Have you ever watched a movie and related to a character only to see him or her get screwed in the end? Here are the 10 Greatest Movie Injustices of all time.
10. Forrest Gump left with nothing to do but wait for his son to return from school every day. Now this is a very easy solution. Lieutenant Dan should have set Forrest up with a mail order bride. Forrest would have a nice companion and his new bride would have no complaints about his limited mental abilities, since she would know even less English than him.
9. Frodo gets the “honor” of going on a suicide boat trip to heaven. WTF!! All the shit Frodo went through holding that damn ring, saving all of Middle Earth, and then making sure it is destroyed and all he gets is a freaking boat trip. No parade, no celebrity endorsements, no taking advantage of his new groupies. At least, Samwise gets to hook up with that hot Hobbit. But not poor Frodo.
8. Brian Johnson (The Breakfast Club) is left writing the note while the other four hook up with each other. Claire hooks up with Bender. The jock gets to score with the basket case. Brian just gets some alone time with a pencil and paper. If I wrote the screenplay, I would have had Carl the Janitor hook Brian up with one of his hookers and then a truly happy ending would occur for ALL the main characters.
7. Derek Sutton (Youngblood) does not get his revenge on Racki for the cheapshot during the 1986 Memorial Cub. Yes, Youngblood does exact some revenge on Racki by beating the shit out of him on the ice. But was justice really served. Sutton had a promising NHL career ahead of him. Instead of making millions, Sutton was left with a plate in his head, never to play again. After the Racki/Youngblood fight, the next scene should have taken place in the parking lot with Sutton, Racki, and a crowbar. I will leave the rest of the scene to your imagination.
6. The 54th Massachusetts Regiment (Glory) get the honor of leading the charge on Fort Wagner. Yes, I know this is based on a real historical event. And yes, as word of their bravery and sacrifice spread, many gained new found respect for African Americans. But let’s get real here. The fort was never taken, so how important could it have been. And it’s not like their bravery ended racism. After all, it took 145 more years for an African American to become President. I’m just saying . . .
5. All the Gremlins except Gizmo get murdered. Was it really their fault that they were created in the first place? Exterminating them was pure genocide and I call upon everyone to boycott Warner Brothers for releasing such a film. Only Stripe really deserved to die. The others could have been “re-educated” and made a nice pet for some poor kids in North Dakota.
4. The red-headed guy with the beard in Braveheart (Hamish Campbell) gets no fame or credit. No one, (including me, I had to look up his name on IMDB) remembers this guy’s name. Wasn’t he at exactly the same number of battles as William Wallace. I bet he even killed a similar number of English soldiers. Even if he couldn’t have got some more notoriety, he could have gotten a love interest. I would have let him hook up with Princess Isabelle’s French speaking handmaid (Nicolette).
3. Mayor Goldie Wilson (Back to the Future) is only portrayed as a bad guy for threatening to remove the Clock Tower. Does anyone even talk about how he cleaned up Hill Valley and decreased crime by 28% ? Nope. Is there a single mention about how he lured J.C. Penny’s to the Hill Valley Mall? Not even in the DVD special features. All we know about Goldie Wilson is that he wants to get rid of the damn Clock Tower and that he used to work at the malt shop. Poor Goldie.
2. Hunk, Zeke, and Hickory go back to doing the shit work at the Gale Farm (Wizard of Oz). After playing dress up with Dorothy for hours and hours, how are the farmhands rewarded? Do they get extra pay? Extra food? Nope, not even a cold glass of lemonade just back to shoveling pig shit. I would like to see Uncle Henry dress up as a tin man with all the silver makeup or Auntie Em wearing a straw suit and subjecting herself to fire.
1. Chewbecca does not get a medal at the end of Star Wars. Luke gets a medal, Han Solo gets a medal. Hell, even C3P0 and R2D2 get all polished and buffed up. What does Chewie get? Absolutely nothing except the honor to yell out his signature howl. Blatant racism George Lucas–For Shame!!!
Did I miss any? Let me know.
What about poor Duckie declaring his eternal love for Andie, only to have her choose the popular guy in Pretty in Pink. Or, if you want to look at other injustices in Star Wars, explain why Obi Wan Kenobi aged what looks like 40 years between Episodes 3 and 4 when Luke is clearly only about 20 years old(er). Is life on Tatooine really THAT harsh? And I really hate how Cameron winds up with wrecked antique Ferrari and a certain punishment that will far eclipse any joy he felt that day while Ferris Buehler has the time of his life and gets off scott free.
You’re my boy Blu–Those are some really good ones
Got a facebook response from a friend — ” I always thought John Travolta’s character got screwed in pulp fiction. He was awesome and didn’t deserve to die as Bruce willis rides into the sunset.”
I love Forrest Gump movie. The movie was very inspirational I really like the story. I will always love to repeat the movie. A man that never gives up, keep on living even with hard trials in life.
Poor, poor Frodo! I bet Aragorn did alright out of it!
What a great moveies. What about the SCARFACE. the GODFATHER…
Bogdan
Sometimes forgetting movie endings has its advantages
I really hate how Cameron winds up with wrecked antique Ferrari and a certain punishment that will far eclipse any joy he felt that day while Ferris Buehler has the time of his life and gets off scott free.
keep sharing guys.
Poor Frodo, you’d think he’d at least get a free holiday villa
Forrest Gump don’t deserve to marry his wife in the first place. That woman left him more times than I ever had a date. So, what the heck lady, making a sweet guy like Forrest wait for you, then suddenly show up with his baby?
What about 300. Granted it was a based on a true story but the one guy that comes back with one less eye and a whole bunch of survivors guilt. ouch!
In the sequel to “Rocky Balboa”, “Rocky Balboa, PhD”, it is revealed in a Benjamin Buttonesque twist, that Rocky is really a quirk of nature and that unlike most boxers who get dumber as they age, Rocky actually gets smarter the more he gets the crap beat out of him. The astute moviegoer picked up on subtle hints of this through out the Rocky series.
This leads to a whole new world for Rocky. He goes on to college, but finds he often reaches intellectual plateaus there. So he hires Clubber Lang to beat the crap out of him on a regular basis which inspires him to new intellectual heights. Meanwhile, Clubber and Adrian develop a close relationship based on their common love of the zoo, while Rocky goes off to Oxford to work with Stephen Hawking on The Theory of Everything. They win a Nobel prize for their work but at the Nobel awards ceremony Pauly reveals Clubber and Adrian’s relationship to Rocky and in his anguish Rocky breaks down during his acceptance speech.
The End.
This leads to the next sequel: “Ho Adrian, Why They Really Called Him Clubber”.
Hey what about Rorschach in Watchmen? Damn that wasn’t even right. Just because he thought millions of people shouldn’t have died. That was harsh. Even with the comic it was the same. Sucked, man.
Dude – great call on the chewy thing! That’s messed up!
I just watched the movie like 2 days ago and realized that they screwed chewy out of a medal. I mean he only howled doing the movie. But still, he deserved one at least for helping Han Solo and the gang.
I definitely loved the Braveheart one. They all followed Mel, and got nothing in return!
Apollo of course!
I’m totally with you on Forrest getting a bum deal. A mail order bride would have been righteous.
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