What's Your Favorite Ending To a Movie?- Page 2

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:38pm

Empire of the Sun - When his parents don't even recognize him in the orphange at first and pass him by, but then come back and the look of skepticism fading to realization and they reunite is probably the most emotional scene I have ever witnessed on film.

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:43pm

Hey Beaverhausen,

When I saw CARRIE in the theater, somebody in the audience actually FAINTED when he saw the ending!

[SWTaffy]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 1:07pm

All of the ones in CLUE!

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 1:11pm

Believe it or not, there's a musical version of CLUE that was presented Off-Broadway.

It has TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN possible endings:

http://www.cluethemusical.com/

[SWTaffy]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 1:13pm

WOW, that's awesome. It's my secodn favorite movie of all time. HEATHERS still wins.

[ken adams]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 2:43pm

swtaffy, you have great taste. heathers and clue...both classics, with great endings.

although its' not a classic, moving ending, i will always remember being a kid in the movie theater at teh end of back to the future when doc says, "roads? where we're goign we don't need any roads" and the BAM! to be continued...wow. i could'nt believe i had to wait!

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 3:28pm

In Life is Beautiful when everything is complately quiet and the little boy comes out of his hiding spot and then through the end when they are going down the road gets me every time. I am tearing up just thinking about it!! The tank! So beautiful! Excuse me...I have a ummm.... food in the oven...gottago! *runs from the room sobbing hysterically*

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 3:30pm

Schindler's List.

When the actors escort the 'real' people past the grave of Oskar Schindler.

[Addicted2Seaweed]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 3:46pm

My favorite movie ending would definitely have to be the ending of Clue also. I love the entire movie!

My favorite/most loathed movie ending would be Little Women! I just remember crying for about an hour saying "AMY!?? BUT SHE MAKES UP WORDS!" I felt so betrayed by Laurie! And I think Jo should have beat her up or something. She was just like "well alright..." GRRR! I'm still mad about

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 3:46pm

Lubitsch's "Trouble in Paradise."

I can't think of the line off-hand, but every moment is perfection, especially wehen Herbert Marshall, the dashing jewel thief, tells Kay Francis, the beuatiful wealthy widow, "I came here to rob you, but unfortunately I fell in love with you."

That movie, Sondheim's "Company" and watching Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney in "Two for the Road" made me sophisticated at a tender age.

Miriam Hopkins to Herbert Marhsall: "Darling, remember, you are Gaston Monescu. You are a crook. I want you as a crook. I love you as a crook. I WORSHIP you as a crook. Steal, swindle, rob--oh, but DON'T become one of those useless, good-for-nothing gigolos."

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 3:56pm

Well, certainly not the Best, but these two deserve Honourable Mentions:

AMADEUS-Salieri's "mediocrity" speech as he is wheeled down the halls of the mental institution, only to be interupted by Mozart's 'laugh'

ELECTION-Matthew Broderick's character is giving a tour in a museum, he asks a question, and there is one girl raising her hand with too much enthusiasm (paralleling Witherspoon's overachoever character, who started his downfall), and she is the only raising her hand. Then it cuts to his expression. Priceless.

Updated On: 12/17/04 at 03:56 PM

[Gypsy Rose Me]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:37pm

DEATH BECOMES HER- Goldie Hawn to Meryl Streep

'Do you remember where we parked the car?'

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:41pm

"That movie, Sondheim's "Company" and watching Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney in "Two for the Road" made me sophisticated at a tender age."

So what went wrong between then and now? :) :)

(Sorry, it was right there.)

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:43pm

No, it wasn't.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:46pm

SOOOO many.....
Casablanca "Louis, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship"(actually the whole last 15 mins of Casablanca)
Agree w the end of Schindlers List ( when yeroshalyhim v'shel zahav was played - that was the ONLY time Spielberg got me to cry - so many emotional echoes!) Updated On: 12/18/04 at 04:46 PM

[luvliza89]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 6:24pm

A STAR IS BORN - When after her husband has died, Esther comes out and address herself to the audience, saying "This is Mrs. Norman Maine." Ahhh, get's me every time.

[robbiej]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 6:29pm

I, too, have to go with TITANIC.

I WAITED FOR THREE HOURS FOR THAT BITCH TO DIE!!!!

[Matt_G]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 6:42pm

Some of these you guys mentioned always make me cry, like SCHINDLER and FIELD OF DREAMS. The last scene of THE JOY LUCK CLUB is also one that gets to me each and every time. That gorgeous score doesn't hurt it, either.

But yes, "Do you remember where you parked the car?" is one of the greatest last lines in cinema history.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 6:46pm

The end of the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is pretty effective.

[kjklo]

Posted: 12/17/04 at 7:48pm

The dancing at the beach fantasy scene at the end of "Longtime Companion" always chokes me up.

[Necromancer07707]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 1:09am

Movie: The running off of Chief and the music in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

play; Dysart's final monologue of EQUUS

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 7:30am

fight club.

jack and marla silhouetted in the window by the exploding buildings outside.

jack turns to her, "i'm sorry... you met me at a very strange time in my life."

cue the pixies.

[paradox_error]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 9:37am

Schindler's List has made me cry each and every time I have seen it.
Salieri's mediocrity speech is one of my favourites.
Victor/Victoria!!! Robert Preston in one of the funniest endings I have ever seen...that made me laugh so much!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:19am

My favorite is "The Oscar"

The Stephen Boyd character thinks he is going to get the oscar. You do not hear the winners name mentioned as a nominee so you do not expect it. Boyd is Frank Fane . The winner is read Frank. He stands up only to hear Sinatra instead of Fane. He than crumples up into a fetal position in his seat.

The whole movie is a hoot with dialog that is priceless. When you have Tony Bennett playing Hymie Kelly, what more could you ask for ? Not to mention the parade of has been Hollywood stars than populate the movie

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 12/18/04 at 10:28am

Mr Roxy,

I think THE OSCAR is a real hoot, too.

My favorite character is Milton Berle as 'Kappy Kapstetter'.