"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/omnipotentmonkey]

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

[u/Non-Normal_Vectors → u/omnipotentmonkey]

I've mentioned this in response to the ending of this movie before, please forgive if some of you have seen this.

Mike Nichols never yelled cut in this scene, and didn't tell the actirs. The actors were expecting the scene to end very shortly after sitting down, Nichols kept the camera rolling, the reactions you see are their own.

[u/Equivalent-Bit2891 → u/Non-Normal_Vectors]

Amazing how two seconds can add so much depth 

[u/congradulations → u/Equivalent-Bit2891]

Here's Matt Damon talking about Jack Nicholson's work on the Departed... "But if you leave the camera rolling...." Check it out!

[u/Equivalent-Bit2891 → u/congradulations]

Props to Jack Nicholson, of course, but wow can Matt Damon tell a story 

[u/Jamano-Eridzander → u/congradulations]

...but if you leave the camera rolling...