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Ended too abruptly

posted 15 years ago by PiercedDiva
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In my opinion it should have shown the kids reuniting with their families and Andie with her husband.

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[–] impydykiechick 15 years ago

I agree, at least about reuniting Andie & Zack. I don't know about the kids reuniting w/ their parents, though. Think about it...kids reuniting w/ their parents who just show up for the end of the movie. That's exactly what happened in The Goonies, which I think just came out the year prior to Space Camp.

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[–] mixedmed 12 years ago

I agree, at least about reuniting Andie & Zack. I don't know about the kids reuniting w/ their parents, though. Think about it...kids reuniting w/ their parents who just show up for the end of the movie. That's exactly what happened in The Goonies, which I think just came out the year prior to Space Camp.

Didn't they launch from Cape Canaveral? Which meant that Zach was in Florida (as he was at Mission Control) and they landed in New Mexico. That means that Andie and the kids had to fly back to Florida for any kind of homecoming. If you go down that route, it would make just as sense for the parents to be there too when everyone returns.

In any case, the ending didn't bother me...I thought it was pretty clean and simple.

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[–] anglophilejen 11 years ago

I always felt it ended abruptly, but the music playing as the shuttle landed saved it. Triumphant yet bittersweet, whilst inspirational.

Maybe too far but that's what it always left me feeling.

[–] deem_bastille 11 years ago

YES!!!

I never understood this ending.

they just land and that is it? Doesn't make any sense.

it would have been great for them to be reunited with their parents [were any parents called??] and for the kids to see that Andy gets pulled out of the ship quickly and correctly [shattered her arm].

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[–] Faridah (1368) 5 years ago

I agree an ending like Goonies would have been better.