If it's done well, then I don't mind. At least it isn't horribly predictable.
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If it's done well, then I don't mind. At least it isn't horribly predictable.
Samurai movies. Sometimes everyone dies, sometimes a few people don't die, but it's rarely (if ever) a happy ending. 'Seven Samurai' is a classic. I've watched it like 5 times... then I bought the Anime series on DVD. Heck, I cried during Tom Cruise's 'The Last Samurai'. Good movies.
Anyone ever read the Western novel, Road to Nowhere?
You should. (SPOILER)Everyone dies, you see? But they always make it out like the main guy survives. Right up to the VERY last page. And the veyr last 3 lines or so.
Ever see that episode of Scrubs where (SPOILER)that guy who was played by Brendan Frasier is following Dr. Cox around for the whole episode and at the end theyre on their way to Jack's christening, but it turns out they're actually on their way to that guy's funeral and he's been dead since the beginning? That was the absolute saddest thing I've ever seen in my entire life.
Go watch (SPOILER)The Departed and tell me everyone dying can't work.
No, especially when they're characters I like. I was thinking of killing off a character in my own story; this may well give me cause not too, thinking of it. It's sort of like being God and killing off someone, doing that to a character.
Yes, that happens at the end of the movie. That ending was actually made in a decent way. If anyone has seen a movie called Bubba Ho-tep, that one also has (SPOILER)both Elvis and John F. Kennedy, the two main characters, die in the end. Other than that, StarCraft's add-on Insurrection (SPOILER)had you lead a Zerg army in the 2nd last mission, and your mission was to kill all the main characters who you've got to know during the entire campaign. I think that was a really stupid way to get rid of all the characters, and it just made the ending feel awkward.Quote:
Originally Posted by Craig
If you watch Six Feet Under, (SPOILER)the ending is where everyone dies (in flash-forwards, sort of) but it ends the series with this complete feeling, so I think that was done very well.
So, yes, there can be good endings where everyone dies, but it's very rare.
I wrote a short story last year which was Samurai based. Every single character mentioned in the story dies besides the girl. The final battle consists of an Oni and a samurai, and both throw their blades at each other. The blades stab each other and they both die.Quote:
Originally Posted by JKTrix