Movies You Wanted To End Differently

[michiehoward]

So everyone has seen a movie that they wanted to end differently, hated the ending, didn't agree with the ending, was too sad, was too happy, wasn't real enough, too abrupt and felt unfinished.

So Escapist's which movies ending's would you change?

 

[tigermilk]

However episodes four and five of Star Wars end for there to be no episodes 1-3 and 6.

Tacked on ending to Scarface (Hawks 1932) is historically interesting (and hugely influential) but somewhat problematic.

EDIT: The ending of Eastern Promises ruined the whole film for me, it was just so tacked on and ruined the mood of the film.

 

[fishman279]

I personally think that Law Abiding Citizen should've ended differently. I think Clyde should've got off scot-free. The ending just seemed rushed and completely far-fetched (The meticulous years of planning he put into each and every one of his acts, then does something completely obvious and stupid at the end?) It would've made the film so much better. Still my favourite film ever though.

And The Bridge To Terabithia (Even though it was originally a book) for obvious reasons. The end of that film just destroys whatever childhood you have left.

 

[DevilWithaHalo]

So Escapist's which movies ending's would you change?

I really shouldn't be using spoiler tags here because the very foundation of this thread begs otherwise, but I'll be nice this once...

Repo Men

Spoiler

The movie should have ended as they were laughing on the beach. The whole "it was a dream past when he got his head smashed in" made all the suffering he went through pointless and somewhat problematic that it was suppose to provide him with the perfect dream, which shouldn?t have had such extreme suffering to begin with, even with the argument he mentally had to justify it.

The Matrix

Spoiler

Neo should have stayed dead. What?s the point in killing someone just so they can resurrect? It?s idiotic and insulting.

Inception

Spoiler

The spinning top falls. It?s called closure!

Any horror movie ever made

Spoiler

The good guys shoot the bad guy in the head, smash his head in, decapitate him, burn the corpse and scatter the ashes to the 4 winds. Some sort of ritual cleansing may need to be involved so the evil spirit doesn?t live on. They also verify there are no more additional traps, puzzles or hidden chambers anywhere else around so their creation/son/killing machine comes to seek revenge.

Any accidental adventure movie ever made

Spoiler

The protagonist doesn?t do the thing they know they shouldn?t have done or were warned against doing in the first place adverting the entire disaster of a movie to begin with! Don?t read from the book of doom, don?t recite the magical incantation of summoning, don?t say his name 3 times, etc

Any love movie ever made

Spoiler

The guy finds a woman who will ask him what really happened instead of jumping to outlandish and faulty conclusions based on incorrect information or a situation out of context, avoiding the 2nd to 3rd act conflict and resolution.

Oh god there?s more, but I?ll call it good for now.

 

[Redem]

Terminator salvation I wanted Connor to die at the end of Marcus who would take his appeareance meaning the machine had taken over the resistance and threw a wrench into timeline

 

[Rayne870]

Never Ending Story.

I personally think that Law Abiding Citizen should've ended differently. I think Clyde should've got off scot-free. The ending just seemed rushed and completely far-fetched (The meticulous years of planning he put into each and every one of his acts, then does something completely obvious and stupid at the end?) It would've made the film so much better. Still my favourite film ever though.

And The Bridge To Terabithia (Even though it was originally a book) for obvious reasons. The end of that film just destroys whatever childhood you have left.

Also yeah these definitely needed different endings.

 

[Brandon237]

I won't spoiler this because it is well known, and if you don't know then you probably wouldn't watch Star Wars: TPM anyway...

*looks at avatar* ... Darth Maul should have lived at least into the second movie damnit! He was awesome

 

[Matt_LRR]

Spoiler: Battle: Los Angeles

The film should have ended at the escape on the helicopter with the kids. Had they framed the movie as the story of this group of marines, struggling just to get out of the city with the survivors after the shit hit the fan, it would have been a dramatically more meaningful and interesting film. They'd have ended on a "bleak, humanity is doomed" note, but it would have been a story of survival against overwhelming odds. It would have had a nice, encapsulated little story to tell.

Instead they head back into the city to finish the alien mothership off, and the movie totally jumps the shark, become a dumb, poorly executed marine recruitment ad.

-m

 

[supermariner]

I never really liked the end of Die Hard 3
it felt like the movie had already ended and simon gruber had won after he escaped with all the gold bullion
then it felt like they just hurredly tacked on a piece at the end where the chopper he's in get's blown to shit and everybody wins
having said that, it's still the best of the quadrilogy, just the sudden zig-zag of pace at the end makes it feel rushed

 

[smearyllama]

I really didn't want for Little Blackie to die in True Grit.

That scene just tore my heart open.
Although it's not the ending to the movie, I just couldn't stand that scene.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

As much as I loved Clerks 2, I absolutely loved the original ending to the original Clerks

Spoiler

Dante getting shot and likely killed by a late-night robber, with the security camera off making it unlikely that he will ever be avenged. It is a grim ending sure but it also confirms an earlier point in the movie: Life is a series of down-endings

 

[Devi Darkside]

Honestly I'd go with the last two Matrix movies especially the third. It's simple, for pointless sequels that couldv'e been good that ends a pointless series horribly, as though the creators said "Fuck it, we've already made money off of this shit." Then again, they would've also been better if they didn't exist at all.
The same can be said for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, if it really had to exist couldn't it have ended without turning a character like Deadpool into "Weapon XI" and with an epic Sabertooth Vs. Wolverine fight? Seriously.

Then again all three of the things I've mentioned were made only for profit anyway...

 

[Kaisikudo]

I always wondered how Watchmen would have done in the Box Office, had they used the original ending from the graphic novel. People would probably have hated it. But it would still be damn hilarious to see in real-time 3D.

 

[NeedAUserName]

The Departed. They should have kept that rat off set.

Edit:

I always wondered how Watchmen would have done in the Box Office, had they used the original ending from the graphic novel. People would probably have hated it. But it would still be damn hilarious to see in real-time 3D.

I imagine they changed the ending just so they didn't have to dedicate any scene to setting it up, which considering the film is 2 and a half hours long, (3 hour Directors Cut) is forgivable in my opinion. Especially when the new ending delivers the same dilemma and outcome, just in a much more contained film.

 

[Blue_vision]

I personally think that Law Abiding Citizen should've ended differently. I think Clyde should've got off scot-free. The ending just seemed rushed and completely far-fetched (The meticulous years of planning he put into each and every one of his acts, then does something completely obvious and stupid at the end?) It would've made the film so much better. Still my favourite film ever though.

This is the first thing I thought of too. Doing that definitely would've made the movie one of my favourites, but the ending they gave it just sorta took the piss out of all the ideas that were leading up throughout the entire movies.

And also, I'd chop that last 30 mins off the end of Hancock. I don't care if that'd only make it an hour, it'd be a much better experience than that final little bullshit at the end.

 

[minisham]

has anybody ever seen the movie "knowing" well i have and i'm regretting it every day of my life
the ending should have been completely changed to something a bit more non-bullcrappy maybe people survive that solar flare and not just those stupid annoying children and there rocks

also i don't care if this spoils anything there is no one who would enjoy this movie so i'm not spoiling it for anyone

 

[kane.malakos]

I Am Legend would have been a legitimately great movie if they had kept the ending that they originally filmed. If you've ever seen it you know what I mean. It perfectly tied the movie together, was meaningful, actually explained the title, and made it a good film. However, test audiences didn't like it, so they swapped it out at the last minute for a big, dumb action movie ending, completely throwing out all of the foreshadowing and deeper meaning that the story had. It pisses me off to no end that they sacrificed artistic integrity just because their test audience was a bunch of dumbasses who don't recognize a good story when they see one.