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An alternate ending idea

posted 12 years ago by DarthSeether
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I think this movie would be better, and maybe even more poignant, if it took the extra leap and became an true apocalypse film (in Twilight Zone fashion).

They surface at the end and find that the U.S. has been absolutely devastated by a nuclear attack. So Hunter may have been morally correct, brave, and audacious to question the orders and to stand up to the captain and all that jazz...but his actions still cost millions of lives, maybe even lost the war. One of those ironic endings that flies in the face of the "always question the morality of your orders" mentality.

Somehow I think that ending may have stayed with us a bit more (like that kick in the guts ending to The Mist). Honestly, I found the existing ending, with a ho-hum lecture from Jason Robards about what a 'mess they made' and a casual stroll into retirement with a puppy dog a bit too wimpy for the dark and epic direction this movie could have taken.

[–] vnse 12 years ago

I like your idea.

And we all knew how this would end, right? The first time I saw the movie I knew right away that Hunter would prevail and there would be no launch. It's a big budget Hollywood movie, so there's a 99% chance we'll have a happy, sappy ending. And Crimson Tide delivered. Can't happy sappy and happy with a nuke deployed.

Which really didn't make the movie that intense for me. I knew the ending 30 minutes in. It was just a matter of getting to it.
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[–] denham 11 years ago

I too like the OP's idea; I had similar thoughts.

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[–] CGSailor 12 years ago

Glad you don't write for Hollywood.

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[–] axxonnn 11 years ago

I agree. I loved the film, but a real question of morality raised by your ending would have made this a top class affair.

[–] ChazzJazz 11 years ago

this movie was about the interplay of words and ideas, the "rule of law" not a about apocalypse

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[–] Dr_Herb_Doofenshmirtz 11 years ago

Maybe, but they could have made it better with some car chases, and maybe some shoot outs between some DEA agents and Columbian drug lords.

[–] nmspro 9 years ago

No...

[–] jonathanrspalding 9 years ago

Would have been a good ending to the movie.