Well sorta, it misses it's impact due to it's pacing, the ending doesn't work not because it in itself it doesn't make sense and more like the people it don't make sense. Because you barely knew these people the impact isn't actually that impactful. But thats more outside of the consequences of constant Mistakes. So the ending is fine just the story failed to serve it.
I think one of the most heartbreaking examples of this is the mist. Where the protagonist realizes that he and his family will die a horrible death at the hands of the monsters and chooses to kill them fast with his hand gun instead but he doesn't have enough bullets so he kills all of then except himself. And he goes into the mist to be killed by the monsters. But then, literally seconds later, the military showed up. If he had waited just a minute, his family would have been safe, and this revelation caused him to break down completely. He just killed his entire family for nothing.
i think for me whats sadder then when there was never any hope is when they almost win, cause i feel like in a lot of cases that hurts worse knowing it was within reach
I always root for the villain whenever they have some cool elaborate plan, and all the heroes are doing is to just stop it. It felt like the protagonist is robbing me from seeing some awesome spectacle. It's incredibly cliché and boring if the resolution is just "everything went back to normal"
Because that kind of ending just ingores the impact that individual had, shouldn't they be focused on resolving any flaws they have left? Life doesn't go back to normal it evolves, it changes but it does get better if you try to make it so. Happy endings are a problem because they focus on making a best of stiuation ending just a perfect one, which isn't as belieavable it's good in feeling good and it also predictable and somewhat easy. Conflict comes from many forms not jsut from some flawed individual cuasing problems to another flawed invidual and those should be too the focus.
Rogue One, but it's a little different. In theory, we already know what happens, as we don't see the characters in the main story, but it still hits you at the end. I personally forgot about this and only realised it at the very end. It didn't even cross my mind that they weren't succeeding.
As impactful as these endings can be, they can often end up being a cheap gimmick themselves. Take horror movies for example; the Villain very often wins in the end in order to spook the audience and allow for sequels. The real special sauce endings in my view are those like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” or “Bojack Horseman”. They’re somewhat ambiguous, but they do resolve the key themes of the story: mainly that life goes on, and it’s up to you to choose how to respond to it
This is exactly why I and many other loved the cyberpunk anime. A realistic ending that isn't all happy and good has much more impact 🎉 great vid!
Yeah you are right! I don't know how I forgot the cyberpunk anime as an example of such a story structure. Thanks for the tip
Well sorta, it misses it's impact due to it's pacing, the ending doesn't work not because it in itself it doesn't make sense and more like the people it don't make sense.
Because you barely knew these people the impact isn't actually that impactful.
But thats more outside of the consequences of constant Mistakes.
So the ending is fine just the story failed to serve it.
I think one of the most heartbreaking examples of this is the mist. Where the protagonist realizes that he and his family will die a horrible death at the hands of the monsters and chooses to kill them fast with his hand gun instead but he doesn't have enough bullets so he kills all of then except himself. And he goes into the mist to be killed by the monsters. But then, literally seconds later, the military showed up. If he had waited just a minute, his family would have been safe, and this revelation caused him to break down completely. He just killed his entire family for nothing.
I finally saw the movie after reading your comment! Pretty good movie, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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i think for me whats sadder then when there was never any hope is when they almost win, cause i feel like in a lot of cases that hurts worse knowing it was within reach
I always root for the villain whenever they have some cool elaborate plan, and all the heroes are doing is to just stop it. It felt like the protagonist is robbing me from seeing some awesome spectacle. It's incredibly cliché and boring if the resolution is just "everything went back to normal"
Yeah, I know the feeling. Usually "heroes" exist to protect the status quo. Villains are usually the ones trying to bring change.
Because that kind of ending just ingores the impact that individual had, shouldn't they be focused on resolving any flaws they have left? Life doesn't go back to normal it evolves, it changes but it does get better if you try to make it so.
Happy endings are a problem because they focus on making a best of stiuation ending just a perfect one, which isn't as belieavable it's good in feeling good and it also predictable and somewhat easy.
Conflict comes from many forms not jsut from some flawed individual cuasing problems to another flawed invidual and those should be too the focus.
Rogue One, but it's a little different. In theory, we already know what happens, as we don't see the characters in the main story, but it still hits you at the end. I personally forgot about this and only realised it at the very end. It didn't even cross my mind that they weren't succeeding.
Wtf I can't believe you don't have way more views, this is good stuff 👍
As impactful as these endings can be, they can often end up being a cheap gimmick themselves. Take horror movies for example; the Villain very often wins in the end in order to spook the audience and allow for sequels.
The real special sauce endings in my view are those like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” or “Bojack Horseman”. They’re somewhat ambiguous, but they do resolve the key themes of the story: mainly that life goes on, and it’s up to you to choose how to respond to it
Very interesting video
Loved the vid
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