Alternate Endings

Skerries

I love watching films that have alternate endings to see what they did wrong or people didn't like
what alternate ending do you like or hate or wished they had used?

Fysh

It depends on the film. Evil Dead: Army Of Darkness and Final Destination both had rubbish alternate endings IMO, but on the other hand there's Blade Runner as a good example of when the original theatrical release has the duff ending...

BlitzKrieg

Skerries wrote: »

I love watching films that have alternate endings to see what they did wrong or people didn't like
what alternate ending do you like or hate or wished they had used?

fixed youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLGeLeqzstg

jaykhunter

There's an alternative ending to Terminator 2 where

it shows Sarah as a Grandmother in a perfect happy future, it's a far too sappy, finalized ending for my taste

.......actually for some reason it reminds me of the Matrix 3

ending of the film, the rainbow and accompanying music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780llTKt3uM

BlitzKrieg

wish this was the alternative ending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEdZ-yjxHLI

distraction

i like the alternative ending in scotts Hannibal.

Valmont

I preferred the darker ending in 1408 where

he actually dies.

I didn't even know there was an alternate ending until I finished my second viewing, it was quite a surprise. The Butterfly effect is another one I've seen twice with two separate endings, although neither really matters too much to be honest.

jaykhunter

Valmont wrote: »

I preferred the darker ending in 1408

cheers, i'll give that a watch now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y8TMMRhC0g

krudler

jaykhunter wrote: »

There's an alternative ending to Terminator 2 where

it shows Sarah as a Grandmother in a perfect happy future, it's a far too sappy, finalized ending for my taste

.......actually for some reason it reminds me of the Matrix 3

ending of the film, the rainbow and accompanying music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780llTKt3uM

didnt like that either, prefer the shot of the empty road in the theatrical version, a more sombre ending

Magic Eight Ball

Fysh wrote: »

It depends on the film. Evil Dead: Army Of Darkness and Final Destination both had rubbish alternate endings IMO, but on the other hand there's Blade Runner as a good example of when the original theatrical release has the duff ending...

I preferred the alternate ending to Final Destination.

He died but 'cheated death' through his son

.. or something like that. :pac:

Fysh

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

I preferred the alternate ending to Final Destination.

He died but 'cheated death' through his son

.. or something like that. :pac:

It didn't do it for me at all, it was too much of a shift in tone from the nasty relentlessness of the rest of the film.

Of course, the fact that they've made 3 sequels and counting doesn't exactly help, either...but that's a separate issue.

johnny_ultimate

There's a weird, weird, weird alternate ending of sorts hidden on the Donnie Darko DVD in which

there's a graphic shot of Donnie impaled on a plane

. More a deleted scene, but completely changes the tone of the ending, and Richard Kelly even apologises for showing it!

I hate the alternate endings that are thrown onto some horror films for different markets, most famously the Descent

which ends on a far grimmer note in the UK, completely destroying Marshall's artistic integrity with the 'happy' US ending.

There's one in Paranormal Activity too, which again suggests that American audiences enjoy a very different type of closure.

Galvasean

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

wish this was the alternative ending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEdZ-yjxHLI

HAH!!!!

foxyboxer

The alternate ending to Man on Fire was interesting playing on the earlier

"C4 up the a-hole" countdown in the Voice's house. Something in the editing made it anti-climactic, slow paced, the editor/director had some great footage of Creasy dying in the car and chose to use that so what we ended up with was the tacked on final shots of The Voice's capture and subsequent shooting.

ziedth

Didn't American Hialstory x have a good one?

rizzla

The Butterfly Effect

He goes back to when he was in the womb and kills himself with the umbilical cord

I thought it was very silly. The original ending was pretty sappy too though.

the_monkey

ziedth wrote: »

Didn't American Hialstory x have a good one?

Did it ? I don't think so, I can't find one anyway ... let me know if there is one.

Allthough the ending as is is pretty powerfull

storm2811

the_monkey wrote: »

Did it ? I don't think so, I can't find one anyway ... let me know if there is one.

Allthough the ending as is is pretty powerfull

Oh if there's an alternate ending I want to hear it!
I preferred the alternate ending to the Butterfly Effect,thought the

one where he bumps into her on street

was terrible tbh.

What was the alternate ending to The Descent?I seen the ending where

She dreams that she escaped the cave but in reality she was still there.

bigdogbarking

rizzla wrote: »

The Butterfly Effect

He goes back to when he was in the womb and kills himself with the umbilical cord

I thought it was very silly. The original ending was pretty sappy too though.

just as silly as the actual ending but food for thought nonetheless, a proper alternative ending

although i have to say the alternative ending on scary movie/(i know what you did last summer parody) was excellent, very funny, and perfectly scripted, was probably the best alternative ending i've ever seen (Cindy is told Cody doesn't exist)

niallon

storm2811 wrote: »

Oh if there's an alternate ending I want to hear it!
I preferred the alternate ending to the Butterfly Effect,thought the

one where he bumps into her on street

was terrible tbh.

What was the alternate ending to The Descent?I seen the ending where

She dreams that she escaped the cave but in reality she was still there.

In the alternate ending provided for the simple Americans

it wasn't a dream

hence the sequel.

It may not count given that it's an entirely differnt version but the ending to the workprint of Rob Zombie's Halloween remake, along with the rest of the film, is far superior to what was churned out in the cinema.

jaykhunter

niallon wrote: »

It may not count given that it's an entirely differnt version but the ending to the workprint of Rob Zombie's Halloween remake, along with the rest of the film, is far superior to what was churned out in the cinema.

Interesting! What were the differences?

Nevermind, i found a full expose here LOL Workprints must be the most illegal thing on the internet!! (within the realms of normality lol)

LittleBook

I Am Legend had a pretty famous, pretty crap alternate ending ...

Neville survives

The alternate ending for Ronin was the better one, I thought. Kinda reminded me of the end of The Long Good Friday which was so chilling.

Cinemas:

Deirdre walks away and we don't know what happened to her.

DVD:

As she walks away from having watched Sam and Vincent talking in the cafe, she's bundled into a van by a gang of men who say something like "you'll see what we do to traitors"

:eek:

willonzo

Alternate ending to True Romance was okay, but again too much of a downer for a US audience.

LittleBook

ziedth wrote: »

Didn't American Hialstory x have a good one?

I'm not sure if it was ever filmed but I read about another ending where the last scene after the school

(i.e. after Danny is killed)

would have shown Derek in front of a mirror silently shaving his head, implying a return to his old ways.

There was a lot of messing around with this film in post-production though, anything could have happened.

candy-gal1

rizzla wrote: »

The Butterfly Effect

He goes back to when he was in the womb and kills himself with the umbilical cord

I thought it was very silly. The original ending was pretty sappy too though.

At least the original made more sense tbh, the directors cut of it both dissapointed and made very little sense in accordance with the story imho. Do you know where i can buy the original on dvd at all? all i ever see is the directors cut

graceknowsstuff

I know it's a musical movie (still counts...!!), but many musical fans were up in arms about the alternative ending to Little Shop of Horrors (the one based on the stage show, with Steve Martin et al). The 'alternative ending' was the ending from the musical, where

Audrey gets eaten by the plant and Seymour does too and everyone's basically dead by the end

.
It was previewed to a small test audience - American, need I say? - who were horrified so the film ended with

everyone living happily ever after, even though the idea of vengeance on the main character for all the murders he committed was an important moral of the story in the musical.

But the original is included in the DVD and it is just so much better, makes more sense and gets an extra song in! Why anyone would listen to a whiny test audience...

storm2811

candy-gal1 wrote: »

At least the original made more sense tbh, the directors cut of it both dissapointed and made very little sense in accordance with the story imho. Do you know where i can buy the original on dvd at all? all i ever see is the directors cut

Are you looking for the one where

He kills himself in the womb

or the other one?

mikhail

The Bourne Identity was in post-production when 9/11 happened. Cue awful alternative ending being shot but thankfully rejected when test audiences hated it. It involved Bourne being offered freelance work by a contrite Abbot.

Google claims this is it, but youtube is refusing to work for me right now so I haven't checked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mksipzy48WM

Valmont

mikhail wrote: »

The Bourne Identity was in post-production when 9/11 happened. Cue awful alternative ending being shot but thankfully rejected when test audiences hated it. It involved Bourne being offered freelance work by a contrite Abbot.

Google claims this is it, but youtube is refusing to work for me right now so I haven't checked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mksipzy48WM

Wow, that was really ****.

mikhail

I've looked at that video now, and it's only the very end of that version. My recollection of the whole thing is this:
- Bourne arrives in the town where Marie is working. He buys a drink from a street vender. He drinks this while canvassing locals with a photo of Marie. Then he collapses.
- He wakes up on a bed in a hotel room. Abbott is at the foot of the bed. Abbott tells Bourne that all is forgiven and offers him the chance of future freelance work with the CIA. I forget Bourne's answer, but I think it's ambiguous.
- Then we get the scene in the video I posted above.

ziedth

LittleBook wrote: »

I'm not sure if it was ever filmed but I read about another ending where the last scene after the school

(i.e. after Danny is killed)

would have shown Derek in front of a mirror silently shaving his head, implying a return to his old ways.

There was a lot of messing around with this film in post-production though, anything could have happened.

Yea that's it, I only ever read about it too, sounded like a good ending though in fairness.

tman

The alternative ending to I am Legend was a bit better than the cheery original, still don't understand why they couldn't have just stuck to the plot of the excellent book though!

candy-gal1

storm2811 wrote: »

Are you looking for the one where

He kills himself in the womb

or the other one?

the other one.

storm2811

candy-gal1 wrote: »

the other one.

Ohh, I don't know then,whenever they show it on TV that's the ending they always show(your ending).
I'm sure if you get the dvd though it would be in the extras!

Eirebear

It was only a year or so ago that i realised that the ending to Clerks was a different ending to the one originally filmed.

Considering i though i had known the film inside out by that point, the shock of the original ending really screwed with my head!

Doodle53

I don't know whether it's an alternate ending or an ''American'' ending but there's the two ''The Descent'' endings also.
Seriously,do Americans HAVE to have a happy ending?Can they not be left with an inquisitive mind at the end of a film?
Either that or they just wanted to milk the film with a sequel.I still prefer the original though

Outkast_IRE

Doodle53 wrote: »

I don't know whether it's an alternate ending or an ''American'' ending but there's the two ''The Descent'' endings also.
Seriously,do Americans HAVE to have a happy ending?Can they not be left with an inquisitive mind at the end of a film?
Either that or they just wanted to milk the film with a sequel.I still prefer the original though

They dont have to have a happy simple ending , shutter island and inception are the two great examples of this from this year

Doodle53

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

They dont have to have a happy simple ending , shutter island and inception are the two great examples of this from this year

Touche but none the less

blue_steel

jaykhunter wrote: »

There's an alternative ending to Terminator 2 where

it shows Sarah as a Grandmother in a perfect happy future, it's a far too sappy, finalized ending for my taste

.......actually for some reason it reminds me of the Matrix 3

ending of the film, the rainbow and accompanying music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780llTKt3uM

Holy crap that is so bad! Thanks god Cameron didn't use it.

pixelburp

blue_steel wrote: »

Holy crap that is so bad! Thanks god Cameron didn't use it.

True true, but consider this - by letting the second movie end on a question-mark, Cameron kept the door open for the 3rd and 4th movies to waltz in and stink up the place. That alternate ending could have ensured a less crappy legacy for the Terminator movies

jaykhunter

With that Alternate T2 ending, check back @ 0:40 seconds in; i'm glad to see A.C. Slater is doing well :pac:

Revolution9

Layer Cake has 2 or 3 alternate endings on the DVD

Aldebaran

I remember seeing this alternate ending to Dodgeball on the dvd. I wish they had been brave enough to use it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMupw1ICDfA

stbrennan

The Hangover actually has an amazing alternate ending!



Turns out the classic mercedes that they totally destroyed was secretly a wedding present to the groom, Doug.


In the ending he keeps trying to tell the brides father about what happened to his beloved car. The look on Dougs face when he finds out is classic!

Craven99

jaykhunter wrote: »

There's an alternative ending to Terminator 2 where

it shows Sarah as a Grandmother in a perfect happy future, it's a far too sappy, finalized ending for my taste

.......actually for some reason it reminds me of the Matrix 3

ending of the film, the rainbow and accompanying music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780llTKt3uM

Oh my dear sweet lord baby jesus - how the hell have I ever managed to miss that.

WORST ALTERNATE ENDING EVER

distraction

Aldebaran wrote: »

I remember seeing this alternate ending to Dodgeball on the dvd. I wish they had been brave enough to use it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMupw1ICDfA

completely forgot about that, would have been great alrite is they used it.

Magic Eight Ball

pixelburp wrote: »

True true, but consider this - by letting the second movie end on a question-mark, Cameron kept the door open for the 3rd and 4th movies to waltz in and stink up the place. That alternate ending could have ensured a less crappy legacy for the Terminator movies

Lets be honest here, Cameron could have wrapped up the entire Terminator series with a nice big bow at the end of T2 and they would still have found a way to rape the franchise!

It's Hollywood, it's what they do!
Nobody cares about story integrity when there's money to be made! Take a look at our old pal Lucas!

DazMarz

There's another thread in here somewhere where one of the producers of Star Wars (think it was Lawrence Kazdan) revealed how Han Solo was supposed to have died in the end of Return Of The Jedi and how the whole ending was a lot more sombre, with Leia struggling to adjust to royal duties and Luke walking off into an uncertain kind of sunset and no ''Teddy Bear's Picnic'' style party at the end. But obviously, George Lucas didn't want such a downbeat ending.

mikhail

DazMarz wrote: »

There's another thread in here somewhere where one of the producers of Star Wars (think it was Lawrence Kazdan) revealed how Han Solo was supposed to have died in the end of Return Of The Jedi and how the whole ending was a lot more sombre, with Leia struggling to adjust to royal duties and Luke walking off into an uncertain kind of sunset and no ''Teddy Bear's Picnic'' style party at the end. But obviously, George Lucas didn't want such a downbeat ending.

That wasn't so much an alternate ending as an alternate film.

Richard Dower

Holy crap!...have you guys seen the alternate ending for Little Shop Of horrors?....WAY better then the theatrical release, HUGE like blockebuster ending:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddIK3CIMzFs

You should watch the first two parts first!

Anakin.S

DazMarz wrote: »

There's another thread in here somewhere where one of the producers of Star Wars (think it was Lawrence Kazdan) revealed how Han Solo was supposed to have died in the end of Return Of The Jedi and how the whole ending was a lot more sombre, with Leia struggling to adjust to royal duties and Luke walking off into an uncertain kind of sunset and no ''Teddy Bear's Picnic'' style party at the end. But obviously, George Lucas didn't want such a downbeat ending.

I thought it was more that George Lucas was unsure if Harrison Ford would come back for Jedi so they frooze hime in carbonite incase he didn't. The Falcon with Lando was originally ment to be destroyed at the end of Jedi hence the line from Han saying something about not seeing the Falcon again.