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The only movie were no one has a happy ending that I can remember.

posted 11 years ago by TheBoz
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To me the ending of this movie especially the very sad ending that leaves your crying cause you know the truth of everything, is just the frosting on the cake of the Day of Infamy. No one got their true love, no one really stood out as a hero, not even Prewitt. He was just a hard head sadyl as Warden said, though he did say he was his friend because he respected Prewitt and maybe hoped he and Prewitt could fight the coming battle side by side with great respect each had earned from the other before the attack.

Nobody won that day. Not in the Movie and not in the Nipponese Ambush. Its just heart breaking to see it on two levels like that , fact and fiction both coming to the same heartbreaking end.

[–] Mixalidis 11 years ago

I agree with everything but the title of your message. There are plenty of movies where no character has a happy ending. Once you move away from Hollywood movies, you will find lots of them.

[–] Degree7 10 years ago

Nipponese ambush

>_>

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

[–] jennylynmasters 10 years ago

The final scene seemed to suggest that Deborah Kerr's on-screen husband was killed which would have made her happy since she did not like the captain's womanizing and there was also a possability with meeting up with Burt Lancaster's character at a future date. And it seemed like Donna Reed's character was going to the mainland to meet her would be in-laws who were "proper" people which would give her social standing which she wanted.

We're on a mission from God.

[–] mikekrit62 9 years ago

Karen's (Deborah Kerr) husband was forced to resign his commission or face court martial before the Pearl Harbor attack. There's no suggestion that he died. Karen also found out Warden decided against becoming an officer, and was going to stay in the army to fight in the war, so their relationship was over.

Prewitt was orphaned, and he joined the army at 17. He had no parents. Alma (Donna Reed) was making the whole thing up.

[–] doodleboy 9 years ago

was this film made under the Hayes code? if so, any character acting in an amoral way would've almost had to have ended poorly - prostitution, adultery, etc - it's all punished; or, at least, they're not allowed to get what they want.

[–] woowoo-6 9 years ago

I would say the ending was realistic. Real-life, as it should have been.

[–] woowoo-6 9 years ago

I would say the ending was realistic. Real-life, as it should have been.

[–] schwapj 8 years ago

I don't think anybody ends up happy in A Place In The Sun, either, unless you count Raymond Burr getting his courtroom win.

[–] rsgre 8 years ago

It was similar to how the novel ended if I remember right. A very downbeat and depressing story which now completely mystifies me as to why it was so popular once. Maybe misery loves company..??

RSGRE

[–] kbarada 8 years ago

I believe it was a cautionary tale of the consequences of illicit love affairs in that no one could end up happy. It may have been popular to the book reader or movie going public for its "There but for the grace of God, go I" message that most folks could identify with.