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Cheap director's trick using alternate ending in film

posted 17 years ago by amikelhenry
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After watching this movie and being very confused at the ending as a lot of viewers were judging by the posts, I rewatched (if thats a word) it with the director's commentary on. He said through the ending, he left it the way it is so audiences could make up their own mind as to the outcome. To me, all he did was film an alternate ending leaving both in the film so as not to provide a resolution. If all mysteries were made in this manner, the genre's creativity would suffer as a whole. I felt manipulated by the director, drawn into what I felt was a good, suspenceful mystery only to find out the director had no ending in mind. Any comments?

[–] Shot_The_Model 17 years ago

To be honest, I kind of like & enjoy movies where they leave the ending a free choice of how a person will feel or think.
I tend to do that A LOT with my own writing. [However I do fan fics which are extremely different from movies in general]
I like leaving people to wonder, especially in certain circumstances.

I do however get thrown a lot, & it slightly aggravates me to a point, even if I do enjoy thinking about it & going "oh yeah, it really meant this..", or "it really meant that."

It's all a matter of taste & what a person enjoys I suppose, but I do understand where you are coming from.

[–] lisaplus1 16 years ago

I need CLOSURE...I hate it when a movie ends and I'm left with unanswered questions!!!

It's one of those things that nags at you until you figure it out...

[–] BooRadleyVanCullen 15 years ago

It was pointless, considering the sequel explains everything.

Everybody's havin fun, dancin with a loaded gun...

[–] Tibbletoad 10 years ago

part 2 has a diffrent director and writer.....in a way the 2nd movie can be seen as "fan fiction"

what doesn't kill you hasn't been done properly.

[–] vegan_voorhees (383) 5 years ago

I think it was perhaps meant to echo the cloak of mystery Jack the Ripper exists in - no one will EVER really know who it was for sure. I think it was a bad idea for this film, but I'm sure he said they ran out of money so they had to change the ending?