It doesn’t matter how good most of a movie can be. If the ending can’t stick the landing, it all comes crashing down.
There’s nothing more disappointing than a bad ending, but we can see them coming a mile away in a bad movie.
However, having that happen in what’s been a good movie can be hard to deal with.
Law Abiding Citizen
There’s a lot to like in the Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler thriller.
However, there’s one reason it falls apart at the end: Jamie Foxx’s character doesn’t seem to take away any lessons or change, yet he still gets a happy ending.
Hancock
Talk about taking a great idea and throwing it away. The concept of a superhero that causes more harm than good is excellent.
Making him an actual god? It felt like the writers were backed into a corner and combined his redemption along with an origin story.
I Am Legend
From one Will Smith movie to another, the problem with I Am Legend is that it deviates from the source material.
We don’t need a happy Hollywood ending. Highlighting that Will Smith’s character being the actual villain is a great twist that, sadly, wasn’t utilized.
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Remember Me
If you ask people what they think about the 2010 coming of age romance, they’ll tell you nothing about the actual plot, the characters, or whether or not they enjoyed it.
Instead, they’ll 100% bring up that ending where Robert Pattinson’s character is at the World Trade Center on September 11th.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
I say this as someone who thoroughly enjoyed The Last Jedi: there was so much hope and potential going into Rise of Skywalker despite all of the problems during development. Plus, there’s that whole Palpatine thing.
I can ignore stuff like “somehow, Palpatine returned” if it’s all worth it. Sadly, when they randomly make Rey a part of the Palpatine family, it’s nowhere near worth the gamble.
Signs
M. Night Shyamalan‘s first mainstream movies, The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, are incredible works of art.
There’s plenty of potential in his next film, Signs, which uses the backdrop of an alien invasion to tell the story of a man who has lost his faith. However, the way the movie deals with aliens is not just disappointing, it’s frustrating.
The Village
It felt like Shyamalan was forcing twist endings left and right after the success of The Sixth Sense.
The Village may be one of his worst. Like Signs, there’s a lot of potential here, but revealing that it’s taking place in the modern day is another exercise in frustration.
Wonder Woman
While the Marvel Cinematic Universe flourished and thrived, D.C.’s comic book movies floundered.
For the most part, Wonder Woman was a diamond in the rough, proving that in the right hands, D.C.’s superheroes could be properly adapted. The ending, though, felt like it was taken from a completely different movie and was boring and generic.
Now You See Me
Insane twists, such as the revelation of Keyser Söze, can work if you give enough subtle hints throughout the movie. It’s something that M. Night Shamylan does well, ironically, in his best films.
Do you know what movie doesn’t do that well? No You See Me pulls the revelation of Mark Ruffalo’s character, who works for the FBI, mind you, that he is actually the criminal mastermind out of a hat.
The Wolverine
Not every Marvel movie has succeeded, though, to be fair, The Wolverine was made by 20th Century Fox and was not a part of the MCU.
Despite that, it opens strong and demonstrates why James Mangold was tapped to direct Logan, Ford v Ferrari, and A Complete Unknown.
I choose to believe that he had nothing to do with the final act, where it all falls apart.
Passengers
Where do we start with Passengers?
Yes, the film’s marketing did a great job of hiding the movie’s true story of Chris Pratt’s character acting selfishly by waking up Jennifer Lawrence, but that’s not the only issue with the film. In fact, you can ignore that for a while until the movie’s ending kicks into action.
It turns into a generic sci-fi action film where two average people need to save the day and have a happy ending together. Even though, well, he woke her up nearly ninety years ahead of schedule.
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