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There really is no cliffhanger....

posted 9 years ago by theprofessor247
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If I didn't know about this being a trilogy, I would actually think that the story has ended because, imo, I don't see anything that's been untold or unfinished.

*SPOILER ALERT*(first time ive ever had to write that, lol)

I'm guessing that the very last scene where she puts a gun up to her head is the cliffhanger but if it was, it didn't do it for me. I've never read the books though and never heard about any of this until the first movie came out so I'm sure the die hards can see the cliffhanger. But again, I don't see what questions there are for the 3rd movie to answer. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

Btw, Kate Winslet is freakin' HOT in these movies. I think I'll date her for a couple of weeks so I can bump uglies a few times but after that I'll have to move to Iggy for the obvious reason!!!

[–] lswallace82 9 years ago

The big reveal of what the city is for and that they're supposed to leave and rejoin the rest of the world is supposed to be the big cliffhanger, and in the book it comes off much moreso as such because it cuts right after the video finishes, but the way it seems to play out in the movie feels more like a conclusion than a cliffhanger. The battle is over, the bad guy has been defeated, the truth is revealed and everyone is running for the door ready to brave the great unknown outside. Sure, pertinent questions remain: What, and who, are they going to find outside? What exactly was this "experiment" for? But, really, does anybody care? Do we really even need to know? I'm perfectly happy to leave those questions unanswered and open-ended. The mystery of the great unknown can very well remain a mystery in my imagination, because really? The conflict inside the city, the story we've been following, is over, so whatever comes next will be a whole new story that I'm just not invested in anyway.

>>>>>Happy dance!

[–] and7579 9 years ago

Yup I agree. I left the movie feeling confident in my choice to not see Allegiant. I wasn't ever keen on seeing it (because I hate the book) but they wrapped up insurgent really well. Actually the movie ending is kinda where I wish they stopped in the book

[–] DevastatngDiva 9 years ago

OP, I agree with you 100% (well, 93% because James and Teller are more my speed), I actually didn't know about this book series until after I saw 'Divergent' a couple of weeks ago. Though I only read the 1st book last week.

I'm guessing that the new factionless city is a big mess and Evelyn tries to take over as leader (proving why Tobias/Four was certain that she had ulterior motives for wanting to dethrone Jeanine) and then another conflict erupts over those who want to go back to the faction system (most likely led by Jack Kang - based on the way he processed the information from the video at the end) and those who want the city to remain factionless.

[–] seans_life 9 years ago

theprofessor247 you see no cliffhanger/suspense leading to the next movie?!?!?! Are you seriously kidding? What I thought right away is what are these people that were put in this so called experiment like lab rats going to do to the rest of the world that put them there? If you can't think of many interesting things that could happen in the next movie then you are not imaginative enough.

[–] Megagug 9 years ago

The ending IMO was done in a way as a fail-safe ending in case they couldn't make the third movie. I think if they had shot all three movies back to back, the ending would've been closer to the book (which has a much more "noticeable" cliffhanger.)