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Love The Ending... (Possible Spoiler)

posted 10 years ago by mail-2217
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I ain't gonna give away the ending, but I have to say it was very refreshing.

I thought the first 2/3 of the movie was great. It almost lost me near the end with a very weak subplot of Julian and I was almost sure it would end either:
a) Everyone gets killed or dies in jail (typical morality play).

b) There's some twisted 'Godfather' logic where someone gets away with everything.

...instead, it ends kinda like it might in real life. No whimpers or bangs. Sort of like... we had this hurricane... it was rough... we got hurt... and then we made the best of things going forward. No huge drama one way or the other.

That in itself makes it a 7.5 for me.

Very understated acting in all the leads. Very well done.

[–] wrightinchicago 10 years ago

It was very engaging. I didn't expect the ending with the worker, and really I don't think it was necessary.

[–] mail-2217 10 years ago

The worker thing... which happens -before- the ending I'm talking about... is definitely the weakest part of the movie. He makes more than one decision that felt not only stupid to me, but also unrealistic.

But the very last bit--after that? Just great. Everything kinda just keeps going. No lessons learned or tragic whatever or triumphant nonsense. Very lifelike. :D

[–] FilmMuscle 10 years ago

So, an anti-climactic ending does it for you just because that's how it's happen in life?? Wow, so you can basically defend tedious films by just saying that "they're just like real life!" Sorry, stories are supposed to be creative and grand.

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[–] hurricane_greg86-596-716877 10 years ago

The ending basically is Abel is going to be working with Lawrence in terms of financing Lawrence's alluded to campaign. Abel's whole reason for owning this land is he will have political power which will allow for him to rise even higher in society and seek his American dream. It would not surprise if Abel ended up a big time politician boss in New York in the vein of someone like Meade Esposito.

[–] LittleGreenFriend 10 years ago

I disagree. Julian was an integral part of the film's message. Julian was the personification of what Abel would have become if not for the shortcuts and illegal maneuvers that were pulled to get him and his family to such a wealthy position. If Abel had tried to achieve his dreams honorably like he always aims to do, then he would have most likely remained a truck driver or any in any other low wage job. Heck, if he never met Anna, he might have been driving one of her father's trucks. It shows that being successful, and apparently in Abel's case in such a short period of time, will most often come with dirty shortcuts that must be taken.

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[–] mail-2217 10 years ago

I agree that Julian's character is a very necessary counter-balance to his wife.

I just don't like the way it was executed (no pun). In an otherwise great script, I found his actions from the 2nd 'jacking to his death kinda cheesy. Not sure if it was the actor or the script.