When a protagonist has a younger female companion that is related in no romantic way (preferably family), and that female has a lover
the ending will depicts the protagonist dies and and the female and her lover survived
e.g. Armageddon, Season of The Witch, and this movie
I like this movie till the *beep* ending
Yes it is cliched...
But then...
So what?
It was done well.
I just thought it will be better with alternate ending :)
shareyou mean the protagonist survived and the female and her lover died instead? i wouldn't want to watch any of your movies if you ever become a director lol.
shareno
i meant incest ending :D
At least that ending isn't a cliche. Cliche means it won't surprise and thus a cliche ending kinda sucks. Memorable movies usually don't have cliche endings, unless it's a Rom-com.
shareWatch the last scene again. I had to to notice it.
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The camera shows the protagonist twice. The first time (the last time she looks at him) and the second time (after she has looked at the land ahead), his head has changed position and he has a smile on his face.
He did not pass until he knew she was safe again. And he saw it.... : )
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Yes, that is subtle and open to iternpretation.
Also, Nam Ti, the hero is still clutching his bow....
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Here's a better ending. Nam-il has been shot, and he pulls the arrow out of his chest. No blood.
The badguy is distracted, if only for a moment. Nam-il shoots the arrow into his throat and drops him.
The sister runs to her brother and looks where the arrow should have been, and the other shoe is there instead, and it blocked the arrow. She pulls out the other shoe to match, as they both kept it near the heart.
Then they can discuss the shoes being too big or whatever.
I'm sure a shoe can stop an arrow. lol
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I would have stopped the arrow head a bit more so that they could have made it non fatal wound.
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I'm not even sure Nam_Yi was even dead. Yes, the arrow was shot close to his heart, but the fact that he was in the boat still clutching his bow and even smiles, know they made it home, make me wonder if he was still barely alive.
Remember, the tagline for this film is, "A her is born, the legend begins." Could there be a sequel coming?
This movie ending was not cliched in the slightest. If his sister never got in the way to protect him he still would have lived. However, after losing their father, there was no way that she was going let him die without her. He had to slap her in order for her to run off with her lover. That should have told you right there that his sister was ready to die right along with him.
Usually in these type of cliche endings, the female willing (a few tears and a no quickly followed by an "ok, I understand") let the protagonist sacrifice themselves for her. Not Ja-In. It was they both lived or died.
Also Nam-yi couldn't have been dead at the boat. He might have died afterwards but it would have taken them a couple of hours and by then rigor mortis would have started setting in. So instead of just his head moving his whole body would have shifted.
I agree with OP. It would've been less cliched if they changed who died, since all three surviving would seem less realistic or poignant.
If the husband Seo-goon died to protect Ja-in, and then Nam-Yi and Ja-in could not cross the river and return anyways because they would be labeled as traitors again, it would've be an interesting commentary.
What was the war really about? The king selling out the people and spirit of the country? (they killed the tiger, a symbol of Korea) Real 'servants' to the country who are always labeled as traitors?
Maybe it would've left a deeper meaning than an ambiguous-romantic ending.
Yeah. The ending, and the last 30 min almost had me sleeping. I just wanted to turn the movie off. So boring, cliched and overly long.
This movie was higly mediocre.
A cliched ending doesnt need to be a bad thing, if it fits the movie, and this one has several cliches.
As they made it no end would satisfy me. The opposing general should have been killed in the forest, along with his other men and done. All following foes dead. All three return, end of story.
But the moment the general popped up on that hill I knew that whatever the end would turn out I wouldnt like it anymore.
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