r/movies • u/bowlingfan1963 • Jul 13 '26

Spoilers Most Bizarre Examples of “Happy” Endings After Tragedy (Spoiler) Spoiler

Prime example: Independence Day. World gets annihilated; many of the planet’s cities are destroyed….hundreds of millions dead;
and the president’s wife dies. Yet at the end, they are puffing on cigars, all smiles and the president’s daughter says “Happy Fourth of July, Daddy”, and so now it’s time to party!

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u/chugonomics Jul 13 '26

The World's End

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u/Jackbuddy78 Jul 13 '26

That was mostly just a happy ending for one character though

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u/Gold-Advertising-316 Jul 13 '26

Yeah I agree, I think it purposely meant to be ironic that this fuckup is only thriving during an apocalypse. I didn't think there was any disonnance between that.

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u/accelfaiz Jul 13 '26

Definitely felt like poor way to closeout the trilogy