I've recently seen all three for the first time and was wondering if the endings made anyone else kinda sad? I finished them and thought, wow their lives really suck. I didn't cry but I was not cheerful after watching them.
shareThey're supposed to be depressing. That's what makes them superior to most American horror movies. They don't have the bullcrap happy good always triumphs over evil Hollywood ending.
shareNo way dude, the ending of Ginger snaps 3 is the happiest damn ending I've ever seen. I wish I could share their fate :P
shareThe end of Ginger Snaps was really sad, I always feel like crying when I watch the end of that movie.
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I did like that there wasn't a happy ending that tied everything up with a pretty bow.
shareYeah they did sure have a lot of bad luck
but I wouldn't say the movies made me sad
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The movies make me, sad, depressed and after seeing one of the movies or after thinking about them alot, I can be depressed for days. The movies are just very well made. If I didn't try not to, I could probably cry
share Honestly, yes these movies really pull at the heart strings with me. After watching the first at least you are under the impression that Brigitte wont become a werewolf and suffer a similar fate as her sister.
Unfortunatly, the second movie does away with that notion. The second movie is just a series of worsening events for Brigitte. I understand that the writers' intention was to show that Brigitte was now a strong individual and that she showed her humanity by fighting the transformation becasue she didn't kill herself or embrace the change like Ginger, but seriously the writers' intended messages get screwed. By the end of the movie the audience comes away with two ideas. One, you ought to kill youself when times are bad, because things only get worse. Two, you can't trust anyone even when they seem to be on your side. On the other hand, its pretty obvious that when Ghost opens the basement trapdoor or when Brigitte breaks through some of the delapited framework of the house, Ghost will get eaten, which makes me feel a bit better.
As for the third movie or the prequel, however you want to say it, it has a happy ending in comparison. At least the sisters get to be with each other, even if it is as werewolves.
I think all three films have a very dark depressing atmosphere to them. The first opens with a suicide montage, the second one is set in a mental hospital and the third is set in a cold dark fort. Nothing upbeat about any of them IMO, but I like films like that so that isn't a complaint.
shareNo, I actually watched Ginger Snaps last night and felt happy last night, as Brigette held the dying werewolf Ginger in her arms.
shareHell yes they made me sad. That's why I love 'em - my favourite is being debated between Ginger Snaps and Unleashed, but Unleashed sometimes triumphs due to its absolute seriousness and bleak atmosphere.
The fact is, Ginger Snaps has you rooting for Brigitte after a while, so even though Ginger is dead and you feel Brigitte's loss, you have the consolation, however small, of seeing her defeat the monster. Of course, if you watched the deleted scenes, you'll also know that she may not have a mother anymore on account of Pam confessing to killing Trina, so that's two nucleus relatives out of the picture.
So then comes Unleashed and from the get-go, you know one thing: it's all downhill from here. Brigitte is alone, and slowly changing, and has no way of stopping it. It all steadily goes to hell scene after scene after scene and leads into one of the worst gorram endings I have ever seen. It's so frustrating, I don't know if I should build a temple in its name or spit on its grave.
As for Ginger Snaps Back, I think it ends on a dark note: I mean, hell, one small action basically (apparently) damned generations of recurring people to death or lycanthropy, and the poor souls of Fort Bailey, although doomed long before they ever got there, quickly met their makers... BUT, the sisters end up together. Although it does play into what Ginger suggests in the first movie ("we'll make a cut, swap some juice, we'll be our own pack.") I'll take that. It's loads better than the other two.
But overall? Yeah, they make me sad. That's why I can't get enough.
Seeing B end up where she did sucked.
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