Pathos
02-25-2010, 03:05 AM
Recently found myself in a conversation discussing favourite last scenes or endings in film. Stuff like Shawshank, Empire Strikes Back and The Usual Suspects sprang immediately to mind... as well as: CRAPPY movies with great final moments!!!
It goes without saying that this post/thread will be filled with SPOILERS.
The One (2001)
The title here is a clear reference to the number of good scenes in the film: The evil Jet Li (Yu-Law) is captured and transported to a prison colony, where we last see him atop a pyramid kicking the crap out of a rising horde of crazy-as-him types while shouting, "I am Yu-Law! I am nobody's bitch! You are mine!" Awesome. My wet dreams are a lot like this now. Except the horde are entirely women and entirely naked, and suddenly I am everybody's bitch! Mmm, excuse me a minute, I need to take a quick nap... [gets napkins ready]
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
This flick is so Riddickulous (sorry) that it actually sits amongst my guilty pleasures. Regardless, it does sport one terrific ending, with Mr. Riddick defeating the tiresome lead villain and assuming his mantle and throne with an army of 'Legion Vast' super-soldiers kneeling before him, clearly confusing him with Conan! Wow. I make it a point to shut my eyes and remember this scene whenever anyone brings up The Pacifier. [nervous twitch]
Escape from L.A. (1996)
A satire more on the preceeding bloody film than anything else, taken in that vein this one is actually pretty decent. Well, aside perhaps for the bizarre surfing scene. I mean, it even has that cool asian dude from Die Hard with the Fu-Manchu mustache who dies in every film! (http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsL/182-5002.gif) Including this one. Anyhoo, the finale sees anti-hero Snake fooling the freakin' president and his cronies (via the holographic tradition of Total Recall) and destroying the worlds electronics with a handy remote, effectively "turning off the Earth". Even the bad guys here weren't ballsy enough to go that far! As if this coolness were somehow insufficient, he then lights up a cigarette, glances down at the camera and happily welcomes us to the Plissken version of the human race. F yeah man! I loved this ending so much I STILL wear my commemorative Snake Plissken eye patch every other day! Everyone at work just thinks I'm a pirate but screw those guys.
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
So in the finale Jet Li immobilizes the villain (a wonderfully over the top Tchéky Karyo) with an acupuncture needle to the base of his neck. Our antagonist proceeds to awkwardly die, but not before Jet spares a moment or two to blather on and on about how this secret sweet spot is called the Kiss of the Dragon and is terribly forbidden and such. So what is our villains spluttered, dying-breath response? "Kiss... MY ASS!" Bwahaha! I'm sorry, but despite the fact that he then topples over and dies, I'm putting this one down as a win for the bad guy.
Tooth Fairy (2010)
Among the greatest endings in film history, is the final scene here... where the credits rolled. It was over. It was finally over! We had made it. We were alive! Everyone in my cinema cheered and hollered and leaped up for some serious hugging. All four of us. There may even have been an ass grab, but we were so relieved that no one cared. NO ONE CARED! In the distance, a toilet symbolically flushed and we cheered some more. Once the staff had unlocked the doors and set us free, we moved solemnly into the foyer and set fire to the over-sized cardboard standee of The Rock, praying that he would burn in hell... but in our hearts we knew that hell would not have him!
It goes without saying that this post/thread will be filled with SPOILERS.
The One (2001)
The title here is a clear reference to the number of good scenes in the film: The evil Jet Li (Yu-Law) is captured and transported to a prison colony, where we last see him atop a pyramid kicking the crap out of a rising horde of crazy-as-him types while shouting, "I am Yu-Law! I am nobody's bitch! You are mine!" Awesome. My wet dreams are a lot like this now. Except the horde are entirely women and entirely naked, and suddenly I am everybody's bitch! Mmm, excuse me a minute, I need to take a quick nap... [gets napkins ready]
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
This flick is so Riddickulous (sorry) that it actually sits amongst my guilty pleasures. Regardless, it does sport one terrific ending, with Mr. Riddick defeating the tiresome lead villain and assuming his mantle and throne with an army of 'Legion Vast' super-soldiers kneeling before him, clearly confusing him with Conan! Wow. I make it a point to shut my eyes and remember this scene whenever anyone brings up The Pacifier. [nervous twitch]
Escape from L.A. (1996)
A satire more on the preceeding bloody film than anything else, taken in that vein this one is actually pretty decent. Well, aside perhaps for the bizarre surfing scene. I mean, it even has that cool asian dude from Die Hard with the Fu-Manchu mustache who dies in every film! (http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsL/182-5002.gif) Including this one. Anyhoo, the finale sees anti-hero Snake fooling the freakin' president and his cronies (via the holographic tradition of Total Recall) and destroying the worlds electronics with a handy remote, effectively "turning off the Earth". Even the bad guys here weren't ballsy enough to go that far! As if this coolness were somehow insufficient, he then lights up a cigarette, glances down at the camera and happily welcomes us to the Plissken version of the human race. F yeah man! I loved this ending so much I STILL wear my commemorative Snake Plissken eye patch every other day! Everyone at work just thinks I'm a pirate but screw those guys.
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
So in the finale Jet Li immobilizes the villain (a wonderfully over the top Tchéky Karyo) with an acupuncture needle to the base of his neck. Our antagonist proceeds to awkwardly die, but not before Jet spares a moment or two to blather on and on about how this secret sweet spot is called the Kiss of the Dragon and is terribly forbidden and such. So what is our villains spluttered, dying-breath response? "Kiss... MY ASS!" Bwahaha! I'm sorry, but despite the fact that he then topples over and dies, I'm putting this one down as a win for the bad guy.
Tooth Fairy (2010)
Among the greatest endings in film history, is the final scene here... where the credits rolled. It was over. It was finally over! We had made it. We were alive! Everyone in my cinema cheered and hollered and leaped up for some serious hugging. All four of us. There may even have been an ass grab, but we were so relieved that no one cared. NO ONE CARED! In the distance, a toilet symbolically flushed and we cheered some more. Once the staff had unlocked the doors and set us free, we moved solemnly into the foyer and set fire to the over-sized cardboard standee of The Rock, praying that he would burn in hell... but in our hearts we knew that hell would not have him!