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the ending sucks

posted 20 years ago by simona_art_rahela
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i don't like the ending - she was so mean to them all, especially to him, because she loved herself more than she loved him: instead of drinking from the spring and living forever with her true love (i suppose he was her true love), even if she would have suffered because of the others passing away, she preferred to live her life (so maybe he wasn't her true love) without suffering the eternity, but leaving him heartbroken, to live forever with an unhealing pain in his heart (because he did love her - even after almost 100 years he came back).
what do you think?

[–] linkinparkfreak69 19 years ago

Read the book... just... read the book. And... maybe pay more attention to the movie.

[–] oneeinamillinx3 19 years ago

i liked the books ending a whole lot more with the toad and all

[–] me-1312 19 years ago

Okay, before everyone disses the ending, READ THE BOOK. It is so much better, and makes you realise that the way it ended is the way it should have ended. I agree about the toad bit too, lol. Somehow it's really relevant to the story, and adds a bit of humour in the right place. Anyway, the movie doesn't expand on the topic enough. The book really does.

[–] sadia89 19 years ago

I feel so sorry for Jesse - destined to wander the Earth alone forever.

[–] EBVD 19 years ago

The ending was *beep* *beep* *beep*

[–] selectedconfetti 19 years ago

the ending was good! think about it, jesse wasn't given the choice to drink, he was thirsty. so yeah, jesse said drink and i'll come back for you... what if she turned 90something and then drank, would he still love her? lol.ewwww..:) He didn't consider her feelings, he knew it was an empty life and he was going to put her through that aswell. He quotes "i can't live without you.." 100 years down the track wadda you know "hey im still alive!" he smiled (at her grave) and moved on (i assume)duh!. maybe he has a girlfriend somewhere else and just came back incase. i think that she was the first chick that he found appealing "you're the first person i've ever wanted to tell..yadda yadda" he most likely found more "first persons" to tell. hey he could be a player! hehehe
imma gonna go now. yey controversy rocks!

[–] o-sian-o0 19 years ago

I reckon its not just being immortal - its being an immortal teenager that'd suck! I mean, lol, who wants to be 15 forever?!

[–] linkat 19 years ago

i would love to live forever even if i was 15 and even if it was just being not living the only question there is that you'd lose everyone you love but winnie had the chance not to - she couldv'e been with jesse forever and even got her family to drink form the spring

either for amovie i suppose the ending was good coz it made it rlly emotional but in reality winnie would definitely have durnk from the spring and indeed it is stupid in that sense

[–] eurys 19 years ago

Yeah, but if she had drunk from the spring, she should have waited 85 years alone, with her family dying around her, and probably closed in doors to not be suspicious until mister Prince Charming came back.

Now, who would have been selfish?

[–] pixie-dixie 19 years ago

i think the ending was good , means she listened to what tuck had said "What we Tucks have you can't call it living. We just... are. We're like rocks, stuck at the side of a stream. Don't be afraid of death, Winnie. Be afraid of the unlived life"

her not drinking is the point of the story! she learned to live!

read the book is so good very close minus the age thingy!

[–] andreaanna 18 years ago

I agree.
The ending DOES suck!
It's just that.. it's a disney movie right ?
I looked forward to watching this romantic, cheesy movie with a FEEL GOOD, happy ending.
And this just wasnt it for me.
I wanted them to be together in the end, not her dead and him all alone.
Also the fact that she found another love and got married and had children annoys me.
Maybe it suits her, and maybe she did the right thing for her.
But I just hate it, because I know I would have drunk the water and would want to live forever with him.
And so that's what I expected to be the ending ..
It was really unsatisfying for me to see that it ended like this : *beep*
Even when he stepped of his motor and looked at her house, I knew he would find her tombstone, and then he did. :(
Just somehow I was still counting on her coming from behind the tree or something, I just can't except this ending.
It just ruined my day!

And also: I HATE you guys from repeating in every post that you should get the 'message' for living your life to the fullest.
Leaving Jesse aside I still would have wanted to live forever.
As you saw in the movie they DID enjoy every day of their lives!
So screw you with your "Great ending"!

[–] dr-zoidberg7 18 years ago

hrmm, thats very weird
for me, the ending ended just like it should of. really, if she had of drunk from the spring it would of totally ruined her life. thats the point of the movie. thats why the tucks had such a hard life. gosh. i cant believe none of you get the point of the movie... IDIOTs...
its very sentimental and proper.
no feel-good shiz this time around

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[–] cortneyowl 18 years ago

My understanding of the ending was, He was to return the following spring for her, but it was narrated that the Tucks are immortal and have no concept of time,When he returned 85 years later in the spring,he had not realized it was that long, she did wait for him but thought he had forgotten about her and moved on with her life and lived it to the fullest and was happy, He loving her, was happy that she lived her life. the end.

[–] rats_krad 18 years ago

I really don't want to sound like I'm forcing my opinion on other people but, seriously, if you didn't agree with the ending of this movie, then you didn't understand the message of it at all. Either that, or you just don't want to accept the truth about life.

[–] bad_girl_4lif3 18 years ago

Well said! .. a "happy ending" would have been unrealistic and just too perfect. This ending shows the realism of it all, how life is meant to be lived even if you have to sacrifice some parts for it.

[–] cassregan188 18 years ago

I mean, its based on the book, and in the book Winnie is about 10 years old and she only knew them for about a week, if even that. She didnt understand "true love" at that age and didnt understand completely if she should trust these people. Her "true love" was ony 14 (in terms of how old he looked) and he just wanted a family and she knew their secret and was close to his "age". He just randomly asks her to marry him one day while they can't sleep. There is no romance in the book, Winnie just wants "freedom" from her structured middle class life. That is her appeal to the family in the first place, their simple lives. I don't know, that's just my opinion..I mean, i think the ending sucks too, just for different reasons

[–] TeaForHelen 18 years ago

I think Jesse was actually relieved at the end when he found out she had died. He seemed to have a look of relief on his face.

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[–] bad_girl_4lif3 18 years ago

A look of relief ? That sooooo wasn't my impression. He looked REALLY disappointed when he first saw the grave (the camera close-up on Jesse gives that impact) but in the last seconds of the scene (when he looks up to the sky & tree) he looked like he was sad but at least glad she had a life of her own. At least that's my impression of the ending.

[–] wuh_wuh_wolves 18 years ago

are you kidding me.
She did love Jesse.
And Jesse loved her.
But It couldn't have worked.
Jesse knew she did the right thing, wether it hurt him or her.
She had to live life.
Because living forever isn't living.
And he does miss her, Im sure. But at the ending shows him in like our world today.
in our world today he would prob. just find another chick.

[–] atgnwt 18 years ago

The ending was wonderful to me. She lived her life with a capital "L", was a loving and loved wife and mother. Tuck didn't show up for 85 years. What did he expect Winnie's life to be during all that time? Watching her family age and die. Hiding away to keep the secret. No husband, no family to comfort her? Tuck was the selfish one in my opinion.

[–] Jewels_of_Jule 18 years ago

I cried, but I really liked the ending.

"I hate to be a bother, but I gotta say, this world is getting crazier with every day."
-Dear God

[–] selkn-asrai 18 years ago

Yeah. Seriously, the ending was far from bad. She lived her life without the burden of eternity. She did what humans, as Tuck said, are meant to do. Live and pass on. She did what was natural and right. And I would think Jesse would know that.

She also got rid of the spring so no one else could make the same mistakes as the Tucks, and so there would never be mass frenzy. Because again, as Tuck says, people will do anything not to die.

I agree with one of the early posters. If you think the ending sucked because she didn't choose immortality, you completely missed the point of the story.

"Now, bring me that horizon."

[–] MovieYoda 18 years ago

The ending sucked.