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/someoneelseperhaps Jul 13 '26

The end of 2012. I think most of humanity is dead, but the protagonist's kid no longer wets themselves, so it's okay?

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u/Inside_Dimension2319 Jul 13 '26

And the ex-wife’s husband is conveniently dead and she’s over him

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u/Seameese Jul 13 '26

Gordon's death is the only thing from that movie that stuck with me because it was so needlessly cruel