Top Three: Disappointing Endings

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Celebrating downward spirals! In the first episode of a special two-part series, Nick and Dimitri discuss the importance of conclusions in fiction and then each list their top three movies or television shows with disappointing final acts. Come back next time for part two, in which they’ll talk about their bad oeuvres with good endings.

  • 00:00     The Importance of a Good Ending
  • 05:43     The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
  • 09:50     I Am Legend
  • 12:58     The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • 15:29     Catch and Release
  • 17:47     Serenity
  • 22:32     The Last Exorcism
  • 26:41     A Digression about the Found Footage Conceit

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Editor in Chief / Movie Critic: When he started this site, Dimitri never thought he'd be writing blurbs about himself in the third person. In his other life, he works as a writer, translator, and editor for various publications in print and online. His motto is, "Have pen, will travel."