“10 Worst Movie Endings of All Time”

Ryan Covert made a comment about the ending of The Blair Witch Project:

One thing is certain, Blair Witch had just about the best Ad campaign ever, and as a genre enthusiast I have high hopes for Paranormal Activity. But the movie damned well have a better ending than Blair Witch.

Got me thinking and I found this. From Hollywood.com, the “10 Worst Movie Endings of All Time”. At the very top of the list:

1. Lord of the Rings: Trilogy (2001–2003)

How they screwed up: It ends with Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) making it off that fffing Mt. Doom. No, actually, it ends with Aragon (Viggo Mortensen) becoming king, getting his Elf queen (Liv Tyler) and bowing to the Hobbits. No, wait, it ends with the Hobbits going back the Shire, and Sam marrying his Hobbit lady. Wait, there’s more. It ends with Frodo writing his account of his adventure. Fitting. No, wait — for heaven sakes already — it ends with Frodo sailing off into the sunset on some boat with Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Bilbo (Ian Holm) and a bunch of Elves. Is that it? Is it really over? Whew.

The also-rans:

2. Return of the Jedi (1983)

3. War of the Worlds (2005)

4. The Abyss (1989)

5. Lady in the Water (2006)

6. Australia (2008)

7. Broadcast News (1987)

8. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

9. Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

10. No Country for Old Men (2007)

How about you? Any bad movie endings spring to mind?


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