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Movie should have ended at the freeze frame kiss

posted 12 years ago by Jimbo_BSD
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Forget about all the arguments of parallel universes and all that other mumbo jumbo. The freeze when they kiss and the camera pans to show everybody laughing was a very cinematic ending to the story. Maybe add in the part of Farminga in the locked room terminating the program with the scientist slamming on the door.

I don't care to discuss the plausibility of science in the film, or the ramifications of what it really means, yada yada yada.

The freeze frame kiss was a great moment. It was tragic and beautiful at the same time. I thought it was a more satisfying conclusion.

Overall I liked the movie and rated it 7/10. I had my second viewing today and am sticking with that rating.

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[–] mkohary 10 years ago

I agree. Doesn't ruin the movie, but would have made it even better if they'd done that. The epilogue feels like a tacked-on Hollywood "feel good" ending. I don't know why Hollywood doesn't trust that people can put up with - and might even prefer - some ambiguity.

[–] dr_gee79 10 years ago

i totally agree.

it is much more poignant & profound, as Goodwin turns off his life support.

it also makes the plot more consistent.

(btw, i quite like the actress who played Goodwin)

[–] spidey0701 10 years ago

No. I loved the ending. A long time ago we only had happy endings in Hollywood, but in the last few years open and sad endings are starting to get really common and vulgar. I loved the final twitch.

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[–] stevenroose 9 years ago

I'm with you on this.

I tend to think about possibility of fiction movies in terms of "number of scientific hacks required". This movie did fine, I liked it. The ending screwed it, though.

And the sad part is, it didn't even make it a better ending. The ending like you described, Goodwin ending his life and Sean and Christina kissing, would have made a much better ending.

[–] Sonatine97 9 years ago

Enjoyed the film right up to the freeze-frame kiss, and then - as many others have said - the epilogue, just kills the emotive journey stone dead!

I guess either the studio or the test audiences had a problem with the freeze-frame, and wanted a more formulaic, "don't worry folks, none of the main characters really died. So don't dwell too much on the first 90 odd minutes, it's the ending you need to feel happy about!"

A decent, thought-provoking film; that probably suffered at the hands of a few impatient studio suits.

“We learn from history that we do not learn from history”
― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

[–] SorroVV 9 years ago

100% agreed

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