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Greatest Ending Shot In A Movie Ever
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"what if they don't print it?"
Chills...
That movie is just as relevant nearly 40 years later. Some of the dialogue in those final scenes is especially prescient.
jerrymaguire
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i would have to say this sammo hung classic. =D
Christoff Yurievich
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I watched this movie and even after reading the wikipedia article and watching that video I can't remember this scene.
fierrotlepou
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I'm sure it has been said, but there are way too many pages. (There will be blood)
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
i would have to say this sammo hung classic. =D
MAXIMUM BROFISTING
Here is a three minute clip from the opening 5-10 minute "prologue/lead-in/conceptual beginning" of the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec51smvcsDY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Don't look at the associated videos for this gem of a film. Make sure you start watching the actual film at around 9:30-10:30pm your time, and expect to end at around 1-2am your time if you don't take more than a few short snack/bathroom breaks.
A film like this deserves minimal interruptions, that's why I'm suggesting to start the film late. Even make your self some tea or coffee before so that you can really make it through on full alert mode. Just in case you've had a long day or something. You would not want to fall asleep or be yawning too much during the last hour if your enjoying the film but you're too tired to last to the end!
The film is 3 hours and 8 minutes, but it feels more like 2:45 because it's so intriguing to follow all of the stories to their eventual climaxes...
I hope you like the film! Let us know in here if you see it!
Sir_Crocodile
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I'LL BE BACK
NinjaBoiX
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I've seen this film, I love this film, I just haven't seen it in years. My favourite PTA movie behind TWBB. Aimee Mann's soundtrack is gorgeous too, and I'm not even a fan.
Good shout man!
BenjaminBirdie
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Here is a three minute clip from the opening 5-10 minute "prologue/lead-in/conceptual beginning" of the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec51smvcsDY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Don't look at the associated videos for this gem of a film. Make sure you start watching the actual film at around 9:30-10:30pm your time, and expect to end at around 1-2am your time if you don't take more than a few short snack/bathroom breaks.
A film like this deserves minimal interruptions, that's why I'm suggesting to start the film late. Even make your self some tea or coffee before so that you can really make it through on full alert mode. Just in case you've had a long day or something. You would not want to fall asleep or be yawning too much during the last hour if your enjoying the film but you're too tired to last to the end!
The film is 3 hours and 8 minutes, but it feels more like 2:45 because it's so intriguing to follow all of the stories to their eventual climaxes...
I hope you like the film! Let us know in here if you see it!
You'll never see better advice ever.
TheOneWhoKnocks
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Enough said...close the thread now.
Heat.
Told you I'm never going back...
Yeah.
OP nails it.
NinjaBoiX
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The best you'll ever see Cruise too.
Man, what a movie, it's just a sucker punch.
It has one particularly impressive shot too, it's when the camera is flowing everyone around behind the scenes of the gameshow. It tracks one person as they enter a room, follows a conversation with someone, then tracks them as they leave. It does this in one continuous shot for a few minutes, the out on the set of the show. I was utterly gobsmacked at the planning and execution that must've been involved.
PTA is truly a virtuoso.
Say what you want about his movies, but Nolan sure as shit knows how to end them.Enough said...close the thread now.
gollumsluvslave
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The whole Usual Suspects end sequence from Chad Palminteri reflecting till the end - just masterful!
olore
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This needs to be on the first page.
Watching this movie as a ten year old, that scene had an incredible impact on me.
I also approve of the Gladiator content in this thread.
I'm going to see this movie tonight or tomorrow night or this weekend at home again just because of your post...
End scene to The Shawshank Redemption (especially with Thomas Newman's beautiful music)
"Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. It never dies."
Should have been on first page...
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Gun wrenching film. That final shot is like the exhale of a deep breath you didn't realise you took an hour and a half earlier.
Dat shot!
So many great posts. I missed a few I wanted to quote.
A Scanner Darkly's ending always hit me.
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I really liked that you can't see much, things are out of focus, just driving.
Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker
Agreed. Such a fantastic movie.
Broseybrose
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Claudia's flash of a smile right before the credits roll in Magnolia - while John C Reily is talking and Aimee Mann is playing - is definitely my favorite closing shot of all time.
Gets me right in the heart every time i watch it, even knowing that its coming.
Gets me right in the heart every time i watch it, even knowing that its coming.
Broseybrose
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hell yes!
Professor Renegade
Banned
DarkLordMalik
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And... we are donec'mon son
The Godfather
Yes!
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Came in to post this one, yeah
NihonTiger90
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Dark horse choice, but if you've seen it, you probably agree with me"
The Long Good Friday
Michael Clayton fans, they will like this shot. Go watch this movie!
Never heard of this until now, but it has Bob Haskins and Helen Mirren? SOLD.
Also, only one other person mentioned it, but the last part of Collateral is fantastic.
Freyjadour
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Also:
Kabuki Waq
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i would have to say this sammo hung classic. =D
Encounters of the Spooky Kinds! me and my Buddies cheered at that ending!
WHAT DO THEY SAY?!?!
"This isn't the last shot."
thecouncil
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles...
Hughes really knew how to end a movie.
I agree with this guy.
I had no idea this was an old thread until I saw my own comment...
Final shot of Barton Fink. The seagull diving into the sea is the icing on the cake.
Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple, A Serious Man, O Brother, No Country... the Coens know how to end a movie.
lol
(not sure why I omitted Long Good Friday...)
Adam Sandler's best, and by best I mean only good, movie.
Punch Drunk Love, though I prefer right before when it's zoomed out.
It being one of my favorite movies ever, here's Ghost Dog's final two shots.
The split second view of Forrest is perfect, too.
If ADHD wasn't such a problem in our society, both Ghost Dog and Dead Man would get the recognition they deserve.
No question.
yup.
No Taxi Driver yet? GAF!!!!
That's not the final shot. The final shot is him looking in the rear view mirror with crazy eyes after dropping off Cybil Shepard. And it is a great and memorable shot.
Jables Swan
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This post made me laugh:
This is one of my favourite movie endings. I know people that hate it but it's just so great:
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This post made me laugh:
This is one of my favourite movie endings. I know people that hate it but it's just so great:
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