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Unbelievably stupid ending

posted 9 years ago by juntjoo-817-696896
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Who would be so rash in just a matter of a few moments and what other three additional sane parties would cooperate? Especially after watching the movie I'd be like 'just hold on a moment. I've seen a movie like this and we end up alright'. But even without watching the movie I'd think about what would Turok the dinosaur hunter do, and wake my kid up and tell him 'son, it's time to man up or die, literally. You're about to be the first 7 y/o to become a man in a day. Ready?' Then I'd start banging my new hot wife to get us some new soldiers ASAP, offer the old couple a pair of bullets if they're not up for the challenge but urge them to help out anyway, not all quite in that order geez, to just take less than a minute to decide all of our fates like that after getting that far? Come on... Bh that time you'd've grown a whole other set of balls, might as well use em right?

[–] JesseJamesDean 9 years ago

I agree with you on the first part of your paragraph, but then you kinda started veering off in a strange direction about 7 year olds manning up and someone banging wives. Anywho I agree with the absurdity to rush to suicide

[–] scootergirl9988 8 years ago

There was no rush to suicide. They'd been driving a while but all they saw was more of the same horror and had no reason for them to suspect help was only minutes away.

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[–] juntjoo-817-696896 9 years ago

In life or death situations, "manning up" is the only option, regardless of your age, or sex for that matter. There'd be no room for coddling. Maybe you're not aware but balls have two main functions, "manning up" and well, "bangin", two very appropriate functions in this situation. They'd need to gather weapons, learn to hunt and care for themselves and as soon as possible increase their numbers, or just quit and shoot themselves in the head. You got any better ideas?

[–] MoviemanCin 9 years ago

Yes I agree, it was stupid, but highly ironic and chilling. Me? I would have fought tooth and nail against those alien bastards until the end. But hey, that's just me.

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[–] rickterror3 9 years ago

Either you are a complete idiot, or this is a weak attempt at trolling.

[–] juntjoo-817-696896 9 years ago

Well aren't you a beacon of positivity and good will, inspiration and light. Go back under from the rock whence you came grimy miserable unloved creature. You shan't be missed. You were talking to me right?

[–] juntjoo-817-696896 9 years ago

"Rickterror" ooooh! What kind of loser looks in the mirror and winks and says 'yeah bro, you're 'Rick Terror'. You scary'. Sad. Pathetic. Someone who hasn't sobbed a long time. It's about that time don't ya think? I'm sorry they beat you so bad.

[–] oprlvr33 9 years ago

I agree with only one factor (not entirely mentioned here)

The situation inside the jeep. Up until escaping the supermarket chaos, they were rational, intelligent individuals. However, after running out of gas, they suddenly felt hopeless. You'd think that they'd realize help would eventually be on its way. And as we saw - - was mere moments behind them.

4 lives were ended needlessly. And considering the timing, it wasn't group suicide. Not one person had said "Okay, do it" or "Me first". Drayton was holding the gun, and those shots were quick. Amanda was holding the sleeping boy, so it wasn't her. Plain, stupid murder... all for the impatience of not waiting for help to arrive.

Agreed...Stupidity

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[–] evolution_500_2 9 years ago

The situation inside the jeep. Up until escaping the supermarket chaos, they were rational, intelligent individuals. However, after running out of gas, they suddenly felt hopeless. You'd think that they'd realize help would eventually be on its way. And as we saw - - was mere moments behind them.

4 lives were ended needlessly. And considering the timing, it wasn't group suicide. Not one person had said "Okay, do it" or "Me first". Drayton was holding the gun, and those shots were quick. Amanda was holding the sleeping boy, so it wasn't her. Plain, stupid murder... all for the impatience of not waiting for help to arrive.

Agreed...Stupidity

If people are placed in a hopeless situation and are scared $hitless they'll do anything, making them dangerously unpredictable. In terms of their being helpless, did you miss the scene with the giant creature?

[–] pangenium-498-844336 9 years ago

Up until escaping the supermarket chaos, they were rational, intelligent individuals. However, after running out of gas, they suddenly felt hopeless.

right
weak final
disappointed by Darabont as thinker
he was so in love with this (half-baked, spectacular but shallow and psychologically unfounded) idea that he sacrificed 50% of the budget only for this ending...
can't believe it

[–] Agent_Pigeon_Rises 9 years ago

I really doubt most parents would have killed their small child so quickly, but King is a weird, weird man. Maybe he's not that connected to his own and he thinks this is logical.

But I ended up really liking the ending anyhow. It was very disturbing, and better than the ending in the book.

[–] burkacomm 9 years ago

I agree -- no parent would have killed their child like that. Also, again, it didn't make sense that they were reasonable people who had avoided all the hysteria and thought very clearly about their actions up until the point that they ran out of gas and said, okay, *beep* it, we'll kill ourselves. Why not stay in the car hoping for rescue?

BTW, this was not Stephen King's ending, it was Darabont's just for the record.

[–] wonkothesane-280-13184 9 years ago

Have you ever watched anyone suffer a miserable horrible death? Even the most devoted medical professionals will admit that death is not always the enemy and lets face it not knowing what fate awaited you or family and friends (and that fate could have been well worse than death) could push someone into making the decision they did. I suspect if the film ended after the shootings and didn't show that they where in fact close to rescue there would be a lot less criticism of the ending. There are situations where death is preferable and based on what the cars occupants thoughts where before the shootings it makes a certain amount of sense to me.

[–] andrewpi7 9 years ago

I disagree. Whether his suicide would be successful or not, I was shocked to see the protagonist suggest suicide simply because they ran out of gas when he was in far worse situations than that earlier. Nevertheless, I was willing to overlook that to the fact that he "just snapped". What was unrealistic is for the whole car full of people to suddenly & quickly agree to mass-suicide in seconds with no real discussion needed... it was as if all 4 unique adults suddenly became the exact same character sharing 1 mind... they weren't in a brain-washing cult together.

At best, it made it seem like simply breathing in the alien Mist must have made them crazy.

[–] essex9999 9 years ago

If you recall, back in the supermarket, the boy made his father promise not to let monsters get him. I agree that it was a stupid, rash decision Drayton made (although the others presumably consented since I don't think he would have shot anyone who protested), but there was a reason for his actions, misguided though they were. OTOH, consider that he will be tortured with insufferable guilt for the rest of his life, so it's not like he will go unpunished.

[–] andrewpi7 9 years ago

I remember, but like you said those words were terribly misguided/misinterpreted by the dad.

[–] SvenHozz 9 years ago

The movie ending was Stupid! Mainly because of the sudden change in control & intelligence of the main character.
He became hopeless & stupid. All the adults in the car did. It was just the writers way of throwing some not needed irony into the show. Like a poor Alfred Hitchcock 1/2 hour show. But this was not a 1/2 hour show, we where lead on for about 2 hours, & then we were given no reward, just to satisfy the screen writer's twist. Totally blew the whole show.
Pretty simple way out: Take another car before you run out of gas, siphon gas from another car, stop at a sporting goods store get some weapons, get food. There where some many things that could have been done. Poor writing,stupid writing.

PS: Not to give out spoilers, but has anyone read the REAL ending?

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[–] SteverB 8 years ago

"The REAL ending"? You mean King's ending? That would have elicited complaints of "what happened?" or "did they live?" or "were they headed to Disneyland?"

The ending of the film was FAR more satisfying than King just sort of putting down his pen. The film's ending was not in any way "stupid". It was exactly what a horror movie's ending should be.

[–] firechicken 8 years ago

you're a stupid tw@at, it was great.

[–] excalibur1814 9 years ago

Do we know EXACTLY how long they sat in the car?

[–] stormhappy106 9 years ago

agree, the ending was so absurd, it made no sense--They were hardly at the end of their rope--If the WHOLE MOVIE had them in the car, and then have them going thru countless terrors, then maybe--but still, then DON'T at least have a kid in the car

[–] clytamnestra 9 years ago

The ending was great:
this whole movie is about this family losing hope. Yes, they start by fighting, start by hoping that help will come. But to the very best of their knowledge the whole world is engulfed in mist and violent creatures. Everyone they ever knew and loved is dead. And so they opt for a quick death rather than being eaten alive.

The ending after that is a cruel joke, that nicely subverts horror-movie cliches.