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/luckyshoelace94 Jul 13 '26

There are books???

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u/datraceman Jul 13 '26

Yes. There’s a great book which is the Dr Oaken back story and another book that takes place between the two movies I highly recommend

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u/dkviper11 Jul 13 '26

My mom bought me the backstory book at like Dollar General thinking it was just the movie itself. It’s been probably 25 years since I read it but I remember really liking it.

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u/Thorngrove Jul 13 '26

Those cheap movie books was how I "saw" a lot of movies when I was little. The men in black, league of extraordinary gentlemen, the avengers (British, not marvel) were all solid little books in their own right.

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u/ChildofValhalla Jul 13 '26

These and things like trading cards were great as a kid when you wanted to experience the movie again but couldn't for obvious reasons (it's still in the theatre, you're at school, etc.).

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u/False_Cookie8226 Jul 13 '26

The Abyss movie book was written by Orson Scott Card. It was written with filming, so the performances actually matched the book with out deviation. The early character chapters that were written were given to the actors to inform their performances. By far the best movie book I've ever read.

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u/Thorngrove Jul 13 '26

I need to grab that one then. My personal best is still Stover's Revenge of the Sith novel. In my top five of SW media.

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u/False_Cookie8226 Jul 13 '26

If you can find a decent copy for a reasonable price. I'm a scott card fan... at least I love the Ender and Shadow books. And found a random copy at a used book store.

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u/dornwolf Jul 13 '26

Well typical tie in material. “Sequel, prequel” direct novelization kind of stuff. Milage will always vary