Open ambiguous endings vs. closure

[JTStarkiller]

I hate endings period. Good endings. Bad endings. Open endings. Ambiguous endings. Twist endings. I just hate them. Endings mean the movie has ended and I have to return to reality,and reality has the worse ending of them ALL. DEATH....

Optimist, huh?

 

[Golgo-13]

I hate endings period. Good endings. Bad endings. Open endings. Ambiguous endings. Twist endings. I just hate them. Endings mean the movie has ended and I have to return to reality,and reality has the worse ending of them ALL. DEATH....

t:

 

[murdock_matt]

I think The Shawshank Redemption has the worst Hollywood-forced "closure" type ending. Originally, the film was to end with Morgan Freeman on the bus simply HOPING he could get to Tim Robbins. AND THAT WAS THE POINT!!!!!! Tim Robbins' character had restored HOPE to Morgan Freeman's character.

The fact that the producers felt it was necessary to show the two of them actually meeting on the beach took away the magic of simply having hope.

 

[Figs]

I think it depends on the film. Some are best to leave certain things to the imagination while others should have a certain closure to them.

 

[Ender Durden]

both can either be horrible, or great.

i dunno, i maybe get hated on for this but the ending for Taxi Driver was a HUGE letdown considering the end was so happy and closed on such a positive note that it completely took away from the rest of the great film.

however the most recent open-ending i can think of that disappointed me was No Country For Old Men. I loved the movie, but i wanted a bit more closure in that one.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Batman Begins did a great job with joining the two into a great ending.

Have to agree.