Good movies with bad endings

[Redfraggle]

Yes and no: The movie followed the book well, but completely cut out the last chapter, where (if I remember correctly, it's been a few years) Alex as an older man, looking back on his life, actually has a different perspective on what he'd done. The movie ends with him the same delinquent he was when it started, I'm pretty sure Burgess had a different point to make.

This. A Clockwork Orange was actually terrible in my opinion. It tried entirely too hard to be shocking and edgy, which was not really the intent of the book. It became so over the top that it became like a parody eventually. So, overall, I think it's a huge fail. Also, it's ironic that people praise the movie ending, because it's not the "real" ending at all.

 

[zinfamous]

So you must never want to watch any movie based on a book. They're hardly even close to the books.

I Am Legend has been done properly as other films before. Only, this one actually takes the name of the story, yet completely abandons it for purposes of yet another zombie thriller movie.

The Will Smith version is completely useless--there is absolutely nothing unique about it; considering that the 30+ year-old story from which is plunders the title is far more unique than anything else in the genre of the previous 30 years.

it is a travesty.

And I'm the first to point out that people who complain about a movie being a poor representation of the book have their heads up their asses.
(LotR films destroy the books, for example. really no reason to waste yoru time on those books beyond the age of 10, when one is learning how to read...)
But in this case, it wasn't even the same story. It should have just been titled: "Yet another zombie story that we butchered just to make a quick buck. Don't worry, we'll throw in some Will Smith sass to keep you entertained, but you'll forget about it in a month. Wouldn't want to challenge your brains, folks."

 

[tcsenter]

why does it have to work out for him? Life doesn't always work out like planned. He realized that and decided to let her go. In the end, he decided to move on with his life and find a new path (I personally think he was looking in the direction the redhead went in the end).

Yeah, definitely better than one of them dying at the end like the other two I mentioned.

 

[clamum]

This. A Clockwork Orange was actually terrible in my opinion. It tried entirely too hard to be shocking and edgy, which was not really the intent of the book. It became so over the top that it became like a parody eventually. So, overall, I think it's a huge fail. Also, it's ironic that people praise the movie ending, because it's not the "real" ending at all.

I haven't read the book in a few years, but to me both the movie and book are pretty shocking. I guess I can't comment much further on this since I haven't read the novel in a few years, but I still stand by my first sentence.

Care to elaborate on why the film "tried entirely too hard to be shocking and edgy" compared to the novel?

 

[ProfJohn]

Read Weapons of Choice for the equivalent book. In the book, they don't get to come back.

Good book series, although the first is the best for sure.