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The dance in AMERICAN IN PARIS in the purple dress

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Rudolph Valentino doing the tango in FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE 

 

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I have seen tons of movies with lame endings thanks to Mystery Science Theater/Rifftrax, but I think my favorite of those is THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN. The movie ends with an old man turning to the camera asking, "What would you do?" It comes out of nowhere and stays there--what would I do about what?!?

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5 minutes ago, Fausterlitz said:

Also, any movie (and there are lots of them!) where a man treats a woman like cr*p for nearly the entire film, but we're supposed to look on their sudden, final reconciliation as both inevitable and a "happy" outcome (My Fair Lady, Notorious, The Pajama Game, Pillow Talk, etc.)  This bothers me not so much in a #MeToo sense (since that would tend to be anachronistic) but simply in a believability and logic sense.

 

This reminds me of the incredibly vexing ending to the unspeakably upsetting GREASE — that the GIRL has to give up everything that is important her just to date the world’s biggest loser, and of course the guy doesn’t have to give up a darn thing.

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“Hallelujah” from HIT THE DECK

 

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These are movie endings that bug many people including me—

OUR TOWN — Movie ruins the play’s poetic ending by having Emily come back to life and have the death all be a dream  (in the play she really is dead which is the whole point)

*******additionally most movies where it’s all a dream are lame endings (unless it’s really well set up like OZ) but that’s the only one that came to mind 

TITANIC — Jack dies from Rose not letting him on the giant door, then somehow Rose doesn’t get frost bite or syphyllis, then chucks the mcguffin diamond in the ocean that, then reunites with that guy she knew for a week instead of her actual family 

MR BUDDWING — Even James Garner wondered… what the heck happened exactly at the end?

[First Movie SONG That Comes to Mind]

“Dancing” from HELLO DOLLY

 

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4 hours ago, TopBilled said:

two thousand three hundred seventieth category

The climax is a head scratcher

CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (1955)
HARPER (1966)
JURASSIC PARK (1993)

I wouldn’t mind a bit more explanation  

[All about WATER!]

SILVER RIVER   1948

[ONE word titles]

Demobbed 1944

[All about HOMES/HOUSES]

THE OLD ARM CHAIR (1920)

[All about EUROPEAN CITIES]

LONDON LOVE (1926)

[IT'S MOVIE "TIME"!]

Fly-By-Night    1942

[All about ROCKS, MINERALS and GEMS]

The Pearl of Death  1944

[Movie Titles That Make a Statement]

The Walls Came Tumbling Down    1946

[Name Movies That Have Occupation Titles]

THE CRIME DOCTOR'S WARNING

[All about AMERICAN CITIES]

SAN ANTONIO

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skipping x, y, z

 

ALL ABOARD

[Name Motion Pictures Titles That Reference The Family]

THE UNEXPECTED FATHER (1932)

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QUEEN OF DESTINY (1938)

[Character's name in the title]

A MEDAL FOR BENNY

[Name Movie Titles That Are Related To Fashion]

MASQUERADE IN MEXICO

[All about MUSIC]

SONG OF MY HEART

[Name Movie Titles of Asian Cities]

SAIGON (1942)

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YOKEL BOY (1942)