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These movies came so close to perfection until the ending. Here are 18 films that almost had way better finales.
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00:00Granted, many of these endings that we're about to talk about are still pretty good,
00:04but had the filmmakers been able to stick to their guns and trust their original gut feeling,
00:10then the self-contained story would have had so much more integrity.
00:14Instead, these nine films all left their superior climaxes on the cutting room floor.
00:20You are watching What Culture and here are movies that almost had much better endings.
00:25First Blood
00:26In First Blood, just as John Rambo plans to murder the villainous Sheriff Teasel,
00:33Colonel Troutman appears and, after a lengthy emotional chat,
00:37manages to convince Rambo to turn himself in rather than be shot dead by the police.
00:42The iconic final scene then sees Rambo being taken into custody for his violent rampage,
00:48leaving the door open for the glut of brain-dead sequels that followed.
00:53Hooray.
00:53But much like the source novel, the film originally ended with Rambo's death.
00:58An exhausted Rambo tries to convince Troutman to kill him rather than allow him to go to jail.
01:04And when Troutman hesitates, Rambo grabs his gun and does the job himself.
01:09The end.
01:10Unsurprisingly, test audiences loathe this ending,
01:14so Stallone went back and conceived a slightly less depressing one.
01:17Though the theatrical ending is still very good in its own way,
01:21there's definitely a greater sense of realism to the bleaker original ending,
01:26which also serves as a far more startling commentary on how society treats war vets when they return home.
01:32Furthermore, Rambo's death would have also prevented the mostly terrible array of shoot-em-up sequels.
01:38Now what movie sequel do you wish never happened?
01:42Let me know in the comments section right down below.
01:44The Amazing Spider-Man 2
01:46The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014 fell particularly flat,
01:50with the ending teasing something further that never came to fruition.
01:54The final moments of the movie saw Harry Osborn begin to set up the Sinister Six,
01:59while Peter was dragged out of his downward spiral of depression following the death of Gwen Stacy
02:04to return to the superhero life.
02:07One of the heavier themes throughout Andrew Garfield's second Spider-Man film
02:10was how he was affected by the loss of his parents,
02:13something that would have taken a new direction had the alternate ending
02:16in which he actually met his father face-to-face made the cut.
02:20It's a scene that would have raised questions, certainly,
02:22but it saw Andrew Garfield put in some of his finest and most emotional work as Peter Parker,
02:28as his first conversation with his dad since he was a small boy
02:31helped push him towards making his triumphant return as Spidey.
02:36Paranormal Activity
02:37At the end of Paranormal Activity,
02:39Katie gets out of bed in the middle of the night and heads downstairs,
02:44screaming for her boyfriend Micah.
02:46He wakes up and runs downstairs,
02:48and after a beat we hear loud footsteps returning upstairs.
02:52Only for a possessed Katie to throw Micah's dead body at the camera,
02:57knocking it over.
02:58Katie then approaches the camera,
03:00flashes a demonic CGI-assisted grin,
03:03and disappears into the night.
03:05The original ending, screened to early festival audiences
03:08before the film was bought by Paramount, however,
03:11was a lot less open-ended.
03:13After it's implied that Katie has killed Micah,
03:16she returns to the bedroom and rocks back and forth for days at a time.
03:21The police eventually arrive to discover Micah's body,
03:24and just as they find Katie upstairs,
03:27the demon leaves her body, causing Katie to awaken, confused.
03:31Just as Katie approaches the cautious police officers with a bloody knife still in hand,
03:36the demon slams the door behind the cops,
03:38startling one of the officers who promptly shoots Katie dead.
03:43The film then ends with the officers sweeping the rest of the house,
03:46as a memorial title card flashes up for Katie and Micah.
03:50Once Paramount acquired Paranormal Activity, though,
03:52they decided to shoot several different endings
03:55in the hope of extending the film into a franchise,
03:58because everything needs to be a franchise.
04:00The OG ending was a really satisfying one-off
04:03that wouldn't have opened the door
04:05for a string of increasingly forgettable sequels.
04:08And the execution was both smarter and more tragic,
04:12with the demon tricking Katie into getting herself killed.
04:15Conversely, the theatrical ending involved a hideous visual effect
04:18and a lousy final jump scare,
04:21neither of which were apparent in the original finale.
04:23Such is what happens when Hollywood discovers
04:26a creative original idea,
04:28sees money signs,
04:29and promptly turns it into something decidedly more conventional.
04:33The Butterfly Effect
04:34Time travel has been done so often in movies
04:37that it can be difficult to find a new and unique way
04:40of presenting it within a story.
04:41In 2004, The Butterfly Effect had an interesting premise
04:45in that Ashton Kutcher's Evan
04:47was able to project his conscience back in time
04:50to inhabit his younger self during blackouts,
04:52which he used to change the past
04:54in an attempt to make the present better for him and his friends.
04:58It's a dark story,
05:00portraying heavy themes of abuse and suicide,
05:02and every time Evan went back to the past
05:04to change something specific,
05:06a different aspect of his life would suffer for it.
05:09In the end, Evan accepted that there was nothing he could do in the past
05:12that could make life better for everyone,
05:14so he sacrificed his own happiness
05:16and removed himself from his friends' lives
05:19in order to make sure that they had better ones.
05:21It's an interesting conclusion,
05:23but the director's cut features something much darker
05:25and far more shocking.
05:27After coming to the harrowing realisation
05:29that the world was better off without him,
05:32Evan went back to being in the womb
05:33where he strangled himself with his own umbilical cord
05:36to prevent his curse from ever coming to life at all.
05:40It is bleak, certainly,
05:41and doesn't make for pleasant viewing,
05:43but it would have been a lot more powerful and memorable
05:45even if a little traumatising.
05:48Die Hard with a Vengeance
05:49The oddly forgettable climax
05:51to the otherwise spectacular third Die Hard film
05:55sees Simon Gruber attempting to make his epic escape,
05:59while John McClane, his unwitting pal Zeus,
06:02and the NYPD try to stop him.
06:04Gruber and his girlfriend Katia flee in a helicopter,
06:07only for McClane to shoot a power line
06:09which hits the chopper and causes it to crash,
06:12killing Gruber and Katia in an explosive fireball.
06:16However, the original ending
06:17actually sees Gruber initially getting away,
06:20and the final scene picks up some time later,
06:23with an embittered McClane blamed for his escape
06:26and eventually tracking Gruber down to a bar in Hungary.
06:29John invites Gruber to play a game of McClane Says,
06:33which effectively amounts to Russian roulette
06:35with a portable rocket launcher
06:36that's had the sights removed,
06:38meaning it's impossible to tell which end is the business end.
06:40Simon gets McClane's riddle wrong,
06:43and after being forced to fire the launcher,
06:45it sends a rocket straight through his body,
06:47killing him instantly.
06:49Lovely.
06:49Unfortunately, the studio thought this ending lacked action
06:52and showed an overtly cruel side to McClane,
06:55and instead ordered the more action-packed,
06:58sanitized final ending to be shot at great expense.
07:02Screenwriter Jonathan Hensley put it best
07:04when, on the movie's DVD commentary,
07:06he said that his intention with that original ending
07:09was to show that the events of the movie
07:11and everything McClane was ultimately blamed for
07:13had a tremendous impact upon him psychologically.
07:16Though that ending arguably feels more in line
07:18with the climax of a James Bond or Jason Bourne movie,
07:22its caustic edge would have unquestionably been refreshing
07:25for the franchise,
07:26even if it also would have left fans questioning
07:28how John could come back from this for the fourth film.
07:30Still, as a savage piece of character development,
07:33it was effortlessly superior to the bland finale
07:36we ultimately ended up with.
07:38Fatal Attraction
07:39Fatal Attraction gained universal praise
07:42upon its release in 1987
07:43and was nominated for no fewer than six Academy Awards.
07:47However, that doesn't mean the movie was perfect,
07:50as even the star of the show was completely dissatisfied
07:53with the ending that made it into cinemas.
07:56The story tells of the married Dan Gallagher,
07:58played by Michael Douglas,
08:00having a weekend-long affair with Glenn Close's Alex Forrest,
08:03who takes it badly when the former wants to cut things off.
08:06The ending that everyone knows
08:08shows Alex attempting to kill Dan's wife, Beth,
08:10in a fit of jealous rage
08:12before being ultimately killed by the married couple herself.
08:15Dan and Beth then go back to being happily married
08:17like nothing happened.
08:19The problem with this is that Dan doesn't really face much
08:21in the way of consequences for his adultery,
08:24while Alex is made to look like the only one in the wrong.
08:26Glenn Close herself reportedly hated this ending,
08:30as it painted her character as just another female psycho,
08:33rather than the nuanced and troubled character she had played.
08:36In the original script, Alex killed herself,
08:39framing Dan for the murder.
08:41He was ultimately acquitted,
08:42thanks to a tape of Alex threatening to commit suicide,
08:44but there is a huge difference in the tone.
08:47Instead of Alex being portrayed as the cliched,
08:49irredeemable villain,
08:51she is seen as vulnerable, troubled and sympathetic,
08:54with the point being driven home of how badly Dan treated her.
08:58Close initially refused to shoot the new scene,
09:01and it's easy to see why.
09:02The Shawshank Redemption
09:04Frank Darabont's legendary 1994 prison drama
09:08concludes in undeniably heartwarming fashion.
09:12As convict, Red is finally paroled
09:14after spending 40 years in Shawshank.
09:17Red then violates his parole
09:18in order to meet up with his escaped pal Andy,
09:21crossing the border into Mexico,
09:23and finally being reunited with him
09:25on a Zihuataneo beach
09:26in the film's tear-jerking final scene.
09:30Originally, though,
09:31writer-director Frank Darabont
09:33actually ended the movie
09:34with Red taking the bus across the Mexican border,
09:37leaving the outcome of his attempted reunion
09:39with Andy entirely unknown.
09:41However, producer Liz Glotzer
09:43insisted that Darabont shoot a reunion scene,
09:47despite his protest that it was commercial, sappy.
09:50As a compromise,
09:51the studio assured Darabont
09:52that he'd have the final decision
09:54on whether the extended epilogue was used.
09:56And after seeing how strongly
09:58a test audience reacted to it,
10:00the director ultimately changed his mind.
10:02Hollywood frequently underestimates
10:04the value of subtlety,
10:06and it doesn't need to be reiterated
10:08how little test audiences reflect
10:10the tastes of intelligent, discerning viewers.
10:13Though the ending we got is in no way bad,
10:16it does feel like one sentimental indulgence too far,
10:19doesn't it?
10:20Because leaving the audience to consider
10:21whether Red and Andy really found each other again
10:24would have been so much more provocative
10:26and interesting, right?
10:27But nope, that's not what we got.
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10:35A Nightmare on Elm Street
10:37Up there with the likes of Jason Voorhees,
10:40Michael Myers, and Leatherface,
10:42as some of the biggest icons in the history
10:44of the horror genre is Freddy Krueger.
10:46The dream-stalking villain first appeared
10:48in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street
10:50back in 1984,
10:52and has since made eight further cinematic appearances.
10:56All of these sequels were made possible
10:58by the fact that the original movie ended
11:00with the reveal that Freddy was still alive,
11:02allowing him to haunt nightmares for many more years to come.
11:06But that's not how the director
11:08initially wanted things to go.
11:10Craven's initial ending focused more on Nancy's victory
11:14rather than the villain.
11:15She had won,
11:17and without the final twist of Freddy's survival,
11:19the movie ended on a quiet, peaceful note
11:21that saw her return to her normal life.
11:24Producer Bob Shea took issue with this, however,
11:27as there was no potential to build a franchise.
11:30Of course, the scene that made the final cut famously
11:32showed the return of Freddy,
11:34but this in turn signaled the departure
11:36of Wes Craven from the franchise.
11:39Bird Box
11:39After spending years trying to keep herself
11:42and the two children she cares for
11:44safe from the creatures which kill anyone who sees them,
11:48Mallory makes it to a sanctuary
11:50along with the kids at the end of Bird Box,
11:52which just so happens to be a school for the blind.
11:55The school has been able to flourish
11:56due to the resident's inability to see the creatures,
11:59and feeling a sense of hope for the first time in years.
12:03Mallory not only frees her pet birds,
12:06but also finally gives names to the children.
12:09Tom and Olympia.
12:10How lovely.
12:11The film originally ended in somewhat bleaker fashion,
12:14as in Josh Malamon's original novel, though.
12:17With Mallory and the kids arriving at the school,
12:19only to learn that the residents
12:22intentionally blinded themselves
12:23to ensure they could never set eyes upon the creatures.
12:26Ah.
12:27Screenwriter Eric Heiserus stated in interviews
12:29that it seemed smarter to give the film
12:31a more optimistic ending,
12:33and director Suzanne Beer similarly stated
12:36that she had no desire to leave the audience
12:38feeling hopeless.
12:39Though both endings provide a certain catharsis,
12:42the intense bleakness of the book's ending,
12:45where people are so desperate to survive
12:47that they literally remove their own sight,
12:50feels truer to the overall tone of the story
12:53than the softer, more coincidental meeting
12:55with the already blind survivors.
12:58Given that the final film ended up being viewed
13:00by 80 million households
13:02during its first week on release, though,
13:04Netflix probably feels that their
13:05more mainstream-skewing ending
13:07was the right one.
13:08Integrity be damned.
13:10It's all about them figures, right?
13:12Rampage.
13:13Dwayne Johnson is without question
13:14one of the biggest stars working in the industry today,
13:17and has earned his way to the top
13:19of the highest-paid actor's list
13:20multiple times over the last few years.
13:23However, all that doesn't necessarily mean
13:26that every movie of his is a hit.
13:28In fact, plenty fail to strike a positive reception.
13:31The likes of San Andreas and Skyscraper
13:34are particularly poor entries
13:36in The Rock's back catalogue,
13:37as is 2018's Rampage.
13:40For all of the action and CGI involved,
13:43these titles in particular have come across
13:45as just a tad generic.
13:46The video game adaptation saw George,
13:49a silverback gorilla,
13:51grow to a ridiculous size
13:52and essentially fight off and save Chicago
13:54from an equally gargantuan crocodile.
13:57If the original ending had made the final cut,
14:00George would have sacrificed himself
14:02to save the day.
14:04Johnson likes sending audiences home happy
14:06and didn't like the idea of such a sad end
14:08to the story.
14:10Sad it may have been,
14:11but it could have at least gone some way
14:13to stopping the film from being so damn forgettable.
14:17Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan
14:19The second ever Star Trek movie
14:21is the most iconic for damn good reason.
14:24Namely, that it ends with the tragic,
14:27sacrificial demise of Spock.
14:29But to soften the blow for audiences,
14:31the film also provides a few closing hints
14:34that Spock is not gone for good.
14:36Moments before he expires,
14:38as he performs a mind meld on Bones,
14:41telling him,
14:41remember.
14:42And the final shot of the movie
14:43lingers on Spock's casket,
14:45resting on the Genesis planet,
14:47suggesting that maybe we'll see him again.
14:50The original cut of the film
14:51gave Spock a far more decisive demise, however,
14:55with the mind meld
14:56and the shot of Spock's casket both absent,
14:59therefore suggesting that he was indeed permadead.
15:02But typically,
15:03test audiences were absolutely fuming
15:05that Spock was worm food.
15:08And so producer and story writer
15:09Harv Bennett suggested these extra inserts
15:12to be shot before the film's theatrical release.
15:15As wonderful a character as Spock obviously is,
15:18I mean, you don't need me to tell you that,
15:20and as entertaining as some of his
15:21post-resurrection adventures were,
15:23his daft revival in the search for Spock
15:26does rather undermine the emotional impact
15:28of his death in this film, though.
15:31As tough as it is to argue
15:32that Spock should have stayed dead,
15:34it would have made The Wrath of Khan
15:35more dramatically watertight in retrospect,
15:38that's for sure.
15:39Terminator 2 Judgment Day
15:41Like too many movie franchises,
15:43Terminator has steadily declined over the years
15:46and has ultimately outstayed its welcome.
15:48Terminator 3, Rise of the Machines,
15:51Terminator Salvation,
15:52and Terminator Genisys underwhelmed greatly,
15:55unable to come anywhere close
15:57to Terminator 2 Judgment Day
15:58and 1984's The Terminator.
16:00The ending to the first Terminator sequel, however,
16:04was ultimately undone by both Terminator 3
16:06and Terminator Dark Fate,
16:08rendering the T-800's noble
16:10and emotional sacrifice redundant.
16:12James Cameron's original ending
16:14would have been very different
16:15and much more final,
16:17with a glimpse into the future
16:18confirming that Judgment Day
16:20definitely did not happen
16:21on the 29th of August 1997.
16:24After saving the future
16:25and ensuring the evil Skynet Corporation
16:28would not incite the nuclear holocaust as prophesized,
16:31Sarah Connor would have enjoyed
16:33what seemed to be a peaceful life
16:34with her son John and his daughter.
16:37Instead, the precedent created by Skynet
16:39always being able to send someone back in time
16:41gives the feeling that no matter what happens
16:43in each movie,
16:44the cycle will just keep repeating itself.
16:47Freddy vs. Jason.
16:48As is the predictable outcome
16:50of pretty much any Versus movie,
16:53this horror slugfest ends
16:55with an ambiguous final scene
16:56that ensures neither side is the loser.
16:59Jason emerges out of Camp Crystal Lake
17:01while holding Freddy's severed head.
17:04And after a beat,
17:05Freddy's noggin winks at the audience,
17:07implying the battle is far from over.
17:09But according to writers Mark Swift
17:11and Damien Shannon,
17:13they toyed with several other endings
17:15during production,
17:16including the possibility
17:17of having Freddy and Jason
17:18drag each other to hell,
17:20where they're suddenly interrupted
17:21by Hellraiser's Pinhead.
17:24Pinhead would arrive
17:25by separating the pair
17:26with his trademark chains,
17:27before asking them
17:28the sequel-baiting question,
17:30gentlemen,
17:31what seems to be the problem?
17:32But naturally,
17:34legal red tape prevented it from happening,
17:36as New Line Cinema
17:37didn't want to go to the hassle
17:38of securing the rights to Pinhead.
17:40Boo!
17:41Throwing Pinhead into the mix here
17:43would have had horror fans
17:44tearing the seats out of their cinema
17:46in fits of uncontrollable excitement.
17:49But, of course,
17:50we didn't get that.
17:51We did not.
17:51Boo.
17:52Again.
17:53Natural Born Killers
17:54The story of Natural Born Killers
17:56is a relatively simple one
17:57with a powerful message
17:58that hits hard.
18:00Mickey and Mallory Knox,
18:01played by Woody Harfson
18:03and Juliette Lewis,
18:04respectively,
18:05go on a killing spree
18:06taking the lives
18:07of more than 50 people
18:08and are all but made stars
18:10thanks to the media's coverage.
18:12It's a movie that has not been
18:13without controversy over the years
18:15and has been accused of glamorizing
18:16the crimes of Mickey and Mallory
18:18in the exact same way
18:19it was itself trying to satire.
18:21The final moment
18:23certainly didn't help in this regard.
18:25After being arrested
18:26and incarcerated for their crimes
18:28and having their faces
18:29plastered all over TV,
18:31the killers managed to escape
18:32and in doing so
18:33killed almost everybody else
18:35in the process.
18:36The final shot
18:37sees them living out
18:38an almost normal life
18:39as a happy family
18:40with laughing children
18:41and another one on the way.
18:42They killed without remorse
18:44and in the end
18:45suffered no consequences.
18:47This wouldn't have been the case
18:49in the alternate ending
18:50that was shot
18:51and left on the cutting room floor
18:52as the two would have been
18:54murdered themselves
18:55by Owen
18:55who helped them escape
18:57and is described
18:57as something
18:58of a guardian angel figure.
19:00There is something to be said
19:01about the irony
19:01of their deaths
19:02coming at the hands
19:03of another so-called
19:04natural-born killer
19:05rather than any authority
19:07like the police
19:08as well as the fact
19:09that they weren't able
19:10to live out a happy ending
19:11after the atrocities
19:12they committed.
19:13Law-abiding citizen
19:15After spending
19:16the entire movie
19:17launching his preposterous
19:19and preposterously entertaining
19:20revenge crusade
19:22against the broken
19:23American legal system,
19:24vigilante Clyde Shelton's
19:26plan to blow up
19:27City Hall
19:28and kill the mayor
19:29backfires horribly.
19:31Ultimately,
19:32our thoroughly unlikable
19:33attorney hero
19:34Nick Rice
19:35discovers the bomb
19:36and plants it
19:37in Shelton's
19:37own jail cell
19:38without him knowing,
19:40killing him
19:40and saving the day.
19:42Yay.
19:43Though it's often stated
19:44that Jamie Foxx
19:45insisted upon the film's
19:46original ending
19:47being changed,
19:48that's actually not true
19:49at all according to
19:50those who worked
19:51on Law-Abiding Citizen.
19:52However,
19:53it is true that the story
19:54went through numerous
19:55iterations during shooting
19:57as the filmmakers
19:58struggled to reconcile
19:59how much more likable
20:00Clyde was than Nick.
20:02As a result,
20:03though,
20:03most of the other
20:04planned endings
20:05still resulted in
20:06Clyde's death,
20:07they were decidedly
20:08less charitable to Nick
20:09than in the final cut.
20:11One proposed ending
20:12saw Nick actually
20:13killing Clyde by hand,
20:15resulting in him
20:15ending up in jail
20:16and making a deal
20:18with the DA,
20:19effectively turning him
20:20into the new Clyde
20:21and ensuring that
20:22the cynical,
20:23corrupt legal system
20:24continues to perpetuate.
20:26The theatrical finale
20:28leaves a sour taste
20:29because Nick's
20:30happy ending,
20:31where he sits down
20:32to watch his daughter's
20:33musical recital,
20:34just doesn't feel
20:35remotely earned.
20:36There's not much
20:37of a feeling
20:37that he's really
20:38changed in any way,
20:39and so his victory
20:41over Clyde
20:42feels completely hollow
20:43and unsatisfying.
20:45The alternate ending
20:45is a fairer compromise,
20:47in that while it still
20:48ends with the fan
20:49favourite character
20:50dead,
20:51at least Nick
20:51is also forever
20:53tarnished by his behaviour.
20:55Get Out.
20:56Despite previously
20:57being best known
20:58as one half
20:58of the comedy duo
20:59Key and Peele,
21:01Jordan Peele took
21:02the entire horror genre
21:03by storm in 2017
21:04with his directorial debut.
21:07Get Out was almost
21:08universally praised
21:09and became all but
21:10a classic overnight.
21:12The director was praised
21:13for his approach to
21:14and interpretation
21:15of society
21:16and its powerful message
21:17about inequality
21:18and discrimination.
21:20There was an alternate ending,
21:21however,
21:22that would have been
21:22far darker,
21:23but could have driven home
21:24the message of Peele's story
21:26even further.
21:27Rather than Chris
21:28being rescued,
21:29he would have been greeted
21:30by the police
21:30who immediately arrested him
21:32for the murder
21:33of the Armentage family
21:34with nobody
21:35believing his story.
21:37The distinct lack
21:38of justice brought on
21:39by Chris being sent
21:40to prison,
21:40depressing as it may have been,
21:42arguably would have been
21:43a more poignant
21:44and thought-provoking
21:45full stop
21:46on the message
21:47the movie portrayed
21:48throughout
21:48than his ultimate escape.
21:50Man on Fire.
21:51Tony Scott's dizzying
21:532004 action thriller
21:55wraps up with
21:56strung-out bodyguard
21:57Matt Creasy
21:58surrendering himself
21:59in exchange
22:00for the life
22:01of his employer's
22:01nine-year-old daughter
22:03Peter.
22:03In the final scene,
22:05Creasy dies
22:05from gunshot wounds
22:07sustained earlier
22:08in the film
22:08as he's being driven away
22:10by Peter's kidnappers,
22:11seemingly at peace,
22:13while the big bad,
22:14known as The Voice,
22:15is quickly shown
22:16being gunned down
22:17by Agent Manzano.
22:19Man on Fire's
22:19alternate ending,
22:21though,
22:21is the stuff of legend.
22:23It has Creasy
22:24survive the climactic
22:25car ride
22:26to end up
22:26facing off against
22:27The Voice himself.
22:29And after a brief chat,
22:30it's revealed that
22:31Creasy has concealed
22:32a literal buttload
22:34of C4 up his own rectum,
22:36which he promptly detonates,
22:37killing everybody around.
22:39Though this ending
22:40was reportedly suggested
22:41by Washington himself,
22:44Scott apparently nixed it
22:45as he felt it didn't match
22:46the overall tone of the film.
22:48Given that Denzel
22:49literally kills a guy
22:50earlier in the movie
22:51by shoving a bunch of C4
22:53up his ass,
22:53this would have been
22:54one of the all-time
22:55most insane callbacks
22:58in cinematic history.
22:59Not to mention,
23:00given Creasy
23:01an impossibly badass demise
23:03compared to just,
23:04you know,
23:05expiring of
23:06previously sustained wounds.
23:07Mercifully,
23:08the scene was at least
23:09made available
23:10on the film's
23:10DVD release.
23:11And it is a doozy,
23:13all right.
23:14Go and treat yourself
23:14to that and thank me later.
23:16Black Widow
23:17Scarlett Johansson
23:18has been a major part
23:19of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
23:21longer than almost anyone
23:22and there is no denying
23:24that Black Widow
23:25deserved her own
23:25solo outing.
23:27However,
23:28there is also no denying
23:29that Natasha's solo outing
23:30came too late.
23:32Acting as a prequel
23:33set between the events
23:35of Captain America Civil War
23:36and Avengers Infinity War,
23:38the movie ended on a tease
23:40for how Nat wound up
23:41back with the Avengers
23:42in time for Thanos' invasion.
23:44This fell flat
23:46because everyone
23:46already knew the story
23:47and as such,
23:48the scene really didn't
23:49add anything substantial.
23:51What would have,
23:52however,
23:53is Black Widow's
23:54original closing moments.
23:55Instead of leading
23:56into a film
23:57that had already happened,
23:59both Natasha
23:59and Scarlett Johansson's
24:01MCU swan song
24:02could have concluded
24:03in a much more
24:04meaningful way
24:05by showing just
24:06how much impact
24:07the hero had
24:08on the world.
24:09Passing a group
24:09of children
24:10playing in the street,
24:11Natasha was recognized
24:12by one of the young girls
24:14with whom she shared
24:15a quick moment.
24:16They only smiled
24:17and pointed imaginary
24:18blasters at each other
24:19but it showed
24:20how much Black Widow
24:21meant to her
24:21as a superhero
24:22and in a more real way
24:24how much Scarlett Johansson's role
24:26meant to young girls
24:27watching her.
24:28She was a true role model
24:30and this would have been
24:31a far more poignant
24:33and meaningful
24:33final scene
24:34for the character.
24:35character.
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