Confusing Endings

[Joker]

...Your joking right??? The conclusion was one big question mark.

It was open ended, yes, but that's much different than confusing. Neo gave his life to stop Smith, which was the terms of a peace treaty between the humans and the machines. After Neo wins, the machines start willingly waking people up. The Oracle and The Architecht have opposing viewpoints on whether the peace will last. What's not to get?

 

[Joker]

the end of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" used to confuse me, but I realized this: When Nancy went to sleep at the after setting her watch to wake her up so she could pull Freddy into the real world, she never woke up. That would explain the whole 'Freddy Car' at the end.

Explain Nightmare 3 then, when Nancy is still alive and well...Wes Craven said in the commentary that it's something along the lines of the mother actually being dead, and that's her version of hell with Freddy or something like that.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

It was open ended, yes, but that's much different than confusing. Neo gave his life to stop Smith, which was the terms of a peace treaty between the humans and the machines. After Neo wins, the machines start willingly waking people up. The Oracle and The Architecht have opposing viewpoints on whether the peace will last. What's not to get?

That is the whole point. It was the END of a TRILOGY and it was left OPEN??? There is not real conclusion on what exactly what the hell happened or is going on. It was a weak final film with a head scratching ending.

 

[Wolfwood]

Silent Hill - I liked the movie....but I'm just not sure where the hell they ended up!

The way I saw it was that they never escaped the alternate dimension (or whatever it was they were in) so when they go back home, they really are there just existing on the same plane that Silent Hill is in. That's why when Sean Bean wakes up, the door is open, but he can't see them.

 

[Orko Is King]

Eraserhead...why'd the baby get all huge?

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Eraserhead...why'd the baby get all huge?

Eraserhead was supposed to be one huge what the ****?

 

[Arcturus]

The way I saw it was that they never escaped the alternate dimension (or whatever it was they were in) so when they go back home, they really are there just existing on the same plane that Silent Hill is in. That's why when Sean Bean wakes up, the door is open, but he can't see them.

I also agree with this.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

The way I saw it was that they never escaped the alternate dimension (or whatever it was they were in) so when they go back home, they really are there just existing on the same plane that Silent Hill is in. That's why when Sean Bean wakes up, the door is open, but he can't see them.

Well I think a lot of people were confused by where exactly they were. Were they dead? Did they die in the car crash? If so why wasn't the wreck found by the police? Are they in purgatory?? Why were they able to leave Silent Hill and return home? There was a lot of questions. Hopefully there will be a sequel because Silent Hill was a breath of fresh air compared to alot of today's horror/suspense movies.

 

[thealiasman2000]

1-About "Men in Black 2", did actually watch the movie until the end credits?

Please explain to me how the very final scene of that movie is NOT confusing.

2-About "Eternal Sunshine", why would they put a scene that happens after the wiping of his memory at the very beginning, instead of at the end?

It makes no sense.

3-So, if the guy in "Identity" imagined all of that, why was he on death row to begin with?

And if he wasn't the killer, who was it?

4-About "2001", I seriously did not understand ANYTHING that happened after the Hal-9000 scenes.

5-If Catherine Zeta-Jones was a thief, why do we see her working with the FBI in "Entrapment"?

 

[WeaponZ2]

2-About "Eternal Sunshine", why would they put a scene that happens after the wiping of his memory at the very beginning, instead of at the end?

It makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense...

 

[Warhammer]

1-About "Men in Black 2", did actually watch the movie until the end credits?

Please explain to me how the very final scene of that movie is NOT confusing.

Just like the first Men In Black, I always pictured it as showing us that we aren't the only ones in the universe and that we are smaller than we think. The only difference is MIB showed what I was talking about perfectly, but MIB2's ending f***ed it up.

 

[BatMatt]

Momento is very interpretive, so the ending is confusing imo. Takes a lot of investigating outside of watching the movie (otnemom.com for one) to get more info about who Leonard Shelby really is, the whole story of Sammy Jenkins, and more.

 

[JLBats]

1-About "Men in Black 2", did actually watch the movie until the end credits?

Please explain to me how the very final scene of that movie is NOT confusing.

2-About "Eternal Sunshine", why would they put a scene that happens after the wiping of his memory at the very beginning, instead of at the end?

It makes no sense.

3-So, if the guy in "Identity" imagined all of that, why was he on death row to begin with?

And if he wasn't the killer, who was it?

4-About "2001", I seriously did not understand ANYTHING that happened after the Hal-9000 scenes.

5-If Catherine Zeta-Jones was a thief, why do we see her working with the FBI in "Entrapment"?

Please tell me you're kidding.

 

[The Question]

That's very good......I never thought of that. Burton should have perhaps implied that.

The end of the movie though is supposed to be confusing. It's a Twilight Zone scenario. You're supposed to think, "How the hell did this nightmare happen?" Just like Marky Mark.

I always thought that the Planet of the Apes he had gone to was not the future, but the past. His space station got caught up in the same time storm and landed several centuries before he did. The apes got out and took over.

 

[The Question]

1-About "Men in Black 2", did actually watch the movie until the end credits?

Please explain to me how the very final scene of that movie is NOT confusing.

Obviously, there's a room full of giant aliens somewhere in the MIB headquarters.

 

[The Hero]

2-About "Eternal Sunshine", why would they put a scene that happens after the wiping of his memory at the very beginning, instead of at the end?

It makes no sense.

From the all-powerful Wikipedia:

A major change that came in editing was that the scene in the beginning with Joel and Clementine on the frozen Charles (the second time they'd been there chronologically) got moved from near the end of the movie to the beginning. According to Kaufman, this was done to make sure the audience liked Clementine, as without it, their initial impression of her, based upon scenes from the end of Joel and Clem's first relationship, might have been too negative. The movie also begins well into the future, with the audience fully aware that Joel and Clementine's memory have been previously erased.

So there.

4-About "2001", I seriously did not understand ANYTHING that happened after the Hal-9000 scenes.

From the all-knowing Hollow Wood Director:
http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4100996&postcount=19

So there.

 

[JackBauer]

3-So, if the guy in "Identity" imagined all of that, why was he on death row to begin with?

And if he wasn't the killer, who was it?

he WAS a killer, which is why he was on death row.

the whole thing about the motel, however, was all on his head, and each person in the motel was a separate personality of his. nothing that happened in the motel, with all the killing, is real.

it's not really that complicated.

5-If Catherine Zeta-Jones was a thief, why do we see her working with the FBI in "Entrapment"?

because she's an agent, but a corrupt one. Rhames' character was onto her, and made a deal with Connery's character to help him catch her in exchange for immunity or whatever.

seriously, this is explained in the movie, and it's VERY obvious stuff. you're either not paying enough attention or is just not smart enough.

 

[Flame on!]

I don't think I've ever been confused by an ending. Sure, some endings throw up a lot of interesting ifs and buts, but confusing? Nope.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The way I saw it was that they never escaped the alternate dimension (or whatever it was they were in) so when they go back home, they really are there just existing on the same plane that Silent Hill is in. That's why when Sean Bean wakes up, the door is open, but he can't see them.

I never thought of it like that!

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Aladdin: Not so fast, Jafar. Aren't you forgeting something?!

Jafar: Huh?

Aladdin: You wanted to be a genie, you got it!

Jafar: What?!

Aladdin: And everything that goes with it.

Jafar: No! Nooo!

Aladdin: Phenominal cosmic powers! Itty-bitty living space.

Aladdin is the best thing "Steve" from Full House has ever done!

How is that confusing?

 

[i-n-z-a-n-e]

I used to love Aladdin.

 

[AlteredEgo]

Bambi. Flower was a dude! Double-You-Tee-Eff!!!1!

 

[Joker]

That is the whole point. It was the END of a TRILOGY and it was left OPEN??? There is not real conclusion on what exactly what the hell happened or is going on. It was a weak final film with a head scratching ending.

Just cause you didn't like that it was left open ended does not make it confusing. Terminator 2 was open ended as well, did that confuse you? Everything is explained perfectly, as I just went over in my last post about this. Would you rather a voice over, ala War Of The Worlds come on at the end and tell you something like "and the machines and humans lived together for years till it all broke down again," or "they lived happily every after?"

 

[Mr. Credible]

i just caught silent hill at the dollar movies...

i didn't get the ending. i figured they were still in that 'dimension' or whatever, but how come Rose looked happy about it? or at least not more distraught?

and what was the deal with the kid? who's was she? i know they explained it, but i'll be honest, i had a few drinks before going to see the movie.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Just cause you didn't like that it was left open ended does not make it confusing. Terminator 2 was open ended as well, did that confuse you? Everything is explained perfectly, as I just went over in my last post about this. Would you rather a voice over, ala War Of The Worlds come on at the end and tell you something like "and the machines and humans lived together for years till it all broke down again," or "they lived happily every after?"

And there was a Terminator 3. Your telling me there should be another Matrix movie?? I don't know what the ending should have been...that is not my job. That was the Wachowski brothers job and IMO it was poorly done and confusing to me.