The ending kinda sucked... - Teen Witch (1989) Discussion

[–] menasor7 17 years ago

I agree. This is unusual for this type of movie. I took the ending to mean that Louise accepts who she is (a witch with everlasting popularity), and decides to embrace it, though much more wary of her power.

The popularity spell seemed to be just enough to get the guy to like her anyway. Remember, he said he was only going out with the blond 'cause she was popular. He even explained to Louise why he liked her.

She could have tried harder to make up with the friend, but the friend could have been more understanding. I think Louise just realized that life as a witch was going to be difficult and probably lonely, and so she should just make the most of it.

Like it says on the main page, this movie is a lot like Teen Wolf. Just a slightly tweaked ending . . .

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[–] Vixina 17 years ago

She does take the necklace off at the end, then Brad comes over. So perhaps by giving up the representation of her power, she's voided the spell and as Serena said, "Believed in herself."

Brad comes over afterwards and all is well...except for the fact she never made up with her best friend...

I agree, the ending sucks...but I do think we're supposed to get the fact that she does give up most of her powers (at least for the duration of the dance).

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[–] CHARLENEJEANLOUIS 17 years ago

I used to think worse. That when she threw her necklace to the old witch meant that she didn't care about reversing her powers after all.i'm glad to know now she was actually GIVING UP some of her powers. and yeah her friend and her never reconciled that was weird.

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[–] gotmlk 17 years ago

Yeah, that's what I got out of it too. As she throws the necklace the spotlight on her goes away...so she's sort of "out of the spot light" now. Madame Serena made a kind of sad/proud face at her. She's not the most popular girl anymore, the spell is broken and yet Brad still wants her.

The thing I didn't like about the ending, besides it being so very confusing, was that she never made up with Polly. I always felt like there was something totally missing there. So strange.

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[–] sekhmet622 17 years ago

I don't think she and her friend never reconciled, I think they just didn't show it. I imagine she probably started to put her friend first again. She wouldn't be mobbed by people anymore.

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[–] mayakane 17 years ago

This movie has an absurd character arch, and always felt as if it ended without resoving anything. The Girl is a heroine without any pride, and in the end she chooses eternal popularity and a guy that is so shallow it hurts to look at. And though she trys to make her friend happy, she never attempts reconcilliation. It is kinda absurd.

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[–] bootycamp22 17 years ago

I loved this movie as a kid, I just bought this on DVD and it's a little absurd looking at it now that I'm older. I never thought of the whole "making up with Polly thing" before I read your responses, and it's true, it's very unusual for that to happen in "feel good" movies like this one. I still like the song at the end though "I'ts gonna be my finest hour, I'm gonna take my chance tonight, don't stop me know cuz I got the power, just you and me in my finest hour tonight" haha

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[–] sherrybear 17 years ago

Am I the only one who didn't think it was that big of a deal?? It was a movie made in the '80s. they don't tend to tie everything up in a neat little bow. Besides, movies then would only run for so long so in favor of time, they probably got rid of any reconciling.

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[–] progjunky 17 years ago

yeah, i bet they filmed it but edited it out for flow/timing reasons. but i think that was a major filmmaking mistake. even if they didn't reconcile, there should be some kind of resolution, instead of me just sitting here wondering what happened as i watch her kiss with the big shallow hunk.

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[–] llpeek1006375991 16 years ago

I agree. This was a major flaw in the writing of the film. I was really jazzed to see this movie, yet I was pretty unmoved at the end. Louise and her friend seem like sweet girls; it would have been much more fulfilling to have some kind of resolution between them. The trailer makes it seem like she uses her powers to remake her bf and get her guy too which would have been sweet. The movie had some cool potential, but there were major flaws other than the one above. They never explained her powers well at all, and the plot seemed to drag and wander aimlessly at times. Worth seeing once, but not as worthy as other 80's movies.

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[–] iJaymi 16 years ago

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[–] mamamiasweetpeaches 16 years ago

I saw this movie when it first came out on VHS many years ago and remembered very little about it so when I saw the DVD came out, I rented it to see if it was any good. It was OKAY...but nothin' great.

But that ending! I was gonna start a post on here titled "The Ending Kinda Sucked" but someone beat me to it!

I took the ending to mean, when she took the necklace off she was giving up her powers and thus wasnt a Teen Witch anymore and was going to "be herself" agin. But , yet, at the end she still looks all made -over fabulous and everyone is still dancing happily all around her like she's "da bomb". So....whats the movie trying to say? That she NEVER needed to be a Teen Witch? That all she had needed was a Totally Awesome make-over????

I dont think they were clear enough about where her powers came from? Were they from the amulet? Okay, fine. But then - why did the little gypsy woman when reading her hand gasp and say "Its YOU!The chosen one! You'll be 16 soon...." (implying the POWERS would kick in at 16). They should have just had the gist of it be that the amulet was the thing giving her power and at the end of the movie she got rid of the amulet.

I never assumed for a moment the end symbolizes her accepting her power and ill-gotten popularity, ditching her friend and taking the guy who loves her only becuase of her spell. BUT....I think they should have shown her go back to being a Plain Jane, losing the fan club and STILL having the guy like her.

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[–] trickyhomer 16 years ago

I think the ending was fine. In a lot of films, you have an "Oh, I'm so sorry, let's be friends again!" and they're fine conversation. And that's ridiculous. You're supposed to know that she and her best friend will reconcile.

By Louise taking off the necklace, it was saying she gave up her powers. And Brad still comes to dance with her, which means it's supposed to be that way. I think it was trying to send a message of just believe in yourself and everything will be fine? I'm sure she was still popular, not just because o a make-over or whatever, but because that's how things were supposed to end up. *shrug* Whatev.

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[–] beadcrazy 15 years ago

I have not seen this movie in awhile, but what I remembered-- The necklace was a symbol of her power not the necklace giving her power. That is just my opinion.

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[–] danmankp37 16 years ago

I thought Teen Witch was very cute but yeah the ending is a bit rushed together. You get the sense that Teen Witch might have been one of those movies that a lot of stuff got cut out that was shot, maybe based on test screenings, got chopped down for time. That happens a lot. But overall it's a cute film..

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[–] BethH24 16 years ago

They could have added an extra scene with everyone leaving the dance at the end and Louise and Polly speaking to each other as they are leaving and making up and Rhett and Polly mentioning that they are going to get together,although i assumed they did anyway since they danced together.

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[–] SweeneyLovesLovett 15 years ago

I think it's just more of a given. She got Brad and that was a good note to end the movie on. Her and Polly probably made up along the road somewhere.

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[–] Bornfromawish 15 years ago

The ending was actually my favorite part of the film. >.>

She doesn't lose her powers. She has them with or without the amulet. The amulet was just a trinket meant to symbolize her status as a witch. By giving it back to the physic, she's saying "I'm going to do things on my own, without magic". It seems that whatever spells she cast before that, remain in effect though.

and she'll probably slip up and use them anyway, that's what I would do. lol

and sometimes friends split. It's nice that the movie portrays a bittersweet ending instead of a perfect one.

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[–] Jeb081387 15 years ago

dude that was brad....i thought he was wearing a suit and tie....i literally just watched this and omfg....its soo 80's it should be illegal....

i loved i love u beth cooper the book. y did it become one of the *beep* movies i've ever seen

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[–] Sunrain456 15 years ago

Bornfromawish, you're interpretation is the best I've seen so far. That's because of course have always thought of it the same way.

Also, I think she gives her friend a nod when she comes in if Im not mistaken which sort of implies that they're going to reconcile.

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[–] sydneyprescott 15 years ago

never thought of the polly thing but i always took the ending to be that she was just going to be herself again and not do any more magic and if people liked her great and if not that was fine too

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[–] AcademyAwardWinnerJordy 10 years ago

I've always taken the ending to mean that she only gives up her amulet in this life. It will always find her in the next, so she will not ever really be without it. She did not make up with Polly because she did not need to. The spell was reversed, so they did not fall out. That is how I always saw it :)

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[–] sweetheart_509 10 years ago

Um...I don't care that Polly and Louise didn't reconcile and neither did they! They just cared about hooking up with their crushes so it was a happy ending for both.

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[–] patkav6 10 years ago

It's unlike many 80s teen movies, the end anyway. Basically saying the nerdy unpopular teens should just go away. Cool clicks win out. Perhaps they shot more as I've read there was a longer cut of the movie. Watching it over on netflix recently and I have no clue what they were trying to convey overall. This was one of the last scraps of the 80s era of teen flicks so maybe they were tapped out of ideas. Wonder if this sat on the shelf, looks older than 89 and they said it was supposed to be a female teen wolf hybrid?

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[–] kaydie-fee 10 years ago

I also heard there was a longer cut of the movie, it does seem like the ending is incomplete. Since this film was originally going to be 'Teen Wolf 3' (with Alissa Milano) and the plot of Teen Witch is very similar to both the Teen Wolf movies (unpopular person gets supernatural powers, uses said powers to get popular, turns into a jerk and ditches friends for popular kids,, is ashamed of being a jerk, apologises to friends, the end), maybe when there's a blu ray release we might see some of the deleted scenes? I think finding the script might also shed some light on this

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