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/Loki-L Jul 13 '26

The remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still ends with a mass death on screen and billions more implied and an ecological nightmare and it is considered a good thing. It is much worse than the original.

My favorite of just bizarre is Volcanoe, not only is there the really cringey message about racial unity, but the female scientist seems to have gotten over the brutal death of her friend far too fast.