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Any One Else Let Down By The Ending?

posted 9 years ago by ledzeppelin302
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For the most part I really enjoyed this film. I found the direction, acting, and script to be very tight, and the plot itself was very involving and a bit eerie for the first 3 quarters of the film. Considering the slow-burn nature of the movie, I was honestly hoping for a bit more of a pay-off. Yeah, visually, the whole bit with the white-robed politicians chasing Aaron with knives was kinda cool, but I was really hoping for something far more sinister or revealing about the group itself - some kind of confirmation about whether or not they were actually involved in any of the activities Terrance claimed they were. Anyways, those are just my feelings on the ending, but I'm curious to see what you guys think.

[–] Sandoz 8 years ago

The end sequence of the film was the weakest part of the film for me, too. Once the two filmmakers decided to go ahead with their plan and infiltrated the gathering, the first thought that came into my head was "oh, they're going to walk around as though they're anonymous, but all along the group knows who they are, and eventually they'll get discovered and eliminated." I will give it some props becuase they did go with a variation on this, whereby they didn't kill the 2nd filmmaker who had a family, but threatened him into silence. Still though, it was the obvious ending, and if it had been able to come up with something more novel it would have been a great, instead of a merely good film.

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[–] eadwinn 8 years ago

I was let down by a whole lot more than the ending. Didn't even make it to the ending.

[–] CarlCarlson 8 years ago

It ended very well. What would you have proposed that might have already been (over)done in a similar movie? Aaron or both get killed? Made to work as factotums for the "secret organization"? Both disappeared? Hmm?

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[–] Mandingo609 8 years ago

Don't you just hate when people write about expecting "A Pay off" but, don't give any examples of what they expected?

[–] ledzeppelin302 8 years ago

Its been so long since my original post that I honestly cant remember this movie any more, haha. It totally has not stuck with me. But yeah, as I mentioned in my post, I believe that one the characters, Terrance, goes on about all these crazy rituals and other crazy sounding stuff that was never really explored. I think I just wanted more of the occult stuff as I felt the actual cult was underused in the film. Thats what I wanted as a payoff, like a build up to some horrifying ritual à la the original Wicker Man. Again, its been way to long though for me to really remember, lol.

[–] AceRoccola 7 years ago

No, because I'm not an idiot. I know that by "pay off" they mean "catharsis", a necessary element of every story. Without it, things fall flat and the plot is unsatisfying. Many horror films, especially crappy found footage ones like this, rob the viewer of that catharsis. It's pretty simple.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (60102715) 8 years ago

I didn't mind the twist or the lack of a clear resolution to Aaron's fate, but I did mind that it was so predictable (not with the specifics, but with the general plot ending).

[–] mountaindewslave 8 years ago

Aaron is clearly killed in the woods that night (the stabbing is shown, its not being simulated) and the Taurus group is almost brashly and confidently talking about it as just a scare scenario as a coverup.

There is no ambiguity in the ending. Unless you seriously also think Terrance is magically alive off somewhere (come on now)

she fell through a hole, and was never seen again

[–] !!!deleted!!! (60102715) 8 years ago

There is ambiguity in the ending. Aaron's fate is not shown. The club says that they were just scaring him, an intruder, off.

[–] ScorpionTDC 8 years ago

I really like the concept of what they were going for (Aaron is definitely meant to be dead and the ending is a blatantly see-through cover up to drive other Conspiracy Theorists nuts and get them to investigate while legally protecting the group), but yeah. The execution was lacking some