OK, so I’m not gonna lie: I went out and had a few pints this afternoon and kind of forgot about this until 10:19 pm. I then tried to get into Slack because I’ve got a couple of suggestions in there I was saving for just such an occasion, but Slack didn’t want to work and I quickly lost interest.
I do remember that RTD, (I think), suggested ‘movie endings’ for a topic, so that’s what we’re going with today. It was either this or ‘stamps from around the world’ so everybody say thank you to Rikki.
What we’re looking for here is the essential end of the movie. The best example I can think of would be ‘Star Wars’: the story is essentially over with the destruction of the Death Star. The celebration where everyone gets a medal is a nice little feel good touch but it’s really not necessary to wrap things up.
So with that in mind, if it’s a movie, and it has an ending, you can draft it. Pointless bickering about what constitutes an ending is not necessary, but is encouraged. That time isn’t gonna waste itself.
If you’re the kind of person who gets mad at spoilers for movies that have been out for years, well, maybe sit this one out.
Since Slack has betrayed me and I can’t alert RTD to his having the first pick, I’ll just go ahead and make it and trust that I’m not taking his.
“Unforgiven” as noted above in the featured image.
When William Bunny rides out of town in the rain, having killed a healthy percentage of the town’s male population and declares “You better bury Ned right, better not cut up nor otherwise harm no whores. Or I’ll come back and kill every one of you sons-of-bitches.” it puts a fine stamp on an outstanding movie.
Also you should always treat whores with respect. That’s just basic human decency.
The rest of you are on the clock.
Brick is seeing a Villeneuve joint so here’s the ending of Enemy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcJ1dBWZd2k&ab_channel=FacundoVerdun
I’m sitting in the Chinese Theater in Hollywood watching Dune 2 in IMAX. I’ve never seen or read any Dune stuff. I have no idea what’s going on, except that it has every VFX art direction cliche in the book. There’s still two more hours of this shit.
It’s turned into Apocalypse Now helicopter attack
Was the accompanying music, “Flight of the Val Kilmers”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZBl7V6rA3k&ab_channel=Oluzion
I can’t speak to music on it but this was the only clip that had the kid taking the handkerchief. I was exhausted by the end of that film and then…what a beautiful way to summarize the pointlessness/brutality of war.
I went to the barbershop this morning. They had the TV on ESPN but on mute. So the dude is cutting my hair, spins me to face the TV and I see Shannon Sharpe voicelessly getting all worked up about, I see on the screen, Michigan’s NCAA Tourney Seed. And I think, “I thought Big Maize just fired their coach and it was big news?”
Turns out they’re faking outrage about the fucking women’s tournament.
Haven’t watched The Verdict in a while. To have the payoff and the fallout happen next to one another and it be so seamless and yet heart-wrenching. So hard to pull off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCjeDJIXsSI&ab_channel=HankMoody
This scared the shit out of me when I saw it, high as fuck, in the rickety balcony of a very old theater.https://youtu.be/A7KSPuNWa6Y?si=oDafvGKA3KqsMXR2
Not sure what it had to do with the movie as a whole. But yeah, it’ll make you jump out of your skin.
It has everything to do with the movie, I think. She is the one who set it all in motion, by talking her boyfriend in to taking Carrie to the prom. And then she’s the only survivor, and has to live with the guilt for the rest of her life. Horrifying. I know people dismiss that ending as a cheap stunt, but I think it’s totally necessary.
Yeah, yeah, whatever. *grumbles* 🙂 You’re probably right.
I’m ALWAYS right, my darling dear!😉
A little far from the ending, but this scene has to be here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EdqCpS8RwY
And the last 5 minutes. Bloemkamf has gone downhill after each one of his films after this. Elysium was okay, and I couldn’t watch all of iChappie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21mqS5O1kWs
/watching the ending of Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry with my dad as a 14 yr. old or so
Me: “What? AW FUCK!” [puts hand over mouth, realizing what I said]
Dad: “Don’t You Ever Say That In Front of Me Ever Again! [pauses] But, yeah.”
https://www.facebook.com/RocketCarz/videos/dirty-mary-crazy-larry-1974-final-chase-scene-/1408498582524692/
Were they OK?
A massive army, complete with siege engines and imaginary calvary, assembles out of nowhere, poised to finally put the French taunters in their place, and then out of nowhere the whole lot gets arrested and hauled off to jail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJzM1kaTcsY
Just a *chef’s kiss* of an ending.
English pig dogs!
6. I don’t know if any movie ending has given me more satisfaction and made me want to cheer out loud more than this one: Army of Darkness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrZwFAvlmVY
Fuck, that’s great late round quality.
Kingpin
https://youtu.be/ssXX6SeONT8?si=9SUFMZBCMuPsWObn
Saving Private Ryan’s ending wasn’t as amazing as the beginning, but it still wrapped up nicely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZgoufN99n8&ab_channel=DavidBenson
There will be blood:
I’M FINISHED!
https://youtu.be/12Iosf6btzM?si=84FaqHQcUyAjDC3K
3rd round pick
https://youtu.be/Zw73TRXavLQ?si=Loz-sqHimh-ANFcR
“The Bad News Bears”, a film that saw into the future with such laser precision it should be categorized in science fucking fiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdS1l__SWms&t=13s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67AGvnRj04w
I feel like there’s a lot of potential for a joke about dirty movies, seeing as most films nowadays have gone away from clever puns as titles, but rather short hand descriptions of which fetishes will be covered
A personal favorite. The starring cast is kind of ‘Where are they now,’ but the supporting cast has Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, and Patrick Stewart in some of there earliest onscreen performances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ll4qS4anGo&t=231s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKohpKLSaz4
Oh yeah, forgot Helen Mirren. Which is a crime.
And Ciaran Hinds, Mance Rayder in GoT and Julius Caesar in Rome. He’s the guy in the back with the beard watching Arthur and Uriens in this scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkblVTQL0uc
We interrupt today’s Mock Draft for a heaping dose of schadenfreude.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/politics/trump-464-million-dollar-bond/index.html
You hate to see it.
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Frankly I was a bit surprised that anybody fronted him the $93M for the E. Jean Carroll verdict. But I think that just represented the last of his liquid assets (bonds and shit) and nobody is going to loan him $500M based on the value of properties he was just found liable for massively inflating.
But Mar-A-Lago is worth $1.8 billion!!!
eleventy billion, even
Eleventy bajillion!
They’re saying the bond outfits won’t take RE as collateral. Which, I’m sure these same bond companies don’t take stolen Nintendo Switches and hot car stereos — so their clients need to liquidate before posting bond. Not sure why RE is suddenly considered illiquid, considering the basis of the value is, “what would somebody pay for this asset today?”
So make him sell Trump Tower. Or Mar a Lago. Or Bedminster. I’m pretty sure they’re all mortgaged to the hilt, but surely he has a few shekels of equity?
Breaker Morant. It ain’t a happy ending but it goes hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgnCiV31tYg
Also a true story and yet another reason to hate the British.
“Defending Your Life”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdS1l__SWms&t=9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdS1l__SWms&t=13s
5. All right, I can’t leave this sitting here all day. The Godfather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zBwKbq02ds
2nd round, Zodiac
https://youtu.be/eRQEUdpuQwM?si=IRFH1oOZDVeH3EcU