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Might be best to keep that final reveal...

posted 10 years ago by BadSurge
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...out of the plot synopsis. The reveal being that the simulation may have not been a simulation at all.
Not to imply it's the end of the movie (hopefully it's just a plot point), but that would have been more interesting as a surprise.

Right now it sounds like the plot of a Twilight Zone episode. Although, what follows the reveal could be the saving grace of the film. They could try something really unorthodox and garner some attention with a really memorable ending.

Provided they don't put it in the trailer or the plot synopsis.

[–] philoj 9 years ago

It *is* an episode of Twilight Zone - "Nightmare"

[–] Dali-Fan 9 years ago

It *is* an episode of Twilight Zone - "Nightmare"

Maybe it's my aging grey-matter but I don't recall any TZ episode entitled "Nightmare," though I do remember "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Nightmare as a Child."

I've not seen "400 Days" yet but all this talk has me thinking of JG Ballard's "13 to Centaurus" also made into a BBC TV show in the 60s:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279463/

[–] makeupbyomar 9 years ago

@philoj - you mean the Outer Limits.

[–] Thrill_KillZ 9 years ago

Yea I agree, I was watching it either way and that would have been a nice twist while watching. I hope that it's just a part of the middle of the storyline and not the end-roll credits scene or I'll be a little annoyed.

Edit: I've read quite a few opinions on it and the main complaint is "I hate the ending" and "how can they just end a film like that" so my expectations are severely lowered.

[–] irvintang 9 years ago

The ending doesn't make sense, I have no problem with ambiguous endings but this one is just done very poorly. It felt like the movie ended in the middle of act 3, it doesn't invoke further thoughts or enhance the moral of the story. It's just a power outage in the middle of the story, sudden, abrupt and unfinished.

[–] Thrill_KillZ 9 years ago

Sounds like they ran out of money, maybe it was an actual power outage that ended the film,lol. That drops this thing down a few notches on my watch list.

[–] OccamsBarber 9 years ago

I don't think they ran out of money so much as ran out of ideas.
"Can you think od anything that makes sense of all of it?"
"Nope."
"Me neither. I really thought I would before we got this far."
"Well, throw the credits on and let's go spend what's left at a bar."

"Our Father who does art in heaven deliver me from evil, with liberty and justice for all."

[–] chatfan 9 years ago

Yep pretty much sums it up.

[–] king_of_bob 8 years ago

When they got to the end they should have made a final decision on what the ending actually is, then go back and remove all the contradictory evidence. Instead, they got to the end and thought "Hey, you know what would be cool? If we don't give a solid conclusion and we'll leave in all the evidence that contradicts any logical ending."

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[–] DaliParton 9 years ago

Ugh. So much whining about the ending in this thread. It's like people have never seen a movie with an ambiguous ending before. You get to decide for yourself if the congratulations was a pre-recording and the people banging on the hatch and then opening it were from the town or if it was a bunch of people waiting outside to greet them. There was plenty of set up for an ambiguous ending - like Bug and Dane Cook hallucinating, the injections, the cameras continuing to track people and the reporters from the press conference ending up in the diner. All things that could be explained either way.

I liked the movie a lot. I thought the pacing was great, really kept the tension up. It held no great truths about the human condition but it was a fun ride.

[–] WideOpenSpace 9 years ago

or they just took idea from Cube 1
the gate get opened, all we see is bright light

they just maybe wanted to make some type of mystery
which is BORING

[–] tecnogaming 9 years ago

Don't you dare compare this movie to Cube 1, that movie was a masterpiece of terror, the ending of that movie was so carefully planned and executed it's freaking perfect.

Yes, I agree they borrowed some ideas but to me, they came up with a script that started pretty good and ended in the worst possible condition.

To sum movie up:

1- First Act: Very good, well paced, good jump scares in the right moment, good momentum build up.

2- Second Act: horrible, like watching a poor remake of a bad B-Movie complete with lousy actors.

3- Ending: unfinsihed, not ambiguous, just unfinished, like... yeah, cut this crap RIGHT THERE... leave people guessing, who cares.

In my eyes, movie was a solid 6 from the first act and then down to 4, the ending got another point down to 3.

Alex Vojacek

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[–] dobieclose-891-515844 9 years ago

It doesn't much sound like "whining" to me.
Since this is a discussion thread about 400 Days, and 99 out of 100 people agree that the non-ending was the worst part, it stands to reason that the not-even-enough-to-be-ambiguous ending will probably be the hot topic.
I'm sure you already knew that.

[–] king_of_bob 8 years ago

This isn't an ambiguous ending. It's not an ending at all. No matter which scenario you go with, it makes no sense based on what we're presented with.

You liked the movie a lot, good for you. That doesn't change the fact that there is no ending to this movie.

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[–] king_of_bob 8 years ago

There is no reveal at the end. What are you talking about?

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