Didn't I say I was a mass-market avoiding snob? I demand no less.
Did I mention my theory on why you find Viggo somewhat disturbing?
I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?
Book ,'Objects In Space'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Mar 10, 2004 5:38:03 pm PST #1223 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2004 5:41:14 pm PST #1224 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Did I mention my theory on why you find Viggo somewhat disturbing?
No, no you've neglected to.
I can't remember other endings. There are books I liked or loved, but Owen Meany was the one where I looked at the ending, and thought about the whole again, without there being any sort of twist.
sarameg - Mar 10, 2004 5:43:36 pm PST #1225 of 10002
I loved the end of Map of Love. (I loved the way it was so much a weaving, which was also an element of the story.) It brought everything into this mythic structure and felt so completely right. I guess, I like the ending if it seems to fit the rest, so a lot of stuff. But I lovelovelove when I get to the end with a major WHOA and I feel compelled to reread with the new subtext I get in the last section.
Dana - Mar 10, 2004 5:44:07 pm PST #1226 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Joyce's "The Dead" also achieves a terrible/beautiful lyrical quality in the final passage.
Joyce makes me shake for a whole different reason.
Betsy HP - Mar 10, 2004 5:46:26 pm PST #1227 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I love the ending of the movie (don't know if it's in the book) Barry Lyndon.
Everybody's life has, one way or another, been destroyed. Then there's a voiceover with titles: (paraphrase) "Rich or poor, good or bad, lucky or unlucky, they are all equal now." Sent chills up my spine.
DavidS - Mar 10, 2004 5:46:48 pm PST #1228 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Joyce makes me shake for a whole different reason.
Are we talking about Molly Bloom now? checks notes...
amych - Mar 10, 2004 5:48:34 pm PST #1229 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Are we talking about Molly Bloom now?
Speaking of great endings....
Frankenbuddha - Mar 10, 2004 5:50:24 pm PST #1230 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love the ending of the movie (don't know if it's in the book) Barry Lyndon.
Everybody's life has, one way or another, been destroyed. Then there's a voiceover with titles: (paraphrase) "Rich or poor, good or bad, lucky or unlucky, they are all equal now." Sent chills up my spine.
Terribly underrated movie (although one of Scorcese's favorites) and Michael Horden's narration was wonderful.
taps foot waiting for deb's inevitable Kubrick rant :)
DavidS - Mar 10, 2004 5:51:32 pm PST #1231 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think my favorite ending is "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" because Flannery has had a dark and comic tone through the whole story, and that tone leads you to a place of spiritual revelation. Where the old woman and the Misfit (one a fussy, vain, shallow biddy, the other a stereotypical killer) are exposed to each other in a deeply human way. And the darkness, and the comedy and the violence are not misleads at all, but how you get to that humanity. And it encapsulates all that not only in a narrative moment, but in a highly quotable quote from one of the characters.
Jessica - Mar 10, 2004 5:54:54 pm PST #1232 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
mmmmmm, Barry Lyndon.
Watership Down ends very well.