Fight Club
The Sam Raimi - directedDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessis still reigning supreme at the box office , which is mostly thanks to all of its weird surprises . And in true Raimi fashion , the last 30 seconds featuresa shameful , horror movie - inspired spin . The movie make the serious consumption of those few little second , but if other pic were give an excess 30 second , they ’d be ruined totally .
Redditors have moot over which movies would be ruin the most by just an extra half a moment . And between unraveling massive plotholes , ruining iconic cliffhanger , and revealing characters ' demoralise realities , these movies were good to finish when they did .
The Italian Job (1969)
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Though the term " cliffhanger " has been around since the 1800s and was in no way coined after audiences sawThe Italian Job , there has never been a more literal feeler to the storytelling technique than the 1969 pic . The criminal offence play literally ends with a bus full of gold balancing on the edge of a drop-off . It ends before audience observe out whether Charlie ( Michael Caine ) and his work party survive or not .
RedditorHellkytenotes , " Seeing the busbar string up there and Michael Caine whip up with his affirmative scheming was gross . " If the movie went on for another 30 irregular , revealing what in reality bechance , it would n’t hold half as much of a legacy as it does today . Whether the crew survives or they fall to their deaths , showing either would have ruined it .
Independence Day (1996)
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For as over - the - top and ridiculous as the alien invasion movie is , Independence Dayis one of the most entertaining popcorn flicks of the ' 90s . And after so many American monuments have been waste up , as is typical of any Roland Emmerich - directed tragedy movie ( Godzilla,2012,Moonfall , ) the U.S military pull through the day . However , Localbeesreckons that the movie end before the most calamitous consequence of all happen .
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
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Though Ferris is the titular fictitious character inFerris Bueller ’s Day Offand is the hero of the motion picture , it ’s Cameron who has the most engaging story electric arc . Cameron has a troubled nursing home life and forever lives in concern of his father . But he believes that after the twenty-four hour period he ’s had with Ferris , he ’s more confident and willing to stand up to his dada .
However , as Cameron destroys his dad ’s Ferrari , Slaying_Mantisbelieves that the movie reduce to calamitous before , " Cameron ’s gon na get a spanking . " As Ferris has such a with child menage life and is so democratic at school , that ’s lead to the fan theory thatFerris is a figment of Cameron ’s resource , which is more than plausible . And it also makes what the Redditor paint a picture that much more uncheerful .
Clerks (1994)
1994’sClerksis a fad classic and was the springboard for Kevin Smith ’s total career . The comedy was made with a shoe lace budget , shoot in black and white , and mostly takes place in one localisation , a convenience stock . SketchyFella_thinks that the movie would be ruin if it continued for another 30 seconds , but that ’s because they know what will happen , as it ’s a deleted scene that fans can watch onYouTube .
The Redditor excuse , " In the original end , the next thirty bit show up a man take the air into the depot and shoot Dante . Lazy if you ask me . " However , in the context of the showtime of the moving-picture show , ending the film with the character ’s murder is such a clever finis . As Dante state of matter throughout the whole film , " I was n’t even supposed to be here today , " as he ’s filling in for an employee who called in sick . But if the original ending was save in the last cut , there would n’t be the just as greatClerks II .
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
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Whether audience felt likeStar Wars : The Force Awakenswas too derivative ofA New Hopeor they thought it wasthe best legacy sequel ever made , there ’s no deny how satisfying the final minute was . After Rey had been trying to uncover Luke Skywalker ’s secret location for 120 minute , she finally recover the cloaked and grizzled Jedi at the top of the slew , and he stares at her yearningly .
User76lakersreckons that if the scene had stay on for another 30 seconds , it would have been completely ruin . Unfortunately , as the continuation , The Last Jedi , go on with the same scenery , fans do see the next 30 irregular , which many believe proved the Redditor right . When Rey pass Luke his lightsaber , he throws it behind his should and off the cliff , and it ’s regarded by many as one of the worst scenes inStar Warshistory .
The Grey (2012)
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2012’sThe Greyis a survival movie in the wilderness , and the final picture sees Neeson boldness - off against a group of wolves before cutting to black . Lemonsausethinks another 30 secondment would have ruin the motion-picture show , just stating , " R.I.P. Liam Neeson . "
However , The Greywas dreadfully mis - marketedas another Neeson - led action at law flick , and audience were anticipate a whole photographic film follow Neeson combat masher . Even the net shot of the movie , which sees Neeson withstand glass shards between his fingers , is in the prevue to make it seem that way . So while the Redditor thinks it would have bankrupt the pic , it ’s also what most spectator paid the price of admission to see .
The Breakfast Club (1985)
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Along withFerris Bueller ’s Day Off , The Breakfast Clubis another John Hughes - guide 1980s coming - of - age movie . And they both interestingly share composition of opprobrious fathers . In the movie , rebel John Bender enjoys weekend hold at school because that means he does n’t have to spend it with his daddy .
The pic ends with Bender again being more confident as he punches the sky , and the frame of reference then freezes . If the movie continued , Eyes_are_greynotes , " Unfreeze . Bender continues menage , where his scurrilous father beats him senseless for miss dinner party . " There ’s no doubt that would have happened when Bender get home , and it would have undone all of the hopefulness in the closure moments of the movie .
Thelma And Louise (1991)
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At the end ofThelma and Louise , the titular characters are on the run from the police and have nowhere to go . They tug off a cliff , and when they ’re in midair , the CRT screen fades to whitened . WheresTheFlannotes that the movie would be destroy if audience saw the car clang and Thelma and Louise ’s crushed bodies .
It ’s hardly going to see them land safely , and it ’s hardly going to see the car miraculously flying as it does at the end ofGrease . Instead , Thelma and Louise will be bolt down like a shot when the railcar lands bumper first into the canyon . However , just asThe Simpsonshas on the face of it portrayed everything anyone has ever cogitate of , the cartoon also limn what the final 30 seconds ofThelma and Louisewould have calculate like in " Marge on the Lam . "
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
The finish ofButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidsees the two criminals obscure in a barn from the Bolivian army , but it does n’t take long until they ’re hem in . Just like withThelma and Louise , the nominal characters are cornered and the next 30 endorsement of the movie would be utterly tragic .
RedditorVictorBlimpmuscleexplains that in the last 30 seconds of the picture show , " Basically , you ’d just see them get mowed down by the Bolivian army . " Butch and Sundance exit the b gun blaze before the build freezes , and it at least inspires hope that they will escape . But realistically , the bank building robbers get massacred .
Fight Club (1999)
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UserThe Great Searcherthinks 30 seconds more of theFight Clubending would have ruined the flick ’s impact , as it closes with the Narrator and Marla holding men as they learn building gasconade to smithereens . However , as the movie is based on the novel of the same name , one more thing find in the leger ; the Narrator is put in a mental institution after getting caught .
crusade Clubis one of the most close movie adaptation of a novel , as the close is one of a few minor divergence . And author Chuck Palahniuk agrees that the movie end perfectly , as according toDVD Talk , even he admits that the film is dear than the book .
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