The main characters looking solemn on the poster for Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Though a simple ending can feel fitting for the right movie, and an extension of the fact that it’s okay for film to not reflect reality 100%, more complex endings – again, for the right movie – are worth celebrating. Sometimes, endings can be unconventional or complex by being ambiguous, and at other times, certain endings will buck trends by barreling viewers over with seemingly contradictory emotions.
9 'Babylon' Director: Damien Chazelle Not everyone liked the maximalism of Babylon, so for the film’s detractors, the most tragic thing about it might well be the fact it took away 3+ hours of their lives. But to explore the film in a more positive manner, it does succeed in being both a comedy and a tragedy throughout its entire runtime. There’s a celebration of movies, but a condemnation of the movie industry, all at once.
At the end of Pan’s Labyrinth, there’s some ambiguity surrounding whether the final scene is a dying dream for the young Ofelia, or whether she actually arrives at an afterlife that’s better than the world she’s leaving. At least some form of evil on Earth is conquered in any event, at least within the story shown, but it’s still tremendously upsetting how many people died in the process, even if the protagonist has successfully ascended to a heaven of sorts.
Like with Ikiru, Kurosawa concludes Seven Samurai on a potently bittersweet note, with more than half the warriors losing their lives by the time the battle’s over, then concluding everything with a scene that shows life going on for the villagers, none of whom seem particularly grateful. The three warriors left behind glumly ponder where they’ll go from that point onwards… and then the movie ends. They win, sure, but at a great cost, and without a clear path forward for their own futures.
4 'Robot Dreams' Director: Pablo Berger It’s hard to feel too unhappy while listening to a song like Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,” at least if you haven’t been knocked over by the intensely bittersweet Robot Dreams. It’s a film about a lonely dog getting a companion robot, and becoming friends with said robot, only to become separated by a series of unfortunate occurrences.
An eventual compromise is reached by the end of Marriage Story, but the process there is long, arduous, and emotionally taxing, both for the characters and the audience. There is a sense of peace and finality to the relationship, and a suggestion that both parties will move on, but the sadness from the whole ordeal lingers in certain ways, the pain of such a separation unlikely to ever go away entirely.
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