So, the end comes. Everyone but Ottway is dead. He's cursed God, we know that his wife is dead, and when Ottway decides, sitting in the snow, that he's going to live, you prepare yourself, because you know that scene in the trailer has to be coming, right?
You know the movie is likely going to end with Ottway taking them all on. Ottway unwittingly enters the wolves' den, and he had no idea that he was leading the men in the wrong direction. The wolves surround Ottway. You're primed. And as Ottway recites the poem his dad wrote, the one great thing he remembers about his father and the conflicted relationship they had, he decides, once and for all, that his life is worth living, and fighting for. This suicidal man decides to live and fight, and even though he's certain to fall, he straps on the glass and prepares.
The wolf stares at him, then lunges, and Ottway lunges forward And then smash to black. No wolf punching of any kind.
Where's the fucking wolf fight? What the hell! You're pissed off. Are you justified in your anger? First off, I loved the ending. I loved how it lets the audience, or at least the audience willing to roll with the thematic punches, decide for themselves what the ending means. The whole point of the film is about a man staring death in the eye and having the courage to fight when he knows he won't win.
Thematically, the smash cut to black makes complete sense and I think it makes the movie that much richer. I'm not exactly sure what people expected or wanted - they sat through two hours of an incredibly realistic and harrowing survival movie.
People die - some go quietly, some give up, and some die inches from salvation. It's senseless and seemingly random, and it's enough to shake anyone's faith. That's real. The air in my lungs. Those bastards out there in the dark stalking us. It's this world that I'm worried about His beliefs have undoubtedly been shaped by his wife's death.
He sees her throughout the film in what appear to be dreams or flashbacks, but there's an otherworldly aesthetic about them. After Henrick's death, Ottway calls on God to "do something. The silence is all the validation Ottway needs to confirm what he suspects all along.
It is possible to interpret that Ottway stumbling directly into the wolves' den in The Grey is some kind of cosmic sign, forcing Ottway to face his mortality.
The Grey raises a question that can be found in every survival movie from The Revenant to I Am Legend to Hours : what is it that drives the protagonists of these stories to keep going in the face of sometimes insurmountable odds?
What is their sense of purpose? What gives their life meaning? The answer isn't thrust upon them. It's something or someone they've created for themselves. As Luke bleeds out in the immediate aftermath of the crash, Ottway doesn't delve into the usual platitude that Luke's going to make it to comfort him.
Instead, he prepares Luke for the inevitable by allowing him to reflect on what's most important to him by asking "Who do you love? The deaths of Flannery Joe Anderson and Hernandez Ben Hernandez Bray not only emphasize the very real threat the wolves pose to the survivors ' lives but also erases any sense of invulnerability the remaining men have after the crash.
While neither of these characters has the opportunity to reflect on their mortality, their brutal endings catalyze the dialogue that comes later about the subject. Burke Nonso Anozie has visions of his sister before he succumbs to the elements. Is Burke just hallucinating, or is there a spiritual component to his visions of her?
After Talget reminisces about his daughter's laugh, Ottway offers the men some advice. Diaz eventually gives up, explaining that nothing is waiting for him. It is perhaps the darkest moment of The Grey to see a man choose death over life because he can't conceive of there ever being something worth fighting for.
There's also an eerie peaceful resignation to it. Unlike Diaz, Henrick struggles frantically to save himself and those images are in stark contrast to the utter stillness of his lifeless body forever bound to the rock that kills him. The key, at least in part, to understanding Ottway's perseverance in The Grey , despite seemingly not having a reason to push forward, can be found in his father's poem.
Into the last good fight I'll ever know Live and die on this day The monarch uses the phrase "Once more unto the breach Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. What happened at the end of The Grey? Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 6 months ago. Active 6 months ago. Viewed k times. Improve this question. Tablemaker Mehper C. Palavuzlar Mehper C. Palavuzlar 6, 11 11 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 72 72 bronze badges. There's a scene after the credits that could help you with deciding who survived, but regardless it's one of those movies where you have to decide for yourself — user I think it's obvious both of them died because,don't you think you would hear noises if either of them died?
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Bill the Lizard Bill the Lizard I didn't know about that short scene as I didn't watch past the credits. Thanks for your answer. Alan Alan 71 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. Crista Crista 79 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. Sorry, I chuckled a little.
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