an island to come home and find that your wife has moved on?

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I would say The Patriot except that it ends well. but. . .

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Oh oh oh and The Pianist. Good movie though.

The church scene was crazy. I never get emotional in a movie, but that almost did it.

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abbie in wonderland · 08-19-2012, 06:53 AM

Although it was slow to begin, melincholia was wonderful. Heartbreaking...the entire movie was depressing and the very last scene had me in tears. Its hauntingly sad movies like this one that leave me with a strange uber-sad feeling void. Although I'm glad I saw this movie, I will never watch it again.

Manuel Royal · 08-19-2012, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by CatharsisChild

To Live and Die in L.A. anyone?

"You're working for me now."

Well, that movie took the popular theme of the maverick cop, out for revenge, who plays by his own rules ... and showed the consequences of it.

Speaking of Willem Defoe movies -- I just watched The Hunter. Definitely not a Hollywood ending. Very affecting.

oooooh · 08-26-2012, 03:00 PM

Requiem for a Dream is a pretty big downer. Hell, any of Aronofsky's films.

Most recent ones I've seen are Detachment (2011) and Rabbit Hole (2010). Both are good, but Detachment has Adrien Brody and Christina Hendricks and that's like an A+ combo.

Holly Green · 08-27-2012, 11:45 AM

The Plague Dogs.

When I heard the film was animated, I was convinced it couldn't work, but it's exquisite. A gut wrencher, not just the ending. I cried from start to finish.

Lyra Jean · 09-11-2012, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by abbie in wonderland

Although it was slow to begin, melincholia was wonderful. Heartbreaking...the entire movie was depressing and the very last scene had me in tears. Its hauntingly sad movies like this one that leave me with a strange uber-sad feeling void. Although I'm glad I saw this movie, I will never watch it again.

I saw Melancholia as watching a family just deal with life as normal. They believed the scientists and didn't worry about it. I think if something like that would happen this is how most people would be just living their lives.

Not Solomon Brown · 09-12-2012, 01:53 AM

The Man Who Fell To Earth

The305itself · 09-15-2012, 01:41 AM

I think my answer will reach to the hearts of everyone.

Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull.

08-15-2012, 11:25 PM	#278
taichiquan.panda not the popular one and ok with it Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: 918 Posts: 112	The Mist, for sure. The written version, while gruesome enough, had an ambiguous ending and a sliver of hope. The film left me feeling like I'd been sucker punched and couldn't breathe. The Black Death, featuring Sean Bean, aka The Actor Who Dies In Everything. It is a well written film about a group of knights taking a young monk to a village where the plague is rumored to be held at bay by witchcraft. It's violent and gruesome (as I suppose times would have been back then), but the psychological hook the young monk is dangled on is almost unbearable to watch. Sucker punched again. __________________ queen of the mad space monkeys http://paradachs.blogspot.com

08-19-2012, 06:53 AM	#280
abbie in wonderland off with their heads! Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: texas Posts: 58	Although it was slow to begin, melincholia was wonderful. Heartbreaking...the entire movie was depressing and the very last scene had me in tears. Its hauntingly sad movies like this one that leave me with a strange uber-sad feeling void. Although I'm glad I saw this movie, I will never watch it again. __________________ Quiet Creek--- YA Thriller. Had completed an entire rough copy and hated it so it was scrapped. Restarting never felt so good

08-27-2012, 11:45 AM	#283
Holly Green bug-magnet Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: where the bugs are Posts: 35	The Plague Dogs. When I heard the film was animated, I was convinced it couldn't work, but it's exquisite. A gut wrencher, not just the ending. I cried from start to finish. __________________ "The sharks will get her, don't worry," cautioned the Spaniard. Oh dear, I wish you hadn't mentioned that, thought Buttercup. Around her now, although it was surely her imagination, she seemed to be hearing the swish of giant tails. --William Goldman, The Princess Bride

09-12-2012, 01:53 AM	#285
Not Solomon Brown figuring it all out Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cornwall Posts: 68	The Man Who Fell To Earth __________________ I'm not Solomon Brown, I'm Not Solomon Brown.

09-15-2012, 01:41 AM	#286
The305itself practical experience, FTW Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 121	I think my answer will reach to the hearts of everyone. Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull. __________________ ...Baby that's crazy, it won't match a straight-jacket, we stack it all up and then we Green Bay pack it...

08-15-2012, 08:22 PM	#276
IAMWRITER QWERTY!!! Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: In My Own Little World... Posts: 867	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. I don't cry at movies but even I had a lump in my throat.

08-15-2012, 11:02 PM	#277
Six Alaric Superbug Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 140	Chinatown springs to mind. And far worse than that is Threads, which is mostly nightmare fuel already and somehow it still manages to close on an even lower note.

08-16-2012, 03:43 AM	#279
Darkranger85 figuring it all out Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 72	I'd have to say Castaway SPOILERS I mean what is worse than surviving all that time on an island to come home and find that your wife has moved on? END SPOILERS I would say The Patriot except that it ends well. but. . . SPOILERS Oh oh oh and The Pianist. Good movie though. The church scene was crazy. I never get emotional in a movie, but that almost did it. END SPOILERS

08-26-2012, 03:00 PM	#282
oooooh New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: UK Posts: 25	Requiem for a Dream is a pretty big downer. Hell, any of Aronofsky's films. Most recent ones I've seen are Detachment (2011) and Rabbit Hole (2010). Both are good, but Detachment has Adrien Brody and Christina Hendricks and that's like an A+ combo.

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