I liked the movie for the most part, very disappointed with the ending. When they were in the car and on the way to the church, I thought there was gonna be a big showdown, final exorcism of the main girl (kinda thinking something like that scene in "The Unborn"). If the ending was different would you guys have liked the movie more? Or in general was it just a bad movie? What else didn't you like about it?
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I just watched it and thought it was pretty good except for the ending of course. I was into the story and wouldn't even mind an abrupt ending but it left way too much unresolved for me to even care about visiting some website.
shareI would have hated it. Ending was perfect the way it was. Had it come to a big showdown, it would have been pretty much the ending we've seen in every single exorcism movie before it. They tried something original and realistic and apparently no one wanted that.
"You and me are goin' on a car-ride to hell... and you're riding shotgun! "
Original=Good
Stopping the movie halfway through without explaining anything and telling people to go your website if they want some kind of explanation for what the f-ck they just saw=Bad
It's really simple
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Lol. It would have been more realistic if they all broke character and explained that they were actors filming "The Devil Inside" and they couldn't think of a damn ending, so they decided to just throw the camera at the windshield and act like they were in a car crash and everybody died.
shareI think the movie was great with the exception of the abrupt ending. I think that could've used a little work. Other than that, it was a great movie.
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I liked the ending, but wasn't so thrilled with the film overall.
I usually dislike the "faux home movie"/"faux documentary" style, and this film is a perfect example why--the cinematography drives me bonkers. I just can't take the constantly bouncing, constantly zooming camera. It takes me out of the film and instead has me wanting to cut off the guy's finger(s) that he's using for the zoom.
The exorcism scenes were also the same old same old by the numbers exorcism scenes, which didn't really thrill me.
I also didn't think it was horrible overall, but the ending wasn't one of the problems in my opinion.
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I just finshed watching this movie and I honestly liked the ending! I was happy it wasn't the normal, everyday, all resolved ending! Leave some things to individual interpretation as well as facing reality, not everything ends happily or explained. Just my opinion!!
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I think the ending is fine. They already had two exorcisms in the movie so a third would be just the same. The point is there was a demonic transference and it killed them abruptly in the end.
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I liked the ending too. It was believable but unexpected. When Michael was driving the car, I kept thinking, "Why doesn't he pull over?" It seemed the appropriate thing to do!
It was different, and artful in its own way.
To a new world of gods and monsters!
I honestly think the biggest insult with the ending wasn't necessarily that it ended abruptly, but that it tried to push the audience to a website. While this is not necessarily 'wrong', it was a bit of an insult-- even if the film ended abruptly without that, it wouldn't have been as much of an insult, but with it, it felt to a lot of audience members as if the film was saying, "we're too lazy to go on, just... here... read the rest."
THAT aspect is what made people hate it.
So, for me personally, had they simply edited out that call to the website, I probably wouldn't have disliked the film so much. I do think the story meanders aimlessly near the end, and a lot of people expected some resolution myself included, and I still would like an actual third act instead of it just sort of... ending because it was too tired to go on, but that accursed website ad just...
Point being-- myself as an audience member, take out that website at the end, I wouldn't be fully satisfied but I would feel a LOT less insulted.
I agree with the users above that, had the ending been a "showdown" or exorcism, the movie would have had a 'been there, done that' feel. To me, the ending was the best part of the movie.
Of course it was somewhat expected, because the viewer is pretty sure that all 4 of the characters probably picked up their own demon. We're wondering when the guys will start manifesting their possessions. But I didn't think it would end so abruptly so I was still pleasantly surprised.
What is it, exactly, that people think was left unresolved?
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The ending was actually interesting once you step away from it. But the tag line, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, is what made it ridiculous.
Look, the film made lots of money. That's why it was made and it succeeded. Were we gypped? Yes. This serves us right for going into a horror film released in January.