Infernal Affairs. Although the ending was changed to a good ending for viewing in China, I think. Perhaps you could put The Departed in that list, even though the bad guys doesn't get away.
What Are Some Good Movies Where The GOOD GUY Fails?*
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I remember that! It was Law-Abiding Citizen!soren7550 said:
OT: by good guys, do you mean protagonists? Because the two aren't exactly the same thing
Mm, I agree with this, and it makes it doubly painful in Fate/Stay Night because:Black Reaper said:
Shiro never finds out that Ilya is his 'sister' and that Kiritsugu never got to see his daughter grow up
and on a side note, Fate/Zero was just a downer anyway, and there was really no 'good guy' although there was that one scene with an aeroplane and a boat which made me tear up.
OT: Uhhh, movie where the bad guy wins...Uhhh...Metal Gear Solid 4? *ba dum tish*
An analysis [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YfRO4nEuC0] begs to differ. The article on his site goes into more depth.ToastiestZombie said:
A Clockwork Orange isn't an example where the good guy fails because there is no good 'guy', only a good intention to treat Alex which fails. Even so, the people with authority are hardly good guys.
Evil Dead trilogy. I mean no matter what Ash does he's rewarded with either a marginal victory or completely screwed. Then again he does have his boomstick.
"Klattu Verata Nic*coughing*. There I said it."
"Klattu Verata Nic*coughing*. There I said it."
No Country for Old Men. I wont bother explaining just go watch it now.
Well they did end up with the rifles which were worth a hefty amount.Blablahb said:
Nah. I mean, ok yeah you have a point and Ash has a tendency to screw up but cmon. The guy loses his hand and his first thought is "hmm, that stump would look great with a chainsaw on it..." He is in my opinion, at the end of the day 100% solidified badass.icythepenguin said:
Oldboy.
It's a foriegn film, but completely worth seeing. The guys spends the whole movie fighting for the truth, and when he finally gets it he wishes he never found it.
It's a foriegn film, but completely worth seeing. The guys spends the whole movie fighting for the truth, and when he finally gets it he wishes he never found it.
Eh I know your stretching it, but D-Fens was only a good guy in his own mind....Mr.Cynic88 said:
well yeah, Ash does some badass stuff like cutting off his hand with said chainsaw in the first place. But look at his track record. He's forced to dismember his friends and girlfriend, then gets possessed, locked in a cellar with a Deadite, possessed again, attacked by a tree and ends up lone survivor again, sent back to the dark ages, copied by the evil, raises the Army of Darkness because he can't remember three words, thinks he's won and goes back to his time only to be attacked by another Deadite. The man can't win but he is damned stylish and badass while trying to though.mortalsatsuma said:
They landed on the ledge and then the credits rolled while he was trying to answer his phone. You never actually see if they get tossed into the river or not.Blablahb said:
The Final Destination films. Yes, I like them, you got a problem with that?
Watchmen.
Man on Fire. Based on a true story too. That was seriously the first and only film that?s ever made me cry, although I think I was, like, 11 at the time.
Rocky, although I guess you could claim that it was technically a ?moral victory? for him, considering what happens in the sequel.
Oldboy. ?Nuff fucking said.
Carrie.
The Dark Knight (yes, I know, there was a sequel, but I?m not sure whether or not that was entirely planned anyway).
The Machinist.
Watchmen.
The main villain pulls off his plan perfectly, but because it?s genuinely for the greater good, the protagonists have to suck it up and not tell anyone the truth. It?s not a ?happy ending? in the slightest either, because one of the characters implies that the main villain only delayed nuclear war, rather than stopping it completely.
Man on Fire. Based on a true story too. That was seriously the first and only film that?s ever made me cry, although I think I was, like, 11 at the time.
The protagonist gets the girl back, but she has no father left to go back to, and the protagonist dies as the villain drives him away in a car.
Rocky, although I guess you could claim that it was technically a ?moral victory? for him, considering what happens in the sequel.
Oldboy. ?Nuff fucking said.
Carrie.
I?m not sure whether or not you could call the titular protagonist a ?good guy?, but either way, she dies as an indirect result of her schoolmates? bullying.
The Dark Knight (yes, I know, there was a sequel, but I?m not sure whether or not that was entirely planned anyway).
Because the Joker?s batshit insane, he doesn?t care whether or not Batman catches him and takes him to prison. He killed Batman?s love interest, destroyed Harvey Dent?s mind leading to Batman having to kill him ? technically breaking his ?no killing? rule ? and had to become a fugitive and disband his Batman identity.
The Machinist.
The protagonist forces away all of his friends due to his extreme paranoia, before realizing that the person supposedly making his life hell is in fact an extension of his own personality, brought about insomnia and guilt over a hit-and-run accident that happened before the events of the film. So he gives himself up to the police, and is carted away to a cell, where he finally sleeps. So the only happy ending for him is that, presumably, his insomnia ends, but he?s probably going to spend the majority of his life in a prison cell.
Oh yeah, what a fucking twist. Jeez...Casual Shinji said:
Don't know if it was mentiond yet
Glory(A US civl war film)
Glory(A US civl war film)
Everyone dies trying to take Fort Wagner
