Image Credit: Myles AronowitzIn case you haven’t heard, there’s a twist at the end of the new Robert Pattinson movie, Remember Me. A big twist. The kind that makes half the people in the theater go “Wha…?” in unison the moment it hits. Plenty of bloggers have already gone down spoiler road, so we won’t even bother here. Suffice it to say, the last 10 minutes of the story are likely to color your feelings about everything that happened before it. Personally, I thought the movie didn’t need the twist — they could’ve run the credits 10 minutes earlier and I would’ve come out feeling about the same. But I’m betting not everyone agrees with me, right? So let’s get a quick show of hands:
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I decided not to see the movie after hearing about the ending. My initial reaction upon hearing about it was one of disgust. Why put myself through something like that?
My thoughts exactly.
It wasn’t as upsetting as I thought it would be.
The thing that hit me the most after seeing the movie, is just how average of an actor Robert Pattinson is. In fact, in a couple scenes, he’s downright cringe-worthy. After Twilight has wrapped up and the tweens move on to something else, his career will take the necessary plunge into marginality.
It took seeing this junk for it to hit you that Robert Pattinson is cringe-worthy?
Hahahaha.
I agree, he is great looking, but his acting skills are nonexistant.
I am mystified at this ‘great-looking’assessment of Robert Pattinson. I think he is really rather creepy-looking – (small, beady) eyes too far apart, bad teeth, concave chest. And rumor has it that he is hygienically challenged. And he can’t act. What is the attraction?
Yeah, I think his best acting was as Cedric Diggory. He should stick to doing something else.
I actually thought it was upsetting. But I only saw the clip online and it was largely I think because I’m a New Yorker.
He is still not as bad as Kristin Stewart and at least he is making good choices for himself. I hear even George Clooney was bad when he started. Acting is a growing process I think he will still land roles because he has a certain box office appeal, but only time will tell.
i think this movie was awesome,but why did rob pattison die at the end of remember me?
See it did the exact opposite ffor me I was suprised… I have never really liked. I couldn’t tell you why but I like him alittle more now…
He is very hott and he is a great actor. So ya’ll can go to hell.
stupid why not watch the movie? its just a movie! every one has thier own opinion so why listen to others? people are so retarted! they are grown people and cant decide for themselves so dumb i saw it and i thought it was a good movie! even if Robert pattison wasnt in it
“retarted”?
Well, that just sums up my opinion on your opinion right there. On so many levels.
if you are going to inappropriately use the word “retarded”, atleast spell it right.
People can’t move in a slow manner?
No, I think she means that they shouldn’t tart themselves up again?
who cares if the word retard is used? if that’s what the movie is then say it out loud. by the way, the movie even looked retarded.
Really? Why would you judge the movie off a spoiler instead of seeing it for yourself? It was such an amazing movie, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m not a Twilight or Robert fan, and I fell in love with Remember Me. The protagonist has the Holden Caufield syndrome and the message of the movie just took my breath away.
u must not have much of a life or really low standards when it comes to movies. really low.
I know what you mean I fell in love with the film as well. I am a twilight fan but i still went in with no expectations about the film. The film grips you and it teaches you a great life lesson. The acting was great as well all the people on this page that are trashing this movie dont get that because they cant see past people saying its good becuase Robert Pattinson is in it. There is more to the film than it being about 9/11. To the people who say it is to soon they are wrong this film was based on a true story and i for one feel that Tylers story deserved to be told.
I agree with you!
HATERS!!!,
I LOVE ROB!,
and the MOVIE!
I happen to agree with you wholeheartedly. I happen to like Robert…I think he has the ability to be a great actor in the next five to ten years. Right now he’s growing and becoming better with every role. This movie captivated me and a day later I’m still thinking about it. I thought this movie spoke to you about forgiveness and learning to accept each other and to never squander a moment.
I agree it was a very good movie, I really enjoyed it!
I thought it was a beautiful movie and was very well made. The acting was very good. It was a drama about a family and how tragedy and loss shaped their lives; how they coped. If you like movies that touch you –you should see it. If not, there are other movies out there for you to watch.
I loved the movie. The ending really brought the whole movie together. I made me think about life and how things can be taken from you in a second.
Yeah my thing is *SPOILER ALERT*
Why couldn’t he just have died some other way, why did he have to die in 9/11. I felt that was emotionally manipulative.
I had to really think about this movie after seeing it yeaterday – and I left with WOW what an ending =
But the point is “dessert first” you never know what can happen – and to realize Remember Me – never forget – I thought it over and decided it was a great message…
Chancey, because real people with real girlfriends and real families died in 9/11 and it’s about time a movie addressed that.
If the movie really wanted to truly address that issue it should have shown more 9/11 stuff instead of tacking it on at the end of the film. Of course 9/11 was a great tragedy I just felt that it was used so frivolously in the film
I thought the same way was it really necessary to use that angle because obviously it will emotionally pull people in a certain direction, but it also reminds you how many stories there really were that day and that kind of ruins the overall message of the movie I think.
@Emma…Several movies have addressed 9/11. The thing is that in all of those, you KNEW what you were in for when the opening credits started.
What upsets me most is that this was the suprise ending for a movie that’s clearly been marketed to the Twilight set. Imagine being a 15 year old girl who was sat down one September Tuesday 9 years ago and told that Mommy or Daddy wasn’t coming home because some bad man hated America and flew a plane into their office. Based on Robert Pattinson’s involvement alone, you decide to go see “Remember Me” with your friends and know nothing about the ending until you’re sitting there reliving your parent’s last moments. Cruel. Just, cruel.
WHY or why are you ruining the ending for those who haven’t seen it?
I think the movie had a great message. At first I was a little upset about the ending but after reading some opinions on it I think it was necessary. I think Rob is a good actor, but he is type cast. The only movies we’ve seen him in are dramas and he always plays the brooding “good guy” that’s misunderstood. I think he plays that very well. But it would be nice to see him play something a little different maybe he could be in a RomCom, in Remember Me he had a few funny moments?? I think the reason why certain ppl dislike his acting is becaise he hasn’t been that dynamic with his roles. So in short at the end of a very long message maybe we’re all just starved for a different kind of character for pattinson? You don’t have to agree it’s just an opinion.
yea i can see how they wouldve gotten sued 4 that
seem’s manipulative to me. but a movie’s job is to create intrest and talk, which this “twist” apparently accomplishes, so in that sense it’s a good “business” descion… which of course is a horrible and manipulative thing to do.
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Disagree. I don’t have a problem with an ending. This is exactly how it happened that day. The attack was unexpected shock. That’s what happened to thousand of families back then. The movie puts a face on 9/11 by showing us two of those families and makes us care about the tragic event on a whole different level. I am glad this movie got made. HW market is over saturated with mindless movies and I am tired of limitless variety. Remember Me is different, it makes people feel, think and remember.
Very true this movie allowed us to follow the everyday life of a family affected by tragedy!
My husband and I went to see the movie. We were totally unprepared for the ending. We both loved the movie. The critics are always saying that movies are too predictable and this one is not. What are they complaining about? Everyone in our theatre thought it was great!!
I agree. The twist made the movie and the fact that it was still a twist on release was the best. Yes, it is sad and heartbreaking but it completely completes the movie and gives the movie it’s title. Everyone needs to remember this a independent film that is focused on relationships and not a blockbuster that we expect a lot out of. This is a good movie that everyone should enjoy.
It’s a twist that is not only unnecessary, but kind of exploitative. What does it really add to this shlocky tale?
Very well put & I agree with you totally.
@AK and Jeri – I disagree. The twist was not unnecessary. By using this twist, it impacts the audience in a much harder way. It hits home with a lot of people, and therefore, you feel the pain, and you can understand the change in the father. And honestly AK, do you really think the writers meant to exploit a tragedy? This movie is written and acted so beautifully. It’s a shame to see anyone denounce any part of it.
@AK and Jeri, I also disagree. The twist brought the whole movie together. The movie was about life and how everyone is connected. It was unexpected and brought more feelings then all the other parts of the movie. This movie showed a tragedy in a whole different way, and it took you off guard. Nobody would have predicted that. And if it wouldn’t have ended with a twist people would be complaining it was to predictable with an uneventful ending where nothing adds up.
@KF: If the movie can’t stand on its own without the twist ending, that’s a whole other problem. But I just have trouble seeing how this plot twist is anything but totally random and disconnected from the rest of the story, as well as an obvious ploy to be “deep” and manipulate the viewers’emotions.
I wonder if people would have as much of an emotional reaction to the end, if the twist did not involve said tragedy…I know for myself seeing that event reenacted is much more likely to elicit despair than having the same thing happen to the character in a more commonplace manner, which I why I think it is exploitative- the film manipulates viewers to have a stronger reactionby including that tragedy.
I just got home from watching the movie. I had no idea there was going to be a twist ending. I just assumed they would hook up and live happily ever after. I noticed the twin towers in the background at the beggining of the movie, but never until I saw the date September 11, 2001 did I ever imagine the movie would end this way. It was sad bc he died, but it touched me much more bc I connected with the tragedy of 9-11. It brought back emotions from that day. I enjoyed the movie and I dont think it was inappropriate at all, just sad.
When I saw the date at the beginning of the movie and the year was 1991, and then later it said “ten years later”, my first thought was ‘September 11, 2001.’Then the movie had nothing to do with it so the thought left my mind, but the moment he was standing in the window (in the inside) with the camera zooming out to the outside the year popped in my head and I realized what was going to happen.
I think the ending pieces everything together nicely, but I am torn on whether it was good or not.
I would have to agree.
I just got home from watching Remember Me with my daughter and of course we expected a VERY romantic movie – instead we got to see the life of an average everyday person who falls in love but also comes from a broken up family, has issues, hurts and tries to do what’s best for his family as a son and as brother – there are many people out there with family problems and others with not enough time for their family – this movie reminds us all of the importance to love and enjoy the ones closest because you just don’t ever know when you will loose them – it was a sad and shocking ending but it really couldn’t have been a better ending – this could have been exactly what someone on that terrible day in that office had been going through in their personal life … good movie but too sad to watch again
True…it was a very unpredictable movie from start to finish. I quite enjoyed that about it. I did not expect to be effected quite as I was, either. It really deeply touched my heart.
your husband went because you forced him to go, not because he wanted to go. no way he wanted to go to this disaster of a chick flick. he just wanted to do something after it was over.
DEAD.
I spot a troll.
so jg, you know her husband more than she did now?
There was not a dry eye in our theater…
ok I won’t see the movie but now im intrigued. Can somebody tell me WHAT’S THE BIG ENDING? PLEASE!
9/11
LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
The Twilight guy dies at the end on 911 in the Twin Towers.
Robert Pattison’s character goes to Waldbaum’s a buys some shampoo.
If this is a movie you are not interested in taking time out to see, why are you taking time to discuss it here? In order to intellegently discuss a movie, it is generally thought to be important to know the subject, or in this case, to actually see the movie, right?
Agreed. These people just want a venue to rag on Robert Pattinson because he has everything that they don’t. Grow up and get your own life instead of bitching about others’.
THANK YOU! These people talk about how terrible Robert is and how terrible the movie was, even though a majority don’t seem to have even seen it. Yet, they seem to have enough time to come on here and discuss a movie they haven’t seen and an actor they hate. Hmm…
Robert Pattison is Keyser Soze.
You just made my Saturday.
you just made my life
Does anyone have reading comprehension anymore? Or does it need to be in black and white for you to get it? Perhaps a little more education and less movie-viewing for some. Sorry, I try never to be mean-spirited, but the lack of intelligence sometimes astounds me.
I loved this movie. I understand that 9/11 is a difficult topic and/or event to deal with, but I thought the director did a really good job with it. He did not throw it in your face with showing a plane or even the destruction. It was just hinted and the ending scene of showing Tyler’s journal was nice and well shot. I thought Rob’s performance was amazing and nothing at all like Edward Cullen, which about every critic out there was comparing it to. This movie was marketed wrong. It was shown as an uplifting romantic movie and it could not be further from that. The romance is a secondary storyline. I think Summit should have put in the trailer that it was 9/11 related so that the audience was not as shocked. But I was truly surprised at how great the film was based on all of the reviews that literally bashed and hammered it.
9/11 is difficult to talk about or even see on screen. So I can understand why some are offended, but it was shot tastefully and was an appropriate ending for the tone and feel of this film.
I think people were offended because the twist felt arbitrary and manipulative, not because of 9/11 itself. Like in “Patch Adams” when they decided “oh, let’s have his girlfriend get murdered while trying to help a psycho” or the ending to “Pay it Forward”. Unearned, cheap narrative tricks that force the audience into a state of shock in a desperate attempt to add poignancy to their story.
That’s the part that I don’t understand and maybe you can explain it to me because I am not trying to argue at all. How was it unearned? The entire movie was depressing and not something that you would want to go out of your way to watch. I felt so tired and exhausted after watching it, but manipulated? No, not at all. I guess I don’t see how just because they used a significant event in American history as the end of the film, that went with the tone of the film and plot and the storyline, that it makes the film exploitative. I could see that if they showed the actually plane going into the building or the plane period or the destruction of the building. But it was more hinted then anything else. It is difficult to watch, I am not disputing that, but the unearned part I am not seeing.
I agree I hated that thing in” Pay it Forward.”
Patch Adams was based on a true story, though…
I don’t see this ending as a desperate attempt at anything. I see this as a beautifully told story with a fateful twist at the end. They had no need to do anything “desperate”, life just happens that way…that was the point, I think.
If that was the fact, he could have just been shot nor been in a car accident. The ending wasn’t necessarily desperate, but it was cheap as they went for a buzz-worthy ending. They knew full well that the buzz coming from the first wave of movie-goers would spring forth, well, this type of thread.
Patch Adams WAS based on a true story, but Patch himself is gay in real life and that character was a fictional addition.
Johnification is correct in that the ending was unearned and cheap. In a well-written script, the resolution in Act III needs to be hinted at in Act I so that the ending is believable and inevitable (but not predictable) in order to be satisfying for the audience.
Here, here. =)
Wow are you guys completely wrong they used the ending because the film was based on a true story. The real Tyler died in the towers so why couldnt Tylers character in the film. People seem to keep forgetting that fact they had to be true to the character they were portraying. I can say I lost family on 9/11 and this film deepply touched me and i think it was good to see a story about 9/11. It was great to see someones story being told, it has been 10 years and we will never forget but it is about time that people can openly talk about the events of that day or tell there story without being called insensitive.
I loved the ending. It’s not like most 9/11 films that focus on that and give factual details/footage and try to explain why it happened. The movie feels so personal and wasn’t simply centered around that day. It hits you like a ton of bricks because it feels like there’s someone you know up there after watching the movie and getting to know all the characters.
I can understand why some may not want to watch because of the ending, because it still feels so recent and may be hard to handle. I have to admit even I wouldn’t have been able to handle it had it been shot differently. But it was tastefully done without pouring salt into the wound.
The movie was beautiful though, even without the ending. It held it’s own and the relationships felt so real. The acting was amazing. I walked into this movie with an honest open mind and I completely disagree with the critics who disliked the movie or Rob’s acting.
To me, it was a real shock, but that is life. No one was expecting that in real life and no one in the movie or the viewing audience was expecting it.
I was going to say the same thing. Did anyone expect 911 to happen that morning? And I don’t understand why it was a shock ending, it clearly said it took place the summer of 2001…in New York. I was expecting 911 to happen throughout the whole movie. This just shows that people don’t keep 911 in the front of their mind.
I haven’t seen the movie and didn’t really have a desire to, but I figured since the movie was called “Remember Me” that someone probably dies in the end. I’m not offended to hear it takes place in 2001 and he dies on 9/11, but I could see why some people might be upset with this twist.
The very fact that a gross national tragedy is exploited as a cheap twist ending in an attempt to make a garden variety romance in some way more culturally relevant is horribly offensive.
If they wanted to end the film in tragedy to illustrate how fleeting life and happiness can be, they should have picked something else. This is just exploitative.
Beautiful stated Jessica.
Saw a comment on another site that stated “who cares, 911 was 10 years ago”. Since most defenders seem to be Rob fans who worship him, I would reply ” I do.” I care that we are still at war and soldiers are still dying because of the events of 911. We ruined lives in the US, Afghanistan, and Iraq because of what happened that day. I doubt if military persons or families in Iraq and Afghanistan need a reminder of how precious life is. But you know if you have an inferior script, an actor who needs to prove he can actually act, a first time scriptwriter and director, shock value translates into free PR and above all, BOX OFFICE.
With my husband being in Iraq, for the third time, I can say that I care. Don’t take my personal experience, don’t take why my husband is at war, don’t take why my kids don’t have their dad here with them, and put it in a stupid movie as a cheap ending to make it more dramatic. 9/11 may have been all those years ago, but some of us are still living with the very real consequences of that day.
If anything this movie made me remember everyone who lost their lives in 9/11. That they were people with families, friends, and everyday problems. I not only felt for Tyler, but for everyone else in those buildings.
You stated that they should have chose something else.. Like? What are your thoughts?
The simplest and easiest (albeit most cliched) way to show how quickly life can end is a simple car accident.
If not that, then there’s being shot, being hit by a car, falling down an elevator shaft, etc…
Have the soap operas taught us nothing about the many, many rudimentary ways to die?
But see, that’s where you’re wrong, Nicotine. Yes, there’s tons of other ways to die, accidents, overdoses, diseases..
But that’s NOT how all those people died that sunny morning of Sept 11, 2001. None (or at least, not all) of them were drug addicts, hospital patients or reckless drivers.. they were just workers doing their daily routine. Are you saying that their way or dying was wrong?
Well then, you didn’t understand the movie. It wasn’t supposed to be a “romance”. That was completely secondary to the main character’s internal struggle and Holden Caufield-like syndrome. It was not, at all, exploitative. I doubt the writers went, “hey, let’s shock the audience and throw in 9/11.” I feel like everyone would probably condemn this movie even if they did pick another ending.
Thank you JBD. I feel like people are only bashing this movie because Robert Pattinson was in it, if it was someone like Hugh Jackman it would have been an entire different story. People need to get over it and realize it is just a film (albeit a great one) and that they are not exploiting anyone and just telling a story. Its like people are saying on here sorry i want to limit your freedom of speech with the exclusion being 9/11.
So what are your thoughts/feelings on every single movie made about the Holocaust, the war in Iraq, the various bombings and tragedies that have taken place all over the world. You can’t take one moment in time and tell the world they can’t use it when they are telling stories. Are you this defensive of movies/books/music that survivor stories from the Holocaust? What about the bombings of the subway in London? Or are you only defensive of American tragedies being used in literature. 9/11 affected a lot of people and maybe this script was written as one persons way of dealing with the aftermath and we’re only seeing it now. Who knows. What I do know is that you can’t start saying that the events of 9/11 being used in movies/books is exploitative when every single other tragic event that has ever taken place in the world is free game.
Well said Zoe. This is called a double set of standards. I will definitely use your train of thought when someone brings up this topic with me.
Agreed. Excellent post ZoeStars. I agree wholeheartedly.
There’s a difference between a movie being about the Holocaust or telling a story with the Holocaust (i.e. Schindler’s List/Life is Beautiful), and telling a story that has nothing to do with the Holocaust at all but then saying in the final minutes, “Oh, btw, Character A got shipped off to a concentration camp.”
I don’t think many people would object to a movie about 9/11. It’s the fact that 9/11 had nothing to do with the movie except as a vehicle to kill a character that has people claiming exploitation.
@ Jennifer – with due respect I think you asnwered your own statement. “It’s the fact that 9/11 had nothing to do with the movie except as a vehicle to kill a character that has people claiming exploitation.” NO ONE THAT TRAGIC DAY EXPECTED THAT TO HAPPEN THATS WHAT IS REAL ABOUT IT.
Alot of critics say that the audience was sucker punched. The nation WAS sucker punched that day.
I don’t see it as exploitive at all. How we react to tragedy is a very important part of understanding people. This was a small, independent movie that tells the story of how one family dealt with the tragedy of losing two sons at different times. That the second son died on the day of a national tragedy only stood to personalize it to all of us.
I have a question if i may ask how did Tyler die when he was at his fathers office but the house and everything else was urnt down how did Tyler die when he wasn’t even their?
I can understand -to a point- how it might offend people who were involved in 9/11; but to the people who are saying they’re using 9/11 to make it ‘culturally relevant’…no one even knew that that was the ending of the movie!!
And did you ever think they’re using the movie to remember what happened in 9/11? I know people last year who told me they hadn’t thought about it once (whilst I was watching remembrance video’s)…people ARE forgetting…THAT is a travesty!! This movie expresses and reminds us of those feelings and that heartbreak beautifully!
So…no movies should ever be made about 9-11 or just no movies with male leads who are better than average-looking?
I didn’t love the movie, but I didn’t hate it either, and it certainly made me remember what I felt that day in 2001. And it made me think how much we’ve forgotten since then.
hahaha, Jessica must be a Grad student. They always have to use big words to try an impress people.
“it sucks” would have sufficed.
If you think ‘fleeting’and ‘illustrate’are big words, you need a dictionary
well said , Jessica. I think it was lazy and cheap. as for people comparing it to the holocaust, you may remember some people had similar objections to Life Is Beautiful.
The thing is, many people did lose someone on this day. What about movies like Pearl Harbor, Titanic, Casablanca, any movie set in any historical period set around any real life event? Liberties are taken, but this film was far from exploitave.
It actually was exploited. Due to the simple fact that this was NOT a true story. Since this was fiction, it could have ended any other way than it did. But instead, they chose to go for the cheap, buzz-worthy, exploitative ending by picking a recent American tragedy to tie it in with.
Had this been a true story of someone’s account with their actual boyfriend in the days leading up to the tragedy, then it would be a different story.
Then why was 9/11 never used in the trailers?
I thought they were trying to keep the ending a secret which is why it wasn’t used in the trailers, but then someone told Perez about it and suddenly everyone knew so maybe it was a PR exploit, but maybe not because if they wanted people to know it would have made sense to put it in the trailers.
To Jessica Johnson: Not everything is meant to exploit. I think it is important to remember tragic events in history and to know what brought them about. Hiding 9/11 won’t make it go away. Showing the effect it had on real individuals isn’t exploitation. I think of the Holocaust museum in Washington DC, and I am glad it is there to show people that it was real, it happened, it was horrible, and we must never allow a situation to arise like that ever again. With Remember Me, perhaps filmgoers will be reminded of the importance of better national security. If you try to sweep something under the rug because it is painful to think about, or you think its mere mention is exploitation, I think those are surface reactions and you need to delve deeper.
I completely agree with you.
Garden variety romance? Clearly you haven’t bothered to see the film before pontificating on the subject. This film is about familial relationships first and foremost. Yes a romance occurs but it’s the main characterS relationships with their fatherS that is the core of the story. The ending was not exploitative – there were two shots I felt were heavy handed but overall the ending impacts the viewer in a very personal way – this movie has stayed with me for the last 24 hours.
What irks me is that because we, generally speaking young, make a massive deal about offense of the film, but elderly people of whom have experienced great loss in previous decades aren’t throwing a hissy fit online or elsewhere about how offended they are when a film is created with some twist or referal to their own tragedies. 9-11 affected all of us, but it isn’t the first national tragedy to be built within the plot of a major motion picture, and it will hardly be the last. I find the story to be beautiful, connecting and heartbreaking, and for this I find it to be beautiful. Sweeping the matter under the rug and pretending it never happened doesn’t make it disappear, and bringing it to surface a decade later in a twisting end of a love story doesn’t make it a crime. It needs to be remembered, and this is perfect timing to refer, because we’re more divided than we have been in ages at this very moment..
I enjoyed this movie.
That being said, I can absolutely see why people were offended by the ending.
Have you seen it? If not, how do you know a “national tragedy is exploited as a cheap twist ending”? This is a free country and everyone is entitled to their opinion. I, for one, will not be seeing this movie because I choose not to. If you read some of the comments from people who have seen the movie, they actually say the ending was tastefully done. You may decide not to see it because you disagree with the moviemakers choosing to end the move w/9/11 and that’s fine, but do not comdemn them for something that you have not seen and have no true knowledge of. If you have seen it…that’s a different story!
I think it’s a travesty for EW to have talked about this movie the way that they did, and then to exploit the movie for website hits with a stupid poll like this. If you’ve seen the film, you know it’s NOT a TWIST. There are clues throughout the whole movie that make the ending sad and shocking, but not a ‘twist.’EW needs to go back to film school before opening their mouths to get the terminology correct instead of making up crap. I hope Summit keeps EW out of all promotion from here on out for the Twilight saga. Shame on you EW and shame on all of you who missed the point of the movie. IT was a moving and beautiful ending.
It’s a TRAVESTY? Really? Have you looked up the meaning of the word “travesty”?
You are much too wrapped up in this stuff.
Yes, travesty. I’m good with vocab, don’t worry. EW has been given so many free passes and they saw an opportunity to get a whole helluva lot of hits through controversy. If you’ve seen the film, you know it wasn’t an exploitative ending at all, nor was it a ‘twist.’Many here can’t seem to look up the meaning of the word ‘twist’in a cinematic meaning. No one here knows our connections with 9/11 and never will, but as someone who has a connection to that tragedy, I can honestly say this film did not exploit anything having to do with that day. It portrayed 1 of 3000+ what if’s? in a way that makes me think about my mortality and in a way that makes me want to make a difference in people’s lives, like Tyler’s life did in the film. Nothing is black or white. Some things are gray.
Well said!!!
AMEN!
EW can diaf!
If you hate EW so much, why do you spend so much time on this site composing your incredibly overwrought comments?
“Why do I spend so much time on this site?” I’ve been online maybe a half hour and out of that time I may have spent 5 minutes here collectively on my posts. I type fast. And I find EW’s struggle for controversy amusing.
Why is this film even stirring up this sort of debate? It’s an utterly forgettable movie, and if it weren’t for Pattinson’s popularity with juvenile girls, “Remember Me” wouldn’t even be on people’s radar this weekend.
Amusing? I thought it was a travesty?
It is a twist ending. It’s a twist because it wasn’t advertised to have anything to do with 9/11 or the year 2001. That was the entire point of leaving it out of the advertisements, so it could be a shocking twist ending. Now, if you believe what you said about it being a travesty for EW to exploit this movie, then it’s just that much more of a travesty for Remember Me to exploit 9/11.
Well since its based on a true story and the real Tyler died in 9/11 it wouldnt make much sense for the Tyler in the movie to not die in 9/11 now would it
Honestly, these chants of indignity are self-righteous and self-indulgent. I have been wondering for years, when this exact scenario would appear in films. It has been a concept seen in films for decades (people ending up on the Titanic, at Pearl Harbor, etc.) – incorporating real-life tragic events into dramatic story-lines. Get prepared, because you’ll see more and more involving 9/11 – time traveling interaction, TV dramas of the early years of The Towers, etc. To claim that it is exploiting the events of 2001 is being naive – dramatic film exploits everything by its very nature.
Those examples you named “Titanic and Pearl Harbor” can’t really compare. The titles itself let the audience know that it was going to involve the Titanic and Pearl Harbor. Watching the trailer for Remember Me did not prepare me to some shock 9/11 ending they throw in the last 10 minutes.
Meanwhile we were given poignant dates, knew where his father worked and were given images of the Twin Towers throughout the film. If you were watching, it wasn’t such a ‘shock.’And if I were all you who are coming down on it, I wish you well over the next few years, because films about 9/11 will continue to be made and won’t be a tasteful and moving as this one was.
I wasn’t talking about specific movies based on the events of the Titanic and Pearl Harbor, OF COURSE. I mean plot lines that INVOLVE these happenings as a side-line, or story element. I’ve seen it in films and TV many times. And, let’s not forget the Holocaust……that was pretty tragic too, no? How many subplots has that involved throughout the years.
It’s funny. The title ‘Green Zone’does not tell me it’s about the war going on now. Having lost a family member in this war, I would have gone into the film expecting one thing and come out crying because it would have opened not-yet closed personal wounds. Is it up to a film title or a trailer to give everything away? No.
Of course I know there will be future 9/11 movies, there have already been films made previously. I would hope that when films include 9/11 as some focal point in their story or as some important shock value message the film would have the class to let viewers know ahead of time so before I go out to spend money on them so I can decide if I wanted to go to the theater on some specific day and relive my personal memories of 9/11 and think about my fallen friends. I’m sorry, but the movie and trailer did not market itself for that shock. And as for your example of “Green Zone” if you had watched it and walked out crying because you were not prepared than I would not have faulted your for feeling that way. As how I felted walking about of Remember Me.
If you haven’t closed your wounds from almost 10 years ago, get yourself some therapy. Everyone was affected by that day, and you’re going to see it and hear about it in the world, thats unavoidable. It’s not like the film shows the plane hitting the towers or people being pulled from rubble. Your see worse on CNN. The only thing you see in this movie is a shot of the top of the towers before the attack, and then people’s reaction’s from the street. That’s all.
It’s not a twist AT ALL. The movie opens in 1991 with the twin towers clearly in the background, then goes to “Ten years later”, summer of 2001. The main character goes downtown every morning…it’s pretty clear what the setting is and what the possibilities are.
When the ending happens, it’s very tastefully, respectfully done, reminding the audience that a LOT of loved people died in 9/11, a lot of people who left devastated families and friends behind.
Shame on EW for misrepresenting it.
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Beautiful movie. We need to be reminded about the value of each day. The ending fit and was respectfully handled. I think it is worse to forget 9/11 and become numb to it. We should value everyone affected by that day and this movie put a very human face to it. It made me think about my family and situations with more appreciation and gratitude. We need more movies like this in such a challenging world with very real tramas around us daily.
I agree. I think it was tastefully done. We should not forget what happened on that sad day.
i think the ending was very tastefully done. i spent the rest of the movie becoming attached to one person and family. and the end made me feel the bigger picture and remember 3,000 people and their families. i was terrified that they would show the planes, and very grateful that they didn’t. this is a wonderful movie.
I was at the same point when they panned back from the window. I was thinking, “Don’t show the planes hit. Don’t show the planes hit.” They cut it so beautifully and tastefully. We need to be reminded. Especially with two anti-war pics sharing the billboard. I do wish they had just advertised the ending. I think more people would have decided to see it. I know I went because I saw a spoiler.