In Reply to: Brazil n/t posted by Troy on August 8, 2002 at 17:27:21:
It was the one I had immediately in mind when I started reading the thread. The whole movie is depressing, the protagonist seems doomed from the beginning, never mind just the end, which just confirms your first suspicions were correct.I hate happy endings anyway.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Movies with depressing endings... - marantzman 08:50:28 08/08/02 (73)
- In Cold Blood with Robert Blake, interesting considering recent events.-nt - Mrs. Piggy 09:59:05 08/17/02 (0)
- Lonely Are The Brave (1962) - Big Dave 12:22:03 08/13/02 (0)
- Re: Movies with depressing endings... - Derick 11:10:03 08/13/02 (0)
- OK, here is my final list... - Mrs. Piggy 19:36:15 08/12/02 (4)
- Re:Good list! - marantzman 22:20:44 08/13/02 (3)
- EVERYONE claims to hate "Titanic". Then why was it the top-grossing movie of all time?.... - Dalton 21:35:19 08/20/02 (1)
- I think what happened to Titanic is... - Mrs. Piggy 14:17:13 08/21/02 (0)
- You and me both! - Mrs. Piggy 09:48:43 08/17/02 (0)
- Marantzman, you've created a monster!!! Body Heat-turner -nt - Mrs. Piggy 18:15:15 08/12/02 (0)
- Spy Who Came in From the Cold . . .(more) - Auricle 06:57:42 08/12/02 (0)
- American Beauty -nt - Mrs. Piggy 20:26:44 08/11/02 (0)
- In Dreams with Annette Benning, Robert Downey Jr.-nt - Mrs. Piggy 20:57:26 08/10/02 (0)
- George Orwell's 1984 -nt - Mrs. Piggy 20:32:38 08/10/02 (0)
- Life itself has a rather depressing ending, no? (nt) - Chaney 19:04:47 08/10/02 (2)
- It is what it is, that has to be good enough-nt - Mrs. Piggy 13:40:49 08/12/02 (0)
- No. nt - jusbe 02:48:14 08/11/02 (0)
- Ran -t - The Killer Piglet 18:42:36 08/10/02 (1)
- The Wizzard of Oz - petew 14:36:52 08/15/02 (0)
- All Kronenberg films.... <nt> - Derick 08:51:05 08/10/02 (6)
- Yes, and Dead Ringers is a good intro to cold bleakness. <nt> - cfraser 13:53:39 08/10/02 (5)
- Re: Yes, and Dead Ringers is a good intro to cold bleakness. <nt> - tinear 00:55:15 08/11/02 (4)
- Here are two more bleak J. Iron's films that are superb... - Mrs. Piggy 14:39:39 08/11/02 (2)
- Re: Here are two more bleak J. Iron's films that are superb... - Derick 06:05:36 08/12/02 (1)
- That's the one! Didn't expect to like it, but I did, captivating acting... - Mrs. Piggy 18:14:00 08/12/02 (0)
- Re: Yes, and Dead Ringers is a good intro to cold bleakness. <nt> - cfraser 12:41:22 08/11/02 (0)
- "Forget it, Jake... - Senator Blutarsky 04:51:13 08/10/02 (0)
- Miracle Mile.... - Mrs. Piggy 22:33:23 08/09/02 (0)
- Re: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (nt) - geoffkait 13:44:20 08/09/02 (0)
- Easy Rider. nt - jusbe 10:50:52 08/09/02 (1)
- Also: 'Hani-bi'; 'La Haine'; Kiezslowski's Dekalog 1; 'Saviour' with Dennis Quaid. nt - jusbe 11:13:20 08/09/02 (0)
- Frances, The Unebearable Lightness Of Being, Happiness (nt) - sjb 09:11:56 08/09/02 (0)
- Here's my favorite.... - Harmonia 08:21:05 08/09/02 (1)
- Re: Here's my favorite.... - Stephen Hayes 08:23:15 08/09/02 (0)
- Seven, Hair <nt> - Stephen Hayes 08:16:56 08/09/02 (0)
- Is depressings endings...True ending ? - patrickU 06:56:17 08/09/02 (0)
- requiem for a dream - chiggy 04:36:28 08/09/02 (1)
- Re: requiem for a dream - Harmonia 08:22:17 08/09/02 (0)
- Re: going down the road, for all you canucks - bater 04:27:58 08/09/02 (0)
- Ghost World. - TAFKA Steve 00:51:12 08/09/02 (0)
- Old Yeller - YECH 19:25:22 08/08/02 (5)
- LOL! - Harmonia 08:08:38 08/09/02 (4)
- Your're laughing because old yeller got shot!?!:o)--nt - Mrs. Piggy 22:27:31 08/09/02 (3)
- Re: Your're laughing because old yeller got shot!?!:o)--nt - Harmonia 03:08:28 08/10/02 (2)
- Ever see Disney's the Fox and the Hound?.... - Mrs. Piggy 13:03:21 08/10/02 (1)
- Like Boxers too. - Harmonia 16:17:43 08/15/02 (0)
- All “Tom and Jerry†cartoons. Can’t wait when the kitty eat the freaking rat! </nt> - Romy 17:40:34 08/08/02 (1)
- Re: All “Tom and Jerry†cartoons. Can’t wait when the kitty eat the freaking rat! </nt> - Brets 04:38:43 08/30/02 (0)
- Brazil n/t - Troy 17:27:21 08/08/02 (2)
- Funny you mentioned that one - cfraser 06:19:22 08/10/02 (0)
- Disagree... - The Killer Piglet 22:30:16 08/09/02 (0)
- Re: Movies with depressing endings... - mythicwave 15:14:37 08/08/02 (0)
- Re: leaving las vegas, quite uplifting! nt - bater 13:24:11 08/08/02 (1)
- Re: oh, and Bambi - bater 15:50:13 08/08/02 (0)
- Platoon...oh yeah, it was depressing throughout (nt) - thekingpin 13:04:51 08/08/02 (2)
- Re: Platoon...oh yeah, it was depressing throughout (nt) - LarryI 15:54:36 08/08/02 (0)
- Saving Private Ryan-nt - Mrs. Piggy 14:39:03 08/08/02 (0)
- Arlington Road. (nt) - kane 12:18:13 08/08/02 (0)
- Peter Pan - SR 12:05:20 08/08/02 (0)
- Memento - mvwine 11:24:23 08/08/02 (1)
- disagree - chiggy 04:34:35 08/09/02 (0)
- Days of Wine and Roses (Lemmon 1962)-nt - Mrs. Piggy 11:03:27 08/08/02 (0)
- Midnight Cowboy is already out on DVD - brewthunda 10:40:16 08/08/02 (3)
- Wait, what's going on here, do you have special brain powers? - Mrs. Piggy 10:55:26 08/08/02 (2)
- I'm the guy that decides which movies are put on DVD - brewthunda 12:38:36 08/08/02 (1)
- Re: It's out?! - marantzman 14:32:12 08/08/02 (0)
- castaway....n/t - Bolt_Snypr 10:20:38 08/08/02 (4)
- Castaway did not have a depressing ending! - Troy 17:25:49 08/08/02 (2)
- Yup, I liked this too! nt - jusbe 10:50:23 08/09/02 (0)
- Re: I liked this movie too, way more than I expected to (nt) - marantzman 18:18:21 08/08/02 (0)
- Sad that you wasted the $8 to see it (nt) - mvwine 11:24:01 08/08/02 (0)
- Sophia's Choice, Tess, Butch Cassidy/Sundance..., Bonnie and Clyde... - Mrs. Piggy 09:41:13 08/08/02 (0)
- Dead Man with Johnny Depp.... - Mrs. Piggy 09:33:22 08/08/02 (1)
- This one's a real treasure. - The Killer Piglet 19:56:27 08/09/02 (0)
Follow Ups
- Funny you mentioned that one - cfraser 06:19:22 08/10/02 (0)