Anonymous
Post 03/31/2024 09:16     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
The Town
Dead Poets Society
West Side Story
Dr. Strangelove
Ocean’s 11

Anonymous
Post 03/31/2024 09:10     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Hello darling
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2024 03:43     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lala Land


No.


They were happy in the end?


They were not unhappy. The movie had the dream sequence of what would have happened if they stayed together but who knows if that’s true. They each realized their professional dreams and personal, although not with each other. And more to the point, they didn’t behave badly and end up miserable, as the OP asks.


How do you know Seb achieved his personal dreams? He looked absolutely devastated when he saw her again. Why the long pause before choosing their song if he was happy? There’s no indication he has a wife and child.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2024 03:09     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lala Land


No.


They were happy in the end?


They were not unhappy. The movie had the dream sequence of what would have happened if they stayed together but who knows if that’s true. They each realized their professional dreams and personal, although not with each other. And more to the point, they didn’t behave badly and end up miserable, as the OP asks.


They were not happy at the end.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2024 23:31     Subject: Re:Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
The departed
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 12:37     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Anonymous wrote:Downfall

Hitler winds up in a ditch on fire. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy


Any mention of that movie always reminds me of this

Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 12:29     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Amadeus
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 12:28     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lala Land


No.


They were happy in the end?


They were not unhappy. The movie had the dream sequence of what would have happened if they stayed together but who knows if that’s true. They each realized their professional dreams and personal, although not with each other. And more to the point, they didn’t behave badly and end up miserable, as the OP asks.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2024 12:19     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Not movies, but I’d say Seinfeld and Arrested Development fit this.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 15:53     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Leaving Las Vegas
The Godfather
The Shining
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 14:46     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Anonymous wrote:Breaking Bad
The Americans

(not movies, but perfectly exemplify the topic)


Succession too.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 14:10     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Atonement
In Bruges
Promising Young Woman (though to me, it's a satisfying ending)
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 13:49     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Anonymous wrote:Requiem for a Dream.

That was doozy!
Everyone ended up badly.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 12:30     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
Breaking Bad
The Americans

(not movies, but perfectly exemplify the topic)
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 10:57     Subject: Movies where protagonists behave badly and end up miserable.
My Best Friends Wedding