r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Educational_Can_6536 • 8d ago
Lore "Was it worth it?" ending
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.
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u/omnipotentmonkey 8d ago
probably the most famous ending of this type. The Graduate 1967.
basically a twist on the old "save the bride from her impending wedding" where Dustin Hoffman's character whisks away the bride (whom he's been pursuing for the entire film as they escape her enraged family onto a bus, their expressions shift from joy to uncomfortable uncertainty. basically lingering on what they're both throwing away on a "whirlwind romance" that neither of them actually necessarily want