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Don't bother. If you see it for the first time as an adult, you'll think it's really stupid.

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My wife, five years my junior, just told me it was great.

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Don't bother. If you see it for the first time as an adult, you'll think it's really stupid.

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My wife, five years my junior, just told me it was great.

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It's impossible to find a child that's watched it and not like it.

I've had several adults watch it for the first time and enjoy it too

I loved it as a kid and now I think it's incredibly dumb, and I like a lot of dumb movies.

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I can't believe Jacobs Ladder, Fury, Terminator 2 or Goonies haven't been mentioned.

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I haven't seen Goonies.

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I can't believe Jacobs Ladder, Fury, Terminator 2 or Goonies haven't been mentioned.

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LOTR: Return of the King

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Which ending? There were like 5 that overlapped for 30 minutes.


Disclaimer: I'm a huge LOTR fan.

Original Planet of the Apes

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Return of the King may be the worst ending ever.

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ending was FINE....it was the 20 minute epilogue that killed it.....

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Quit complaining. Jackson could have easily turned that epilogue into a 4th film.

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Would have been worth it for the Scouring of the Shire!

To each their own on Goonies. I've never watched more than 5 minutes of it at a time myself.

My list:
- Shawshank Redemption
- Godfather
- Se7en
- LoTR: RoTK
- Casablanca
- All 3 original Star Wars movies
- Good Will Hunting
- Toy Story 3
- The Legend of Bagger Vance
- Blade Runner
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Michael Clayton
- The Searchers
- Casino Royale
- You've Got Mail
- Stalag 17
- Swingers
- Up In The Air
- Inception

Recently:
- Boyhood
- About Time
- Gone Girl

****ed up movie ending:
- Ex Machina
- Requiem for a Dream

I didn't read every post but I didn't see the original Jurassic Park which surprises me given the love for it I've seen on other threads.

Really awesome with the shot of the T-Rex roaring in the lobby as the banner that reads "when dinosaurs ruled the earth" comes fluttering down. And then outside Grant's exchange with Hammond: "Mr, Hammond, after careful consideration, I have decided not to endorse your park"....."So have I".

Although I guess the true last scene of the movie is them riding in the helicopter back to the mainland.

First movie that kicked me in the balls was Glory. I was 10 or 11 didn't really know the history but it shocked the hell out of me. Guess it was my first not so happy ending movie.

"Oh Captain, My Captain"

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To each their own on Goonies. I've never watched more than 5 minutes of it at a time myself.

My list:
- Shawshank Redemption
- Godfather
- Se7en
- LoTR: RoTK
- Casablanca
- All 3 original Star Wars movies
- Good Will Hunting
- Toy Story 3
- The Legend of Bagger Vance
- Blade Runner
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Michael Clayton
- The Searchers
- Casino Royale
- You've Got Mail
- Stalag 17
- Swingers
- Up In The Air
- Inception

Recently:
- Boyhood
- About Time
- Gone Girl

****ed up movie ending:
- Ex Machina
- Requiem for a Dream

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Take it to the Boyhood thread. Ending was not a copout and I'm tired of people saying that.

How was the Boyhood ending a copout?

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How was the Boyhood ending a copout?

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No clue, but I remember people really hammering the plot and ending in the Boyhood thread. Weasels.

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I've been a movie watcher since the late 1940s and these are some good endings I remember seeing.

Spoilers ahead!!!!


Love your list Fred even though Fargo is in North Dakota.








Best movie ending: "The Bridge on the River Kwai."

Spectacular explosion and train wreck as a climax. Plus, did Sir Alec Guinness (as the colonel) realize how mistaken his effort to so efficiently build the bridge was before he died, falling on the detonator......or not?


Most satisfying understated movie ending: "Fargo."

Prodigiously pregnant Marge, the police chief, shows she is smart, capable, brave and devoted to duty as she solves crime and faces violence in snowy South Dakota. Norm, her stay at home husband, cooks, keeps house and paints while she's on duty and she's always on call. After she completes working an involved and dangerous case, she waddles home late after a particularly eventful day and her husband's waiting up for her in bed. She gets in too. He mentions that his artwork has been chosen for a postage stamp and she is very proud. No discussion about the bad guys, the murders, the fraud, the arrests or those wh***s from the neighboring town. Using the broad Midwestern accent with which they speak. Simple, supportive and loving, Perfect. Ya.



Most surprising and iconic move ending: the original "Planet of the Apes" starring Charlton Heston.

After this whole movie takes place in a strange new world where apes talk and dominate over humans, the film ends with our manly hero riding horseback on a beach until he comes upon the ruin of the Statue of Liberty. Pretty good sci fi effects, story, exposition and finish for 1968.



Other memorable endings:

"Easy Rider."
"Seconds.''
"Rosemary's Baby."
"The African Queen."
"The Godfather."
"Night of the Living Dead, "original.
"The Wicker Man." original.
"Some Like It Hot."
"Chinatown."
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," original.
"Fight Club" with the Pixies' song.
"Shane."
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers," original.
"Sunset Boulevard."

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Lot of already been said.

Planet of the Apes
Shawshank
13th Floor
Fight Club
Butch Cassidy and Sundance

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For those that said Planet of the Apes, which version are you referring to?

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Lot of already been said.

Planet of the Apes
Shawshank
13th Floor
Fight Club
Butch Cassidy and Sundance

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really....that should not have to be said....only one had an iconic ending.
The Planet of the Apes (1968).

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Lot of already been said.

Planet of the Apes
Shawshank
13th Floor
Fight Club
Butch Cassidy and Sundance

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For those that said Planet of the Apes, which version are you referring to?

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really....that should not have to be said....only one had an iconic ending.
The Planet of the Apes (1968).

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LOL sorry. That was before my time. #newarmy.

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Ok then how was it iconic?

Bladerunner.

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Planet of the Apes
Shawshank
13th Floor
Fight Club
Butch Cassidy and Sundance

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really....that should not have to be said....only one had an iconic ending.
The Planet of the Apes (1968).

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Planet of the Apes was before my time also, but it is a rite of passage as a movie goer.

Zulu

The entire part 2: "Claire"of Melancholia all of the way to the final scene.

The Usual Suspects

Food of the Gods

Haven't read the entire thread, but "Shane" is about as perfect an ending as you can get, right down to one of the great debates in movie history. Did he die?

The greatest ending is The Sandlot.

Squints gets to nail Wendy Peffercorn for life.

The Truman Show
Dr Strangelove
Braveheart
The Matrix

John Williams is too damn good.

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This. First time I saw it I was like "holy crap!" Edward Norton was great.

Speaking of, how about American History X? Very memorable ending.

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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03165/Whiplash_3165868b.jpg

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How sad that I recognize all of these from single frames and two-second clips.

Not sure this would be my definitive list, but all good ones.