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Fell Apart in the Ending (spoilers)

posted 9 years ago by fwsauerteig
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I really liked this movie, until the end. It did an admirable job in recreating the late 70s, with the cars, the wardrobes or costumers. It did a good job as portraying every major character (with exception of Mickey and the kidnapper) as a despicable human being, a lesson in absolute misanthropy and contempt for most all humanity.
But the ending just beggars belief. I can't see Mickey wanting to be in the same room as Ordell, given that he contemplated killing her (and she intuitively sensed this by protesting that something is not right). A plot to kidnap Melanie would not work either. Melanie knows who they are, and it is unclear to me Robbins' character really cared for her
Just a great movie that carried it all the way in the end, then choked terribly in the very last scene.

[–] goo-goo-ga-ga 9 years ago

Yeah, I didn't get the ending with the Melanie plot. How would that work?

[–] storagge 9 years ago

It's clearer in the book, granted, but still clear enough in the movie:

It WOULDN'T work.

These guys are f#*k-ups of the first magnitude; don't you get it?

They're making it up as they go along, hoping somehow for a big payday. An idea occurs; it seems superficially plausible, they go w/it, hijinks ensue.

The sequel to this (Jackie Brown, nee Rum Punch) makes this even clearer.

"Personally I hope they make all the gods black and change it from Valhalla to Valholla!"

[–] Invalid_User_Name 9 years ago

Oh....I don't know. Mickey wanted to get back at Frank for the divorce and how he was planning on screwing her over. This was Mickey's revenge on Frank.

[–] Rheli 7 years ago

I can't see Mickey wanting to be in the same room as Ordell, given that he contemplated killing her (and she intuitively sensed this by protesting that something is not right).

She had no way of knowing. She sensed something, but not necessarily this. Anyway, Louis had saved her before so I believe she trusted him to protect her.