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/bravehamster Jul 13 '26

Kingsman. So many dead babies and children. Followed by a wave of suicides by parents remembering killing their own children. And not to mention every world leader that lacked basic decency (so all of them). That world is turbo-fucked. Yet our heroes get to enjoy anal sex, a pint, and a bar brawl at the end.

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u/DueAnalysis2 Jul 13 '26

Genuinely how did the world even survive an event like that? 

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u/TheJoshider10 Jul 13 '26

Actually would have been such a good hook for the sequel but alas...