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“Flicks in Pieces” is a regular feature that looks not at entire movies, but at the parts of those movies that can sometimes make us love or hate them.
FLICKS IN PIECES 10/6/2009: Unhappy Endings
It’s happened to all of us at one time or another: You’re watching a movie, maybe even enjoying it, and along comes an ending so monumentally stupid, preposterous or otherwise unsatisfying that you want to hurl something at the screen. That’s right, M. Night Shyamalan, I’m looking at you.
So what movie endings left you the most frustrated or disappointed?
Bio: Scott Renshaw has been a City Weekly staff member since 1999, including assuming the role of primary film critic in 2001 and Arts & Entertainment Editor in 2003. Scott has covered the Sundance Film Festival for 25 years, and provided coverage of local arts including theater, pop-culture conventions, comedy, literature,...Scott Renshaw has been a City Weekly staff member since 1999, including assuming the role of primary film critic in 2001 and Arts & Entertainment Editor in 2003. Scott has covered the Sundance Film Festival for 25 years, and provided coverage of local arts including theater, pop-culture conventions, comedy, literature, dance and visual arts. He has a BA in English from Stanford University, and covered theater for the Palo Alto Weekly before relocating to Utah in 1997.
In 2016, Scott's first book, Happy Place: Living the Disney Parks Life was released by Critical Press, exploring the fan communities of Disney theme parks. In addition to his role at City Weekly, he is a regular contributor for MiceChat.com, and is a member and former president of the Utah Film Critics Association.more
We've shared our Q&A with you; now you share your thoughts with us. What did you think about the Oscar-nominated documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America, and about the discussion afterward
If you're a movie-goer of a certain age, it has undoubtedly happened to you: You're watching a movie set in a specific year, and you see something -- or hear a song -- that didn't exist in that year.