Movies: that last shot - Page 2

Nagisa Furukawa · January 29 2013, 10:39 PM

lurok wrote:

Was a smart move to drop the alternate ending.

Hitch only made it cause you couldn't show a film in certain places where a murderer gets away unpunished.

DalekJim · January 29 2013, 10:44 PM

Nagisa Furukawa wrote:

lurok wrote:

Was a smart move to drop the alternate ending.

Hitch only made it cause you couldn't show a film in certain places where a murderer gets away unpunished.

His show does that all the time. You'll have some incredibly dark ending and then he'll pop up to joke about the murderer getting caught a short while later.

It somehow makes it creepier.

Tosk · January 29 2013, 11:22 PM

DalekJim wrote:

Norman Bates wouldn't hurt a fly. But he'll destroy your soul just by looking at you. Then the image of a skull is subliminally imposed on to his face, just to get under your skin even further.

Masterful.

A great sequence...except it's not the the last shot of the movie. The last shot is Marion's car being dragged from the lake.

sidious618 · January 30 2013, 04:23 AM

Mulholland Drive's last shot, "Silencio!," was genius and would be my number one pick, I think. The Prestige had a neat last scene as well. The Innocents had a finale that was quite disturbing, and I'm always shocked that it got a release in 1960, and lingers to this day.

DonIago · January 30 2013, 04:37 AM

Memento - not the last shot per se, but the reveal.

I'm proud to have been a Nolan fan before Batman.

trevanian · January 30 2013, 04:58 AM

Looking for Mr Goodbar - made Steven King's wife race for the bathroom, was seriously disturbing and weirdly beautiful.

John Frankenheimer's criminally underrated FRENCH CONNECTION II: ends with the climax of the film, then straight to black.

Melakon · January 30 2013, 07:17 AM

The ending at the Statue of Liberty in Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942), which he reworked once or twice in later films.

The bad guy, Norman Lloyd, shows up in TNG: The Chase as one of Picard's old professors.

Flying Spaghetti Monster · January 30 2013, 12:16 PM

I forgot to mention one of my favorite films, The Truman Show

The last shot is one of the most hilarious yet thoughtful moments in the film. It touches both on the short attention span of modern culture, and also the ease at which the audience will move onto the next big thing once something or some celebrity no longer has their attention.

"Where's the TV Guide?"

Brilliant. And a little twisted, like the rest of the film...

trevanian · January 30 2013, 08:17 PM

THE EXORCIST
The Before I Started Fucking With All My Old Movies version, with the priest eschewing the steps.

Greg Cox · January 30 2013, 09:01 PM

Planet of the Apes is the first ending that came to mind.

Also, the ending of The Third Man, where the girl walks past Joseph Cotten without even looking at him.

And, oh, the final sequence of Dr. Strangelove, with "We'll Meet Again" playing over a montage of mushroom clouds.

Dale Sams · January 30 2013, 09:09 PM

BENEATH The Planet of the Apes has the alltime greatest movie ending.

And re: The Omega Man...not only the final shot, but the rest of humanity can only be saved by his blood. Damn I love that movie.

edit: Throw in Soylent Green's ending, and GD Heston..you the man!!

Greg Cox · January 30 2013, 10:28 PM

Tosk wrote:

DalekJim wrote:

Norman Bates wouldn't hurt a fly. But he'll destroy your soul just by looking at you. Then the image of a skull is subliminally imposed on to his face, just to get under your skin even further.

Masterful.

A great sequence...except it's not the the last shot of the movie. The last shot is Marion's car being dragged from the lake.

Also an evocative image . . . although apparently not as memorable.

(I'd forgotten about that, too.)

Another good one: The Abominable Dr. Phibes, in which he replaces his own blood with embalming fluid while "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" plays ironically on the soundtrack.

Also: the ending of Polanski's Fearless Vampire Killers, as a horse-drawn sleigh makes its way across a snowy Transyvanian landscape, carrying the curse of the vampire to the world beyond . . . .

Ethros · January 30 2013, 11:23 PM

How the hell has no one mentioned...?

"Hey Doc you better back up, we don't have road to get up to 88."
"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads."

and one my favourite endings to a movie-

"Nice shooting son, what's your name?"
"Murphy."

Mr. Laser Beam · January 30 2013, 11:24 PM

There's the rumor about the 'real' final scene of X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes...

Davros · January 30 2013, 11:33 PM

While it is a bit more than the last shot, the ending of The Adventures Of Baron Munchhausen is possibly my favorite ending to a movie.

There is also the end of Repo Man where the credits roll down instead of up.

January 30 2013, 04:23 AM	#19
sidious618 Admiral Location: New York, US	Re: Movies: that last shot Mulholland Drive's last shot, "Silencio!," was genius and would be my number one pick, I think. The Prestige had a neat last scene as well. The Innocents had a finale that was quite disturbing, and I'm always shocked that it got a release in 1960, and lingers to this day. __________________ We've met before, haven't we?

January 30 2013, 04:37 AM	#20
DonIago Rear Admiral Location: Burlington, VT, USA	Re: Movies: that last shot Memento - not the last shot per se, but the reveal. I'm proud to have been a Nolan fan before Batman. __________________ --DonIago It was the best of Trek, it was the worst of Trek... "If I lean over, I leave myself open to wedgies, wet willies, or even the dreaded Rear Admiral!"

January 30 2013, 04:58 AM	#21
trevanian Rear Admiral	Re: Movies: that last shot Looking for Mr Goodbar - made Steven King's wife race for the bathroom, was seriously disturbing and weirdly beautiful. John Frankenheimer's criminally underrated FRENCH CONNECTION II: ends with the climax of the film, then straight to black.

January 30 2013, 07:17 AM	#22
Melakon Commodore Location: Unmarked grave, Ekos	Re: Movies: that last shot The ending at the Statue of Liberty in Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942), which he reworked once or twice in later films. The bad guy, Norman Lloyd, shows up in TNG: The Chase as one of Picard's old professors. __________________ "Every time you think, you weaken the nation." --Moe Howard

January 30 2013, 12:16 PM	#23
Flying Spaghetti Monster Vice Admiral Location: Flying Spaghetti Western	Re: Movies: that last shot I forgot to mention one of my favorite films, The Truman Show The last shot is one of the most hilarious yet thoughtful moments in the film. It touches both on the short attention span of modern culture, and also the ease at which the audience will move onto the next big thing once something or some celebrity no longer has their attention. "Where's the TV Guide?" Brilliant. And a little twisted, like the rest of the film... __________________ Life of Pi is the most pleasant film I've ever not cared at all for.

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January 30 2013, 08:17 PM	#24
trevanian Rear Admiral	Re: Movies: that last shot THE EXORCIST The Before I Started Fucking With All My Old Movies version, with the priest eschewing the steps.

January 30 2013, 09:01 PM	#25
Greg Cox Vice Admiral Location: Oxford, PA	Re: Movies: that last shot Planet of the Apes is the first ending that came to mind. Also, the ending of The Third Man, where the girl walks past Joseph Cotten without even looking at him. And, oh, the final sequence of Dr. Strangelove, with "We'll Meet Again" playing over a montage of mushroom clouds. __________________ www.gregcox-author.com

January 30 2013, 09:09 PM	#26
Dale Sams Captain	Re: Movies: that last shot BENEATH The Planet of the Apes has the alltime greatest movie ending. And re: The Omega Man...not only the final shot, but the rest of humanity can only be saved by his blood. Damn I love that movie. edit: Throw in Soylent Green's ending, and GD Heston..you the man!!

January 30 2013, 11:23 PM	#28
Ethros Vice Admiral Location: 1123 6536 5321	Re: Movies: that last shot How the hell has no one mentioned...? "Hey Doc you better back up, we don't have road to get up to 88." "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads." and one my favourite endings to a movie- "Nice shooting son, what's your name?" "Murphy."

January 30 2013, 11:24 PM	#29
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: Movies: that last shot There's the rumor about the 'real' final scene of X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes... "I CAN STILL SEE!!!" __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

January 30 2013, 11:33 PM	#30
Davros Fleet Admiral Location: Kaled bunker, Skaro	Re: Movies: that last shot While it is a bit more than the last shot, the ending of The Adventures Of Baron Munchhausen is possibly my favorite ending to a movie. There is also the end of Repo Man where the credits roll down instead of up. __________________ "With great power comes great responsibility"-Uncle Ben Parker