tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post1531208682412821643..comments2023-11-05T06:55:38.728-05:00Comments on As Little as Possible: Wow them in the end, and you've got a hitJ.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815005929352267468noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-65521896600090228352007-10-23T23:04:00.000-04:002007-10-23T23:04:00.000-04:00Thanks for the shout-out, J.J. I'm always glad to ...Thanks for the shout-out, J.J. I'm always glad to find the site of a brother shamus. I almost named mine The Flaw In The Iris. Or Albacore. But that's getting perversely obscure.Larry Aydlettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032594598176185353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-41042688786447309302007-10-23T10:06:00.000-04:002007-10-23T10:06:00.000-04:00Thanks for explaining this! I have long wondered e...Thanks for explaining this! I have long wondered exactly where the title came from.<BR/><BR/>As for best endings to films, I'm surprised that <I>Some Like It Hot</I> isn't on the list. Perhaps that's too cliche.<BR/><BR/>For a sickly horrifying end, I'm partial to <I>Night of the Living Dead</I>, particularly if we include the closing credits.<BR/><BR/>My favorite of recent movies is a quieter ending that packs a whollop: I'm still attached to John Sayles' <I>Lone Star</I>, in which a quiet meeting between lovers Chris Cooper and Elizabeth Peña discloses a secret that sets everything we have previously seen -- the WHOLE MOVIE -- on its head. I love that ending.Middentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829095129849712488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-79760709362417923632007-10-22T10:20:00.000-04:002007-10-22T10:20:00.000-04:00Excellent.Excellent.J.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07815005929352267468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-13020766908734261982007-10-22T00:00:00.000-04:002007-10-22T00:00:00.000-04:00I am, unfortunately, not as familiar with CHINATOW...I am, unfortunately, not as familiar with CHINATOWN as I should be, although I did see it when it first came out, so I was what, 14, 15?<BR/>Your explanation of "As little as possible," was really eye-opening and now I want to see this film again! <BR/>Thanks! Thanks alot!<BR/>Jerk!<BR/><BR/>Um...<BR/><BR/>I will now share this trivial but affectionate memory that I will always associate with that film.<BR/>In high school, me and two buddies (Pete, and my best friend, Steve) always went to the movies. My parents (one or the other, usually my mom) always drove us.<BR/>And if it was an R-rated film, they had to come with us and actually watch the movie, too.<BR/>Well, my dad saw CHINATOWN with us.<BR/>After the film ended, with that downbeat, violent ending, I remember us walking back to the car, and my dad, apparently compelled to say something wise, something as appropriate guidance from an adult, said: <BR/><BR/>"Well, sometimes life is like that."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-79183523811695996752007-10-20T13:18:00.000-04:002007-10-20T13:18:00.000-04:00i would add to the list the limb shattering ending...i would add to the list the limb shattering ending of death becomes her...."do you remember where you parked the car?"<BR/><BR/>-flevAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-27454026984968512412007-10-20T12:53:00.000-04:002007-10-20T12:53:00.000-04:00Are you being serious? It sounds like you haven't ...Are you being serious? It sounds like you haven't seen it. C'MON.J.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07815005929352267468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-76600942533890062812007-10-20T12:28:00.000-04:002007-10-20T12:28:00.000-04:00thank god for the ending of THE CONVERSATION. the ...thank god for the ending of THE CONVERSATION. the rest of the movie dragged along like a trophy tied to the bumper of a 1970s cadillacBeedowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03867308133421862778noreply@blogger.com