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The Ending (spoilers)

posted 9 years ago by mjolnirmassa
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This movie had two parts that made it go from generic to good/great in my opinion.
They did not take the easy way out with the ending. In fact they spent the whole run of the movie successfully building up my second favorite part, their unique and deep friendship so that when the climax was happening I felt true suspense and hope for both characters. "Frailty (2001)" was great, but way too many movies use the trope of the lone crazy person being dun dun dun The only sane one! This movie on the other hand played the whole reveal out in a way that really made me excited and happy.

All of the actors were great. And with such a small cast and so much tension to be built relying on their performance without an over abundance of special effects or silly jump scares. The low use of fx made the one occasion all the more creepy and to see the incomparably sweet marra slowly shift into a leering terror stuck with me. They cast her perfect for it.

When I had come across this title and read the description I wasn't sure if I should e othered to watch it, so glad I did.

[–] pennilayne 9 years ago

I enjoyed it but was let down because I guess I don't really understand what was really going on and what the directors vision was. So, he really was just skitzo? Thankfully the deep bond of friendship brought him out of it? Noone was calling him. What he saw was all delusions?

[–] ThresholdDweller 9 years ago

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I felt the same, pennilayne. I was hoping it would all lead up to some reveal that what he thought was happening (and what we were convinced was only going on in his head) was real. And then it didn't happen, and it just ended. I was disappointed.

[–] Agent_Mothman 9 years ago

So, you were disappointed because it was a movie about friendship instead of being about the end of the world? Wow.

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[–] ThresholdDweller 9 years ago

Basically, yes. There's nothing wrong with movies about friendship. Some of my favorite movies are about that. However, I was under the (obviously wrong) impression that this was a horror movie - therefore you can imagine my confusion as it all played out.

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[–] king_of_bob 8 years ago

This absolutely IS a horror movie. Being about mental illness doesn't change that. Not all horror involves supernatural elements.

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[–] beisner68 9 years ago

Nothing wrong with being about friendship, if that's what it's about, but it's clearly not, as Netflix specifically lists the genres as: thrillers/independent thrillers/psychological thrillers/horror movies. Nothing about two dudes and their friendship.

[–] king_of_bob 8 years ago

You're an idiot. Genre doesn't dictate content. It is a horror movie that revolves around a deep friendship.

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[–] Agent_Mothman 9 years ago

It was pretty clear that it was in his head. The director's vision was precisely what you saw in the movie. A man suffers from schizophrenia and the film shows how people like that need support and trust to help them get the aid they need.

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[–] pennilayne 9 years ago

yeah i was thinking that the more i pondered over it. well i like that actually. a lot. its very true that people with mental illness need a huge amount of support but also people who prove they wont abandon them, or not believe them/trust them. so they dont feel completely alone more than they already do. interesting to kind of make a "horror/ psychological thriller" more about something extremely emotional.

[–] skiop 8 years ago

Yeah, all you have to do is take some sulfuric acid for a friend in need.

[–] smashsmack 9 years ago

I just caught this on Netflix and I ended up enjoying it way more than I expected, I was very happy to see that they avoided certain tropes that generally ruin these types of movies. The ending is really what made the movie for me, they could have easily had it been one of two cliches (Wyatt poured the acid on Christian and turns out that he was/wasn't crazy), but instead went with a genuinely heartbreaking (but happy-ish) ending.

Because sponges never have bad days.

[–] skiop 8 years ago

I thought you was going to pour acid on Christian and be arrested for killing someone. It was a bit of a cop-out ending, truthfully. Wyatt was so convinced of his delusion and that Christian had been infected.

[–] krisbrix 9 years ago

I agree with SmashSack 100%. There could have been some alien reveil, but instead we got two dudes hugging it out.

[–] shnizplok 9 years ago

"Now it's your turn to shave my back, bro!"

[–] king_of_bob 8 years ago

"Frailty (2001)" was great, but way too many movies use the trope of the lone crazy person being dun dun dun The only sane one!

Wait, what? Who do you think the "lone crazy person" was in Frailty?

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[–] DeAd_MiKe_187 8 years ago

I think he's saying that it seemed like the dad was crazy, until it was revealed that the demons were real.