Is it just me, or did Return of the King have like 3 endings?

BrentStargazer · 12-18-2006, 01:59 AM

Seriously, everytime I watch it I think that it should end three different times.

1. Frodo wakes up and everyone's happy. The end....oh, wait, no there's more...
2. Ah...Frodo, Gandalf, and Bilbo all leave, and now it's a sad ending. The end...what the hell, it's still going?
3. Cut back to Sam finally going home with his family. So...it's what, a sad happy ending? Sam was the fucking character I hated the most!!! God damnit!

Pope Larry · 12-18-2006, 01:59 AM

Thought it was more?

BrentStargazer · 12-18-2006, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Pope Larry

Thought it was more?

Ah, you're right, I missed one.

2.5 Aragorn is crowned king and he bows to the hobbits, the film seems like it should end there too.

Welshy · 12-18-2006, 02:05 AM

You never saw the end-of-the-credits easter egg?

$1.25 · 12-18-2006, 02:06 AM

inside the egg was orions belt with the marble with our galaxy inside

BrentStargazer · 12-18-2006, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by $1.25

inside the egg was orions belt with the marble with our galaxy inside

Gasp! That really makes you think! I mean, what if our entire world and reality really is only the concept of a computer program!?!?

Kzin · 12-18-2006, 02:15 AM

The part where Frodo and everyone on his ship die in the "perfect storm" .... awesome special effects.

BrentStargazer · 12-18-2006, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Welshy

You never saw the end-of-the-credits easter egg?

/shrug

Can't tell if you're joking or not, so i'll just say no.

Welshy · 12-18-2006, 02:18 AM

Well, bump your ending count up a notch then. Also, rent it out and see

Whisper Slim · 12-18-2006, 03:24 AM

It couldn't've ended at any of those points because there were still more parts of the story that needed conclusions.

HELLO.

Kirvo · 12-18-2006, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Agent Pimsleuth

It couldn't've ended at any of those points because there were still more parts of the story that needed conclusions.

HELLO.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORCS THAT FLED?!?!?!

Whisper Slim · 12-18-2006, 03:42 AM

DAMN THAT SAURAMON AND HIS ORCA TAX

DUATE · 12-18-2006, 03:42 AM

seriously that's called wrapping it up. they werent endings themselves, they were tying up loose ends that could be tied up.

brent likes it when movies beat the bad guy and go right to credits before anything else can be shown.

Whisper Slim · 12-18-2006, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Duate

seriously that's called wrapping it up. they werent endings themselves, they were tying up loose ends that could be tied up.

in movie lingo we call this "ending your story"
it's kind of an artsy strategy to filmmaking

Welshy · 12-18-2006, 03:56 AM

I prefer the Broken Flowers approach

DUATE · 12-18-2006, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Agent Pimsleuth

in movie lingo we call this "ending your story"
it's kind of an artsy strategy to filmmaking

See, I like the style where you beat the main nemesis and save the world about halfway into the story, and then the last half of the story is about fighting smaller, lamer nemesises. Like rats.

Or plants.

BrentStargazer · 12-18-2006, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Duate

seriously that's called wrapping it up. they werent endings themselves, they were tying up loose ends that could be tied up.

brent likes it when movies beat the bad guy and go right to credits before anything else can be shown.

I'm not saying there weren't endings to be tied up, i'm just saying that during each scene when it fades to white, it seems like the movie is ending. Why shove in that last little bit about Sam returning home? The ship sailing away into the sunset is like THE cliche ending.

It's like when Micheal Jordan retired the first time. He ended his last game with a perfect jump shot, scoring points all cool like and going out perfectly! ...then he came out of retirement and sucked, and retired again on a low note.

bad1 · 12-18-2006, 03:08 PM

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**Rodd** · 12-18-2006, 03:17 PM

I guess no one ever saw the ending where Michael Jackson and Gandolf breakdance fight...

Cronk · 12-18-2006, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Welshy

I prefer the Broken Flowers approach

agreed.

And yea, this movie (and book for that matter) ended way too many times. If I remember correctly, the book took like 200+ pages to conclude. Conclusions should not take 200 fuckin' pages after the climax.

Kzin · 12-18-2006, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Cronik

agreed.

And yea, this movie (and book for that matter) ended way too many times. If I remember correctly, the book took like 200+ pages to conclude. Conclusions should not take 200 fuckin' pages after the climax.

Robert Jordan is gonna shatter that barrier.

Cronk · 12-18-2006, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by KzinKiller

Robert Jordan is gonna shatter that barrier.

terry g-whatever can shatter that too. If he can spend 40 pages setting up camp for the night, I'm sure he can spend a few hundred (or maybe a whole book) on conclusion.

DUATE · 12-18-2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BrentStargazer

I'm not saying there weren't endings to be tied up, i'm just saying that during each scene when it fades to white, it seems like the movie is ending. Why shove in that last little bit about Sam returning home? The ship sailing away into the sunset is like THE cliche ending.

It's like when Micheal Jordan retired the first time. He ended his last game with a perfect jump shot, scoring points all cool like and going out perfectly! ...then he came out of retirement and sucked, and retired again on a low note.

ah i see what you mean. Yeah it tricked you like 3 or 4 times

but i liked the same going home thing, to show that life still goes on even though frodo and all the elves and gandalf are gone forever

Welshy · 12-19-2006, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Cronik

agreed.

And yea, this movie (and book for that matter) ended way too many times. If I remember correctly, the book took like 200+ pages to conclude. Conclusions should not take 200 fuckin' pages after the climax.

I was kidding

And you are a goofus

Cronk · 12-19-2006, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Welshy

I was kidding

And you are a goofus

I know

And I like that about me

KidShazaam · 12-19-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BrentStargazer

Seriously, everytime I watch it I think that it should end three different times.

1. Frodo wakes up and everyone's happy. The end....oh, wait, no there's more...
2. Ah...Frodo, Gandalf, and Bilbo all leave, and now it's a sad ending. The end...what the hell, it's still going?
3. Cut back to Sam finally going home with his family. So...it's what, a sad happy ending? Sam was the fucking character I hated the most!!! God damnit!

They actually cut an entire portion of the book out since they didn't want to have another climax/resolution. In the book, hobbits go back home to find that Wormtounge and Saruman have enslaved the entire Shire, and they organize the hobbits and fight to regain it. After this, Sam becomes Mayor and Bilbo/Frodo leave for the Grey Havens, etc.

Kirvo · 12-20-2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by KidShaazaam

They actually cut an entire portion of the book out since they didn't want to have another climax/resolution. In the book, hobbits go back home to find that Wormtounge and Saruman have enslaved the entire Shire, and they organize the hobbits and fight to regain it. After this, Sam becomes Mayor and Bilbo/Frodo leave for the Grey Havens, etc.

I was so mad that they cut that out.

KidShazaam · 12-20-2006, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirvo

I was so mad that they cut that out.

I would have liked to see Tom Bombadil too, and some barrow wights.

Kzin · 12-20-2006, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirvo

I was so mad that they cut that out.

I would have been happy to see it in the EE DVD, but at the theater when they got to the Shire I was thinking 'omg if this is going to take another hour-plus I have to go to the can.'

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BrentStargazer Nostalgia Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Over there Posts: 14,410	Seriously, everytime I watch it I think that it should end three different times. 1. Frodo wakes up and everyone's happy. The end....oh, wait, no there's more... 2. Ah...Frodo, Gandalf, and Bilbo all leave, and now it's a sad ending. The end...what the hell, it's still going? 3. Cut back to Sam finally going home with his family. So...it's what, a sad happy ending? Sam was the fucking character I hated the most!!! God damnit! __________________

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Welshy The Boney King of Nowhere Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 64,072	I prefer the Broken Flowers approach __________________

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$1.25 apologeology Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 34,031	inside the egg was orions belt with the marble with our galaxy inside

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Kzin Frequent Flyer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 47,961	The part where Frodo and everyone on his ship die in the "perfect storm" .... awesome special effects.

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Whisper Slim Harrumph Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: 3 Negative Nancy Blvd. Posts: 18,836	It couldn't've ended at any of those points because there were still more parts of the story that needed conclusions. HELLO.

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DUATE Bipolar Bearplane Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 29,713	seriously that's called wrapping it up. they werent endings themselves, they were tying up loose ends that could be tied up. brent likes it when movies beat the bad guy and go right to credits before anything else can be shown.

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