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I hated the ending, anyone else?


I was hoping he would get out and they would live happily ever after, but nooo, we were denied a feel good ending. I hate sad endings, thy should have at least mde an alternate happy ending, that would have happened if I was in charge.

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It's for the better that you are not making art.

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No way, she was far too old by the time they found each other again. Doubt she'd have the energy to give him the good sex she gave him when younger, the type that make him obsess over her in the first place.. jus' sayin'

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While the two of them hooking up would have been out of the question I'll agree that a less depressing ending would have been nice. If instead of her suicide [Spoilers] Hanna had left prison, taken the rehabilitation job Michael found for her (a feature in the book), and become a surrogate mother/aunt to his daughter we might have had something.

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forget their relationship someone being falsely imprisoned and hanging themselves for it is reason enough to hate this movie. hanna didn't deserve to die.

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