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Fannish Friday: Best Endings
There's nothing better than a satisfying ending. Tell me about your favorites!
This will, presumably, be spoilerific, so enter the comments at your own risk. I'm keeping it vague in the post itself, but feel free to get into specifics in the comments if you wish.
My favorites?
+ Before Sunset. That two-line exchange at the end? Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
+ The Third Man. That long, long shot at the end? Love it.
+ Benjamin January #4, Sold Down the River. As I was getting towards the end, I was thinking, "This is so well written but I don't know if I can love it because it's so depressing." And then the ending happened. Eucatastrophe, as Tolkien would say. T
+ Queen of Attolia. Best final line? Best final line.
+ Code Name Verity. I have never in my life cried as much over a story as I cried over that damn book.
+ The Bad and the Beautiful. An entire film about why these people should not do a thing, and the last seconds show why they get pulled back in. SO GOOD.
+ It's a Wonderful Life. Is it sappy? Yes. Do I care? No, I am too busy sobbing. Every. Single. Time.
+ The Untamed. Way to completely undermine the censors without doing anything technically wrong. That smile. We know.
+ KBS's White Christmas. I will say nothing further but the last shot of this is SO GOOD.
This will, presumably, be spoilerific, so enter the comments at your own risk. I'm keeping it vague in the post itself, but feel free to get into specifics in the comments if you wish.
My favorites?
+ Before Sunset. That two-line exchange at the end? Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
+ The Third Man. That long, long shot at the end? Love it.
+ Benjamin January #4, Sold Down the River. As I was getting towards the end, I was thinking, "This is so well written but I don't know if I can love it because it's so depressing." And then the ending happened. Eucatastrophe, as Tolkien would say. T
+ Queen of Attolia. Best final line? Best final line.
+ Code Name Verity. I have never in my life cried as much over a story as I cried over that damn book.
+ The Bad and the Beautiful. An entire film about why these people should not do a thing, and the last seconds show why they get pulled back in. SO GOOD.
+ It's a Wonderful Life. Is it sappy? Yes. Do I care? No, I am too busy sobbing. Every. Single. Time.
+ The Untamed. Way to completely undermine the censors without doing anything technically wrong. That smile. We know.
+ KBS's White Christmas. I will say nothing further but the last shot of this is SO GOOD.
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I love this story!
I think both those final lines - "I tell him, 'Real'" and "But there are much worse games to play" are so fucking perfect and I'm in AWE of Suzanne Collins that she managed to pull off not one but two incredible ending lines.
I agree with this!
her smile and "let's go to work" are both so perfect for their own shows.
Yup! I am not totally sold on everything that happens in the BtVS finale, but the "What are you going to do next?" + with her smile? WONDERFUL.
Ready or Not's is so good!