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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'm thinking I might do my own home brewed film festival over the holidays of- "Films with the greatest endings"
In consideration at the moment are
The Usual Suspects
Dr. Strangelove
No Country For Old Men
Chinatown
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Location: Jet City | Godfather 1 and 2
The Blues Brothers doing Jailhouse Rock |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | Dark, JW, very dark. Plus you start out picking 2 of my favorites - Usual Suspects and Chinatown.
I would suggest
The Searchers (maybe the best ending ever)
Sixth Sense
Pulp Fiction
and on a Romantic-comedy-happy-ending note
The Philadelphia Story |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Signs
Braveheart
A Christmas Story (Fa ra ra rah...)
Lately the Wife and I have become "Lost" fans. It seems like the only way to watch it is to get the Season DVDs - season 4 comes in next week! |
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Location: PDX | Casablanca
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cool Hand Luke
One Flew Over the CooKoo's Nest
Citizen Kane
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Location: Jet City | Hmmm... many of the listed ones are actually HORRIBLE endings. Does that make it a good ending then?
If that's the case, add "City of Angels" and "Million Dollar Babies" |
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Location: Jet City | OOOooo... "Unbreakable" |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | i might have to consider "Rocky" as well.
Good lists above. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | BTW Jeff - good list to start the thread - "The Usual Suspects" was the first one that came to mind when I saw the title of the thread. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Recent films....
WANTED |
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Location: south east Michigan | The Usual Suspects gets my vote. |
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| Apocalypse Now.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'm amazed that I can watch certain movies again and again...
It surprises me in a way that favorite songs do. |
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Location: Tennessee | The Notebook
Secondhand Lions |
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| Dewey Cox died 3 minutes after the end of this performance. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
The Notebook
Secondhand Lions good call there, bobbo
I think those two have flown under the radar for many. |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | More films with great endings - all are Terry Gilliam films. Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. |
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Location: closely held secret | You forgot Brazil and 12 Monkeys. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | LOOOOOOOOVE Gilliam.
I thought Pitt in 12 Monkeys was a steller performance. And Brazil is a contender for my all time favorite film . . . . |
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Location: NJ | I love the soundtrack to "Brazil" as well . . .
SideNote:
The big "airport" scene in "12Monkeys" that's s'POSEd t'be PhillyAirport was actually shot in one of the halls of the Pennsylvania Convention Center . . . GreatFlick!
I think that (much like Python), Gilliam flicks are a "GuyThing".
I absolutely LOVE 'em, while Jeanette just doesn't "get" them . . .
I don't particularly like Brad Pitt, but I think he should've gotten an Oscar for the "asylum" scene in "12Monkeys" . . . |
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Location: Michigan | OK, my 2 cents worth:
1. The Sting (who was not suprised?)
2. The Searchers
3. Momento (talk about a twist)
4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
5. Its A Wonderful Life (It is almost Christmas after all)
6. Fight Club
7. Casablanca
8. White Christmas (It gets me every year)
9. Silence of the Lambs
10. Saving Private Ryan |
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Location: Wichita, KS | The Butterfly Effect
(The director's cut, not the happy-sappy ending)
Se7en
(Pitt/Freeman/Spacey) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Pretty good list Twisted |
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Location: NJ | ". . What's in th'B-O-X?!?!?! . . ." |
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10 Greatest Endings?