feelign hot hot hott
..This is strangely inspirational.
Omg I really needed this today. Thank you Tumblr.
This is inspirational!!!
Well except for the first one lol
I needed ALL OF THIS. Especially the ones about giving up.
get on board or get out of the way
DIE LIKE YOU WERE BORN
SCREAMING AND BATHED IN BLOOD.
THOR IS ON OUR SIDE
masteRBATINGFSKLG;.VF
good life lessons
(Mostly) Words to live by.
Cliffhangers - An observation (Spoilers for “The Grey”)
A few weeks ago, I finally saw the movie “The Grey”, starring Liam Neeson and directed by Joe Carnahan. Ultimately I liked the flick, it held my attention and kept me off my guard for it’s duration. It was by no means perfect, but if you want a proper review seek an actual movie critic. I for one, am more interested in talking about it’s ending, and it’s reaction within the audience that saw it the same time as I did. This should go without saying, but SPOILERS incoming for the movie. Stop reading now if you care.
Liam Neeson plays Ottway, a skilled hunter hired by an Alaskan oil drilling company to protect it’s workers from an aggressive pack of wolves that continually harass them. Returning from the field back to civilization, their plane crashes in the frozen wilderness. Ottway and the few surviving workers must survive with little supplies, while fending off the pack of wolves who’s territory they are intruding on. As the story progresses, the reclusive Ottway becomes sort of a survivalist guide to the others as the wolves and nature itself systematically pick them off one at a time. Thankfully the movie stays away from typical horror movie murder scenes and focuses instead on the characters themselves, none of whom are legitimately bad people, and are all easily relatable; making their deaths emotional events.
In the end its down to Ottway himself, predictably. In trying to escape his pursuers and find civilization he has instead stumbled into the wolves’ den itself, staring down the Alpha Male with some hastily Macgyverd weaponry preparing for a duel to the death… and that’s where the movie ends. The person sitting in front of me in the theater shouted “You have got to be kidding me!”, and left the theater in a huff.
Am I the only one not bothered by a cliffhanger? A real one I mean, not one obviously setting up for a sequel, but an actual ambiguous ending? As the movie reached its climax and closed in on Neeson’s eyes, I said to myself “This movie needs to end NOW, as there is no possible ending that could live up to the rest of it.” An unclear ending like that leaves more room for the imagination. Let’s be honest, how often do things live up to how you imagine them? Most importantly, I find the idea that someone would think they were entitled to a definitive ending from a movie offensive.
I’m probably overreacting, but it remains my honest opinion that there would have been no way to end that movie without completely killing the excitement it was building up. The fact that there are people who wouldn’t understand this is what truly got under my skin. Now of course, there was that little after the credits clip, so short you could blink and miss it. Another healthy reminder that one should really sit through the credits anyway, even if it’s just to make fun of people’s names. But even this extra clip maintains most of the ambiguity of the film, thankfully.
Ok, now I KNOW I’m overreacting. One can’t change the way people think. I’d just like to remind everyone that a good story is one that elicits an emotional response, weather a positive one or a negative one. One could even argue that the anger the other theater patron displayed was an emotional response to it. But do not let that mean the movie is bad, especially if it carried you so strongly through everything prior.
To anyone who has an opinion on this subject, this movie, or anything related: Please PLEASE share your thoughts below. I would love to hear other peoples reactions to this.
