Classic Movies

[TheDudeAbides]

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Which is great, because I expected all these classic movies to be highly formulaic and predictable.

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You've got it a bit reversed. Today since most studios movies cost so much to make they almost always have the formulaic happy ending. Back in 20s, 30s, 40s, etc. when the studio system was in place they could take a chance on movies that didn't cost too much and were easy to recoup money on.

There are tons of older movies that have downright depressing endings. There are also of course tons of movies with the typical formulaic endings were everything is sugar and spice.

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Yeah. My experience with the classic movies are mostly films I saw with my grandmother, who's a sucker for a happy ending (whew - thank the Lord I didn't post this in OOT...).