Endings. Writers want them to be logical. Directors want them to be spectacular. Producers want them to be reshot. And the public does not want to hear about them -- not until it has been jolted by the hoped-for surprise it paid good money to enjoy.
In the long run, most of this fuss is for nothing. If we remember anything five years later about a movie's conclusion, it is usually an image, a scrap of dialogue or a performance, not how the plot unraveled, congealed or died. Unfortunately, most movies these days are made for the very short run; their...
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