The Grey Movie Ending... Explained
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2017
- THE GREY - Movie Endings Explained (2011) Joe Carnahan, Liam Neeson
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Movie endings, they're usually pretty straight forward right? Everything pays off, the main characters learn something, and our heroes ride off into the sunset. Sometimes though, we don't get the typical ending from a movie, we get something much more nuanced, complex and open ended. The kind of endings that leave things up in the air for all of us to debate and theorise on until we're blue in the face. With Movie Endings Explained, we aim to delve into some of the more ambiguous and mysterious endings to films that have left audiences scratching their heads for years, and to attempt to explain them. In most cases, a definitive answer isn't really there, so we definitely want to hear from YOU on how you interpret the various endings we'll be discussing with this series.
This time we take a look at the finale to director Joe Carnahan's 2011 film THE GREY starring Liam Neeson. While the survival thriller was generally well received, its last scene split audiences. The marketing of the film had built up the expectation for moviegoers that they would get to see Liam Neeson fighting a wolf. While the primal theme of man versus nature and indeed man versus beast, is very much a big part of the film, it's about much more than that too. It's a film that explores mortality, and how we deal with it, set in the back drop of the harsh Alaskan wilderness and a group of men stranded there after a plane crash. In this installment of Movie Endings Explained we look at the ending of THE GREY, which isn't so much a mystery as it is a concealment. Using shots from the trailers that didn't make it into the final cut, some behind the scenes images, and the tantalising post credits scene, we piece together what could have been, and explore whether or not we should've seen more at the close of the film.
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The way I see it: in the end he realizes that death is inevitable (and it really is), so instead of panicking or praying for more life, he just accepts it as part of the journey of life. But before death takes him, he decides to have a last good fight. Thats the message for me: death awaits everyone, so why the fuck not go into the fray and have a last good fight before it comes, instead of just hiding or crying in a corner? Give life one last epic blow on the chin.
Indeed, the Al Swearengen philosophy on dealing with death and despair: ua-cam.com/video/xF8aIa3QOkU/v-deo.html
Yes. You nailed it! Go out with a fight knowing your fate has been determined.
I like this point. If you're gonna die anyways, don't care about it all.. and just go out having a really badass fight with a wolf. Why not? lol
Bravo, 👍
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I hated the ending when I first saw it. But as I thought about the movie later, I’ve really come to appreciate it. I think about that poem all the time.
I love tihis move the grey
Just sad in the post credist we se the wolf whit whis stomach full
The post credits makes the ending so much better even though it's brief
My favorite part was the wolf letting him prepare himself.
mine was when he read the poem with the score in the background fucking MASTERPIECE
@@mymamatouchmypeepee2014 mine was when he created a boxing glove out of broken glass....that was Epic battle.
Wolves are very cautious even the alpha males would give you time before they attack, as realistic as it gets wolves communicate and tell off intentions by their body movement mostly, and little with their vocals. Liam was on his knees which is a passive position (staying low) and not challenging to the wolf until he stood up and that was it.
well i could probably see that you see in some Alpha Males in packs they love a good challenge like a fight to determine who is stronger and i believe what that wolf saw in this man it saw he had the potential of giving into a challenge a fight to the death so it lets him prepare to give all the fight he can give in this challenge or if that's what the wolf might have wanted at least either that or it just wanted to eat him
He an honor bound wolf
I absolutely loved the ending. A great underrated movie.
Very underrated and for a few not understandable
Your brain is underrated...no, it isn't , you are an imbecile.
Vintage Liam Tension.... Epic ending...”
Indeed
Jasem I remember finding it the most disappointing movie ending ever.
Both John and the wolf died. No other way; neither winner or loser, both knew this was their finale so they fought till their last breath.
no he killed the wolf he was actually alive at the end of the fight so he won but he did die
@@dabatman lol who cares he died from all the wounds, winning is winning ask any real racer
@@naegleriafowleri76 why would u reply wat u said is stupid and irrelevant
E&J brandy eh he has a point tbh
@@AvenginAngel not really....
The wolves represent the demons that these men carry. Every man alive has demons. It is a unique look into how men deal and cope with their emotions under stress and tense times. Its a rare movie to show that men are ultimately human beings. Liam 's character ottaway depicts what men go through when someone the care about leaves them. On the brink and broken. Its a good look at how a man with nothing to live for chooses to fight instead of dying. The meaning is found not at the goal but the struggle to the goal. Each men you could say represents a theme in the film. There is a alot of depth and a few pink elephants in the film when it comes to discussing men. In doing so it humanizes them and as a result in this current society thats considered a taboo thing. An inconvenient truth. One example of the depth is this, Diaz challenges ottaway not because he really wants to lead, but because he wants to see is ottaway is up ot the task. Once he knows this diaz falls into line , his loyalty earned. There are many men like this in real life. Theres another character who talks about his daughter and how he enjoyed the little time he had with her. It is implied that he was divorced and could not see his children as a result. For men like this, their closest thing in the world is their children and when you take away that you essential cut them off as well. He was fighting for a chance to see her again. Many fathers are isolated like this and they would do anything to be with and help their kids. The movie on the outside is good, but what sets it apart is the some of the scenes that show the men finally opening up with their emotions, only after the threat of imminent death. You can see the reality of what its like to get a man to open his emotions up. This is how hard it is for them to be open with each other. This movie shows much more than just survival in my opinion. It reflects on a man's life and struggles through the use of the wolves and the elements. It is a good look in how a man lives in this world today.
Reading your comment was like watching an emotional awsome movie. You couldn't have said your words any better, I agree a lot with you said....
I like your interpretation, but I think it's much simpler than that. The wolves represent the inevitability of death. Death will come for them all, and it's just a question of how each man chooses to face that end.
instablaster.
Finally someone had it in mind!! Diaz challenge Ottaway (for whatever reason) resemble the dominance fight in a typical wolf pack, which was indeed shown by the Alpha male twice at least. In the end, Diaz turn Coverup, stubborness of an outcast carrying meaninglessness into being accepted, contribute, and accept himself & nature.
In the particular case of Ottaway, the first howl get his numbness tingling, remind him of only blur image of his wife. Throughout first half, that seemingly last image fade and hold back alternately. Also, he constantly show experience to handle death to an extent, but not understand God intention for death("I want to [have faith], but all I care about is now[survive], sort of).
Through the group, suddenly his emotion for his father raise up through the fog of life situation & wife image, just like Diaz truely realize his fundamental fear. The Father lesson seem relevant now, but he hasn't got it fully yet.
Until the river bank, the reminder of suicide attempt is connecting his true gut with the poem. But when the last company gone, he was seriously skeptical: why God let a man not wanting to live left? All the pieces of his wife, father words, outcasts coming together, what all those mean? At that exact moment, no "now" left to hide them anymore, no more promise of potential key to unlock the mystery.
The answer seem proposed a bit quickly: Living life in itself has meaning, in living it, experience its beauty when possible(glance the letter to realize neither have to cling to his wife, nor expect death), in seeing Diaz accept God, just one step away from accept his own spirit, even as lonely outcast. That moment of realizing, that man shed his tears for the first time, cuz he has seen (not understand) the logic of life. Because he see it clearly now, he just smile at the fact of the dent. Now, not fear of his life meaningless, his wife final word, the poem now all make clearest sense. They align into one way only: be courage, fight to go forward in any minute of living; until life give you death, then your turn to accept it.
I know the two alpha fighting scene is too cliché just to match the former fighting in the trees. But the after credit was just beautiful, that the two alpha feel each other, to the extend of last breaths of life.
interpretation of anything from another`s creative mind is a very person thing, You went really crazy far with your opinions of fathers. life and what elements of the movie "really" meant. at the end of the day its just a personal opinion. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
The sudden ending made me hold my breath and think of what I just witnessed. It was a superb ending that left me with my thoughts and feelings.
Did you see the post credits scene?
@@onepunchman4444 I did. It eased my thoughts
My father began working at the age of seven as a shepherd, this was in Northern Greece, Macedonia. When he was 16 he started being sent up into the mountains with flocks of sheep to graze in the high meadows for weeks at a time. On his first stay in the mountains he fought his first wolf, with a staff and a knife. He never had a firearm with him. He kept that first wolf pelt and turned it into a cape
when there's nothing left to live for and life becomes a struggle...remember life is too precious, never ever give up till your last breath
It's safe to say that nobody gives up until their last breath. That's when they die. Simply saying, "never, ever give up on living" is more precise.
Ty
I've always believed this was an award-winning movie that was under-rated...I have watched it many times and the action still makes me jump! Very emotional movie.
I believe Liam survived the fight. He was just resting on the dying wolf. He survived because he was laying his head on the belly of the wolf. If he had died the other wolves that were nearby would have come to him. Since he won the fight against the alpha wolf the other wolves of the pack stayed at a distance because they knew he was still alive and they were afraid to approach him.
couscouswoman finally I got a good explanation
couscouswoman I believe from the poem that Neeson recites, they are both dead since “live and die on this day” is repeated twice. Plus Neeson fights the alpha wolf, and they only fight when they feel their rank being challenged, hence the phrasing “once more into the fray.” Obviously they both fought, wolf fighting man while man fighting wolf “the greatest fight (they) ever known.” As they both fought, they both lived and died on that day
That’s not logistically true. The alpha is a determiner, or the wise one they feel is needed to follow without being blind. The wolves would most definitely go after him after their very own was killed, even if it wasn’t their alpha. But I do feel that they both died as the best fight of their lives was also the last.
Honestly I may be wrong but I assume it to how us as humans would go about something like this.
Cause family is everything and if someone killed you as my sister, then I’d want to be the one that beats whoever killed you down into their six feet to rot.
But not gonna lie I’d probably die too, but at least I didn’t let them think killing you was gonna be easier than killing my stubborn ass lol
They both died. He wanted to commit suicide. This was the most honorable one he could have. Hence the poem.
@@odeba129 nice
That ending is magnificent. The music, the tone, the angry wolf eye. I was happy that they remove the fight scene. It's idiotic and clumsy.
You have never seen that ending- so how can you say it is "idiotic and clumsy"? We can't judge what we haven't seen,
Okay. So...without having SEEN the edited ending, and having watched this video AND taken into account the directors comments..AND having seen the movie I will make my own judgment and say that this ending is the one that I prefer. Good enough, Jeffery "Jeff" Albertson.?
C.C. 95 I think what she/he means is that an ending fight scene would downgrade the powerful ending already there. The philosophical conclusion he comes to is quite revealing as to what his MO is at that point. Personally I think a fight scene would have been cool, but completely unneeded and unnecessary.
Charli Nacussi where can I watch the fight scene
What is idiotic and clumsy is including shots of the fight in its promotional material. Such false advertising should be criminal.
This entire movie to me was also one big giant analogy to depression. At least that is a way I interpreted it.
same here bro
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It is. It's about not giving up. Trust me I know what I'm talking about.
agreed. this is why it's my favorite movie
Some explanation plz?
@@armandoraulfernandezsanche3000 exactly
The way they decided on the final cut was perfect. One of the best movies ever.
Nice job, shill.
I hope that is sarcasm.
This movie is a masterpiece
true my favourite liam Neeson movie
but sadly it is underrated :/
Lol, hardly.
@@binkytubefor small mind like u,i guess yeah
The ending was stronger without the fightscene, good decision to not show the fight imo
Great film,the ending is not about a man fighting a wolf it's about man overcoming his fears when he has hardly anything else left to give.
Dumb movie for dumb people.
I love the scene where he’s calling on God to show him something real, cuz man.... I think some of us have been there, it made me feel good seeing that I’m not alone or the only one who’s thought that or even yelled that shit out at some point in my life. Well written.
yeh could definately resonate with that
Right and I don't believe we ever see God, but that's what I feel. If anyone here has died of a car accident or on the table and came back to life, you'll understand there is another place for Us all. I never seen God or jesus for that matter, just all my friends and family from years ago. An I'm talking dang near caveman type people even. But I believe an in my mind knew they were related to me. It was pure bliss and I really wanted to stay there. I feel grateful now that I know that there's a heaven if that's what you want to call it. But as soon as I died it was there, no following a light to the pearly gates. Just no want's no needs and no pain. People may think I'm nutts and maybe I am now lol. But I have proof that would take to long to text out. I don't know why I went astray on this, I just felt like it needed to be said.
Thank you for liking what I said, because there is something greater out there. But heaven wasn't up in the sky, how he was looking up. Idk why people look up. When I died it was right here on earth, but with much more beauty. Everything was so vibrant and alive. There all right here, we just can't see them threw our living human eye's, it's hard to explain. But I did end up saving my daughters mother by seeing who I never seen before. But when I seen her I knew who she was, it was her grandmother who had passed an told me to please tell my X to go see a doctor bradfield. I'll never forget that name or her face telling me this. She wasn't sure about all this, my X ... but I didn't care, I was back living and very bummed I didn't get to stay in that place. I seen everything an everyone. My daughters mom then called me 2 weeks later an said she was fine and knew it was BS. I said idc what you believe, I promised your grandmother I would tell you. 18 days passed an she called crying her eyes out, and that she was going to die from cancer like her grandmother did. I said I don't think that's the case her, why would this lady tell me to tell you to go to a doctor I've never heard of. After a quick visit and stay at the hospital shes been free and clear of cervical cancer for 15 years now. It's okay to not believe me but I know now. And I'll keep on believing in a bigger much higher power. We even become a type of higher power when we pass, my mind just knew who everyone was. There's so much more to all this, I wish I had the time an skillset to get it out on paper or here. Maybe someday I can be interviewed
Absolutely! Touches the soul
@@mr.vancando4849 Man, I love what your wrote. It’s not the first time I’ve heard stories similar to what you said and it gives me hope. Too much hate here…There’s gotta be something more….
I love the ending! I choose to believe he won...but whether he won or lost doesnt matter, he faced his fear head on and fought a brave fight!!
This!
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Removing the last fight scene left some wanting but i was awestruck & strangely satisfied .... i prefer to think both the alpha's dying (man & wolf) was fitting & more believable.
D Hager Good comment...completely agree.
Until you see the scene after the credits...
This movie came out shortly after Neeson's wife passed away. I always thought the ending was a great way for Liam to say goodbye to his wife...at least thats how I thought of the ending
Sad to see that y’all got shit on by chiefs
OMG....really, did not know that..thanks. May she RIP. Must have been a difficult movie to star in!
I really liked this movie. It stayed with me, which movies rarely do.
He actived the GPS on the Watch before he Fights the Wolf and in one of the alternate "post credits" Takes you can faintly hear a Helicopter in the distance. Meaning a Rescue Chopper will be there shortly to find The Wallets, A Dead Wolf, and Liam. (dead or alive)
Edit: it's confirmed that He "Won" the fight.
Sure that makes sense. Wait until everyone else is dead to activate the rescue signal. That way you can collect their wallets!
@Kay Mitchell It was confirmed on one of the Commentaries and Later told in a Interview.
Also the early storyboard of the film (aka drawnings) show him killing the Alpha wolf by driving his Knife behind the base of it's Skull.
Edit: However, this was changed later in the final " 2+ Minute" Fight Scene (which was never released outside of test screening and only seen by a handful of people) to a Diffrent Killing blow.
@@teamdonkey Up until the End of the Film They were to high up in the Mountains for Help to come Get them (this was stated in the film) and the Plan was to get to down Valley to Set up a make shift camp and then use the GPS once they started a Fire -- since The GPS only had X amount of hours of battery life and they want to be in a area where they could be seen/reached easily. However since everyone died and He was sure he was too -- he choose to use the GPS so the Chopper could Collect the Wallets as away to Confirm all who died before help could reach them and also able to return the Photo inside of them back to the Families while the Ranger team Start a Search for the Bodies at a later date.
@@KaeganThornhillTheCyberRaven So he won the fight but was he rescued?
It was perfect when paired with the music and the poem.
one of the best ending I've ever seen
I love this movie, especially the ending. It's perfect as it is. The two flashback scenes with the poem and his dying beautiful wife are just awesome and make you in an instant perfectly understand Ottways perspective. The plot reminds me of a Hemingway novel. After watching this movie I became a huge fan of Liam Neeson who portrayed Ottway brilliantly.
"Once more into the frey, into the last good fight ill ever know...live and beat the shit outta this wolf..live and beat the shit outta this wolf.."
YO XD
keshawn robinson
Lol
ngl this made me laugh
Lmfao
keshawn robinson lmaooooidheh
He's in the Den! Yes he may have killed the Alpha; but there are many more. He won the Battle; but Lost the War. And His Life. He went out Fighting. A true testament to Human Bravery!
Sadly, even if he did survive the wolf fight, the elements would still have taken him out. He is in the middle of nowhere, badly injured, with no sign of civilization. Personally, this is by far my favourite man vs nature movie and it still sends a shiver up my spine during quite a few scenes. I would not have changed a thing in this film. Great job wrapping it up by the way.
Concur, honestly most of them would have died of hypothermia before the wolves got them. But Ottaway (Liam's character) had just been soaked in the river. He's already taken his wet coat off before the fight. He'd be losing body heat and shivering to death.
Clark Barrett lets say he just killed the wolf, and his laying down on him, for victory, or perhaps to use wolfs body heat to warm himself , he have enough food now and he could use skin to make some kind of leather coat? :)
@@ognjenmilicevic4935 plus , it could have been the wolfs blood
Plus, wouldn't the rest of the pack have finished him off.
@@JesusGarcia-cs9wl I don’t think so, he killed the alpha which probably scares the other wolves because essentially their king is dead.
The wolf definitely dies but whether Liam is dead or not who knows. Liam's head was on the wolfs belly which means he led down and put himself there because the wolf couldn't of. This means that the wolf fell before Liam did and really Liam won the fight, This also explains why the other wolves didn't chew him to pieces afterwards. As Liam defeated the alpha male he in turn becomes the new alpha of the pack, meaning the beta and omega members of the pack have to obey and respect him as neccessary
Cameron Smy the wolf was still breathing if u didnt notice
It was the wolfs' last breath. They ran the scene twice, back to back, but in another video it shows it.
The alpha stuff is silly movie-logic. A pack of wolves doesn't decide to attack their prey one at a time and, if the alpha was injured, the others wouldn't suddenly bow down and obey another species who just killed one of their pack. Fun fact: the whole concept of the "alpha male" in grey wolves was a mistake since disavowed by the writer who popularized the term. It was based wolves in captivity who would be forced to form packs with other captive wolves outside their family, thus meaning that they didn't fully trust each other and vied for dominance. Actual grey wolves have a family structure and don't challenge each other to be head of the pack. Of course, wolves also wouldn't have been pursuing a mob of people the way the film depicts either as their generally scared of humans. Still a good movie but not very kind to wolves.
That's not how it works the other wolf's would still kill you
And who knows maybe he was very close to finally finding help. The tree that was cut and being by the river made it seem he was really close
The wolf didn't know he had a particular set of skills
I think that the whole point is that it doesnt matter whether he lived or died. Thats the point of the movie. Its about the choices, the fight. The end will come anyway...we all die. It how we fight....regardless whether it will result in death or not.
Δημήτρης Πλατής ya exactly it how we fight.. Fight of life..
The whole point is: please stop making horrible movies like this one.
I feel like a major message in the film's plot is centered around and faith, the meaning of life, and coping with mortality. What's incredibly interesting about this to me, as we find out through the ending, is that out of all the plane crash survivors, Ottway seemingly has the least to live for, and yet he pushes the hardest for himself and the others to live.
Ottway is always the first character to make a decision, to keep the group moving, and to do whatever he can to motivate the other survivors to live. He gives them purpose and direction in an extremely depressing and hopeless situation. Most give their faith in him right away, but Diaz is doubtful and challenges Ottway's leadership, which we come to understand is a result of Diaz's fear, and not knowing if he will survive, or even how to survive. Ottway doesn't have the answer to when, or even if, they are going to make it out of their situation alive, but he is the most capable, and has the tools and teachings to show others how to survive, how to live, until that answer is revealed to them. In a lot of ways, the relationship between Ottway and the group, is the same relationship between the Alpha male wolf and his pack, and more importantly, the relationship between God and Ottway. Ottway shouts at the sky, challenging God to show him something real, something to believe in, he's looking for a sign from the heavens to give him a reason to live, but its only grey sky, hazy and unclear, which in my opinion, is a very poetic way to illustrate the relationship between faith and mortality. We may feel like we need something in return for our faith, but just the act of having faith gives us a reason and purpose to live outside of pure animal instinct, it is a coping mechanism for humanity's awareness of our own mortality, even if there is no clear answer for when you will die, or what happens after death.
As an audience, the filmmaker has us experience these same messages of faith and mortality; we witness the struggle for Ottway and the others to survive, we go through the loss and test of faith when one of the survivors die, and we gain small moments of hope, like when Diaz activates the GPS watch, or when they find the river. In the end, we are left without witnessing the outcome of the fight with the Alpha male, the fight for survival, and we arn't exactly sure if Ottway lives. In a very clever way, the audience experiences the same unknowing that Ottway does when he shouts at God for answers. In my opinion, it doesn't matter what happens afterwards, we already know that death is inevitable, and we don't know if or when it happens, but we know for certain that he fought with everything he could to survive.
Truthfully, I believe Ottway survives his encounter with the Alpha male, the way his head is leaning against the wolf's side while it takes it's taking it's last breaths is very similar to how he had his hand against the wolf that he shot in the beginning of the film, it seems to be alluding to the fact that he killed it and he is helping it move on to death (similar as well to how he helps the one plane crash survivor cope with his death earlier in the film.)
Either way you perceive it, what a great film though.
The wolf was gods answer when neeson cried out saying “show me something real.” Which may explain the wolf letting him prepare for a last fight as death is very much inevitable!!! I believe both liam and the wolf died.
God the Father's response, as something.
God didn't answer him. Being killed by a wolf is hardly an answered prayer!
Chills everytime I watch the ending lol
Sky Pelletier me to 💯
I think they should have made the wolf kill him as revenge for the other wolves he has killed
glad in hindsight it ended like this.
the imagination fills in the rest for each of us in its own perfect way.
The ending is perfect as it is. It’s poetic and beautiful
a great ending showing man doing what he's always done fighting for his life
“The last good fight”
He is so dead its not even a question. Did he kill one wolf yeah id say so. Is he "laying there dying" i mean come on folks he was dying for like an hour and a half. This ending wasnt about winning or losing vs nature. It was about how he chose to meet that fate he lost and knew it. Thats why the ending worked. Fighting the wolf would have been irrelivant. He was going to freeze to death or bleed to death regardless. Perfect ending one of the few times in the last few decades a film got people to think.
There's not a chance that he died by cold cause he survived days in that cold.
GamingNickz uhm what
The key message is that he died without fear. He looked to God for help but sometimes God doesn't always save us from death. Rather God gives us grace to face death without fear. His wife before she passed said "Don't be afraid". This is the lesson he learned. He faced death without fear.
He (and the others) survived, very unrealistically, for days in the cold. After his dunking in the river he was toast. Or more accurately an ice cube, it was just a matter of time.
There are some that say that this is an anti religious movie that argues against the existence of God, especially when we consider how everyone died. But i disagree. when i think about Johns suicide being halted by the howl of the wolf, i realize that he was always going to die, but the only question is by what force? In the scene after Henrik dies where he looks up to the heavens and says "fuck faith earn it, show me something real and I'll believe in you till the day I die!", and then shortly thereafter he ends up in the heart of the wolfs den; i believe thats the sign from God that he was looking for. The whole movie led him straight to the one place he was trying to avoid, but deep down he knew it was his destiny, hence the smirk during the final scene. What are the odds!? We think death is evil but death is simply a part of existence. This movie is so much more than a survival film depicting a fight against nature, it is a fight against the self in the face of imminent and inevitable death. I wonder, why did he fight so hard to survive even though he was suicidal?? Did he ask himself that? After making a career as a hunter of wolves, and living in perpetual misery after his wife death, it only makes sense that he would Go out battling a wolf, not by suicide. That sounds like a realistic plot with concrete themes of faith, destiny, and mortality. Im glad the writers didnt add some random savior into the script. Powerful
Love this film. I’m glad they didn’t include the fight scene. It just adds more mystery and uniqueness to the film. Not everyone’s ending is a good ending.
One of the worst films EVER.
@@binkytubefor a small mind like u,yeah i believe so
I think the movie subtly lets us know that even if Liam did kill the wolf he probably succumbed to hypothermia. Notice how in the scenes preceding the climax he begins stripping the layers of his clothing off. I think this meant to convey Liam was getting a "false warmth" as it were, which is indicative of the final stages of hypothermia.
The ending was TREMENDOUS. Far too often because of Taken, which was also GREAT Neison is now type casted in the same role; over and over again. However despite this film being an Action Drama it's by far my favorite film of his, and that last scene cements it when he's reading the poem with the piano score playing.
Excellent work !
I thought it was handled perfectly. It ended just right!
An absolutely epic ending that buckled my ability to concentrate on anything the next day from thinking about size of this scene, its music (which makes it) and the primal embrace of a final battle. Even if he beat the alpha wolf he’s still got hungry wolves everywhere and he is now injured and in the middle of nowhere. Certain death and an honorable one in his case
Hard to get me to get emotional during films, but the ending made me tear up. Beautiful ending.
It was absolutely perfect the way it was ended… Spectacular movie!
I think they both took each other out. The wolf got to bite him hard enough to leave a gaping wound so one knows Liam will bleed to death, but Liam got to inflict lethal wounds on the animal. Excellent ending. I think it's worse to leave it to the imagination of the viewer. Hitchcock knew this. Our minds are truly sick so we can imagine the worse.
I'd kill that wolf with my bare hands, I just need someone to hold my beer
Once more into the crack...
*holds out hand to hold the man's beer*
I just want someone to hold my phone..I don’t want anyone’s hands on my beer. I’d let it stay chill in the snow 😉
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You nailed it!! Good job!!
I like to believe that the fight was a draw, and that both man and wolf had respect for each other and became friends and ran into the woods together to help fight forest fires.
Matthew Gilliland and maybe grab an beer once in a wile
Grab a beer? Hey, that's a great idea! Pity they didn't put it in the movie.
The decision to not show the end was brilliant. It's more important to know that a man who wanted to commit suicide decided to not just die but fight back. Whether he died or lived is not important. He fought, that what counts!
I believe the wolf killed him and the wolf died aswell
As Ottway's head is lying on top of the alpha's body it probably is the other way round. Ottway first wounds the wolf fatally causing it's collapse, Ottway then is collapsing on the Wolf's body due to the bite wounds and blood loss. In the end it's the same, both die and with that the poem is fulfilled.
in the behind the scenes picture, it looks like hes holding a water bottle. exhausted wolf killer? or thirsty a list actor?
Siodi456 they were both injured badly and died soon after
@@neightthesnake thirsty a-list actor :)
Backwards if anything he killed the wolf and died after either from the pack or the wounds from the fight
I love the music that plays at the ending scene. Just beautiful!
The Grey's ending as it is shown is extraordinarily powerful. It leaves it entirely up to us to wrap our heads around what might -or not- have happened to the character. In my view, the film's not about a man fighting a wolf, but rather about a man's desire to live his life to its fullest, right up to its end, never giving up. It would have made an entirely different, way less powerful film, had the fight scene between the wolf and the hero been shown.
i swear it’s the best movie ending i’ve ever seen .... hope there is a chapter 2
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@@macca923 Whether he died or not, it's beside the point. A sequel defeats the purpose and message of the first. What're they gonna have him do? Fight an army of wolves? Give me a break.
@@macca923 I incorrectly assumed your comment was closely following that of the OP's.
I won't retract my point, but I'll apologise for not directing my complaint towards the OP.
@Kay Mitchell no
One of the most impact movies I have ever seen. Reminds me so much of how Jack London wrote about the wild in many of his books. That quote sticks with me till this day.
Fantastic flick, and definitely underrated. Great choice to cover
I believe they are both mortally wounded... I kind of look at as The 2 Alphas having the last good fight they will ever know and almost showing respect for each other.... The wolf is barley alive but he allows Liam to lay on him as they both bleed out.
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I think the message of the movie is not to trust someone because of their confidence alone. His decision to lead them all away from the plane got them all killed, even though the group originally wanted to stay. And if they did they probably would’ve been rescued and survived
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Great explanation done by you Jo..I just seen the movie french dubbed but got English subs title. A very good film with Liam Nelson as the main actor. Seeing this movie remember me of the film The Andes Servivors also about plane crash
Best movie I've seen in a long time !
His wife didn't leave him, she died
There is one scene where you can see her infusion bottels, they are in hospital
I was only reminded of this movie recently.It is one of my favorites of all time man. It really is such a beautiful movie.
First the ending left me so incomplete but now I am in love with the ending ! Whatta movie!
the ending chosen was perfect
loved the ending. No need to insert blood and gore at the end.
Great explanation..Thank you...
Considering the original story was called 'Ghost walker', I thought they all died in the crash. They were in 'The Grey" area between life and death, like limbo or purgatory. Disembodied spirits, not realizing they had died. In their perilous journey, finally realizing, one by one, that it was time for them to pass on. I noticed that there seemed to be an equal amount of wolves, one for each dude, until the Final Wolf Alpha, confronted the final Man Alpha. To stubborn to quit or give up the ghost... maybe he still haunts those mountain woods to this day.
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I'm not sure. That's why I came here lol
Nah Liam can't die, he was just thinkin bout his victory over that wolf. He still has more people to kill, right?! lol
I remember watching this movie and wanting more. The end was not satisfactory but leaves the audience to draw their own conclusions. That was a fantastic movie 🙌🙌.
Absolutely loved it. Goosebump-inducing 👍
اI love the roles of hero neeson liam
Fantastic movie and teasing ending. Terrible trailer though. Luckily for me I didn’t see it. Takes away from the wonderfully deep meaning of it all. Was it by coincidence he led the men to their death and into the wolves den or his subconscious and were the other survivors real or different parts of his character??? How movies should be... in my humble Opinion.
He was not looking death in the face and fighting it. He was looking despair in the face and finally choosing to fight it.
Great movie! And Liam's character ending right in the wolfs den is even depicted by one of the groups members early in the movie when someone mentions: "But what if we end up right in to their den?" And what happens? He ends up right into their den! They also mention several times about activating the GPS signal in the movie and seeing Liam character activating the watch in the end makes me think that although he dies, his body and the wallets will still be found by a rescue team or somewhat....
I loved the ending it made the movie even better for me snd i would like to believe that both Alphas die.
If an adult male in his mid 50s could beat a wolf then an adult male could beat a wolf an alpha wolf and we would know about it but seeing as there have been 0 findings thus far which concludes the ending is of him dying with having injured the wolf perhaps to death, also dying in the process meaning anyone who has beat a wolf has never lived to tell the tale. Hope this helped everyone
Could you please refrase it ?
Mismis315 If someone could've killed an alpha woldf he'd kill it but he will die in the process.
First of all, wolves in nature are nothing like they are in this movie. Second, It has nothing to do with killing an actual wolf. The importance is in metaphor.
Men have survived wolf attacks since the majority of the deceased have been women and children. A healthy adult man could kill a lone wolf with a knife the same way they have killed attack dogs. Let him bite your non-dominant arm and then stab him through the chest taking out the heart and both lungs. Wolves try to attack from behind for a reason. Men have survived Mountain Lion attacks and Mountain Lions destroy wolves one on one. You don't have to be King Leonidas to defeat such a creature.
i loved that choice it leaves us on the precipice of fight or flight, also showing just how strong he is willing to after everything lost... weve already seen enough death... this gives hope...
I liked the ending. Packed more of a punch in not knowing.
4:47 always gives me shivers. The monstrous growl, the silence, and the sudden movement of the fight beginning only to suddenly cut away.
I think there is also the contrast between Neeson's character, and the other character who decided to just give up earlier on. To sit down by the river, and just wait to die.
The ending is perfect the way it is.
That aside, that shot showing the after credits scene from another angle is awesome
That poem is short but so deep I can’t help get watered eyes when I hear it.
They both Died... but in dying they respected each others desire to survive..
I like to think both survived, and though combat they came to respect each other, and then they both lived happily ever after.
I think by leaving the fight scene out, it took this movie from being an action movie to an award worthy film.
He survives. There's a alternative angle of the fight at the end, and a tiny fight put together. You can find it on UA-cam. In that vid frame by frame, the alpha and him tussle for abit. He gets bit in the stomach and scratched on his forehead and cheek. The alpha goes for his throat, he dodges to the right and splits the wolf's spinal cord with the knife. That's why he was able to lay on it. It couldn't move. He was also holding a bottle of water while laying on the wolf. Which shows he had time to kill the wolf, grab the water, come back and rest his head on its warm pelt. He switched the GPS before the fight if you remember, and a helicopter saves him
I just watched this movie... and I have to say ... it is already one of my all time favorites! it rang a lot of bells...
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I loved this film, and it closed it well with the final scene. A man, facing mortality, once more steps into the fray.
One of my fav movies ever!! A great survival movie but also very deep and exciting. I've recommended this movie to a lot of people and some if not most don't appreciate the ending but to me the ending was brilliant! Plus the music is great!
This was a GREAT movie! Barely seen it last night. Amazing. Amazing ending. Loved everything about this film
I found the ENTIRE movie powerful. One of my all-time favorites. I can still quote the poem. The ending was perfect. I didn't need to see the fight to walk away knowing I'd witnessed a fantastic film.
Feel the fear and do it anyways ~always forward never backwards...that's what I got from the ending of this film
i loved the video and i love the music also kinda sad music
Loved it