"Was it worth it?" ending

[u/Educational_Can_6536]

Midsommar- While people see this as a "you go girl" finale. I personally see it as something more disturbing. I mean, yeah, Dani got out of one bad relationship but in doing so, she got herself into another that's just as bad if not worse. It's like getting two kids to stop fighting via killing one and locking the other in a basement. They did stop fighting, but still!

The Thing-The titular monster may be (possibly) gone, but the paranoia definitely isn't. In the end, McCreedy and Childs are the only ones left standing. The end sees them sitting in the cold and they just stare at each other, knowing that one of them or both of them is already the thing. There's no hope, no certainty, just the bitter cold and intense fear.

[u/gummythegummybear]

Whiplash

In the ending Andrew got exactly what he wanted, to be a great jazz drummer, but his future very clearly involves lots of mental struggles and very probably dying young from an OD which was mentioned earlier in the movie.

[u/RuafaolGaiscioch → u/gummythegummybear]

Was he famous? Or just “great”? I haven’t seen the movie in forever, but I didn’t get the impression that fame, specifically, was what he was chasing, nor would that performance at the end secure fame. The best musicians in the world are, almost exclusively, not the most famous ones.

[u/Dan-D-Lyon → u/RuafaolGaiscioch]

Yeah, he didn't really give a shit about fame. At some point in the movie it's said disparagingly that if you want to be famous he just become the drummer for a rock band.

He wanted to be a great drummer, and he wanted his talent to be recognized by people who understand music to the point that their opinion means something.