How much should an ending impact what you think of a movie? In the grand scheme of things it’s at most a few minutes of an at least 90 minute story, so everything that leads up to it should be arguably more important. But we all know just how powerful a movie ending can be — it can create a sense of euphoria as you leave the theater, either adding an exclamation point to a great story that came before it or saving (to some degree) a mediocre or bad movie; obviously a bad one can have the opposite effect.
