Integral vs. Endpoint (Films)
We judge movies by their endings, not their totals: a mostly dull film with a great finish is a classic, and a mostly great one with a bad ending is a waste.
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[Graph 1: a film's quality is low for most of its runtime, then rises at the end] "What a film!" "Ah, instant classic." [Graph 2: quality is high most of the time, then plummets at the end] "Ugh. What a waste of film." "Ick."
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