Americans don't understand this type of movie
All they want are happy endings, life isn't always like that, we need this in life and learn to live with it to be better.
shareAll they want are happy endings, life isn't always like that, we need this in life and learn to live with it to be better.
shareThat is a pretty unreasonable generalization.
shareYeah, people should go to movies to feel bad.
shareYeah, people should go to movies to feel bad.
SALLY SPARROW (Carey Mulligan): "I like old things. They make me feel sad."
KATHY NIGHTINGALE: "What's so great about sad"
SALLY SPARROW: "It's happy, for deep people."
"Blink" ep. 3.10 of Doctor Who
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Does watching fictional people live that perfect Hollywood fairy tale life that you'll never have (because it doesn't exist in reality) actually make you happy?
shareand pay a lot of money for it. thanks.
shareNot necessarily. But the demand for a happy ending has created a situation in which it is never a surprise, as it's what's expected.
shareill have to agree-most big movies have happy endings, spell out every minutia of detail to the viewer, as if they are stupid and tie up all loose ends with a happy ending. Life just aint that way=and the studios need to make their money back, and play it safe
shareI think this is a bit of an oversimplification; the Paranormal Activity films are pretty popular (for reasons I can never understand why) and they all have twist endings where the good guys always die or get possessed by the demon. I think what the OP is trying to say, Americans don't like endings that feel unfinished; personally, I thought the film's ending was perfect (and I'm an American, albeit a rare breed), it suited the Gothic setting that the whole film took place in and kept with the dark themes of the movie and its own ideals of love. (Much better than the Paranormal Activity endings which end just to scare the audience and nothing more, Mama's ending actually had depth and meaning)
shareI just don't like generalizations of an entire nationality or anything else based on the words or actions of a few. The fools are the ones that tend to be heard the most and are usually the most vocal, but that doesn't mean everyone is like that.
shareYou are painting with too broad a brush. Not all generalizations of entire nationalities are dislikable. Many of them are, but that doesn't mean that every generalization is like that :-)
shareCouzijn is onto something. For example: Heaven is a place where ...
Germans are in charge of the organization;
all the police are British;
all the environmentalists are Norwegian;
the French are the chefs;
the Swiss are the bankers;
all the salesmen are American;
the Belgians make the chocolate;
the Swedes are the lovers;
the goldmines are run by South Africans;
all the storytellers are Irish;
all the distillers are Scottish;
the opera singers are Italian;
the Danes are the brewers;
all the spices are provided by Indians;
the fishermen are Icelandic;
all the footballers are Brazilian;
the Spanish run the holiday resorts;
and the Dutch are the merchants.
Hell is a place where ...
the police are German;
the British are the chefs;
the Norwegians are the singers;
the French are in charge of organization;
the Australians are the lovers;
the Swiss run the navy;
the Americans are the brewers;
the Belgians put up the signposts;
all the comedians are Swedish;
the South Africans are in charge of racial integration;
the only logic is Irish;
the speech therapists are Scottish;
the Ethiopians are in charge of agricultural policy;
the Italians run the armed forces;
the Indians are in charge of birth control;
the tour companies are run by Icelanders;
all the economists are Brazilian;
the Serbs are in charge of human rights;
the Spanish are the road builders;
all the orphanages are run by Romanians;
...and the common language is Dutch; (old joke, unsure of original source)
LOL... The funny thing about that is that I'm a Scottish children's speech therapist...No joke.
Lucca Brasi sleeps with the fishes!!!
Im Romanian-American. Why Orphanages? and Americans have great beer! Dont think coors or budweiser is beer, thats like soda.
shareI agree, Eric. I am American, and liked the ending too. At first, I admit I would have liked it if the sisters weren't separated, but Lily needed a mother. Look how alive she was. When she was in Edith's arms that is the first time I saw her really smile. Edith was the only mother Lily ever had.
I liked the development of Annabel. She seemed to be missing something in her life, which seemed to emerge as she took care of the sisters. It was nice to see that type of growth in a character, instead of staying in the one dimensional personality mode.
I'm American and had no trouble understanding this film. Please crawl back under your rock and stop making generalizations.
shareAll they want are happy endings, life isn't always like that, we need this in life and learn to live with it to be better.The OP doesn't understand Americans, or they wouldn't have made such a stupid remark.
What are you? $hitheadian?
MrsPrimitiveBoomstick's bit of stuff
What!!! Life doesn't always have a happy ending!!????!!! Impossible!
What we have here is failure to communicate!share
I think I understood this movie. I don't require a “happy ending”. It doesn't matter to me if a movie ends on a positive note or not. The voyage to get to the end is really my only concern. This journey was a bore. Maybe this movie isn't for me. Maybe it's for 13-year-olds who haven't yet been exposed to the same clichés and the same formulas countless times.