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11 explanations to some of the most confusing movie endings of all time

Published by Business Insider on Mon, 22 Oct 2018


For most major pictures, a clear and defined finale to a film is the status quo. However, certain film directors are determined to leave their movies open to interpretation and deliberation or make their audience work out the ending on their own. Below are 11 explanations for film endings that have confused fans for years, from "Donnie Darko" to "Bladerunner." Warning: there are major spoilers ahead.1. "Donnie Darko" confused most viewers from beginning to end."Donnie Darko" (2001) is a science-fiction thriller in which Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is haunted by visions of a man in a rabbit suit who convinces him to commit violent crimes. Oddly enough, its also a time travel movie. This film has bewildered viewers since its premiere, especially with its ending. Essentially, almost the entirety of the film takes place in an alternate universe that was accidentally created when Donnie survives a plane engine crashing into his house. In the end, in order to prevent the main timeline from being destroyed, Donnie knowingly stays in his bedroom as a plane engine falls to prevent a paradox. It can be argued that everything outside of the alternate timeline is part of Donnies psychosis.To NME, director Richard Kelly shrugged off questions about whether Donnie had been dead all along and if everything was a hallucination. "I dont have an answer to that question," said Kelly. "I think the film argues that life and death can perhaps coexist, that time is not necessarily a purely linear thing."2. "Inception" divided audiences with a subjective ending."Inception" (2010) is a science-fiction heist film in which Cobb (Leonardo Dicaprio) and his team attempt to plant ideas in the head of a target by invading his dreams. In the beginning, the idea of a totem is introduced, which allows the characters to know whether theyre dreaming or not. Cobbs totem is a spinning top that never falls as long as hes dreaming. At the end of the film, Cobb has successfully pulled off the job and is reunited with his family while his totem spins in the foreground. It teeters slightly, but before it can fall the film cuts to the end credits. Audiences have argued whether Cobb was still dreaming or not by the end of the film. Director Christopher Nolan told The Guardian that he personally doesnt feel as though it truly matters one way or the other: "The way the end of that film worked, Leonardo DiCaprios character, Cobbhe was off with his kids, he was in his own subjective reality. "He didnt really care anymore, and that makes a statement: perhaps, all levels of reality are valid."However, when pressed by actor Michael Caine for clarification while filming, Nolan let Caine know a helpful clue for separating reality from dreams. In an interview with TIME Caine revealed their off-screen conversation. "When I got the script of Inception, I was a bit puzzled by it," Caine said. "And [Nolan] said, 'Well, when you're in the scene, its reality.' So get thatif I'm in it, its reality. If I'm not in it, it's a dream."Because Caines character is featured in the final scene, we can say definitively that Cobb is awake and happily reunited with his children. 3. "Looper" ended with questions left unanswered.Before Rian Johnson directed "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," he made a smaller science-fiction drama titled "Looper" (2012) which centered on a hit man sent from the future to kill criminals in the past. At one point Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) learns that his employers are sending his future self (Bruce Willis) back to be killed at his own hand.After a struggle, Joe and Old Joe end up tangled up with Sarah (Emily Blunt) and her son (Pierce Gagnon) who himself will grow up to be a criminal. Just as Old Joe attempts to kill Sarah, Joe shoots himself, effectively committing suicide while also killing his future self. However, Sarah still remembers Old Joe, and the bullet wound he inflicted on her son. Johnson told HuffPost how he crafted the ending: "She would remember him because she had experienced him to up to the point where he turned the gun and shot himself. And whether you think of it as in that moment, where he shot himself, an alternate timeline was created that we now switch tothat, to me, is largely just semantics... Whats important is what the experience of these people are in the events that happened in the movie. And that, you have to experience in a linear fashion."See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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