The ending... - Burn After Reading (2008) Discussion

[–] Long_Ball_Larry 9 years ago

That's the Coen bros. at that point in time. NCFOM was a year before, and they wrote both scripts at the same time.

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[–] wes8520 8 years ago

Well isn't that almost all of their movies. The Coen's have very bleak outlook on life.

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[–] Long_Ball_Larry 8 years ago

Bleak, sure, but those unfulfilling endings were just blatant in the two movies I'm talking about, ESPECIALLY NCFOM.

I'm better than you.

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[–] wes8520 8 years ago

If you think about it...

The Big Lebowski - The ending really means nothing. The Dude is just back to bowling.
Inside Llewyn Davis - Llewyn is stuck doing the same thing, and can't get anywhere in life
O Brother Where Art Thou - He didn't even get the right ring, and will have to do it all again
Barton Fink - They reject his script and he just wanders on to a beach

Most of their movies end unresolved leaving the viewer wanting more, which is what makes them my favorite. Really reflects the real world.

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[–] Long_Ball_Larry 8 years ago

You're def in the minority, Wes, but I appreciate it. I for one hated those endings, hated LOST & Sopranos endings, LOVED BrBa from start to finish.

Slightly OT, but I also hated the Dexter, Seinfeld, and Life on Mars (US) finales.

I'm better than you.

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[–] jeffreyjk68 (5) 3 years ago

I think the only Coen Brothers movie that has a nice moral resolution, is the Hudsucker Proxy...and even there, it feels like they’re poking fun of happy endings.

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[–] Jakezen 8 years ago

what was left to resolve? Everybody was accounted for in some way: dead, coma, left country, paid off. What more do you want? Are you looking for a moral ending? You will never find those in Coen Brothers movies.

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[–] spielberto 8 years ago

Well, that's life.
Despite the absurdity of the story, it might be the most realistic ending to a movie.

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[–] bobbydallas (8056) 2 years ago

^ this.

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[–] fejsbukmejl1 8 years ago

that's the point, because nothing makes any sense, nothing is so important, data on disc, neither one of these persons, nothing! last scene in this movie killed me, i laughed like a little bitch.

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[–] mechacorta 8 years ago

But she got what she wanted.

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[–] BedHeadTalks 8 years ago

That's the point of it.

Vulgarity is no substitute for Wit- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

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[–] ikverkoopspellen 8 years ago

I'd say that in the fight of Stupid VS Intelligence, at the end stupidity wins. She gets her operations, but those belonging to the intelligent can't seem to figure out what's gone on. I feel it's a rather bleak ending.

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[–] Karma-For-You 8 years ago

The guys end up getting their lives ruined and the ladies get the good deals in the end. Ozzie's wife gets rid of both guys and keeps that beautiful house and her money, Clooney's wife gets rid of her philandering husband, presumably keeps the boyfriend and keeps that beautiful house and her money and Linda gets her surgeries. It works out perfectly for them. Then there's poor Chad who didn't seem to have it out for anyone, he's was just a clueless guy and we know what happens to him.

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[–] fanaticita 8 years ago

I'll go along with posters Jakezen and Fejs. . . . everything was resolved at the end one way or another. The plot was what counted. There was nothing left to tell.

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[–] SCY385-1 8 years ago

I think that was kind of the point of the film. All of these people doing all this stuff and nobody knew what any of it meant because it didn't mean anything.

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