It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
You want a happy ending, but not such a ridiculous happy ending that it doesn't mean anything to anybody.
I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings.
These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition.
People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.
The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get, the more you appreciate a good day versus a happy ending. You understand that life continues on the next day; the reality of things is what happens tomorrow.
You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue.
A story really isn't truly a story until it reaches its climax and conclusion.
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.