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The ending of Truman Show is often considered one of the greatest moments in the history of cinema. It's a really great sequence that also stayed with me since

The ending of Truman Show is often considered one of the greatest moments in the history of cinema. It's a really great sequence that also stayed with me since then. I was never too much into Carrey acting on comedic roles, but I really like his dramatic ones.

NovaDudely 3y ago
Definitely up there as one of the greatest endings, the melancholy it represents is just so on point. Another similar film like that would be 'Being John Malkovich', - a film that was utter perfect all the way til the end. The thing I absolutely love about the end is that what happens after is completely left open. Did he find peace or was it disappointment at the horrors of what was outside the dome? We will never know, it is just something you have to wonder and accept. It is not for us to know, it is but the feeling a dream you can never grasp like the clouds behind a distant mountain.
- zelos 3y ago
  I rewatched it the other day and it is a great ending. My first thought was that they could have cut to black when Truman walks through the door, but actually having the last line as "what else is on?" is perfect IMHO.
  - NovaDudely 3y ago
    Considering the pace at which the attention moves on, it was an honest but savage mirror onto the viewers. And by comparison, the 90's was slow by today's standards. It is funny looking back at media from that era and seeing how there was this idea that things were already too hectic. Like in the early 90's Bart Simpson referring to the non-stop fast times they lived in. Vaguely related but another great one was the small doco "Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age" filmed in 1985, they are talking about how they cannot keep up with the pace of BBS boards. If only they knew what was coming. Also of note is this is one of the earliest recorded sightings of Richard Stallman, his message was very on point even then.
    - Zanni 3y ago
      This may blow your mind: Alvin Toffler wrote the book Future Shock [1] about the psychological effect of "too much change in too short a period of time" in 1970. That predates cell phones (1973), personal computers (1977), the web (1989), smart phones (2007) and modern AI (2022?) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock
TacticalCoder 3y ago
> I was never too much into Carrey acting on comedic roles, but I really like his dramatic ones. I enjoy dumb movies toe but, like you, I prefer him in the "not totally dumb" movies. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a movie I like a lot too.

NovaDudely 3y ago

Definitely up there as one of the greatest endings, the melancholy it represents is just so on point. Another similar film like that would be 'Being John Malkovich', - a film that was utter perfect all the way til the end. The thing I absolutely love about the end is that what happens after is completely left open. Did he find peace or was it disappointment at the horrors of what was outside the dome? We will never know, it is just something you have to wonder and accept. It is not for us to know, it is but the feeling a dream you can never grasp like the clouds behind a distant mountain.

zelos 3y ago
I rewatched it the other day and it is a great ending. My first thought was that they could have cut to black when Truman walks through the door, but actually having the last line as "what else is on?" is perfect IMHO.
- NovaDudely 3y ago
  Considering the pace at which the attention moves on, it was an honest but savage mirror onto the viewers. And by comparison, the 90's was slow by today's standards. It is funny looking back at media from that era and seeing how there was this idea that things were already too hectic. Like in the early 90's Bart Simpson referring to the non-stop fast times they lived in. Vaguely related but another great one was the small doco "Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age" filmed in 1985, they are talking about how they cannot keep up with the pace of BBS boards. If only they knew what was coming. Also of note is this is one of the earliest recorded sightings of Richard Stallman, his message was very on point even then.
  - Zanni 3y ago
    This may blow your mind: Alvin Toffler wrote the book Future Shock [1] about the psychological effect of "too much change in too short a period of time" in 1970. That predates cell phones (1973), personal computers (1977), the web (1989), smart phones (2007) and modern AI (2022?) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock

TacticalCoder 3y ago

> I was never too much into Carrey acting on comedic roles, but I really like his dramatic ones. I enjoy dumb movies toe but, like you, I prefer him in the "not totally dumb" movies. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a movie I like a lot too.