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Meh ending...ended way too abruptly

posted 12 years ago by FilmMuscle
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This was building up to be one of the best movies I've ever seen, but of course, the ending doesn't deliver. This is what's so bad about endings- they have so much pressure on them, and I'm rarely satisfied with most movie endings. Nothing was resolved, everyone left unpunished, no major characters died throughout (Sandy, etc,) to make it more dramatic. And a cop-out of having Bill Nighy so easily revealed. Did anything happen to him? Who knows? This movie definitely should've been longer. It's a story that never finishes. Why make such a film? The very end with Ralph Fiennes seemed like a cop-out than anything...

[–] royu2 11 years ago

It's been years since I've seen this movie but I remember thinking it had a really good ending, actually I thought the whole movie was really good, surprised at the bagging it's got on here honestly.

[–] EJverh 11 years ago

I actually agree with you; though I think the movie delivers its message throughout the whole film, so the ending is pretty much irrelevant. I think they should have stopped with Justin `joining` Tessa at the lake Turkana. That was very powerful in itself. I love this film! In many ways, it's a masterpiece. I think nowadays we're used to having an ending either being a post-Sixth Sense shocking or tying it in a big, neat loop. In Gardener, they attempted that with the funeral scene, but it just didn't work.

[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

... but of course, the ending doesn't deliver.

In what ways? Did you want a shoot-out? Bombs exploding?

... no major characters died throughout ...

The Quayles and Arnold aren't enough?

Nothing was resolved, everyone left unpunished ...

It's strongly inferred that the press are going to go after Pellegrin and the pharmaceutical company.

... I'm rarely satisfied with most movie endings.

Yes, that's really obvious to one and all.🐭