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Was the Last 20 or So Minutes of the Movie Somewhat Dissapointing?

posted 13 years ago by SonnyCarson
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It was to me. First, let me say that I really liked the movie; it deserves about 4 out of 5 stars. I finally got around to seeing it yesterday by way of a recommendation from Kick Ass (which I think is overall inferior to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World). I know that the movie's not entirely original, but it's a good breath of fresh air from the recycling of bad sequels, remakes, unoriginal, and original movies that come out nowadays. I've never seen a movie that has blended martial arts, videogames, comic books, and music so harmoniously and aesthetically. It's not a perfect movie, but it's different and it was done well.

So that's just the thing: much of my appeal to the movie was that it was very different. Yet at the end, the movie gets bombarded with cliches and moral lessons that undid its unorthodox style and made it conventional. I'm not talking about the whole "guy gets the girl at the end" trope as much as I'm talking about the fact that Scott all of a sudden (and too quick for my taste) comes to an epiphany of how bad a person he was and so apologizes to everyone and everyone immediately accepts his apologies and everything suddenly becomes ok and perfect. And then Knives also has her forced period of maturity and character development that I didnt buy at all. Also the fact that Knives bum rushes the fight at the end and helps save the day was cliche and expected (though the fact that she intially went after Ramona was a bit unexpected). The whole bit when Gideon slapped around Ramona and invoked the fury of Knives and Scott enough to bring about his defeat was kind of meh too. All of these "Hollywood" conventions were so smothering that during the scene it seems that the filmmakers were conscious of this and so had Gideon basically "apologize" for it in so many words, though I forget exactly what he says.

I know it's not a big deal, but perhaps all of this kept this movie from being even greater. It seems that way to me. To see such an unconventional movie revert to being conventional near the end was a bit of a let down. But still a good movie nonetheless. Will definitely be a cult classic for years to come.

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[–] TheFilmGuy1 13 years ago

Yeah, the whole movie kinda slowed down a bit for me when Scott defeats the one girlfriend. The quirky fast paced comic book style eased up and I didn't really like that. I also kinda preferred the alternate ending (Scott ends up with Knives).

[–] Jo_Mama 11 years ago

I think the whole movie is disappointing.

[–] jl_bass1 9 years ago

I think some of you are missing the point of those last scenes. Towards the end of the movie, all the actors Purposely start phoning in their performances as if to say "okay we've seen this *beep* before let's just get on with the contrived ending already" it's really a true stroke of comedic genius. An example of this is when Scott gets to the club. The bouncer asks him for the password. And Scott just sighs, as if he's really annoyed. So funny!

[–] TwoThousandOneMark 9 years ago

Disappointing is a strong word, though it is a let down.
The finale action is a hurried reset from what we'd already seen, with his extra life... & the romance triangle has no steam left to wrap the film. The 3 of Ramona, Scott, & Knives (for the movie) should've each gone their separate ways.

Either way, an epilogue of sorts might've been fun... with Culkin or someone leading it.

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[–] SillyGayBoy 9 years ago

6th fight I liked less, 7th fight I was totally bored, and his non fight with himself off screen should have been removed.

I did not like Gideon as a character, and the fight was just overkill and not interesting.

The alternate ending with the old girlfriend and him getting back together felt organic. What we got felt like a bum rush job.

[–] omoxus 9 years ago

That's a fair criticism. It's hard to maintain that type of entertainment energy. The dialogue, jokes action etc... Then there is the challenge of wrapping things up. I call it the Third Act Challenge.

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[–] Paul_Ke 9 years ago

I agree with the OP. Awesome, fantastic movie up until the end, which was too preachy.

[–] Day_ImFivebyFive 9 years ago

The only thing that bothered me was Ramona acting guilty over what just happened and "Oh, I gotta disappear now..."

What? He just fought for you and killed all your seven evil ex's and Gideon's mind control thing was torn off for you, and you want to just leave?

Like wtf movie...I've seen cliche, and I've seen cliche. THAT was cliche...what a contrived way for the filmmakers to make it so there's "one more" obstacle to overcome at the end. I thought she would've just been happy to be with him at the end there.