... which includes the text of THE SENTINEL (1950)
Posted on 10/13/2014 7:51:22 PM PDT by EveningStar
Whether writing a movie, TV series, novel, or any other form of storytelling, one fact rises above all: endings are hard. The sentiment is proven on a yearly basis, as countless films deliver an intriguing premise, compelling action, or powerful messages, only to fumble with the closing act. Sometimes, the film’s final impact can be so poorly executed, it leaves audiences wondering whether the film that preceded it was even worth the trouble.
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One thing a lot of people don't know: the ending is actually a very, very nasty inside joke. Somehow Orson Welles learned that "Rosebud" was the pet name that William Randolph Hearst gave to his wife's clitoris. It has nothing to do with the stupid sled, which is just a Red Herring. Most lefty critics were in on the "joke."
It's like Coppola had no idea what to do after the opera.
“St. Elsewhere. Not a movie but I’m still not over it.”
That WAS weird.
I suppose “LOST” could go on that list too. Wasn’t the biggest fan, but that ending was really just a cop out.
“...replace it with Topsy-Turvy...”
I don’t remember the ending being bad, but the whole movie was just ruined by its undue interest in the unhappy sex lives of its protagonists.
It could have been a happy, jolly movie....but NOOOOOO.
Most annoying, thanks for adding it to this thread.
Notice he has an Orange in his hand....you know what that means.
I also wanted to hear more of Tom Bombadil. That could’ve been a whole book by itself.
Like his book “It”, great story, colossally stupid ending.
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... which includes the text of THE SENTINEL (1950)
Back in the old days, William Holden made movies where he dies in the end. Can think of 3 off hand. Today, we have Denzel Washington. He either dies or gets busted. Some of his movies were ruined for me. Think they need a new rating. “NG.” “No Good” ending. Lead character either dies or goes to jail. With an NG rating, I won’t bother to watch. Hey! I watch movies to be entertained!
10, AI: An absolutely horrific movie terrible on so many levels. I would have walked out but was on a date so stuck to it. Turns out she wanted to walk out too so we both tortured ourselves watching this turd.
9, Ninth Gate: Sleeper. I think I had dishes to wash.
8, Signs: Could have been good, but come on. Aliens with the technology to travel billions and billions of miles can’t make a rain suit or figure out that the big blue marble they are about to land on is 3/4 water???
7, Devil’s advocate: Another snoozer.
6, 2001: The monkey scene reminds me of occupy protestors.
5, The Wolverine: Come on, it is a brain candy movie. You expected cinematic excellence with an X Man movie? But I liked it anyway.
4, High Tension: People saw that movie? It had good ‘tension’ but once the end came around it was pretty clichéd.
3, I am Legend: Another brain candy movie. I enjoyed it
2, Sunshine: I really like the movie. The end was silly with the super monster villain getting all philosophical.
1, Superman: IT’S A SUPERMAN MOVIE!!! What do you expect? Number 2 is the best. But the original 1978 version kicked the crap out of the new reboots.
The novel was a collaborative effort between Kubrick and Clarke based on earlier short fiction by Clarke. Kubrick chose not to use the elements of the story, just as I've written. Because of that, Kubrick did not receive any credit for the novel.
The ending of the novel is deliberately glossed over because of Kubrick's personal creative history. And it sucks.
OK, the plot of the novel is spelled out in Wikipedia, and deviates significantly from the film. I can only say that as a “collaborative effort” it qualifies in my mind as a screenplay, however emended by Kubrick in the end.
Also, the book I cited ( by its cover ) is a very trashy compendium of various commentary on the film, and provides only anecdotal facts related to the film’s production, except that it does include the text of THE SENTINEL. Nevertheless it remains dear to my heart.
The one I can think of right now is “The departed.” Pretty much the whole movie you’re rooting for DiCaprio’s character (there’s a first time for everything) and then Bam! You’re left feeling pretty robbed. Oh yea, The Outsiders was one of my favorites as a teen (Matt Dillon first crush)and I re-watched recently for old-times sake and was reminded how sad the ending is. Maybe it’s the melancholy Stevie Wonder song but I had to turn it off at the point before song played.
“Gone With the Wind” ends okay with most men. My son said, “She was kind of insincere, wasn’t she?”
I love it because of the sets and costumes, etc. When I first saw it as a teenager, I wondered why she was so thrilled and giggly when she woke up the morning after the night before . . .
Now see, I always heard it was not about his wife, but his live-in girlfriend, actress Marion Davies. And ‘Rosebud’ was his nickname for her asshole because he liked anal sex. And I think Rosebud fits that better.
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
They ran the original, bloody version first and audiences hated it so we now have that “old photo” finish, instead.
The soundtrack was good.
/ducking
A sign of the apocalypse?
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TV = Dallas
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