It made Yvaine seem like an old ageing spinster left alone in the world even though she was physically young.
I didn't see any mention of children as well, and that also makes her seem even more alone.
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I loved the book, but hated the ending. I closed the book, sat up, and said, "You gotta be joking..."
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You know what I hate? People who take certain films seriously.
I totally agree, i love the film and thought i'd love the book but the ending totally ruined it for me, mainly the bit with the witch and the reason she doesn't get yvaine's heart.
And the bit with the way the princes disappear, there's lots of little bits that differ between film and book that i didn't think much of so on the whole i prefered the film but still enjoyed the book, just not the ending.
It's not fair - Harry Potter is british - build a theme park here
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I also agree, I loved the book but the ending left me on a sad note. In fact, even though I read it long before I saw the film, all through the book I was thinking that once he had her heart they would both live forever like the way the movie describes it. It made sense. I prefer the film's ending because that's the fairytale I wanted, but in my opinion, the book wins in every other aspect. The two mediums compliment each other.
shareWell, that's Neil Gaiman for you :)
shareTo me, the movie ending felt kinda fake. But I'm almost allergic to "happily ever after", not because I don't like good things, but because this obsession with static perfection feels sentimentally fake and neurotically out of touch with reality, like would someone stuck in a Barbie-fantasy world. If things are "ever after" they have no value. Knowing that things end make them important here and now.
shareSo you guys hated the book's ending because it wasn't a Disney ending? Wow...
sharei ´d rather go for a disney ending than for sad reality. if you like reality you can read the newspapers.
shareDitto. Real life is miserable enough. I adore this film and love the happy ending.
shareI don't think it's reality that a star can be this anthropomorphic creature! ;-)
I kind of preferred the book ending because it wasn't sappy "happily ever after" but was bittersweet -- e Yvaine & Tristan had a nice life together, but no kids, and Yvaine would go up to the tower to just see her "sister" stars.
I actually like both the book and movie. I'll be honest though it took a couple readings of the book before I could really see how and where Tristran and Yvaine fell in love and to appreciate the end. The ending of the book is sad and I do prefer the movie ending if I had to choose but to me the book ending works for it.
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I haven't read the book though I gather it was somewhat darker in tone and content than the movie (which featured cross dressing pirates and an ad-libbing Ricky Gervais). I loved the movie including the ending and can't see how a "more realistic" conclusion would suit the film as a whole. Disney rules in this instance!
shareI haven't read the book, but the way you talk about it reminds me of the HUGE difference between William Goldman's book The Princess Bride and the movie. Holy Cow, the book took me by complete surprise. We loved loved loved the movie (still one of my favs) and so I got the book to read to my kids. Man did I have to edit it, or the fantasy, the happiness the pure joy of the silliness of the movie would have been crushed by how dark the book was.
"I jumped off a roof for you"