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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-08-22 07:44 pm

[ SECRET POST #3884 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3884 ⌋

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Re: What was the worst ending to a film you've watched?

(Anonymous) 2017-08-23 07:48 am (UTC)(link)

The ending of the Prestige because it's *cheating*!

I mean, first, Writing 101 tells you the "evil twin!" twist is right up there with "it was all a dream" as cheap and dead-horsed; and personally I felt utterly betrayed at a film about stage trickery/presdigitation bringing in ACTUAL magic (or "sufficiently weird technology") as the twist answer. I kinda get that thematically it works, and it does arrive via David Bowie so that's almost a meta justification, but - I raged. Like, "The Illusionist" is a lighter flick but at least it respects its own format and premise in misdirecting the audience wonderfully but without the genre-breaking ass-pull.

Re: What was the worst ending to a film you've watched?

(Anonymous) 2017-08-23 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Damn. You're pretty angry about it huh.

I thought it was a great twist precisely because of how horrifying it was. The guy murdered himself every night.

Besides, it was faux science not magic. It fit with the steam punk vibe of the film.