I had to register to this forum just to say this. I see that most of the movies mentioned in this topic are mentioned just because one or two key characters die in the end. I mean, that’s not necessarily sad and unhappy ending, not by a long shot.
The ending itself can’t be defined simply by deaths of characters. It’s the atmosphere and the key events that make the ending sad or happy, or both. But defining ‘sad’ and ‘happy’ depends entirely on the person defining them, so you can’t really recommend a movie for someone unless you know what he/she thinks is sad and what is happy.
All in all, I’d say you can’t really measure on a public forum what’s what because there’s so many unfamiliar people around.
(Now I feel like I made a huge fuzz out of a small matter, sorry about that.)
I myself can’t stand something I like to call an american (nothing personal) ending or a hollywood ending. What I mean is the sort of ending where the hero gets his girl and kisses her in front of a live audience. And then everyone start to applaud. You all know what I’m talking about.
I hate those syrupy endings. I mean, they’re disgusting and unreal. But I guess there are people who like that kind of stuff. Otherwise there wouldn’t be so many of those movies.
What I’d like to see is something totally out of the blue. Something you can’t predict or expect. I have not yet seen a film that could knock me off my seat. And neither an unpredictable or entirely unhappy ending. I’m still waiting for it to come.
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Just few of my thoughts for you to chew on.
- Aimethe