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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 3991612" data-attributes="member: 63">What are some of the best endings to movies, books, video games, even your own games? There are way too many stories released these days that I think could be so much better if they just changed the ending a little. I first started being really critical of endings after beating Final Fantasy VII, to the point that I actually wrote my own ending for it so I wouldn't be so dissatisfied with the game.This thread will probably have tons of spoilers. Beware, though I'll put all of mine in sblock tags.I've been sort of stuck on the ending of a novel I'm writing, and I'm looking for some help getting into the right mindset.For me, in recent memory:TV - Angel. The final season led up to such a perfect ending.[sblock]The gang, led by a good vampire, has been going up against an evil law firm which is supposed run by a trio of ancient demons - referred to as Wolfram & Hart, attorneys at law - and the heroes have spent the whole season 'working for' the lawfirm. Wolfram & Hart have tried to corrupt them, but Angel has just been using it as a path to find out who the most powerful forces of evil in L.A. are. Over the course of the season you meet each of these prominent villains, and all of them manage to get away with horrible things.In the final episode, each member of the group is assigned one of these villains to take out. Everyone seems to realize that they are horribly outgunned, and they're probably going to die, but that doing this is the right thing, and it's a worthy sacrifice. The episode follows them planning and then taking out the villains one by one, though some of the heroes are wounded and one dies, his sacrifice evoking a stirring change in another of the group. Angel himself is assigned to take out the liaison to Wolfram & Hart (played by none other than Adam Freakin' Baldwin!).The liaison kicks Angel's butt, and then taunts him, saying that he is invincible because the blood of the Wolf, Ram, and Hart flow through his veins. Angel smiles and says, "Want to guess what one word you shouldn't have just said to this vampire?" And then he leaps upon the guy, sucks out his blood, and defeats him.At the end, the heroes all meet up in an alley in a rainstorm, realizing that Wolfram & Hart has called upon all their evil minions to swarm the heroes and destroy them. In the distance, coming down the street they see, vaguely hidden by the rain, dozens of monsters, including a towering behemoth and a dragon swooping through the sky, and overwhelming force they have no chance against. One of the heroes asks Angel, "What are we going to do?"Angel replies, "Me, I kinda wanna slay the dragon. Let's get to work."And the group walks into battle as the screen cuts to black.[/sblock] Movies - the first Pirates of the Caribbean. I assume we've all seen this, but really, the "three part battle where the actions of two key PC groups turn the tide for the third group of NPCs and eventually defeat the villain" is classic. It worked excellently in Return of the Jedi, and in PotC it was even better. Games - Portal. The writing is what is so perfect here. Plus after the climax, the ending credits are a perfect capstone. Books? - I honestly can't think of one lately. At least from action or adventure novels, it's been a while since I read one with a good ending. A lot of great beginnings. Not so many great endings.</blockquote>

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