What did you think of the end?
What did you think of that whole end thing? Where it was basically the beginning of Saturday Night Fever with the strutting and the song?
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It could have came sooner.
shareThis truly unforgettable end alone is worthy of seeing this film. It's a classic ending that after more than 20 years i still can not get out of my mind. Incredible coolness is what this film represented back then, THAT was one of the unique things about the 80's. The style! It was great. Now we have nothing, just CGI crapfests and unnecessary remakes. Give me 80's over the 90's any day, because i'm bored to death. Ge i'm gonna buy this classic.
shareGood film, cant seem 2 understand how it got a bad rating
shareThis is probably my all-time favorite movie although I admit to having quirky taste. To this day I still ask the people around me........do you know what I want to do?!
sharewell is tony manero magic? cuz at the end of his strut he smiles...then he vanishes into thin air with stars around him.
thanks, luke.
The ending is one of the few things I love about "Staying Alive." Tony looks so happy when he leaves the theater strutting, obviously aware of the eternal joys soon to await him on Planet Hubbard.
Compare that with the disappointing ending in "Saturday Night Fever," where his friend dies so he goes to hang out with Karen Lynn Gorney and listen to Bee Gees records.
re:"Planet Hubbard."
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Actually I felt the ending was cheesy and self-gratifying by Sly for him and other Saturday Night Fever lovers. When all is said and done with Staying Alive, he still wants a connection to the original film. I hate the cliché being thrown in. Kinda like "Eye of the Tiger" had to be worked into Rocky IV & V. Or the need for "Hasta La Vista Baby" to be in T-2 cause they needed a saying to harken back to "I'll Be Back".
I love the movie Staying Alive. It shows growth in character over 5 years from approx. 19 to 24 years old. You do a lot of growing up in those years, and so did Tony. I felt the character did some self-reflection in those years due to meeting so many new and different people, but the Tony Manero is still there. Most people think I am crazy for liking "Staying Alive"...but it is good. As good as the original...you can't compare. Two very different kind of movies. One defined a generation and served as an inspiration. The other was just an enjoyable movie!
I always felt the movie company or music company forced the final strut scene in Staying Alive....another cheesy way to get "Staying Alive" into the movie and soundtrack.
The ending was great also all the music they used, specially in the second show they made acent to heaven, where Laura and Tony are dancing alone
shareThe end was very good but made one major mistake. Due to Tony's character arc and progession, when he said he wanted to "strut", he needed to take Jackie with him. That would have been the perfect ending. Tony AND Jackie strutting down the street. Because, for one, he's not gotten over his selfishness and sees the value Jackie and two, Cynthia Rhodes is the hottest part of this movie. And I love to watch her move. So Tony AND Jackie strutting would have bee perfect. Can we reshoot that scene?
shareI thought the ending was perfect! but it would have been even better if he struuted along with Jackie, but its his trademark thing, so i guess she wanted him to have this moment for himself. But when he said i wanna strut, i started strutting around my livingroom! It was so fun! I thought it was a great ending nonetheless.
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When he crossed the street and smiled, to me, it was as though the director had said, ''And cut! That's a wrap!''. :)
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I must say I agree that Tony should've taken Jackie with him on his triumphant strut. Just before that, he's finally grown-up, made it on Broadway like he'd always dreamed, gotten with the girl he should've been with right from the start(!), and *beep* the English beeyatch.
Then he takes off on his own! Bringing his character full-circle, but in a bad way that makes it seem like little had really changed about him from the "good-ol'-days" down the 2001 Odyssey.
I found myself left a little cold, at this non-resolution of his story arc. It wasn't *exactly* an anticlimax, but I didn't get that feeling of "closure" one expects at the end of a movie. Especially when the ending was otherwise so "feel-good".
I was left wondering what would happen once Satan's Alley closed? Would he find another job on Broadway, or would he just go back to Fatima's Dance School? Would he actually appreciate Jackie, or would those gyrating hips of his start to wonder once more? Basically, did he *really* have his sh*t together or was that just a blip?
Could've done better...
Still love the film, though!
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Three words: "I WANNA STRUT."
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LOL! That ending was so bad it was great!
Didn't think it was cheesy at all! It made perfect sense because it brought closure to the two films. SNF began with it, this one ended with it. AND you knew it was something Tony did when he was feelin' good with himself :)
PERFECT ending IMO.
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