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Define the ending in one word:


Devastating (and the song is perfect).

Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories... And we've already missed the spring!

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desperation

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LISTEN TO GEORGE CARLIN & BILL HICKS!!!!
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confusing

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Awesome.



Seriously, this is nowhere near one of my favorite movies, but definitely one of my favorite endings, I'm talking top ten.

- A point in every direction is the same as no point at all.

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Wow.

I think that's what I said right after the credits started to role. I didn't think I would like this film and I tivo'd it. The same day I watched it I went out and bought the DVD. It's a keeper.




-We are all of us in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars

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Not only I completely agree with you, Eliza, I also love your Oscar Wilde quote.

"I did cramps the way Meryl Streep did accents" - Calliope (Middlesex)

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Surprising


Sudden

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Present.

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contemplating

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Hope!

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Lonely.

It's amazing how many different definitions posters came up with. Some saw the ending as hopeful, others as inane, and some as an example of Don's paranoia. I think the variety of responses speaks volumes about how much substance Broken Flowers really has.

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Well said, Michael. As I stated, to me it was simply devastating, but if someone found it hopeful, good for them. Anyway, a great film.

"I did cramps the way Meryl Streep did accents" - Calliope (Middlesex)

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Huh?

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What?

One shall stand, one shall fall.

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Brilliant.


the kid sticking his head out the window and looking at Bill Murray...it was just awesome. Coincidentally (or maybe not), the kid was Bill Murray's real-life son.

"you're a handsome devil. what's your name?"
--grosse pointe blank

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