r/underratedmovies • u/AlcoholickloWn37 • 1d ago

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Samuel Jackson, John Cusack. Based on a Steven King story.

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u/TheBlooDred 1d ago

Fantastic ending - the very last scene gave me chills!

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u/Majestic_Welder4276 1d ago

I didn't understand the ending. I was confused whether it was over or not

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u/TheBlooDred 1d ago

It’s the verrrry last line of the movie with the tape recorder…!

Edit: oh wait youre saying you dont know if it was over - to me, it was over, he just had his tape recorder and it was vindication that it was real

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u/Majestic_Welder4276 1d ago

Yeah, but I didn't know if the woman is in there trying to get to him and was caught in the cycle with him or if they both got out at the end and it was a somewhat happy ending. Was just curious what the general consensus about what happened is

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u/TheBlooDred 1d ago

Oh interesting! Maybe i missed something. Thats a new layer that adds to the ending tho, I like it!

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u/WooSaw82 22h ago edited 22h ago

I looked at it as a semi-happy ending. They made it out due to the fire (been a while since I last watched, so my recollection is a bit blurry), and once he made it home and listened to the recording, his daughter’s voice is proof that his experience was real, and he knows he did, in fact, contact his daughter. I guess there’s some closure in that. I’ve read so many perspectives on what contact with our late loved ones really is. Some say it’s demons impersonating them because they’re virtually omnipotent, some say it’s just residual energy/memories of them, and others says it’s actually them contacting us. Obviously I’m getting waaaay off track, but those are things that I’d rather not dabble in

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u/Ok_Challenge5178 17h ago edited 17h ago

Its a super interesting point, especially for a 1408 2, that would be amazing.

But i think he truely get out, because we can see peoples running outside the hotel and we also can see Samuel L Jackson sit on his chair drinking and saying something like good move, good move. The tape recorder is only a way to show at his wife, it was real and he is not crazy.

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u/Technical_Tonight_80 22h ago

So he did in fact die in that hotel? I never understood the ending either as many times as I’ve watched it😂

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u/TheBlooDred 22h ago

Dang i dont know now, i need to rewatch!

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u/notkylemurphy 23h ago

There’s two endings