tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055120531616288681.post502965218318608482..comments2024-01-11T05:22:30.572-05:00Comments on I Have an Opinion: IHAO ... on the Cornetto Quadrilogy (The World's End review)Deewunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298505961150484167noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055120531616288681.post-74836453555116472292013-08-26T10:22:57.491-04:002013-08-26T10:22:57.491-04:00I very much WANT to like what you said. Because a...I very much WANT to like what you said. Because at heart, I believe that is the intended feeling they wanted. But with the way the (spoilers now because I gotta)<br /><br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><br />With the way the Network just flippantly buggered off, with the implied importance of the last drink he didn't take (who the HELL set up that 12th drink for him at the last bar? Why was it important enough to set it up? Why did it not matter when he didn't drink it?), with the fact that he DIDN'T learn anything because of the epilogue (which I do think is the epilogue's fault, truly) ... just all these little minor things that actively fight against that escaping Peter Pan mentality that I do agree is the supposed theme that never gets really hit on strongly or even implied strongly ... with all of that, it makes it hard to not just feel flat and hollow about the whole thing.<br /><br />My suggestion for the ending was that:<br />1) he drinks the last beer. He finishes the Golden Mile, and THAT is what sets the Network into motion finally, where they can say all the same things and force the Network to shut down and leave and blow everything up, but it gives resolution to the goal and makes it make sense why the drink is there<br />2) have the Network actually believe Gary King is the King! Don't just make a flippant line about it, have that be a real thing that the Network believes because language is difficult and even though Gary screwed up by drinking things this night (unlike last time) because he's the "King" that would make it make SENSE that the Network left<br />3) let the car frickin' out run the explosion. That is such a STUPID spot in films and just let it happen. BUT have a tire pop just outside the city limits, and have Gary push the car across the line and get vaporized, sacrificing himself nobly instead of scared like he'd been doing his whole life, saving the three closest people to him in the entire world (which we know from the opening monologue). <br /><br />All of that gives us gravitas, it gives a fitting ending, it makes everything make sense, it makes Gary King a redeemed character, and it removes the stupid epilogue tacked on ending. Just remove that whole thing. And that would easily have popped this film up to an A. Which is why I cannot give it an A, and cannot endorse the ending. The REST I'll totally endorse. :)Deewunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298505961150484167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055120531616288681.post-60978544905724691902013-08-26T06:26:15.917-04:002013-08-26T06:26:15.917-04:00Jessel, I have to disagree -- I think the ending w...Jessel, I have to disagree -- I think the ending works!!! Hard to go into too much detail without being spoilery. I think the three Cornetto movies (not including Paul for now, I'd have to rewatch it) are exploring the infantilization of the modern male -- basically about the difficulties in letting go of the Peter Pan eternal adolescent fantasy, and how these characters just can't negotiate adult relationships or jobs or boundaries -- in fact in all three movies it LITERALLY takes an apocalyptic massacre for the male leads to understand what it takes to grow up! From that perspective, I thought SP's revelation at the end was heartbreaking -- his breaking point is that he can't bear the thought of someone else telling him when to go to bed. And then the characters "win" by turning down the chance to be eternal 17-year-olds... which they do BECAUSE they are still too much rebellious teenagers to do what they're told!<br /><br />After that, yeah, the ending/epilogue did feel pretty tacked-on. But I thought the final resolution was pretty good.Jess Lonsdalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055120531616288681.post-14071664594378418442013-08-24T15:49:16.293-04:002013-08-24T15:49:16.293-04:00I really REALLY want to see this! Simon Pegg is a...I really REALLY want to see this! Simon Pegg is a jew soldier, and Nick Frost is the Nazi captain!Deewunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298505961150484167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055120531616288681.post-71988347028803915252013-08-24T15:37:36.240-04:002013-08-24T15:37:36.240-04:00Their next film is going to be called "Da&quo...Their next film is going to be called "Da" and will be an homage to Nazi/WWII films. So, it shall be the best. Because it has the shortest title.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com