it seems japanese horror movies of late just stop instead of having some sort of ending.
examples this movie Uzamaki, Suicide Club, Ju-on.
what's going on i was enjoying uzamaki and suicide club until it just stops argh.
You actually have to read the manga to understand the ending of Uzumaki. I partially explained the ending of Suicide Club on diabolicalmind.net. I loved the ending of that movie, though I agree it was a little out there. It's basically just one big critique on society and being happy with one's self. Japanese endings are vague though. I have no idea what Takashi Miike was going for during the last minute or so of Ichi the Killer.
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Yeah, there's no way Uzumaki could've ended properly, should've been two movies, the ending of the manga would be a great movie, and the Ju-On flicks aren't done, I've read that they are working a Grudge 3 to finish everything. But you know, thinking about it, horror movies without a bad guy, but instead with an "antagonistic force" don't every really end, there's no real way you can end a movie without a bad guy.
shareThat's why I love the movies, because this force exists and there's nothing that can be done about it. Horrifying but beautiful.
Koalas are telepathic. Plus, they control the weather.
I loved the ending. It's something supernatural and unlike most supernatural forces in western-culture movies, these forces can't be stopped.
sharesoror says"You'll find that is common in a great deal of Asian film-making. It has to do with what, culturally, is expected in a film. Westerners are accustomed to a certain pattern, and so anything that deviates from that pattern seems strange to us...endings that are understated, endings that leave evil winning, these are things we don't expect to see. Melancholy endings with uncertain outcomes are something that the Asian audience expects to see, so yes, it is highly common in horror and drama type films to see it."
actually the 3 three movies i mentioned have particularlly lame "endings". i don't mind movies that have open ending or ending which don't tie everything up in a nice bow for example kairo(pulse), one missed call, and the original night of the living dead all had perfectly respectable endings it's just this movie didn't have an ending it just stoped like the screen writter got bored all of asudden. also asian movies don't have to have "Melancholy endings with uncertain outcomes" they eye, phone, a tale of two sisters, the inner senses all had nicely wraped up endings with no real major questions
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The manga ending is great but the movie ending, as I recall it, is confusing. Its pretty much a chair in a lake..which is nothing to do with the ending in the manga.
shareWatch again; it's not a chair, it's a bucket. It's what Kirie's father used to get clay from the lake, if you hadn't missed the part where they almost hit him with the car. And I think both the manga and the movie's endings were both lacking.
sharethe ending was the good part
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I have not seen terribly many Asian horror movies, but I've seen a number, and my impression is the opposite. Asian horror movies often tend to stuff too many things into the movie towards the end. Approximately 70 percent of the movie is OK and then the last 30 percent just goes completely out of control. Sometimes it works out quite fine (Ring) but often they just spoil the movie (One Missed Call). Uzumaki luckily ended before they managed to turn it into complete craziness.
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