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Pistolpete332010 — 16 years ago(April 18, 2009 07:12 PM)

I hate the Hollywood cliche' or happy endings, and I thought the idea for the ending was terrific. For some reason, when I saw the movie on Cinemax and caught it at the end, the ending didn't seem as abrupt. Maybe there's a difference between the dvd and tv version. I thought the ending on the Cinemax version (Just seeing the very end of the film) seemed brilliant. But as I just watched the dvd version, I felt the ending was too abrupt.
It's not that the ending was a poor decision in my mind, quite the opposite. There are two kind of endings, really. Endings that spoon feed you, and endings that are ambiguous. This was perfect because this was neither. But let me further explain. The Cinemax one felt for me that the ending was the girl leaning walking with Bobby and then leaning her had on his shoulder, and then a fade out. But the dvd just had them walking away from the prison to a popping scratchy noise and then the credits. Maybe I've lost my mind, maybe there are two endings that are very slightly different. I would have loved to see them comfort each other and then a fade out like I thought I saw on Cinemax. That wouldn't be a happy ending, nor would the ending be any different it would just be different in deliver.
All in all it's a minor complaint in hindsight. Still, it took a sting out of the strong ending for me but when thinking about it more its very picky of me. The meaning behind the ending remains the same, though, I just would've preferred a different delivery.
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I think so as well. I think they wanted it to feel real as possible, like you weren't watching a movie at all. It kind of picks up out of nowhere and then drops you off out of nowhere, as if to resemble this was almost real time. Anyway, I think the endings abrubtiveness was to make it feel more realistic.
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It's an incredibly nihilistic film hence the incredibly nihilistic ending.
There aren't happy resolutions in life, either. It just goes on. And by cutting to the credits, I think that's what the film is saying.
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I've seen the DVD version and I know what you mean by 'too abrupt'. It seemed so sadden and like you said it would've been nice if there was some kind of a fade out. I mean I still liked it, even though at first I wasn't sure, however after reading people's reactions I understood it much better. Still though, some kind of a fade out would've been nice rather than just completely cutting it out then going into credits. All in all great film though.

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I thought the ending was perfect.
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