2001: A Space Odyssey
Doctor unusual in the Multiverse of Madnessalready has somewhat of an heart-to-heart ending , as Strange fall to his knee and the third eye opens , butthe original conclusion was much darker and more open - ended . The original ending for the 2022 MCU movie would have had Stange trapped in the incursion universe not have intercourse how to get out , which would have been right smart more distressful than fan are used to .
Open endings generally go down well with audiences , as they allow for viewers to interpret what happens after it cuts to melanise for themselves . But not all of them go down as well as the studio apartment recall they will . Between a movie end that directs audiences to a website and a particular spinning top that exit some rile , these films should have had definitive termination .
The Devil Inside (2012)
Ever sinceThe Exorcistwas released , not a single picture show about exorcisms has mensurate up to the storytelling or scourge of the 1973 cinema . But it was almost as ifThe Devil Insidedidn’t even try . The flick is actually terrible at sentence and has some impressive visual effect , but it ends with the mystery left unresolved . AndZancrowenotes that one more title card appears at the very closing .
The Redditor explicate , " Movie ends with a damn website address , which I am not even certain is up anymore . I ’m sure the director would have shown up on screen door and flick you off if he could . " While some studios have impressivelyused deep site to deflower movies(such asCloverfield , ) this exorcism moving picture does the opposite .
Cosmopolis (2012)
Cosmopoliswas one of the first example of Robert Pattinson proving how much stove he has as an doer outside of theTwilightfranchise . But while his playacting was brilliant , he also had the whole weighting of the pic on his shoulders . The 2012 flick is about a billionaire who free across Manhattan in a limousine only for his day to become increasingly particular , but it was criticise for being too bleak and dull .
This userwas even less enthralled , especially when it came to the ambiguous ending . The Redditor explains , " For me , it was particularly egregious in a cinema already full of pseudo - philosophic jibber jabber , an open - end finale on top of that is just matte kind of boring . " The film ends with a gunman being held to the billionaire ’s head , and interview are result to marvel whether or not the induction was pulled , but by that point , nobody cared .
Inception (2010)
Inceptionis one of the most reasoning and brain - bending blockbuster military action motion picture ever made , and what bollix audience ' mind the most is the receptive ending . ButFafnir13thinks the ending is incisively what ruin the movie for them . The Redditor argues , " It went from being one of the best and most originative movies I ’d seen in years to a bucket of hebdomad - old tripe that needed to be toss in the dumpster . You do n’t end a colossal thrill ride with an undecided - complete question chump . "
Inceptionhas one of themost memorable last shots of 2010s movies , as it cuts to opprobrious before the spinning top stops spinning , and it ’s unknown if Cobb is in the existent existence or the dreaming reality , forget audiences to decide for themselves what the Sojourner Truth is . But what makes the ending better is that it at last does n’t weigh , as Cobb is just happy to be reunite with his children again .
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Backis a sci - fi heroic poem , but thetitle spoils the picture ’s ending , as everything terminate awfully for the rebellion : Han is freeze in carbonite , and Luke mislay an arm and gains a genocidal villain for a father . While it is n’t quite an ambiguous ending , everything is certainly left in limbo until the sequel , whichBobby_tablestakes make out with .
The Redditor argue , " As a 14 - twelvemonth - sure-enough having waited three years for a continuation , I was not prepared nor happy with a cliffhanger ending . " It was followed up with the sequelReturn of the Jedi , which was an epic conclusion that gratifyingly wrap everything up . But in fairness , a lot of cinephiles have a problem with movies that plainly fructify up sequels , which is why many even choose issue with the universally acclaimedDune .
Enemy (2013)
Director Denis Villeneuve is starting to become known for his open - all over movies . Not only doesDuneend just as the story begins , and not only doesPrisonersend before Detective Loki has discover Keller , butEnemyhas the most bizarre open closing of them all . The 2013 film is essentially about a man who discovers he has a doppelganger , and it finish with that man looking in a closet and sighing at the flock of an almost kaiju - sized wanderer .
Fedaykin13notes , " It was a movie made advisedly wispy because that is how the managing director want it to be seen AND because the director also had no unclouded imaginativeness what it meant to him . " The movie ’s message and even its themes are n’t exclusively clear , and some critics argued that the different elements of the pic , such as the secret and the wanderer theme , were badly cobble together . In this case , it might be better if viewing audience picked upThe two-fold , the record book it ’s base on , rather .
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001 : A Space Odysseyis one of the most far-famed science fiction films ever made . Whether it ’s the innovative visual force or the thought - raise narrative about contrived intelligence take over , the moving picture is very seldom criticized . However , this usertakes issue with the open - ended closing curtain .
The Redditor sleep with how much of a hot take it is , commenting , " Might take s * * * for this but2001 : Space Odyssey . Great picture finish with a elephantine dazed baby , because … ? " The film ends with David Bowman transforming into the Star Child , a giant quad babe , which has become iconic , and devotee are still debating what it means over 50 years by and by . But the ceaselessly explainable meaning is whyA Space Odysseystill hold up .
The Grey (2011)
SleepsoxhatesThe Grey ’s heart-to-heart ending , explaining , " The ending itself was n’t so bad , but reckon I envision the trailer and was waiting for him to push wolves with the badass looking glass gloves the intact prison term , I was soundly disappointed . " Leading up to the loss ofThe Grey , which was the latest in a serial ofLiam Neeson vs. [ blank]following the huge succeeder ofTaken , the studio apartment had hoi polloi believe that the actor would be fighting wolves with some serious hand - to - deal combat .
The dawdler saw Neeson star down a mob of wolves with fragment of glass between his fingerbreadth . However , that shot just so happened to be the very last shot in the movie , and it was a total bait and switch . If that shot was n’t in the trailer , the opened ending might have been deliberate one of the best ever .
No Country For Old Men (2007)
The Best Picture - winningNo Country for Old Menis considered one of the Coen sidekick ' best movies , which is tell a lot considering they have a short ton of classics in their filmography . But as they ’re be intimate to do , the filmmaking duo could n’t help but finish the thriller ambiguously . Echo_troophates the ending , arguing , " So anticlimactic from the death and killings in the middle of the flick . "
The 2007 celluloid literally cuts to disgraceful when Ed Bell is discussing his dreams . The story date the killer escape , so ending the motion picture with a man nihilistically thinking about his aspiration and the meaninglessness of life sentence is fairly appropriate . But the Redditor ’s foiling is understandable , as it is n’t clear how long the setting takes position after the scene before it , and it is n’t totally clear what Ed is let at .
Monsters Inc. (2001)
Monsters , Inc.follows Pixar ’s win pattern , as it builds an incredible fantastical world while telling an engaging and emotional story . The most emotional part come at the very end when Sully attempt to reunite with Boo , but it reduce to black before audience see the reunification befall .
PrettyLittleHigherwas most heartbroken by the cutting to inkiness and thinks it was made even worse by the fact thatMonsters Universitywas a prequel instead of a sequel . The Redditor posit , " Monster Inc. And the fricken 2nd one was a otiose prequel I will never be bothered to find out . " However , if Pixar had done itsoriginal plan for aMonsters , Inc.sequel , the Redditor might have gotten to see that reunification .
The Wrestler (2008)
Edgefishhates the ending of the Darren Aronofsky - directedThe Wrestler , a drama about an cured wrestler attempt to continue his profession despite his declining wellness . The Redditor posit , " It was n’t s * * * * , but it make you hold your breath when Randy leaps from the rope and the shot kick the bucket black and the movie ends . "
The Redditor would be outraged if they watchedBlack Swan , also directed by Aronofsky , as it ’s essentially the accurate same movie and ends in the exact same way . Both movies are about two perfectionists basically vote down themselves for their artistry , and they both end with them perfect their crafts in front of an consultation only for it to end before they either survive or die .
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