Best Endings
A list of my top ten movie endings, the originality of some, and the lessons learned from others.
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- DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsEthan HawkeUma ThurmanJude LawA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.Boundaries are imaginary and only you can decide where your stopping point is. Even when everyone tries to decide for you, remember the only reason you're made imperfect is so you can strive for perfection. Keep moving forward, "don't save anything for the swim back," -Ethan Hawke
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..You ever see people on the streets i.e. junkies, schizophrenics etc. and judge them, before even considering the battle they had lost before their life's turned out the way they did. This is that battle, and while dawn seems to be around the corner, in the end you realize the morning for these characters are forever eclipsed.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.Sometimes we're so closed and shut down that we fear letting the unfamiliar in, but the day you let one person in they will guide you out only then will find the courage to do it on your own.
- DirectorGavin O'ConnorStarsTom HardyNick NolteJoel EdgertonThe youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.It says it all at the end, it's easier to forgive the ones who hurt you, but your pride shouldn't blind you. As hard as forgiving is, seeing your mistakes, and finding the courage to apologize for them is the true task.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames FrancoAmber TamblynKate MaraA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.The saying goes "you don't know what you've got until it's gone" well in this case the little things in life that you take for granted are worth more than even your arm. When you see yourself losing everything right in front of you that push forward that helps you get them back presents the opportunity to be able to hold on to them tighter.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsBjörkCatherine DeneuveDavid MorseAn Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.Sometimes the storm doesn't calm until it's taken everything from you. In real life happiness won't come to you because the media suggests it, the ending isn't always a happy one and sometimes we don't pull through the night in time to see the sunrise.
- DirectorGeoffrey WrightStarsRussell CroweDaniel PollockJacqueline McKenzieA group of skinheads become alarmed at the way their neighbourhood is changing.With the way the world is today, we can all make a list of the people we wouldn't mind hurting for all the evil they have caused, but in the end we have to recognize, that even though it's hard to accept, they are also human.
- DirectorRichard KellyStarsJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnellAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.Anyone could have predicted predicted any ending to this, but how many saw this one coming. We don't know what the after life is like for one reason, no one has died permanently and lived to talk about it.
- DirectorKimberly PeirceStarsHilary SwankChloë SevignyPeter SarsgaardA young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.Many suffered trying to be someone else, I compare that to throwing food away, some people pay a huge price for being who they truly are.
- DirectorNick CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsJames GarnerRachel McAdamsAn elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.This one goes beyond the typical romance ending, Following through until not only the moment the couple ends up together, but also ends together, if that makes sense.