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hypernova:
I saw this movie a few months ago, and thought it was halfway decent until the ending. Just what I need. Can an ending be more depressing? What's the guy's only option after that? Suicide. I don't think anyone could live with themselves after doing that.
--- Quote ---he lives up to the promise he made to his son ("Don't let the monsters get me").
--- End quote ---
No he didn't. Indirectly, the monsters still got him. It was only alleviated that he was sleeping at the time.
Could the father have done it while he was awake?
Ginsu Victim:
Better to do it himself rather than seeing his kid torn to shreds by one of those things.
"Don't let the monsters get me" was also referring to Mrs. Carmody and her followers.
erictrumpet:
I thought this movie was great and the ending was terrificly tragic.
I do wish the military had NOT shown up, though. Why don't any movies ever go to the extreme conclusion: EVERYONE IN THE WORLD DIES.
For example: Signs. I liked this movie a lot. But, why did it have to have a happy ending? When they were trapped in the dark cellar and the aliens broke in the house, we had a feeling that these were the LAST survivors on earth. Man, they were so ALONE! It was awesome! The screen should have stayed black... then silence... then the credits roll. THE END! That would have been so awesome!
And here's an example of a GOOD ending: The 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. They escape to the guy's boat, they make it to the island (or wherever), and SURPRISE! Zombies there too! They all die! EVERYONE IS DEAD! End of the world!
The Mist could have ended that way too, and it would have been great.
But, the ending as they made it was okay. It was a happy ending, but not happy... because of the murder thing :)
Eric.
patrickl:
I forgot the name of the movie, but I kinda liked it's ending. The movie is about London being infected with a virus. Only a kid is invulnerable to the disease. A group of people tries to smuggle the kid out so it can be analysed for an antidote. The people all die, but the do manage to get the kid on a chopper to France. The movie ends with infected people roaming around the Eiffel Tower. I liked that a lot better than the usual sad Star Trek type ending: "doctor creates antidote in 5 minutes and everybody is miraculously cured"
erictrumpet:
Yes -- 28 Weeks Later baby, that is a great movie!
(Better than 28 Days later, to which Weeks is the sequel)
Eric.
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