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TIL a simple comment about 'The Graduate' changed how I think about endings
I posted my idea that Ben and Elaine should have stayed on the bus, looking happy, and a user named 'FilmProf72' said it was 'a lazy, feel-good cop-out that ignores the whole film's tone.' That stung, but they were right. I rewatched it last night and saw how the final shot of their blank faces is the real point. Now I try to ask if my 'better' ending actually fits the story that came before. Anyone have a movie where you changed your mind about the perfect alternate ending?
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hugo6457mo ago
My buddy argued for years that Casablanca's plane should've missed.
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reed.ray7mo ago
Funny, that final shot always felt like the opposite of a point to me (more like a question mark). The whole movie builds to that escape, so their blank faces aren't an answer, they're the start of the real trouble. My perfect alternate ending that changed? "Blade Runner." For years I wanted Deckard to be human, but the unicorn dream makes him being a replicant way more interesting.
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