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Spoiler Alert!

not_on_display — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:30:30 -0800

Ruined Endings... because you fell asleep during the last part of that movie and you just want to know what happened, this site exists.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:39:32 -0800

It's like Movie Pooper, with a similar amount of pop ups and ads.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:43:07 -0800

Apologies... I have Adblock Plus installed on my Firefox, so I see no pop-ups or ads.

By: elendil71

elendil71 — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:46:36 -0800

Interesting. Hate the ads though. Not sure this is a good thing though. For example, Mystic River, which was otherwise a really great film, the last 10 minutes were so mind-bogglingly bad and ruined the film, you really should have just walked out and felt better for never having seen it. And maybe smacked Clint Eastwood in the process, except he could probably still kick my ass...

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:50:05 -0800

Apologies... I have Adblock Plus installed on my Firefox, so I see no pop-ups or ads. No harm intended/done. That's what I get for browsing bareback.

By: Doofus Magoo

Doofus Magoo — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:55:31 -0800

For example, Mystic River, which was otherwise a really great film, the last 10 minutes were so mind-bogglingly bad and ruined the film, you really should have just walked out and felt better for never having seen it. When a friend and I saw Fearless in college, he walked out near the end once Jeff Bridges' character ate the strawberry.

By: now i'm piste

now i'm piste — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:01:55 -0800

I see no pop-ups or ads. posted by not_on_display Epony.

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:02:03 -0800

If I fall asleep during a movie, it's because I no longer care how it ends.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:17:01 -0800

"Ruined Endings" are what happen when the massage parlor gets raided by the cops.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:25:00 -0800

This saves thousands of hours!

By: kbanas

kbanas — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:27:04 -0800

Don't forget The Movie Spoiler! For whatever reason I'm obsessed with reading about what happens in horror movies. I'm too scared to actually see most horror movies, but for some reason I like to *read* about them an awful lot.

By: Inspector.Gadget

Inspector.Gadget — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:33:08 -0800

Jeebus, kbanas, clicking on that link is like taking a discount flight to 1995.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:36:17 -0800

Selma: You like the movies, don't you? Bill Houston: I love the movies. I just love the musicals. Selma: But isn't it annoying when they do the last song in the films? Bill Houston: Why? Selma: Because you just know when it goes really big... and the camera goes like out of the roof... and you just know it's going to end. I hate that. I would leave just after the next to last song... and the film would just go on forever.

By: lucasks

lucasks — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:44:37 -0800

This is what Wikipedia is for. My wife and kids were away for several weeks a few months ago and I started watching a lot of movies, many of which were from Hulu. The thing was, most of them were pretty terrible but the plot had me sucked in. It used to be that I would sit through the rest of some terrible film just to see how it ended, or because I had already sunk so much time into it. Thanks to wikipedia, I could stop after 30 minutes, read a brief synopsis of the rest, and get on with my life (or start another terrible flick). It got to a point where I was skipping the last half of nearly every movie I saw.

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:53:21 -0800

I must confess, following up on lucasks' comments, that I tend to wiki movies *while* I watch them. And check the rotten tomatoes rating. And read a few reviews. And see if there's a MeFi thread about it. This is partly why I've stopped watching movies on my computer.

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:56:22 -0800

In Hollywood, endings ruin you!

By: empath

empath — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:57:56 -0800

Bah -- "Cure" isn't there. Anyone want to tell me how it ends? I fell asleep while watching it on sundance channel a few years ago, and it's been bugging me ever since.

By: jeffburdges

jeffburdges — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:00:48 -0800

By: afx237vi

afx237vi — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:08:00 -0800

filthy light thief: That's one movie where I really wish I could unsee the ending :'-(

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:09:02 -0800

I think the most interesting ruined ending was Spielberg's "feel good" obliteration of Kubrick's film A.I. A movie whose body had good chances for enduring respect has been almost totally wiped from the face of cinematic history solely sure to Spielberg's ending. I think you've been misled. According the Spielberg, "The whole last 20 minutes of the movie was completely Stanley's."

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:10:36 -0800

afx237vi - I thought that was the point of Selma's point of view: stop here if you want to pretend everything will be fine. Go on, "and you just know it's going to end."

By: afx237vi

afx237vi — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:14:40 -0800

filthy light thief: Oh absolutely. It still traumatised the hell outta me though.

By: M.C. Lo-Carb!

M.C. Lo-Carb! — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:28:39 -0800

These folks have been doing movie summaries for far longer, and much better.

By: clavicle

clavicle — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:00:23 -0800

I offer a big high five to anybody else who really DID fall asleep for the last five minutes of The Usual Suspects. ...WHAT? I was so tired and the papasan chair was so comfortable...

By: Elmore

Elmore — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:02:10 -0800

Oh my, this is exactly what my parents need. My evil brother will say they haven't seen the movie he wants to re-watch, just because he knows they never remember the ending. If they don't know how it ended, they never saw it. Now, how do I profit off this...?

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:11:03 -0800

So it was a sled. Hnh. But that means that Malcolm was dead all along, what with Norman propping up his own dead mother in his basement and E.T. and Private Ryan making it home with Indy finding the Ark and O'Shaunessy killing Miles over the fake falcon. Yeah, totally saw it coming.

By: Kronos_to_Earth

Kronos_to_Earth — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:27:12 -0800

I had the strangest feeling I'd seen this movie: they couldn't spoil it for me.

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:56:50 -0800

empath: "Cure" isn't there. Anyone want to tell me how it ends? [fade to black] HTH.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:01:05 -0800

For whatever reason I'm obsessed with reading about what happens in horror movies. I'm too scared to actually see most horror movies, but for some reason I like to *read* about them an awful lot. Everyone is murdered apart from the chick who didn't put out or smoke pot earlier and the monster is killed in some ambiguous way so they can bring it back for the sequel.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:35:14 -0800

Yes: they already spoiled Watchmen.

By: l33tpolicywonk

l33tpolicywonk — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:39:17 -0800

OH NOES

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:44:25 -0800

I see the've not attempted Primer. And go for the Director's Cut version of Blade Runner but don't even address the is her /is he not a replicant question...

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:03:47 -0800

This "spoiler" is more confusing than the movie itself.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:21:25 -0800

You could also ruin endings by relating the ending badly or by relating the ending as it appeared in your dreams, after falling asleep in the middle of the movie. Such as in Synecdoche, New York, after the "Eye of the Tiger" training montage where the protagonist prepares to fight the revived dinosaurs with shotguns & ninja skills.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:22:46 -0800

Awesome, they have The Crying Game! (15 seconds later...) o_O

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:48:49 -0800

~~~D8}

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:16:53 -0800

I wish these sorts of site were available a while back. It took me three some years to finally see the end of one film, due to a (at the time) extremely young brother's bladder...

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:21:47 -0800

Wow, ummmm, most of those REALLY suck on a netbook. (Thanks again for all the work, Matt!)

By: lunasol

lunasol — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:09:08 -0800

For whatever reason I'm obsessed with reading about what happens in horror movies. I'm too scared to actually see most horror movies, but for some reason I like to *read* about them an awful lot. Hey, I do the same, exact thing! I thought I was the only one! Recently I've looked up the endings of The Uninvited and I Know Who Killed Me. (yes, I am ashamed) I'm currently working up the nerve to see Drag Me To Hell.

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:57:33 -0800

Lucasks, I do the same thing, but more often with TV series than with movies. I get sucked in by a first season, the second season loses a lot of steam, and then I want to know what happens in season 3, but don't want to invest the time in actually watching it. I can't even count how many third seasons of TV shows I've "watched" on wikipedia. And, kbanas, word on the horror movie thing, too. I'm not a horror fan, and watch almost nothing, but for some reason I've read the full synopses of every Saw film, and Hostel 1 & 2. I don't know why I do it, but it makes it somewhat surreal to discuss horror movies with a coworker who is really into horror. I know what happened, but I have zero visual reference.