If there's one thing modern movies are horribly non-committal about, it's how they end. The ambiguous ending with a compelling cut to black has become particularly fashionable over the last decade, with movies like The Wrestler and Inception using it in provocative means, whereas numerous inferior movies have attempted to capture the same magic and failed. Then there's the fact that blockbuster films just can't resist setting themselves up for a sequel, even if in the most tacit and "subtle" of ways. It's tacky and presumptuous, and in the case of the "to be continued..." associated with any two (or thanks to Peter Jackson, three) part movie, it's just an obnoxious way to part viewers with more cash. Can It Make A Comeback?: These cut-to-black endings are always going to be popular to a point if writers and directors can use them imaginatively, though abrupt endings are often complained about, and with good reason. Given that splitting movies into parts has proven to be a genius financial calculation for studios, don't expect these cliffhanger endings to go away any time soon. In short, no.
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