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The ending ruined it.

posted 11 years ago by Edwin_Phucker
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I was really enjoying it up until the end. The movie touched on many aspects: family, friends, frustration, finding self, etc..

But the ending just seemed far fetched and over the top. Especially with dialogues where the girl says "he looks like a god!".. I laughed at how corny that sounded. Kidnapping a guy from the hospital to play on a parking garage rooftop, rounding anyone and everyone together smoothly, etc. Just seemed stupid and over the top.

It reminded me of the movie Premium Rush where at the end all the NYC bikers come together and put on a flash mob sequence.

Fat Kid Rules the World: 5/10

1/10= toxic
3= disappointing
5= recommended
6= pretty good
8= Excellent story!
10/10= classic

[–] budarc 11 years ago

I did think the ending was a bit over the top, but they didn't sugarcoat it. The fat kid's still going to have a crummy life, he didn't get the girl, I'm sure his friend is not going to have an easy recovery from drug use. But it's a start.

I really liked the dad in this movie, though. He starts out as an ass, but he actually loves his sons and makes an effort to help them out. I was surprised, because I rarely like the parents in movies.

So yeah, the ending is a little too cinematic, but the only other choice was to turn it into a tragedy (everybody fails) and I think they took the path of least resistance and tried to turn it into a "feel good" movie as much as possible. I still dug it.

[–] robindearest-322-51250 11 years ago

The ending is true to the book it's based on, which is what I like about it. They could have changed it, like they did a few other things (Marcus' name was originally Curt, Isabel isn't in the book, set in Seattle instead of NYC). I think if they had tried to go any other way with the ending (darker or lighter), it would have upset a lot of fans of the book. The ending is open ended, leaves the viewer (or reader) wondering if everything is going to be okay or not.

[–] hatsAreForLosers 10 years ago

This movie was set in NY? I got more of a Cali feel

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[–] quone24 11 years ago

haha i totally thought of Premium Rush too when i saw this ending. And both movies ended anticlimactically.

[–] starcraftbw88 11 years ago

I agree, ending was anticlimactic and kind of stupid tbh.

6/10

[–] AgentBlue 10 years ago

The ending was anticlimactic and ended too abruptly but still a good movie.

Lose the Game!!!!!!!

[–] Xcalat3 10 years ago

the ending did kind of *beep* it up a but it was a fun movie still.

When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

[–] prpaclt 10 years ago

yeah it was a solid movie, but the ending was too hollywood. agree with the o.p. still worth a watch though. what do you think would have been a better ending? perhaps we see marcus in rehab and troy starting a new grade or something

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