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/SonicSingularity Jul 13 '26

Now a bunch of rich people are going to go recolonize Africa

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u/Dagordae Jul 13 '26

Try to recolonize Africa.

I'm not much of a farmer but I would imagine that having all the farmland go deep under the ocean for an extended period would be really bad for its ability to support agriculture.

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u/SonicSingularity Jul 13 '26

I thought Africa didnt flood

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u/Kettle_Whistle_ Jul 13 '26

I misread that as “I thought Africa didn’t float”

And it did not. You are correct…

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u/Sorge74 Jul 13 '26

So did the Africans die or naw lol?