One of the sweetest endings ever.
Right down to the heart shaped cookies.
Take a chance and try to steal a fiery kiss.
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"Don't forget your heart cookie here. Take it to your girlfriend. Don't CHOMP on it yourself."
Hilarious!
Don' tell me to relax. Don't tell me to *beep* RELAX! Just keep your *beep* FACE OUTTA MY PANTS!
Yeah, the ending is very sweet.
So long, scarecrow. So long, bad mood. So long, prescription pills. So long, bad blues. - Scarling
It has got the most uplifting ending I've ever seen for a bleak film. It is a fantastic character study and Gallo wrote and played Billy as a simple man but with many layers.We then see those layers stripped away as the film develops.
What's good about the ending is the fact he smiles for the first time in the whole movie.
I really do think this film is unique in that I've never seen a character shown that way,
When I first watched it I thought it was going to be a dark drama (I didn't know anything about the film and had no video cover) and when you see the way Gallo is- coming out of prison and kidnapping Ricci- I thought there was going to be something horiffic happen like a rape or murder and he was a a very dark character. But then the tone shifts with the first truly funny line "I swear to God if you make a fool outta me I'll kill you..Boom!..right in front of mummy and daddy... I'll tell you something else- if you make me look bad I will never EVER talk to you again...EVER" And that was the point when I knew I was in for a trip with this film. Leading up to that point which was about 20 mins in (in the car when Billy needs to take a p* i * ss) there were a few moments where I was thinking is this film supposed to be funny? I don't mean that it wasn't I mean I didn't know if it really was . The scene that precedes that one is the conversation with his mum on the phone which I did laugh when he had to repeat "BILLY.... YOU'RE SON!" but I still didn't know whether Billy was gonna be a psycho or not and if the film was artsy thriller. I still would've liked it but I was asking myself "am I supposed to like this guy?
And then that line about "never talk to you again" BOOM! I knew it was going to be interesting and funny.
It's such a darkly witted film and a real good character study. It's also probably the greatest love story I've ever seen.
I think everyone who loves the film knows what I mean. You just don't see a film shift tone and then keep peeling away layers (because until the end you still- even though you sympathise slightly with why Billy is the way he is) you still don't quite think he deserves our love and wanting the best for him.
Then he smiles and it's like the child-like man has become a real grown up ..and all he needed was love.
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But then the tone shifts with the first truly funny line "I swear to God if you make a fool outta me I'll kill you..Boom!..right in front of mummy and daddy... I'll tell you something else- if you make me look bad I will never EVER talk to you again...EVER" And that was the point when I knew I was in for a trip with this film.
That's EXACTLY how I reacted. For the first 20 mins I was getting really creeped out because the movie had such a dark, malicious air. I was too stressed to laugh. Then the 'never talk to you again' line hits, and all at once everything is hilarious. I don't know if Gallo planned the climactic buildup to that line, but it was sure as heck effective.
The ending itself mirrors that feeling. For the last 20 minutes there are no laughs. The mood sinks into dark, foreboding tragedy once again, and for a while we forget that we're watching a comedy. The strip club scene was terribly disturbing.
But then WHAM he hits us again, first with the hilarious graveside scene to soften the mood. Then on the phone with Goon he reveals himself as a not-so-tough guy after all. He's really just a nerd in love for the first time in his life.
The last scene in the donut shop was pure genius. It's such a feel good ending, but at the same time it's awkward & pathetic enough that it doesn't feel sappy. And who could've picked a better closing song than Yes "Sweetness". share
Sweetness was the first song Jon Anderson and Chris Squire wrote together
shareCool bit of trivia; I didn't know that. But I'm guessing Jon & Chris won't be playing "Sweetness" together again, unfortunately. If ever a band was in need of some sweetness, it's Yes. I've lost track of who's been kicked out.
shareWe'll see, Jon has gone and come back before, it could happen again!
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