Timeline for Is there any term for this when a movie doesn't end as its plot suggests?
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| Jan 10, 2017 at 2:47 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMovies/status/818650445942050819 | ||
| Jan 10, 2017 at 0:34 | answer | added | MeltingDog | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 18:00 | comment | added | Michael Seifert | One of the best examples of this is Funny Games. I don't want to give too much away, but it's clear by the end that the director is just messing with us. | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 16:10 | answer | added | gingerbreadboy | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 8:17 | answer | added | SGR | timeline score: 2 | |
| S Jan 9, 2017 at 1:24 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2017 at 1:17 | vote | accept | A J♦ | ||
| Jan 8, 2017 at 19:21 | answer | added | cde | timeline score: 21 | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 19:01 | comment | added | Thunderforge | What do you think was the purpose of the different ending? To surprise? That's a twist ending. To deliberately be tragic despite the lead up? That's a downer ending. To annoy with the lack of resolution? That's an anti-climactic ending. To just mess with the viewer? That's what TV tropes calls a Gainax ending. Without knowing what you were expecting, and what you think the intended reaction to the ending was, it's tough to say. It may help to describe the ending in a spoiler tag and then elaborate with why it didn't match your expectations and what your reaction was. | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 17:03 | history | edited | A J♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2017 at 17:00 | comment | added | A J♦ | Maybe I wasn't clear enough for what I was meant to ask. Hope the edited question now does. | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 16:57 | history | edited | A J♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2017 at 16:39 | answer | added | BlueMoon93 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 16:17 | comment | added | A J♦ | I know that it is often referred as twist ending, but still looking for more specific term. I posted what I just found. | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 16:14 | comment | added | Walt | An anti-climax is a specific, often subjective variation of an unexpected ending, though. | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 16:12 | history | edited | A J♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2017 at 16:09 | answer | added | A J♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 16:08 | comment | added | Walt | Er, twist ending? Seriously, this is extremely common. Shyamalan basically makes a living off it. | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 16:07 | history | asked | A J♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |