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The Ending Is A Trainwreck, How Did Anybody Like It?

posted 8 years ago by AtheismBecauseReason
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The film was a great suspense film. I loved it.

It was nearly perfect the way it ended with her seeing the birds and removing her mask, taking in a deep breath. It really was compelling. And then she sees the UFO in the sky, and the weird dog creature.

At that point you're just watching an entirely different film and in the worst way possible I was asking myself WTF?

From that point on it played out like the directors 10 year old son thought it would be really super NEATO! to add in these crazy alien fight scenes at the end with splosions!!!!!!!

One of the most misplaced, jarring, unsophisticated endings to an otherwise good film I've ever seen.

[–] A-to-ZZZ 8 years ago

I loved it. I guess you are one of those people will dull imaginations.

[–] AtheismBecauseReason 8 years ago

I guess you are one of those people who put up with bad writing.

[–] Lampedusean (498) 5 years ago

He's not putting up with bad writing; he's responding to yours.

[–] movieforme 8 years ago

I thought it was ok.

[–] AtheismBecauseReason 8 years ago

It technically made sense, but for 10 solid minutes it made the themes established in the rest of the film completely irrelevant. It was just suddenly a sci-fi epic. It was a completely different movie.

Now they didn't have to change the story or the aliens to make it work. Should could have taken off her mask, heard somewhat bizarre but unidentified noises in the corn field and taken off in her car in fear. Ratchet up the tension a bit, and then have her hear the radio conversation.

But the whole chased by the dog thing that stops chasing her and then a gas spraying UFO that picks up her car 40 feet in the air only for her to blow up the entire ship and drop her was completely absurd given the context of the rest of the film.

[–] imjustasking (161) 5 years ago

I thought it was two movies in one.The first part was a suspenseful,psychological thriller.The second part was a cheap,special effect-laden,girl/hero, throw-it-in-what-the-hell piece of crap.Disappointing.

[–] Sequentialist 8 years ago

I was all in agreement until I found you meant the aliens in the end bit.

They were cool. What is your problem with them?

It's that last minute that sucks...

[–] AtheismBecauseReason 8 years ago

The problem is it began a completely different film. The entire "take down UFO" scene was a travesty to everything they had set up. Almost laughable if it weren't so f'ing perplexing why they made that decision.

[–] sleepingtiger (712) 8 years ago

Actually, no it wasn't. Basically, the whole film is set up to make the viewer believe that the Howard character is just a crazy,paranoid psycho who only thinks aliens are coming, and then everything gets yanked out from under said viewer near the end. I mean, come on though----it's a CLOVERFIELD sequel---you should have been expecting at least one little alien monster to pop up somewhere along the line,lol.

[–] danmax67 8 years ago

I was particularly irked by her making a molotov cocktail out of the bottle of scotch. The car is being pulled up. She's off balance, bouncing around and somehow:

-She realizes the bottle is there
-She opens the bottle. Scotch drinkers know there is foil to be removed, it does take a bit of time. Fortunately she didn't spill any, I'd hate to think she wasted good scotch
-She makes the molotov coctail
-She lights it without spilling anything and burning herself
-She throws it into the vulnerable part of the alien

It was all too convenient. I enjoyed the movie, but really rolled my eyes at that point.

[–] sleepingtiger (712) 8 years ago

Yeah, but she had spent every moment she was imprisoned with Howard reading and figuring out how to make her escape, and she had clearly come up with a plan that did work to do so. So who's to say she wasn't reading up on weapons for self-defense,too? Good suspenseful sometimes creepy film, though.

[–] McQualude (4231) 7 years ago

I've never had foil on a bottle of Scotch.

[–] Lampedusean (498) 5 years ago

They told him it was Scotch lol.

[–] Fairy_snuff (389) 7 years ago

I completely agree.. I wish it had been an open-ended film. I usually hate that and want some resolution but this was the perfect film for not getting full answers. Even if we did get answers, I wish it was practically anything other than aliens!!

[–] Faridah (1363) 7 years ago

I admit I'm not a fan of alien movies and I wasn't thrilled with that twist but it was an exciting ending. At least it gave some closure.

[–] spurtle467 (1546) 7 years ago

I've just watched this film again for the second time and I didn't mind the ending as much this time round. It did turn a bit actiony once she got out. I could have done without the alien dog monster, and the flaming bottle throw was very improbable. I actually liked seeing the UFO in the sky, and the closing shot with the lightning highlighting the huge spaceship was also a good way to end it.

[–] footlegger (1462) 5 years ago

The movie was originally open ended, and not part of the Cloverfield universe at all. J.J. Abrams' "Bad Reboot" production company repackaged it so it will sell better.