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Disappointing Ending (spoilers)

posted 9 years ago by cindershade
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The ending was really disappointing. I absolutely hate non-endings. The fact that nothing really happened in the final scene after Adam threw the keys away kind of made the whole movie pointless.

I seriously thought the twist for the whole movie was going to be that it the reason why Adam was upset at seeing Riley and Taylor making out was because Adam was actually in love with Riley.

If Adam had come onto Riley when he was drunk at the end, at least it would have gave the movie a point.

[–] saturnchick 8 years ago

What does there need to be a "twist"? Especially an unnatural or clichéd one?

Screws fall out all of the time. The world's an imperfect place.

[–] papatoony-33-670609 8 years ago

The first time I watched the film, I thought the same thing (that the ending was abrupt and left us hanging). But then I watched it again assuming Adam was gay and longing for Riley's undivided attention the entire time, and then the ending made perfect sense. Adam finally had Riley all to himself. Boom--The End.

[–] Northerner335 8 years ago

The first time I watched the film, I thought the same thing (that the ending was abrupt and left us hanging). But then I watched it again assuming Adam was gay and longing for Riley's undivided attention the entire time, and then the ending made perfect sense. Adam finally had Riley all to himself. Boom--The End.

^This. This is EXACTLY what I thought. Adam's path to Riley was now clear. It wasn't a conventional route ... he broke up Riley's relationship and then Nate plunged to his death ... but, yes, Adam finally had Riley all to himself, and at the end of the movie, he knew it.

[–] lunarvision 8 years ago

Yeah...sorry, this is not Chuck and Buck.

[–] chgarcia-83281 8 years ago

I thought this was going to be about the kids death...
It sucked he died that way; no matter how obnoxious and rude he was.
Great movie!

[–] QcLoser 8 years ago

Whole movie was a major let down , it was rated 3 on the onscreen tv guide so i expected something decent its a 5/10

[–] LetoAtreides (583) 3 years ago

"I seriously thought the twist for the whole movie was going to be that it the reason why Adam was upset at seeing Riley and Taylor making out was because Adam was actually in love with Riley."

That's exactly what happened. It didn't need to be more obvious.