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Why I dislike the ending.

posted 9 years ago by IceboxMovies
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I have always hated the ending because it transitions mean-spiritedly from a tragic final scene to those stupidly jokey end credits with the upbeat version of "Blue Moon" playing. While I appreciate that the film is both a horror movie and a comedy, I think at the ending we are so caught up in the romance between David and Alex that we ought to be mourning David's death -- instead of laughing at it, as Landis seems to want us to do.

[–] pepetoony (1744) 5 years ago

I was just impressed that of all those shots fired at David (the werewolf), not one of them hit the chick who was standing directly in front of him. What are the odds!?

[–] Flybynight45 (165) 4 years ago

What I didn’t like about the ending...

You remember earlier in the movie where David says: “ I think a werewolf can only be killed by somebody who loves them”.

I thought it would be Alex who would end up killing him. Would have been even more poignant and fit with this idea.